Animators in Gartic Phone, with a Budget.. (No Time Limit)

[@RubberRoss]

Download both on PC and mobile for FREE! bit.ly/RubberRossNewseason Check out the newest update here: activity-afkjourney.farlightgames.com/igamesaijiyyy2404020-activity/ Use my code: AFKJRUBBERROSS to get 300 diamonds & 50,000 coins A huge thanks to AFK Journey for sponsoring us to do some cool animation!!

[@polska9762]

huge thanks to afk journey for giving the hostages some money for food and rent

[@toasterdoggo1432]

How much for corn? I need some nice corn rn dude I’ll pay hundreds

[@musicgeek4795]

did you save the gif if you did where can i see them?

[@wolf2403]

Funny, I used to play a game with the same characters and by the same company, AFK Arena. It was pretty good, but falling behind = death sentence.

[@ChimeraLotietheBunny]

Yess indeed

[@Crimser3]

90% of this video is people saying “Juny…” with a mix of admiration, accusation, and exasperation. We love Juny here.

[@Red_Phobic2]

8:37 11:17

[@Derpy_Derpy_Derp]

We do

[@wispynova5547]

@@Red_Phobic2 15:47

[@devonwall4083]

Juny the wizard. The mad lad. The Legend. May he be free of wrist pain forever more.

[@Roronoa1213]

Absolutely 😤🫶🫶

[@katbird2699]

Junys frames: 🌌🌄🏞️🌇 Junys storyboard: 🔘〰️➰➿

[@mlfccin]

his art vs my art:

[@Aurora_Animates]

@@mlfccinmy pfp vs ur pfp

[@YourLocalGoose]

@@Aurora_Animatesur pfp vs my pfp

[@phrog776]

@@YourLocalGoose7

[@phihuynh9533]

@@phrog7767

[@msump99]

Juny and Digu aren't allowed to sit next to each other in class anymore, they're just too good lmao

[@_Xenux]

Inkora’s up there right next to them too

[@yunfi.]

Ross did really well on that one with black bg

[@RuneKatashima]

I really enjoyed a lot of Li.cree's work though.

[@shroomian2739]

I fw eyecager’s art too, it’s really pretty

[@greenguythegreen2431]

Don't you be forgetting my boy inkora.

[@misellus3931]

this is singlehandedly the best advertisement the game ever had and probably will ever have

[@nat.gunder9611]

Absolutely true it makes me want to actually get it more than other promotions

[@cherryblossombvllet]

Juny being too good and making everyone's life harder by 36% killing me every time

[@OkayIW]

Especially because he's like 19

[@SprunkiFS]

@@OkayIW THERES NO WAYY

[@OkayIW]

@@SprunkiFS did you not know?

[@vy2lover]

@@OkayIWHES WHAR

[@cherryblossombvllet]

​@@SprunkiFS 19 and worked on The One Piece anime! Episodes 1071 and 1072(as far as I'm aware), along with layouts for Jujutsu Kaisen season 2 episode 13!

[@_nutella_]

Digu, Juny, and Inkora 's frames are breathtaking every time, and LiCree has such smooth lines. I don't even know how this kind of stuff is possible on something as finicky as gartic

[@King_Direwolf]

This honestly made me more interested in the game than any ad I've seen. The fact that they sponsored this specifically is wild.

[@mrsbasia122]

Right? Whoever supports our animators deserves respect.

[@Atomicitalia]

He's probably gonna get a lot more sponsors after this

[@alexa_digitalart]

He will get more sponsors depending on how many viewers download AFK Arena after this video

[@stickyybun1682]

frfr

[@doyouevergetcollectersanxiety]

same here, literally made me download it. Not my kind of game but the character designs are awesome

[@toast_ix]

as a longtime afk fan that was easily the best sponsor segment ever omg

[@toast_ix]

AHHHHH YOU HEARTED MY COMMENT IM SO HAPPY ILY ROSS

[@NimpyDimpy]

Animators? Getting paid? LET'S FRIGGIN GO 🤘

[@Kazoo_Itchy]

