TWO PIPES

[@Roshaan37]

The mouth guy is a true friend. Didn't even question the writing. Just said "Nice sketches" then left him a pack of drinks.

[@ilmu011]

right?

[@Quickdrawingartist]

God provideth, then He giveth.

[@Rillion02]

He's chill like that

[@aydenburgess905]

Exactly what I thought lmfao, didn't question the writing, offered to let him come over, respected that he was busy and left the offer open, then left some drinks, what a bro

[@logicaloverdrive8197]

@@aydenburgess905 and he left an entire pack too, coolest neighbor ever.

[@helenariley5657]

1:13 I like how you can hear a pig squealing on the phone meaning that this guy was watching that pig video for an entire day

[@Sir_Leung]

Lol

[@Kyumifun]

It's like the modern "viral" memes. They're only popular for few days and for those few days or social media pages are flooded with said memes. Kinda reminds me of John Pork.

[@Sw00p-10]

First time hearing it I thought it was just a wheezing inhale😂

[@UFC-NFL]

​@@KyumifunThe world has ADHD now

[@plixplop]

It's a duet

[@bumblegoot1139]

I love how Maintenance Mark perfectly captures that very specific type of human who is extraordinarily personable and friendly that you can’t help but love, but also does the most infuriating shit on the planet on a regular basis. His *one job* is to look at a big board of green switches and flick one if it turns red. He doesn’t even have to get up to do it. And yet he was sitting back there while that *single light* was red for an entire day, because he just gives that little of a shit. That’s fucking hilarious. I’ve had so many co-workers exactly like Mark, and I swear I can’t help but love them, even when they make my life inconvenient as hell.

[@ZemikianUchiha]

Maintenance Mark isn't here to save the world or anything, he's just here to do what the bloody bolgers ask of him, and to take their bloody coin.

[@susbaca]

They are that ray of sun shine that gives people cancer

[@Lolerburger]

I mean the dude deliberately psychologically tortured the guy and thought it was funny, he's also lazy and talentless, but because he puts on a nonchalant friendly facade you gotta love him?

[@Morgan_rulz_okay]

@@Lolerburgerspeak for yourself id have thunder runned right into the closest pipe because im an omega and prone to taking unverified risks for authority figures

[@MarcoAntonioColioGallardo]

"Life is a funny Hell of a trip" -A wise man

[@th0rrz]

I love how distinct Zack's noises and screams are I instantly recognized him as the baby

[@7.__.]

Ikr and Michael cusack as the mother

[@Pay-No-Mind]

Same! 😂🤣

[@Chekmate-em3mc]

That was Zach hadel?

[@Dumbsvillefan]

GWIMBLY

[@Shepard_AU]

“Zack, I only needed like 10 seconds of the baby crying. Why did you send me 2 hours of it?”

[@Huggbees]

This is the exact kind of stuff we need more of on this God forsaken website. Loved it.

[@charleshaskell2056]

YOU

[@Manny-fc8ym]

YOU

[@JV-io3nn]

Never should have come here.

[@stabbydaddy8322]

ITS YOU

[@instcake]

True. This website needs more rinsing machines.

[@dannyboi5887]

The juxtaposition of this Silent Hill-esque nightmare world filled with grotesque homunculi people that live otherwise normal mundane lives is absolute gold.

[@heater1311]

Its like the opposite of smiling friends

[@Brumsly]

@@heater1311 Such an amazing show. It had really positive vibes too.

[@Delmworks]

I dig it. I hope there’s more in store

[@ihatetheantichrist193]

What do you mean? This is just eastern europe.

[@palecaptainwolfkayls8499]

Probably my favorite part about this, framed like a horror, story about an allegory, scene of an absolutely every-day happening. It’s all ridiculous when put together, just to rub in every part, for extra seasoning.

[@TomSka]

Bloody gorgeous. Great stuff, dude. Really cool to see your work emulating these aesthetics all come together here.

