the funny part is that from the liches and merle's perspective, taako said a kickass heroic line and then fainted.

@cockadoodledoostudios2778

5 жыл бұрын

Standing up

@verdantViridity

4 жыл бұрын

what the liches thought they saw, probably: "check THIS coping method out!" (dissociates)

@87crowhat54

2 жыл бұрын

Taako:* says a cool heroic one liner then zones the fuck out*

that got alot more epic than i was expecting from a party that started as "i'm gonna invent tacos"

@derekmiller9303

7 жыл бұрын

Cory Wasmoen Oh yeah. i never expected Taako to pull off the things he did.

@pearlyp9898

6 жыл бұрын

And he never even invented tacos... he opened up a portal,,, to another universe,,, to talk to someone from it to seek help and ultimately learn to make tacos cause an omnious feeling told him that was the thing he should do, to save the world, from the apocalypse. incredible.

@sannajoph3334

6 жыл бұрын

Cory Wasmoen ikr what a plot twist

@grimmars1244

5 жыл бұрын

Cory Wasmoen Taako Supreme

@agatheriopel8843

5 жыл бұрын

I'm still sad that Taako never got to actually invent tacos, only learned how to

This moment is the most beautiful moment in the entire podcast. This right here. For all their ribbing and jabbing, for Merle's tendency to not heal, Taako's tendency to take things too lightly, and Magnus's tendency to go lone wolf, this displays how far they've come as a team. The true spirit of camaraderie. They refuse to let their family die.

@wormfriend9200

6 жыл бұрын

this comment made me cry thank you

@SuperJimshorts

5 жыл бұрын

Crying on a park bench now, thank you!

@ApprenticeNick

5 жыл бұрын

For the record, this comment convinced me to listen to the podcast. I watched this video without context, saw this comment, and something about it struck a cord with me.

@exempth

5 жыл бұрын

Garaway I wish I was in your shoes right now - I just finished my second listen through yesterday. Enjoy!

@ieatpaperclipsforbreakfast

3 жыл бұрын

That last sentence brought me to tears this is beautiful

this scene gives me such goosebumps, i love that this was the opposite of what griffin intended to happen

Not only is this animatic absolutely fantastic, I come back and watch this and think about how this scene went completely sideways from how Griffin had planned it to go, and that the boys completely took him by surprise with their team work. What a special moment this was.

@akhasshativeritsol1950

4 жыл бұрын

Props to the boys being able to completely subvert the story the DM was planning, and to Griffin for being able to roll with it. Of course, I can't help but wonder how Griffin's planned story would have gone; I imagine Magnus and Kravitz would have linked up, but would have been stranded in the astral plane until Taako opened the portal. Probably that cut-scene we got of Kravitz fighting his way back to his fortress was originally supposed to be both of them.

@c1nnamodoll

3 жыл бұрын

@@akhasshativeritsol1950 in that cutscene griffin says "and he is alone." referring to kravitz and i broke a little bit inside because i've seen other people speculate that magnus would have been there with him had the boys not done anything to save him. god it makes my soul hurt

the look on taakos face when they see kravits :((((

@hiyouyesyou1593

4 жыл бұрын

BaneBerry takko seeing kravits and having to chose to save magnus is so sad and so heart felt at the same time

THIS GAVE ME MAD CHILLS HOLY HECK 👏👏👏 GREAT ANIMATION

@endrgirl6630

6 жыл бұрын

i'm not the only one who says "holy heck"! finally!

This part of the campaign made me cheer out loud at my job, I can not believe how cool and synergetic THE PLAYERS were for this. It wasn't even pre-written that they were gonna do it... they just did, and it created probably my favorite moment in the entire story.

kravitz in the void and taako's sad look makes me emo lmao

Seen a few of this scene and no one ever puts Magnus' last line in there XD love it

WOW SO GOOD I love all your animations! Your "Taako Doesn't Want to Steal" is what got me into the show in the first place so thank you at ton for all the quality content you produce.

@flamingyan

7 жыл бұрын

No way! "Taako Doesn't Want to Steal" is what also sold me on TAZ. Yay!

@PixelyCeluloide

7 жыл бұрын

Man, I was also convinced to listen to the podcast for the "Taako doesn't want to steal" video also

Fuck yes!! your animatics always deliver a punch of quality I always expect to be great but each one outdoes the last! this one is your best one yet

"I'll be having my body back you undead fuck!" - One of the best lines in the whole series!

This was such a special moment, and a very unconventional use of spells.

The moment when all three were so dedicated and determined to NOT lose each other that they ended up working together and skipping over an entire arc of the story. Iconic

Arms Outstretched will never not be the most incredible thing that has ever happened on this show, and this animatic is soooooo goood!!!!!! I really really love Taako's cape and your Kravitz design is super pretty??

