RWBY Animation Challenge : Talking Head Scenes

[@matthewriddle2698]

These were all amazing and I am SO glad to see you call out how abusive Blake slapping Sun’s scene was and I also liked how the artist made it better by having Blake actually be horrified and regretful of what she did. Male victims are just as serious as female victims, both should be treated seriously and both shouldn’t be brushed off. If that was Blake being slapped I guarantee people would have flipped their shit. These double standards of society is sickening.

[@Scaring-Crows]

Just wanted to say I personally love whenever you do a call to action vid like this. Gives a chance for tons of smaller creators to show off stuff they might've not made otherwise

[@GlowBerryPumpkin]

True

[@arrexu01]

ok ruby playing around with myrtenaster was a nice touch. I like the ticking clock as well. Reminds me a bit of that one scene from Hyouka. The one in that cafe. Incredibly well done and this guy is on the right track. LOL monkey be like "my booba >.

[@supersparrowJ]

That last submission was my favourite. I also didn’t know how that scene could’ve been improved until I saw what the submission did with it. Props for taking a scene that already broke my heart and then re-jigging that scene to break it even harder.

[@superserg4763]

Gotta say congrats to all of these people, this was a pretty hard challenge, despite it sounding easy on face value! And they all did great! I woulda loved to join in, but I got flooded with things to do :( But once again, congrats to them!

[@seang7578]

Idk if you noticed but I like the touch of Weiss being the one to let Ruby fall when she tries to cling to her arm, but still realizes it was kind of mean and helping her up after the fact

[@daplinko3433]

All these are amazing but that blake and sun talking scene is so on another level it was so good im considering cannon over the show now lol

[@LavenderRare]

Thank you so much for your feedback! And thank you for including me in this! I will definitely take note on things you've said in this video for future RWBY Minis videos.

[@thejudgmentalcritter6584]

:D Hell yeah!

[@silverlunacy8718]

The last scene was so much more impactful that a simple summery of it made me cry. The right visuals can make a scene have so much more emotion.

[@OneTaker]

Watching these was so good and really gets ( atleast for me) the creative juices flowing. Would love to see another challenge, but i can't think of limitations to put on, except that it can't be a fight scene and or they all have to add something in, like a balloon or fruit or something. Or have to make a meta comment or visual nod, i don't know. Hope the more creative minds can help you come up with some limitations/ rules for the next one.

[@mereeid5625]

OMG, there was stop motion??! Everyone was so incredible I can’t believe the talent! Thank you so much for the challenge Critter, you pointed out things about my work I didn’t even realize! It really means so much as a longtime fan, and I’m so down if you want to do another challenge video 😊

[@thejudgmentalcritter6584]

:D You did a fantastic job with this one!

[@LavenderRare]

Hi, one of the stop motion peeps here! I only recently started dabbling into it, and I'm glad everyone liked it so much!

[@mereeid5625]

@@LavenderRare You did such a great job! The voice acting as well! ☺️

[@courtneycalvert185]

Absolutely amazing! Everyone was so good! If you’d want to do a part 2 I have some ideas! 1: You could assign everyone the same scene and see how different people format theirs and also participate yourself if you’d want! 2: Not-Quite-Fights! Everyone could choose a not-quite-fight scene and try to make it interesting and satisfying!(without making it a full on fight) 3: Crowd/group scenes. This one would be a bit tricky, but everyone knows RWBY has a lot of characters, the challenge would be how to manage a group of people! 4: Helper scenes! This one would require the creator to make a completely original scene that could slip into the show between scenes without much upset! 5: Talking heads part 2! Anyway these are just some ideas! Would love to see more challenge videos!

[@CerezaDL]

Everyone who participated in this challenge did an amazing job. I love how much effort and creativity was put into their projects. And the scenes where they hold a lot of impact such as Blake slapping Sun, and Pyrrha transitioning to the video were done excellently.

[@hopialikeit7279]

Thank you for the compliments!!! I had fun doing this!! Thank you for letting me participate and bee featured!! I am glad you liked it!!

[@thejudgmentalcritter6584]

:D You did a great job!

[@hopialikeit7279]

@@thejudgmentalcritter6584 thank you miss!!

[@hopialikeit7279]

Fun bonuses: I tried to make ruby smaller to convey that she feels small. I tried to make yang big to make it look like she's intimidating and taller than ruby. I have yang bend down so she could be in eye level of ruby. I have ruby not look directly at yang at certain points because she is still contemplating what happened and only facing yang when it's clear that she doesn't want to be seen as the bees knees. This was fun I tried to convey a more sibling dynamic and a bit of character dynamics in this scene. Also yang may or may not have popped her sister's back.

