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The Adventure Boards: The Sequel!
So this has been planned over the course of a month and executed over the weekend. From their latest arc, The Suffering Game, comes the raddest introduction of characters. I couldn't resist boarding it.
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magnus screams and hits the female vogue elf at 45% power
Saddest Sad don't do a hit!
Because the energy in wonderland, fuckin sucks
You gotta be ready!
I love my dwarf dad.
As we all should. Best dwarf dad.
He reminds me of every grandfather and father simultaneously
The proper pronunciation is Dwarven Papa. (And the "Papa" papart is papapronounced like Puh-Paw. Like "Papa" but without that first "A" ya dig? P-pawww. Ppaw. P'pa. Yee. U c? Oui? Indee? Okeeey. H'heee!).
Dwad
I can tell this was a labor of love, because the timing on Taako's "Taako is delighted" hits the perfect comedic beat. Hard to add anything to this scene, but your artwork manages to bring something special out
Especially the change in his face when the lights start changing, you can see his eyes go from dull to enamoured.
this is the animatic that made me wanna listen to TAZ and it still absolutely slaps
This got me into Taz as well!
This, the ‘let’s get this over with’ animatic and ‘I can’t decide’ got me into TAZ
this is so cool to me bc i used to watch taz animatics all the time without any intention to listen to taz myself (podcasts are (were) hard for me, adhd is a hit or miss) but it was one of ur animatics from years and years ago that made me change my mind and now im almost 60 episodes in. its the ciiiiircle of liiiife
holy shit hi, this just popped up and im havin a great time so i can only hope that you are too
TAZ animatic royalty right here.
I LOVE how distraught Tako sounds when he says "This feels wack as all hell."
In the words of a certain mage: (clap, clap, clap,) "Fucking amazing!"
Sinjin Reed I quote that regularly and I've half forgotten what it's even from
i've never listened to the adventure zone before but after seeing this thing of beauty i sure as hell am going to now
Rachel Rose Mitchell it's worth every second of joy
SHE LISTENED TO IT AND MADE AM ENTIRE SONG FOR THEM (PS I'm a HUGE fan. Keep it up, Rachel!)
That' how I got started watching TAZ, happened to see one of these animatics, which led to more animatics, and eventually just had to pick up the podcast and give it a listen to myself!
how did it go bud
It ain't as friendly as it seems-
Guys what do you do if you have a crush on two fictional undead elves
Flame Warp Whatever you seek, you will find it in Wonderland
get undeadeded
Pray for the impossible.
Draw a lot of fanart and let time pass.
Tell them your feelings
man, i looove how you incorporated the jessie and james vibe into the designs, while also making them so unique!!! her hair is just amazing!! and the lil earrings?? nice touch! reminds me of gambling, which wonderland ultimately is
Indi Raw don't forget the booty
The comedic timing of that scream in the end has me coming back every other day to watch this. I have been convinced. I must figure out where to listen to this show. Amazing art! I love their character designs!
Zarak it’s on Spotify and Podcasts as The Adventure Zone
hell, theyre even on youtube now
Did you ever listen to the show?
I use KZhead. They posted the episodes and good news KZhead doesnt crash in the middle of the story and there are friendly people posting times where the 15 minute long ad in the middle ends (not that I dont enjoy McElroy content but I just hear about mbmbam all the time, I get it)
Its also on google music if that's more your jam
aaah man this is legit incredible!! I love your character designs and the way you did the vogue-ing elves was so fun! also just, the emphasized size difference between magnus and the lady elf when she startles him at the end is super charming, like what a cute magnus
cute wall magnus is the best thing ever.
I love how uncomfortable magnus is, sure he barrels in here but he is also super off pit by a stranger touching him out of nowhere
Absolutely fucking incredible! How do we all collectively give you our money to see more of this?
Seriously we will spend money at you
Get this artist signed on with the McElroys, a kickstarter thrown out, and an animated (or at least keyframed, like this) video edition of the whole podcast made. FUND IIITTTT~
Oh my god~ Taako's facial expressions look so adorable. You did an amazing job!
Mettaton and these elves need to party together. Lovely animatic by the way
Angela Collins I'm glad I wasn't the only one to think of hot, hot legs.
Angela Collins only got two words for you. OOOH YESSS.
this is drop dead gorgeous. looks like a professional animatic done in a studio
YOOOOOOOOOO. I'm in a state of disbelief, this is some next-level shit. the designs, the LIGHTING, the expressions and poses, i can't wait to show this to everyone i know, TAZ listener or not
This is _exactly_ how I imagined this scene, somehow combining Mettaton vibes with the Jessie and James aesthetic, I live for it
The shared glance between Merle and Magnus has me CRYING. Just "..." The perfect explanation of an ellipsis.
