Worth the -Wait-? [Minecraft Animation]

Just in time for 1.20, which released today, 15th of june, 2023. You heard it here first, folks. This one's sort of a nothing-burger, good excuse to practice drawing pretty backgrounds though.
Music is "Wait" by c418
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[@grendab]

the sniffer and the warden being friends cause they are the two mobs who can S M E L L is amazing

[@OmeRadoXYT]

technically the warden uses sound (or its ears) to find players, so it doesn't smell, but warden and sniffer being friends is too wholesome so I don't wanna ruin the moment

[@ReddyRaddish]

​@@OmeRadoXYT The warden can sniff, if it detects it will kill you thats why we dont get near it, doesnt have an animation tho

[@isoldmyfamily]

also they are both ancient mobs so maybe the warden has already met a sniffer before

[@mrwarden1810]

​@@OmeRadoXYT Bro I can sniff

[@MicrowaveTheDum]

​@@ReddyRaddishit does have an animation whenever it sniffs though

[@Acruxis]

I love the fact that dancing moves of Alex and Steve aren't synced completely giving it a real feeling like they're alive Edit: Haha I made you watch the beginning several times

[@CheeseMan68_1]

Because they are. Get them out.

[@zerotian5661]

exit

[@Shifsabre]

That's something a lot of amateur animators miss. Just a frame or two of delay can help it feel like they're not doing the exact same animation

[@aManBeLike]

Basic animation techniques

[@colfy3961]

the thought of steve of being real and alive terrifies me

[@SaneGhoul]

Now I want Wardens and Sniffers to get along in-game. Would almost make sense given they're both ancient creatures.

[@that1doctr895]

Also they do the whole thing where they.. (SNIFF)

[@saragrissom2]

Warden: cuteeeeeeeeeee sniffer: *SNIFF*

[@kashskitchen7178]

Both are huge tanks

[@foxgaming6259]

*sniffy bois*

[@Anon-lu6ct]

@@foxgaming6259*Biden Vibes*

[@Jakerthedog]

this video really nails home the parts of minecraft I love, the silly mobs, the beautiful biomes, and the time spent with friends. Reminds me why I love it so

[@ariwanil1893]

Same

[@letsgogaming8112]

Exactly. No whining about villager trades. No complaining about "lack of content". Just fun; exactly what Minecraft should and always be.

[@David-Ace-olotl]

​@@letsgogaming8112this my friend, just this.

[@spythere]

I like how as a community we collectively agreed that Steve's beard is actually his face expression

[@JD.ThatGuy]

Wait don’t newer models of Steve not include a beard because people keep mistaking his beard for a smile?

[@TheLateLordKardok]

It's like how Mario was originally meant to have a smile on his face, but everybody only saw it as a moustache.

[@mrpersoonman]

@jasperdraws for a bit yes then they went back to the beard

[@mkks4559]

​@@JD.ThatGuyThey updated Steve, he now has a beard again! (Maybe?)

[@mkks4559]

In Bedrock's Character Creator, Steve's beard/smile is called "Steve's Beard?" iirc. Edit: According to michaelislastname, there's both "Steve's Beard?" and "Steve's Mouth?".

[@cubanwargaming4879]

I cannot stress this enough, this art style is absolutely adorable.

[@hazzymazz]

agreed

[@sonicenthusiast4373]

The camel the sniffer and allay are so cute the backgrounds are so beautiful like bluey don't ask about that the animation is very smooth so agreed 🙂

[@LiamTheRiceMan]

Bro the skeleton dancing with the other default skins was hilarious

[@blakelogghe4542]

Skeleton: I wanted to vibe with them

[@Onebigcod]

Didn't notice. 😂

[@hannalee2644]

Sniifer:AAAAAAAAA"fells into water showing warden"

[@hannalee2644]

A V

[@Hanalee2626]

warden is blind in minecraft

[@user-yw9pn1zn2k]

​@@Hanalee2626yes

[@hannalee2644]

@hanalee2626

[@The-Fungus]

It’s always a good day to see kelpilox’s great animation and shading, have a good day everyone

[@marcellowilliamson-ex1wp]

Thanks you too.

