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Hey, kako ste?

You speak Croatian? :D

Right off the bat I like that you've got some consistency with your brand. You've got a drawn/cartoon image of yourself for your avatar (which is great) which you also use within your thumbnails and you've got the colours red and green as a consistent colour scheme. Well done with that! The simple gradient backgrounds and the standard font/typeface you use within your thumbnails could use a bit of work though. It comes off incredibly cheap in comparison to the art used within the channel header.

Well, the banner on my channel was a gift from one of my subscribers, and my thumbnails, while admittedly not the best, were the best I thought I could do at the time. That subscriber I mentioned has far better graphical skills than I do This is why I'm glad for feedback like this!

For each individual series/playlist ('Thief Sillybuggers', 'Ao Oni', 'Adventures of Don' etc) you should choose a location for each element - episode number, heading, game etc - and stick with it. You should also change the font/typeface and overall style to better reflect the content within the video while still using your cartoon avatar and logo for consistency. For example, for 'Thief Sillybuggers' you can have the episode number in the bottom right hand corner and the title in the top right hand corner, leaving the entire left side of the thumbnail for screenshots or art. For your 'Ao Oni' series, you can have the episode number in the top right hand corner and the heading in the top left hand corner, leaving the bottom 2/3rds of the thumbnail for art. At the moment, there is some slight consistency but overall the titles, episode numbers and headings are all over the place and change per thumbnail even if it belongs in the same playlist.

That I will work on, and I've even noticed it myself.

Audio wise you definitely have a decent microphone, although you should still consider investing in a pop filter. I can hear a lot of audible 'popping' which is caused by the plosive consonants like Ps, Bs etc. It's far more noticable within your vlog style videos but nevertheless, having a pop filter or moving the microphone further away from your mouth will help reduce the popping.

I'll definitely look into the pop filter suggestion. The reason I tend to have my mic close to my mouth is that if I pull my head away, my room isn't soundproofed and it's a little bare right now (having just moved into a new house), so there's a bit of reverb in the room. It's annoying and I've tried adding a noise gate to remove some of the background noise.

I completely admire your stance when it comes to making videos; it mimics my own thought process. Unfortunately we live in a day and age where statistics, analytics and ad revenue rule all. It becomes almost discouraging to the point where several content creators in this thread were on the verge of giving up. I'm in the same position as you - make the content you want to make and bugger what everyone else thinks. As long as you keep that mindset you'll do fine.

Glad to hear that!

That's all I've got for you at the moment. You've got a good head on your shoulders and you've got great potential. Work on what I've pointed out and keep making videos. More importantly, have fun doing it!

Thank you for taking the time to write this. Ladies and gents, if you want to make your channel better, ask for a review! It helps to get a reminder on what you may need to work on. :)
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Hope that puts things in perspective. :)
 
Hey, your critiques seem really helpful and awesome, could you do one for me? I worked on my first video for about a month and just posted it yesterday, so any feedback would be amazing. Thanks!
 
Hello Klink, thank you in advance for making yourself available to review other people's channel, it makes a huge difference having feedback.

I have been working on my channel for a while, and people here have been giving me some tips. This past month I applied almost all of them, and my last video I applied all of them besides the audio which is a bit loud on music and low on voice.

If you could give a check on my channel and my latest video I would really appreciate :)

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Thanks so much for the feedback Klink, some good notes, I appreciate you taking the time to do that for me!

Cheers,
 
Hey, we would really appreciate it if we could have some feedback on our channel. We are still starting out and finding our feet.
 
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