Merle looks like a Disney prince
your art style is so cute, I love taako's buck teeth and how big magnus is and everything
These character designs are the best I've seen in these animatics - I prefer these to the "official" ones, thrown together before it really took off.
I love the way you draw Merle. :)
The ending is perfectttttionnnnn!
Story time: I saw this animatic before I had really even heard of taz. I might have seen it mentioned but I didnt know anything about it. I stumbled across this animatic and found it amazing, but I didnt bother listening to taz until many months later. Now im on the last few episodes of the series, and this podcast is now one of my favorite peices of media Ive experienced. The characters, the plot, the jokes, its all so good. Its an immediate classic and this animatic was a contributing factor to my discovery of the series that has become an instant favorite and classic to me. So uh, thank you.
I am so ridiculously in love with this animatic, you don’t understand. The CHARACTER DESIGN, especially for Taako, holy shit! Merle’s arm and the way it connects to the rest of him, Taako, Magnus’s gentle giant energy, TAAKO! The expressions and the smoothness with which the scene was portrayed. I’m trying to remember if I’ve ever seen an adventure zone scene done this much justice before, it’s just So Good.
*peeks head through hole in the universe* "Welcome to Taako Bell can I take yer orda?"
“I’ll take one Taako, with extra Destiny”
just like Taako clapped at the vogue-ing(?) elves - iM CLAPPING AT THIS STORYBOARD OH MAN
Your character designs are my head canon.
"Fucking amazing!"
"Taako is fucking _delighted"_ LMAO i love
*me finally being able to confidently watch a bunch of TAZ content cuz I’ve binged almost all of it over a week*
Amazing! Ahh the timing and expressions were great, super inspiring!
I love this so so so much. You got the twins absolutely spot on. Only thing is I almost wish Taako could look fucking fabulous too in this scene, just so he isnt upstaged ;)
I'm in loooooooooooove with how you draw these characters! I yelled when I saw you had another TAZ animatic up! This one is so good, so cool. I love the female elf's face when Magnus jumps.
There's a lot of amazing TAZ animatics on here, but this is next level.
This had me in stitches! I didn't think it got better than the other Taako animation you did but wooow was I wrong. Everything about your work is phenomenal- the expressions, the style, the consistency, the list goes on and on. I'm really looking forward to seeing more in the future and can't wait for your next masterpiece.
aw i love your taako....his faces while he's watching the vogue elves are perfect and merle is adorable
This animatic got me truly into the adventure zone, Thank you
Oh my god one of the elves is mettaton
my guy!!!!! this looks fucking amazing i love your designs
I just can't emphasize enough how great the art design is here. Honestly some of the best fan stuff I've seen in years. Thank you!
1:24 Prepare for trouble! And make it double!
I haven't listened to much of the adventure zone (I'm in towards the end of the crystal kingdom arc rn) but the I love about it the most is how everything I've seen of it suggests that's elves are just Like That(tm)
GLORIOUS there needs to be more of this. I'm also glad that this bit of AZ you chose isn't just The Taako Show
your versions of the characters are absolutely my head cannon. so goddamn good
Oh my fucking god these fucking beautiful character designs I can't even stand it!
Can you believe that Magic Brian used to be my favorite villain in all of The Adventure Zone? Man, as soon as I got to the Suffering Game, I knew I was in fucking love, and you captured them sooooo perfectly. Lydia and Edward for life
This is the first video of TAZ that I watched, this is what got me into TAZ :) Thank you sooo much!!
this animatic showed up in my recommended a month ago, I'd never heard of TAZ before, and after seeing this and your magic lessons video I went straight ahead and binged the whole thing. thank you Immortan Jill, you introduced me to the best podcast on the internet
This is lovely, exactly how I saw it
The Tay Trash
I don't normally sign into KZhead bc I don't post and I don't comment but I had to log in to tell you how much I love this. Like I think all artists are doing a great job representing all the characters but you've nailed their physicalities, expressions, and appearances completely. Your Magnus is so precious and I cannot get over how much I love your Merle. Keep this up PLEASE I love it SM
I rarely comment on videos, but the way you ended this. It's too perfect! The emotions are so stunningly captured! I love the way you've drawn everyone! Fucking Fantastic.
I found this animation a month or so ago by accident, and I'm so glad I did! Not only is the animation itself super good, I love these character designs, but I had never heard about TAZ before this. I checked it out and now I'm all caught up 😊 and honestly it's one of my favorite things and I may never have known about it if I didn't see this first. So thank you!!!
