more unfinished MBMBAM animatics

got another set of unfinished animatics burning a hole in my hard drive ^^
les mis birthday party is doomed to hell but the other two are in progress. TIGHT TWO is suffering from "changed the character design too many times" disease. abnimals i hope to have done this summer. parts of it are a touch ambitious which is slowing me down!
these WIPs are often updated on my patreon!
MBMBAM episodes are 569 (les mis birthday), 265 (TIGHT TWO), and 643 (abnimals)
programs used are photoshop, Opentoonz, iMovie

[@enkays_den]

I don't keep up on the podcast as much as I should so the introduction of the phrase "my brain does not function like many other popular brains you might be aware of" is very good

[@startush]

the way Justin pronounces "brains" there really reminds me of the WWDITS guy

[@enkays_den]

@@startush a double whammy because my verbal stims are just McElroy quotes sometimes and also I am neurodivergent so my brain also does not function like more well known and popular brains

[@heidielizabeth3044]

coming back to this three months later because i suddenly remembered travis saying “i’m not on trial” and storming out of a lecture hall and i had the immediate need to once again see travis lose his mind over animals with abs with my own eyes thank you for your service it’s one of my favorite animated bits

[@startush]

that’s the exact line that formed the whole bit for me! 😆 good news is i picked up working on this again & will have a finished product….eventually

[@microondasdelsur]

Spider-Justin is great

[@startush]

i had planned to have Spider-Justin, Phantom-Justin, BeetleJUICE etc. in the broadway bit and i'm hoping it'll still work out

[@morrimathews8625]

cant wait for the Justin mcelroy revival of spiderman turn off the dark

[@startush]

that reminds me - the les miserables birthday party audio eventually turns to spiderman turn off the dark as well - i stumbled into a theme xD

[@forest4167]

Your story boarding…. Your shots… the framing…. It’s fucking brilliant. You’re brilliant!

[@gormauslander]

The abnimals bit killed me (travis the madman is so good) I cannot wait for the finished product!

[@gormauslander]

Oh boy did I get a finished product

[@NaldoNidoking]

Man that Abnimals one was so good, great job on all of them

[@startush]

thank you!!

[@ironichamster8197]

I am so obsessed with the Tight Two bit oh my god & when griffin's megaphone gives feedback in his ear OML

[@campfartingrocks9403]

Very disappointed to realise both that you have so many unfinished projects and that you only have 6k subs. Your MBMBAM animatics are some of the best out there.

[@startush]

i'm basically the Professor Calamitous of animatics. thank you for the lovely comment!!

[@heidielizabeth3044]

every time. your concepts behind your animations are just. so good. absolutely delightful to watch

[@startush]

n'yaww thanks Heidi 😁

[@ThatBenKraft]

I come back to watch Justin sing New York New York and Sarah every week

[@tezcatbus]

the bit where griffin was almost gonna do something with "too many liberté" but gave the fuck up

[@nerdynoah]

Please finish the abnimals one. That was wonderful

[@startush]

i definitely plan to! i have some finagling to do in the middle and right at the end, but it's doable fer sure 🤸 thanks Noah!

[@pueblos0revolucion]

Great news, it's up now and it's fantastic!

[@abj6920]

I'm just impressed by the amount of talent and dedication out there in the world

[@swiftspot3055]

ok completely unironically I think justin would be a great beetlejuice or phantom

[@startush]

he would SLAY as beetlejuice you're so right!!

[@leopoldbloom4296]

3:59 - 4:13 is pure art, not even joking, no hyperbole; that's the kind of long, slowly moving, densely textured yet harmonic juxtaposation of media, actors, and even sets I'd expect from either an obscure arthouse film form 1960s Czechoslovakian Nová Vlna (looking at you, Sedmikrasky, Case for a Rookie Hangman, etc), OR a full-blown anmated classic like Paprika or Mind Game. Absolutely wowed here. Really sad it's incomplete, and that probably the bit with the projector wasn't really as important as it seems to me should've been.... I need to be alone for a minute.

[@startush]

i've returned to this comment a few times as a pick-me-up - thanks so much for writing it

[@leopoldbloom4296]

@@startush Glad to hear it. When I re-read it the next day I felt like I had overdone it a bit, but overtly-excited verbosity aside, the point stands.

[@yokaipup]

Omgggg BEGGING for a completion of Justin's NY bit, so many incredible ideas, you're a visionary

[@jackmanthe4th]

You should unfinish more of these things. Thats not an insult and i actually dont know what i mean by that. These are great!

[@unconcernedsalad2]

honestly in love with this

[@TreeMusicForTheBirds]

listen...im not on trial here.

[@esoteric_squid]

You finished it!

[@startush]

finally omg

[@Ancusohm]

Ha! This is hilarious! Great work

[@mothmansapprentice]

all of these are so awesome

[@skullisbones]

that abnimals one was transcendant

[@AlegoCarmadein]

YES

[@bouncingbuttons7441]

was the beginning of the second animatic by chance a singin in the rain reference? it looks so stunning

[@startush]

it is! and thank you for this comment because it got me thinking about extending the reference

[@juliawhitmore3991]

Damn, these are good!

[@lokiiago_x0x]

AWESOME x0x

[@Dylan_Platt]

Oh my God, the vertical parallax on the rows of seats at 4:18 is just so damn tasty.

[@BusketPosket]

This was all SO GOOD 👋👋 Even the sketch bits show such a great awareness of dimension and movement and McElroy Energyᵀᴹ

[@oriyatea]

excellent; i love surprise startush animatics 🤩

[@rek8193]

Your style is very memorable! Despite only knowing you from the professor cabbage video back when it released, i instantly recognized your characters.

[@kanalet8460]

These are wonderful they're so expressive, i've noticed that the mcelroys become especially mcelroyish when animated

[@anavnaj]

I was starting to think that my memory of you doing the animatic for Abnimals live on stream was just a fever dream! So glad it's still in progress. (TIGHT TWO is also looking great, hopefully you'll find a way to finish it yet).

[@startush]

ahaha yep that was real, it's real, and thanks for joining the stream!! 🤗

[@justkelly2]

Griffin knows a thing or two about “loose twos,” amirite

[@Spectrarian]

Griffin with a black turtleneck and sunglasses is a look i never knew i needed

[@Just_One_Tree]

Dang, even your unfinished animations are so good and really add to the audio! (/genuine)

[@manilasworstexport]

These are all so good. Travis and Griffin doing the audition is incredibly choice

[@wastingyourtime05]

Oh hey I was in the stream when you were drawing some of this! Neat!

[@startush]

ayyyyy thanks for joining!

[@wastingyourtime05]

@@startush np it was a great time!

[@moth681]

Absolutely love this

[@pj-yh2cj]

this! is! delightful!

[@Sahdirah]

Perfection, all of them ❤

[@varsoonhks3211]

oh yeah i watched that animation in early access

[@lindscouv]

Director Griffin is iconic