DONKS

An exploration of ocean plastic, avatars and adaptive bottom feeders. The musical!
Also an experiment in pre-rendered graphics.
The name comes from a box of miscellaneous plastic objects my child has. Things that are not categorically blocks or figurines or anything describable. I referred to them as "gonks", which was pronounced by my then-2-year-old as “donks". This film was me making my own set of donks, and building silly things out of them.
Made by myself over 16 months, at WOMBOT @wombotstudio (a new studio, which is me and my wife, in our garage)
Funded by a lot of very lovely people on my Patreon: / felixcolgrave

[@MeatCanyon]

Incredibly playful and imaginative. Always a pleasure to see a new film of yours. Brilliant as always ❤

[@oxfordkuvshinuniversity6702]

wow you here too

[@hairyballbastic8943]

maaaaan go back to pibby glitch googoo gaga

[@idkman0069]

the man itself

[@elbronco4109]

He is a genuine genius

[@Bloodonthepick]

@@oxfordkuvshinuniversity6702 I’m sure felix is a huge inspiration for animators on this platform. I mean he really is on another level entirely.

[@Matt-qk8yf]

The idea of there being leftover waste from a character creator is so unique and fun I love it

[@astick5249]

Ohhhhh now it all makes sense!

[@nathanmcgill7249]

It's like the Windows XP computer with the DAW turning up in Throat Notes

[@hundredandten]

nfts

[@fatimapavon7787]

Mi too 💜

[@Gustyguy]

It seems like it takes place on the same universe as throat notes

[@buzzsburner.8286]

the submarine-whale fall idea is golden

[@gamerlayerplayer]

4:49 I love the little "eeeuuugh" before he leaves.

[@phuuc8075]

Tried to leaves

[@VehemenceOfTheDemigods7712]

​@@phuuc8075 but this one can't escape

[@reverbthevocal421]

⁠@@VehemenceOfTheDemigods7712 That’s what he gets for insulting the Donks.

[@toomanywhales]

The interesting thing is, the submarine (or the people controlling it) was disgusted by something he himself created. Humans created the useless plastic and decided to mindlessly dump it into the ocean, but then tried to distance themselves from the destruction they created, until nature, playing by it's own rules, got revenge

[@JennaJolteon]

​@@toomanywhalesinteresting!!!

[@cogsworth659]

Oh my god, the dynamic transition from the comedic “submarine going in reverse using sonar tones” to the tense music where the submarine gets seized by the creatures from below is so, so clean and creates an incredible feeling

[@gustavogodoy9626]

One is filled with wonder of ehat inhabits the depths, the other is filled with horror at the answer

[@poisonousiodine1769]

when the periscope got grabbed, my complete and total attention got grabbed too

[@ICANTCHOOSEARI]

THEY DANCED ON IT

[@hellosabrinachaney]

It also mirrors the beginning when the donks are dumped into the ocean by the cargo barge!

[@Numbabu]

Every animation on this channel has moments that just really get me. So good.

[@nedearbwormback5758]

This possesses all the vibes of a nightmare without actually being frightening. Truly a masterpiece

[@josiahyarnton2587]

I get that as well it so surreal

[@donutchan8114]

It almost had a cyriak vibe, but instead of nightmare fuel its just abstract bouncy.

[@xanderkhan7943]

Idk dude it managesd to frighten me a little, that montage of the submarine being picked apart creeped me

[@darthprocrastin]

Perfect summation

[@francois-xavierdessureault8039]

@@xanderkhan7943 I feel like it's very much inspired by actual time lapses of carcasses being eaten by marine life on the seafloor... those echinoderms are rather creepy when sufficiently sped up

[@TheActualAnthonino]

After all this time, I've finally conglomerated the words to describe how this makes me feel: This short has the style of an old Boomerang bumper, with the music presence of Plok!, and the thematic atmosphere of a dream I had where I lost my favorite stuffed animal in a bottomless pool.

[@averagefearoftheocean3005]

PLOK MENTIONED

[@themosaicshow]

you just BLASTED me with nostalgia omg 😭

[@gooxolotl]

plok mentioned

[@wack9175]

5:10 That eye somehow makes it so much more unsettling

[@Lightfreddyfaz]

I mean yeah he's getting eaten alive by black mystery hermit-like creatures, with no hope for someone tk save him, or get him out.

[@thenewguyinred]

We even see the light fade away from its eye as its slowly being eaten alive.

[@CK9C]

Felix’s animations always have me wondering which came first, the visuals or the sounds?

[@shrimpybraincell8805]

fancy seeing you here lol also ikr its so mind blowing, i love felix's short films, always fun to watch :D

[@juanc.corrada3475]

The weed

[@TYPHONart]

The answer is: yes XD

[@The_G0lden_0ne]

I think he does both at the same time

[@moufronn]

moufronn

[@returntosenderfenderbender5415]

I love how the sound effects of the beeping from the boat and submarine and the cartoon running noise effortlessly becomes part of the song despite initially sounding disruptive

[@alphaamoeba]

Thats one of my favorite aspects of this film its so fucking cool

[@icantthinkofaname8139]

I also like how the short jingle creates a mini-action scene of sorts as the Donks pull the sub to its death

[@Shyknit]

It's so good, you don't really appreciate sound design sometimes until it's so integrated

[@melyocita]

Wait the implosion…..