[@BloppTheIraeBlob]

Afungus

[@NateXL]

thanks bro.

[@MKz_999]

the video + comments are wholsome absylutly made my day

[@carsonboi6825]

Thanks you as well have a great day

[@braintrain4310]

I won't lie, the Warden is probably my favorite addition for a very long time, if it had an extremely powerful item it would either be easily farmed or unobtainable in multiplayer servers

[@knightmare6229]

In the animation too, the warden has a derpy face which i like

[@amazingmrpig6369]

The only problem for me at least isn’t the fact that it doesn’t drop anything special, but more the fact that it isn’t guarding anything special either. Feels like the whole deep dark concept was just whipped up to get people more interested in the half baked and overall boring lore.

[@amazingmrpig6369]

And why did they focus on giving it interesting and original attacks when it’s the one thing you aren’t supposed to fight 💀💀💀

[@mike-._]

@@amazingmrpig6369 The original attacks were added to prevent cheese tactics, like building up 4 blocks and murdering it as if you were speedrunning

[@thelocalnecromancer1224]

the whole idea is that it's not supposed to be fought, it's supposed to be *AVOIDED*

[@mobgamer6346]

I like how you added the splash that was from the trailer when the sniffer fell into the water 0:30

[@Amuse-warrior]

The sniffer is so cute and the way it sniffed the warden was so cute

[@merlinmelon]

Your style fits in so well with these Minecraft animations!

[@SebastienGendron-uk4po]

definitely, if there ever was a Minecraft animated series, I would want him to animate it.

[@kodekYT]

@@SebastienGendron-uk4pothere’s like a thousand Minecraft animated series’s, you mean an official one?

[@SebastienGendron-uk4po]

@kodek5824 Yes, I should have elaborated

[@derekw8039]

Any animation where the Warden's heart is softened is an instant wholesome 10 out of 10!

[@kartikarora1]

True. Have you ever watched Alan Becker’s “The Warden”?

[@pixelzebra8440]

I absolutely LOVE the detail where the characters are the ones that it gives you when you don’t have a character already

[@pixelzebra8440]

Aka default skins I was having trouble writing this ig lol

[@austinshubin-kamp95]

Theres a skeleton too which i love that those pieces of garbage can vibe once and awhile.

[@gwenglanders1895]

I LOVE IT AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA THE WARDEN AND SNIFFER PART IS SO CUTEEEE

[@zacryllicartist6638]

Love how the animation is synchronized with the music in multiple parts, like the allay and frog section. Great work!

[@Anime-stories]

😄😄😄😄

[@ironici]

Really well done! I like how Steve and Alex are slightly desynced at the start, makes the synchronized dance look a little more natural

[@chickencooked]

lemme just fix this

[@gizmo835]

The frogs falling on leaves at 0:17 remind me of Felix Colgrave's video for Flying Bamboo, but with frogs instead of ladybugs.

[@ElliottBLOB]

Did anyone notice at the start when the warden came, everyone frowned except Ari? That makes me like her as a character even more!❤

[@thedeadlyrainwing]

I think you may have singlehandedly reignited my minecraft era with this video, I havent wanted to play so bad in a while but this has the vibes I crave in the game :)

[@Briskeeeen]

Well you aren't gonna find them in the game.

[@jazzy5548]

​@@Briskeeeenyes you will, all stuff in the video is in the game

[@TheArchaeon7777]

​@@BriskeeeenThe vibes don't come with the game, they're with you all along. Playing the game simply helps to unlock them.

[@mrlampy]

I think the update’s fine. It’s not entirely groundbreaking but it’s also not the absolute most disappointing update ever. I just hope that archaeology doesn’t get completely ignored in future updates like fishing or farming. Perhaps we could see more mobs that can be revived, or renewable pottery sherds. Maybe you could even fish up suspicious clumps that have salvageable debris you can find with a brush, effectively merging fishing and archaeology, giving them both some new features at the same time.

[@flamer3985]

YES. YES. A THOUSAND TIMES YES.

[@vencedor1774]

Nah. I'll still play on the 1.16

[@mrlampy]

@@vencedor1774 ok?

