Battle For Darktow- Critical Role C2 E43 animatic

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  • Опубликовано: 29 янв 2025

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  • @abbylanning3308
    @abbylanning3308 2 года назад +1361

    Caleb gets knocked out, wakes up, casts fireball and blows up the enemy ship, and immediately goes back down from the flashback. Glass cannon indeed

    • @bdletoast09
      @bdletoast09 11 месяцев назад +48

      The quintessential wizard. Wields the power of battle ending artillery but crumbles like wet paper when bonked on the head a little too hard.

  • @actuallyhard315
    @actuallyhard315 2 года назад +746

    The flaming boots for Caleb's expeditious retreat were a great touch

    • @hughmorris7557
      @hughmorris7557 Год назад +15

      That’s the moment that always sticks with me for this animation.
      It’s all great, but I love seeing the creative flairs for each spell cast

    • @savingpyro
      @savingpyro 2 месяца назад +3

      Love the fade from Misty Step!

  • @MilleniumFoxMagician
    @MilleniumFoxMagician 2 года назад +2138

    This fight was ICONIC, and you captured the action so well! From Caleb casting Wall of Fire to Fjord summoning the balgura, I got nostalgic chills!

    • @eternasapphiremoon81
      @eternasapphiremoon81 2 года назад +10

      I can't waitm to see this scene animated in the series! GONNA BE LIT!!!

    • @francisdoherty5580
      @francisdoherty5580 Год назад +2

      I know that if the Monkey Paw is listening, lol. This scene setup really shows the action. You should be highlighted if/when they use it for ideas. Great work.

    • @stephenramsey5585
      @stephenramsey5585 8 дней назад

      One of my favourite things about this fight is that it's not a fight to beat Ivantika's crew. Even winning that fight would be an overall loss. It's a fight to stall long enough so that Beau can get the help of somebody potentially worse than their enemy.

  • @graced8627
    @graced8627 2 года назад +1503

    Fucking excellent audio layering. The selected audio was choice, and the decision to layer what was being said was a perfect way of keeping combat moving quickly and showing how things were happening simultaneously. This must have been a massive undertaking. Cool shit.

  • @IPIay01
    @IPIay01 Год назад +62

    Bro the Barlgura animation was FUCKING SICK!

  • @shinybugg9156
    @shinybugg9156 Год назад +80

    The little blush on Beau when Jester put her hand on her waist was a cute touch.

  • @kaizen5023
    @kaizen5023 Год назад +89

    Jester's heart eyepatch in her pirate disguise was *chef's kiss*

  • @morbidnumbskull
    @morbidnumbskull 2 года назад +1038

    I can only imagine how much time and effort it took to make this 😱

    • @avasam06
      @avasam06 2 года назад +14

      The last scene was partially animated 2 years ago (last vid).
      So my guess is: a ton.

    • @peculiarnewbie
      @peculiarnewbie 2 года назад +12

      Coming from you that's saying a lot

  • @koboldprime2257
    @koboldprime2257 2 года назад +540

    I forgot half my education but I still remember this fight *vividly* .
    Expertly done, *GJ!* o7

  • @-nav-398
    @-nav-398 2 года назад +258

    From the M9's individualized colors to the fire and blood, this was just a beautiful piece of art.

  • @OHNOKite
    @OHNOKite 2 года назад +286

    This was excellent. Holy shit.I remember this whole sequence from a whiiiile ago and youve managed to supercut the timelessness of a 6-second turn into the confusion of real time battle confusion flawlessly. BRAVO!!

  • @ChaoticYokai
    @ChaoticYokai 5 месяцев назад +18

    This is the one scene I can't wait for in the animated series

    • @TheLSpike
      @TheLSpike 5 месяцев назад +2

      Yeah this scene is gonna be nuts

    • @Hexcimal83
      @Hexcimal83 Месяц назад

      I'm looking forward to the hag and the cupcake

  • @samfish2550
    @samfish2550 Год назад +22

    This has so many good touches with stuff like seeing Calibs skinned face before he mentioned it and the great animation for nott slipping out of the guards arms. It was way more fluid than I expected as a whole.