JIMMINY CHRISTMAS that was PHENOMINAL

THIS IS SO GOOD. AAAH

This is...INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!

this scene reached my heart, and this animatic made me cry lmao. I love when these three idiots act like a family, they truly have grown closer

I just fucking love how you took the actions they said they did but took the audio out so it just flows super smooth. I love it!!!

while i was listening to the episode the first time i was too hype to cry but now that its been a few weeks this scene and this animatic are making me so emotional.....,,. magnus's desperation turning to hope and gratitude when he sees taako, kravitz struggling alone, taako seeing kravitz and worrying but having to put that aside for now to focus on rescuing magnus, merles reassuring look as he pulls the other two back, its all so good..,. anyway im emo now

Ok the whole thing? Spectacular. But I especially love the way you did the lightening omg

BEST ONE HANDS DOWN

this video is what got me into the adventure zone. probably shouldnt have been spoiled on something that happens this late in the podcast before even beginning but once i got there i remembered this animatic and i came back to watch it and man it was so much better than the first time seeing it. props to you dude, and props to griffin and clint and justin and travis for creating such a badass scene in such an awesome podcast

thats perfect im OBSESSED

THIS IS SO COOL!!

Such a beautiful moment, captured beautifully. I'm being serious here, this moment in the series is, like, a big moment for me in media in general. It's amazing. This podcast is really special. The way you animate Taako saying "I got a fuckin' Idea for ya" is brilliant. He looks furious at the liches. And it makes what he does next seem all the more awesome. It presents the whole moment as him being in a state of righteous fury, and he uses that to save his friend. Fantastic job.

The color was such a fuckin treat!! And okay tbh I've never been able to imagine the nicely dressed mannequins as anything other than not dressed so it was super cool to see them all dressed up. And your choices for what we hear and what we don't we're great too! And I just really enjoyed your different visual representations of these events.

things that made me cry this morning

This was my introduction into D&D and The Adventure Zone. Thank you for your fantastic video!

I'm like the manliest man of manly in the world. I still teared up during this part (and the whole turning into a tree thing). I'M A MAN DAMNIT

I cried again

Nice detail with taako’s red cloak

“I cast Planar Ally!!!” Game changer.

I CRIED JUST A BIT DURING THIS beautiful and i love that you cut out the dialogue in between it made it even more impactful

This animatic is what got me to watch taz no now that I've finally caught up to this point in the podcast holy frick just. Just thank you. This still gives me chills everytime I watch it and it's so amazing just frick. Thank you.

it's been 2 years and i still can't believe this happened and this animatic is so good

YES YES YES! I was hoping you'd do this scene! It looks so good!

Holy shizz my dude fully animated fully colored and those mannequins are looking fly as hell WOW!

This was such a powerful scene, this is beautiful, good job on this

@isaaceshleman2833

3 жыл бұрын

What spell did Taako cast there?

@trixie7759

3 жыл бұрын

@@isaaceshleman2833 Magic Jar, it's just a magic jar which he can use to astral project himself up to 100 feet

@isaaceshleman2833

3 жыл бұрын

R Warren Ah.

1) how dare u make me cry on a funday 2) holy shitballs this is incredible 3) i love my sweet boys so much 4) I love you for making this

@jacobrodriguez5289

5 жыл бұрын

5)??? 6)he got his body back from that undead fuck

this is probably my favourite taz animatic. I love that little flash of edward at the beginning there and just - gah it's so good! I just watched it several times in a row. really, this is amazing. thank you for sharing

watching an animatic of arms outstretched is what pulled me into the fandom, and what ultimately led to me listening to the podcast. Dope-ass shit

Okay, I'm two years late but I got into the podcast this year and JUST listened to this part and aaajfhdkhfkjgsf This is so beautiful, the emotions, holy shit dude I got chills and teared up listening to the pod, but watching this is even better - I love your expressions on all of them, so GOOD!

This made that moment so much more endearing

Also the fact that the mannequin Magnus is in has a chip where his scar is, is a real choice artistic design!

Man I just really wanna say wow! Your Merle design has come a long way since the first taz animatic you've posted.

this is probably my favorite arms outstretched animatic

Fuck yeah!! Literal chills, amazing job omg. I keep seeing your art/animatics on tumblr & they're always great, I adore the way you draw all 3 of them, that little grin Merle gives while reeling them back in is spot on. Also it's a little detail but I love Taako's nail polish :D

AIGHT SO I GOTTA SAY??? This is the animatic that made me decide to actually listen to TAZ. And I just finished this arc and wanted to go back to watch it again. You did a fantastic job, and because of you I get to experience something awesome. Thank you. Good job.

this gave me some serious chills all over again

Holy shit, just stumbled across this and it is amazing. The music and cutting out the narrative from it made it really really powerful. Super well done!