[@vencedor1774]

@@mrlampy cool

[@The_Courier1998]

​@@delaneezaricor3810yeah prob they will be forgotten like everything else

[@somerandomyoutuber3509]

I LOVE THIS SO MUCH THIS IS TOO PERFECT I LOVE THIS WITH A PASSION

[@Keeganator42]

Mojang needs to add an update that is just chill. Only new sounds, mobs, crops, villager types and stuff like that. Nothing to do with exploring or fighting.

[@mkks4559]

Exploring is chill though. Especially the 1.20 kind of exploration.

[@manuapplejuice]

What an absolutely beautiful animation, it really makes you realize how, despite all the controversy, minecraft itself is more than enough.

[@sirbibton]

It isn't more than enough, it's actually way less than enough.

[@Skyrimfruitsnacks]

@@sirbibtonhomie stand up and go touch grass. You just said MINECRAFT wasn’t good enough.

[@abra_escaped]

As someone who hasn't played Minecraft in a good few years, I think this update adds some nice content. Not a huge amount or anything but content bloat seems like a very possible issue down the line so I think small updates are fine

[@dr.dapper120]

Problem is, is that it took them a year to do what a single person could do in a month, and they didn't even flesh out most of it. To me, it feels like they are doing the bare minimum to keep the community from getting upset while also making changes that are directly made to anger the community, such as making it possible to have a complete server blacklist for a person, purely based on easily faked evidence.

[@alexsiemers7898]

@@dr.dapper120 remember when half of the community refused to update the game for years after they made a single dramatic change in the form of 1.9’s combat? They’re probably trying to avoid doing that again, so it’s a lose-lose situation

[@Jacksaur_]

There already is content bloat. They keep adding these useless individual systems for single blocks, then never iterating upon them or adding any additional depth. Sniffers take a ton of effort to get and your reward is just *two flowers*.

[@cj13rules]

​@@dr.dapper120 that's more of the players fault tbh

[@niggacockball7995]

How is adding simply more blocks or mobs with 0 purpose not bloat?

[@ViktorLane]

I like how everyone just pauses when the Warden appears. Also, the Sniffer and the Warden becoming friends makes sense. They both SMELL things.

[@mayonnaiseeee]

that final sniff to capture the warden's cold dead heart was too good

[@charseraph9175]

I’m glad I’m not the only one who thought Steve’s beard was a smiley mouth. Also that sniffer’s sniff timed to the music was beautiful.

[@kungfuzing1018]

This was really cute and fun! You did a great job making the characters portrayed likeable, encapsulating the past three updates, and keeping everything going to the music! Probably my favorite parts are when the warden first appeared and when the frogs dropped, but this is overall a really fun video from stat to finish!

[@Deadeye4644]

sniffer and warden is so wholesome together the 2 oldest mobs literally borned in the ancient roman time

[@blockmaniac4898]

Happy to see another Minecraft animation! :D Beautiful animation and art, as usual. Love how the whole video syncs with the Wait song, really creative and gives the whole video a cosy vibe. Keep up the great work! 👍

[@blockmaniac4898]

(The ending is quite wholesome too, haha 😄)

[@Az.Or.]

One small correction: This is 'wait'. 'strad' is a different song.

[@blockmaniac4898]

@@Az.Or. Whoops, of course, I should have known. Thanks for the reminder. :)

[@Az.Or.]

@@blockmaniac4898 No problem!

[@theanimatorboi1737]

Warden and the sniffer. The two mobs that love a good sniff

[@patheticgay8908]

Idk why but the animation of the camera like jumping under the jungle moon was really nostalgic

[@TricksterNow]

this has got to be one of the greatest Minecraft animations i have ever seen

[@blueslime5787]

Sniffer: *sniff* Warden: omggggg kinda sexy nglll

[@TheSpeaker-cj1mo]

The fact that the Warden sniffs too is just heart soothing

[@Kristan_Phillips_Bacon_The_2st]

love how the sniffer single-handedly rizzed up the warden

[@mcintyrefamily2915]

I LOVE this animation and art, also i love the song Wait in minecraft discs, its one of my faves lol. And I love your creativity of laying this video animation out and how you put it together. Keep going with art! Art is the best! 😁🫶🏼

[@knockingjack]

It's somehow always makes me smile to suddenly see notification that kelpy has uploaded a new animation, even when i'm currently having a bad day.