[@Cyanide926]

Donks (Triondarkonus) Donks are creatures that was discovered a few months ago, and scientists are baffled of what they are capable of. Appearances Donks do not posses its real form, as it covers itself in trash and garbage, somewhat related to some crab species, snails, or no-shelled organisms. Without anything covering, they posses a black form with sparkling color changing eyes, specifically two, and has the ability to change its size, mass, shape, and amount of appendeges. Using the trash to its advantage, it is able to use them to make entirely different forms, seemingly able to change properties of objects Properties Donks has a very strange property, where they can go inside a Donk, and able to control it completely, and able to attach and connect objects, and able to make it float, and use it with any functions. Ex. A boot can be used as a nose + mouth, and the Donk now has the ability to speak and smell. Donks can seemingly change functions and capabilities, and these objects can serve as protection for these Donks. Location Underneath a certain ocean through a almost watertight hole where trash can go in, but not out. This might mean the end of the Donks species since if any water leaks out, they will not be specialized to then breathe underwater, meaning they are under (litterally) an excinctional threat if the water breaks through.

[@junyan2811]

woooww!

[@whenthe387]

Dont forget they constantly fight for other parts for no reason just to be perfect

[@mrvaporiz]

Donks lore

[@TheNightJester]

Beutifull

[@TSCRMUSTROLLONMETAMIX]

Donk lore...

[@Mozarella_king]

how could something so playful and whimsical also be so eerie?

[@austinmorrison6953]

I just love how the Donks don’t just use feet for feet or heads for heads. They use every part for everything.

[@Speakerlil75]

One of them literally used a shoe for a mouth!

[@urlittlelocalpeanut1854]

@@Speakerlil75 yeah I wonder what sound that was

[@tingsteph]

They keep eyes pretty consistent though

[@unidiotaconuncanaldeyoutub1629]

@@Speakerlil75 is my favorite donk

[@astick5249]

@@unidiotaconuncanaldeyoutub1629 Dogball and Noseshroom with his buddy are some of my favourites

[@greshambergeron1228]

Felix Colgrave is one of the primary reasons I’m working as an animator today. So grateful for this guy’s work and the insane things he brings to life

[@gu5757]

@@werewoIf well that wasn't needed. Why do you wanna sound like a dickhead

[@hershey3]

thats rockin man thats rockin

[@LillianGraceFullofficial]

Same

[@Tangarisu]

This is a bot

[@LillianGraceFullofficial]

@@Tangarisu what

[@aguywithahat7085]

5:06 Me and my friends when we see a bag of chips on the floor

[@kayatheduck]

nah fr

[@jadklema4806]

😂😂😂😂 That's what happens with my sisters!!!

[@endernightthedrokain1770]

My class was shown this at our final day in an internship with the Cleveland Institute of Art. This short alone felt agonizingly slow but rapid paced, whimsical but disturbing, all and all, a bad acid trip. I respect fellow artists as I know the hand cramping work that goes into these things one a personal level and I will continue to show that same respect. All I can say now is good job fellow internet user because I have no idea what I just watched.

[@sclogse1]

I think PLAY might be a description.

[@EmpressCherazu]

I love how all the little creatures cheered for the big one as it sang, like they were celebrating the fact that it was the biggest to ever be made. Also the fact that the submarine was an organic creature, loved that

[@mackcollasius3690]

That one timelapse shot of the subs eye rolling back gave me the gnarliest chills

[@apollyonnoctis1291]

@@mackcollasius3690 they literally slapped it to death.

[@leppycolon3]

@@apollyonnoctis1291 LMAOOOOOOOO

[@kaxcommentssomethingREAL]

@@apollyonnoctis1291 now i just imagine a thousand table slap Sr. Pelo noises coming from that timelapse

[@FuryMcpurey]

@@apollyonnoctis1291 No, they were just slowly ripping it apart.

[@SIRJ0RDAN]

that "goofy comic running timpani sound" transitioning into Breakcore/Jungle music at 2:42 is just beautiful!

[@Grannatz001]

I really want that part to get expanded into an entire song. I adore that part.

[@n0vi]

That's Penis Music BayBee

[@c4sper877]

@@Grannatz001 OMG. YES!

[@marcocivalerian9099]

so goofy ahh

[@MSgwendolynalquizar]

​@@marcocivalerian9099 true yall *goofy ahh sounds*

[@leonardowashere5440]

THIS IS THE BEST ACID TRIP OF MY LIFE!!!!!! no but seriously the animation and creativity put into this is astonishing, astounding, magnificent, a magnum opus of art at it’s finest and many more exaggerated statements. Keep up the good work man.

[@rotisserieprotocol3582]

This was a lot of fun to watch. The ending makes me think it's about biology and the wonders/ horrors of microscopic life, again really fun to watch.

[@LIMC]

Brilliant work Felix, you’re incredible.