I LOVE WHEN ANIMATORS GET PAID

[@succinyerbollz]

A rare sight

[@StickRyan]

Yessir WE GOT DA RAISE WE NEEDED

[@aclonymous]

he always pays them, he had a lot more to give out for this one though

[@CleanUpNick]

Mappa could never KEKW

[@reezwave]

I love Juny's creativity and Digu's shading, but everyone here did a very great job

[@cherryblossombvllet]

Ross paying animators in both money and exposure and not cutting corners umu

[@thefourthdymensionmusic]

ross is the goat

[@ProfessionalHater05]

Ross isn't mappa

[@muffindestroyerr]

i mean.. he’s an animator himself he should know better lol

[@thefourthdymensionmusic]

@@muffindestroyerr the same could technically be argued about everyone that does anything ever.

[@existenceisrelative]

I love that these Gartic Phone projects are still happening. It lets me check back in every once in a while. Just to make sure that Juny is still an unknowable eldritch being made of animation.

[@sfdragon9946]

Digu’s part was INSANE. I especially love how the animation loops, with the character looking like they’re teleporting out of the last frame and jumping back onto the grave in the first frame.

[@hangry3102]

Its literally high budget anime type of shit. Guess that's what happens when you pay the animators.

[@LocustRocket]

WAIT YOU POINTED THAT OUT AND I WENT "*gasp* I SEE IT NOW!" YOU, RANDOM PERSON ON THE INTERNET, ARE AMAZING AND I COMMEND YOU

[@katjawesemann]

Time stamps for the smooth animations: 7:45 (Horny Lady- Sissia?) 10:03 (Lich) 12:31 ("Pretty Lady" - Fire sorceress) 14:54 (Black background hassle - Carolina) 17:05 (Bunny Huntress) 20:08 (Hamster? Paladin- Chippy) 22:23 (Grave Jumper) 25:52 (Green eyed King) 28:40 (Creepy Wing Fella) 31:00 (Horned Female knight) I dunno the game nor the chars so... I won't change the name of the time stamps, just took the names out of the video or game them descriptions, have fun with it or don't :) Enjoy the video and the animations. See ya!

[@Justshrimpsfine]

Craziest part is 60$/frame with a 12 hour deadline isn't at all an unreasonable cost.

[@cermit2379]

You mean this was a 12k sponsor???

[@ZavernKY]

@@cermit2379 The people who made AFK journey? they've been making BANK off of afk arena for YEARS. 12k for a big animator streamer doesnt sound too crazy

[@cermit2379]

@@ZavernKY hmm interesting. This is the first time I’ve ever heard of them tbh

[@coedeed]

$12k is a really low sponsorship, I'm guessing around $30k

[@Laxbite]

@@coedeed it does say 12k on the thumbnail though

[@floofoexe]

the frame digu drew at 30:03 looked so much like a yoneyama mai illustration/animation frame because of the bowl cut hair and the way the hair flows and the facial structure!!! so cool

[@TheRealAlmostHooman]

Juny and Digu were totally competing to see who can make everyone else's lives harder

[@Gorentaya]

I actually learned how to animate better through these videos. It gave me a better understanding on framing and timing. Happy to still see these videos, its actually very educational

[@mimthyss]

People always mention Juny, but Digu was also absolutely popping off in a lot of these and making everyone’s life more difficult too 😂 I mean that in a nice way tho! Appreciation for all the artists in these, everybody did a phenomenal job as always ❤

[@funtechu]

Inkora too - that frame with the lens flare is just nuts

[@sicksocksocksick]

@@funtechuexactly omg inkora popped off

[@kavlan453]

I love the fact that most of the characters chosen were the dramatic Graveborn heroes (and one Hypogean), then you have Chippy, Mirael, and Lyca just chillin' with all these baddies (All the animations were SICK though!)

[@WeGoblinFolk]

If you weren't there, Ross was also fighting the hamster demons when he pulled for heroes. The hamsters were everywhere and they wanted his sanity.

[@Rimey]

This is why AI will never replace artists

[@kiril10]

Keep coping

[@ba_wei]

One day, they will... But not today.

