If anyone wants to learn some of the techniques, I'm soon to release an AI Animation Course that covers part of the making of this: www.thereelrobot.com
I cannot avert my attention from the polarized reception towards this piece demonstrated within the comments. I am yet to be aware of an opinion regarding the video (other than my own) that does not hold it in either high praise or high disdain.
It’s been fun. The reality is, like a lot of these early proof of concept AI films, it’s both very flawed and full of potential. But there weren’t a lot of 2D animated attempts when it came out, so it upset the anti-AI and professional animator crowds, and got 5.2m views on Twitter alone. I ended up getting paid to make an upcoming animated series because of it, so the hatred brought me the best commercial opportunity I’ve ever had.
@@TheReelRobot Well hello to you, sir. I had not anticipated receiving a reply from anyone, let alone the owner of the channel. Thank you for the consideration, and sincerely I hope that your efforts forward are met more favorably as a whole.
I love this bro. Story board is excellent. One of them short films you truly believe the writer experienced this dramatic experience of a young man becoming a man. Great job G 👏
I used Midjourney to create the images. Lots of keywords like “hand drawn Japanese animation”. Then I trained this tool/model on how to help me get the same style: ruclips.net/video/69yQjRGFDDU/видео.html Happy to answer more questions, but have an AI Animation Course I’ve been working on at www.thereelrobot.com if you want to sign up
OK that's impressive. I work in a traditional animation studio and it would def take a team of people longer than that. Although there would probably be more character animation, but still... definitely a very good starting point.@@TheReelRobot
@@j0shj0shj0sh very cool. Contrary to what it might look like, I think and want professional animation to thrive. What I'm hoping for is that you can use AI to automate more of the semi-static shots (dialogue and dramatic scenes), and focus your resources on the action that AI is probably not going to be able to do well. Then projects are going to get out much quicker and you get to focus on the work you're most proud of.
Yes I can see it working well like that. A studio can pool its resources more effectively. An Art Director/compositor could take care of a lot of a films run time, whilst a team of character animators and FX artists could tackle key moments and action sequences et cetera.@@TheReelRobot
@@TheReelRobothopefully AI creates better situations for animators. Animators these days can get overworked and underpaid to keep up with consumerism demands. Used ethically, AI can expedite rough draft and conceptualizing processes and be used to aid artists in the more tedious phases of animation and design. This lets creative folks refine more efficiently as well as they have more time now and got their ideas down faster. The creative spark lasts longer throughout a project this way. This is especially going to be helpful for indie and low budget studios who normally wouldn’t be able to keep up with the labor demands and cost of big budget studios such as Disney. An upside to having easy access to new tech and knew knowledge often yields creative renaissance, so I feel there’s a lot of hope for artists and other creatives concerning the future of AI. While people are right to have wariness of AI and it’s great to talk about the negatives, the positives are also super important. People are afraid of this tech because they don’t understand it yet, but it’s quickly going to become the norm whether they’re on board or not. It’s best to dive into all aspects of it so we can better grasp the tech, understand the ethics and how to regulate it appropriately, and be sure creative industry continues to thrive.
The style of the old man, etc was mostly done with reference images and some tricks - not so much a prompt. I was using a prompt that had “hand drawn animation, 2D animation, highly detailed, muted colors” and put -c 10 at the end to help experiment. After getting an image that looked like that style, I would copy the image address, paste it into the next prompt, and put “-iw 0.5” at the end so it would match the style. After I got a few of those I just took it all to EverArt which you can see me do in this video: ruclips.net/video/69yQjRGFDDU/видео.html
@@DJTideyes, Midjourney to make images, then Runway to animate them. I used EverArt instead of Midjourney at times to help with consistency, but it’s not something you absolutely need.
This is great and amazing storytelling! Great pacing! Definitely a fan - reminds me of Grave of the Fireflies for the throwback anime lovers out there. Found you through the Creative Refuge AI film course and website. You're dope!
5.2m views on Twitter and an even harder ratio - x.com/thereelrobot/status/1742984859457626562?s=46&t=SDvEA524EUW6ivkyLZEWXA At the time, no one had really done something animated at this scale. The traditional animators shared it around and were very upset.
@@TheReelRobot The quote tweets are hilarious, butt hurt, snobbish "artists" can not stand the fact that they are going to be replaced even though it is till going to happen 😄 Just keep it moving!
Wow, this is such a beautifully crafted short film! The animation is stunning, and the use of AI tools adds a unique touch to the visuals. The music complements the story well, and the overall experience is thought-provoking and visually stunning. I’m so glad I stumbled upon this gem. Thank you for sharing!