[@Bruhgly]

You should do a Lesson on Felix’s videos

[@skumnutsnewwife]

Yooo why do you have so little likes also luv ur vids

[@paulweddingbox7148]

Oh hoi

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

Truth revealed 👉 The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 🔥

[@j-lo2098]

Donks

[@somethinganonymous1723]

I really love the scene of the donk using the shoe as a nose+mouth and vocalizing. There’s something weird and adorable about it, like watching a baby learning to speak for the first time

[@alexkingsley775]

Dude same here!

[@vectoraz1435]

It would be more appropriate to call it a donk creature because it's composed of multiple donks

[@lazerusmfh]

@@vectoraz1435 donklore

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

Truth revealed 👉 The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 🔥

[@vectoraz1435]

@@VeganSemihCyprus33 i assume the creator of this bot has access to it's account so here's my message. Get a father figure

[@ryaquaza1571]

2:18 i just love how the music/sound design kinda just goes all Pikmin Breadbug like for a moment there. Definitely a fun watch in its entirety tho

[@I_love_eating_plutonium]

Breadbug transformation ahh music

[@binosis]

I'm still wondering how he makes this by himself and a few people because this is just unbelievably amazing.

[@IMAVG]

Felix's animations leave you with a feeling of knowing and not knowing of what happened

[@humanhuman7280]

The only thing i know is that that ending aint so good like how can you not see a HUGE creature trying to grab you

[@BeanDar]

Im ur 666th like

[@crimsonhelios25]

@@humanhuman7280 periscopes have a poor FOV

[@humanhuman7280]

@@crimsonhelios25 makes sense

[@AresOrBird]

It’s legit just like “ah, I see.. mhm… what the fuck just happened?”

[@arandomperson12345]

I love how with a brief, wordless 30 seconds, Colgrave gives a reason unique for this absurdly abstract world to exist somewhere.

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

Truth revealed 👉 The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 🔥

[@princemeatball3603]

@@VeganSemihCyprus33 bro the bot forgot to add the link

[@Pink_Artz]

You mean the submarine?

[@hubzertzert]

I love these animations because they feel like a fever dream, a place where you go when reality is just not there at all and the only things that you can see are just the remains of its contents, miscellaneous moving objects like plastic toys, devices, even some creatures and places that try to mimic something that would make sense but always fail by somehow getting carried away by altering things too much or simply melting everything together. All that at the same time, i sometimes wonder how these videos are even invented in someones mind.

[@parkerblacklock8272]

As I've been recently rewatching your animations (As is customary every few months), I've started noticing some of the underlying messages of your videos. The fact that the messages are subtle enough to not be "preachy" so that the videos remain fun while also being consistent and nuanced is further testament to just how amazing of an artist you are. Keep it up!

[@user-ik6dg9uk3u]

What’s this one about? I know what the pig pen is

[@parkerblacklock8272]

@@user-ik6dg9uk3u I believe it's about personalities on the internet. (Think of people who spend hours every day on Twitter.) Initially, you have no form, but once you start to adopt aspects of a personality, people can see you. The video starts in the early Internet days, where people had simple online personalities that were mostly experimental, but over time the creation of personalities becomes more deliberate and complex, until we get to the end with the massive conglomerate beeing cheered on by a hoard of nearly identical people. The submarine guy is anybody not part of online spaces looking in

[@vicraiden3068]

For this one, I think it's about rampant consumerism and pollution. We keep buying shiny new things and then casually throwing them away once we're bored of them, and it all gets thrown out like some garbage - even though these things still have plenty of potential.

[@parkerblacklock8272]

@@vicraiden3068 My theory was a bit different, but that one also is pretty solid

[@vicraiden3068]

What was your interpretation, then?

[@plantpun]

The subtle horror of a submarine being scavenged down to bones is a fantastic way to end a video. I love how your 2D animation style works perfectly in 3D

[@Miwanda2011]

same

[@baller3754]

It was being scavenged it was hunted and killed

[@blacklight_sunset]

BRO AGREE ITS SO SCARY especially the little detail of it being eaten alive, you can see the eye roll up, it makes me feel so gnarly

[@baller3754]

@@blacklight_sunset also are we not gonna take in the fact how it could not scream, it did have a mouth but I guess the pressure of the world couldn’t let it open it’s mouth.

[@turtleboi456]

It's based off a time-lapse of a whalefall.

[@Corax]

Animation is stellar, but the sound? Absolutely genius. The vibes are so potent here, almost feels wrong being able to view it on KZbin lol, exquisite work!!

[@Lumberjack_king]

What wrong with it being on KZbin

[@Cye_Pie]

@@Lumberjack_king It's free

[@Lumberjack_king]

@@Cye_Pie I mean he probably has other sources of income

[@Cye_Pie]

@@Lumberjack_king Of course but what Corax meant it is that the video is too good it shouldn't be watchable for free on KZbin

[@Lumberjack_king]

@@Cye_Pie ok

[@djungelskog413]

ive been watching and rewatching this as well as other videos by colgrave for many weeks now, and like the many other fever dream creations of colgrave, it's so immersive and filled with emotion, yet so simple and goofy. colgrave's videos are a form of abstract art-wacky nonsense at first glance, but they illustrate such beautiful worlds that are windows to this mad man's mind.

