Never Gonna Slow Down [Double Life 1 Year Animatic]

Hi Hi Hello!!
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Seems like praying for the premieres has been the only way. Please, another good one.
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Happy (week late) Double Life One year anniversary! I took this project on two days before the anniversary and finished shortly 6 days later of none stop working. Thank you to all the Double life+ Life series members who have given us such wonderful stories and memories.
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A massive thank you to the sillies. Your guys constant praise, encouragement, and care for me is what kept me from abandoning this project.
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Never gonna slow down) • Never Gonna Slow Down
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[@TheJadedDragonArts]

OH MY GOSH the fact that Grian is the only one with open eyes in the final shot is... SO chilling, I love it.

[@VesperionNox]

Hehehe, I'm glad it was noticed

[@fieryhephestus]

shit i didnt notice that the first time

[@deinodinosuchus]

THANK YOU that's exactly what i was coming into the comments to say!!

[@chrisbush4174]

Your right it's really chilling.

[@niripora]

Can you explain why? I am just getting into the series haha

[@SkSkNutella]

i am literally balling my eyes out. when Double Life began it was the first Life Series i watched live and it wasn’t anything i expected. IT WAS BETTER THAN EXPECTED! this animatic was amazing. probably one of my favorite ones

[@chrisbush4174]

It's the first one of Life Series I watched to!

[@MelonHere20]

Same here! It was my introduction

[@emberdragon3436]

Wow This captures the more playful side of the life series so well And just- ranchers my beloved. Tango blaming himself for dying while Jimmy's alright was such as great frame And the final shot of the winners was amazing

[@novasurely1957]

This is such a beautiful and nostalgic feeling animatic. I love how it goes full circle, from Scott spawning in on Double Life after his win to Pearl spawning into Limited Life after hers. It's so cool.

[@goldenwitherphoenix1389]

Oh my goodness! That was amazing! I already praised the intro to high heaven on Twitter, but again I must praise you on it, the placements of the characters in the opening sequence are perfect! The soul bounds that are separated through rifts and angst being on 2 different sides of the screen while the closely intertwined duos are in the middle and right next to eachother. The fact the animatic covers so much in so little time, it doesn't miss a moment! I feel like almost everything was here! The deaths, the little moments, the finding soulmates and what not! And the little effects of when soulmates feel damage, the fades of colour when someone looses a life as the final moments hit! And the lil facial expressions ranging from cartoonishly funny to seriously drawn, it feels like the best celebration of Double life you could have made because it not only highlights the epic moments and tragic moments like Scotts final sacrifice for Pearl to win and each of the serious pvp deaths, but also highlights those silly and funny moments such as Tango and Jimmy first meeting after loosing their first lives and Martyns "bad math" moment with Cleo. I love every second of this. Every second, every beat felt uses fully and I adore it. 10/10 would watch it again!

[@VesperionNox]

Thank you! Honestly it makes my world to see people noticing all the details I put into this. I tried making it as accurate as I could with the videos regarding timeline, backgrounds, placement, and items. Seriously, thank you so much for both your comments ❤️

[@twochickensgaming]

