I love the video but I must say, I really dislike the boy's character design, when he grows up, he just seems far too calm and confused, as opposed to looking like he's seeking revenge, as for the Captain, well I simply just don't like his character design. Either way, two small complaints to an otherwise great video.
this is, without a doubt, the best fan video i have seen for this song. the atmosphere is perfectly created and the animation is gorgeous! please, for those of us who love it, and for yourself...finish this! :)
Alright, so, Mr. Genius with Puppets, I would like to inform you that this video MUST be completed. As you can see from the comments, people are craving it. It really is quite fantastic the way this was put together. I admire your skill. Keep at it, please.
omg you must get tired of hearing this but you should definitely FINISH this. I've been looking for a good interpretation to this awesome song and this take the cake and everything else. amazing!!
Just found this video and have to say it is amazing. Where are you Chadd? If you finished this it would be a memorable piece of very good art. Very impressive. Thanks for the inspiration.
Beautiful animation and drawings... this is something to be proud of. I for one, am completely jealous of your abilities to draw and animate such things like this.
Oh my God, you MUST finish this, I absolutely love what you did what it. It's amazing, and one of the best music videos for this song that I have seen!
I urge you greatly to finish this, this is a fantastic video, it is so unbelievably good at being the visual for this highly emotional song, please finish this video!
This is my favorite song, and all of the other videos people have made of it do it no justice. This is beautiful and wonderful and exactly what this song deserves. Please finish it.
I agree with most people who've commented. This is really, really well done! Please finish it up! I think the ink animation is extremely fitting. Well done!
I agree with korotoni's critiques, but also agree that this is great so far - I really hope you finish it. I do love the skeletal quality that you've given the puppets - it's really right for the song.
This was very nice. As an animator myself, it was in this paper cut-out style that I saw the song in my head.
My only critiques for you would be to have a few more 'emotion' changes in the character's faces, and a few more shots per scene. By resting on the same shot for more than five seconds, the viewer may grow a little bored of what they're watching. You want to keep up with the pacing of the song, to keep things fresh.
Still, this is wonderful! Please finish it, I'd love to see the rest!
This is pretty much what I imagined the music video for the song should look like. Good job so far, and I hope you finish it because it's coming along pretty nicely.
I agree, this is amazing, but I like the paper puppets better than the idea of people. Maybe you could make one with the green screen, and then one without?
The Art direction here is really good. I am seriously impressed. The mood of the video matches the song perfectly and really just screams, "Decembrists". I can't wait for the final version
this is amazing! i always imagined the mariner acting it out in some way, whether it be puppets like these or shadow puppets. i'm glad to see that someone is carrying out the vision.
I love the video but I must say, I really dislike the boy's character design, when he grows up, he just seems far too calm and confused, as opposed to looking like he's seeking revenge, as for the Captain, well I simply just don't like his character design. Either way, two small complaints to an otherwise great video.
JensenAaron 1 week ago
Lol the bottle says "RUM" xD
Welihy 3 months ago
LOVE THE WHALE!!!!!!!!
samzter101 3 months ago 3
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That is one mature 18 year old. Good video :)
DreammasterLoki 4 months ago
It feels stiff and forced.
TheOogieBoogie 4 months ago
...easily the creepiest mom ever
bluespeed8 4 months ago
This needs to be finished. Please. The world begs of you.
Cheeseboat20 4 months ago
Hahahaha, those breasts :P
Cowboy77 4 months ago
Almost exactly how i pictured this song being visualised. Please finish it ! :)
bisscuitt 5 months ago
am i the only one who thinks that in 2:02, the boy sorta looks like L? from Death Note?? I LOVE UR VIDEO!!!!
roxxyroxrulz 5 months ago
FINISH THIS PLEASE.
beinglameiscool 5 months ago
Please finish this! I love it! Everytime I want to share this song with someone I come looking for this video hoping it's complete. It's fantastic!
samariad 5 months ago
What did you use to animate your ink drawings?
By the way, this is just simply amazing.
allavengedromance 5 months ago
This is soooo cooollll...
greenewt 6 months ago
I like the style, but couldn't you have drawn the characters more akin to the time period this took place in? :/
SophineW 7 months ago
This is super good, you should finish it, not only will alot of people be happy, but we can watch the whole thing, and not get confused somehow. =)
This is the best video created though. =)
Shigofumi7163 8 months ago
is this finished yet???
shirleedoo 8 months ago
this is, without a doubt, the best fan video i have seen for this song. the atmosphere is perfectly created and the animation is gorgeous! please, for those of us who love it, and for yourself...finish this! :)
herbee4211 9 months ago
Is it me, or does the main character look like L?