[@dapperlittlewren1722]

this feels like something they would play in my grade school music class and never explain

[@RushGarcia]

Can we all appreciate the bravery this man has to record footage at the bottom of Mariana Trench.

[@Killjoyous__]

We’re gonna spend centuries getting down there only to find the Donks

[@ronnielerma5745]

Oh yeah, a toy factory in the middle of the Mariana trench

[@dracolong1389]

Yea

[@MCCENTx2]

He went all the way down there to raise the bar

[@AnErrorWasFound]

but its a living submarine, not a person

[@sol00013]

The scene starting at 5:06 where the donks strip the submarine down to its bones is super reminiscent of those timelapse videos of starfish and other sea floor scavengers going after whale falls and stuff. Those sequences always felt so eerie to me, they're a natural example of exactly the type of surreal horror this channel does so perfectly

[@turtleboi456]

It's reminiscent because it's meant to be. In the description, felix says "adaptive bottom feeders."

[@walrusArmageddon]

The eye rolling back freaked me out

[@moosey7165]

It's called "whalefall" when a whale dies and sinks to the bottom to be eaten by scavengers which is just such a perfect and badass name for it in my opinion.

[@Speakerlil75]

It's like one of those timelapses of ants eating food or something.

[@tufftony6993]

@@walrusArmageddon Yeah, that, and the way the donks were just tearing the submarine apart right before that. I keep coming back to that part of the video and it never gets any less creepy

[@TonyBlue87]

This should be required viewing for all animators. There's so much more going on than just interesting visuals; this is a master class in character movement. Every creature moves so uniquely and expressively, amplified by astounding audio work. I'm gonna be coming back to this for a long time.

[@mimitoze966]

Has anyone else noticed that the tune in this part: 4:50 is similar to the one that plays at the beginning of the video?: 0:40 i just think it's pretty interesting and really cool detail that i have not seen many people comment about

[@bumblegoot1139]

I absolutely adore how the beeping of the boat backing up slowly transitions into beautiful chords of music as the camera pans through the polluted ocean. Such raw artistic value!

[@TrillionCakes]

And then you hear it again when the submarine tries backing up.

[@lildubchefin6227]

Same!

[@erebusthedragon8017]

@@TrillionCakes but this time instead of being a beautiful panning shot, it’s more dramatic and sinister..

[@ilou7423]

Marine snow and whale-fall ecosystems!! Such a cool concept, thx for sharing all of your animations.

[@themosaicshow]

wait you’re right! the silly parts are marine snow!

[@Galax_]

This is now one of my favorite projects on KZbin! I’m not sure if there’s a part two, but man I’d do anything to see this world fleshed out more!

[@willd.4808]

Also someone has said this before but I love how so much of Felix's art revolves around ecosystem dynamics. He teaches you so much about these ecosystems in such a small amount of time

[@AqucideSUS]

What?

[@TheWandererOfDreams]

Woah. E C O S Y S T E M S .

[@astick5249]

@@AqucideSUS Whats dumped into the environment spread around the ocean eventually leading to the bottom of a trench and into the Donk's realm, where they end up using it for better or worse.

[@dr.cheeze5382]

I love the scene at 4:50- 5:00 so much. It's such a perfect reprise of the boat backing up in the begining; showing of how the shadow creatures have grown enough thanks to the very trash that got thrown in the ocean to take on such large surface prey.

[@kcrelax3330]

I kinda feel bad for the submarine whale but DONKS gotta eat so

[@Firestarg]

@@kcrelax3330 same

[@Myahster]

whalefall timelapses are insane

[@chaosruby9792]

@@kcrelax3330 why cant the donks find any food in a black void tho

[@pteroid11]

@@chaosruby9792 I would imagine the shadow creatures usually get their food from already deceased things that fall into their territory. It's just that the advent of Donks has allowed them to actually reach up and drag something already alive down to their level.

[@zuvuwx]

So glad that you keep evolving. Finding joy and inspiration are so important. I found you through elephants garden back when it released and have kept an eye out since. The era I found you in is my personal favorite, but I would never want you to go back to that unless it was due to inspiration.

[@officersoulknight6321]

Oh my LORD this was a cool one. Its like if younger me playing with legos except the legos were sentient and had somewhat dubious means of existing. Even then I can't really describe what the heck I just watched, and that's an amazing feat of creative development. Honestly probably my favorite of your animations so far!

[@TheLittlestLemon]

Little dude at 3:20 showed up and produced the most ethereal sound I've ever heard with ZERO warning

[@sloft-70]

Talking donk doesn't need autotune

[@tsb4576]

sounds like a npc in juice galaxy

[@leppycolon3]

@@sloft-70

[@tommy30s]

that donk talking with a shoe for a mouth

[@mikadosannoji553]

a rapper that doesnt mumble

[@SirPembertonS.Crevalius]

There's a charm to Felix Colgrave animations that no other person or studio has ever matched. The surrealness plus the cartoony themes are such a treat for the eyes. Immensely glad to see your animations back again!

[@Numbabu]

Well I trust your opinion immensely, random person I see commenting everywhere, so I will assume it was a good choice to stay up past midnight for this, at least until I can actually watch it myself and decide. Edit: So worth it.