[@MaridoDoFelps]

Dude i always thought Juny was insane, but the fact Digu was so close to his level of details and "getting other animators exasperated"? Amazing. I hope to see him kire often here, Juny and him are absolutely insane at animations

[@crunchyng969]

I love this series because you can SEE everyone show off how their animation style has evolved even in only a matter of MONTHS. the animations have gotten so SMOOTH!! I envy y’all’s talent and wanna work to get THAT good.

[@jackevarts5698]

Dude some of those frames from juny, digu, and inkora. Like everyone was amazing but those 3 like GAWD DAMN how do you do that in fucking gartic phone?!?!???

[@logandell863]

Digu’s frames were absolutely insane to me, I can’t make those drawings in a proper platform and he does it in gartic phone😭

[@libby_merk]

I was so ready to comment something along this line, like we all know Juny is amazing but digu’s painting and inkora’s fx in particular had me fucking gagged. Like they all cooked but damn were those three killing it.

[@cheaire]

inkora's fx is crazy

[@Sleepypeepyeepy]

27:01 this characters design is genuinely so cool WHO ARE THEY

[@ina.aaahhh]

2:22 filling the entire background black first, then add in white dots: ❌ tediously coloring around each individual dot: ✅

[@zenn6636]

It would’ve been annoying/hard to remember exactly where the effects were, thus doing it the way they did was likely the best way to do it

[@cermit2379]

You can’t see the frame under to see where the white goes tho

[@mi.l.k]

@@zenn6636 each animation was planned out in advance, so they had an image on the side that they could overlay or reference if needed

[@zenn6636]

@@mi.l.k yeah, but what would be easier, trying to perfectly remember exactly where the dots are and where they would be in relation to the storyboard to be in the right place for fluid animation or just coloring around it, either way it’s tedious

[@Chihuaha]

bro he literally said there was no fill option before that

[@matheuspadz]

this is probably the only video I didn't skip the inside AD and will probably download the game. Kudos for you! Hope the animators can get paid more times.

[@Eyecager]

It was so nice seeing everyone’s hard work and second time. This was REALLY fun!!! Thanks for inviting me Ross. 💖

[@wickeddanish5814]

you are so freaking talented !!!

[@askbatguy]

bro went crazyyyyyy

[@allxx8807]

You are soo good

[@MC-uj5gg]

Great job!

[@Madondodon]

You're so freaking cool hje5iei6kydw

[@hoopla2671]

This is so cool. This is like sitting in on pro's playing around in an intermediate class project for art college or something like that. You guy's brought out key points or details you guy's liked for each other's frames. Loved that I got to have a seat in something advanced and fun. I don't even make anything really but to me the basics of drawing carries over to other skills like photography and story telling. Great video!

[@eli507]

I love that Juny is constantly pushing artists in the call to stretch their skills, through example. What a positive influence :D

[@caiden7786]

Especially when he’s one of the younger ones or the youngest I can’t remember

[@RascalCreations]

He’s like 19

[@KIRIXL-KING]

That's young​@@RascalCreations

[@RascalCreations]

@@KIRIXL-KING ikr? Mighty impressive

[@grqfes]

digu behind him always keeping it up too

[@Solanaar]

All of those are insane. The reaction these reveals get from me is so ridiculous. I literally got tears in my eyes from Digu's. How can well done animation make someone cry, huh?!

[@titansaint]

the fact that ross is able to pay these animators so well because of a sponsorship is so awesome. it gives the vibe that the people behind AFKJ get that animation is important and i'm impressed that they spent so much money on a single project like this.

[@tobiasmclusky9263]

Honestly Ross's *eyes glow* shot with the king chara MADE that transition for me :D Loved this soo much!!!

[@StaySafeDontDie]

I, like Ross, was on the edge of my seat audibly reacting to a bunch of this because HOT DAMN the quality of the frames and animations and how AMBITIOUS some of them were!!! THIS IS WHY YOU PAY YOUR ANIMATORS. LET ANIMATORS COOK!!