STOPP, OKAY OKAY DUDE. I LOVE THIS ALL SO MUCH- THE DETAILS- THE SONG- ANIMATION- EVERYTHING. OKAY ALLOW ME TO GUSH OVER THIS FOR A FEW SECONDS- First of all, already in the INTRO, we get a detail of first showing all the strong, healthy relationships (Bdubs+Imp, Tango+Jimmy, Joel+Etho, who never really had distrust or a break in their relationship) and then we're followed by the more shakey relationships, where their partners are diagonal to them, with their more "secret soulmates" being on a horizontal line to them. (e.g. Grian having Scar, his actual partner, diagonally from him, while BigB, his Secret soulmate, is horizontal to him. Same can be said for everyone else!! AAAA I LOVE IT SO MUCH!!) Okay- OKAY BUT CAN I JUST APPRECIATE HOW THERE'S SO MUCH DETAILS IN THE *EYES ALONE*. It's used throughout the entire animation but the fact when someone is in the process of their death their eyes (or other colored garments as in the case of Scar falling into the zombies) tHE GRADIENT CHANGES FROM THEIR CURRENT COLOR TO THE COLOR THEY'RE BECOMING?!?! Like STOP AHHGH THAT'S SO COOL!! And MAN with the final deaths turning into this dull gray, it fits both the fact their dead and that they turn into spectator mode so well!!! ANYWAYS, all that to say because at the VERY beginning, for a SPLIT second, you can see Scott's eyes green, with the gradient of red, showing how his lives are resetting back to full!! AAAAA ITS THE LITTLE DETAILS THAT ARE JUST- 🤌🤌 Okay next, let me just say that the animation and the drawings are SO PLEASING to look at!! I love how the character designs mantain who they are so its easy to tell who is who, but with your own style mixed in!! It flows so well and it's truely spectacular!! 1:03 having the reference to the darkness effect as their in the ancient city- it's so gOOD, AAA THERE'S SO MANY DETAILS I CANT!! OkOK but we have to talk ~RED LINE~ though- Like again, it's a fairly small thing, but it is SUCH a smart way of conveying the players getting hurt, with it flowing from the source to their partner! It's such a cool, genius way to show the link of the character!! My personal favorite use is expressing Cleo's absolute annoyance at 0:43 as she's continuously getting hurt my Martin. The pain line perfectly expresses that she isn't the one causing the damage, but is suffering because of her partner!! ITS SO SMART AND JUST- AAA! 👏 Final rambles, first off the way the beginning sets up each character discovering their partner's is so wonderful and serves as a way to kind of "fill in the viewer" but also recap everyone finding out! The attention to detail is amazing! (And stop- the flashback to 3rd Life with Impulse and Bdub-... don't make me cry now- (OKAY BUT I JUST NOTICED IT TIES WITH THE "I DONT WANNA LOOK BACK" AS IN DWELLING IN THE PAST- AAAA ITS EVEN MORE AMAZING THEN I ALREADY THOUGHT-)). I could go on and on about all the references and how accurate it is to the actual series, but I'd be writing a whole book at that point ahsfashfa. I don't know if it's intentional but at 1:00 this is a nice parrallel to their characters. The way Pearl is fully on the ground, submerged in snow with a grin, contrasted to Scar just partially in the snow with a warm smile shows how Pearl really is upset with Scott (character wise- not irl lol) and is fine with making him freeze, where it seems Scar is kind of upset about Grian wanting to get away from him, but he still loves his partner and doesn't really want to cause any significant actual harm. Idk but it's such a cool detail from one little scene ;w; Finally, the ending scene where it looks to be just Pearl in the center of the rest of the members- but then it cuts out everyone else and reveals only the winnerS! JEEZ!! It's so cool 😭 Grian's cheeky stare while the other two are more solemn- AGGH!! YOU DID SO AMAZING, YOU ARE SO TALENTED.

[@pearlescentmoon_enjoyer]

I love the fact that their eyes are closed except for grian, the watcher

[@theLemonaide]

the shot where cleo died and martyn was holding his chest made me cryyyyyyyy I didn’t even follow their povs 😭😭😭

[@electra310]

I liked this a lot, the drawings do a great job of showing the characters in just a few lines, and the song is a good fit!

[@VesperionNox]

I found it from the end of Grians series, and I've wanted to do something with it since! The one year seemed like the most perfect time

[@InkfulManta]

I... Love... This... *cries dramatically*

[@All54321]

I can’t believe it’s been 1 year since double life, wow. This animatic is amazing. I love how you had a transition between the colors on death, just the gradient before the full change.

[@gardenshed6043]

2:14 This frame is awesome

[@samathekittycat]

this is BREATHTAKING holy wOAHHHHH

[@localwheel]

THIS IS AMAZING OMGGGG!!!!fdslKJFLKjdlsfa IM SO INSANE ABOUT THIS IT'S SO SO SO LOVELY

[@VesperionNox]

AHAHHA THANKS LOCAL. Your animatics an animations have had such an influence on how I do videos and its improved my work process so much. Your excitement for my work means the world to me

[@katterwaul6317]

oh my gosh this is. so good and it makes me so happy and so sad at the same time I CAN'T HANDLE THIS MUCH EMOTION

[@martinsto8190]