[@leandersmainchannel4493]

I agree! I made my own comment too!

[@TheCheerLifeForeverKromie]

Indeed.

[@Numbabu]

@@leandersmainchannel4493 well done :) and goodnight.

[@moufronn]

moufronn

[@DontTreadOnTheBear4940]

I just came across this channel, you got talent dude. I love all the bright vivid colors and the sound effects. I liked how the sounds matched the colors and the vibe it was giving off. This gives me memories of the Fantasia movies.

[@dominickdudek5535]

OH MAN! The sound design in this one was absolutely amazing! Every piece gets better and better!

[@TheIdiotArchive]

How does felix create such interesting almost open-ended metaphors with the strangest of storytelling methods and animations... always a treasure to watch these animations.

[@youmemeyou]

Bowser ˙˚ʚ(´◡`)ɞ˚˙

[@Adam_Gw2]

All i know is that it takes a lot of time.

[@Rincewindl]

Is it a metaphor? Or is it just "nonsense" as he himself calls it? Is everything meaningful or nonsense? I hate philopshy.

[@40nakedniggasonahugespacecraft]

With his brain duh

[@moufronn]

moufronn

[@jasinfinity]

every time i see a felix colgrave work, i go "okay mr colgrave, show me some of the most creative fever dream type shit I've ever seen" and he never disappoints. it always somehow makes sense too, it's crazy

[@funx24X7]

It’s equal parts wonder, horror, and sweet jams

[@user-ip9jz3pk7l]

1:57 i love the way that guy looks 2:13 box croc guy 2:43 WOOF"goofy ah running sounds" 3:04 ball mushroom and giant horse thing 3:15 how i sing 4:55 it was at this moment he new he ducked up

[@ashleyferris8290]

I absolutely LOVE your animations!! Have been repeatingly been watching them for the last 9-10 year by now ❤️❤️

[@TheJackMouse]

4:50 I don’t think I’ve ever heard anything as cool as a mechanical in-universe sound (namely, the Submawhale reversing, making beeping like it was a pickup truck) so quickly becoming an out-of-universe forboding musical tone warning of danger. They’re both warning tones with insanely different weight and fear. It’d be like if a horror movie somehow made the squeaking of the rickety basement stairs and the violin sting of the monster appearing based on the same sound. That’s crazy effective.

[@JoseMat2953]

That's a sort of reprise to 0:35 too.

[@o-starchild]

@@JoseMat2953 OMG You two are totally right. Felix's done it so beautifully as always.

[@Trash_Medic]

LOOKS LIKE MEATS BACK ON THE MENU BOYS

[@TheCrimsonCake]

Walter files 1

[@Luuucaz69]

@@JoseMat2953 7

[@erikkusters378]

This animation is like a love child between Felix and Cyriak. Absolute god tier animation never ceases to impress me.

[@thomasmueller618]

my thoughts exactly

[@moldman5694]

I'd also add AndyLand who does a lot with the retro 90's era 3D graphics style. I love that Felix' style is always evolving

[@somewhereinbetween]

yessss!!! imagine if they collaborated! also made me think of Joe Cappa

[@frogetaboutit]

Came here to say this, I'm hearing a distant mooing 🐄👀🙌

[@Sparx632]

Glad I’m not the only one who was reminded of Cyriak by this one.

[@Phileps]

E c o s y s t e m

[@Gigaguenther]

WOW! the sound design is amazing! i love how it is almost continually set to some subtle rhythm which blends so flawlessly into the action. this would be less than half as good without the sound track

[@zanydrudrent9292]

Wow the entire animation community is really coming together to celebrate this art, so incredible

[@walkermcmullin8665]

Felix Colgrave is like a clown in a bathtub being pulled upstream by geese on leashes. You might not be able to understand the madness behind it, but holy FUCK is it interesting to watch!

[@wabbledeen4050]

I particularly really enjoyed how the donks were constantly pulling each other apart to get other parts but ended up creating entirely new creatures in the process. Phenomenal stuff as always, Mr. Colgrave!

[@valbrown3352]

I’ve watched this at least five times and I keep coming back to it. I’ll randomly be reminded of the synth creature with the shoe mouth and I just have to watch it again. One of my favorite short animations of all time. :)

[@j.r7872]

Amazing. Amazing.

[@DivineBanana]

If I'm not mistaken, this is Felix's first video that is more or less fully 3D. It's awesome how you were able to keep your distinct style despite changing mediums! Looks (and sounds) incredible as always!

[@cooldud7071]

its easy to make 3d look good as long as it looks like 2d

[@kumobscura3994]

@@cooldud7071 easy?

[@cooldud7071]

@@kumobscura3994 Uhh, yeah? It isn't easy to make 3d look like 2d, but it is easy to make it look good by making it look 2d as opposed to other methods.

[@thegloriousdipshit4274]

@@cooldud7071 orly? Damn. You should really go get a job in the anime industry and fix things then. The weebs have been complaining for a while

[@zestyorangez]

judging by looks and description each object was rendered from limited angles and then animated in a 2d program like after effects.

