P.A.R.T.Y. - Official Animated Music Video

It's Pirate Party Time!
Recently I was hired by Alestorm and Napalm Records to direct and animate this music video for their upcoming 7th album! I've never had the opportunity to animate a musical-zombie-pirate-heist, so this proved to be a fun video to produce.
New Album, Seventh Rum of a Seventh Rum, out June 24, 2022!
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[@wowmaster888]

I met a Demoman in TF2 blasting this on repeat while driving around in a tiny boat. Best experience of my life.

[@pokebrammer5733]

i see you and him are a man of culture as well

[@hunterjoyce3580]

Oh god I can just imagine it and it's amazing

[@wilfur3077]

There's driving in TF2?

[@wowmaster888]

@@wilfur3077 Ever since the bumper kart taunt yeah

[@Beast0fBurden]

More fitting in Sea of Thieves :)

[@mysticshadows5191]

P.A.R.T.Y= Pirates Are Ready to Yell! love the song and animation

[@medusayutub960]

my god you crack the code

[@Sombra_zx]

For me it was Pirates Alestorm Robs Treasure of Yarrface!

[@dskero]

I sense a subtle reference to Muppets popcorn video.

[@Balblair]

I'm still ecstatic that you landed this job. It came out so well!

[@SilverFang2789]

After the DK 40th anniversary video, I don't think anyone else was more qualified, much less perfect, for the job.

[@josephwarren5360]

I'd love a TV series of these guys! Absolutely fantastic! Easily one of the top three music videos I've seen!

[@acemarvel1564]

Captain KelpDreads and company Aboard the Rum n Bones

[@kenagain981]

I don't know how many times I've watched Pirate's Scorn on your channel but Wooow!! You really got your recognition. Proud of you dude!! Keep that 2D smooth animation coming!

[@luciferdraken1619]

Did you also saw the crystal coconut?

[@cerseonbrassmann5222]

That is pirates' scorn. And it's amazing

[@avoiceofreason1178]

The thing that absolutely blows me out of the water (pun somewhat intended) is that this isn't 2D. It's the best 3D blending I've come across. I don't know how long it wouldn't taken me to figure out if I hadn't seen the bit about 3D models in the credits.

[@DoJayMi]

Yo Alestorm saw how good the music video with Pirate's Scorn was and decided to hire you. That's AWESOME.

[@jfodsbi]

1:51 did he just air thrust?

[@ArcturusTheGreat]

1 year ago... but that doesn't stop my reply. *Cannon trust

[@bluephinix]

They killed Klump and Skurvy

[@UlsterDogPlays]

Sublime as always And the nods to other Alestorm songs on the map? *chef kiss*

[@Tijames66]

the animation is fantastic, as usual!! So exited to see u do an official collaboration with Aelstorm!!

[@2groovey]

I love how the Captain dosen't remove his eyepatch to use the spyglass teasing that he still has both eyes and confirms it at the end with a wink

[@TheMimzez]

so good!

[@ArmageddonUnlimited]

One of my favorite Alestorm Videos! Great job Dude! 🤘

[@alexisgrunden1556]

I get the feeling you may have had a _little_ too much fun animating those cheeky skeletons... _AND I F*&KING LOVE IT!!_

[@Mehtaru]

So this is what the Fort of the Damned skeletons do when theres no one around.

[@christophvogel1080]

Getting some good old "Monkey Island" vibes. Mixed with such a catchy song, it's a great combination.

[@musicals_rock]

That snap at the end had so much Sass yes queen

[@demonemperorjiren]

Then that dynamite explosion at the end. Spot on!

[@pressl2p82]

Plunder All Really neat Treasure Yeah!

[@invisiblefan2387]

P.A.R.T.Y. = Pirates Always Ready To YARRRR!!!!

[@user-sj4rs5zb7c]

made in the style of the sea of thieves, that song is top, that animation.

[@GreenHoneydew1]

The animation is both crisp and smooth, there's not many animations I've seen with such high quablity. I tip my hat to you sir!

[@lilianapereguda513]

I JUST LOVE THIS! 😀😃 ❤️🧡 It' s pirate party time weee

[@dakkath414]

Operation: P.A.R.T.Y. Pyrotechnicians Acquire Rare Trinkets Yarr

[@KaptainKululu]

The Best Video I have EVER SEEN. Everything is PERFECT

[@calvatrueno5079]

Don't know why I need the urge to play Sea of thieves always I listened this song...with very good vibes btw.