2:39 those are the eyes of (Smajor) someone who will be killing Her in the next season of the LifeSeries

[@cherrysherin]

AUGHHH THIS IS SO GOOD...THE LITTLE MOVEMENTS THE LITTLE MOVING RED DAMAGE YOU DID AT THE BACK OF THE CHARACTER RAHHH I LOVE THIS. I LOVE THIS SM

[@VesperionNox]

THEY WERE SO FUNTO EDIT! I'm so glad the effect did as i hoped

[@onetruemab]

I really like this, particularly the shot at the very beginning, where all the soulmates who were loyal were in the centre, while all the soulmates who had some... issues are along the edge, further separated. Great animatic!

[@LlamasAtMidnight]

Omg I didn't even notice that, thats so cool

[@NNNNEEEEAAAAMMMM]

i like the nod to grian being the only one who had the open eyes in the watcher... trance?? idk just like the shot

[@maple-arigon]

WOA! I just found this, and it is AMAzing! well done encapsulating the double life series as a whole, nice colour usage as well. I just started animation, and seeing any kind of animation others make is honestly ten fold more impressive now I know how hard it is! I love the two scenes where scott sprays tnt around himself and killed the himself(you drew it so gracefully!) and the final shot of the three winners, with only grian with open eyes, like, wow. chills man. :)

[@iceeveyu1608]

What is this underrated animation vid is this???

[@dakokonutnut1]

Always beautiful, Nox!

[@VesperionNox]

Thank you Ryan ❤️ 😭🥹

[@Kiwi-306]

I love that in the last shot each of the winners a special symbol.

[@samuelsouth.]

I adore the amount of movement you put into each frame! Some animatics try, and fail, to mostly use still frames, but you made it work! @Everen did something similar, using moving frames to convey a sense of motion, but they used slow movements to suit a slow, dramatic song. Meanwhile, you used quick, jumpy movements to match a similarly bouncy song. You have a great sense for movement in animation, which perfectly suits your adorable art style! Great work!

[@VesperionNox]

Thank you so much! This truly makes me so happy. I'm so glad that the movement worked well and people notice such things feels do great. Thank you so much

[@tumblingartist]

OH MY GOSH THIS IS AMAZING- it recaps the heart of DL and has so much emotion in it

[@talis2513]

I love the way the eyes and anything with colour fades into the colour of the next life when a death occurs (or grey at the final death)!

[@illmamnim]

So good! Top tier vibes

[@familytablet6453]

THIS IS THE OUTRO SONG OF GRIAN'S LAST EPISODE!!!!! I'm honestly surprised no one else caught that. And I love the whole "the sun, the moon, and the stars" thing at the end. edit: @Linkurz got it 4 days before me

[@Messwiththehonkyougetthebonk]

Woah! The catchy song, paired with the simple and yet lively animation... Augh, This is amazing. *You Earned a Subscriber!* And that is because I can see you worked very hard on this.

[@robertlorigan4452]

This is problaby the best ending song for Double Life

[@persefida]

This is such a good animatic!!!! I LOVE how you did perspective and camera angles. and effects! so cool!! This is amazing!!!

[@VesperionNox]

AGGHGEHW EJE THANK YOU! wow, you've been such an inspiration for trying to push some of my animatics and continue with animating in them. Thank you so much-

[@persefida]

@@VesperionNox you did great!! please continue drawing animatics! and thank you (❁´◡`❁)

[@ilovebread-wo3bx]

YES. Ik I'm late but I just wanna say that ... I love this!I can't believe it's been a whole year! ❤ I miss it sm My pfp is Scarlet Pearl •.•

[@chrisbush4174]

I love Double life. It's something about that brings a bigger smile on my face. This animatic was amazing. It brings a smile on my face just knowing that in the end, I'll still be watching it again and again and again.

[@amFoxglove]

This is amazing 🥸

[@Xquellena]

*gasp* sun star moon and sea 😮

[@river-of-noodles]

Took me a while to realise where I recognise this song from, it was in grian’s finale credits. Anyway, this is absolutely amazing.