Jouninbaka 9 months ago 11
@Jouninbaka lol i think its the eyes xD
baconier95 3 months ago
Okay, if you finish this, don't skip parts. Or rearrange them. :/
IdiosyncraticManiac 9 months ago
Alright, so, Mr. Genius with Puppets, I would like to inform you that this video MUST be completed. As you can see from the comments, people are craving it. It really is quite fantastic the way this was put together. I admire your skill. Keep at it, please.
amacuiba 9 months ago
omg you must get tired of hearing this but you should definitely FINISH this. I've been looking for a good interpretation to this awesome song and this take the cake and everything else. amazing!!
YOSly 10 months ago 2
PLEASE FINISH THIS!!
Ropersaurus 11 months ago
finish this amazing music video PLEASE!
KeepSpeakingLoud 11 months ago
Just found this video and have to say it is amazing. Where are you Chadd? If you finished this it would be a memorable piece of very good art. Very impressive. Thanks for the inspiration.
MrLarsbic 1 year ago
Yes PLEASE FINISH THIS!!!! <3
kaseyworkman 1 year ago
Yes PLEASE FINISH THIS!!!! <3
kaseyworkman 1 year ago
FINISH IT
nodqisme222 1 year ago
please please finish this wonderful work of art! :]
babydinos26 1 year ago
This is the exact style I've pictured this song to be in. You have got to finish this!!
IcyAaron 1 year ago
this is an amazing piece of work, please finish it !
MrFeldheimer 1 year ago
OMG GREEEEEEAT VIDEO LOVED IT
catvamp13mishka 1 year ago
This needs to be finished.
SAAMAverageman 1 year ago
I cant believe seven people disliked this. Its soooo good! Its amazing animation for an amazinnggg song.
FHkeeper24 1 year ago
you should finish it it would be so cool
emmawattienz 1 year ago
Beautiful animation and drawings... this is something to be proud of. I for one, am completely jealous of your abilities to draw and animate such things like this.
Cheezdude365 1 year ago
I looove it! I hope you finish it!! :)
1VansRockr 1 year ago
i think the decemberists would like your rendition of this song
theflyshowmethesky 1 year ago
Oh no! I see comments from a year ago...please finish this! It's absolutely beautiful!!!
trinkets94 1 year ago
Awesome! Where is the rest?
Deific16 1 year ago
greatness. Just GREAT. No other words can describe it.
HeartofBetrayal 1 year ago
this would be great if you finished
friend2cptsolo 1 year ago
This is genus Collin Meloy would be proud
hawkstrike244 1 year ago
this was so great!!! you should finish it!!!! great work!!!!!!!!!
seasonal 1 year ago
OMG..you have finish this masterpiece.
fairuz2111 1 year ago
How did you make this!? I would love to know how to make a paper puppet show like this!!! :D
musicmaniac4712 1 year ago
wow, this is so amazing! i really hope you finish it, you are so talented!
NoraJack111 1 year ago
Please finish D:
HyperKenji 1 year ago
Oh my God, you MUST finish this, I absolutely love what you did what it. It's amazing, and one of the best music videos for this song that I have seen!
EsperonNDA 1 year ago
I urge you greatly to finish this, this is a fantastic video, it is so unbelievably good at being the visual for this highly emotional song, please finish this video!
PushyPenguin9000 1 year ago
i love it :D but its been sooo long... when r u going to finish it? i wanna see it! :D
loveskuls11223344 2 years ago
Please finish this!!! It's the most true to the actual song I've ever seen. It's a-fuckin-mazing!!!!!!!!
musicmosaic7 2 years ago
great song! great video! you have to finish it!!
meezykbreezy 2 years ago 2
best part, is when she's on the cloud.
this must be finished.
catwomangea 2 years ago 2
This is so epic, you must finish it. :D
emopalstrawberri 2 years ago 2
I think you should finish this! It's really well done from the small tidbits that have been done already! I'd love to see a finished version!
JinxKat007 2 years ago 2
AMAZING song :) please please PLEASE finish this, it would be an amazing thing to see c=
casualerror1 2 years ago 2
lol great job so far
loved it.
finish it soon i hope!
RENisOVER9000 2 years ago 2
Very well done so far. Can't wait to see it finished!
Solitaire13 2 years ago
When is this going to be finished. Easily the best fan video for this song yet, just needs to be completed!
Browncoatfox 2 years ago 66
Oh and i like your whale
goolyaboolya 2 years ago
This is Amazing you should finish it!
goolyaboolya 2 years ago 2
finish it!!
codysutube 2 years ago
This video is perfect.
claps4kelsey 2 years ago
This is my favorite song, and all of the other videos people have made of it do it no justice. This is beautiful and wonderful and exactly what this song deserves. Please finish it.
Juliaisarsim 2 years ago
I dont know, the one set up like a play is pretty good. Not that this is bad.
