honestly Taako's little hand gesture and stance when he says "fuck yes, off the grid" gives me so much life!! this is soooo goood!!!!!!!! honestly this whole animaton is sooo great!! also BARRY'S CAPE!! it swooshes all good! Great Job!
I've talked about this in the TFW discord before but, uhh, y'all ever think about Taako being ready to go off the grid because that's what he had to do after glamour springs? 'Cause I do
or possibly because Taako doesn't trust people (which he later says in that episode i believe) so he's always ready to just remove himself from society
Everyone is complimenting your Taako (spectacular btw), but what really stood out to me was MERLE! I feel like you can really see how much thought and care you put into his motions- which is great because I'm usually not super impressed with the way most people animate him. Fantastic work!!!
I think this is the animatic that made me go “huh I feel like I should check this thing out” so thank you for introducing me to basically all of d&d for me, since the McElroy’s were the first stepping stone on that path
all the mannerisms are great, i keep watching this have you ever considered animating the bit from the suffering game where merle describes his ideal first date? that part killed me.
Lol yes! Love the big eyes and immediate drop into "hell yeah, going rogue." Loved this moment. Beautiful work with the shading and dynamic postures! Whole body acting right there.
I don’t know why, but little things like the way that they shake a little while laughing just really stood out to me. Excellent posing and dialogue animations, too! All around great!
I cannot express my admiration and enjoyment of this animation with words alone, everything about it is so beautiful. Of course I adore Taako's expressions (especially since most of them where actions I saw when listening to this episode on my own) but it's not just that, it's the... accuracy? It's not just that the movements themselves are good, it's like they're actually happening. The positioning of every limb, the distance of every gesture that the parts travel, it all looks so organic and natural. I have never seen anything of this quality before in my life before, not even professionally!
This Taako is just sublime it suirs his voice and cadence and overall personality so, so well I love it. Great work drawing Merle's arm, too!! And managing to give Magnus expression as an expressionless dummy.
Everyone in these comments so far has said some very true and good things about the great art, the detail and expression, really fluid motion and clear posing, yada yada, it's clear that you're a fantastic fuckin' artist who should be proud of their achievements and be given the rewards that come with excellence. But listen. In the two years this has been up (holy shit it's two years old) only a handful of people have pointed out the true mark of an auteur. Baller ass comic sans usage
This is amazing! I love the way that you animated the mouths to actually fit the words instead of just leaving it in one place! I love everything about this.
the poses and gestures and even the way they pronounced things was animated so well and smoothly! i could watch it a hundred times, so nice. keep it up!
I love this!!! This is so much fun, I've actually watched it a couple times now. On a character note, it makes sense (along with being a fun goof) that Taako's so down for this since he's had such a transitory existence and had to hardcore disappear for however long after Sizzle It Up With Taako went real south real fast.
Wow! I've never seen any TAZ animations this fluid! You must have put so much work into this with all those frames! Amazing job! The character design is perfect!
Taako is by far my favorite character and the way you animated him just now was beautiful (Oh my god this was uploaded on my birthday that makes it even better!!!) This is an edit: What did you use to animate this? It all looks amazing from the your style to the animation!
Thanks! I drew everything out in Photoshop then put it together in Adobe Premier Pro. Maybe not the most efficient way to animate, but those are the tools i knew how to use already. And Happy Birthday!! :D
clint's immediate reaction to the phrase "off the grid" is to move to portland lmao
As someone from Portland can confirm that is accurate
@@jjjx32 same!! Idk why I get so hype every time anyone mentions Portland.
@@artiegatsby4879 stockholm syndrom
I'm not from Portland, but I'm from a small town close to Portland and I can confirm
@@thecursed01 I'm losing my mind over this comment help
honestly Taako's little hand gesture and stance when he says "fuck yes, off the grid" gives me so much life!! this is soooo goood!!!!!!!! honestly this whole animaton is sooo great!! also BARRY'S CAPE!! it swooshes all good! Great Job!
haha thanks! glad you liked it
Khidrix honestly, yea, he is so over-the-top and a lot of animations dont catch that very well, but in here his arm motions work perfectly
Can we appriciate that instead of him being like “taakos readybto go off the grid at any moment” its instead taako speaking in third person
I've talked about this in the TFW discord before but, uhh, y'all ever think about Taako being ready to go off the grid because that's what he had to do after glamour springs? 'Cause I do
Or being so used to it because he and lup were always on the road...
or possibly because Taako doesn't trust people (which he later says in that episode i believe) so he's always ready to just remove himself from society
@@venomasmark14 maybe he doesn't trust people because he always subconsciously knew he was setup for failure in Glamour Springs?
