Way of the Mantis (JA's Treasures Found: Creative Theater)

[Vitaliiii]

sen sei is proud of your work mastah

[FindleOfLoathing]

oddly entertaining!

[nbwulf]

Enjoyed it...great lil short. Hope he does more...

[krittybean]

i love the facial expressions and the soft colors used. the music blends well too. nice selection! ~kb

[JustA11en]

I don't appreciate your antagonistic comment.

[twister7boy]

very cool. peace. gregg

[Fringe111]

Lessons learned. Loved it

[Spammyguy712]

Cool animation, neat little story, sweet vid.  Thanx for the link Allen, will have to see what they have!

[mcb350z]

Senzo Tanaka is my Shidoshi!!! Booogaiiii!!!!

[JustA11en]

wut?!?! >:D

[HidingFromYT]

cool

[Montagraph]

That was very different!

[lupocephalic]

You are the soul of community, my friend.

Thank you for sharing this with me.

[cooksterz]

What great animation and artistry, in the story and the drawings. Hope that he will post more!

[cyber9rounder1]

my way is the mantis from the age of 7 kept a big female as a pet--

[JustA11en]

I had to read that twice. I missed the mantis, the 1st time.

[rhythm7a]

Very nice find Allen! The Wayback Machine has a ton of great stuff. I could easily spend days digging around there.

[XthunderA]

Very cool!

[InsomniacFan]

Vibrant and luscious and fluid video, complimented by a relaxing and inspiring music. Thanks for sharing.

[voodoou20two]

love these little orchestras you get all over asia...reminds of my karate phase when i was a kid....nice cartoon...nice ending

[JustA11en]

You should put your Karate to music!

[mtamorphis]

Excellent Animation! Thanks for sharing!

[tnvincesanity]

very cool, 5 stars..

[HeidiSaid]

Thanks for posting this. Really wonderful story. Perfect for this rainy Sunday in PA. Cheers to Lex as well. ~Heidi

[JustA11en]

Agreed on Lex. I hope he remembers the little people when he's famous. >:) BTW Can you send some rain, this way?

[anmoose]

This is a fantastic animation! A powerful story told with pure grace, and without a word. Great find, A11en!

Moosie

[JustA11en]

Thanks Moosie. I've been thinking about posting one, in this series, per month. What do you think?

[anmoose]

I think it's a fabulous idea! Such art deserves all the exposure it can get, and considering all the positive comments I'm seeing, I'm obviously not the only one who would love it.

[Draklems]

Very neat, love the animation.

[JustA11en]

Hey man. Nice work on the UncleDave banners!

[Draklems]

Thanks :)

[Gimmeabreakman]

Very nice!

[JustA11en]

Thanks Vic. I thought you'd like this.

[comicnerd635]

The animation is almost lifelike, and the art style is just great. Thanks a lot for finding this.

[JustA11en]

Thank you. >:)

I hope you check out the artist, as well.

[comicnerd635]

I intend to.

[D4Shawn]

Mantis is for wusses. I'm all about Hamster Style.

[JustA11en]

You know far too much about hamsters, Shawn. >:D

[D4Shawn]

I lived among them for five years in Tibet (within the hidden hamster city of Nagnapa). Eventually, they came to accept me as one of them, and taught me their ancient ways. I left the city once I realized I could never consummate my love for Hokuki the Hamster Princess. It just wasn't biologically possible. It was heart breaking. We tried various ancient Tantric techniques, but nothing seemed to work. I fled the city in shame, never to look back. From time to time, I still think about Hokuki...

[themightylex]

this is awesome!

[JustA11en]

Agreed Lex. I hope some people followed the link, in the description, back to your work. >:)

[aznflayva]

very nicely done..his animation with the music has a lot of presence

[JustA11en]

I love how it speaks, without words.

[SomebodyIusedtoknow]

delicious! so pure.

[JustA11en]

Indeed.

*waves*

[hallbe]

Wow! That was just awesome!!

Thaks for sharing it Allen.

[speedyconkiwi]

I so wanted to say the exact same thing..

[JustA11en]

No. You wanted to say "Allen ist cool!" >:P

[thefreeassociation]

Definitely Dope...

[JustA11en]

Thanks for the link, you sent. Just checked it out.

[casesteel]

Watch and learn what works in nature.

That was very enlightening.

[JustA11en]

Thanks Case.

Good to hear from you. Go SKINS!

[popsuckits]

I should learn to read before I type o.O

[JustA11en]

I should think, before I speak.

Maybe i'll consider that, before my next vid. >:D

[eaglecrowowl]

the animation style is beautiful. Thanks for finding this and sharing it. I am going to go check out johweedee channel now.

[JustA11en]

I really enjoyed it. I'm glad you did, as well.

[slippereal]

very cool thanks a lot for turning me on to this allen rock on

[JustA11en]

Thanks for checking it out.

Many great artist, on the interwebs. >:)

[popsuckits]

What sir do you use for animation? You inspire me to do better :)

[jasonspeaks]

I like this. Looks real nice.

[JustA11en]

Hey now.

*runs away from creepy dunnys.

[channeIreview]

thanks. you know i wish that youtube had an animators channel category -- it's really kinda hard to find them.

[JustA11en]

I couldn't agree more. I knew you would appreciate this. I've prowled the web for lesser know musicians, for awhile. I've just recently discovered the plethora of amazing animators.

Be well, Channei.

[czarwright]

Thanks, keep it up.

[yeuxlumineuxNtx]

This is a fantastic piece of work! Thanks for making time to share it with all of us :) Peace xox

[soulwith4flames]

that was cool, thanks allen

[JustA11en]

Thanks for checking it out. He has some other amazing work, on his website.

[Hazel1312]

Wow, this is amazing!

[JustA11en]

Agreed.

I really enjoyed this, and thought it deserved a new audience.