[@pixelvoid_]

YOOOOO!! THIS IS AMAZING !! I LOVE THIS SM :DD

[@_reiii280]

Oh my gosh this is AMAZING! Double life is when I first started to watch the life series so this animatic of just recapping everything had me smiling the entire time. All the designs are all so recognizable and your art style is very pretty too! One year since double life.. jeez

[@SeraphineFrost]

Omg I love this so much!!! ❤

[@galacticguppy7357]

this is so COOL oh my gosh. this might be one of my favorite double life animatics ever

[@kathy.s_closet]

I LOVE THIS SMMM

[@The_Grin_Reaper_]

This is awesome

[@itsjulie5899]

This is AMAZING!!!

[@UNOwen-lo6no]

I know I'm quite late, and I kniw there are a lot of other animatics about DL, but I have to tell this one became my favourite. Sometimes the more simple art style can show much more than a more deatailed, fully colored (ect.) one. Thank you for making this masterpiece!

[@IceyEeVee412]

BRO. THIS IS ACTUALLY INSANE, NOT ONLY THINKING THAT ITS BEEN 1 YEAR SINCE DOUBLE LIFE, BUT THE ANIMATIC ASWELL. SO so so good omg KEEP IT UP PLS (wish i saw this earlier not gonna lie)

[@SethRobins189]

THIS HAS NO RIGHT TO BE SO GOODDDDDD

[@arrow_awsome]

this is so cool!!!

[@Linkurz]

This is great!!!

[@randomgirl7163]

Someone PLEASE explain to me the sun moon star theory!! Ion another note this animatic is amazinggg!!! I absolutely love the art style!

[@General_Galaxy]

Late reply but, Im pretty sure it's just the unofficial titles/motifs for the victors, that pop up in fan art. First Victor: Grian -> The Sun. Because Grian means the sun in Irish I think (honestly, I thought it was because he was the "centre" of the series, as in he organized it, but haven't found anyone saying that.) Second Victor: Scott - The Star/Stars. I honestly don't know why, but it pops up. Third Victor: Pearl -> The Moon. Come from Pearlescent Moon. The moon is also often used as a symbol of madness, so it fits her. Also, the victor from limited life doesn't really have one single title. The most common is Mars (the Roman god of war) but I've also seen him refered to as Meteor and The Sea.

[@randomgirl7163]

@@General_Galaxy tysm! 😊

[@littlelightfury]

Aww I love this so much! :o

[@Morningblossom]

Wow this was amazing :D

[@Linkurz]

OHHHHH i was wondering why this music was so familiar - it's the song Grian used for this credits!!!

[@VesperionNox]

Yup! I've wanted to do something with it since his final episode and a year anniversary seemed like as perfect as a time as ever!

[@Linkurz]

@@VesperionNoxsuch a great idea!!!

[@firelasercat]

DUUUUUUUDE this is epic!! so much time, detail,a nd thought was surely put into this, why have i not subscribed sooner?! easily one of my favorite doublelife animatics already and im 15 seconds into the video (also at 2:15 is that the maple leaf on Etho's sleeve? why am i so tickled by that i dont know.)

[@samstone8674]

Oh wow, this is so cool! I love the use of colors and the smoothness of everything. The entire animation just flows so nicely and the dramatic ending was great. Wonderful work!

[@Squiggle01]

I love your Tango design!

[@DemonandAngelz]

The detail is so amazing! I love the colors going through the stages of life. It’s amazing have you incorporated all the important moments yet still kept it short and sweet

[@Ardeeone]

woahhh! so clean love the animation! :D

[@Narzissist]

Love this style and the storyboard ❤

[@ceciliadicesare2574]

Amazing!

[@JMPT]

Ultra Nice 🤍

[@lenatunnissen369]

amazing animatic!!!! love it

[@leefaegaming1285]

OOOoooo shiny replay button- I must click it- IT'S AMAZING!!!

[@chrisbush4174]

Wait, isn't this the song that Grian used for his ending of Double life? 😱

[@VesperionNox]

Yup!

[@chrisbush4174]

Wow! When I made that comment, before that actually, I was watching the end of Double Life on Grian's channel! I watched it and was like "Wait a minute. Didn't VesperionNox use that for his animatic?" I guess I was paying attention to it. Then again, I hardly ever stop watching it.

[@monsterkiddo42]

Tilly Death do us Part