  • @peter_schomus
    @peter_schomus 2 месяца назад +5

    This sequence was so epic. Insane how Fjord rolled a natural 20 to persuade to blame Avantica leading to her getting choked in front of everyone.

  • @sakurap95
    @sakurap95 2 года назад +55

    3:00 I love how Caleb face plants to the ground! 😂 ouch! 🤕

  • @TakeWalker
    @TakeWalker 2 года назад +224

    fantastic! I love the various ways you visualized the spells, and I also love how you intercut the dialogue! makes the scene much more frenetic :D

  • @ShesAaRebel
    @ShesAaRebel 2 года назад +164

    This is probably one of my favourite moments in CR, and I love that you were able to condense it into an 8 minute video, and give us visuals. Also going through and cutting up all the audio as well.

  • @aleschudarek4672
    @aleschudarek4672 7 месяцев назад +12

    I have to say, I have never seen a better DnD fight depiction in animation before. The background description of the fight just adds to it. Great job. Can't wait what they do in the TV show. Hope it's at least this good ;)

  • @elit957
    @elit957 2 года назад +80

    the audio editing on this is FANTASTIC, it really adds to the effect of "this is all happening simultaneously"

  • @oakenshadow6763
    @oakenshadow6763 Год назад +18

    This is the most detailed animation I've seen of this scene. Everything is just so perfect.

  • @al_hews
    @al_hews 2 года назад +99

    dude this is PHENOMENAL. i love the way you spliced together the descriptions of what they're doing, it rly adds an extra layer to this. and the spells, the movements, everything is so fluid! you've earned my sub!

  • @TheCrashunderride
    @TheCrashunderride Год назад +7

    The blush on Beau when Jester grabs her is a good touch

  • @Blaed13
    @Blaed13 2 года назад +59

    This fight was fantastic! I love your turning narrative flair like arrows through a shield into awesome visuals.

  • @Pingviinimursu
    @Pingviinimursu 2 года назад +36

    EIGHT MINUTES?!!? And it's so good, you chose an excellent battle and brought it to life so well! The narration and music and everything works so well here! Amazing job!

  • @egnato1165
    @egnato1165 Год назад +2

    I like to listen to critical role episodes whenever I'm working on stuff I don't need to be fully focused on, but this one episode made me watch the whole way through. This animatic is insane, even better than I imagined the battle to be. It's one of those times in DnD when, somehow, everything works perfectly and everyone has their opportunity to be cool in their own way. I can only wish I once have the opportunity to play a scene half as fun as this one

  • @TimeturnerJ
    @TimeturnerJ 2 года назад +37

    I love your Nott design! :D She looks so agile and dynamic, and you captured her movement excellently!

  • @Zev0
    @Zev0 2 года назад +24

    The way you let lines and the DM lines merge was beautiful and super cool. Not to mention the animatic in general. Very well done

  • @Timetonut
    @Timetonut 2 года назад +22

    You have grabbed their identities so well! Super impressed with your artistic skills, and your audio choices were spot on. Thank you!

  • @awitchqueef
    @awitchqueef Год назад +52

    I forget how fucking smart the team was during this fight like they handled the scenario so intelligently and it makes me weirdly emotional cause the team dynamic is PHENOMENAL

  • @RiversInTheSky.
    @RiversInTheSky. 2 года назад +37

    That audio compositing was a mountain to climb and you bore a roller-coaster through it all. Great job!

  • @brewislight
    @brewislight Год назад +2

    You've created such haste and urgency with this, not just the animation, but also your choice in cuts and editing. Fantastic, well done!

  • @cinnamonzor7043
    @cinnamonzor7043 2 года назад +32

    Hot damn this is so dynamic I LOVE it :D
    MASSIVE props on how magnificently this turned out

  • @aveioacosta371
    @aveioacosta371 2 года назад +29

    I just finished ep43 about a week ago!
    This is so awesome, you truly do great work!

  • @goddess9545
    @goddess9545 Год назад +8

    The extra combat frames were so good, I liked the variable action when needed! Good sign of knowing what to animate and split your time into. Some wicked art frames with that fireball too and the expressions!