[@DontBlink84]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/poKQo3qurs55p9E Thanks for uploading your video in your channel

[@dokidraws7945]

I’m really happy to have my work featured in a video alongside that of such talented, thoughtful creative people. ^^ Everyone managed to add something special to the original scenes; I’m honestly astonished by the quality of these submissions! Thank you for hosting this challenge, Critter-- and if you ever decide to do another one, I’ll be there!

[@thejudgmentalcritter6584]

:D I really love your art style!!!

[@mastertjt56]

I love when people find ways to make scenes more interesting or remaking scenes into their own vision. My favorites have to be the girls meeting Penny for the first time and the Jaune and Ruby conversation at the dance.

[@CoralPallet]

These are amazing :OOOO The clock and cane synchronizing is just such a satisfying frame, dont know how to explain better just imagine THAT in motion... uff. More challenges plz!

[@marielb2924]

The best one in my opinion was between Blake and Sun, however all of these were awesome. It's surprising to see many talented people around there

[@jaredtheastralartist2510]

I hope you do something like this again because I recently got into storyboard and I want to try this out! Great job to everyone in this video!

[@zerotohero1483]

NOL is one of my buddies, so this is extra cool to see their scene up here!

[@halleyk7Art]

Thank you for making this challenge! Your response to my animatic made me giggle. Everyone did an awesome job at recreating their scenes. For those who added their own voices, I am impressed at how you all were able to mimic the characters’ original voices! That Blake and Sun one really changed the mood of the moment appropriately. And the last one, I already tear up in the original scene, but the added details makes it seem even sadder.

[@thejudgmentalcritter6584]

:D I'm impressed you went the extra mile to design new outfits for everyone!

[@disguisedzoroark]

I really loved doing this, and hearing your commentary on my animation was really nice! Thanks for the oppurtunity to do this, and id love to do more like this in the future

[@thejudgmentalcritter6584]

:D Thank you so much for participating in the first place!

[@wellidontknow1941]

Wow.... Everyone's works are SOOO good :0

[@KikiCatMeow]

I’m a bit late to this video (was drawing fnaf ocs and didn’t want to do a disservice to the dozens of hours of effort put in by these guys, by just having it on in the background and not giving it my full attention) but omg I love all of these so much!! Everyone did amazing and it’s so goddamn cool seeing everyone’s different artstyles, mediums and their unique takes on each scene. I’d absolutely love if you did another animation challenge in the future, this was so fun to watch

[@RoseGardennnn]

Everyone did so amazing on this! I'm super glad you did this challenge, it's something I never paid much mind to but wow the change in direction helped all of these scenes in their own unique ways. I'd totally be up to see another of these. Also 24:17 made me laugh😆

[@sonoci]

Ohhh man I'm so excited for this! :D Can't wait to see what everyone produced! All of the different styles of display are so intriguing - storyboarding, stop motion, animatics - what a great challenge! I hope you do another one some day! I definitely have to go give some love to all participants.

[@Soulsilvergirl101]

I am obsessed with these animations. I had never thought of reanimating talking scenes!

[@scott0451]

This was actually amazing. So many ways to improve scenes, the sound design, and I'm not an animator, so seeing some of this was like, "How did he/she do that??? " incredibly impressive, looking forward to tuning in more

[@patrickthehenchman2679]

Once again, it was an absolute pleasure to enter this challenge, and I'm so happy to see it presented along side so many other fantastic works! (also, the fact that I got the Pootis sound effect stuck in your head got a laugh outta me XD)

[@thejudgmentalcritter6584]

It'll just randomly pop up in my head while doing dishes or something, and every time I'm like "Dang it Patrick!" XD

[@janitobomnito4289]

I was looking forward for this challenge more than anything else because I thought it was a very inclusive event with all sorts of different mediums at play. I felt every ounce of effort was appreciated and that was just pure wholesomeness from start to end.

[@hg5548]

Love all them! I came for Mereeid and it was so good! 11:39

[@izaacidlartist164]

wow, all participants made a fantastic work !

[@Dragiare]

Great job to absolutely everyone! I will be checking everything out.

[@DarkCircles698]

Couldn't be a part of the challenge due to time but I hope to be a part of the next one. I love seeing other fans be creative.

