safe ship | secret life desert duo animatic

another rushed desert duo animatic, what a surprise!!!
for context, the first frames are happening in secret life during ep4 and the other seasons are scar's flashbacks

[@noatmealcookie02]

people don't need Grian and Scar to interact, they'll cook themselves some food anyway lol

[@itzreaps]

we take scraps and cook 5 star meals with them

[@theratinyourairconditioner]

Let him cook

[@PassionateMyst]

Oh 100% 😭

[@ponderingpeony9571]

THIS IS SO COOL!!!! Desert duo will never stop haunting us and the artists all love twisting the knife

[@RiceDeclinedYT]

indeed we do ehehhe

[@laveneercheriroma8460]

It JUST KEEPS HAPPENING, tell me how can we resist their duo, the lore and angst

[@cozydotcoza]

the amount of desert duo animatics ive seen with the crane wives' songs, they just fit so well

[@IDrawSometimes_]

love the clothing design you gave them for each season. i also love the maple leaf on etho's vest, nice touch

[@RiceDeclinedYT]

Thanks! You can actually check out some of my life series character designs on my Twitter if you want to :](the SL!Grian one especially, because his is a little more complicated than the others)

[@IDrawSometimes_]

@@RiceDeclinedYT oh cool! also my immidiet thought when seeing the sl!grian design was: "damn this is an elaborate outfit"

[@RiceDeclinedYT]

@@IDrawSometimes_ yeahh I went a little extra with it xd It's mainly inspired by the secret keeper and watcher lore, I made it when ep1 came out so I might make a new one further into the series

[@IDrawSometimes_]

@@RiceDeclinedYT huh, interesting. my general rule when doing life series art is start with the member's normal skin, add the theming they went with this season, and then depending on the life level i add appropriate "damage" and armor/"aura". but you seem to just design whole new things, which is great!

[@RiceDeclinedYT]

@@IDrawSometimes_ yeah no I just do whatever, which is why it's kinda hard to tell that my grian sl design is grian at all lmao

[@biscuitbread]

OH MY GOD SCARS FLASHBACKS HE LOOKS SO SAD GIVE THAT MAN A HUG PLEAS ALSO YOUR ART IS SO SCRUMPTIOUS I WOULD EAT IT BUT I DONT WANT TO RUIN ITS BEAUTY AHHH

[@RiceDeclinedYT]

i love me some scar angst feel free to eat my art ill cook some more jhgfh

[@skizzpulse]

Crane wives continues to make the perfect songs for desert duo

[@shaedavis5818]

I just love the fact that, every single time grian asks scar lf he wants to be friends he either actively ignored it or just leaves

[@felishianochai2843]

why must you hurt me this way? No but for real, this is perfection

[@shroomoroom]

POOR SCAR JUST LET THE MAN BE HAPPY FOR GOODNESS SAKE

[@MMCX3]

this is amazing,, in every life season grian's one of the main, if not the direct cause of his demise/s, after all. would be interesting either way if it happens again this season or otherwise.

[@snowyhilt9983]

Isn't it ironic that scar kills all of grian's allies this season

[@BenjiXin]

Love the detail of scars fake diamond armour :) and good song choice! Crane wives and the life series go hand in unlovable hand

[@mataschmata]

i really love your art style especially with the water colors it looks lovely!!

[@RiceDeclinedYT]

Thank you!!! I just found that watercolor brush and I'm absolutely in love with it

[@PassionateMyst]

Desertduo is my favorite duo and you turned the so little bits of them interacting in secret life into a 3 Michelin star course 😭

[@sapphirestarfruit]

:0 this animatic is so pretty!! I adore your artstyle! Also i love how your Etho design has a maple leaf on his back 😂

[@Amityz72323]

I love how one single video managed to fuse the entire desert duo fan base with crane wives

[@kittycatthelildevil4096]

This art style is AMAZING- and also this hurt. Like most desert duo things do to my heart. I love them so much but why does it feel like most interactions since third life between these two are…Gosh I can’t find the word I want but it’s just not the same, it feels like Scar subtly hints at it from time to time but for Grian it feels like he moved on ages ago and it hurts me even though it shouldn’t 😂

[@aylacalder3885]

I see scar and grians relationship as the artist and the Muse. Scar being the Artist and Grian as the Muse

[@kirsen]

I absolutely love this, water color-like and sweet and warm.. love this so much ty for making it

[@-Br3m-]

THIS IS ABSOLUTELY STUNNING!! Love the character designs and the music choice :D (I love the crane wives)

[@RiceDeclinedYT]

yess crane wives supremacy!!!