  • @just_an_eldritch_god5930
    @just_an_eldritch_god5930 2 года назад +6

    This must’ve taken an incredible level of patience to craft but I hope you know it turned out beautifully, can’t wait to see more from you

  • @casieropski
    @casieropski 2 года назад +4

    I have never seen dnd combat captured so perfectly in an animatic like this!! The audio editing alone is remarkable. This is AMAZING

  • @paddiefrog
    @paddiefrog 2 года назад +17

    You are SO GOOD at storyboarding these fight scenes, amazing work! I catch new fun little details each time I rewatch

  • @Pyre
    @Pyre 2 года назад +5

    ...Holy hell, what a masterpiece. Hard to fathom how much time and effort you must have put in for it, but if the result is anything to go by, my god.

  • @raverinpuff
    @raverinpuff Месяц назад

    THIS IS INCREDIBLE!! what an attention to details! loved the soundmixing as well

  • @ccorvid
    @ccorvid 2 года назад +7

    best animation of this scene i’ve seen so far. absolutely incredible.

  • @rickl9462
    @rickl9462 11 месяцев назад +1

    Amazing work! You captured that scene beautifully.

  • @benborchardt8438
    @benborchardt8438 2 года назад +6

    This was one of my favorite battles from all of critical role, so intense and vivid! This is my new favorite video! Thank you!!!

  • @pyrosianheir
    @pyrosianheir 2 года назад +1

    Also, I love how you've got everything woven together here. Double that for Jester's little heart eyepatch. Iconic.

  • @nekropolis316
    @nekropolis316 Месяц назад

    This fight is one of the best ways to show people what dnd is all about, two of my friends joined our campaign thanks to this animation so thank you so very much

  • @jsmith9213
    @jsmith9213 2 года назад +6

    That was absolutely incredible. 15/10. Amazing editing on the audio, illustrations are sooooo goood. I loved it. Like a dream come true. The actual animated adventures of Critical Role!!!

  • @bradondykes2276
    @bradondykes2276 2 года назад +2

    That was absolutely one of the coolest M9 animations I’ve ever seen. It was so wonderfully executed. Well done!

  • @Alexis_Nemesis189
    @Alexis_Nemesis189 2 года назад +5

    The layering, the colors, the way you’ve masterfully mixed the sounds, and the animation! This is a masterful 8 minutes of beautiful work

  • @TheDrunkenRose
    @TheDrunkenRose Год назад +4

    I had a feeling something BIG was coming from your channel since you haven't posted in two years before this was dropped. I can see why you waited, and it was 100% worth the wait! Incredible job! The audio mixing from different parts of the fight was expertly done, and the animating was tight, fast, and clean as sin! You did a marvelous job!

  • @MostLikelyMortal
    @MostLikelyMortal 2 года назад +7

    This might be my FAVORITE fight of C2 and this animation brought back all the excitement of watching it the first time!

  • @zoharrubinstein2325
    @zoharrubinstein2325 2 года назад +1

    Everything about this is phenomenal, kudos on one of the best animatics I've seen period!! From the expert audio balancing and dialog cuts to the perfect depiction of the flow of combat, truly a fantastic work all around. 10/10.

  • @youraveragegamer4604
    @youraveragegamer4604 2 года назад +4

    Holy shit this was so well done! I love the way you cut in the cast described what was happening while it happened, simply beautiful

  • @arturofernandez304
    @arturofernandez304 2 года назад +4

    I've been waiting for an animated adaptation of this fight since I saw it live 4 years ago
    Thank you very much!

  • @xXfighterofthefooXx
    @xXfighterofthefooXx 2 года назад +2

    This is incredible, this fight was a top moment for me in the second campaign I still go back and watch these episodes often. You nailed the feel and I love how you mixed the audio between lines and Matt’s descriptions, so well done!

  • @ceruleanrose16
    @ceruleanrose16 2 года назад +3

    This is incredible! You did an amazing job! This is how I pictured it and it’s still even better! Thank you for this moment in the campaign and for your talent!

  • @a_wild_Kirillian
    @a_wild_Kirillian 2 года назад +4

    Oh wow, this is a lot of good work! It flows really well. Thank you

  • @mdavies117
    @mdavies117 2 года назад +3

    Incredible! I comment your talent and patience to not only draw, but mix the audio in perfectly as well!