[@buffnatsuki7204]

All of Felix' animations have this energy thats similar to an old pixar short. When there was no pressure to be marketable, and the purpose of the animation was to explore how much they could accomplish with the medium. Everything he creates feels like an audiovisual playground

[@GalileoAV]

Feels even more on point after the latest animation, audiovisual playground is a solid eay to describe the experimental feel and style

[@TheLinposterIsSus]

Honestly or Paint3D animators since there’s no animate feature. They’re, like, hand doing every frame

[@aizox6669]

​@@TheLinposterIsSust😢❤❤❤❤

[@MHCJV]

I know that's meant as a compliment, but I think this is far, far better than anything pixar has ever made.

[@SayorisSpecialRope]

Comparing Colegrove’s work to an “audiovisual playground” is one the best description I’ve seen, to be honest. Second only to “an equalized hodgepodge of creativity and weirdness”.

[@DreamwalkerFilms]

How the **** does somebody even come up with these ideas. The choreography is unreal, the way the parts move so intricately and in TIME with the music nonethless. This is all made in a virtual environment...how does someone even begin to come up with this level of composition? Truly amazing.

[@ieatalgae]

Same thought lol

[@giboi03]

This perfectly looks and feels like something I consumed as a kid. I don't understand how your pipeline worked, but this was amazing. Thanks for making it.

[@HexterXD]

Always loved the idea of mix n match monsters. Having a whole species dedicated to scrounging around in trashed limbs and parts to make goofy abominations is a great idea! And them making the music as they interact and walk is a really nice touch!

[@LenkyLad]

remember kids, don't overuse your character creator otherwise all the extra parts will pollute the ocean and drift below the Marianna trench to be possessed by bottom feeders

[@lad3273]

I can express enough how important your work is, this is pure art

[@goodforbirds6809]

it's always amazing to see so many diffrent ideas and interpretations of this are

[@jacobbrown3781]

2:42 the moment it goes from occasional rhythmic sounds to a full on BOP

[@Dorkish]

That section was breakcore/jungle

[@notNyxiann]

@@Dorkish yes

[@TheBusinessScrub]

That classic Hannah Barbara running sound into an Amen Break was magnificent.

[@sustomusickillsyoutube]

choon

[@gildedrecord953]

Goofy ahh sound moment

[@brandoncarr6950]

2:43 is actually such an addictive sound, and the entire thing is so smooth and yet so random and by the end you’re met with such a horrific sort of fate I can’t stop watching

[@megafirefox5894]

I know exactly how you feel dude, it reminds me of staying up late and watching those little snippets of old cartoons on Boomerang, or at the very least Watching the little animations that come on Adult Swim before airing a show.

[@Salamandra40k]

Thats called breakcore lol, its music. No wonder its addictive

[@ezza_whacko]

Goofy ahh

[@donbeech2564]

@@Salamandra40k penis style breakcore

[@claralorenzo3621]

goofy ah sound

[@arkabov]

i really want this stuff on spotify

[@Amethyst_clawzz]

I renember i saw the teaser a couple years ago and I was exited but then I got youtube taken away from me now Im back again after finding out it was released, I can not explain my happiness right now seeing this

[@Yes-ut8im]

After a few watches, it seems like the whole idea of the animation is that these creatures who once never had a voice, nor even a visible body, were actually given the chance to take on personalities of their own through these mounds of plastic, and by the end, are actually able to reach for bigger prey as well. Really cool idea that was executed perfectly, as always. Super enjoyable to watch!

[@bahayesilyurt9433]

I think it's just an outlet for felix to process the absurdity of prey-predator relationship: here we are in this globular object suspended in space, we dismantle each other and incorporate each others parts in our own bodies to grow and sustain ourselves. if you look into his other work, you can see this motif of predation everywhere.

[@KingRidley]

I felt like it was just kind of a hermit crab thing

[@LowFlatRate]

​@@bahayesilyurt9433 I agree. I saw some critique of so-called late stage capitalism as well. The two who start facing off with an attitude of "it's you or me", piling hoards of material on their backs with no regard for the intended purpose of the pieces, then charging at each other while a crowd cheers them on as though it were a gladiatorial event. Also, these two creatures reassemble into one towering being with the legs twisting into a double helix implying natural selection; the creature reaching down and manually separating the strands seemed to imply that the direction things take is very much a conscious decision. In spite of all the destruction and horror the survival of the fittest approach has caused, the pig-nosed colossus seems to sing it's own praises to roaring approval. Moments later, everything is observed to be in ruin. Given that they're all constructed of useless plastic waste at the bottom of the ocean, I get the impression this is criticizing the assertion that the "free market" is a living thing that will ultimately make the best decisions and that governmental interference causes more problems than it solves. The recuperation of critical observation at the end was a nice touch.

[@johnwicked1132]

A lot of cyclic predation, yes

[@heintz223]

It's an ecology thing. Or at least inspired by what's going on right now. Let's just appreciate it for the art, why need to have meaning or moral.