[@romulusnuma116]

All of these were so impressive they all did such a good job

[@selena44842]

These were all great. Kudos to everyone who participated

[@grantexticulo]

everyone did an amazing job! also I'd love it if you organized another animation challenge or any rwby-related challenge really, i missed this one and I'd love to participate >.

[@cherrydreampalladin9784]

Great video as always. Also mad respect to the stop motion video because as someone who has done a couple of projects with this medium, I know how long it can take and how careful you need to be to keep it all consistent

[@romulusnuma116]

I've been looking forward to this since it was announced

[@JoshtheOverlander]

Critter: Martin Naster Ah yes, I remember him! Fine lad, very cleaned up and polite.

[@thejudgmentalcritter6584]

Lol, I literally have no idea how else I'm supposed to pronounce it!

[@JoshtheOverlander]

@@thejudgmentalcritter6584 Myrtenaster (Miir-ten-ass-ter) That's how I pronounce it, at least =w=b

[@GlowBerryPumpkin]

Meer tin aster?

[@GlowBerryPumpkin]

Mertin master 😌

[@lunacressida1512]

Everyone did such a great job here. I’m blown away by these submissions.

[@batfang25animations39]

i hope you do another one of these i love rwby fan stuff like this the last one with jaune was just so great!

[@gibbous_silver]

hearing “pootis” in this video surprised me

[@SwitchbackCh]

Really amazing works all around! I had no idea there were this many. I'll definitely need to keep an eye out for the next challenge.

[@TheNaturalnuke]

Wonderful idea with even better results, truly remarkable

[@orangemarissa50]

This was amazing, everyone is super talented 👏 ❤️

[@daylilyanimation8939]

Didn't realize this was happening so I didn't enter, but I'd love to participate in and/or watch future animation challenges!

[@randomfandom3866]

I really love all of these! These animators did so good!

[@lightningprince2134]

This is a great video explaining storyboarding and scene layout. With these fan animations being compared to the tv show making for great examples of what to do and what not to do.

[@jamestomato1744]

Holy heck about time this came out. I was one impatient schmuck waiting for this, and man it was awesome. Now, if you don't excuse me, I'm gonna go and watch all of the vid's independently

[@astereotypicalgamer1708]

...weren't Coco and Velvet still out fighting the Grimm and unable to attend the dance? Ah, well. Glynda and Oz's dynamic was great.

[@yugioh_samurai]

God this was so cool to watch! This vid brings so much talent forward and I want to see more people if there is a next vid! The amount of effort placed into these scenes shows incredible love and talent,

[@ReanimatedBlueJay]

They did a really nice job with these, honestly great job all around.

[@oohgs_0h]

Great video! You should definitely do this again it was a lot of fun.

[@calicoyo]

Damn I really wish I couldve participated, I hope you do a part two someday!!

[@exquisitetoast3859]

These were amazing, I really wish that the show was made a lot more like this. Though, weren't velvet and coco not at the dance (their mission went on longer than expected)

[@sushigivesmelife2131]

When I found out that Doopliss' theme is playing in Patrick the Henchman's section, I squeed!!!!! I absolutely love that game and that's my favourite boss theme. What a fun Easter egg

[@GlowBerryPumpkin]

8:45 good advice lol

[@larimarum-3546]

PART 2 PLEASE

[@thefloofartist1908]

I've watched this at least five times now, and I love each and every one of the entries! It's so cool to see what people came up with and how much livelier these scenes became with a second passover! Awesome job everyone!!! 🦊✨

[@cutiepie120048]

THESE WERE ALL AMAZING!!!!! 👏👏👏👏👏

[@Door3234]

my favourite thing about the qrow and raven talking scene was how even when raven grabbed his arm he stayed in the same type of expression showing his eminence experience with the job, knowing not to crack under the pressure. I feel like we dont get enough of characters like qrow showing there experience with being a huntsman

[@kaiserdragon7233]

Everyone did an amazing job

[@mariapazgonzalezlesme]

If the previous Volumes had any of these animations, maybe the chapters could have been better.

[@4444ez]

Wooow....better than I was expecting

[@spruceforester3038]

This was fun to watch I know you're probably not doing any more RWBY content in the future but honestly a another challenge like this would be cool.