[@Purr_Paw]

Hope your day gets better :)

[@knockingjack]

@@Purr_Paw Thank you, i appreciate that.

[@PeterPeter20]

Dude, the Sniffer made the Warden finally get out of the Deep Dark, truly the mob of all time

[@trophycrusher7865]

I love your way of doing chill animations, can you do more of this type of video please? They hit different

[@mr.maxywaxy1536]

Love how EVERYTHING is synced to the music! Not many animators can do that for a whole video, let alone doing it well!

[@marqicuis]

This is so delightful. I love the usage of such a classic disc. Everything is synced up so well to the beats. Awesome work

[@maush.]

You never fail to make your animations so alive.

[@demonkid8284]

omg yoo. Your art style. The movement. The shadinggg. It’s just so smooth yet not which is so Minecraft! It’s just. Amazing.

[@yoahnoah9780]

wait has always been my favorite music disc, the feeling and nostalgia it gives is unmatched in my opinion.

[@erodplayer5441]

I always love watching these animations and rewatching them over and over to see them frame by frame, there’s just so much detail in everything~ one of my favorite channels :)

[@TheAdvertisement]

The Warden appearing at the start was absolutely perfect for the music cutout.

[@pure_sorcerer]

small detail i just saw after rewatching the beggining part: kai is the only one of the characters beside the skeleton, sniffer and camel to *not* react when the warden appears (also the allay is the first to react, due to the fact that it appears right as it completes it's spin)

[@oofinhater]

I love your animations, they are so floaty and are eye candy to watch

[@SacredSpirit1337]

This actually makes the Warden adorable and I love it.

[@enchanteds0N]

i love how when the sniffer sniffs the warden blushes, now i wish that they would get along in minecraft lol

[@CryoM3ncer]

This is surprisingly wholesome, I loved every bit of this cute animation!

[@AshishXMC]

0:07 Nice to see Sunny enjoying life without his broken arm plaster thing on him. Might be before he gets hurt? Edit: 0:26 Yup, he got his plaster in. I wonder what happened, lol.

[@infernooverdrive1122]

I think it’s a prosthetic and not a plaster covering. The question is where he got from without having modern tech. My current guess is it’s some sort of golem.

[@user-xy7yl1qb9x]

The warden

[@Caydenedd]

I always loved your animations, they’re so smooth, yet are constantly impressive. I also love how you style your characters, making straight edges round (I mean like every does that), it’s incredibly simplistic yet nice. Anyways, TLDR: i like ur art and anims

[@Anime-stories]

😄😄😄😄

[@epicface2199]

I like how the warden became friends with the sniffer. It was so wholesome

[@eve13acatty]

This looks so nice and has such a nice vibe! Also awwwwww that ending was surprising and cute!

[@jackcouch8322]

It’s nice to see the rest of the cast alongside Steve and Alex

[@darkwingthenightfury142]

I like how the warden watched the sunset even though it was blind.

[@MartinDrumer21]

Your animations rock my world! Thank you and keep doing what you do!

[@DryPastaGuy]

The tiny details, the beautifully constructed backgrounds and smoothly animated scenes absolutely beautiful work man

[@aryandairshad]

LOVE how expressive your animations are! They're so pleasing to look at. Can't wait for more!

[@Tarlandeer]

It's good to see Sniffer and Warden get along. Considering they both sniffs out to find stuff.

[@Monkey62403]

Although i may not be a fan of the newer minecraft, its clear the community still has a passion for the game's newest updates.

[@Mordecai_iacedroM]

Can we just appreciate that the sniffer is quite litterally a dinosaur? Like, bros be chillin by a whole living fossil.

[@maysee2515]

This is really good, both the visuals and how it matches the music beat! 10/10!