[@SnowFox-gv2rn]

Remember folks, PAY 👏 YOUR 👏 ANIMATORS 👏!!!! I’m so happy you guys got sponsored for this, because you guys absolutely deserve it. You all did FANTASTIC!!! 🥳🤩

[@PepetoGuy]

Isn't being animators a job that THEY choose by themselves? Why animators crying about getting paid when they choose to suffer from lack of money cuz can't find anything better

[@06_anabelt.a43]

@@PepetoGuy they choose animations because it's their passion and they love doing it, they have spent so much time learning and improving to get to that point. The job requires high skill, it's hard to do and need time. That's why I think they deserve getting paid more.

[@xela953]

@@PepetoGuy chefs choose to cook because they enjoy cooking, that means we should stop paying chefs because they could just get a different job instead

[@VioletDeadZe]

Isnt exposure enough 💀

[@amayahytonen5719]

Imagine if we paid lawyers with exposure and tell them to get a "real job" not everyone can create art or animate and its an essential skill for marketing and your favorite TV shows, movies, Tattoos, album art and architecture. Telling people that they should be paid pennies for their art is honestly horrible

[@hazz1337]

Man this sponsor has a gigabrain, they just had their game animated by top shounen animators

[@potaytoe_]

Everyone single one of these animators is INSANE. I cannot comprehend how talented they all are.

[@Jezoaragon]

Ross struggling to stay awake while drawing Ross when the animations are shown energy restored

[@Ridlay_]

16:48 The duality of chat in the corner, one person saying "Guys don't say smash" and like two messages later someone else says "Everyone when you see a woman say smash" ah too good lol Also the motion on the one for the Jester character was phenomenal, the way they sort of hop on and off screen, then pop out of nowhere from the side not only seems to fit the character really well, but the way you guys animated the motion really sold it.

[@Professor_Wisteria_]

gotta love Juny messing with the collective sanity of the group as usual LMAO i also LOVE all of Digu's rendering here its so damn clean

[@Leprechaun_LMF]

3:13 It’s funny cause he helped work on jjk and a couple other big animes

[@fainfawn7641]

Inkora really just took every frame and said: “but now it’s better: DETAIL!!!!” And Juny did the same thing with shading

[@funtechu]

Inkora's lens flare frame is just nuts

[@fainfawn7641]

@@funtechu no for real tho!!! It’s gorgeous!!!

[@meptune0335]

@@funtechufrr!!

[@floralirony]

I love how positively uplifting everyone here is. No jealousy, judgment. Only support and cheers. Love that

[@MagicalBread]

The Pheonix might be one of the best animations y’all have ever made!

[@Tamtarter]

Definitely one of the nicest fires they've done. The ice one is also exceptional, the hold in the middle and the magic effects are amazing

[@hazelreys1103]

Phoenix and the grave jumper one was my fav.

[@SilvestreStalone-k8w]

i absolutely loved the reveal song (22:20) for Igor but i couldn't find it anywhere no matter how much i looked, does anyone know the name? (I'm probably late to the party but i want to find that song so bad)

[@Raxerm]

The grave jumping guy animation is fucking nuts. Juny & Digu's brains synchronized on the frames on the green girl. Straight green fire.

[@dezyn1701]

A whole new meaning to "trust the process"! These are INSANE!

[@CJboss33]

Love how 11 hours of drawing was condensed down to 5 minutes. 5:30 Still got 28 minutes left in the video. You guys must have enjoy the freaking hell out of the animations and I can't blame you cause there freaking cool. You have gained one new sub.

[@lazekozuya]

Digu's artstyle really adds to the animation... i think they are my favorite animator in this video

[@onyxsylvian]

Had to do my research on these characters for the names but: 6:15 Cecia 8:26 Viperia 10:53 Mirael 13:16 Carolina 15:28 Lyca 18:30 Chippy 20:44 Igor 24:14 Thoran 27:02 Berial 29:27 Silvina

[@Pancakia·Anime]

Thank u

[@onyxsylvian]

@@Pancakia·Anime it was worth the struggle lol

[@SnowyOwl369]

It is great that every animator in this video was paid fairly. It makes me unreasonably happy!