[@liamcauley3636]

Holy shit it’s checkerboard man

[@WhatWasHisFaceAgain]

omg tomska

[@Protoraptor69]

I agree Tom. I hope your doin well lad.

[@watery2]

HOLY SHIT ITS TOMSKA

[@teaflavouredcoffee83]

tom

[@dusksentry5836]

i love how this world looks almost like a horror game, everyone is a strange abstract almost monster. But it's just normal, everyone acts like just a normal person, there are more friendly characters than not, even the pipes arent actually dangerous

[@godslayer9000]

It gives off the feeling of turning into an adult. Everyone around has been through it all, knows it all, and are indifferent to the torment you are experiencing, for the first time. The relentless pressure and expectations of your peers compounding on top of having to live your life all by yourselves without direct guidance from another, it can make even the most mundane things seem hostile. The animation portrayed that extremely well. Doing everything correctly. Planning it all out, nothing going according to the plan, and at the end of the allegedly painful pipe? Disappointment. Nothing ventured, nothing gained eh? More like Everything ventured, nothing gained.

[@TheGreyShaman]

Different vessels but still using a construct of time to tell stories to oneself.

[@PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth]

@@godslayer9000| You ever read _Bowling Alone?_ It's an old collection of studies that detail how that indifference and loneliness you describe is a relatively recent phenomenon here in North America. For the past 100 years or so, each generation has attended (and hosted) less community events than the last. This creates neighbourhoods where nobody knows one another, which has all sorts of problems. For example: It's easier to steal from someone if you don't know their name or face, and much harder to instead just ask them for their help.

[@crypticmystic3489]

This is literally how I see the world these days. Everything is fucked. Glad to see some media that reflects that reality.

[@cIoudbank]

bro gratz on the smiling friends job, u did amazing

[@Thegoatone23]

Oh oh oh

[@GOGGLEGOGGLE-l4u]

0:16 his smug face after making that joke is the funniest thing ever

[@armchairmaster]

"Hey so Zach, I just need you to make screaming goblin noises for about 30 seconds." "Oh yeah man no problem."

[@JoMcD21]

🤣

[@VanderSalad]

I would imagine that at least half half the requests that Zach gets are just for screaming

[@PyrMoc]

Zachs got that instantly recognizable kinda scream

[@noobish]

how did i not know

[@BlondieYouTube]

"Hey Zach eh.. I said only for 30 seconds. Zach?! YO ZACH ITS BEEN TEN MINUTES ALREADY!! ZACHH!! STOP SCREAMING ZACH!!"

[@TheG_Boy]

I love how despite his design he is just a normal guy with a normal voice

[@toasttheif5]

This could apply to basically anyone other than the woman and baby. And I’m assuming it does.

[@theharvardyard2356]

Normal words, but a horse guy!

[@doodlespiral7110]

I love how I immediately recognized Zach as the baby by his crying alone. His voice is that iconic.

[@XxThatGuyOverTherex1]

I also instantly recognized Hunter (Meatcanyon) as the pink neighbor.

[@dangersnipes3291]

Zach is so iconic with that goblin voice of his.

[@Pred.]

Dude, recognized your style instantly for gwimbly, really great work man, super cool to see you on smiling friends :D

[@VeryCabbage]

Love that Beady left Demmo a case of beers at his door when he left. What an absolute pal

[@STANNco]

"Zach i need some screaming noi-" *Files sent* "uh thanks"

[@mirosVEVO]

just hit me that he took hours to go through the grey pipe, building up the courage for it, but going through the salmon pipe only took seconds. and of course, the trip back was absolutely 10 times more painful. absolutely genius.

[@cloenobody]

oh my god thats mind blowing

[@Josuh]

holy shit bravo vince

[@meloyellow]

bravo vince fr 😭😭

[@jorgenbuilder9565]

Dang good job highlighting this for the smooth brains like me

[@lunaponta594]

this comment just made the whole story better

[@vitonamous]

I love 2 pipes, hope there is a sequel called 4 wires

[@Epick_Wizard]

Are you ading 2 or multipling by 2 or squer?

