This Aborted Earth: The Quest Begins

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'This Aborted Earth' immerses the viewer in a surreal retro-Gilliam world composed entirely of animated black and white engravings from the 19th & early 20th century. The result: an incredible misfit earth skewed violently from, yet oddly related to, our own reality. The Renaissance, the Enlightenment, the Industrial Revolution: all failures. Chaos, desolation and destruction abound. And so, from a tyrannical church-state, one of the only remaining bastions of "civilization," a sacred quest goes forth. A holy - albeit bloodthirsty - knight, General Thaddeus Twer, must seek the last good man on this ruined world (for reasons murky at best.) Accompanying him: Saint Gluestick, a sarcastic skinless horse, unwillingly canonized and drafted for the mission.
This video has been shortlisted for YouTube Play. See the shortlist at youtube.com/play. Official Selection of the 2010 LA Comedy Shorts Film Festival.

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[Gozfel]

This is really cool, I hope there's more.

[thisAbortedEarth]

@Gozfel Thanks so much. We're working on three new ones.

[LukasVideosify]

How did you actually come to the idea of the horse without skin?

I never heard of such a thing in school...

Please tell me what that is supposed to mean! :D

[LukasVideosify]

@HandsOfSin

Indeed. That is to 100% made in After Effects. Also they surely used the puppet tool... ;)

[LukasVideosify]

Hey! Why did my comment disappear?

I wrote that you're amazing! :o)

[HandsOfSin]

Are you using the puppet tool in AE SC5? along with 3d camera work? kinda like monty python style ... all i can say is this really KICKS ASS!!!! Love to see you guys do a music Video keep up the good work

[143mark6275]

what do you call that kind of illustration style?

[Arqui3D]

Now I have seen everything.

[MrChickenfootcomb]

Absolutely brilliant, you've restored my hope in mankind with such entertainment and wit. Congrats on being chosen by the Guggenheim to feature you.  I eagerly await new episodes.