here's a link to my reel i just finished cutting... comments welcome.
Nice reel fella, lots of good stuff in there. However, one real gripe it just came up quite dark compared to alot of other reels I've seen. You may just need to up the brightness and contrast a touch with the majority but another good tip is to use light backgrounds to outline work. I'd drop the drummer, he looks a bit 'special' but the guy pole dancing cheered me up considerably. I wanted to see more of the animal at the end. That looked very strong but overall a good reel.
Looked daime good! I'm not crazy about the cartoony section... but then again I'm sure that would appeal to some employers... which is obviously way more important than my opinion.
I don't see any brightness problems.... but then again I'm on a mac(aka decent gamma) on a bright lcd 
I'll definitely reference to your reel while I learn. Very good work.
Bob
hey guys
thanks for the feedback. I agree about the brightness... it was great on computer at home but i've checked it in other places and it showed up a little dark on some. have to tweak it a little. As for the drummer, i'm actually glad you said that he looked a little "special" cuz it was for a vh1 spot and i was supposed to make a "drunken drummer". The vector render was also something they wanted as well as part of the package, so i guess it worked out well. heheh thanks again for the feedback... keep it comin
Blake