6:20 So long story short, my dude went all the way back through time de-evolving along the way to read the tablets of forbidden knowledge, but by the time he got there he was too stupid to read them or even remember who he was and why he came back through time in the first place? THAT is some wicked irony right there! Oh well, guess it's like they say, careful what you wish for.
Yep you get stuck there and you don't remember who you are, you are just happily chilling in the mud, fortunately for me there was some kind of glitch and i came back.
Parts of this are awesomely accurate. Like, scientists currently think all can trace its self back to a single ancestor, and also earth went through a billion years as a kind of slime ball earth phase before complex life really kicked off
What can I say - another great one! Everything is amazing, but I especially enjoyed the creepiness of Ubbo-Sathla, and that lizard creature fight scene was so cool! Put me back in the feeling of the skeleton fight from The Golden Fleece.
Thanks! I decided to do a swashbuckling sword fight between the serpent men, and even put in a little karate kick at the end :) I'm planning on putting more fight scenes into my animations.
So every sorcerer who wants the tablets goes back in time to become the slime to start the cycle all over again so the slime can be the sorcerer. Makes sense.
Fabian, your deep, sonorous voice added a LOT to the proceedings! We admirers of your work and Richard's are indeed fortunate that you two are now collaborating! MORE, I say! MORE! MORE!
Hey Richard! This was a fantastic film! I absolutely love Clark Ashton Smith’s stories. I am glad I was able to contribute on patreon for this! Guy was a good narrator, and I dig the puppets! They were a great addition. The animations were really really high quality. Hope all is well for you! Health, happiness and all that!
Thank you! I'm very grateful for your support. Fabian (the narrator) and I will do more collaborations next year. My best wishes for you and your family!
I always admired your lovecraftian animations, but there is a little suggestion i would love to make. There is a great metroidvania game named 'hollow knight'. It tells the story of a little bug, entering the destroyed insect kingdom of hallownest, destroyed by a terrible infection. While you explore the destroyed caverns and descend to a terrible secret and destroy the origin, it becomes clear that the character is not just a bug. The game is insanely hard, but the awsome artwork, magical music and deep world almost make it up. You should have a look at it, its an endless source of inspiration.
I'm aware of Hollow Knight, and it is the type of work I'd be inspired by. This year I'm focusing more on doing things out of my own head, and so I think you might enjoy my next film, "The End of the Quest", coming this week, if the internet gods are with me.
It's a cool, overlooked story, but I prefer the tales where I can include stop-motion creatures, and The Transition of Juan Romero doesn't have any such moments.
Instant favourit-as always. Your work still holds the same high quality. Maybe you should take on Smiths story: The seven geases. ? Keep up the good work and Merry Christmas.
Great video as always, the production value is top notch and im glad to see Lovecraft again. Keep it up. Also, I wish you a merry Christmas and have a great end of the year mate😁🎄
You need to read, The Anatomy Lesson and see the inhabitants of The Parliament Of The Grey, of Swamp Thing. Remembering the reveals, each month painful to endure between published issues...the reward feels just like your videos...Moore and the inheritors of the strip had to tap the immortal horrors you craft.
@@TheLoneAnimator I'm far from trying to dump my "likes"....the dimension you access for the themes of the channel (AND I've only witnessed a few) haunt my melted brain the very same way as those old comics, reminding me of them.
@@TheLoneAnimator Swamp Thing 12, The Eternity Man. Twenty pages of pure fun, the story is better than the art yet both feel the escape of a Burroughs drafting. Thanks for the note about Len Wein, I had to dig for it, last visiting that vault of ink and paper smells past due.
@@TheLoneAnimator The Petersen Games website in their downloads section for “The Ghouls Who Saved Christmas” petersengames.com/downloads/?wpdmc=the-ghouls-who-saved-christmas Sorry it took so long to reply. I wasn’t notified of your response.
It's got a "skeleton" made from aluminum wires, which is padded with soft polyurethane foam. I've used thin sheets of foam cut into strips and wrapped around the wires. The face was sculptured in clay, a plaster mold was created over the sculpture and tinted liquid latex was poured into the mold. The eyes are metallic red pearls, placed in latex sockets which were attached to the inside of the latex face skin. Polymorph thermoplastic was pressed into the face skin to create a skull, which also held the aluminum wires which open and close the jaw. The hands and feet were aluminum wires wrapped with soft yarn and dabbed with tinted latex. Two breasts were made by applying tinted latex over two foam shapes. The fur is fake fur on a fabric backing. It stretches slightly in one direction, which helps the mobility of the puppet when the various limbs are bent at their joints.The teeth are toilet paper dipped in latex and rolled into pointy shapes with my thumb and index finger.
