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Reminded me of both Monsters Inc. and Where the Wild Things Are. Very nice animation. While I don't necessarily agree with previous commenters' opinions that the lyrical music was a bad choice (Owl City has good music for these kinds of fantasy settings IMO), I think it would also be great to use music that does not have lyrics. There is undoubtedly an abundance of musical material to peruse and choose. I'd love to see your animation style with a different setting or story. It's very pleasing to the eyes.

Aw, really cute and aventurous! I'm excited to see more. ^^

For a second try, this is really something, especially for frame by frame! You have a distinctive style and cute characters that work really well in motion, knitted together into a in interesting story of what I can only describe as dreams vs nightmares. Castello and the shadow monsters in particular all have really interesting designs, and the attention to detail to backgrounds and special effects are top notch and really adds depth to the film.

Overall great short animation which really suits the Owl City track that you chose for it, I hope to see more from you!

I thought it was really good, and could potentially be expanded on for a story. I also liked the song. All in all I liked it. Keep 'em coming.

I must say your art style is very good. I like the colors, the character designs, and the lighting. Background art was pretty cool too!

As for the animation, I thought it was good for the most part, but the timing of the movements are off. The key poses of the characters worked, but you have to space the poses out so the timing is more real. For example, when he got out from under the bed and did the little sway (side view, looking left), it was too quick. Space the key poses out more on the timeline so that you have more in-betweens to lengthen the motions.

The In-betweens in this were just okay, i thought as they depended on good key frames. A few of them are a bit sloppy, but with cleaner line work and more thought put into the spacing and timing of the key pose frames, it should be a lot better.

As for the music, please dear lord, take it out and put something else in. Don't use synth pop music with lyrics for your animation. I want the story to be told through the video, not Owl City yelling in my ear. The track is too upbeat throughout the whole thing and it just made me want to groove to the music, not be told a story. It doesn't fit when you know you have to fade the music out part-way through the song suddenly when the credits come. Unless it's a music video, like for the whole song, and the pacing of the animation matches the pacing of the music, it just doesn't work, sorry.

Like I said, love the style, just work on the timing of the key poses and really think about how long each movement would take, and adjust those key poses accordingly before adding in-betweens.