Stranded - Thalassophobia Animation

one reason i like these is because theres no sudden lazy jumpscare at the end

"... and that, kids, is how i met your mother."

"You look lonely....I can fix that."

I don't even have thalassophobia, but I'm now contemplating developing it.

Something about how casually it drags the boat down is unnerving. Doesn't seem to be done with malice just curiosity for something new.

Seeing that boat disappear into the depths makes me big uncomfy

What scares me most is that you've lost your boat and stuck in the ocean, far from earth. It feels like the worst part has only begun.

You don’t have to have an irrational phobia to be scared of this.

"Oh, come on, lady! I had three more payments on that thing!"

"You are my friend now! 😀"

This the type of shit that goes down in the Bermuda Triangle

I really enjoyed the water physics. Especially the way it reacted when the "monster" surfaced, very realistic.

amazing animation! The water looks especially good

There's something about her hand that scared the crap out of me but I loved it at the same time!!!

Respect for actually not having crappy jumpscare at the end of the vid, you actually captured what makes thalassophobia scary.

the sudden chills an anxiety when the boot was causally pulled under........🥶🥶🥶

The thought of now you’re just in the middle of the ocean swimming and knowing that is under you is terrifying

That mermaid is HUGE!

Fantastic atmosphere built here, without any lazy jumpscares and this makes it even more creepy. But also I'm glad she isn't made out to be completely malicious towards the person.

i love being in the middle of an ocean when its thundering with a nice light rain, so calming

You know, I was watching this being like "Hey, this isn't so bad.." *AND THEN IT GRABBED THE BOAT*

Tge POV going further away from the boat was a great touch. The silence and helplessness of the victim and confusion on the creatures face was as well.

I especially like how the water rushes over her shoulders instead of just being a big typical splash. Really gives her a sense of scale.

Damn you, I was fucking *dreading* what I’d see as soon as we went under Fantastic work. 10/10

Oh HECK NO!! Now I won't be able to sleep.

low key pretty attractive monster

Okay the thumbnail didnt prepare me that it would be THAT big Very unnerving and mysterious. Excellent work!

I dont have that phobia but damn that was unsettling. Great job!

Your thalassophobia animations are great ! Just the right mix of eerie and creepy and the water looks so realistic.

You see the boat dragged to the deep. You're now floating in the ocean with no life vest and now you're just waiting for it to grab you or you drown either way. That moment you accepted death....and that's the scare.

0:22 I’ve come to discuss with you about your extended boat warranty…” 🧜🏻‍♀️

monsters would be fine but actually a giant like that is crazy scary, just swimming in the ocean and toying with you lmao would have been more scarier if you showed the giants body underwater as well after main characther dips into the ocean

0:30 The hand about to drag you down is what made me jump. That scares me.

INCREDIBLE work animating the water physics coming off her shoulders.

not even killing you, just destroying the thing keeping you alive... *shudders*

That was really great, scary but great.

This is how the next subnautica game should start.

I was fine till we went under then my heart started pounding 😭

adding a visual of the giant UNDER the water 🌊would ADD to the scary event kind of the inverse of seeing a mountain⛰ tower above but inversly. That being said... most creepy water related content. I wish more horror games had this.

i had to watch this by hovering my cursor over the thumbnail and it still got me, this is the first time ive seen someone really grasp how thalassophobia feels without the obvious danger, its the unknown that terrifies me

He turned around and tried to start the boat again like “oh hell naw.” 😂

damn, this looked real af

Wonderful short all around, but I just have to say the quality of the water animation is genuinely fantastic. It essentially looks photoreal. The way it rolls over her shoulders when she moves forward and it "catches up" was just... *chef's kiss.* Water is often one of those things that's tricky to nail in CGI... but you nailed it.

The sound when she grabbed onto the boat made me jump in my seat, holy crap.

This is your best one yet. No doubt. Especially when she drags you and the boat underwater.

Wow.. That looks so crazy The larger than human creature coming up and draggitthe boat down... Definitely nightmare fuel!

what a cute giant humanoid creature 🥰

I don't have many memories of when I was a child, I was 8 years old and I was leafing through an encyclopedia of the seas and fish, when the figures started to move and the fish started to take on the appearance of piranhas, I ran away and then I told my parents everything. . they probably won't even remember this thing, I'm 30 now and I'm still afraid of that encyclopedia that I never opened again

Just grabbing a little toy boat for her children :D

Thank you for giving my fears of deep waters legitimacy

Still a better love story than Twilight.

Thank you for not jump scaring me at the end 😭😭 this made me so uncomfortable watching, great job!

I say with no hyperbole that this disturbs me on a level that can possibly cause me to lose my sanity…good work 👍🙃😁

Теперь знаю свою фобию, спасибо

I've wondered for a long time about the horror of mermaids being immense. Sends a chill through me.

