Julian in the woods

[darkseren]

This is great!

[mindmanifestation]

Stop feeding you kid LSD...

Just kidding, that was awesome!!!

[deletethefed]

cool

[SidBOB1]

It is scary and true! Great Job done!

[ragtimelj]

Yeah, the animation is really cool, but the first life is kinda weird.

[ragtimelj]

Awesome.

[femalewithtalent]

I like your style

[beebopaloobop123]

That is an awesome child. Great job, it looks amazing. What music is playing at the end of this film?

[tapper36]

Well done. Julian is a very a very cool kid.

[seena19]

i rool.

[supermuka]

me encanto ... niño sabio lo maximo

[likeastar]

aw he's adorable and very smart. this looks amazing as well.

[deadeyeselh]

wise kid

[sexyemoboy32]

fuckin sweet

[r3venge]

Great work i want to try

did you use a converter? which one? is it free? where can i find it? what program did you use to bring all the images together? thanks for you time, :D

[yococococo]

if you like it check on Dawn, the animation video from the Rayees

[digitalmckracken]

this **IS** traditional hand drawn cels over film frames... correct? It wasnt a photoshop filter applied to filmstrip, right?

[bentarthur]

I hand drew every frame using a wacom tablet. Not a photoshop filter.

[Paunchline]

Artistic rotoscope work and the wisdom of a child -- great combination.

[sanders27]

woooo how did you do that not that i want to steel your approach just wondering. fantastic video

[babybundon]

oh baby's so cute

[adjmosis]

Splendid animation! I've only just started experimenting with (hand drawn) animation myself. Stick figures, you know. This is really great and inspiring! (Checked out your website and I love your other work too)

[hermyOniny]

1. wat did ian arthur said at 1st?

2. whos dat runnin boy?

3. wat sabout the saving skin thingy?

4. y is dat running boy waving his hand like mad?

[WENDYWAZOO]

1. He said "See if you can get that in your animation". Ian was challenging his artistic skills.

2. The boy who is running looks like Julian maybe before before the hike started.

3. Julian was making a connection between a tree losing it's bark and a human shedding skin. Very brilliant child if you ask me.

4. I think Julian picked up a stick of the ground and is waving it around as he is running.

Maybe I'm right. Maybe I'm wrong. I do know that I love this video! It's on my favorites list!

[supersayn53]

julians parable of the tree was humans "cutting you down"... he must'a been quite different from the rest of em

[dizzux]

This is sooooo well done! *aplaudes* Not only did you go trough a tremendous effort to make this, but the movie has some deeper contents too. You are an true artist! thanx soooo much for posting (and creating) this. You inspired me to do some rotoscoping myself.

[popvulture]

This is really cool! I have a wacom tablet and have been interested in experimenting with this kind of thing. What application did you use?

[GrayTubeOnline]

#1 - This isn't his video.

#2 - It's originally called Once apon a time in the woods.

#3 - Isn't that weird to pretend you have a younger brother?

[NLC92]

Ounce upon a time in the woods is also his video. This video was lets say the unfinished version of that video, so yah....

[jklein17]

Oddly enough GrayTube if you bothered to click on Ben's profile you'd see a live action movie staring Ben and his brother. So I guess you stand corrected.

[psycho826]

#1 - it IS his video

#2 - he can call it whatever he wants

#3 - no

[stupiDx]

This is his video XD both Once Upon a Time in the Woods and Julian in the Woods were posted by the same user (bentarthur). Please read the description, it says that he reposted it so that it doesn't have copyrighted-music.

[stinkgothics]

geez are you a retard or just fucking stupid.-,-

this video and Once apon a time in the woods.

is from the same director. you dumb shit. if you comment something. think first with your head before doing it.

[kareemie]

Emo kid in the making ?

[THET2236]

hahahahahah this comment cracked me up :p

[WaitsWeights]

AWESOME

[angelgallardo1]

was this done on flash?

[drinine]

nice

[Hobgoblins]

Beautiful.

[nhomcy]

thats awsome

[LeikoOta]

wow, your brother seams to have an original sense of creativity. ...er something spiritual, or watever. anyway the video looks awesome. i love the animation and the eyes are really well done.