[@userfromtheinternet]

​@@Epick_Wizard meth

[@alansmit9198]

Stop bieng such low aeration during pin head formation and get a life bozzo!

[@GootGreenGuy]

6 strings

[@gabethecool]

8 threads

[@holleyakers6684]

I’m genuinely obsessed with this artstyle. And the characters low poly design is somehow *S O* expressive. You’ve made something quite amazing.

[@pepsimanbooster]

3:49 hes my favorite guy hes kind and considerate. great video

[@PapaMeat]

so great dude!

[@ZmaniacSuperRealOmg]

The meat man has joined the chat.

[@nickman7982]

damn even papameat had to say how good this video is, love your vids btw and voice acting

[@williamshaoul8088]

Need a collab w/ Melvin and this character

[@pozcreative9480]

@@nickman7982he was in the video lol

[@nickman7982]

I know that's why I complemented him on his voice acting@@pozcreative9480

[@gigastrike2]

"So anyway, Dark Void gets 3 shits out of 5."

[@PersianYank]

This is strangely relatable, you overthink how can you do a seemingly impossible task, when you do it though, it's simple as starting to do it. And when you look back on it, you think to your self I should of done it earlier and save my self the mental of pain of starting it

[@pulvenberg1709]

Exactly. Very familiar. It's a pretty good representation of anxiety imo.

[@AKPiratePrince]

​@pulvenberg1709 it's not that deep dude

[@pulvenberg1709]

@@AKPiratePrince Neither are you (jk)

[@alaraplatt8104]

i think its really funny you have the courtesy to tell this dick you're just kidding. meanwhile this guy is just being a dick. obviously art has meaning, jackass, why can't something have even an extremely surface level message to it? must all art be reduced to the literal events that are depicted? use your head!

[@sharp_ant4651]

I feel called out

[@Vintagium]

Thanks for animating Gwimbly! So happy to see his cameo appearance in Smiling Friends. I remember playing his games back in the 90s, such fun.

[@zac9181]

Can’t believe this guy made the best video game mascot of all time; Gwibly.

[@drgordon9107]

4:35 I LOVE THAT ZACK IS VOICING THE CRYING BABY

[@bugglemagnum6213]

i think michael is the lady comforting him

[@tee-bird-10]

And micheal cusack is the mom 🤣

[@soupcanltd2603]

i love more that i and many others instantly recognized his voice

[@whosapickle]

​@@soupcanltd2603 I would know that blood curdling baby scream anywhere

[@warweasel2832]

I swear him and Micheal pop up in the most bizarre places you'd never expect.

[@BingBing-yy1qg]

Although he ended up wasting the whole day, imagine how much more suffering he would have gone through if he had chosen the salmon pipe.

[@doob.]

I’m taking a guess, about 10 times more painful?

[@TheD736]

It's gotta be atleast 10 times more painful. Scratch that, EXACTLY 10 times more painful

[@DarkCyberUK]

2 pipe 2 furious

[@ScribbleBubble]

Please note that this is the guy who created and animated Mr grimbly we thank you for bringing us our new favorite character in smiling friends

[@bonk6244]

New? Gwimbly has been around since forever. I know it's not the most popular one, but gwimbly and the search for the magical creamed corn was my favourite in the franchise. I spent days playing it as a kid.

[@ScribbleBubble]

@@bonk6244 ah right sorry I forgot my brother used to play it too he never let me did tho hope one day I get to play it

[@natearmenta2952]

Nah he will be known for his original content not for some niche interest on 11 minutes of a tv series

[@brockbaker]

I LOVED that.

[@tarpeller]

Brock the goofster baker??? crazing seeing you here...

[@OtherMomo]

Ive dealt with a situation like this before, not what happened before the pipe, what came after.

[@MadContendery]

fat guy in hammock?

[@diamondisland2023]

What's the story?

[@Somespideronline]

If I may ask what's your story? It seems interesting

[@iamthebrownie5989]

So you ran into a guy unexpectedly on the other side of the hole and then realized what you spent the whole night doing was so shameful you needed to be in the dark?