@@dodapictures2141 Look up Ray "Crash" Corrigan and his b-movie ape suits. The good old Hollywood "monster ape" from the 1930s, '40s, and '50s. Those were my inspiration. I have a few snapshots of the puppet in progress, and if you're curious I can email them to you. You can reach me at loneanimator@gmail.com
@@TheLoneAnimator Thank you I will. I’m writing a horror film about killer apemen called “Simian”, thinking of using stop motion for the killer hominids.
@@dodapictures2141 Stop motion isn't exactly "real" as an effects technique, but it has an unearthly quality. Used correctly it can be creepy too. It's a brave choice.
Reject modernity.
Return to ooze.
Fantastic job as always.
I'm slowly working on my return to the ooze!
"And they made the first race with clay and mud" mythologies around the world
That's usually how it starts.
@@TheLoneAnimator Amen brother
Your stories make me feel like a kid again watching television in the morning.
Omg fr
If I've achieved that, then my work is done!
The intro to Ultra Man used to creep me out when I was little. The unraveling clay and the strange music scared the crap out of me.
I agree whole heartedly. Amazing ambiance and atmosphere. Truly a master of his own world!
6:20 So long story short, my dude went all the way back through time de-evolving along the way to read the tablets of forbidden knowledge, but by the time he got there he was too stupid to read them or even remember who he was and why he came back through time in the first place? THAT is some wicked irony right there!
Oh well, guess it's like they say, careful what you wish for.
Yup! Time travel through devolution is apparently not a good idea.
Yep you get stuck there and you don't remember who you are, you are just happily chilling in the mud, fortunately for me there was some kind of glitch and i came back.
Parts of this are awesomely accurate. Like, scientists currently think all can trace its self back to a single ancestor, and also earth went through a billion years as a kind of slime ball earth phase before complex life really kicked off
I think at least a few of the Weird Tales writers were very interested in science, and weaved scientific theories into their fiction.
What can I say - another great one! Everything is amazing, but I especially enjoyed the creepiness of Ubbo-Sathla, and that lizard creature fight scene was so cool! Put me back in the feeling of the skeleton fight from The Golden Fleece.
Thanks! I decided to do a swashbuckling sword fight between the serpent men, and even put in a little karate kick at the end :) I'm planning on putting more fight scenes into my animations.
@@TheLoneAnimator Looking forward to it, as always!
Seems like a lot of trouble just to get some library books. Hopefully Ubbo-Sathla doesn't charge too much for over due fees.
I think those tablets are in the reference section.
this is amazing! I really loved your animation, keep up the good work!
Looks like the US Senate hard at work
Loved the fossils at the end.
They're what's left of Zon Mezzamalechs many lives :)
Ubbo-Sathla looks like my morning oatmeal. Another outstanding highly enjoyable production.
If your oatmeal is undulating like that you probably shouldn't eat it :)
@@TheLoneAnimator Mmm, how vast, swollen and yeasty. My favorite!
So every sorcerer who wants the tablets goes back in time to become the slime to start the cycle all over again so the slime can be the sorcerer. Makes sense.
That seems to be the deal, and when you actually become one with Ubbo-Sathla you can't read the damn tablets anymore.
Your models have a distinct "Lone Animator" style! Both fascinating and ferocious!
That's a great compliment, thanks!
Excellent movie!!! I am deeply honored to have been a part of it. Thank you.
I'm so glad you are a part of it! :)
Fabian, your deep, sonorous voice added a LOT to the proceedings! We admirers of your work and Richard's are indeed fortunate that you two are now collaborating! MORE, I say! MORE! MORE!
Awesome story! I especially like the part with the guy changing into an ape.
I tried to make that ape look like the bizarre ape suits in old jungle b-movies.
Ubbo-Sathla is my favorite Clark Ashton Smith story. Thank you for this. Fantastic work as always.
Thank you :) I'm glad you think I could make the tale justice (even though I cut out Paul Tregardis.)
And thus we return to the most primal of forms… Nickelodeon Gak
Ubbo-Sathla might not have the right Nickelodeon colors, though.
Man, I love these so much.
Thank you :)
Very cool. Love the outro music.
It's by the indomitable Kevin MacLeod.
Love you're work !
Thanks! Love your comment :)
@@TheLoneAnimator :)
Whoah!! Brand new!!!! Amazing!!!
Thanks for your amazing comment :)
This is the best I can tell even I haven’t watched it yet I’m really a big fan of your videos all throughout
Thanks :) I hope you enjoy the rest of my channel.
Hey Richard! This was a fantastic film! I absolutely love Clark Ashton Smith’s stories. I am glad I was able to contribute on patreon for this!
Guy was a good narrator, and I dig the puppets! They were a great addition. The animations were really really high quality.
Hope all is well for you! Health, happiness and all that!
