Bullzeye, I really enjoy your animations but you really need to focus on the basic movements of the sticks and easing.
Make sure you make an attempt to ATLEAST move a majority of your stks joints per frame.
I enjoy the motorcycle animation despite the high fps, I see a major improvement in easing, you should try to aim on animating on that style BUT do not rely on high fps to keep your animations smooth.
I really love your newer animation, it truly shows the potential you have as an animator. I love the effects and the idea was great. On the other hand, there's still some choppiness because you aren't moving your joints properly. Make sure you keep them fluid and related to each frame as you continue.
My tip is for you is to study some higher level animators animations and see how they're movements are compared to yours. Although your style maybe completely different from there's, you can work on improving the fluidity and removing choppiness by seeing how they flow between each frame and
not stop a moving a joint completely after a frame where you had moved it before which is a big problem I see in your animations.
Some animators you can study from that I personally enjoy (they post there piv files most of the time so you can study them):
Cressel(he's my favorite animator in the forum studied a lot his animations and effects and emulated them decently),
Marv,
NPI know you've checked out the tutorial section from the Darren's lightning bolt you used but still check it regularly for updates.
Rank: Med Beginner, I see you improving quickly if you fix your basic movements, so for now less effects more practice!