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Well, maybe technically sort of a tongue-in-cheek horror than horror itself.Since I now have film privileges on DA I thought I'd upload a real version of this instead of my crappy youtube version... I also thought today would be a great day to do it due to Halloween and all.
This is my first year animated short for the Open Show at Calarts. My film actually made it into the Producer's show so I was happy for that.
There's a lot wrong with it, but it was a lot of fun. My first time really extensively animating and I was just sort of thrown into it without really much of an idea as to what I was doing.
first year restrictions were:
no color (got the spot of color I have okayed)
no voice acting
1 minute 30 seconds
we wer given roughly 3 / 4 months to complete this assignment.
Animated by hand, traditionally, using punched paper and living off of a diet of cuties and poptarts.
The look was loosely inspired by Gorey's works as he is always going to be one of my favorite artists.
Currently working on my second year film. This time featuring a cute little girl named Maddy instead of a big fat man with whale teeth.
Music and sound by Jarred McAdams (my brother!).
Background Artwork and animation by me.
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Comments: 439
TheMaxxy [2010-11-05 00:48:27 +0000 UTC]
This was unbelievable. The quality was amazing. I hope to see more like that one day.
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Billy-the-Cat [2010-11-04 23:57:15 +0000 UTC]
Surprised to see this one on dA since I had seen it on youtube quite a while ago.
Lovely scenery and animation (which looks like it must have been quite difficult to pull off well).
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Champineography [2010-11-04 23:49:45 +0000 UTC]
wow, very well done, and scary, what did you use to create it?
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grim-von-reaper In reply to ??? [2010-11-04 23:46:24 +0000 UTC]
A cat is as mysterious as Death .... Love it
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kitsuneryoshi [2010-11-04 23:43:05 +0000 UTC]
very good! It reminds me of the poem/story called the Black Cat by Edger Allen Poe, well the cat in your movie does^^
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holmicide [2010-11-04 23:33:31 +0000 UTC]
Aww.. I felt sorry for that man.
Very scary and captivating at the same time.
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FrozenSilver99 In reply to ??? [2010-11-04 23:32:44 +0000 UTC]
That cat's skull face (at 1:10) gave me the CREEPS! When I saw it, I jumped a little. But I loved it XD! Nice job!
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Zirra--Nova [2010-11-04 23:09:38 +0000 UTC]
I really like how the feline is purring and acting friendly here at the end.
It's a nice off-set to the slightly malicious behavior it showed before.
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Zirra--Nova [2010-11-04 23:09:05 +0000 UTC]
I really like how the feline is purring and acting friendly there at the end.
It's a nice off-set to the slightly malicious behavior it showed before.
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Zirra--Nova [2010-11-04 23:08:15 +0000 UTC]
I really like how the feline is purring and acting friendly here at the end.
It's a nice off-set to the slightly malicious behavior it showed before.
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Zirra--Nova In reply to ??? [2010-11-04 23:06:53 +0000 UTC]
I really like how the feline is purring and friendly here at the end.
It's a good off-set to the malicious actions it showed before.
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Zirra--Nova [2010-11-04 23:04:23 +0000 UTC]
I like how the cat is purring and friendly here at the end.
It's a good off-set to the apparent malicious actions it showed before.
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Grim-Piggles [2010-11-04 22:32:26 +0000 UTC]
Aww, this is so sad! BUT awesome and REALLY well done! I love it!
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raVen-MacKay [2010-11-04 22:24:05 +0000 UTC]
Wow! Very well done! Great job! Very professional!
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DamnedGoddess [2010-11-04 21:28:13 +0000 UTC]
omfJesus that was amazing!!! so lovely i applaud this so loudly!
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cucumber-sandwiches In reply to ??? [2010-11-04 21:17:42 +0000 UTC]
Beautiful ! It looks like a short story by Edgar Poe in animation
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Sandstorm-The-Kind In reply to ??? [2010-11-04 21:04:52 +0000 UTC]
I love it. It reminds me of Edgar Allen Poe's short story "The Black Cat."
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Wolf-of-Malkuth [2010-11-04 21:03:26 +0000 UTC]
Wowwwww, this is one of the scariest things I've seen in a long time! D: So well made, very awesome!
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NunoDias [2010-11-04 20:34:15 +0000 UTC]
I love this style: obscure, morbid and sketchy... While I was watching, I remembered Tim Burton's short animation, Vincent... Love it!
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DemonStarling [2010-11-04 20:31:52 +0000 UTC]
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ShallowFool [2010-11-04 20:23:27 +0000 UTC]
This is absolutely stunning. ^^
I love the whole atmosphere you created, the music works perfectly and especially the cat... She's so dark and macabre and in the end she just sits there and purrs. On one hand that's so bizarre, but on the other side somehow it is typically cat. xDD.
And btw, congrats on the DD! Well deserved! ^^
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RianOkami [2010-11-04 19:56:15 +0000 UTC]
Wonderful! I love it. It has interesting aspects of horror stories, and the black and white style only adds to the fright. ^ ^
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coatlquetzali [2010-11-04 19:53:41 +0000 UTC]
WOOOOW!!! AMAZING AND LIFEFULL n_ñ'
I LOVE THE EXPRETIONS IN THE CHARACHTERS AND THE DARK STYLE
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sakurahyoushou086 In reply to ??? [2010-11-04 19:50:25 +0000 UTC]
Very VERY awesome, well done! I love the effect that the piano solo music adds to the feel/atmosphere of the animation, makes me think a little of works of Tim Burton which is very cool!
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SchwarzesLykan In reply to ??? [2010-11-04 19:32:23 +0000 UTC]
Wonderful work!
The music, the animation, the story... everything!
Keep it going.
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AustinPiedra [2010-11-04 19:28:20 +0000 UTC]
This part right here I ABSOLUTELY LOVE! It feels almost as though the cat is mocking the old man. The cat is obviously there to represent death, it just watched him fall down a flight of stairs, and now as the poor guy watches his wake the cat slides up against him. Haha, I thought as I watched that the cat saying "Well it can't get any worse"
___Great Job
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CherylDane [2010-11-04 19:22:21 +0000 UTC]
This animation caught my heart- absolutely astounding!
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chibilover12 [2010-11-04 19:11:31 +0000 UTC]
That was amazing.... I felt really bad for the man
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DPITT72 [2010-11-04 18:56:04 +0000 UTC]
I would love to see you do a version of "A Christmas Carol" in your style. I bet it would be great. Amazing job...can't wait to see more.
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ProjectENDO In reply to ??? [2010-11-04 18:23:17 +0000 UTC]
Damn, this dude owns a lot of clocks!
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KatyAniFrancy [2010-11-04 18:23:14 +0000 UTC]
OMG! But that's really amazing ... it's kinda scary and sweet at the same time ...
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forestfairyunicorn [2010-11-04 17:42:00 +0000 UTC]
Freakin' awesome.
You're a deity among mortals.
I especially loved how you did the cat: combining the elements of bad luck and death. LOVED IT!!!
This is they type of stuff I want to do when I have a job^^
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Kuromai [2010-11-04 17:39:34 +0000 UTC]
On the bright side, at least he has people to mourn him. Wonderful atmosphere overall.
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RebukedPariah [2010-11-04 17:31:03 +0000 UTC]
Those are some nice teeth he has.
haha this is awesome!!
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Sarah-Rossero [2010-11-04 17:30:43 +0000 UTC]
The atmosphere is very strong and very successful; and the animation is superb ! Realy, good job !
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