[@lotuskatto]

Alex and Steve look so goofy at the beginning it’s hilarious!! Your animations always put a smile on my face keep up the great work :D

[@lisak_foxx]

There is something that I really like in this kind of animations. They all are looking very friendly and the animations style looks awesome. They are making me feel very happy

[@sixrhythm4203]

them just realizing the warden spawned on time with the beat is very cool 11/10

[@j.r.6381]

ok but I literally can't stop watching your videos on loop lmao the animation is SO GOOD

[@reed4145]

Dear lord. I'm just... I can't... Wow. Not only you don't disappoint, but you also blow all expectations away.

[@bugjuice]

Also love how you make each biome feel so authentic, it feels so beautiful :]

[@X-Swap]

I’M CRYING, THE SNIFFER AND WARDEN BEING FRIENDS BECAUSE THEY BOTH SNIFF AND BECAUSE THEY’RE BOTH BIG ANCIENT MOBS 😭💕

[@OrigamiPeli]

Such a lovely art style. Every time I watch it its always super satisfying

[@HandOfThemis]

Adorable animation, and looking fantastic to boot. Good work, always glad to see posts from you

[@saltyfinalboss]

great animation! it was a real treat seeing a bunch of wips for this animation on your patreon and it's very inspiring the amount of effort and attention you put into everything ^^

[@Anime-stories]

😄😄😄😄

[@MrSaber]

This is a weird mix of wholesome and melancholy, great job 👏

[@aziemazie]

dude ur so talented like the whole thing its just so relaxing and wonderful!

[@soysamdibujos]

This update was 100% worth the wait, they added so much cool stuff! New plants to feed my addiction to collecting every single plant in MC, CHERRY TREES, the Sniffer is cute, the camel looks nice and is quite unique, etc. I'm very satisfied

[@alexandruvasile2400]

did you check the archeologie yet ? many people might not like it cause its "slow" and doesnt give anything unpowering (just cosmetics), but i find it very fun and relaxing 😊

[@mkks4559]

​@@alexandruvasile2400I like it because it's slow, a great break of building huge farms and grinding to get items (although to be fair, I grind just to get many items even I won't use them).

[@alexandruvasile2400]

@@mkks4559 i agree ! :P

[@goose7618]

Love the animation, but it's funny how the update is so small you have to put in stuff from OTHER updates to fill for time

[@axelchampagnac2991]

It was, indeed, worth the wait. This is beautiful ❤😊.

[@OwenDinoKingAdventurer]

And the sniffer, and the warden became friends the end, but the part where the sniffer sniffed in the ward and became friends with the sniffer, really got me there

[@PYREWXZ]

this animation makes me happy in some way i love the style too it deserves much more views its amazing ^^

[@Darklyishere]

The animation is so smooth, the style is so cute, this is perfection!!

[@theemmisaryfrombeyond2322]

This was very much worth the wait! You're an amazing animator!!!

[@davijosesilva12]

this animation is so beatifoul! good work

[@eggames859]

I love your art and animation style so much! If there was an animated show in this style I would watch it in a heartbeat 💕

[@Incognitikyu]

0:20 the damn artifact is… I can’t even say it without getting a chill down my spine

[@Cheese_curdz]

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[@GoodBoyGaming-fj6zp]

The animation is great, and faces! They're so good!

[@celestine3896]

aww the warden and the sniffer became friends really quick😍😍🥰🥰

[@bugjuice]

I love how flowing and lively your animation is :]

[@ActualSpectra]

This has to be the most fluent animation I've ever seen done by one person all year so far.

[@TerraTheBlade]

Dayum, best minecraft animation i've ever seen, and with my favourite disc in minecraft too!

[@ThePixoLeaf]

this is so wholesome. this is so good. this literally made my day thank you

[@EeveeRealSenpai]

Random rant here: Why don't more mod packs use the construct's armory and tinkers' construct that often. And the time that I've seen them used, it's always not using the most of the potential combination mods that give more options for it, I've noticed that the latest versions/updates of tinkers' don't allow you to make certain things any more in porcelain furnaces, which is kind of annoying when progressing in SkyFactory-like packs where you'll end up needing tons of iron, and having efficient methods to increase material amounts is necessary for decent progress rate. Sure, I love not having to deal with the annoying enchanting system of Minecraft and just upgrade everything, but having to make a million stacks of grout is annoying.