[@Necrokoek]

PARTY = Parley After Recreational Time Yields.

[@angelsartandgaming]

I love the skeletons! I need more of these animations in my life.

[@MortalWombatUK]

Excellent work. It would be cool to see you do a video for the Alestorm cover of Hangover. Because that sadly never got a proper video of its own.

[@kai_lordofwolves8358]

*headbangs intensely*

[@bradonbyrd8061]

Oh oooooohhhhh

[@artgremlin]

As an enjoyer of cool pirate media, I approve. 🏴‍☠🏴‍☠🏴‍☠

[@sodaguy1234]

This is so fucking cool dude! Great visuals and animations brotha!

[@crazymindcrazyheart2162]

Amazing!! 🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@Minotauroso]

P.A.R.T.Y. is an acronym to Professional Agency Recruting Tremendous Yodllers

[@SMG05988]

*Pirates over 2000 Games*

[@inyuji]

This is amazing!

[@BrightSpark]

02:41 Say, that crystal coconut there looks miiighty familiar... didn't some ape steal it once?

[@tristandahn2284]

Dear god that was amazing. I need to see more pirate things.

[@XxZackAttack27xX]

Fucking amazing job

[@equarg]

I am impressed how you made a skeleton so…lively. Also, seriously, that naughty Caption needs to not to that to a firing cannon…he could break a hip😅🤭

[@sanemero3940]

Tbh only piece of feedback I have is that the map parts could have included Fife in reference to Bowes' (Lead Singer of Alestorm, Keyboardist of Gloryhammer) other major band, Gloryhammer

[@Clemstar-hp6fo]

Pretty Awsome Rave To Yarrrrgh!

[@omarefrensanchezdionisio9010]

Yohohohohoho

[@sam4gaming135]

The fact youtube took 6 months to recommend this to me should be considered a war crime

[@pentaloop7331]

cpt Yarrface been real quiet since this dropped

[@sergeylekomcev367]

It must be OnePiece-fication!

[@samjenkins100]

Do you think they'll get you to do any more?

[@wptaimuty]

P.A.R.T.Y. = Pirates Are Robbing Tipsy Yarrface

[@Elkabong53708]

Oh this was brilliantly well done and quite fluid, God I miss 2D animation!

[@mat-olesen2922]

who do i just wanna play sea of thieves with this playing in the background😂

[@Wustenkrieger3]

Класс

[@SukatoKjolen]

Pirates Are Really Thirsty, Yarr!

[@saltyrooster197]

It took just one fan animation to get you a job with Alestorm, huh?

[@theblissone]

Should i take it as sea shanty?

[@vilhelm5549]

Alec. Are there any plans collaborate with Alestorm again?

[@Strikerkong]

When you cant afford the new $70 games

[@kitsu_noshi]

P.A:arty Quest

[@DrippinginSarcasm]

The fact that none of the crowd flashed their non existent boobs is a travesty of a missed joke.

[@jaceklutrzykowski]

🎞️🎥🎬👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@dakkath414]

That ship is running pretty well off just a skeleton crew.

[@digitalmouse3314]

LOl so funny man nice one

[@pangorogrunt3114]

Best joke ever! Seriously, somebody higher this guy

[@scormern]

That was terrible, take my like.

[@woot2111]

r/angryupvote

[@mikistenbeck6517]

*_OUT!_* (for real tho, nice joke. XDD)

[@PANCAKEMINEZZ]

I adore the amount of swagger you gave the captain. Everything about his body language and movement is cartharsis

[@doggone12ify]

The exaggerated swagger of a dead captain

[@MrBig1984]

No Bones about it!

[@JoveJoved]

"Swagger". The kind of swagger where you end up with AIDS and/or monkeypox for being degenerate.

[@PANCAKEMINEZZ]

@@doggone12ify I live for his hips swaying. He's got more hips than most people and he doesn't even have skin or justice. Absolute legend

[@stevenrivers173]

@@PANCAKEMINEZZ Couldn't agree more! Dude is a legend!

[@RoninCatholic]

I don't normally care for songs about partying and drinking, but add pirates and set cartoon skeletons dancing to it? Now it's absolutely my jam.

[@Hush-h2]

Normal party song to you: mid. Added cartoonish skeleton pirates: perfection

[@LordCrate-du8zm]

@squeaker-fw6qz but is he wrong though?

[@wiilov]

Undead Pirates earned the right to party with how much they worked...to the bone.

