I can't believe it's been 7 years since I first posted this! I just wanted to say thank you for all the lovely comments you folks have left me, I am still surprised when new ones pop up and it leaves me smiling to know my class assignment from all those years ago is being enjoyed. I am forever thankful to The Mechanisms for allowing me to use it to help me in my journey - and in the end I did get into my animation school of choice! I am now living as a full time animator on kids' shows. Who knows what other adventures the future holds? :D
this song way back then gave me a fun Dnd plot hook, Big baddy would whisper a "phrase of power" that would grant the speaker the listeners remaining life if they died within a period. congrats on getting into the school. Love making vids myself.
I just discovered the mechanisms two days ago and I love them so much already, this is such a cool depiction! Makes it even better than it already was omg
Well, there's three years of animation production at a new uni coming up for me starting September, so yes! I'll be learning how to animate properly instead of this DIY method xP
Kind of obsessed with every single art choice you made because it's nothing like my mental visuals but so perfect for the song and album vibes. Also the paper animation lends to the diy quality I've always loved about the mechs. And the skeleton throne is cool as heck
YOOOOOOOO THIS IS THE COOLEST THING EVER! I love how the throne was actually a skeleton, that's super cool! AND THE ANIMATION WAS AMAZING AAAAAAAAAAAAA
Thank you! :) The "puppets" were drawn rough in pencil, inked in pen, cut out with a scalpel into all the different parts, scanned, assembled and moved in photoshop on top of digital backgrounds - each frame saved as a jpg. and then those frames put into a movie editor at a kinda low FPS. At the time, I had no proper animation software, a month to make a final project, a new love of The Mechs' music and a ton of determination to get into a good animation course. (And it worked out in the end! :D )
Holy sbeeb!!! This is so good!!! I never really liked old king cole but wow is my mind changed! I love your visuals so much! Your transitions,, your shading,,, your linework,,,, I'm so glad to hear from your comment that you got where you wanted to go
Oh this is absolutely BEAUTIFUL! I was just listening to the song and thought wouldn't it be amazing if someone did an animation of it? And you did and thank you!
This is insanely good, really amazing work - I'm super happy to read that you're working full time as an animator now - this video already looks so professional, I can only imagine how good you must be now :D All the best!!
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I can't believe it's been 7 years since I first posted this! I just wanted to say thank you for all the lovely comments you folks have left me, I am still surprised when new ones pop up and it leaves me smiling to know my class assignment from all those years ago is being enjoyed. I am forever thankful to The Mechanisms for allowing me to use it to help me in my journey - and in the end I did get into my animation school of choice! I am now living as a full time animator on kids' shows. Who knows what other adventures the future holds? :D
this song way back then gave me a fun Dnd plot hook, Big baddy would whisper a "phrase of power" that would grant the speaker the listeners remaining life if they died within a period.
congrats on getting into the school. Love making vids myself.
That's amazing! You definitely deserve your success. This is wonderful.
CANT STOP COMING BACK TO THIS AKSHAKGSKA I LOVE IT SO MUCH ❤
The pig's weapon being in a wolf design is INCREDIBLE AFVGSSFF
Just stumbled across this and I love the way the axe in front of the little pigs face becomes the wolf. A+ story reference there
I loved this 4 years ago when i was 14 and i love this now!
This is so cool. The designs for the 3 little pigs are amazing and how they are shaped like wolfs really plays into their origins
I just discovered the mechanisms two days ago and I love them so much already, this is such a cool depiction! Makes it even better than it already was omg
Omg same! Now im in a rabbit hole and i cant be happier. Are you also here from tma?
@@elliotmcdowell6439 actually I went to TMA from here! A friend recommended the mechanisms and, since I liked them, then suggested TMA :)
Just got recommended this absolutely masterpiece by yt algorithm!! I adore your style sooo much it's so good
I only found this from scrubbing through the old blog posts lol
Well, there's three years of animation production at a new uni coming up for me starting September, so yes! I'll be learning how to animate properly instead of this DIY method xP
After just getting into the mechanisms, I appreciated this so much! This is excellent!
I can't explain it but this drawing/animation style is PERFECT for this song
I’ve been looking for this for years! It scared me as a child
But I wanted to see it again 😭
I'm sorry to hear this frightened you as a kid! :(
Oh my this is so good
I can't believe I just discovered this video now
HOW AM I ONLY FINDING THIS NOW
Kind of obsessed with every single art choice you made because it's nothing like my mental visuals but so perfect for the song and album vibes. Also the paper animation lends to the diy quality I've always loved about the mechs. And the skeleton throne is cool as heck
YOOOOOOOO THIS IS THE COOLEST THING EVER! I love how the throne was actually a skeleton, that's super cool! AND THE ANIMATION WAS AMAZING AAAAAAAAAAAAA
I love the way everything moves!