[@Darkest_Hour]

Well, to at least sort of answer the first question, there's more to modded tools than Tinkers. It's a fantastic mod, but there's other mods out there that either fill the same role(s) or whose features are made obsolete by the inclusion of Tinkers. Tetra, for example, is another customizable tools mod, something that feels somewhere between vanilla's enchanted tools and Tinker's crazy material traits, complete with a very handy ancient debris detector and reason to explore (blueprints, unique tool parts, tool progression). Or look at Immersive Engineering, which is a damn cool mod, but if included alongside Tinkers, well... why would I ever make the drill, or the arc furnace, or any of the infrastructure required to make/maintain either of those, when Tinkers tools and smelteries exist in the same pack? Sometimes the exclusion of mod can help other mods shine when they would otherwise be ignored. As for addons, well... at least when I had played with them last, they weren't exactly the most balanced, which can be fun (and it was), but may also not be what the pack maker is looking for. Ore duplication is handled by practically every other mod anyways, with some doing more than doubling (Mekanism and Industrial Foregoing both have/had up to 5x ore processing, both being fairly complex yet interesting problems to solve). Also _its modded!_ If you want to use a mod that isnt present in a pack, add it! Next to nothing is stopping you from adding the mods you want to play to the game, go nuts!

[@LazyUggugg]

@@Darkest_Houryo, you dropped something 👑

[@EeveeRealSenpai]

@@Darkest_Hour I've tried tetra but the hammer progression is kinda annoying. Also does tetra have other things than that custom hammers like tinkers (i didnt really get to play it enough)

[@EeveeRealSenpai]

@@Darkest_Hour currently playing All of Fabric 6, the ones currently in the modpack: Applied Energistics 2 and Industrial revolution doesnt got any good ore duplication methods, any recommend tech mods?

[@Darkest_Hour]

@@EeveeRealSenpai Hammer Progression was probably my least favorite part of Tetra, the worst of it is needing to find a Forge Hammer in underground ruins to progress into netherite tools (in cold biomes, at least from when I last played), and even then those ruins have lots of goodies- For tools, depending on the type (single headed tools like shovels, double headed tools like pickaxes and axes, blades, etc.) you have a variety of options, especially on double headed tools where you can mix and match tool heads and possibly get some synergy bonuses. There's other bow types, sword types, _shield_ types, tool belts for quick tool swapping or (i think) item space, and some other stuff I'm probably missing that I can't fit into a single youtube comment. With some exploration you can find modification scrolls/blueprints for some items, such as serrations for swords that allow projectile deflecting, or warforging your tool heads to give unique uses in combat, really cool stuff. Enchantments are still applied to Tetra tools, but you do so with enchanted books and apply them to individual parts of the tool the same way you do with other modifications. Looking through the modlist for that pack, there's a *lot* of mods I've never seen or used, and there aren't too many tech mods, but at a glance Modern Industrialization or Tech Reborn *might* have some ore duplication. Create does as well, but it's only something like 1.3x in 1.17+ with the addition of the raw ore items. Fortune is, unfortunately, probably your best bet at getting more ore per block, but Spectrum seems to have a way to get enchantments above vanilla levels... EDIT: Oh, if you wanted to _add_ tech mods to the pack, unfortunately I'm not too aware of what is and isn't available for Fabric, but as most tech mods add something to worldgen, you'd either need to start a new world or go out to explore chunks you have not yet generated, if you were to do so.

[@iwillpeeyourpants8794]

It's literally always just bangers with this dude, the animations have so much personality

[@Yaxxin23IsCool]

Go back to 6 years ago and you see how every year minecraft just gets better and faster with massive updates also i still think the caves and cliffs update is minecraft’s biggest update ever and probably the only update that no other update can beat

[@ezramematchleytroice]

This is a great animation, I love it keep up the good work!

[@BrokeTony]

You're an amazing animator. The O5 Council approves.