[@xhmoode92x]

Wow, that's so amazing. Big fan from Saudi Arabia.

[@paintbulble]

The level of detail in all the little smears from everyone is astonishing to me. Plus, Digu's my hero for painting literal portraits mid-animation - with CHROMATIC ABBERATION? IN GARTIC PHONE??

[@Thanatos-ey5nz]

with the last anim, i love the way she doesn't look at her sword because she doesn't need it know the position where it is.

[@lukisprieston477]

Everyone went insane on this one, but the Juny-Digu one-two punch is on another level

[@Quake92]

AFK journey should use these animations as the cinematic when you pull the character from the summons. It would be so cool seeing these animations after pulling one of these characters in the game

[@Fraktal869]

22:48 the freaking sword spin looks sick

[@eshaayoh]

ever since i watched a video w juniy in it, I could not help but to watch every single of ur videos w juny in it omg I literally admire n adore him so much 😭

[@acathosh]

I love the concept of having the sponsors pay for the length of the animation session, and you paying the animators really well. More of this please!

[@Ligmabawwls]

Watching the little animation of Juny in a box begging for money had me dying XD Glad he's doing so well though!

[@holo_fever]

First time watching this channel, this series is an instant addiction! I love seeing the different artists styles all come together, and the results are sooo cool! I hope you keep this format up, I’d love to see more!

[@RubberRoss]

We have a series playlist with many just like this one. Check it out 🙏

[@chkinlord113]

I love these videos! I’m learning animation and watching really helps me understand how to make the action and transitions look better!

[@mrsbasia122]

Juny: Another random, incredibly detailed skeleton in his blur. Others: He can't keep getting away with this.

[@roo.pzz4380]

Every time I watch these videos I’m so impressed at the results!!!! Animators are so important to the art community and it looks like a really hard job to do. I raise my glass to all animators out there including the ones in this video ❤❤❤

[@sashaknight5142]

AFK Journey continues to be cool as hell. Love this game, and love the devs. Super cool of them to give such a huge sponsor

[@GooDummy-zg2gd]

Dude everyone is so crazy with these animations! Crazy good work!

[@Gear5Phoenix]

That is certainly a W

[@AmixamMM]

Juny being an animator since he's atleast 15 and now being 20 and he is that good? its actually fricking crazy

[@M3lanch0liax]

Seeing people so excited and happy for their craft brings me to tears. I love seeing their love for what they do shine through

[@ex2katana]

This is really awesome, both the idea and the animations!

[@TheColonelKaijuVT]

This just goes to show that no matter how arduous, draining, or even frustrating the creation process can be, the payoff is always something to behold when artists are allowed to do what they love with proper time and compensation. Love these videos so much, Ross, you and your friends are doing great work!

[@lGH05Tl]

hell yeeaaaah more garlic phooone

[@blaaaaaaanket]

FUCK YEAH GARLIC

[@SnowyOwl369]

Greg the garlic phone

[@ursamajo.r]

I LOVE GARLIC PHONE

[@prrithwirajbarman8389]

We need a mobile version 😔

[@schemesthefox1255]

@@prrithwirajbarman8389 I’m pretty sure you can play it on mobile

[@nistramai]

Very creative! Wonderful watch to see yalls creations come alive. AFK looks really pretty! I'll definetely fo try it, this is only the second sponsored "ad" that I've actually wanted to try the product out.

[@ravenpotter3]

I’m watching this as I’m working on a animation project for class due Wednesday…. 160 frames in 450 to go! 15fps it’s a rotoscoped video of my dog and my brother on my kayak and him being a idiot and not understanding he can’t stand on the edge without falling and then jumping into my mom’s kayak which he succeeds with and then in his excitement he falls. Your gartic animations for sure have helped me understand animation more and this is also a experimental animation class. Maybe now I don’t feel so bad taking around on average 1-2 minutes to do a frame. Thank you for providing me entertainment

[@matherfackinggoose]

GOOD LUCK!!

