The Adventure Zone Animatic: Enter The Tomb of Horrors

Audio taken originally from The Adventure Zone: Live in San Diego Comic Con 2017:
www.maximumfun.org/adventure-z...
This is only a fan project and is not in any way associated with commercial work for the dear McElroys.
Animatic by Roxanne Frizz
Made using Storyboard Pro 6 and Adobe Premiere
Twitter: / grizzlymittz
Tumblr: / grizzlymittz

[@laylab17139]

The comedic timing on "i'll heal him! [cut to pool of acid]" is so good

[@GrizzlyMittz]

Thanks. As soon as I heard this part, I knew I wanted to animate it.

[@brodyflynn4314]

I love how Magnus envisioned himself with a new axe when he already has the most overpowered weapon in all of D&D.

[@GrizzlyMittz]

If you watch closely before it cuts back to Magnus grinnig, his fantasy axe has a third smaller axe stacked right on top of the second one. And honestly, a triple-headed axe is pretty dope.

[@Bookworm676645]

OKay I was just rolling in laughter with every frame of this animation, but I wanted to do a special shoutout to the gleam in Magnus' eyes the instant he realizes that he's got an opportunity to chop his arm off.

[@GrizzlyMittz]

That was the one bit I was looking forward to animating the most from the podcast (next to Taako being disintegrated), so I had a ton of fun with that.

[@wingedhybrid16]

"I have trained for this moment!"

[@ghastlyghifin4029]

I love how you can HEAR the way Griffin is smiling.

[@cartoonking1895]

Merel being indignant and wanting to cut off magnus’s arm is hilarious

[@darknessoriginal]

Cartoonking1 im fairly sure Merle wanted to be the one in chest

[@cartoonking1895]

@@darknessoriginal at the very least he wanted to be apart of the process of Magnus losing an arm

[@BrooklynJackBlue]

Skele-Taako’s extremely angry expression is priceless. Just this infuriated grouping of bones and beautiful hair.

[@jodymarkgraf7625]

LOOOOOOOVE Lucas reading whilst the boys discuss AT LENGTH how to roll to chop off Magnus's arm.

[@GrizzlyMittz]

I was actually gonna leave that whole bit out at first, but I still needed something at least interesting for the end card of the video. Also, had to include some classic McElroy banter.

[@madisonmakinson8130]

And the fact that it’s Elevators Monthly is sooooo choice

[@juggerNOTtoday]

Magnus looks like Johnny Bravo doing an Elvis cosplay, Merle is a Peanuts comic but 50 years later, and Taako just looks like the absolute diva he is and I love it

[@fluckadrift]

It's great how expressive these characters are, but I particularly like the little greedy flash of Magnus imagining himself decked out in sweet loot just before he decides, sure, he'll go ahead and stick his arm in the thing he JUST DESCRIBED as a deadly trap.

[@festusxiii5724]

I love how griffin didn’t even need to mention magnus feeling the poison go through his veins before he tried cutting his arm off

[@spacetearable]

"I have TRAINED for this moment!"

[@if7723]

@@spacetearable He's already done it for one party memeber and knows hes far and away the most qualified. Maybe the god of arm cutting will give him an arm cutting axe arm.

[@GippyHappy]

I never get tired of the constant ball and forth merle does about losing his arm. He's like "nuh uh I'm chopping off your arm, it's only fair!!!"

[@kathrinapayton2911]

lighting starting at 2:31 was BIG sexy

[@GrizzlyMittz]

Thanks! It was something new I definitely wanted to try.

[@strongestonyxblackxpearl315]

"yes, you can roll to CHOP OFF YOUR OWN ARM. WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!

[@dans1018]

I love your Magnus design!! Big hair for a big boy

[@TheBluestflamingos]

I adore this art style. Magnus has never looked more Johnny Bravo in his life and I am HERE for it!

[@GrizzlyMittz]

Thank you! Gotta love the pomp!

[@christinekoper2407]

The little details are so fun! I especially like the knob being dialed down to “pigeon” difficulty lol 😂

[@theWeaverofTales]

Love pompadour Magnus

[@willduderino6130]

I fukin love taakos angry skeleton sinking into the acid. Also it kinda reminds me of grim from the grim adventures of billy and mandy

[@RickyKingProductions]

I love the little outro of all of this unfolding on Lucas's ignored desktop!

[@matthejamman]

3:56 YOU'RE TOO SLOW OLD MAN!!! So good!

[@sand__witch]

Your style is lovely! I adore your Magnus so much. You picked the best possible moments from this criminally underappreciated live show to animate. I'm especially here for the visual representation of Magnus just really fucking loving to remove arms. ...is Lucas reading elevator porn?

[@GrizzlyMittz]

Thank you. This is still my favorite live show of TAZ and if I could magically freeze time, I would've done the whole episode! lol

[@sarafontanini7051]

that's an interesting work around on the SHEER DIFFICULTY of tom of horrors

[@toprak3479]

Indeed. It's like Assassin's Creed meets Tomb Of Horrors. Another good idea I've heard is something like Groundhog Day meets Tomb of Horrors. Everytime the characters die, they respawn outside but everytime they die te treasure at the end gets smaller.