Wow, if any dialogue could ever convey honesty and through that create powerful emotions, then that was it. This is inspiring for any father son relationship that is broken and urge all fathers to swallow their pride and apologise to their kids if it is the right thing to do.
This is the future of animation. And we now no longer need to beg and plead with gatekeepers to make these films a reality. The beginning of a revolution in filmaking!
You think THIS is the future of animation? Don't make me laugh. This is crap. It belongs in a dumpster. We artist do not accept trash like AI generated animations whatsoever. You're delusional to think that otherwise. AI will never be superior to real work made by real people, and not machines.
thanks to people who think like you yes ,,,and it will lose its value soon …happy now? whos gatekeeping what ? in animation what tf you mean? ....cant wait for all the animation brain rot and a generation where every dipshit with an ability to prompt will suddenly be considered animators fun .
#MoveOverMiyazaki Still mind-blowing that a single artist did all this. Well, Albert / Alexander/ Alan or whatever your name is, you've struck gold w/ this one! Where can we donate for a full episodic season?
@@c.m.9369 I definitely think and have found AI to help with concepts. It's not ready for full animation yet but these are great for drafting concepts and storyboards
If anyone wants to learn some of the techniques, I'm soon to release an AI Animation Course that covers part of the making of this: www.thereelrobot.com
This is what my fever dreams looked like when I had appendicitis wtf.
Wow great job😍
I cannot avert my attention from the polarized reception towards this piece demonstrated within the comments. I am yet to be aware of an opinion regarding the video (other than my own) that does not hold it in either high praise or high disdain.
It’s been fun. The reality is, like a lot of these early proof of concept AI films, it’s both very flawed and full of potential.
But there weren’t a lot of 2D animated attempts when it came out, so it upset the anti-AI and professional animator crowds, and got 5.2m views on Twitter alone.
I ended up getting paid to make an upcoming animated series because of it, so the hatred brought me the best commercial opportunity I’ve ever had.
@@TheReelRobot Well hello to you, sir. I had not anticipated receiving a reply from anyone, let alone the owner of the channel. Thank you for the consideration, and sincerely I hope that your efforts forward are met more favorably as a whole.
@@TheReelRobot hahhahah i want to see that series, cant wait for it
I love this bro. Story board is excellent. One of them short films you truly believe the writer experienced this dramatic experience of a young man becoming a man. Great job G 👏
What is the AI used to create this type of image?
I used Midjourney to create the images. Lots of keywords like “hand drawn Japanese animation”. Then I trained this tool/model on how to help me get the same style:
ruclips.net/video/69yQjRGFDDU/видео.html
Happy to answer more questions, but have an AI Animation Course I’ve been working on at www.thereelrobot.com if you want to sign up
How long did it take you to make this?
Somewhere around 30 hours. I had that train scene in the works months ago, and fleshed out the rest over time.
OK that's impressive. I work in a traditional animation studio and it would def take a team of people longer than that. Although there would probably be more character animation, but still... definitely a very good starting point.@@TheReelRobot
@@j0shj0shj0sh very cool. Contrary to what it might look like, I think and want professional animation to thrive.
What I'm hoping for is that you can use AI to automate more of the semi-static shots (dialogue and dramatic scenes), and focus your resources on the action that AI is probably not going to be able to do well.
Then projects are going to get out much quicker and you get to focus on the work you're most proud of.
Yes I can see it working well like that. A studio can pool its resources more effectively. An Art Director/compositor could take care of a lot of a films run time, whilst a team of character animators and FX artists could tackle key moments and action sequences et cetera.@@TheReelRobot
@@TheReelRobothopefully AI creates better situations for animators. Animators these days can get overworked and underpaid to keep up with consumerism demands. Used ethically, AI can expedite rough draft and conceptualizing processes and be used to aid artists in the more tedious phases of animation and design. This lets creative folks refine more efficiently as well as they have more time now and got their ideas down faster. The creative spark lasts longer throughout a project this way.
This is especially going to be helpful for indie and low budget studios who normally wouldn’t be able to keep up with the labor demands and cost of big budget studios such as Disney. An upside to having easy access to new tech and knew knowledge often yields creative renaissance, so I feel there’s a lot of hope for artists and other creatives concerning the future of AI.
While people are right to have wariness of AI and it’s great to talk about the negatives, the positives are also super important. People are afraid of this tech because they don’t understand it yet, but it’s quickly going to become the norm whether they’re on board or not. It’s best to dive into all aspects of it so we can better grasp the tech, understand the ethics and how to regulate it appropriately, and be sure creative industry continues to thrive.
can you share the prompt to make the video with this kind of style .
The style of the old man, etc was mostly done with reference images and some tricks - not so much a prompt.
