AndyGamezYT
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So what about reviewing my channel?
Allow me to gaze upon your channel...
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George Chen
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I would really appreciate it if you could review my channel. I'm trying to look for more things I could improve on to help my channel pop out more and gain more traction. Thanks in advance!
QuickTutorial - OS
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Just curious what you should think of my channel if you can find some time for it! Think my channel is a bit different than usual, but i would appreciate it. Thanks in advance! Your banner and thumbnails looks nice Klink!
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Klink
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@Akimbro
Without looking at any of your videos what sticks out most to me is that there is no consistent branding across your channel. Your channel header and avatar use two completely different fonts/typefaces and while they both use green as a primary colour, that colour doesn't carry over at all into your thumbnails. Furthermore, your channel header gives off the impression your channel focuses entirely on the game 'Brawlhalla'.
Start by using green as the basis of your brand. Think about colours that complement the colour green (mostly red, white, black, purple as greens' opposite etc) and use those other colours for your text or any element which you'd want to stand out from the green background. Think about a typeface that you feel best represents you and your brand and use it consistently in all your assets. You should also think about creating a logo, text or visual, that you can implement in your thumbnails, watermarkings etc.
On the topic of thumbnails, they need a hell of a lot of work. There's absolutely nothing unique or visually engaging about them and they can easily be confused with the thousands of other thumbnails on YouTube. Choose a YouTube content creator you enjoy watching and look at how their thumbnails are designed and take inspiration from them. To start, creating a logo and implementing green will help differentiate your thumbnails from others and give your potential viewers the knowledge that the content belongs to your channel.
For your videos, audio is your biggest setback. The audio mixing is way off; having your commentary barely audible over the gameplay. You need to mix your audio so that your voice is louder than the gameplay so you're easier to understand. I also recommend you saving up some cash and investing in a high quality condenser microphone, as I get the impression you're using a headset microphone. There's a lot of background noise seeping through your recording and I can also hear several bumps on the microphone itself which is distracting.
I hope this helps and good luck!
@MZ-101
First of all I love your logo. It's simple, clean and visually striking. While your channel header is not unique (using Battlefield 3/4 promotional images) I do like that you're carrying over the orange colour aesthetic into your thumbnails. Well done!
For the future of your channels' branding, definitely keep the orange aesthetic but either create your own unique artwork or commission an artist/graphic designer to create one for you. While you do have a lot of Battlefield videos your channel covers a number of different games which your channel header and avatar don't convey.
With your thumbnails, while I did just praise the consistency with the overall brand they still need some work. Having orange text on an orage gradient with a very small black outline acting as seperation doesn't look good at all. Your later video thumbnails definitely look better but the orange colour falls flat on brighter backgrounds and is hard to read. I recommend keeping the orange/transparent strip from your earlier thumbnails and using white or black text to make it stand out.
Content wise your audio is extremely high quality which is great to hear. You should definitely lower the gameplay audio volume to make your commentary clearer to hear but to be honest there's nothing much I can advise you on. The more videos you upload, the more confident you'll become and thus the more natural your commentary will play off. Also try to keep a regular upload schedule so your potential viewers know they can expect a video from you on a particular day of the week.
Remember, you're competing against millions of people who have similar channels to yours. It'll take a while to break through and make it big but it will eventually happen if you remain persistent. You've been doing this for 3 years so I can tell you're not about to give up yet. Keep at it!
@AndyGamezYT
Right off the bat you need to work on your channels' branding. Your avatar, channel header and thumbnails are all designed completely differently which in turns gives off an amateur vibe to your potential viewers. Consistency is key here.
Think about a logo, text or visual graphic, that best represents your channel and use it for your avatar and all your assets. Also think about a font/typeface that you feel look good and best represents the kind of content on your channel. Since you do 'Let's Plays', skits and graphic design, consider seperating them into 3 unique brands, each with their own colour schemes, fonts/typefaces and designs. I'll link this website again but it's worth checking out to get some inspiration: https://logopond.com/
Content wise you need to save up some cash and invest in a microphone, either a condenser microphone for gameplay or a lavalier/lapel microphone for your vlogs/VR playthroughs. Using on camera audio, while servicable, overall sounds terrible and will turn off potential viewers. In your 'Sister: A VR Horror Game' video for example, the gameplay footage is completely out of sync with your movements and your audio mixing is terrible. Your voice is muffled and soft compared to the extremely loud gameplay audio.
It's a decent start but if you want your channel to grow you'd need to bite the bullet and invest in some higher quality gear and fix up your overall channel branding. Good luck!
@George Chen
I love your channel header. It's designed well but it's a shame it visually doesn't carry over into your thumbnails. As a test, choose a thumbnail and then treat it in the same way you did with your channel header, except set the opacity of the white layer to about 50% or below so you can see more of the photo/image. See how that looks and if you like it, use it consistently for your future thumbnails.