Imperator104 2 years ago
Wow. You're quite talented O_o
Cheers for a really really well done project.
scruffyalleycat 2 years ago
you should totally finish it!
good job!
seastarbeauty 2 years ago
The splintered fingers are creepy as hell. Great work!
joelman42 2 years ago
This seems like something The Decemberists themselves would do.
SingingToast 2 years ago
Holy crap that is amazing.
Sarah3984 2 years ago
That was SOOO amazing! Finish it!
I personally think you should have it ALL in black and white instead of switching to color sometimes but its up to you(:
Truly amazing :D
Vr0nn 2 years ago
I agree with most people who've commented. This is really, really well done! Please finish it up! I think the ink animation is extremely fitting. Well done!
roobst 2 years ago
Quickly! Quick! You must finish this, I was really getting into it! Your artistic skills are so good!
StageConspire 2 years ago
Please finish this masterpiece in the making
teenwithforce4 2 years ago 40
omg! you gotta finish it!
gaarazlilprincess 2 years ago 2
That was... AWESOME!!!! FINISH IT, I BEG YOU!!! :O
CBoyZee 2 years ago 2
Seriously good job on the animation.... Finish!!
annajanuary08 2 years ago
The artwork is amazing...you have to finish this
Gr3nadeJump3r 2 years ago
finish this please
1bigfat9 2 years ago
You really need to finish this. It's great so far.
BPhantom 2 years ago
I would personally have cut it differently, but i really like the style
acumenious 2 years ago
PLEASE FINISH THIS.
ITS AMAZING!
afinalpairoflimbs 2 years ago
amazing!
GeorgiaBoosh 2 years ago
agh you're very talented!
you really should finish it, it's really creative and i love your old style approach, it just matches really well.
PLEASE finish!! it's worth the effort.
tallyhojo 2 years ago 2
Very awesome work sir. Great things can be done with a simplistic approach (although I'm sure this took a lot of work) and it looks beautiful.
disfunktedfish 2 years ago
This is reallly interesting. i hope you make a finished product!id watch it.
you could submit it to the band.
also to make the chorus more interesting you could draw the stuff accually happening in her mind.
but your versions also so cook. love the whale.
gochina127 2 years ago 2
This is awesome. I'd really like to see a finished version of this.
FrodoKomodo 2 years ago 3
waow.
this is SO goooood!
beexeeexteex 2 years ago
I really want to see this video finished, it was fantastic!
OliOlivia 2 years ago
that was good =]
bellybuttxn 2 years ago
this is kinda scary
loveskuls11223344 2 years ago 2
this is the best one I've seen
DeutschWish 3 years ago
This was good! But did they ever make an official music video for this song?
Tsugimoto1 3 years ago
The boy's older self looks sort of like L from Death Note.. o.O;
But this is an awesome video, I hope you get to finish it :D
Arekya 3 years ago
Huh, good point...
Great video though!
ShyKai 3 years ago
thats true
killerlol702 3 years ago
I know!!
ricky2taan 3 years ago
Um no I think it looks more like Charlie from Charlie and Lola <_<;;;
Corruptangel 3 years ago
that's really awesome
good job
kmophanourtney 3 years ago
This is great!
avooslwuthoqquan 3 years ago
How's the final video coming? I'd love to see the completed version
rbrown974221 3 years ago
this is great. Awesome work. Is this flash based or traditional or animo or what? Looks great!
grldchz82 3 years ago
Amazing! Fantastic! I can't wait to see more of it!
DudeMeister44 3 years ago
In a sense the animation is a bit grotesque...Though I wish the setting would have been in the 1700's. That's how I picture the song anyways.
QUOTHLOVE 3 years ago
Well, the song isn't exactly about flowers and sunshine, QUOTHLOVE. I think the grotesqueness fits the subject. Though that's just my opinion.
SundaraKapasalathi 3 years ago 2
Although I'd agree with the critique of amount of shots per scene, I think it may be counteracted by the shots from inside the whale.
Are you uploading that? I think it would be great to see that.
neffers 3 years ago
the animation is fantastic!
dummblonde345 3 years ago
I agree with korotoni's critiques, but also agree that this is great so far - I really hope you finish it. I do love the skeletal quality that you've given the puppets - it's really right for the song.
Raniphae 3 years ago
This was very nice. As an animator myself, it was in this paper cut-out style that I saw the song in my head.
My only critiques for you would be to have a few more 'emotion' changes in the character's faces, and a few more shots per scene. By resting on the same shot for more than five seconds, the viewer may grow a little bored of what they're watching. You want to keep up with the pacing of the song, to keep things fresh.
Still, this is wonderful! Please finish it, I'd love to see the rest!
korotoni 3 years ago
ahhh
you should put the complete version of it up
your animation is amazing
<3
iKeely1569 3 years ago
I like it.
dragonrider146 3 years ago
Looks like a great project, would be awesome with the full length song.