[@seraphm_]

THEY MAKE ME CRY ALSO YOUR ARTSTYLE IS INCREDIBLE

[@soopisgood]

desert duo 😭i miss them so much even thought 3rd life was 2 years ago

[@kittycatthelildevil4096]

I seriously cannot understand how that was two years ago 😂

[@bearxbat]

hehehe this was FANTASTIC!! i love all your grian designs esp the third life one!! i love when people make him a different bird for each series hes in its so good

[@SkaterGirlFC]

WHY NOT JUST RIP OUT MY HEART INSTEAD AHHHH AMAZING

[@justyourcasualidiot1962]

In almost every desert duo animatics I see, it’s like they both want to go back to how it was in third life SO BAD, but the double life trauma keeps getting in the way... It’s so sad I love it

[@emeraldjayent2403]

Scar honestly deserves better, the only season Grian was truly good and faithful to him was 3rd life. Angst aside, love the art, very nice animatic

[@professionalrockeater]

THIS IS SO GOOD HOW DO YOU NOT HAVE MORE VIEWS..... im so obsessed with your style

[@RiceDeclinedYT]

thank youu

[@Linkurz]

Oh rip our hearts out why don’t ya

[@RiceDeclinedYT]

:)))

[@ghostcore_7625]

AAAA YOUR DESIGNS/ART IS SO PRETTY SDFKHWIHSDF THIS IS SO GOOD

[@Clay-qq5vb]

this is so slay omg

[@kurogiri5434]

"When you held his hands it felt like flying, now he's just another man."

[@RiceDeclinedYT]

Ahh the lovejoy lyrics 😭😭😭

[@bjunsen]

THE ARTSTYLEEEE i dont even watch any of the life series lolol

[@SmugLilSomethin]

I love your art style!! It looks amazing asdfjkl

[@Ivy-dy7rg]

DUDE THIS IS AMAZING!

[@IcarusPhil]

omg their hair is so fluffy i am eating your art

[@Lily_onion]

GDKJDJDKJ MY HEART I LOVE YOUR ART STYLE SM

[@lqmie8029]

AFUOLMSYIP VERY COOL POOR SCAR OUR BOI DESERVES BETTER :( ALSO THE THING WITH GRI CLEO AND ETHO- AHOPMSYOP I READ A CONCEPT ABOUT SCAR GETTING REPLACED THE OTHER DAY AND I JUST AAAAAAA YOUR ART ATYLE IS EXCELLENT :D

[@xin.t]

this is so beautiful i absolutely adore your style but my HEART CANNOT TAKE THIS AAAUUUUUGHHHHHH

[@tumblingartist]

ahhhh!! the art is so pretty!! 10/10 deserduo content

[@m0thernature730]

The saddest part is scar WANTS to make allies but his tasks just keep being absolute garbage for that quest

[@haunted9069]

!!! this is such a lovely art style, love this animatic :D

[@-Mossy-]

RICE IM NOT EVEN DONE WATCHING BUT WHAT ITS AWSOME

[@RiceDeclinedYT]

GFGFJK THANK YOU :DDD!

[@iyibenden]

OMG I LOVE YOUR ARTSTYLEE AHHH

[@reallifezuzu]

this is SOOOOOOOOO good omgg

[@klbzplb]

So cool i love everything abt it, your artstyle is very pretty (and great song choice! i love the crane wives)

[@humanintelegence4695]

sunflower scar is my favourite scar so far

[@Summer12_Studios]

This is so awesome! They look so good! Very good work! 👏🏼✌🏻:DD

[@c0pykatt]

No no no.... 😢 this make it look like grian is abandoning scar again but thats not what is happening . Imma tear up

[@carimeslockdownedtree2654]

I am going to pass out

[@dreamishsara]

Falls down a set of stairs

[@Sunny-ol4rb]