[@TheSundanceKid-s9f]

@@diamondisland2023 Agonizing over a decision weighed by perceived importance, only to find out - like a slap to the face - *just* how purely subjective that importance actually was, and that the agonizing done over said decision resulted in not only pain felt during the agonizing, but prolonged misery afterwards as a consequence of missed opportunity not taken when presented. True misery is not the sting of paradise lost, but paradise ignored in the face of false crisis and *realized* only in hindsight.

[@ricesworld2506]

Most creative thing I’ve seen in a while.

[@DailyDoseOfInternet]

Good video

[@dancz4654]

What in the world is Daily dose of internet doing here.

[@nobodydoesanything381]

Becoming cultured

[@heksekvlt7161]

No way, real

[@blap721]

your right

[@waffie6785]

DAILY DOSE?!?

[@Brienanderson34]

Can't wait to see that review of Gwimbly 3

[@sethprops4404]

Wow. Can’t believe you’re animating for Adult Swim already! Knew it was you right away. Amazing stuff.

[@victortayupe8794]

He had to repay Zack for the goblin noices some way

[@seby8030]

OMFG i KNEW gwimbly looked so familiar

[@3.002]

Love the Oddworld reference with the walk animation

[@JoMcD21]

I love that people noticed it!

[@Nikstanski]

I misread it as Eddsworld

[@WretchedRedoran]

So I'm not crazy! I immediately noticed it, too.

[@phunkracy]

I knew it felt familiar!

[@misteri0810]

Yeah the look left and right is what got me to remember it

[@shelleytaylor9597]

5:30 I love how much you show expression in that line, I can feel the impatient, and confusion you made I love it!

[@Luschan]

This reminds me of when I need to deal with some problem, and my mind builds up anxieties and fears I obsess over which make it seem so much bigger than it really is. I only focus on how it could go wrong. When I finally do it, it takes like ten minutes and turns out to be no big deal.

[@Teathling]

6:21 that framing, that pose, the portrayal of having worried endlessly, mustering up the courage for something daunting only to achieve nothing and being left with feeling like a fool and a coward, all that time wasted, all that frustration for nothing, great art.

[@RaspberryPastry]

5:05 A fellow Pig In Hat enjoyer, another man of culture is so hard to find

[@CorridorCrew]

The VIBES. Amazing how you took a style and made it all your own… your level of animation and motion brings it to a whole other level. - Sam

[@Deerdigo2OO7]

What the- What are you doing?.

[@JakeDownsWuzHere]

hoolopees mocap and hand animation is so well done!

[@Skrkro]

we better see this on vfx artists react

[@gruckusgrackus5815]

Hoping to steal the content for AI generation or to react to instead of actually creating any art yourself?

[@TheRainWorldCreature]

​​​​@@Deerdigo2OO7STAHP! - HL scientist

[@painfull849]

A real madman, fully animated video for 7 minutes

[@christianmartires729]

Turning on a PSP to use as a Flashlight really hit home. Mine broke years ago and that mofo could light up a meter away using a white background.

[@Madbirdreal]

Just found out about your animation on smiling friends, insane work man! your style is so great

[@not4nikiii]

As an avid gwimbly fan, I’ll just say this: “ou oU OU!”

[@oljwbajajer01]

Dude the little gremlin just screaming is so funny man keep it up.

[@Polygonlin]

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! WAASAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

[@Liquid_Mike]

It's a sick and twisted little character, that's for sure

[@street_pisser]

That's a star studded cast by youtube standards. I'm a fan of everyone involved. Great stuff, Hoolopee

[@SkinsFirstGeneration]

Thank you street pisser!

[@sparklesparklesparkle6318]

i legit did not realize it was them til I saw the credits and then went back to watch the vid a second time and laughed harder than the first time.