[@reyangeloimperio8278]

each moment goes by so smoothly that one can forget how meticulously animated and choreographed everything is. not a single moment overstayed its welcome. an absolute treat and an instant classic. thank you Felix

[@Liliputian07]

animated for sure but also the sound construction. it's basically musical theatre

[@astick5249]

@@Liliputian07 One of my favourite sounds was when the party hat landed right side up and muffled the music

[@Liliputian07]

@@astick5249 for real. what a great short

[@ANGLERARTZZ]

that credits soundtrack is ⭐MAJESTIC ⭐

[@exoriatiss1149]

Your animations are always soothing to me. The weirdness of them is actually my brain. A sense of childless and madness. Mixed with calm and purpose. Never would I think I’d find someone who can recreate my mind and it’s beautiful.

[@kingo_clubs9097]

The ability to create tension and suspense even though I have no idea whats going on is a fascinating skill which I see Felix consistently demonstrate.

[@guto6726]

As a sfx nerd I can admit Felix is a GENIUS of an artist in this area, he manages to create an ABSURDLY tension within so few seconds, that’s absurdly incredible

[@commie_dog_boy]

idk if english is your first language but the first « absurdly » should be « absurd amount of » instead to make more sense

[@4as2i]

@@commie_dog_boy what

[@4everinthe4d]

@@4as2i they didn’t use absurdly properly

[@BLHLF]

@@4everinthe4d you still know what they meant tho

[@4everinthe4d]

@@BLHLF oh ik of course I was just clarifying

[@DinoGirlCookies14]

All of his videos have a fever-dream like feeling and i love it

[@darkwolf3123]

This is such a cool animation! It definitely gives me Cyriak and Purble Place vibes, yet it has its own unique style and energy that makes it interesting in a different way.

[@loughtthenot]

I love how the people who caused the problem scoff at it, and then when it finally effects them that's when they start caring about what is going on. The fish eating a corpse timelapse was a great touch as well.

[@gustavogodoy9626]

Reminds me to the news that scientists found a plastic bag in the Mariana trench and there surely is more after all this time

[@cerberusloki.9226]

The ending scene actually occurd irl, it's a whale fall, and happens when a whale corpse sinks to the bottom of the sea to be picked clean by bottom feeders and such (also bone worms)

[@krysher6]

Another amazing animation from Felix. 3:19 is my favorite part, when the shadow creatures found their own singing voice through an discarded shoe.

[@autumnreed6823]

same lol

[@Oliver_dontcare]

The dog donk so cute😍 Felix is part of my childhood,i remember whatching double king

[@captainkawaii666]

The general style of this is really cool- it actually gives me some great ideas

[@SillyLilDawg]

Felix can always tell a story with absolutely zero dialogue. It’s all brilliant sounds design and music paired with visuals that look exactly like they sound. I love how each of the sea creatures would be these big amalgamate donks before falling over and losing their pieces.

[@DJFrimFram]

What makes it greater is that in 4:30 you can tell that the ones that are struggling to move are the singer, the mushroom & the shell after breaking into pieces

[@leilaclarridge5807]

My guess is that the Donks, being mostly formless creatures that live at the bottom of the ocean, need to make bodies to inhabit. They would probably use stuff like shells and bones normally, but the waste produced by the society living on ground provides something better; trash that is thrown away into the ocean by the tons. The Donks are infinitely creative and can use the trash to make any kind of body they please, allowing each of them to be unique. However, they fight over materials because they all want the best stuff and can't seem to settle on any one form, and are even willing to strip a dead submerwhale (what I'm calling the submerine creature) to its bones of its metal. However, they are also able to work together to make something even better than what they can alone, by combining their resources and creativity. When one seems to be having trouble picking out just the right face and sings about it's plight, other Donks gather materials and help it build a towering form that amazes everyone else. It's expression doesn't change, but it's singing and enthusiastic clapping indicates it's quite happy with the results. The Donks themselves, which are the amorphic black creatures with glowing eyes, are weirdly cute in their own strange, eldritch kind of way. Though the submerwhale didn't seem to agree!

[@JoseMat2953]

That's a good one!

[@Speakerlil75]

Which is probably how they made the giant guy at 4:08.

[@pistachos4868]

lovely interpretation!

[@classicalmusicanalysis]

Hmmm I personally disagree with the final thoughts - I really think the guy at 4:08 is really in discomfort, that's what the imagery and music feels to me at least (the screams in agony and the fact that his expression is sad and the spikes on its head are constantly hurting him). I think he was the only one to be kind of fed up with everything at 3:20 and he ended up being merged with all the other stuff against his will. For me the two creatures at 3:36 represent two big businesses / networks, like Facebook and Instagram, that end up being bought and merged (like when Facebook bought Instagram) and end up creating the giant creature at 4:01, which is a representation of capitalism itself (its feet are the ones of the two previous creatures!). The appearance of the outsider submarine is to me the idea of alternative ideas that don't want to be part of this extreme capitalistic consumerism, but that eventually even they end up being trapped and consumed by capitalism itself - this is a very negative view, like there's no way to avoid and or escape it :/ I'm not trying to generalise 'capitalism' as capitalism = bad, but I really think this specific type of capitalism (the post-capitalism, extreme consumerism one) is not good for us. Even the giant creature looks like a DNA, like it's telling us it's part of us now. What are your thoughts?