AHHHHH I LOVE YOU AND YOUR ART SM I LOVE ARTISTS! I really need friends to talk about the life series and Desert Duo😞

[@This_isnt_me]

I could be that friend😏

[@cyanideslime]

I am in pain

[@champagnejane5126]

The way you colour is so pretty

[@pippedoingstuff]

omg loving youtube recommendations todayy BECAUSE KSJAKMAMKZKMA IT’S ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE LIKE WHOA DUDE DUDE the way you worked with their designs and facial expressions they UM SO EXPRESSIVE YAKNOW and composition and colour schemes ohhmygodddd it all looks so gorgeous my jaw just dropped also ur artstyle it is so unique and comforting, feels like home

[@pippedoingstuff]

i really wanted to check ur twt but just found out that im blocked there for some reason :(

[@RiceDeclinedYT]

@@pippedoingstuff mine??? Huh that's weird I don't have anyone blocked???

[@RiceDeclinedYT]

Maybe it's some kind of glitch? Try again later and see if it works, otherwise I have no idea why that would happen

[@pippedoingstuff]

@@RiceDeclinedYT OMG NOW IT'S WORKING idk maybe it was some kind of glitch wtfff but anyway now it's ok hooray i'm feeling super happy don't worry i'm so sorry for disturbing 🙏🙏

[@RiceDeclinedYT]

@@pippedoingstuff no worries at all glad it worked!! 🤍🤍

[@NotEvelyn3]

IM SOBBING AND SUBBING TwT

[@dappledleaves6715]

aahhh this is so so cool☺

[@OwariOmori.]

ITS BEEN 6 MONTHS AND I STILL THOUGHT THIS WAS KAZUHA

[@twigbranch4556]

Desert duo is dead! They died on a mountain in 3rd life, and at the start of last life, in cave at the near the end of double life, after the AFK episode in limited life, they died near the middle of secret life tho to be fair they came back for a bit near the end and they died IRL (the april fools one) the art and animation fandom: …yeahhhhh sure buddy 🙄✏️🏜

[@RiceDeclinedYT]

Yeah there's just not enough proof yk, it's a conspiracy 🙄🙄

[@vee..1]

CAN I PLZ EAT YOUR ART??❤❤

[@RiceDeclinedYT]

kjshjv yes ofc and ill cook some more

[@WYATTWHATWHY]

i love this i love your style i love how you changed grians wing sveryt ime wah.... where did the firt part of this come from, the allies prt? :)

[@RiceDeclinedYT]

Thank you! It's from the 4th episode of secret life :] (not sure these were his exact words but grian asked scar if he wants to be allies)

[@magda7914]

I wish Grian spent more time with Scar on Secret life, but nice animation.

[@GwubberandKobra]

What’s the brush you use for the coloring? It looks super pretty and nice :D

[@GwubberandKobra]

Actually, the line art brush would be nice too! I love your art style!

[@RiceDeclinedYT]

Both of these are custom made photoshop brushes :] The coloring one will be harder to explain, but the lineart I basically "Pencil KTW 1" but flat with 28% size jitter and 7% spacing

[@GwubberandKobra]

@@RiceDeclinedYT thank you :D

[@croquemaster314]

Eeeeee

[@Taysen_8]

Where do the scar on scar's face come from ? I've seen a lot of artists draw him like that but is it only for charadesign or is there a story behind it ?

[@RiceDeclinedYT]

Tbh I think it's just because of his name lol

[@Taysen_8]

@@RiceDeclinedYT makes sense :P

[@crisveinte6511]

Can someone tell me what secret life is about? Im a qsmp person tbh

[@RiceDeclinedYT]

Ofc! So, I don't know how much you know already so I'll just tell you about the general premise. Secret life is the 5th season of the life series, which is a survival minecraft game series, where people have three lives - they start on green, if they die they become yellow and if they die again they become red and hostile towards other players. It's a last man standing game and each season has a twist - in secret life everyone is given a secret task each session (they play each Monday in sessions). You have to complete your secret task to restore hp/get items (this is a very generalized description, there's a few more rules). Creators from hermitcraft, empires and others play on the smp

[@crisveinte6511]

@@RiceDeclinedYT thank you !!! Sounds interesting ☝