I was using a prompt that had “hand drawn animation, 2D animation, highly detailed, muted colors” and put -c 10 at the end to help experiment.
After getting an image that looked like that style, I would copy the image address, paste it into the next prompt, and put “-iw 0.5” at the end so it would match the style.
After I got a few of those I just took it all to EverArt which you can see me do in this video:
ruclips.net/video/69yQjRGFDDU/видео.html
@@TheReelRobotthis was done using midjourney?
@@DJTideyes, Midjourney to make images, then Runway to animate them.
I used EverArt instead of Midjourney at times to help with consistency, but it’s not something you absolutely need.
@@TheReelRobot ty! Great channel, can't wait to see more of your stuff!
This is great and amazing storytelling! Great pacing! Definitely a fan - reminds me of Grave of the Fireflies for the throwback anime lovers out there. Found you through the Creative Refuge AI film course and website. You're dope!
Thanks! Really appreciate the support
Amazing! I'd love to showcase this across my platforms! Let me know! Again, phenomenal work!!
Absolutely - go for it!
Great, Thank you! @@TheReelRobot
Love it!
Why the hell is this getting ratioed?
5.2m views on Twitter and an even harder ratio - x.com/thereelrobot/status/1742984859457626562?s=46&t=SDvEA524EUW6ivkyLZEWXA
At the time, no one had really done something animated at this scale. The traditional animators shared it around and were very upset.
@@TheReelRobot The quote tweets are hilarious, butt hurt, snobbish "artists" can not stand the fact that they are going to be replaced even though it is till going to happen 😄
Just keep it moving!
because it sucks ass
@@letitbeaiThese "artists" that you mock are actual talented people that needs a voice to call out things like this.
YAAAAAY, Amazing.
Wow, this is such a beautifully crafted short film! The animation is stunning, and the use of AI tools adds a unique touch to the visuals. The music complements the story well, and the overall experience is thought-provoking and visually stunning. I’m so glad I stumbled upon this gem. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you!
Will this be up on letterboxd so I can log it
Probably not going to in the meantime. Anti-AI crowd will break Letterboxd's servers trying to rate it
Wow, if any dialogue could ever convey honesty and through that create powerful emotions, then that was it. This is inspiring for any father son relationship that is broken and urge all fathers to swallow their pride and apologise to their kids if it is the right thing to do.
Fantastic work!
Amazing job love this video and also kickstarting the long form AI animations in 2024!
Incredible!!!
This is the future of animation. And we now no longer need to beg and plead with gatekeepers to make these films a reality. The beginning of a revolution in filmaking!
You think THIS is the future of animation? Don't make me laugh. This is crap. It belongs in a dumpster. We artist do not accept trash like AI generated animations whatsoever. You're delusional to think that otherwise. AI will never be superior to real work made by real people, and not machines.
ruclips.net/video/lg0-GF6pAsg/видео.html
thanks to people who think like you yes ,,,and it will lose its value soon …happy now? whos gatekeeping what ? in animation what tf you mean? ....cant wait for all the animation brain rot and a generation where every dipshit with an ability to prompt will suddenly be considered animators fun .
You still need good stories though not just good animation.
@@Knightx392 exactly 😉. A mangaka's dream
#MoveOverMiyazaki Still mind-blowing that a single artist did all this. Well, Albert / Alexander/ Alan or whatever your name is, you've struck gold w/ this one!
Where can we donate for a full episodic season?
I am offended that you even dared to call whoever made this a artist. You’re a disgrace to everyone, end of conversation
Beautiful work
This was fantastic!!
Thank you! Btw, loved the flashlight scene in The Warehouse
@@TheReelRobot thank you dude!! Thanks for checking it out!😁
Great concept
Agree.
And the concept is LITERALLY the only thing that is great about it.
Shows how terrible AI is at making "art".
@@c.m.9369 I definitely think and have found AI to help with concepts. It's not ready for full animation yet but these are great for drafting concepts and storyboards
This is amazing. Very well done. Looking forward to course.
A masterpiece. I'm moved to tears. An incredibly touching story, great music, and the art style and characters are incredible. Please, more of this.
Thank you! Lalamu is a masterpiece in its own right
☀️🌟🌙🙏😢🌠
You just successfully summarized the plot in emojis
Impressive!
Mind blowing bro🤯🤯🤯🤯
I hope this blows up... It's really good work
tutorial of this video
Just amazing! I loved it. It was a touching story.
Thanks, Emily! Always great to see a comment from you
This is great! Will you be releasing content on RUclips of how you made this?
Yep. I actually made it while working on an AI Animation Course. Can ping you via email when it’s out www.thereelrobot.com