Sig 1 and 2 - 4.5/5 - I like a lot of what you have done here. I would say that the mousman is the weaker one of the two. The render is hardest to make out with all the effects over it, swap isn't as strong, and the GIF is a tad choppy. Idlewyld has a very strong jersey swap and the render editing is very nice. I think the GIF is fine, though I would have preferred something more action pack. Whats holding this one back is the text and the background (aside from the GIF). A lot of GIFsigs want the GIF to do a lot of the work, and it does inherently, but on the Idlewyld the background behind the render is very plain. A logo on dark grey. Not a lot to write home about. Same with the text. Gradient would help a tone with this, but I also feel you could have cropped up to the elbow and nothing would have been lost. Anyway, hope to see more.