This is CRIMINALLY underrated holy FUCK
Wow! That's some amazing art! I particularly love the eye flash in the spiderweb passages and the tale told in the prisoner's ear.
Holy shit, this is so cool!!
It's okay, I can make more paper puppet animations in the future, but they'll just be better made if I do! And thanks Sam :)
oh my GOD???? THIS IS INCREDIBLE
This is truly amazing! I can't believe you drew all of this in traditional style!
I Loved it!
I came here looking the song for my baby boy but this one is for me, greating from venezuela
THIS IS SO COOL. you definitely captured the fantasy and steampunk vibe!! beautiful details!!
OH MAN. This is so cool!!
that was... so bloody amazing? wow
HEY, HEY, THIS IS REALLY REALLY COOL WOWWOWOWWOWOWOWOWOW
This is so good
HOLY SH*T!!!!!!! THIS IS SO FREAKING GOOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Woooowww this is INCREDIBLE!!! The art, the design, the mood, the animation, I am blown away
My god I’m absolutely dumbstruck by this?!?!?! THANK YOU
im about eight years late but this is fucking SO COOL
This is absolutely gorgeous!! I've never seen this sort of style of animation before!! It's stunning!!
this is the coolest thing I have ever seen
THIS IS INCREDIBLE.
Awesome! Thanks for sharing
i'm in awe, the level of detail on this is astounding!
this is absolutely incredible
This is awesome! Please do other songs too!
this popped up in my yt recs just now and i'm so glad i clicked it! the work you've done on this is Amazing!!
okay, wow
Your amazing!
THIS IS SO COOL!!!
dude you did not have to go this hard and yet I'm so glad you did
Wow! This was so well done! Thank you so much!
I can't believe I only now found this!!! Truly amazing work!!
This is so good oh my god
THis is very cool!
this is incredible woah!!
Absolutely amazing!
wowwww this is so good!! I love your art style
this is incredible wow!!!!
WOW this is amazing!!! It all looks so good!
This is actually awesome!
Fantastic work!
Oh my GOD that was incredible.
This is incredible. Wow, this is wonderful.
This is so cool!! The designs of the characters and the background and everything is amazing!! I absolutely love it!!
Wow this is awesome! Love the designs! The details! Everything!
you did all that on paper?! that's amazing!!!!! super good animation for the song too, i hope the mechs saw this :3
Thank you! :) The "puppets" were drawn rough in pencil, inked in pen, cut out with a scalpel into all the different parts, scanned, assembled and moved in photoshop on top of digital backgrounds - each frame saved as a jpg. and then those frames put into a movie editor at a kinda low FPS. At the time, I had no proper animation software, a month to make a final project, a new love of The Mechs' music and a ton of determination to get into a good animation course. (And it worked out in the end! :D )
Holy sbeeb!!! This is so good!!! I never really liked old king cole but wow is my mind changed! I love your visuals so much! Your transitions,, your shading,,, your linework,,,, I'm so glad to hear from your comment that you got where you wanted to go
This is so impressive and inspiring!! Wow!!
HOLY CRAP THIS IS AMAZING
Oh this is absolutely BEAUTIFUL! I was just listening to the song and thought wouldn't it be amazing if someone did an animation of it? And you did and thank you!
I love this so much aidhsjahjshshdjdjd
This is truly amazing work
Brilliant animation! :).
This is insanely good, really amazing work - I'm super happy to read that you're working full time as an animator now - this video already looks so professional, I can only imagine how good you must be now :D All the best!!
i do So adore the almost rotoscope quality to your animation!
This is incredible!! You captured all the horror of the lyrics so well!!
old king cole(マザーグース)の暗い曲調の奴が聴きたくて漁ってたらこのアニメか出てきた。何言ってるかサッパリ聞き取れん…。でも素晴らしいアニメーションだね。好み。
Oh y god im in love with you, this is amazing
So fecking awesome Emly xD xD
Yooooo this is so cool omg! I love this
I never quite understood is king cole implied to be a cannibal
This is really cool!! Your animation is absolutely gorgeous 💖
yo this is so cool! i love yr style and mood!!! ahhdhakshjdksk
holy shit
This is so impressive and inspiring!! Wow!!