  • @SunioMc
    @SunioMc 2 года назад +2

    Great job. This is awesome. The visualization of the spells and the blood on weapon hits are amazing. Keep up the great work.
    Also I kinda hope for a part two of this.

  • @Maria.Mirabella
    @Maria.Mirabella 9 месяцев назад

    I love how you layered the audio on top of each other to really sell the feeling of urgency and desperation. This whole fight was intense! And you’ve conveyed it perfectly. Truly amazing!

  • @largemarge857
    @largemarge857 2 года назад +2

    One of my fav episodes! This scene was so tense and you did an amazing job with this animatic.

  • @partimentieveryday
    @partimentieveryday Год назад +1

    This is the best yet, so many details captured so perfectly. Honestly, I think my favorite part was Caduceus’s invisible expressions. 10/10

  • @ronronronnie
    @ronronronnie 2 года назад +4

    Amazingly done! The animation capture all of the actions and emotions of the moment! 10/10

  • @thornbushy
    @thornbushy 2 года назад +5

    I am here and present for ALL OF THIS! You did amazing!!! The angles, the facial expressions the effects are all just mwah mwah mwah!

  • @artcatdraws
    @artcatdraws 2 года назад +6

    This was epic! Definitely worth a sub! From one CR fan and animator to another, great job!

  • @erridian6838
    @erridian6838 2 года назад +3

    Aw man, this was amazing! I love how you kept the narration going along with the animation,it was so fluid!

  • @flowerpetal20
    @flowerpetal20 10 месяцев назад

    HOLY HECK THIS IS AMAZING!! The sound design is amazing as is the art and the scene transitions! beautiful

  • @mrmuffin719
    @mrmuffin719 2 года назад +4

    This is incredibile! It was absolutely worth the wait! I can imagine all the time and effort u put into it, so thank you really much :)

  • @OddAmy
    @OddAmy 2 года назад +4

    Aaaa! You captured all the epic moments so well!

  • @aspecttnd
    @aspecttnd 2 года назад +2

    Wow! This is stunning! I can’t believe I caught this within the first couple days, what an absolute masterpiece! Smooth where it needs to be smooth, jumps perfectly with comedic timing, perfectly accurate down to every minute detail of what’s actually going on. This is incredible!!

  • @jaker721
    @jaker721 3 месяца назад +1

    Wall of Fire, Dimension Door, and Balgura were such hype moments

  • @sockferret
    @sockferret 2 года назад +1

    So badass, thank you for bringing the turn by turn wildness of this HISTORIC battle to life. Such a great job, thanks for your effort and contribution to the community!

  • @gamingpandabamboo9843
    @gamingpandabamboo9843 5 месяцев назад +1

    The animation is the Veth and Avantika bit is so good!!!

  • @Cynical_Nunny
    @Cynical_Nunny Год назад +1

    Incredible!! Remarkable! Cant imagine how long this took.

  • @zenebean
    @zenebean 2 года назад +1

    Never thought I'd see the whole scene animated like this, I love the designs and action so much

  • @jstir6437
    @jstir6437 2 года назад +1

    I’ve seen bits of this fight animated before, but this one takes the cake!

  • @elicaelum8379
    @elicaelum8379 2 года назад +1

    Holy shit!! This is awesome!! And an 8 minute animatic?? I can't even imagine how much time this must have taken!! You are incredible!!!

  • @DMingThoughts
    @DMingThoughts 2 года назад

    That was crazy amount of work! All the sounds and action, all is packed so close, so densely. Massive 1.5 hour fight translated into perfect animated action scene!
    Of the top-tier CR animatics for sure, this is huge!

  • @shambhvilokre
    @shambhvilokre 2 года назад

    Holy shit! The idea to add Matt's description on top is amazing!

  • @samskelly
    @samskelly 2 года назад

    Holy SHIT!! This is so long and so well done, with all the cool dodges and attacks animated!! Bravo, 10/10! Thank you for animating one of thr most iconic fights in the campaign :DD

  • @DustyLizard85
    @DustyLizard85 Год назад

    One of my all time favorite scenes, thank you for animating it so beautifully

  • @WizzoTheMagicMan
    @WizzoTheMagicMan Год назад

    This is crazy good well done. The amount of work put in looks crazy

  • @BDTMack
    @BDTMack 2 года назад

    Awesome! Very well done! Visuals are fantastic. Love the fluid movements, especially for Nott slipping up and out of that guards grip. Audio editing is also great.