@@ZekromAndYugiAndDrago123 that'd be a good reason, after that I'd only trust people I had to work with (aka Merle and Magnus)
Griffon’s attempts to talk throughout this is hilarious
“Justin, I know you are doing a thing, but I am trying to set the mood here…please stop…”
Merle’s “oh.” moment was so perfect
Everyone is complimenting your Taako (spectacular btw), but what really stood out to me was MERLE! I feel like you can really see how much thought and care you put into his motions- which is great because I'm usually not super impressed with the way most people animate him. Fantastic work!!!
Thanks!! :D Glad to hear some love for Merle! I wish flesh-Magnus was in this one too lol
Hell yes! I was looking for another comment like this!
The shaking when he chuckles?? Amazingly detailed.
Me: Oh cool I recognise this guy's picture. It's the Bohemian Rhapsody thing. I'm glad that's getting more exposure.
Me, two seconds later: OH WAIT.
I like the way his wood arm looks
Amazing lip sycing
I really like the amount of effort put into barry's cloak floating in the wind!
That merle is 10/10, would watch a third time
for some reason I'm reminded of Avatar the last airbender.
the way taako moves kinda reminds me of Sokka, I see what you mean
I think this is the animatic that made me go “huh I feel like I should check this thing out” so thank you for introducing me to basically all of d&d for me, since the McElroy’s were the first stepping stone on that path
I like how Merle's wooden arm only has four fingers
I wouldn't call this an animatic, it's more of a full on animation! Excellent work!
Thanks!! :D
I love how Griffin is still trying to talk over Taako, you just hear him stuttering so much
that's a cool mannequin design, and I really like how much expression you gave it
I love hearing griffin go “a- an- a- a- an- and- an- a- a-...”
This is definitely the best animatic of this moment yet, oml it's so good! I can only imagine the work that went into it, great job!
Thanks so much! :D
You did such a good job animating Taako!! Super funny!!
Thank you!
merle's little "oh." really got a laugh out of me
So glad I heard this one this morning on my commute.
This is SO GOOD, honestly one of the best TAZ animations I've seen! I love Taako's little hand gesture, and Barry's cape is gorgeous!
all the mannerisms are great, i keep watching this
have you ever considered animating the bit from the suffering game where merle describes his ideal first date? that part killed me.
As impressive as this animation is, I'm more impressed that you managed to make Comic Sans look GOOD. :O
(But srsly, this is a great video!)
wait hey what do u mean anIMATIC THIS IS FLAWLESS THE LIPSYNCING IS ON POINT
this is my favorite taz animatic ever I can't believe you managed to animate a wooden mannequin laughing
the way taako moves in this is EXQUISITE oh my lord
I love how expressive you made Taako dude super dope
Taako is My Favorite Character
I love taako just shredding credit cards with his bare hands
I didn't realize until now how many times Griffin tries to desperately butt in in this scene
All the movement in this is great, just from the robe of Barry to the lip synch of merl
This is utterly fantastic!
Thank you!
Damn this is so smooth. Taako in particular is fantastic.
Lol yes! Love the big eyes and immediate drop into "hell yeah, going rogue." Loved this moment. Beautiful work with the shading and dynamic postures! Whole body acting right there.
This is absolutely gorgeous and I fucking LOVED taako's expressiveness!
I love Taako so much. And this is some of the funniest shit ever.
I don’t know why, but little things like the way that they shake a little while laughing just really stood out to me. Excellent posing and dialogue animations, too! All around great!
Those mouth motions instantly grabbed me. That's incredibly well done
I just hit this part again (re-listening to the whole series) and I just had to look up this animatic. Absolute gold.
TAAKO IS SO PERFECT IN THIS WITH HIS HAND GESTURES AND FACE OH MY GOD DEMONS AND MIGHTY BEINGS
You portrayed this excellently well; I love this so much. Please continue to make more!
4 years later and still a go to watch to feel happy, cheers man.
I am absolutely in love with the lips sync/lip animation
This is amazing! Gestures, body language, you even got the movement of their mouths. And the drawing of Angus at the end is so cute!
I always love it when I find “new” (to me) animatics/animations/amvs I hadn’t seen earlier. They bring me life.
The body language on taako is A++ my dude , very expressional and that lip sync is excellent.
I watched this before I started on the show, and I just got to episode 57 and was reminded of the beauty of this animatic.
This is beautiful, so fluid and detailed and just so wonderful. Love it!
I just realized that taako is always ready to go off the grid because he had to do it before, after his cooking show
God. This is one of my favorite animatics ever. EVER.
This is incredibly smooth, excellent work
I cannot express my admiration and enjoyment of this animation with words alone, everything about it is so beautiful. Of course I adore Taako's expressions (especially since most of them where actions I saw when listening to this episode on my own) but it's not just that, it's the... accuracy? It's not just that the movements themselves are good, it's like they're actually happening. The positioning of every limb, the distance of every gesture that the parts travel, it all looks so organic and natural. I have never seen anything of this quality before in my life before, not even professionally!