[@aydencahoon6557]

Sans stop making puns And get to work you lazy bones.

[@dark_goombas]

same

[@shackerbenashoor4005]

It's amazing that the animation added a story on top, This is way too impressive, even for an Alestorm song!

[@exiledhero3791]

Imagine a Sea of Thieves quest line with these guys, like the Jack sparrow one

[@alexisgrunden1556]

Forget destroying the skeletons, you wanna ask if they're hiring! 😂

[@davidvangerner7241]

Bring me the horizon drink up me hearties yo ho

[@martydearmodillyou4231]

Thsn it would be the best quest in the game

[@wiej007]

I even got idea how it would look. You find witch that can make you and your crew look like sceletons and you going on their celebracion/party as some kind of music band. You have to make sure to entertain crowd od they will start suspect something the more crew on stage the more entertained they are. If the crew members a less then they can even losing it and they also could want some specific crewmate to play do he must go or extra lv down. Meanwhile other part of crew can loot there trasures. This all would be challange of time because -Your illusion spell dont last forever so you must choise how much focus on distracting endless army od sceletons and how much for looting -While you are playing some other ships can come and take posecion od what you just bring to your ship -You can exit by just running but then 2-3 high level ship will chase you on open sea... Or drop a big bomb with barrels of gunpowder so they wouldnt know or didnt have strenght to chase you

[@nicolaliberati5981]

Awesome! Now i want a kremling version.

[@mysticmind4563]

Skeletons are one of my favorite type of Halloween creatures for the pure fact that despite having little to no flesh they're usually the most lively characters. This video captured that perfectly.

[@theheathendiaries2352]

I'm a massive fan of alestorm, and this is the best official video of theirs. Such quality, well done! Subbed.

[@scottusthethicc908]

Same here

[@Dragon359]

Now that there are two pirate captains seeking the Crystal Coconut (referring to the DKC vid) I can't help but imagine what a showdown between the two of them would be like to see who truly would get to keep the treasure!

[@drakli5160]

You can see a couple crocodile skulls with hats on the gold pile when the drummer goes for the crystal. I think we already know how it turned out.

[@CreeperDude-cm1wv]

@@drakli5160 May not have been the entire crew

[@FlintsForge6931]

@@drakli5160 the one with a captains hat on also has gold ear rings , that's scurvy's skull alright

[@RinSyuveil]

Love how the eye patch was revealed at the end to still have an eye under it and that is accurate it was MOSTLY used to cover an eye for quick night time or dark combat the eye prepped for seeing “ok” in the dark instead of being fully blind like when you just turn off the lights

[@17tmntfan]

I like the hint that there’s an eye underneath at 1:24 when he uses the spyglass!

[@MegaGermanShepherds]

One Eyed Willy!

[@boom-boomman7258]

The body language is absolutely spot on! i swear it makes the banger of a song sound even better

[@misschips4687]

I "ship" these skeletons Wow they literally "bombed" the party Did you hear that captain Yarrface was drinking from a "shore" The crew was so scary, they made my "bones" shiver Everyone "rum" the pirates are coming! These pirates have a lot of skills, one could say they're "skilltons" -"Get ready to drink till we die" -Umm..... yeah captain about that...

[@sninctbur3726]

Walk the plank

[@3d_squeIton]

​@@sninctbur3726seriously

[@dukefang1001]

Keelhaul that filthy landlubber!

[@TimdeKousemaeker]

I might be late to the party but get out

[@tntguy7915]

Sorry but I think you got the wrong skeleton, after all you are not "comic"

[@meepmeep8152]

This is CRIMINALLY underrated.

[@Mr_Cognito]

0:20 I am like 95% Sure this accordion pirate is designed after weird Al Yankovic Edit: Or was the inspiration behind the design

[@notherapy4u]

They’re designed after the band members that sang the song. The guy who played the accordion was designed after the accordion player.

[@mattimus3667]

Fantastic animation and great expressions!

[@FurlowT]

This feels like could be a full on TV series and this being it's intro.

[@stevenrivers173]

Fun Fact: Most Pirates who wore an eye patch still had both eyes. They would often wear the patches for a different purpose, so when they went lower into the ship, they could swap the eye patch over to the other eye in order to see better, as their other eye would be adjusted to the bright sun and the other to the darker areas of the ship.

