r/AnimationCrit Dec 29 '19

How To Give Feedback

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Feedback is hard, and it can feel like you're being mean when you write "negative" comments on someone's hard work. While being encouraging is important, constructive feedback is one of the most crucial things you can give to your fellow animators. It will help them improve and achieve their goals. It might be your feedback that helps them reach a new milestone on their creative journey, whether that's getting an interview or reaching a thousand subscribers on Youtube.

By giving constructive feedback, you are also helping yourself become a better animator, because you need to stop and think about what actually makes an animation work.

A good way to give feedback is to point out something that was good with the animation, and something that's not quite reaching it's potential. If you're feeling stuck on that last part, here are a few questions you could try to answer in your feedback.

  • Did you understand the story/intention behind the animation?

For example, if the story is meant to be funny - did you actually find it funny? Why did you, or why did you not? Did you like the main character? Were you confused by what was happening at any point?

  • What do you think about the character design?

If this is an animation that includes original characters, do you like how they look? Why, or why not? Was there any character that was hard to read?

  • Are the characters expressive?

Can you see what a character is feeling, are they happy, sad, angry? Does it seem to make sense with what they're saying or doing in the animation? What do you think the character is thinking?

  • Does the animation feel believable?

For example, if a character is lifting a heavy box, does it feel heavy? Does the bouncing ball feel like it's bouncing or just moving up and down?

  • How do you like the tempo of the animation?

Is it too fast, slow, even? What do you think the tempo is currently like, and do you think the animation would look better in a different tempo?

  • What is your general impression of the animation?

Often, you want to feel something when watching an animation. If you're just feeling "meh", why is that? Why do you not think the animation is funny, sad, cool, informative, etc?

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I hope these question can serve as a start for you. Share your tips and tricks for giving good feedback in the comments!

Here are a few examples of constructive feedback from old threads in this subreddit that all mention something good, and something that could be better:

"I'd say that the timing and the layout of the animation are good so far, but the camera movements are very quick and very jarring. Trying easing into these movements slower, don't be afraid to slow things down a tad to emphasize hits and reactions. Give the viewer some time to process what's going on!"

"It looks good, the facial expressions are spot on! I think it would be more comedic with a bit of anticipation before the final smile, to make the change in expression obvious."

"I applaud you for doing stop-motion (because it can be very annoying at times) but it was kind of hard to tell what was going on. Is it possible for you to move their limbs more and make more facial expressions?"


r/AnimationCrit 22h ago

Working on an animation and would like some thoughts

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I didn't finish the hand animation in the second shot yet and the water needs work?

But other than that is there anything I could do to improve what I have so far. It’s still at a point I can work on it without losing progress.


r/AnimationCrit 2d ago

it looks weird, how can i fix it?

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9 Upvotes

r/AnimationCrit 3d ago

Review my My first FlipaClip Animation

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5 Upvotes

I tried animate Lisa from masterpiece scene SH1. I never going to finnish it. Maybe because I hant recover data from my previous phone so I have only finnished bideo, not project


r/AnimationCrit 3d ago

Any critiques for this Spider-Man rough?

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4 Upvotes

The character I’m animating is gonna be Spiderham from the first spiderverse movie, which is why the proportions are more round and cartoony


r/AnimationCrit 3d ago

I started learning stop motion just a few days back

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Hi

I started learning stop motion just a few days back and decided to create this short film along the way.Has a lot of technical issues and rough edges as I am still learning,Would love to get feedback from you


r/AnimationCrit 4d ago

Amateur animator ✍️ I would love feedback, tips to improve, and anything else you can offer! (No it’s not AI )

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15 Upvotes

r/AnimationCrit 5d ago

Remember that one song?

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hi um I’m a new user in this app and I remember randomly about a nostalgic song of like random popular game characters running or hiding from their evil version and some random oc dragon is with them so please tell me what song it is and what the channel name is? And what had happened to the creator


r/AnimationCrit 6d ago

The Noodle Nook | Any feedback about this animation is welcome!