[@professorscum2107]

Great comment street_pisser

[@DuckieMcduck]

i couldn't believe i correctly identified Zach as the messed up baby crying

[@Boneheaded0]

@@DuckieMcducksame I instantly thought it was him

[@KRUGSTON]

Don't usually comment but this was such a treat to watch, felt like 3 minutes went by. Would love to understand how you rig and animate your characters some day

[@Chris-gv8wf]

This goofy ah dude is here too

[@Stop_This_Madness]

Legend!

[@lunaponta594]

HOLY SHIT, IT *WASNT* 3 MINUTES????

[@a18yearoldonyoutubeluigi]

CONGRATS ON GETTING TO WORK ON SMILING FRIENDS DUDE!

[@HeWhoPwnsNoobs]

I just finished watching the first episode of Smiling Friends season two, and I'd recognized that sexy PS1 art style anywhere. Great job on the Gwimbly and Groxia models. That episode was amazing!

[@AgsmaJustAgsma]

This screams "forgotten adventure game" all over the place, and I'm up for more movies set in Demmo's universe.

[@APinchofBazel]

Dark Void on PS3 is my two pipes

[@Lou-yf1jo]

dark void on ps3 is fantastic

[@ryangrogan6839]

I love how you even have the low precision in the vertexes so they jitter slightly. Very nice touch.

[@aztheking6280]

Is that a smiling friend

[@crayfishinbruhzil9871]

immediately recognized the artstyle of gwimbly

[@supermariohack3218]

2:59 Love how the floor texture warps around like a old PSOne game. Great detail.:)

[@buckovin]

two pipes underneath a hot tub, 2 feet apart to avoid corrosion

[@PavltheRobot]

lmao

[@blueresonant5788]

I feel like how the camera and characters are laid out are references to iconic video games, like abe’s odyssey, resident evil, LSD dream emulator, etc

[@Brickblock200]

Now, Gwimbly doesn't do his iconic dance for nothin.

[@RigelRabbit]

I didn't see anyone mention it, so I felt like I should. I absolutely adore the side scrolling scenes every now and again, I see heavy Abe's Odyssey inspiration from it. Really good work dude!

[@MaehuraTheSecond]

using psp as a flashlight is too relatable

[@beauwalker9820]

I remember using a DS as one. Now everyone has a flashlight in their phone.

[@Rashoni]

This should be the modern thesis on combining unique styles with intriguing storytelling. Everything about the character design, the old-videogame aesthetic, the haunting pacing. Amazing work!!!

[@adgefreeman6091]

I feel like this whole short shows the importance of patience. Also, love the fact that he wrote all that down and in the amount of time it would have took. He could have just waited it out. And there are other people who seemingly have power. The elevators seem to work. So that means he could have just taken his equipment (or just enough) to the house that offered beer and company instead of stressing out by himself.

[@_feara]

Congrats on making Gwimbly! Ooh Ooh Oooooh!

[@SuperWiiBros08]

I'm sure this is based on a real event, except it was exaggerated

[@LSMakes]

*cough* *cough resident evil *cough* *cough*

[@Nonexistentialism]

0:41 Love seeing psychicpebbles as this little monster baby lol

[@HungarianMafioso]

4:55 Love a Crash Bandicoot spin. Ooga booga!

[@daheergt8874]

so few polygons but soo much emotions

[@chocolateguy3704]

Man you did a amazing job in the new smiling friends good job

[@greed0599]

Hey, good work on Smiling Friends! I thought I recognized that animation style

[@Cyranek]

cant wait for three pipes

[@DerJawa]

Amazing Work! Love your Artstyle so much.

[@garryoberholtzer5626]

I would love a game like this, amazing sound design and animation with vintage textures. The writing is great and the voice acting is as well. Immersive yet nostalgic

[@zgato5762]

Bro great job on smiling friends no one could have done it better

[@Zakklovesfilms]

You did a great job animating Gwimbly from Smiling Friends, he is now one of my favorite characters!!!

[@bigspaghettio]

this feels like the cutscenes to a late 90's pc adventure game you'd find virtually no information about on the internet

[@Sneaker3719]

This was amazing. Crazy how such simple premise gives birth to so many different ways of looking at a piece of art.