  • @BarnibusInk
    @BarnibusInk 2 года назад

    Honestly one of the best fights they ever had. Cinematic and wonderful. Who can forget all the minis on the ship getting
    knocked over!? Great video, I like the audio mix

  • @jordancowled-mcdowall6834
    @jordancowled-mcdowall6834 2 года назад

    Absolutely brilliant effort. This captured the fight so well. The first ive seen of your works but now, not the last. Well done.

  • @skamnatron5000
    @skamnatron5000 2 года назад

    I’ve seen a lot of animatics and I must say this was my favorite, just for the creative choices in audio layering, style consistency, and overall timing of scenes. Great work!

  • @cadetCap1
    @cadetCap1 2 года назад

    This is so freaking awesome. I just restarted C2 and I'm loving all these old moments coming up again. Be proud, this came out great!

  • @k.m.2629
    @k.m.2629 2 года назад

    The whole thing?! Wow! God, this was a great fight. How awesome to see it laid out visually. Thank you for all the time and effort this must have taken, it was a real treat to watch!

  • @RisingRose
    @RisingRose 2 года назад +1

    YES LETS GO!! I was looking for animatics of this just a few days ago! This was such a great fight and you captured it well! Props to doing an _8 minute long_ animatic as well, by the way- i could never

  • @sonnentausnest
    @sonnentausnest 10 месяцев назад

    Amazing, with all the little details! My favorite is Jesters pirate disguise self with the heart eye patch. She'd do just that, awesome!

  • @irongiant5951
    @irongiant5951 2 года назад

    Holy SCHNITZEL the amount of WORK that went into this. Its amazing to see another instant classic from you. Too many things to list. The quality in each frame, the amount of frames, the length, each character design, the way you portray moves being taken, the fluid cinematography you make from minis on a map and narration, the fucking EDITING to omfg. You crammed 3 hours of combat into a crisp (but still very long) 8 minute fight scene that felt like 30 seconds with how fast it wizzed by, it really captured the heart pumping action. God its so much. Love the way you spliced and blended narration and descriptions into the animation itself, so CRAZY. Your work is incredible, thanks for this treat

  • @Lngbrdninjamasta
    @Lngbrdninjamasta 2 года назад

    This must have taken u 5 ever! Such a beautiful piece of art u and constructed

  • @RyanStrudfelt
    @RyanStrudfelt 2 года назад

    Very good details on the eyes and additional streaks of colour for unique moments. Please keep at your work : )

  • @shockers12512
    @shockers12512 2 года назад

    holy hell this is amazing had me gripping the edge of my seat. wonderfully done, for real take a break and recharge, looking forward to the next project

  • @AuthorJohnADouglas
    @AuthorJohnADouglas 2 года назад +1

    What a great fight and what an exceptional animatic for it. Great work

  • @bronzeoliniisnotfunny7885
    @bronzeoliniisnotfunny7885 2 года назад +1

    Oh my god this was absolutely incredible!! Fantastic work. :D

  • @jaylocke2879
    @jaylocke2879 Год назад +1

    This might be one of the best Avantika depictions I've seen. Strong character design overall too!

  • @kevwox
    @kevwox Год назад

    I just watched this episode yesterday! This is fucking amazing and is pretty close to what I pictured in my mind as they were describing the scene!

  • @friendlyurchin2388
    @friendlyurchin2388 2 года назад

    WHAT an absolutely gorgeous way to honour such a legendary fight scene. Your skills are amazing

  • @RuviGaPo
    @RuviGaPo 2 месяца назад

    You rly did the WHOLE BATTLE huh :OO thats insane dude

  • @Gokou3036
    @Gokou3036 2 года назад

    Absolutely epic, C2 really was amazingly special. Thank you so much for the mountain of work this entailed.

  • @jaredt.murphy8257
    @jaredt.murphy8257 Месяц назад

    How lucky to see this fry early preview for the upcoming animated series