Content wise there's really not much I can advise you on. You've got some decent gear and your videos are edited well ('she OWES me one!' cut to the beat of the music as an example, although there were a number of skips in the audio). If anything, like your channel header, use the same text and/or treatment for the text in your videos/intros.
Other than that you're off to a great start. Keep it up and your channel will do well.
@Teneal
There's a lack of consistency with your branding. Your channel header uses one typeface/font while you're using at least 4 different typefaces in your thumbnails. The font/typeface you have in your channel header looks really good so try to incorporate it into your thumbnails and use it as a central element for your branding.
You should also be thinking about colours to use for your channel brand as well. The pink/red colour from the photo in your channel header makes the white text stand out a lot more so going forward try your best to implement it into your thumbnails.
Content wise you need to invest in a lavalier/lapel microphone or a shotgun microphone for your camera. Your videos have a lot of room echo and background noise which is distracting to listen to. Using either a lavalier/lapel or a shotgun microphone will help reduce the background noise. You might also want to consider filling the room you're recording in with more stuff; toys, stuffed animals, rugs, carpet etc. The more items you have, the less opportunity there is for sound to bounce around the room.
Audio mixing is another big issue for your videos. Not only is your voice echoing, you've set your music way too loud so it's harder to hear what you're saying. For future videos definitely reduce the music volume so you're a lot more audible.
Other than that it's a good start. Work on your audio and your branding and you should be good to go. Good luck!
@QuickTutorial - OS
One aspect working to your advantage is your consistent branding. Black, white and red as your primary colour scheme and the same font/typeface used throughout your thumbnails. Well done with that. Your biggest issue branding wise is the angled text. Keep your text perfectly horizontal and not rotated at a -20 degree or +40 degree angle. Think about using screenshots of the program you're using as a background for your thumbnails (reduced oppacity of course so it doesn't interfere with the text).
Your channel is a tutorial channel and there's no problem with that whatsoever. However, having it all silent with no commentary or background music doesn't make it appealing to watch. Practice doing some commentary over some of your videos with whatever microphone you have lying around and if you think it doesn't work, find some royalty free music you can use in the videos.
You should check out this channel. It was linked earlier in this thread and still stands as a prime example of how tutorial videos can be done. It's also your direct competition so look at it, take inspiration and see what you think would work best with your channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/TutSMM/videos
Without looking at any of your videos what sticks out most to me is that there is no consistent branding across your channel. Your channel header and avatar use two completely different fonts/typefaces and while they both use green as a primary colour, that colour doesn't carry over at all into your thumbnails. Furthermore, your channel header gives off the impression your channel focuses entirely on the game 'Brawlhalla'.
Start by using green as the basis of your brand. Think about colours that complement the colour green (mostly red, white, black, purple as greens' opposite etc) and use those other colours for your text or any element which you'd want to stand out from the green background. Think about a typeface that you feel best represents you and your brand and use it consistently in all your assets. You should also think about creating a logo, text or visual, that you can implement in your thumbnails, watermarkings etc.
On the topic of thumbnails, they need a hell of a lot of work. There's absolutely nothing unique or visually engaging about them and they can easily be confused with the thousands of other thumbnails on YouTube. Choose a YouTube content creator you enjoy watching and look at how their thumbnails are designed and take inspiration from them. To start, creating a logo and implementing green will help differentiate your thumbnails from others and give your potential viewers the knowledge that the content belongs to your channel.
For your videos, audio is your biggest setback. The audio mixing is way off; having your commentary barely audible over the gameplay. You need to mix your audio so that your voice is louder than the gameplay so you're easier to understand. I also recommend you saving up some cash and investing in a high quality condenser microphone, as I get the impression you're using a headset microphone. There's a lot of background noise seeping through your recording and I can also hear several bumps on the microphone itself which is distracting.
I hope this helps and good luck!
@MZ-101
First of all I love your logo. It's simple, clean and visually striking. While your channel header is not unique (using Battlefield 3/4 promotional images) I do like that you're carrying over the orange colour aesthetic into your thumbnails. Well done!
For the future of your channels' branding, definitely keep the orange aesthetic but either create your own unique artwork or commission an artist/graphic designer to create one for you. While you do have a lot of Battlefield videos your channel covers a number of different games which your channel header and avatar don't convey.
With your thumbnails, while I did just praise the consistency with the overall brand they still need some work. Having orange text on an orage gradient with a very small black outline acting as seperation doesn't look good at all. Your later video thumbnails definitely look better but the orange colour falls flat on brighter backgrounds and is hard to read. I recommend keeping the orange/transparent strip from your earlier thumbnails and using white or black text to make it stand out.
Content wise your audio is extremely high quality which is great to hear. You should definitely lower the gameplay audio volume to make your commentary clearer to hear but to be honest there's nothing much I can advise you on. The more videos you upload, the more confident you'll become and thus the more natural your commentary will play off. Also try to keep a regular upload schedule so your potential viewers know they can expect a video from you on a particular day of the week.