Please don't stop, these were beautifully animated!
I love so much of this... but you got manneMagnus's missing arm and everything.
lovely animation! also really lovely to see all the details when frame-by-framing, love the little step to the side-swoosh to the front Taako does!
Man I've watched this like five times in the last few days. I just love taako.
This Taako is just sublime it suirs his voice and cadence and overall personality so, so well I love it. Great work drawing Merle's arm, too!! And managing to give Magnus expression as an expressionless dummy.
The animation and lipsyncing are AMAZING!! Keep up the phenomenal work!
This is so smooth! You absolutely nailed it, It looks amazing! 💕
THIS IS GREAT!!! Taako's mannerisms and expressions are excellent!
This is fantastic! Definitely one of my favorites. I can't believe it was your first one!
have i mentioned here that all of Taako's expressions and gestures are A) super freaking on point and B) very well animated? great job on this :D
A+ moment, holy crap. all the expressions and the body language were on point, and the movement was great. I hope you do more!
Everyone in these comments so far has said some very true and good things about the great art, the detail and expression, really fluid motion and clear posing, yada yada, it's clear that you're a fantastic fuckin' artist who should be proud of their achievements and be given the rewards that come with excellence.
But listen. In the two years this has been up (holy shit it's two years old) only a handful of people have pointed out the true mark of an auteur. Baller ass comic sans usage
I can't even describe the amount of details that you put into this! It's so good!
The motion here is excellent! So natural and the attention to detail is wonderful :)
so glad this vid popped up in my recommendations, it's been forever since i first found it and it still makes me laugh way too hard! thank you!
This is like the only animatic I've seen in 8 years that actually try to animate a little.
I LOVE HOW YOU PORTRAYED TAAKO AND IT WAS SO SMOOTH I LOVE IT :D
The backgrounds are just 10/10, make Bob Ross cry, it's so great.
And the poses, movement, Taako in general, M E R L E , BARRY'S CAPE- 1000/10, love it.
I keep watching this I love this so much just like everything about it is so great
this is so wonderful, all the detail is amazing, it's so clean and expressive!!!! one of the best animatics i've seen!
Your animation for Taako’s “fuck yes” is honestly so perfect. I have watched this so many times F u c k it is good
The animation for their movements and speaking is really fucking amazing! You’re hella talented.
This is amazing! I love the way that you animated the mouths to actually fit the words instead of just leaving it in one place! I love everything about this.
This is wonderful! Please make more!
Thanks! I hope to at some point
Holy cow this is amazing! All of the movements are so good and there's so much expression. I really hope you make more some day!
the poses and gestures and even the way they pronounced things was animated so well and smoothly! i could watch it a hundred times, so nice. keep it up!
This is pretty much 100% an animation at this point, its so damn fluid and well made, I can't believe it.
Nicely done - the mouth animations are spot on, I find that especially impressive!
SO GOOD! The hood/cloak!! Taako, omg. You're a talent!
Gosh, your animation is so smooth! I love it! The style, the body movement, the mouth movements! I love this, damn!
AKSJDKDSLSKS this is the funniest animation i've ever seen taako's so expressive and i love it
I love your version of the characters. So fitting to their personalities.
This is perfectly animated. Thank you for making it!!
god this is so great, the facial expressions, the movements, everything
All if these people are commenting their favourite bits and they are all correct because this entire thing is magnificent. Well done!
*astonishingly* good for someone who's never done this before!
This has become the first animatic I show to my friends when I try to get them into the adventure zone. Great job my dude.
I love this!!! This is so much fun, I've actually watched it a couple times now. On a character note, it makes sense (along with being a fun goof) that Taako's so down for this since he's had such a transitory existence and had to hardcore disappear for however long after Sizzle It Up With Taako went real south real fast.
This is so smooth and I love Merle here XD Amazing job!!!
You’re animation made this so much funnier. Love this
Honestly them speaking is animated so damn well, absolutely great job
This was so good! I love this animation. What a great moment to choose to work on as well.
The character animations are so lively!
Wow! I've never seen any TAZ animations this fluid! You must have put so much work into this with all those frames! Amazing job! The character design is perfect!
This looks sooo good! Omg, I'd absolutely love to see you do more!
this is so so great, the way u do body language is perfect and ur character designs are [chefs kiss]
One of my favourite animatics!
Taako is by far my favorite character and the way you animated him just now was beautiful
(Oh my god this was uploaded on my birthday that makes it even better!!!)
This is an edit: What did you use to animate this? It all looks amazing from the your style to the animation!
Thanks! I drew everything out in Photoshop then put it together in Adobe Premier Pro. Maybe not the most efficient way to animate, but those are the tools i knew how to use already. And Happy Birthday!! :D