DreamsIeep 3 years ago
this is fantastic! I'd love to see it finished, and without the missing bits in the music.
ImaMuffin 3 years ago
Great. Great song. Great adaption. It is amazing and really inspires creativity and imagination. Very good narrative music!
BatteryEaters 3 years ago
i'm begging you to make it finish! it's awesome!
stenerkasper 3 years ago 2
Very nice, would be great for the entire song.
DreamsIeep 3 years ago
This is wonderful. I hope to see the rest of it soon. :)
amc6765 3 years ago
This is absolutely incredible; you MUST finish it!!! And then make more!!!
zazurosy28 3 years ago
screw the live action with real people! i love this animation! this is great! please finish!
MrF1lm 3 years ago
This is fantasic. I applaude you're drawing and interpretation skills!
JewishHippie 3 years ago
This is amazing! Please finish it.
cheapbananas 3 years ago
FANTASTIC
Yatlick 3 years ago
Amazing. The best fan interpretation of this song I've seen to date. Please, finish!
unspecialfish 3 years ago
Please! Do finish this! It's marvelous!
Reinen 3 years ago
amazing video no doubt but it hurt my head 2 listen 2 the song with all the skips.
btw plz finish it ur great at wat u do.
carnyprincess 3 years ago
love the drawings
:)
i hope you complete it :)
sadbaby01 3 years ago
I like this. I hope u finish it soon.
cgenieveve 3 years ago
Amazing
LiquidSnake2009 3 years ago
where can i find the lyrics of this song????plz!!!!!!!!
vertis92 3 years ago
excellent work, great music.
coldplaydude 3 years ago
I like this :) I'll subscribe so youtube will notify me when you finish it.
paralian 3 years ago
WOW! Thats awesome I hope you finish it!
geminimaeve 3 years ago
please finish this it really is the best video ive seen anyone make for this song
Scheckywhite 3 years ago
Brilliant. Please finish it!
RoryGella 3 years ago
i love this. its really amazing
xVVTHx 3 years ago
absolutly perfect!!! finsih it please!!!!!
Voodoopuppe87 3 years ago
this is amazing!! please finish it!! :o
nikkirawr 3 years ago
is it not ironic to anyone else that this was posted in december? and the song is by the decemberists?
yranac 3 years ago
Yes... definitely finish it! It's quite well done, and would be great for your portfolio, if nothing else.
sleeplesseye 3 years ago
tgis is EXTREMELY well done! please finish it!!! you should even show it TO the Decemberists themselves!
folkhippie500 3 years ago
that was fantastic. i really hope you finish it
b1owout 3 years ago
This is pretty much what I imagined the music video for the song should look like. Good job so far, and I hope you finish it because it's coming along pretty nicely.
ZeroOverkill 3 years ago
Love it man, very well done and very creative.
Iguanaintrouble 3 years ago
What a thing to tell a boy of three! Love this though! AMAZING!
MrsLovett112 3 years ago
omg finish it thats amazing
codysutube 3 years ago
This is amazing!
l101177 3 years ago
I like it with just a puppet show without live people...
l101177 3 years ago
I agree, this is amazing, but I like the paper puppets better than the idea of people. Maybe you could make one with the green screen, and then one without?
sweetmagnolea 3 years ago
Wonderful, I can't wait until it's finished!
mcallier 3 years ago
This is very well-done. Make it a point to get the band to see this video, if they haven't already!
PhantomWatson 3 years ago
this is amazing. finish it...
pkington 3 years ago
Holy fuck man. It looks amazing. Great job..
xxbullxdozerxx 3 years ago
That is pretty much ridiculously cool.
xylemicarious 3 years ago
you HAVE to tell me when you're done with it! :D
tonksloopy 3 years ago
please tell me when this is completed!!! I would love to see it! *subscribes
SeabuWildGunman 3 years ago
The Art direction here is really good. I am seriously impressed. The mood of the video matches the song perfectly and really just screams, "Decembrists". I can't wait for the final version
hersheleh 3 years ago
this looks kind of like a show that's on either disney or nick for preschoolers. No, not the content, but the characterization of the drawings.
skulkingjackal 3 years ago
This is wonderful! Please, please finish it!
PenguinFondue 3 years ago
It's beautiful! I hope you upload the complete version...
Rodrigo from Chile.
RPozoA 3 years ago
this is amazing! i always imagined the mariner acting it out in some way, whether it be puppets like these or shadow puppets. i'm glad to see that someone is carrying out the vision.
i really hope you get to finish it =)
boguspenguin 3 years ago
Great animation, Even Better Song
EgeusThePirate 3 years ago
Wonderful!
I hope you can finish this someday!
JeromeBerglund 3 years ago
Fabulous video! It's such a great song.
MareFlare 4 years ago