Remember, you're competing against millions of people who have similar channels to yours. It'll take a while to break through and make it big but it will eventually happen if you remain persistent. You've been doing this for 3 years so I can tell you're not about to give up yet. Keep at it!
@AndyGamezYT
Right off the bat you need to work on your channels' branding. Your avatar, channel header and thumbnails are all designed completely differently which in turns gives off an amateur vibe to your potential viewers. Consistency is key here.
Think about a logo, text or visual graphic, that best represents your channel and use it for your avatar and all your assets. Also think about a font/typeface that you feel look good and best represents the kind of content on your channel. Since you do 'Let's Plays', skits and graphic design, consider seperating them into 3 unique brands, each with their own colour schemes, fonts/typefaces and designs. I'll link this website again but it's worth checking out to get some inspiration: https://logopond.com/
Content wise you need to save up some cash and invest in a microphone, either a condenser microphone for gameplay or a lavalier/lapel microphone for your vlogs/VR playthroughs. Using on camera audio, while servicable, overall sounds terrible and will turn off potential viewers. In your 'Sister: A VR Horror Game' video for example, the gameplay footage is completely out of sync with your movements and your audio mixing is terrible. Your voice is muffled and soft compared to the extremely loud gameplay audio.
It's a decent start but if you want your channel to grow you'd need to bite the bullet and invest in some higher quality gear and fix up your overall channel branding. Good luck!
@George Chen
I love your channel header. It's designed well but it's a shame it visually doesn't carry over into your thumbnails. As a test, choose a thumbnail and then treat it in the same way you did with your channel header, except set the opacity of the white layer to about 50% or below so you can see more of the photo/image. See how that looks and if you like it, use it consistently for your future thumbnails.
Content wise there's really not much I can advise you on. You've got some decent gear and your videos are edited well ('she OWES me one!' cut to the beat of the music as an example, although there were a number of skips in the audio). If anything, like your channel header, use the same text and/or treatment for the text in your videos/intros.
Other than that you're off to a great start. Keep it up and your channel will do well.
@Teneal
There's a lack of consistency with your branding. Your channel header uses one typeface/font while you're using at least 4 different typefaces in your thumbnails. The font/typeface you have in your channel header looks really good so try to incorporate it into your thumbnails and use it as a central element for your branding.
You should also be thinking about colours to use for your channel brand as well. The pink/red colour from the photo in your channel header makes the white text stand out a lot more so going forward try your best to implement it into your thumbnails.
Content wise you need to invest in a lavalier/lapel microphone or a shotgun microphone for your camera. Your videos have a lot of room echo and background noise which is distracting to listen to. Using either a lavalier/lapel or a shotgun microphone will help reduce the background noise. You might also want to consider filling the room you're recording in with more stuff; toys, stuffed animals, rugs, carpet etc. The more items you have, the less opportunity there is for sound to bounce around the room.
Audio mixing is another big issue for your videos. Not only is your voice echoing, you've set your music way too loud so it's harder to hear what you're saying. For future videos definitely reduce the music volume so you're a lot more audible.
Other than that it's a good start. Work on your audio and your branding and you should be good to go. Good luck!
@QuickTutorial - OS
One aspect working to your advantage is your consistent branding. Black, white and red as your primary colour scheme and the same font/typeface used throughout your thumbnails. Well done with that. Your biggest issue branding wise is the angled text. Keep your text perfectly horizontal and not rotated at a -20 degree or +40 degree angle. Think about using screenshots of the program you're using as a background for your thumbnails (reduced oppacity of course so it doesn't interfere with the text).
Your channel is a tutorial channel and there's no problem with that whatsoever. However, having it all silent with no commentary or background music doesn't make it appealing to watch. Practice doing some commentary over some of your videos with whatever microphone you have lying around and if you think it doesn't work, find some royalty free music you can use in the videos.
You should check out this channel. It was linked earlier in this thread and still stands as a prime example of how tutorial videos can be done. It's also your direct competition so look at it, take inspiration and see what you think would work best with your channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/TutSMM/videos
Rashawn Bass
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Please take a look at my channel, I just started and would love some feedback!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq3ED7CmbN0OFfzZhbj5cTg
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq3ED7CmbN0OFfzZhbj5cTg
XenithDragon
I've Got It
Hey, do you mind taking a quick peek at mine whenever you get the chance?
Thanks,
Xen
Thanks,
Xen
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ControllerBreak
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Hey, if you get a moment I'd love it if you could check out our channel.
Also thank you for all the reviews.
Also thank you for all the reviews.
Hey, take a look at my channel. I am curious about your opinion.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8t2sz0B5COIIewut6fy0uA
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8t2sz0B5COIIewut6fy0uA
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