This nearly had me in tears. Such quality.

Ahh! One of my favorite moments in the whole podcast! I love how you've animated it!

goosebumpsgoosebumpsgoosebumpsgoosebumps

Amazing. I cried a little.

This was one of the most powerful moments of the Balance arc

Crying a little bit, not gonna lie. The expressions were a definite gut-punch, but in the best way, y'know? The music really helped tie it together too.

Gonna cry this scene is done so well, thank you so much for this

Amazing! I love that you even give Mannequin!Magnus a scar! So good!

Back again. I've watched this about 10 times since I found it this morning, and it's gotten me emotional every time, thank you so much for sharing this!

Probably the greatest moment in all of the adventure zone!

Probably literally my favorite animatic of anything ever, no lie, when I saw this I followed you on tumblr and KZread and turned on notifications, I am completely in love with your work

The way you timed the events with the music, the colors and style, they all make this animatic even better! It's fantastic!

It still a complete delight to me that none of this was plan before hand Originally Magnus was supposed to have an adventure with kravits in the other plane But with Taako nat20, oh boy how the story have change

i just fucking love the moment when the camera pans to lydia and edward and synchronizes with the music. GOOD SHIT!!!

and in 90 seconds, this video saved my life. god bless

BOI. i love all your animations so much especially your taako, and this one is sooooo beautiful and emotional!!!!

Your animation made me cry omggg. This is honestly one of the sweetest parts of the adventure.

This is seriously one of the best things I've seen.

So good. SO GOOD. Really cinematic and exciting. I love the acting

LOVE the animation! Also your Kravitz looks so cute!

This is so wonderfully dramatic and cinematic with the angles, expert placement of the music and the colours you used- like, holy shit! Easily one of my favourite ever TAZ animations to date. Excellent job!!!

Moments like this are why I like tabletop games. No matter how dickish players can get at times there is always moments that are just plain heartwarming. That being said, for a second there when the mannequin came out I thought "oh shit it's papyrus "

These designs and style are so gooooooddddd

very well done! You know its a good animation when you can cut out most of the narration and it still works

IVE NEVER CRIED AT THIS SCENE BEFORE BUT;; I HAVE NOW

This is amazing! And I particularly love how you draw Taako

That's amazing! The character designs, the atmosphere, the animation, everything! It's perfect👌

Freaking AMAZING! This moment was so chock full of awesome, and you somehow managed to make it even awesomer! :D

Please keep doing this amazing work! I would love to see more from you!

I love this animatic so much! I watch it everyday. it just makes me fall in love with the adventure zone all over again. thank you for this amazing art!

this is so good, it gave me chills.

One of my favorite moments from TAZ animated gorgeously!! This is amazing!

This is beautiful! I love it so much, the expressions are great!

Catch me sobbing in the club this fine Tuesday this is so lovely i love your animationnn ( especially taako's hair!!! It's so nice!!!!!!)

This was great! One question. I've noticed a lot of people draw Taako green. Is that established in the first few episodes or something, because I can't remember it.

@heartscurrent

7 жыл бұрын

taako doesn't have like a canon look per se, so everyone kind of just draws him and the rest of the boys however they want

@KB42moomoo

7 жыл бұрын

I think because the main podcast art that you see when playing an episode has taako with slightly green skin it has inspired a lot of people to draw taako green. but there are lots of different designs for taako and they are all good and wonderful!

@NestanSvensk

7 жыл бұрын

Oh I'm not complaining! The fan art/videos are the only thing that make the two week wait between episodes tolerable. Thank you for the reply!

@mortimerputnam2656

7 жыл бұрын

in the actual 5e players handbook is says that elves often have inhuman skin colors, so I think that might have something to do with it as well.

@elle.9839

7 жыл бұрын

idk man its anti-semitic sooo

You make my favourite taz animatics. I love your style

SO GOOD. Has all the drama and effect that i'd imagined the scene with 10/10

That was lovely!!! The way you drew the expressions? Wow!

This is absolutely incredible!

oof, right in the chills. fantastic! your work is so good

The music always gives me chills. This is honestly amazing.

I watched this before I listened to this part of the podcast, and all I could think about was this when listening to this. XD this art is inspiring it's great!!!

that was really really really well done and I love it!

That's it never making anything ever better than this!! This is amazing!!

I miss balance, so I'm rewatching all these animatics and HOOOOLy cow, nostalgia overload ;w;

this is so badass for these soft boys

aaaAaaa you are such... a fave and inspiration art wise- i follow your art pretty closely on twitter and honestly you just? youre so good with character designs. i fear this level of freedom in my styles because i feel like i can't do anything serious with it but you always flip that on it's lid- you're incredibly with conveying emotions and it's rly smth to behold