Holy shit, bravo! Such a good job on this
The comic timing is perfect, exactly how I imagined it too.
I stumbled upon this video a few month's ago with no knowledge whatsoever. Bow that I am a massive taz fan, I really appreciate this piece of work you have done here, absolutely captured the vibe that this arc is
I remember seeing this a while ago before I got to this episode so I had to wait to see it. Now that I've finally caught up, I'm so fricken delighted I can finally sing praise to you!! Your designs are by far my favorite and this set of story boards is just incredible. You captured the fun and spunky nature of Griffin's story telling and brought it to life with your drawings. Absolutely amazing!
His little "what the heeelll?" Is so great
I was really fuckin worried that u wouldn't include the scare at the end THANK U SO MUCH FOR THAT
There were a lot of great, magical, powerful moments in Balance, but this one is probably my favorite ☺️
I'm so in love with how you draw the boys!!
AMAZING YOURE AMAZING !!!! they have such a Disney style I'm really loving it !!! Thank you for sharing your work !
this is INCREDIBLE. i LOVE all of these char designs holy moly
I watched this a long time ago before actually listening to the podcast, and I just got to this episode, and I had to come back and watch it again, because it is freakin' amazing dude, heck yea.
such a good Taako moment
(I can't remember if I said this before but just in case) This animatic is the thing that got me into TAZ and I don't regret it for a second
I started listening to the podcast because of this, so I wanted to thank you for introducing me to such a great podcast! The characters look so perfect it's ridiculous
This is the video that made me listen to this podcast. I was like, "Is that wizard named... Taco?"
Amazing work. Thank you for this. The facial expressions are pretty much priceless and spot on :)
your work is consistently incredible. you nailed their characters for sure!
superb as always. I love that little Easter egg of Merle attempting to steal Stephen the goldfish conveniently in the dark ;D
this is AMAZING oh man you captured it perfectly
“Taako is delighted” hits different when you’ve listened to the arc
i know it wasn't stated because justin didn't know yet, but do you think under the excitement and wonder Taako felt a pang of emptiness and pain when he saw the two, incredibly close, boy and girl elf twins come out onto the stage?
10/10 would read your comic form of this. Love the art
Magnus's scream when the female elf appears behind him is the funniest thing to me.
This is NOTHING like I imagined it! It's so wildly better! Amazing work!
When I started watching I thought to myself: "Whoa, the artist's gonna draw the two elves from Wonderland? There's a lot of hype connected to this; I don't know if it's a great idea", and then I saw them and they're beautiful and perfect, and I'm sorry I ever doubted you.
I love the look Lydia gives Magnus when he yells just like "dude wtf???"
Serious question. Where did you learn to draw like that? Like, are there books or something where I can learn. I love that art style!
Diego Gonzalez I learned on my own, honestly. Drawing inspiration from other artists and Disney and just going from there ! Just lots of practice and observing films, reels, animation etc
You are a wizard...this is amazing
This is truly illustrated beautifully, and exactly how I had imagined it.
merle's "what the hell!" is my fave line in the whole podcast. taakos "son of a bitch!" is my second fave line, god, i love these goobers.
the hands coming out of a shadow of darkness before revealing Edward is such good foreshadowing design oh my gOd
I pictured both of them as vaugely Mettaton before this and you have done my brain JUSTICE 10/10
This is one of my favorite scenes 😂 I love the detail you put in and the emotion on their faces
I GOT CHILLS, THIS WAS ABSOLUTELY FUCKING AMAZING!! MY HEART WAS PROBABLY GONNA BURST WHEN THE ELVES WENT DOWN THE RUNWAY YOU CAPTURED THIS SO WELL HOLY SHIT!!!!! I'M DESTINED TO WATCH THIS ANOTHER HUNDRED TIMES!!
I love that Magnus is covering Steven's globe to shield him frm the strobing lights. Amazing detail.
REALLY GOOD MERLE!! taako's expressions are also spot on, absolutely incredible work!
i would legit watch the entire series like this. this was amazing nice job, very well done!
Yes, I will donate. Every so often, I come around looking if you've done any more of these because your linework and characterization is freaking spot-on. I love this!
this is SO CUTE. I looove love love all your character designs!!
This. Is. *Magic*.
This video is the one that introduced me to The Adventure Zone, thank you! I just caught up to this episode and decided to watch this again, amazing work! Bless you!
i love this and i love your designs, i've watched this several times this week already!
The character design is AMAZING GOD FUCK I LOVE IT
Beautiful artwork!! I love seeing the scenes come to life.
These are my absolute favorite designs, and the style is amazing
I love this so much! Your interpretations of the settings are fantastic!