Thank you! I'm very grateful for your support. Fabian (the narrator) and I will do more collaborations next year. My best wishes for you and your family!
you're a very original artist, buddy! kudos. really makes my favorite stories come to life
Thanks! Happy to meet another fan of CAS :)
nice
If he had travelled back as a Zan Mesomalek, he would have been able to read the tablets. I was inquisitive what was written on them.
Maybe he thought he would be able to travel back as himself, and all that devolution was an unpleasant surprise?
Each of your works are masterpieces without peer. You are such a prodigious talent.
Thanks for your very kind comment :)
Definitely does justice to the story. Well done.
I'm glad you think so, thanks! :)
As always, absolutely fantastic (in more than one sense)!
Thank you; Glad you enjoyed the cosmic romp :)
This was really creepy.. and wonderful!
Thanks! I tried to add both wonder and creepiness :)
Hyperborea!
Ah!
It is good to hear of those ancient lands, where the cimmerian barbarian king walks still in his grand quest for adventure.
And where the worship of Tsathoggua meant a swell night at the temple for the whole family!
I love this please keep it up and have a good day
Thanks! More is coming. A good day to you too, sir :)
@@TheLoneAnimator that's very good news and merry Christmas too 😊😊😊
That must have taken some time to produce. Great!
It took about 1,5 months to make.
Always a pleasure to see your animations, Richard. Don’t know why, but I specially fancied the ape. Ubbo Sathla was gross though. Cool job, buddy!
People seem to like the ape and the serpent dudes. Thanks for watching :)
Splendid work.
Thanks! :)
Fantastic story and incredible production value!
Thank you :) It's made for next to nothing, with enthusiasm as the main fuel.
These are all so well put together and the atmosphere is incredible.
Thank you! :)
Absolutely wonderful as always!
Thank you! :)
Just found your channel. Great! Can't wait to check out your other works.
Thanks! I hope you'll enjoy your stay :)
Truely epic epochs! Thanks for the Christmas present Svensson!
My pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it :)
Your content keeps getting better and better! Keep it up!
Thanks! It helps having great source material :)
Love your videos, nice to see a new one!
Thanks! I make them as fast as I can :)
I always admired your lovecraftian animations, but there is a little suggestion i would love to make.
There is a great metroidvania game named 'hollow knight'. It tells the story of a little bug, entering the destroyed insect kingdom of hallownest, destroyed by a terrible infection. While you explore the destroyed caverns and descend to a terrible secret and destroy the origin, it becomes clear that the character is not just a bug. The game is insanely hard, but the awsome artwork, magical music and deep world almost make it up. You should have a look at it, its an endless source of inspiration.
I'm aware of Hollow Knight, and it is the type of work I'd be inspired by. This year I'm focusing more on doing things out of my own head, and so I think you might enjoy my next film, "The End of the Quest", coming this week, if the internet gods are with me.
I found your channel a few days ago, excited to see a new video!
Thanks :) Welcome aboard!
Great work as always!
Thank you! :)
I would love to see a model making and stop motion tutorial series one day. Love your stuff, never miss an upload.
I am planning an all-purpose puppet-making video.
He pondered the orb too hard.
I avoid pondering orbs entirely.
Excellent video dude hope you are keeping well and have a safe and happy Christmas!☃️🎄🎅👍
Thanks! My well wishes for you and yours too.
@@TheLoneAnimator ☺👍
So in the cthulhu mythos, Reincarnation is what happens after death, Hm pretty ok with that.
Well, that's how it seems.
Wish list: would like to see an interpretation of Lovecraft's "Transition of Juan Romero"
It's a cool, overlooked story, but I prefer the tales where I can include stop-motion creatures, and The Transition of Juan Romero doesn't have any such moments.
Had not heard of that story, thanks!
LOVE THESE!
Thanks! :)
Wonderful !!
Many thanks!!
One of your best!
Thanks! My best is yet to come (as they always say) :)
Outstanding!! Give me more!!
Thank you! More is coming :)
Hooray!
great video! Peace and love
And the same to you; thanks!
this was excellent!
Thanks for watching!
Superb.
Thanks! :)
Magnifique
Thank you! :)
Strangely Beautiful. Thank you
Thanks for watching! :)
Instant favourit-as always. Your work still holds the same high quality. Maybe you should take on Smiths story: The seven geases. ? Keep up the good work and Merry Christmas.
Thanks :) The Seven Geases is in my plans.
AWESOME , AWESOME , AWESOME !! :)
Thank you! Cheers!
Awesome
Thanks! :)
the ooze is calling me, brb
Don't answer!
Great video as always, the production value is top notch and im glad to see Lovecraft again. Keep it up. Also, I wish you a merry Christmas and have a great end of the year mate😁🎄
Thanks, you too!
