I'm fortunate I got to board a fun stylized music-driven sequence under Alex Kirwan's direction, after we worked well together on the Witch Hazel cartoon for the shorts years ago. My drawings are so scribbly, I think I roughed it out in barely 2-3 days if I recall, no cleanup. But man, what a blast. - ThreadSky

michaeljruocco.bsky.social • 9 days ago

I'm fortunate I got to board a fun stylized music-driven sequence under Alex Kirwan's direction, after we worked well together on the Witch Hazel cartoon for the shorts years ago. My drawings are so scribbly, I think I roughed it out in barely 2-3 days if I recall, no cleanup. But man, what a blast.

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fruits-a-villa.bsky.social•9 days ago

I saw this on YouTube a while back and it was a real treat!

cc-carlacristi.bsky.social•6 days ago

I saw in the theaters and LOVE IT!!! I’m going again to see it this weekend 🤩- do you know if there’s gonna be a DVD release at all?! I would love to have a physical copy!!!

michaeljruocco.bsky.social•9 days ago

There were a lot of influences I looked at and felt inspired by before diving into the sequence. Bubsy Berkeley scenes, Oskar Fischinger, Boris Artzybasheff, sequences from Fantasia/Make Mine Music/Melody Time, Dumbo, Cinderella, Modern Times... lot of homages and little references here and there.

peskycreature.bsky.social•8 days ago

I totally got Dumbo vibes from this scene it was so fun to watch! And I always love hearing Powerhouse

michaeljruocco.bsky.social•9 days ago

I wish I had more time to make my boards polished & pretty, but I guess there was enough information there to work off of, including Stephen DeStefano on designs, Joshua Moshier's incredible score & the amazing animators up at TonicDNA. They took my thumbnails and made a stunning sequence out of it!

ducktwacy.bsky.social•9 days ago

CONGRATS on being responsible for my favorite scene in my favorite film and favorite anything? I CAN’T stress how much I ADORE THIS! Genuinely life changing! It’s been my laptop bg for months and I think I watch it at least once a day. Broken record here but you deserve to be so proud! So inspiring!

garrettgilchrist.bsky.social•9 days ago

The boards look a little like a Nintendo Game and Watch.

dagnificent.bsky.social•9 days ago

These are so fucking beautiful

awamboldtart.bsky.social•5 days ago

This was my favorite scene!! I was reminded of Pink Elephants in the best way, so cool to see that kind of classic surrealist animation on the big screen

michaeljruocco.bsky.social•5 days ago

Aww that’s awesome to hear! I wish I spent more time on it to just enjoy the process and bask in those inspirational sequences I used for reference, including pink elephants, to channel in the boards. But the final sequence speaks for itself! Everyone’s contributions to it were priceless!

hartshapo.bsky.social•9 days ago

My favorite sequence of the entire film. These musical sequences on animated films feel like a lost art these days

doodleconner.bsky.social•7 days ago

Literally my favorite sequence in the whole film; it gave Art Deco

jazzymixel7.bsky.social•5 days ago

no wonder it gives me MLAATR vibes lol. great job tho!

heilos.bsky.social•9 days ago

These are so wonderful, thank you for your hard work!

konanmetalscholar.bsky.social•9 days ago

That was one of favorite parts of the movie, I was in awe, alone in a theater with gold onscreen with no one to share with :(

applebutt.bsky.social•9 days ago

Loved this sequence

dagger6.art•9 days ago

I loved this sequence so much!

lukelandvo.bsky.social•7 days ago

This part hit so good. You guys crushed it.

ncluke1024.bsky.social•6 days ago

LOVED this sequence when I saw it in theaters! So vibrant, and exciting to watch!

henrieke.bsky.social•9 days ago

Stop calling these scribbly you're making all the other artists feel bad, haha

Such lovely work, and I can tell everyone involved had fun!

tjayster99.bsky.social•9 days ago

I actually like that your storyboards are scribbly since, as I'd like to break out into storyboarding, I often worry about my own boards being too scribbly (especially since the storyboarding software I downloaded is VERY basic).