I see you've taken an immense leap and many personal challenges to yourself to create this. The rendering is phenomenal with the lighting, the clouds, and the shine on the metals, to even the reflection of the boat screen on it's curved windshield. The water and sky look incredible, nearly like you videod a trip out onto your own boat. But the personal challenges I see that you're striving to polish, are the reflective surfaces of the fiberglass sections of the boat, the cushioned backseat, and the puffed guard rails. The monster was very creative, in all iterations I've seen of mermaids or mer like people, I've never seen a giant one! Endlessly creative, boundlessly imaginative, undoubtedly talented, incredibly patient and not afraid to dig in and keep trying to improve! Im no animation expert and im not picking flaws here, im truly amazed by your project. Especially if this was a solo piece. You absolutely nailed the underwater effect, and the unsettling diminishing visibilty the deeper objects sink. I sincerely hope you continue this if its a passion, and if you do continue, i hope you animate alongside people of equal talent and passion! Be it games or movies or shows, id like to see your work be recognized. Thanks for sharing! Sincerely- a person with submechanophobia and thalassophobia (this video did its job and was very spooky) 👍

I don't know whats more freaky, seeing a creature like that or knowing the fact that i can't swim

idk why i watch these when they scare me so bad i have to pause and look away constantly!!

Add that to my list of phobias.

That’s genuinely terrifying! Great work!

Reminds me of your first Leviathan video. Back to the roots. It's great, eerie and seems so real..! Excellent work.

I've seen many, many horror movies. NONE of them have scared me more than this video

You know, I don't have irrational fears... this isn't helping . Gorgeous work, bravo.

It's incredibly good especially when the creature is out of the water and the water splashes back. Though the breaking out of water is quite uncanny, like there's not much water sliding down the face nor the ones that goes with the motion like those on whales. I don't know if it's a design choice or hardware limitation as I am not a vfx expert, so I apologize if my comments don't make sense. But you are a really one talented individual!

if only your boats dashboard didnt look like crap (compared to the rest) this would be so real

The progress in a few months is astounding friend. Hope to see more of your work❤

As a programmer I’m always amazed at how animations can be done through programming illustrations.

Now this is art!

I dont even know how to make a bone in blender, but I fell like the creature face doesnt move and is kinda "dead", what I mean by that is that the face is very static and doesnt looks like a live being. You could make it blink or move a bit its mouth. But the videos is still AMAZING and better than anything that I made in blender. I hope your channel gets to 100k subs.

I love these Thalassaphobia vids because as someone who absolutely adores the sea, this is so uniquely relaxing. I'm just floating in the void like a happy fish. No worries. No stress. Just the endless blue of the sea and my new giant mermaid friend.

The crazy part about the boat sinking is that it's buoyancy is from it's interior. If pulled down, it would shoot back up again the moment it was let go. If taken deep enough, the speed it went up would shoot it high into the air.

Awesome 👌

This is good. The begining is very shaky and it makes us feel intimate with the character as if it's a realistic candid documentary, and then the long exposure to the environnement explore the sense of loliness and helplessness. Then the size of the monster is huge and the surprise overwhelming. The first time I saw it I felt this thing in my stomach. Then I rewatched it but the magic was gone because I think everything lays in the first time you discover it. Also the thumbnail, even spoily, was ok because I was still frightened by the size of the monster, coming after a good exposure to the scale of the reality of the filming character. My memory is haunted, good job.

Very good job! Really created discomfort and a sense of fear in me. The timing is spot on and an overall great video

Water when the creature surfaces is 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻. The slosh over its shoulders after it moves forward… great work!

Please do a version where we can see the rest of her body under the water, for scale as the boat goes deeper. Also...totally "would"! 😁

Wow that was simply stunning.

nah...... 💀 someone is beating it to this, i just know. cause I'm him.

I'd definitely subscribe if I kept seeing this kind of style of video with a gradually increasing production quality

Being stranded in the middle of the ocean is enough for me

I'm afraid of dark waters, because I keep imagining a very large snake or alligator in there

Just me: "So like... are we married now? or...?"

This popped up in my feed somehow and now I know of this whole thalassophobia subgenre... there goes the rest of my day.

Not much scares me these days but when that head emerged from the water my hair stood on end. Even rewatching it triggers some kind of primal fear reaction in me. Sensational work, you belong in Hollywood.

here me out

Thank you for adding another fear to my list about the ocean ❤ from a new subscriber

Beautiful work, and SCARY. Really well directed and animated.

This video really puts the viewer in the feel of the unseen character on screen. Well done.

Well im just amazed by the water going over the shoulders! God damn!

The part with it coming up out of the water was really cool, how you can see it underneath the water before it surfaces.

Made me feel like i couldnt hide from it anywhere definitely got under my skin

Sometimes I wonder how it'd be if they made VR horror movies. Where your POV is the MCs the whole time. That type of thing for this would probably be a new level of fear

I heard water is difficult to Animated. So good on you for how Incredible it turned out 👍

As someone with thalassophobia I say this is accurate

If you showed the colossal figure underwater, obscured by the murky water and darkness it would’ve been peak scary.

This is amazing. I do have a fear of things like this but it captivates me

Great, an animated fever dream. I was so waiting for this...

This is the kind of thing I wish I'd see in video games, pure imagination. This 47 seconds was enough to make me want to know more of the story... Well done.

I really needed this extra anxiety, thanks. lol

Just the shear size of this thing is what unnerves me the most... that thing is huge and as soon as it surfaced, u knew what was gonna happen... and the thought of being dragged into the depths like that is terrifying.