Wowie.... Hand drawn? Really? :D

Is that about 30 fps?

Hi Raymond,

It's been a long time since the heady days of Ghostriders In the Sky! Saw this on Motionographer - just an amazing piece of work! All the best and hope you've been well.

~Chris Cummings

so... how many people involved in the drawing? can't imagine to draw that whole thing by myself

!!!

Raymond,
This is far and away better than the vast majority of animation that I see. I was just now getting depressed watching Saturday morning cartoons of dismal quality, and this completely made my day. You have an incredible career ahead of you; please continue to animate. Lots of people can storyboard, but only one in a million can do this.

This is a great video. It reminds me of animated sequences in the old a-ha video "Take On Me" but there is a lot more depth and texture to it, especially the colour sequences and the use of the muscles, skeletal structure and life drawing techniques. You make me feel guilty for being so lazy when I animate, ha ha! Really nice technique I assumed hand drawn on paper; I must admit I struggle using my Wacom tablet to draw with, would you recommend a Cintiq, Raymond - which size do you use, if you don't mind me asking?

PS Nathan Sage, I agree this is a great video but don't dismiss all the Saturday cartoons, Spongebob & Fosters Home are beautifully animated cartoons with great stories too. It's certainly not the awful action-figure -retail animation of the 80's!

Yes. Of course the A-ha vid was most influential for me with everything I have done. I have all sizes of cintiqs but I really like using the portable 12". The new versions seem to have weird calibration issues. So you have to compensate for that when you draw near the edges. I miss Ren & Stimpy.

I've watched this twice now. Man, you've really added something to the world with this Awesome piece of animation.

Did you guys shoot it before you drew it or how could you figure out the lip-syncing?
It is fascinating work, really.
It is a step back to the real art of animation.
animation is concentration!

Nice man! Incredible piece.

very interesting. Some parts are brilliant( the 2:22 to 2:32 part for example). The only issues I have is with the performance of the singer. When he sings he is a bit more aggressive than what I would have liked.

simply amazing!!

Hard work!
This is great!!

phenomenal. outstanding work...

You made it, awsome work man!
Nice song as well!

Jeez.....
fantastic. I can't imagine how long this took.

respect.

exelent work! awesome! saludos desde mexico

WOw...that is amazing...well done!!!..

Wonderful! Thanks for the inspiration.

I wish I could download this video for my ipod.

Great!

Great job- I'm an animator and I can only congratulate you on what must have a been a long and arduous production! you're mad to do it but a great result.

Really nice

I truly love this video!! ^^

wowowow!! You're a very good drawer / animator !

I really like the fluidity of your motion and how you're always concentrating on 2 or 3 major changes at a time.

I hope to see more of your animations!

A truly impressive piece of art.

awesome, I'm trying a little rotscope project at the mo but only doing 12 fps. I dread to think how much time this must have taken but this is the best thing i've seen on vimeo.

Thanks everybody! I've been busy doing some book illustrations. I appreciate the kind words.

clever..