[@Lylatroid]

As always, funtastic! Update: I also saw an Easter egg. You can see the Crystal Coconut from Donkey Kong Country

[@sonicfanboy3375]

Reference to a DK fan animation by this channel

[@JerbilKonai]

@@sonicfanboy3375 Even more, in the same shot you see two croc sceleton heads... and one has golden earrings... like the croc captain in the animation. Just the hat is not quite the same, but clothes can change.

[@killeranimatronic5448]

@@JerbilKonai what time of the vid

[@JerbilKonai]

@@killeranimatronic5448 2:41 and to the left of Scarface

[@baphijmm]

And yet nobody seems to be bringing up Kongo Bongo Island.

[@houseofmouseboxer490]

That's it, Alestorm can close up shop. Nothing's going to top you animating for them.

[@90Kirame]

My doctor: "You've got 3:55 minutes to live." Me:

[@thefrenchtaunter7916]

forklift sim

[@cartoonperson6243]

2:41 is that Klump's helmet next to Scurvey's hat?

[@Sombra_zx]

Klump is the little brother of captain Scurvy's, on the song of King K.rool Up to the Scale it shows that captain Scurvy, got recruited to Kremling Army that was the why they were on his Ship, because K.rool take it after Donkey Kong Country 64

[@8bitspook765]

I love how similar the boat travel is to the pirates movie, the crew really does remind me of them lmao

[@thediesel4280]

I really want this to be an opening to an animated tv show so i can see more of this. absolutely fantastic

[@shamrocksheep8203]

I love Alestorm and it's awesome that they commissioned you to make this! It turned out so well. I love how much detail you put into it even for parts like 1:57 where the shots are there less than a few seconds.

[@valentine-br1ok]

A FOXY ROLEPLAYER IN A FNAF VRCHAT WORLD WAS BLASTING THIS THE WHOLE TIME IT WAS THE COOLEST THING EVER 😭 this song will forever be in my heart

[@MattHedgern]

0:57 I can't believe it took me this long to notice the Kongo Bongo cameo

[@Shinolad]

the average swagger of an undead pirate

[@MacCraeToons1214]

No one’s gonna talk about how he holds a spyglass up to his eye patch? No? Ok.

[@matiasdelafuente3106]

It's cartoon logic xD it makes it funnier (does for me at least)

[@MacCraeToons1214]

@@matiasdelafuente3106 It’s a little silly. Slightly wacky, even. Perhaps even a little goofy…

[@samum8342]

​@@MacCraeToons1214 то есть автор анимации этого не заметил?)) может быть это сделано для большего веселья и чтобы показать что автор дурачится и вкладывает душу а не только смысл?

[@Табуретка-ь8х]

После этого видео и песни захотелось бороздить моря в Sea of thieve

[@Ганель]

Я этим и занялся, повезло что у меня был скин скелета чтобы войти в образ

[@Pizbet]

Dude! Seriously, all your animations are top tier! You definitely deserve more views.

[@joloarzadon2976]

It deserves an oscar!

[@Dragon_Queen_13]

Клип лучше большинства мультфильмов Диснея за последние 5 лет.

[@ЕвгенийПопов-м3ц9ю]

За 20

[@CompleteAnimation]

I think the song is pretty good. The animation that you made to go along with it is next-level incredible! I love how many little details you throw in everywhere. I'm impressed how well you were able to bring the mosh-pit of a crowd to life. You are truly one of the best indie animators around!

[@rohancrow5474]

This animation is amazing and this song is now stuck in my head

[@AlexHendersonAnimation]

Ahoy! New Album, Seventh Rum of a Seventh Rum, out June 24, 2022! Pre-Order here: lnk.to/SeventhRumOfASeventhRum

[@PANCAKEMINEZZ]

I'm hoping you just become Alestorm's defacto music video guy. The other video you've done for them is so smooth and this is no exception either.

[@deceptiwave2936]

Love that the Crystal coconut is still there lol

[@theworldsgreatestjidiot9667]

1:09 the hip gyrations are amazing for some reason

[@ХидэёсиТоётоми-ю5я]

Чёрт побери, как же прекрасно!

[@plantus4527]

Согласен, я часа 3 сидел это слушал

[@Joni88211one]

@@plantus4527 я только 3 раз... наверное 😅 за день )

[@Tanderhorn]

Моё почтение. Сделано шикарно.

[@ThePyroGod]

Awesome to see all the little things you've been adding to your animations since the first Alestorm animation, great job!

[@zinc2zinc2]

Wow the animation quality is insane. Is this all done by one person? Are there any behind the scenes videos? Id love to know what program you use for 2d animations like this. So inspiring!