[Artilas]

That was pretty awesome. I could watch more if there was any. It must have taken a long time to put all that together.

[thestrawberry55]

Wow, that child is so smart

I have a little brother and it's amazing what they can come up with. Some of the things they say are so true and it's just.... I love it

great work

[oyvinator]

very cool.. guess it takes a lot of work making only minutes of film.. keep it up:-)

[CrazyChild209]

the eyes were amazing...such a talent... i animate... but it looks nothing like that......

I have the bouncing ball theory down...

nowhere near the amazing things you just did!! WOW!

[dangerTUBER]

yeah hes pretty smart you know. cuz kids like to be erm weird things... super man, spider man... yah whatever. but its really meaningful. people and cutting down trees and they don't think. the enviroment is for everyone. to enjoy, to relax, to live in.

[sh4wnl0ckw00d]

Does he have a rat-tail in Real Life?

[Routt240v]

Great job, i like this one better with the dif music.

[robertanton]

I think he probably was a tree in a former life. He seems to know a lot about it. Great vid. wow.

[Garrison628]

ok...6...

[Garrison628]

Ha! He seems pretty smart... How old is he?

[Dimkick]

this is one of my favorite animations that Ive ever seen. Very tight

[anad4]

sketches are great! cool animation and great theme! I love kids that age they are so creative! You have a great family.

[reikyrarei]

I love the animation, but I love just listening to him talk, creepiest, coolest kid on the planet!

[MorgRochele21]

exactly! =]

[girl2dolphin]

yeah, i love listening to him talk. so funny and cute. i watched this video a billion times and never got tired of it.

[robofrog14]

The animation is breathtaking. Really, unbelievable. Smooth and fluid, and the eyes, Julian's eyes, Ian's eyes, or more the way the expressions changed so naturally, so smooth. I watched many times. I'm not sure how you did it, but it was beautiful. Hopefully i'm not being ignorant...

[Trogdorrag]

WOW! now thats more like it dude. HA! you showed me. wow. lol wow now i see wha you can do damn.

[sheepknot]

Dude, this kid is so so so so so cool. Must be fun having a lil bro like that.

[UltimateBunnys]

wow that was amazing Julian is to cute for words and what he thinks about being a tree is very unique, and sweet. i love it

[janepanzeee]

cute!

[nfitz92691]

wow! my dad owns a company where he tries to teach kids using animation, you could work with him.

[lucichrist]

That kid has a a very poetic view on being a tree, very nice work with the film though =]

[jderks]

This is either a really good joke or a very sad movie...

[m0d3s7m1k3]

Excellent work, kudos!!

[fredgilman]

Wow, this must have taken a lot of work. There's something really inspiring about this--makes me want to try it myself. Keep it up!

[sanewave]

awesome tracing abilities! well done though =o)

[kittyskm007]

wow thats really amazing.

[kittyskm007]

wow. how long did that take?

[bentarthur]

About 6 weeks, maybe 20 hours a week

[wildthinx]

really cool. a lot of work!

[gjbrown1983]

sheer class.thankyou for this it has inspired me completely

[karmasdarling]

That was brilliant!

[sugarbunnyfufu]

this video is so amazing.

every time it comes on current tv i just smile. viva los hippy-children!!

[CharmerLlama]

Fantastic, simply fantastic!

[chuckieegg]

I like this! It's a lot like Waking Life, but the monochrome line drawing is like A-ha's Take On Me video!! Excellent job there :-) Julian is cute!

[serflac]

goodgoodgood make : )

[kenrben]

seems very Waking Life inspired... I love it! Kids say the darndest things eh. surprisingly signinficant and perceptive imaginings of a young boy.

[eveofu]

... :)

[mike121187]

excellent rotoscoping! i dig!

[simlmx]

great! anymore of this?

[misspledd]

you've got a great hand. keep it up.

[jeannaaaaaa]

Your little brother is so cute! I usually hate kids, but he's just amazing.

[owlet]

gods, what program and effects did this!?

[bentarthur]

I drew each frame using photoshop, and combined them in quicktime.

[Ninjab3ar]

did you use multiple layers to draw the tones and lines, or did you draw it all in one layer?

[GlennHoughton]

Fantastic! That's great footage.. your little brother is a very precocious boy.