[@_Radio69_]

RIP stink pit

[@jackyl5243]

The moment I heard the baby cry I was like “that’s Zach”

[@corvus4350]

The Cusack and Pebbles cameo makes a lot more sense now.

[@beauwalker9820]

This might be your magnum opus. Very unique visual style, and very reminiscent of early 3D polygonal video games from the mid to late 1990s, which fits with the main character's job of being a video game critic/satirist. (Though, it could also be just a hobby rather then a job, that he prioritizes too much.) The subtle humor, suspense, mystery, and buildup is all very well done. The character designs are very good, and make great unique use of the limited polygonal style, and pixalized bitmap details. Looks very authentic to old games. If more old polygonal games tried to be more abstract, and expressionistic with their designs (as opposed to try to make things realistic) like this does, I think polygon graphics would be looked on with more nostalgia like old 2D sprite pixel games do, rather then be written off as "outdated graphics." This shows polygons can be artistic too, and be used in other mediums besides nostalgic style indie video games. The issues of choice, fear, priorities, and venturing into the unknown is very well done and satirized here. Very good work.

[@nyrokushii]

4:55 Love how you just did the crash bandicoot spin reference XD

[@DommoDommo]

I say this unironically but it was very kafkaesque. Really dug it, and sent it to some friends.

[@alplana]

I've never been so in love with a graphic style since I saw Petscop for the first time. This was fucking amazing.

[@makoto-samaru8004]

2 details that i've noticed after re-watching the film. 1- he does some weird pauses during his speech, i guess he is expecting to edit the footage later. 2- you can hear a pig before the big dude talks to the protagonist, that is later revealed to be a reel video. that also means the big dude loves to watch pig videos or was actually re-watching the same video non-stop.

[@PikaBolaChan]

2 Pipes has been my most hyped price of cinema since Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, and it did not disappoint

[@krow1551]

4:10 not sure specifically what you did for this scene, im sure a lot but it just looks so good.

[@Vestuvian]

love the feral baby you got zach to voice

[@Mr.SandmanInc]

A Zach Handel scream always ties an animation together nicely

[@bailysohn8256]

Is this the developer of Gwimbly 3: Gwimbly’s Revenge?

[@MemeLordCthulhu]

I like how michael cusack is playing goblin baby zach's mom. It's like smiling friends in a horrifying bizarro world

[@theflyingegg3557]

I didn’t even realize that til I saw your comment. This short has some unbelievably big names in it for the amount of views it has

[@MemeLordCthulhu]

@theflyingegg3557 is zach hadel a big name now? I still know him as the insane goblin man who met some irish guy online and started making cartoons and a youtube lets play series with him. And a wacky cast of characters

[@specialagentdustyponcho1065]

You mean to tell me that this landlord actually fixes the problems on time? Best landlord ever.

[@O_violet]

I keep watching the opening again and again. It’s just so good. I’ve seen it all. This whole film is amazing.

[@a.s.o279]

Thank you for creating gwimbly

[@fishstyx5028]

this is like a cognition experiment hahaha - i love this low poly/low res style, the models and animations have soo much charm. thank you for putting so much love into this it shows :)

[@fishstyx5028]

and I knew I recognized Zach Hadel's baby scream lmao

[@RealHeadlessHatter]

Great mix between looking like an animation and looking like a game. GJ man

[@rl3lunatic600]

0:33 Abe's Oddysee swag walk 😂

[@stone6853]

Took me half of a second to recognize it haha

[@user-lf8zm5bl4n]

I just got into Fullsail University, this has really inspired me. Your creativity is unhinged. I love this. The 64bit artstyle is so intriguing to look at. Thank you for this Gem you have created. The blinking, brings so much life to characters. Not enough people realise the little details like you have.

[@SuperCaleb360]

You did such a good job on Gwimbly I hope you get much more recognition because you deserve it so much!

[@ITMenterprises]

Saw the preview clip of ep 1 of smiling friends, immediately recognized the animation style and character design as yours, congrats on being featured on TV!