[@Speakerlil75]

@@classicalmusicanalysis Really complex look at it, and a logical one too!

[@RapidVidsProductions]

2:41 i absolutely love the little barks, and how the cartoon running sound effect mixes into the music. literally perfect

[@jameslamberton7671]

It’s scooball doo

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

Truth revealed 👉 The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 🔥

[@avivyoukerharel2140]

I agree, very smooth and satesfying.

[@RD-170]

The Goofy Ahh beat

[@melodave210]

what the dog doin?

[@Oceloto999]

All of the music here sounds like it could be in a splatoon game

[@ckidslag3903]

5:06 I love that it looks like those time-lapses of deep sea marine life eating a carcass.

[@someweirdo428]

That’s because it is

[@WCE107]

​@@ILOVESKITTLESANDCAPARISUNS but ig in this case it's a "submarine fall"?

[@Bashuraptor]

Well still saw it get eaten alive. Even its eye pupil went grey

[@nurzhan888]

2:42 🤓🤓🤓

[@RitardandoTheMailman]

same

[@ThreeEarRabbit]

I wish Cyriak and Felix Colgrave will collaborate one day. It's a crazy thought, but I can dream.

[@mobius273]

Yeah i got huge cyriak vibes from this

[@psycless]

yeah especially 2:50 - 3:05

[@Sloppa813]

I want Gooseworx to be in this collab too

[@joshjo9405]

@@Sloppa813 I think she's currently busy with her Glitch studio show.

[@eruiluvatar236]

Add Jakov Burov to the collab and have them make a VR experience, sanity won't be an option after watching that.

[@bwilliams463]

This was fantastic. I immediately recognized Cosgrave's character eyes. The concept ids unique, and the animation is practically hypnotic.

[@Ben_dillon]

I love how u can immediately tell its felix’s animation from the eyes, I remember watching double king when it first came out and thought it was amazing because of the art style

[@SharpVCN]

I love how they made the final bit at the end with the submarine so similar to how a whale carcass is eaten at the bottom of the sea floor.

[@Lumberjack_king]

Yeah it’s both terrifying and fascinating

[@soggybread9513]

Oooooooo it's also like watching a Temponaut Timelapse video

[@cachalotreal]

Whale fall

[@hilariousskullnamedcatzo647]

Yeah, but that whale was alive, and eaten alive

[@Lumberjack_king]

@@hilariousskullnamedcatzo647 yeah

[@onebilliontacos3405]

The amount of time and dedication this must have taken to make is immense. I swear Felix’s channel must be one of the highest quality channels on this platform. Keep up the good work my friend!

[@loustorie2183]

It actually took him 16 months to make this check description

[@VeganSemihCyprus33]

Truth revealed 👉 The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 🔥

[@figit090]

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch! I look forward to each and every production you do because I never know what's going to happen, it's always good, I always want to share it...and its just great. ❤❤❤😊

[@dclark302]

I think one of my favorite things about this is the incorporation of the heavy equipment sound into the music.

[@Radikitty]

Oh my goodness. The music, the art, the concept, the whalefall. This is so gorgeous and I hope he's proud of this. Makes me wanna start animating again

[@jjcandelabra6164]

ur work is pretty cool

[@dr.random239]

This is definitely gonna like one of those kinda animations everyone has watched in their childhood somewhere in the future I believe

[@Numbabu]

I’m not so old that I don’t remember watching his earlier animations as a kid. I have simply kept following along. I hope more people are exposed to this art as time continues.

[@dr.random239]

@@Numbabu you mean to tell me you haven't watched double king?? It's so cool I like the concept and it's what I remember most from him, like I literally just found out he made that

[@Numbabu]

@@dr.random239 of course I did hehe. I have kept up. I have seen every video on this channel, since there aren’t too many. But I started with the ones that were posted like 9 years ago, and then coming back more recently I watched all the new stuff. And then rewatched it. Elephant’s garden and double king are top class, but I’m also very happy I was here day one for throat notes and now this one! I am a more active fan than I used to be and I intend to keep it that way.

[@dr.random239]

@@Numbabu ohhh I see what you mean, yeah his animations have always been so good

[@jamesdulak3108]

This is the only time I've been creeped out by one of Felix's works even before those things ate the sub. This sort of scared the shit out of me, the way all these little things have no true sense of self and are constantly being torn apart and built anew in this ecosystem of theirs. Cool as heck to watch.

[@Space64Offical]

I hope Felix makes 3d printed donks which can be assembled into things like the dog and other and new characters.

[@xenosketch9174]

I absolutely LOVE the recurring theme of predator and prey in all of Felix’s animations. The ending of this video reminds me so much of timelapse videos where bottom feeders feast on a whale carcass that has sunk to the ocean floor. BRILLIANT

[@sabianandocs]

I was thinking the exact same thing!!

[@EldritchDoodler4828]

It seems a big thing for Felix to create his own ecosystems- the relationship between predator and prey being a big part of that

[@VultureXV]

Yeh, that has a term it's called "whalefall" basically it creates an ecosystem every single time a whale dies.

[@xenobeatsxeno8719]

When I saw that scene all I could hear was the gmod ragedoll physics sounds