[@star22sally67]

It's night time where I'm at and I'm literally biting down on knuckle to be quiet. This is perfect 😂😂😂😂😂

[@GrizzlyMittz]

Thanks! ^___^ I had to trim some fat, but I wanted to preserve that McElroy goodness.

[@blackbirdsfolly9404]

HOLY SHIT THESE CHARACTER DESIGNS THO..;;, seriously, fantastic job on just like. everything??? this may be my favorite adventure zone animatic of all time and i’ve watched a LOT of taz animatics..

[@GrizzlyMittz]

I've watched a lot of them too, so that compliment means very much to me. Thanks!

[@bracket6869]

I'm gonna add this to my roster of animatics that I show people to get them into TAZ. You've captured the spirit of the show and the boys so well!!!!

[@GrizzlyMittz]

Thank you so much! I actually play this particular TAZ Live episode for those I think would really like TAZ. I wanted to include as much as possible of that classic McElroy banter but it really did add to the animation runtime (I had to cut out and splice with Premiere quite a lot).

[@bracket6869]

@@GrizzlyMittz the way you edited the scene makes it flow really nicely!

[@taylorbreckenridge6390]

You gotta be a special kind of person to draw backgrounds like this.

[@diddlysquash]

Your art is so whimsical and fun, all while being lovingly detailed and it just really made this already great scene that much more wonderful!

[@Weeesnaw]

I freaking LOVE the way you draw Magnus’s hair. Your art is amazing!

[@GrizzlyMittz]

Thank you! The best characters rock a sick pomp!

[@cyakcn627]

This is so underappreciated

[@GrizzlyMittz]

At this recent rate, y'all are making it far more appreciated and I couldn't be more thankful. ^___^

[@ashejohnson816]

One of the best animations of these three I’ve seen in a while!!! Seriously in my top 5. Love how EVERYONE looks!!

[@GrizzlyMittz]

Thank you very much.

[@renaudarts]

This live show was the WACKIEST episode ever and I loved every second 😂 you captured the chaos perfectly. Especially love the muffled discussion about chopping Magnus’ arm off while Lucas just ignores them 😂

[@GingerIntrovert]

I love your Magnus design! His hair is so fluffy, like a classic comic book hero :D

[@drazzie22]

i love your designs !!! this is exactly how i imagine taako

[@LKPrime]

An animatic of one of my favorite TaZ liveshows. Things can't get much more perfect than this.

[@GrizzlyMittz]

My favorite too, and hard to top it!

[@taylorbreckenridge6390]

Oh my god you made taako look like princess peach. I love it so much.

[@audreyv5142]

this is one of my fav taz animatics i've ever seen

[@masterofthetear8138]

"I heal him!" "....."

[@myhorseroxursoxoff]

I think my fave thing about this live show is how the longer it goes you can slowly hear the bottle of wine that they found in their green room taking effect XD

[@samb2127]

This is so good! The artwork is expressive and matches well with the audio and I was laughing the whole time. You did such a lovely job!

[@GrizzlyMittz]

Thanks! ^____^

[@DizPlicity]

This is amazing!! I absolutely love your art style!

[@KaylaKasel]

I realized while watching this that I never heard this episode. Welp, time to go listen to it!

[@GrizzlyMittz]

It's probably my favorite (non-canon) episode and I like to use it as an intro for anyone who hasn't listened to TAZ yet.

[@KaylaKasel]

@@GrizzlyMittz Does this not count as canon? Are the bonus episodes specifically referred to as non-canon somewhere? Or do you just mean because they're bonuses, and not part of the main story? I'm a big fan of the Halloween episode they just did, personally. But I did just listen to it not that long ago, so it's still fresh in my memory.

[@GrizzlyMittz]

I meant it more as not attached to the core plot, since I can think of so many episodes that simply blew me away (especially The Eleventh Hour). I think I recalled in one of the bonus episodes Griffin mentioning they were non-canon, but that was also before the end of Balance, and he might have changed that now that the bonus episodes act as sort of a continuation. I sure hope they're canon!

[@Yohannai]

@@GrizzlyMittz I thought he explicitly said all bonus episodes were canon? At some point. I don't remember where though, so I may be wrong, but they did drag in some characters from the bonus episodes into the finale so....

[@beeboydraws9655]

Honestly so good! The designs and use of movement and character this animatic utilizes is awesome!

[@GrizzlyMittz]

Thank you very much! ^___^

[@Yellochi]

this whole animatic is just fucking fantastic my dude, I love literally everything about this. One of my favorite taz animatics i've seen for sure!

[@HamburgerTime209]

TIME FOR RASCAL TO FLY TO JESUS

[@GrizzlyMittz]

WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE

[@WaverlyKaddafewcharecters]

Please, please make more! Your art is incredible!!

[@GrizzlyMittz]

I might just have to now that this has blown up so much.

[@WaverlyKaddafewcharecters]

GrizzlyMittz it’s perfect!! I will use force and threats for more 😤🔪

[@funx24X7]

YOU'RE TOO SLOW OLD MAN! God what a great moment

[@chandlersparkman3162]

I loooove your taako design. He's adorable.