[@7eb055]

Really wanted to participate but I got swamped with work and commissions

[@santiagogarcia1606]

I wanted to leave a comment here, specifically about the Blake and sun animatic which imo is incredibly impactful and honestly for me at least uncomfortable and incredibly hard to watch. That remade Scene not only improved from what the other scene was in comparison but also amplified the effect it had. That slap was incredibly unfiltered and unforgiving, and the aftermath of it, with Blake immediately regretting it after and sun becoming more cold in a sense after where he, unlike Blake will actually do something about it than moping 24/7. And she ultimately getting a reality check and following. Not only was it perfect by that but with how when the slap occurred, there was no sound other than the echo, the ringing, and the gunchucks. The sounds and lack there of at certain points not only made it work but made the scene more impactful than it already was. And it’s a genuine shame that the animators and crew for canon rwby for some unknown reason went the direction they went for this. Because it genuinely made Blake unlikable and horrible , and then with the whole thing of having the double standards where Blake slapping sun was played for laughs or not that seriously while Weiss getting slapped was brutal. Here it’s done so well. Hope you read this comment critter

[@ESloytan]

Psycho killa, quest que-ce, ah fafa Oh, wrong talking heads. Neat video tho!

[@thejudgmentalcritter6584]

I've always been more of a "Once in a Lifetime" fan myself :)

[@PrettyWeirdDuck]

❤🤍THANK YOU!!🖤💛 😱Senpai (and more) noticed me!😁 As a right-handed artist I prefer drawing characters who are left handed because that means I have an easy frame of reference. I just pose my left hand. When Qrow said "bit of a brat though but hey I like brats", I felt something was missing. Where's the opportunity for Ruby to show she's a brat therefore the dialogue is justified?

[@thejudgmentalcritter6584]

:D You did SUCH a great job! I love what you did with the scene!

[@PrettyWeirdDuck]

@@thejudgmentalcritter6584 And you used my favourite pose of Qrow in the storyboard in your thumbnail 😄

[@Random-Fandom]

FLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOF

[@Random-Fandom]

Floof’s Oobleck actually looks like a Dr. Seuss character. That’s GREAT!

[@thefloofartist1908]

Yes, I'm Floof. 🦊✨️ Thank you.

[@MisteRRYouTuby]

The FIRST SUBMISSION ALONE is superior to the show proper… This is bad.

[@nocturalemonhead]

Have you perhaps seen “The culling”? It’s rwby short animation from the same person who made Team Dark (i think)

[@thejudgmentalcritter6584]

How about you focus on celebrating the ACTUAL people I'm discussing in THIS video first.

[@nocturalemonhead]

@@thejudgmentalcritter6584 They’re all very good and I made sure to send support their way!! (and I enjoyed your analysis/commentary on them) ^>^

[@logannowak5265]

This kinda makes me sad. Like, these scenes are what the show could have been

[@IvanJoseph-zv1lv]

Rwby need to start doing character acting and better high quality animation

[@seang7578]

Bet you 10$ if you threw together even half of these creators with the same budget and a bit more time RT bothered giving their animators, you’d end up with a product at least a little better than each of the scenes they covered

[@johanstenfelt1206]

Huh, this was very interesting, makes me looking forward to see what else you might think up. Anyway, you have made RWBY Fan Animation Reviews, right? I have recently discovered yet another collection of RWBY Fan Animations titled: DARK by Raxacory, that i think you might find quite interesting and fascinating, maybe you could even do Reviews for these too? I would really like to know what you might think of them, Of course, only if you’re interested.

[@thejudgmentalcritter6584]

0:14 The timestamp showing my thumbnail for my review for the DARK trailers. Also the time timestamp the i card pops up to give you a playlist of all the Fan animated reviews I've done. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXrbdKaolNqhn5Y The link to that Review and the rest of that Playlist.

[@johanstenfelt1206]

@@thejudgmentalcritter6584 huh, i guess i missed that, so you have already made a video about DARK, huh? I guess you beat me to the punch. That being said, i guess that Review of yours must have been made before the latest one was uploaded, have you seen it? Raxacory’s latest video? That came out just a couple of months ago? ‘Cause i noticed that you have yet to make Review of that one, unless you just simply have to update your Playlist a bit.

[@thejudgmentalcritter6584]

@@johanstenfelt1206 I mean, you could click on my video and look at the date it was uploaded. That sounds pretty easy to do.

[@johanstenfelt1206]

@@thejudgmentalcritter6584 ………what? That doesn’t quite seem very relevant to what i was saying in my Reply.

[@thejudgmentalcritter6584]

@@johanstenfelt1206 You can check when my vid was uploaded, then check to see when Rexacory uploaded "The Culling" and see whether or not my vid was made before his latest animation or not.