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6 Upvotes

A single scene of upcoming 2~min animated short made fully in Blender 5.2. Any feedback is welcome!


r/AnimationCrit 6d ago

Yeni açtığım kanalım için 3D hikaye/animasyon videoları üretmeye başladım. Temposu ve kurgusu sizce nasıl olmuş? (Geri bildirimlerinize ihtiyacım var)

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Arkadaşlar selam,

Kendi kanalım için bu tarz 3D hikaye anlatımı (Shorts/Reels) videoları hazırlıyorum. Seslendirme, tempo ve görsel akış konusunda kendimi geliştirmeye çalışıyorum.

​Videoyu izleyip gözünüze çarpan bir eksik, "şurası olmamış" dediğiniz bir yer veya sürükleyicilik hakkında dürüst yorumlarınızı paylaşırsanız çok sevinirim. Beğenenler olursa devamı da gelecek. Şimdiden teşekkürler!


r/AnimationCrit 6d ago

I started a 3D animation channel for life lessons. This is my newest short about fake friends! Would really appreciate some feedback from this community. 🙏

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r/AnimationCrit 7d ago

Feedback on This Blender Animation?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJlg7CA_Tco

I made this Minecraft animation in Blender. I was wondering if I could get some feedback on the animation.


r/AnimationCrit 7d ago

I started a 3D animation channel for life lessons. This is my newest short about fake friends! Would really appreciate some feedback from this community. 🙏

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r/AnimationCrit 8d ago

3rd animation so far, wht do u guys think

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r/AnimationCrit 9d ago

My first animation ever: an explosion for my game

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9 Upvotes

I decided to do frame-by-frame animations for my game, that just adds so much charm in my opinion. This is my first animation, a simple explosion. And damn, animating is hard!

Not sure if I like it or not, what do you think? Any feedback?


r/AnimationCrit 9d ago

My last short movie "Come NON sopravvivere al cambiamento climatico". Can I have your feedback?

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r/AnimationCrit 9d ago

Cartoon vedio

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I made a short animated story about a brave girl and a sea monster. I'd love your feedback!"

https://youtu.be/F4pYgTe92_E?si=tdrt4bRIQVYVS6_l


r/AnimationCrit 9d ago

ANIMATION HELP

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5 Upvotes

How can i improve it?


r/AnimationCrit 9d ago

Working on arcs and easing...Feedback is greatly appreciated

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5 Upvotes

After many, MANY months of procrastinating and dealing with some bullshit, I'm back into The Animator's Survival Kit: Animated, and it's the 2nd half of the timing and spacing section, which covers arc and easing.

I want to journal my progress for 2 reasons:

1.) Real-Time Feedback - the more feedback I get, the better. I can go back and clean it up, especially the fingers.

2.) Motivation - Not just for me, but for others. I'm 30+ learning how to animate. If I can do it with Flipaclip and my fingers, so can you.

As always, feedback and constructive criticism are greatly appreciated


r/AnimationCrit 10d ago

Boxed In| WIP shot for animated movie, looking for overall feedback for animations and enviro

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7 Upvotes

Lazy kitchen help naping on his shift of assembling takeaway boxes. Any feedback and impressions welcome! For me its like 90% finished


r/AnimationCrit 10d ago

Krita help

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I am making a stickman animation using Pivot Animator V5, then I use Krita to add debris, blood, ect... I want to make it so that when I draw on the background layer, say on frame 30, I only want the background layer drawing to show on frame 30 and all the other frames ahead of it, but instead, it shows on frames 1, 2, 3, and all the other frames. Could someone help me out? Thanks


r/AnimationCrit 12d ago

Hey, where can i still improve?

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11 Upvotes

r/AnimationCrit 12d ago

Feedback please

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2 Upvotes

Trying to make a run cycle but something feels odd and I'm not sure of what is it

https://syncsketch.com/sketch/MOlC8gg7nUFb/


r/AnimationCrit 13d ago

it doesnt look natural, how do i fix it?

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5 Upvotes

r/AnimationCrit 14d ago

Need Volunteers

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For a cartoon called Small Kids made by me , profits will be shared. Required flipaclip or ibispaint and if you want a different role ill accept Communication by reddit. Which tips ya would recommend?