[@DamnAwesome]

This is so damn cool! The fact that they're getting paid, you get good ahh content, and viewers get to watch this masterpiece is so damn awesome! W animators, W Sponsor, W RubberRoss!

[@MommyOfZoeAndLiam]

NICE! I love it when these amazing people can be properly paid. I am so glad and I will check out the sponsor just so this can continue.

[@RomeoIsWeird]

Remember: These animators dont get paid usually, but still deliver absolute banger drawings! Edit: As ive learned, they do get paid for the no time limit videos. The money is deserved. The animations always turn out amazing!

[@RubberRoss]

Actually the no time limit format I've been paying people who take part since the Super Saiyan one I believe? While they are fun, they are very time consuming and I wanted to make sure my friends got something for their time. Sponsors make these videos happen! :)

[@RomeoIsWeird]

I see. I mean, still, absolutely deserved money. These animations are crazy.

[@ExelcierShepard]

All of them were great. The Viperion one was amazing. But THE IGOR ONE BLEW MY MIND!!! IT WAS INSANE!! Igor is already my favorite character, but this made it even better. And it looped well too. Graveborn is probably my favorite faction. Igor was the first character I got to Mythic, and Supreme. That's how much I love him. Also, Juny's frames were always crazy. Fantastic. And then Thoran... wow. Then Berial!? Silvina was my fav before I got Igor. Absolutely stunning...!

[@illuminak]

It was a wild ride. I kept the stream on my phone for about four or five hours while I was watching anime with my friend and his family. By the time I got back to it, you guys were almost done. The payoff was AMAAAAZIIIIIIING!

[@battz7252]

That Igor animation made me tear up. Its just crazy good!! Everything else was also crazy but the Igor one just evoked some kind of emotion.

[@ElbyHere]

Never been so stoked to see someone get sponsored, hella deserved!

[@kazuu_44]

I am in literal AWE at how insane these are.. I’ve been rlly getting into afk journey too so it’s so cool to see animations like these. I’ve also been trying to animate recently, you guys have also inspired me to try and animating an afkj character I like hahaha

[@iEcilpse]

these animations are INSANE. seeing these large animation collaborations is always so awesome because they all end up so amazing to watch…

[@thatdiamondofhope]

I find it genius how you made the sponsor the topic of the animations in the video. It feels so unique and more entertaining than any other usual ad. Great job to everyone who partook in the video ❤

[@erzarose2082]

me watching the ad all the way through instead of skipping it so the animators can keep getting paid

[@Gman-eu8wk]

Everyone's in awe of their hard work and then there's me, trying to figure out what were the gundams that Juny drew.

[@Nelliecosplay]

Great work on this. I love that you were all paid too. Good deal for the sponsor too as they get a stream and this video too!

[@Tamtarter]

Honestly one of the greatest animation episodes you've done as a group, there's so many exceptional pieces I can't pick a favourite

[@julianmoreyra446]

Honestly seeing animators getting paid and seeing some creative ways to approach the characters gives a good image about the game itself and the marketing. Amazing way to promote the game

[@NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEJ]

Now this is the kind of sponserd content I can get behind, you still do your own thing while incorporating the sponser.

[@Barbruhhhh]

Juny, digu and inkora’s frames were out of this world❤

[@andweback7759]

I'm so grateful that this content exists. This was a wonderful watch and you all inspire me so much artistically. Thank you for making these videos Ross.

[@fabiennem]

Wow really love the cinematic start!! And the choice of music. Thanks for existing

[@EtheraVenlivrenVari]

This is what happens when animators are given the ultimate power to go all out, absoulte magic you guys!

[@some_other_guy]

Sponsorships are a tricky situation. Way to lean into it honestly. I won't play afk arena, it's not my game but if they gave you enough to pay these people for this vid then that's awesome! Always enjoyed your content, thanks for creating and sharing.

[@polska9762]

gartic phone animation, but ross doesn't take them hostage with no paid salary

[@argenerarion]

I have to say, this one shows the skill difference between some of the artists participating way more than any other, previous video. Amazing!

[@4444randomness]

This is the type of advertising that makes me actually interested