Amazing
Thanks!! :)
*CHA'ALT*
WOW!!!
Best reaction I could hope for :)
Is funny how Robert E Howard's and HP Lovecraft universe's are sort of connected The same world Conan the barbarian.
Well, they were pals and borrowed from each other.
You need to read, The Anatomy Lesson and see the inhabitants of The Parliament Of The Grey, of Swamp Thing.
Remembering the reveals, each month painful to endure between published issues...the reward feels just like
your videos...Moore and the inheritors of the strip had to tap the immortal horrors you craft.
I'm very well acquainted with Alan Moore's Swamp Thing and I think it's a masterpiece. Though, I very much enjoyed the Len Wein version too.
@@TheLoneAnimator
I'm far from trying to dump my "likes"....the dimension you access for the
themes of the channel (AND I've only witnessed a few) haunt my melted
brain the very same way as those old comics, reminding me of them.
@@TheLoneAnimator
Swamp Thing 12, The Eternity Man.
Twenty pages of pure fun, the story is better than the art yet both feel the
escape of a Burroughs drafting. Thanks for the note about Len Wein, I had
to dig for it, last visiting that vault of ink and paper smells past due.
Nice
more Serpent-Men!
There might be, in the future.
I wonder what you would do with the adventure I wrote for Sandy Petersen’s Cthulhu Mythos 5e.
Where can I find it?
@@TheLoneAnimator The Petersen Games website in their downloads section for “The Ghouls Who Saved Christmas”
petersengames.com/downloads/?wpdmc=the-ghouls-who-saved-christmas
Sorry it took so long to reply. I wasn’t notified of your response.
@@DoctorPhobos I'll check it out; thanks! :)
Love that big monkey!
I kind of like him too :)
@@TheLoneAnimator will you post how you made it on your blog?
@@youtubeuser1159 Oh yes :)
Horrifying :D
In a good way, I hope :)
@@TheLoneAnimator Always, love the craft you put in, stellar :)
You're language is beautiful, you should write a book.
You're right in the language being beautiful. But I didn't write this, Clark Ashton Smith did, and yes; there are books with his work out there.
Yay snake people!!😍👍🐍🐉
The snake people seem to have a solid fan base.
@@TheLoneAnimator YESSSSS!! AND MAYBE A SHORT FILM TOO!!
@@juanisol8275 I've already had a request for that :)
@@TheLoneAnimator ❤🐍 reminds me when harry hausen trys to make a film about giant snakes but insted he did about snake womans (naga and gorgon)
@@juanisol8275 Yes, he never got around to his giant snakes :)
Would you ever make an animation based on The Dark Eidolon by CAS?
Don't know yet. It's a story that requires quite a few actors and extras. I'm a bit short in that department.
Well, I hope that one day you will be able to make an animation about it. Your work is very good.
Will you ever make a video on the Zothique stories?
I'm working on a version of "The Abominations of Yondo", but I have plans for more.
@@TheLoneAnimator That's good to know
Can you tell me details about how you specifically made the simian puppet?
It's got a "skeleton" made from aluminum wires, which is padded with soft polyurethane foam. I've used thin sheets of foam cut into strips and wrapped around the wires. The face was sculptured in clay, a plaster mold was created over the sculpture and tinted liquid latex was poured into the mold. The eyes are metallic red pearls, placed in latex sockets which were attached to the inside of the latex face skin. Polymorph thermoplastic was pressed into the face skin to create a skull, which also held the aluminum wires which open and close the jaw. The hands and feet were aluminum wires wrapped with soft yarn and dabbed with tinted latex. Two breasts were made by applying tinted latex over two foam shapes. The fur is fake fur on a fabric backing. It stretches slightly in one direction, which helps the mobility of the puppet when the various limbs are bent at their joints.The teeth are toilet paper dipped in latex and rolled into pointy shapes with my thumb and index finger.
@@TheLoneAnimator Thank you! What did you use as a reference? This one looks quite a bit different from your previous ape.
@@dodapictures2141 Look up Ray "Crash" Corrigan and his b-movie ape suits. The good old Hollywood "monster ape" from the 1930s, '40s, and '50s. Those were my inspiration. I have a few snapshots of the puppet in progress, and if you're curious I can email them to you. You can reach me at loneanimator@gmail.com
@@TheLoneAnimator Thank you I will. I’m writing a horror film about killer apemen called “Simian”, thinking of using stop motion for the killer hominids.
@@dodapictures2141 Stop motion isn't exactly "real" as an effects technique, but it has an unearthly quality. Used correctly it can be creepy too. It's a brave choice.
Also Sprach Klarkash-Ton...
He did! :)
Eres un grande
THE FIRST.