[@areafire1]

Love the character designs💖

[@egtoonster]

Wow, great stuff! You should post this on r/TheAdventureZone, it's a nice way to get a little signal boost and get more eyes on stuff like this :)

[@GrizzlyMittz]

Thanks for the input! That's a great idea, I think I'll try doing that.

[@lel1160]

everything about this is fantastic, but i especially love the end how lucas is busy reading his magazine and you can hear the boys arguing from inside the simulation quietly behind him 😂😂

[@HSiKboutLife]

this was beautiful to watch thank you

[@sannajoph3334]

omg this was fantastic. i was laughing so hard i was in tears. truly amazing work!

[@cwonus]

This was beautifully animated :)

[@kipofthemany2213]

"You're to slow old man!"

[@lovelyraincoat475]

this is SO GOOD OH MY GOSH. everything about this is PERFECTION ?!?!!!!

[@GrizzlyMittz]

Thank you very much! ^___^

[@julieobrecht1131]

Every panel of this is golden, but my favorite one is Magnus sliding into shot saying Doooon't with his hair on fire.

[@justtryingtogetthere]

THIS IS SO GOOD! 👋👋*GREAT JOB*

[@brickstitch435]

This was so well done🤩

[@jamescanjuggle]

Yeah this was fun to watch

[@KamAniMations]

That was awesome, good designs, and i loved the ending (needs more views!)

[@ferin111]

If it were possible to cut out this video and frame it on a wall somehow, I would do so in an instant I love every second of this!

[@Katnip-lf1wv]

oh my god your taako design is INCREDIBLE.

[@vazak11]

Amazing!

[@kathham9342]

i LOVE this so much

[@marysopworth1371]

This is so great!!! Made my day thanks!

[@emilyleadbetter1788]

I’ve been looking for this for weeks

[@sepiasmith5065]

dissOOOOOOLVED

[@tentavision5019]

I LOVE your Taako

[@anonymousnoone1]

Thank you, animatic maker, for introducing me to my favourite liveshow! Also, the cut to Lucas reading an elevator magazine is maybe one of the funniest things I’ve seen in my life, so thank you for that 😆

[@GrizzlyMittz]

And thank you for enjoying it! ^___^

[@givowl2160]

This is amazing thank u for this gift

[@lp3266]

This is so gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!! You deserve more views

[@thebadpoet]

I love this! I’m super new to ttrpg, and I just finished a two session run of the old school essentials version of Tomb of Horrors. It was very fun, and also, if you pull that cylinder out of the tooth box it’s a door into the dungeon.

[@joangracemiller3624]

this is so good!!

[@sapphic_sophie]

SO. GOOD.

[@cubalayabandit5591]

Love it!

[@lucystarlight8887]

I love this animatic so much, it's so good

[@armorofcruxis]

That was amazing!! I love the way you draw them. :D Good work!

[@justyouraveragemutantblood2185]

I LOVE TAKO OUTFIT

[@k.whatever9046]

this is the funniest thing, i love ur art and direction

[@helenegraham]

Amazing! Astounding! Fantastic!

[@15acesplz15]

I love your style so much!!!!! Omg

[@ArcticChameleon]

This made me laugh so hard, your animation was perfect. I especially love Magnus sliding into frame. Thank you.

[@marmalade-skies]

this is a work of gODAMNED ART holy SHIT i LOVE IT

[@bluedrew274]

What if he rolled a 20 and just destroyed his entire body.

[@GrizzlyMittz]

I honestly think Magnus would be more satisfied with his own strength than distraught.

[@alisonwong6988]

The mini figures moving around on the tv is so cute

[@probablypossessed2075]

AYYYY HAPPY 1k SUBS BABEY!! Happy to be your thousandth!!

[@GrizzlyMittz]

AYYYYY! 👈👈😎 Thanks a bunch!

[@emma-rz7mf]

Magnus: *Cuts arm off* Magnus; GRIIIFFFIINNNNN!!!

[@actually_a_circle]

What if examining protruding chest is one of your favorite things 🤣

[@notinspectorgadget]

Lucas/Griffin: *(SHITTY GRIN INTENSIFIES)*

[@Joe900x]

Fuck yeah. I love the quiet after loode of the background chater

[@cosmosayz5338]

Everyone just fucking dies: the episode

[@internetfriend6701]

YOU'RE TOO SLOW OLD MAN

[@festusxiii5724]

What was magnus expecting to get? It’s a video game. You can’t take the loot out from the game

[@ljc5277]

Killer drawings 👌🏻

[@garrettpode2212]

Yay tomb of horrors!!!

[@littlemisshero5447]

I like that the boys call their dad Clint

[@cutecreeper33]

This is why you need a rouge

[@thevoidlord1796]

I watched this before I watched TAZ and I now get why Merle wants to be the one to cut off his arm

[@GrizzlyMittz]

It's those kinda long-running in-jokes that really solidified TAZ as so remarkable, imo.

[@ispeekrandom6464]

I made the mistake of drinking water while watching this

[@lemmetalkaboutthis]

Taako's angry skeleton gets me every time