I Bet On Losing Dogs | A Secret Life Animatic

Hey y’all it’s been a while since I’ve uploaded but rest assured I have been working hard on some banger content (no spoilers) and can’t wait for you to see my most recent project. Loved every part of the process here and got the chance to learn about procreate dreams, which I can confirm is a great software just really clunky for works like this.

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[seineevee]

Something about how Pearl’s goal was to get one of the Mounders a win and out of them, she was the last one standing.

[celestialudenberg]

even her alliance with cleo and how that alliance ended up going down fits this analysis perfectly, pearls character arc not just in secret life but limited life and double life still all hold semblance of this self-sacrificial putting them before her mindset and ended up messed over and IT HURTS

[PTUBE_]

I love how ever since Pearl won Double Life she has been trying to help her allies win, not wanting to win herself, and yet every time she tried to help her allies win she was still somehow the final member of her alliance left standing
She failed BigB in Limited Life and proceeded to place 4th
She failed Bdubs and Joel in Secret Life and proceeded to place 2nd for the second time

[krashlite]

THIS IS SO COOL AUAAAUGHHH I love!!! I love the way the colors switch from the start to “I bet on losing dogs” the colors get so sharp and saturated and YEAUFHHH YES!! SL PEARL IS SO TRAGIC AND THIS SUITS HER SO WELL

[milkweed._]

Pearl always has the best animatics made for her story arcs in each life series; so beautiful 😭

[shumpytastic]

THIS SONG IS SO PERFECT FOR SECRET LIFE PEARL AND IT HURTS ALL SHE WANTED WAS HER MOUNDERS TO WIN AND SHE WAS THE LAST ONE LEFT

[martinsto]

Now that i've seen someone else do this kind of art style for their animatic,
i have finally accepted that the youtuber Late-August will never return to make more content.
Respects for Biacami, your works are of true wonder.

[yusaki]

I’m with you Pearl. Didn’t bet on anyone in 3rd Life because I’d only just started watching Scar so didn’t know anyone in the group’s abilities. In Last Life I bet on Joel. And for the past 3 season’s I’ve been betting on Impulse.

There is a song called Que Sera Sera by Mrs Green Apple that makes me think of Impulse’s experience in the Life Series. And it is partly related to a little fact I saw on the subreddit. Someone gave the players points for placement based on how they performed in each season. Using fractions and means so it’s as fair as possible. As of Secret Life, there are two players who rank higher overall than at least one winner. One is Gem, who having just placed 3rd in her first season means she is 2nd overall, thanks to most people having at least one bad season. The other, is Impulse, who places higher than Grian. And I feel like that shows how far Impulse has got in each season (bar Last Life). That he has performed so well that he even scores higher than a previous winner overall. He sort of fits the “Always the bridesmaid, never the bride” saying.

I mean, just reading the translation of the song I’m talking about when you think about Impulse:

“Even if I take a painkiller
The pain in my chest doesn’t fade
The gentle kindness of someone else
Makes it ease”

“I know the day will come for me to smile
I am the only person who can love myself
If I were to be born again?
“I’ll be myself again”.”

Impulse knows it’s going to be hard. But he goes in again and again, because the gentle kindness of his friends eases that pain.

I mean, just read this:
What the cause? Who’s fault is it?
I don’t have to win
I want the strength not to lose yeah Alright Alright
I’ll survive”

Tell me that doesn’t perfectly encapsulate Impulse’s journey in the Life Series. He is a loosing dog I will always bet on. What will be will be. I’ll loose with you Impulse.

[_biacami_]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING THE LIVE CHAT!!!! Means so much to me to see you guys there :] <3

[cosmoartz]

No amount of rewatching this Animatic is enough, I need it to be injected into my veins and play like a movie frame by frame when I close my eyes

[Myanii_]

HDSJAJKHSHJBDAJDHBS IM CRAZY YOU CONVEYED PEARL''s SORROW SO WELL IM HEART-WRENCHED

[mxmarsbars]

TEARS IN MY EYES I AM BAWLING SOBBING HYSTERICALLY I CANNOT PUT INTO WORDS HOW INCREDIBLE THIS IS I AM LITERALLY SPEECHLESS!! /VPOS

[PerryRata]

It has just hit me that Scar was the hype man for his own foe in the end. 💔💔💔

[Slinky_Winki]

I don’t even know what fandom this is from but I can tell it is TRAGIC. AMAZING animatic, the lettering and the moving panels were probably my favorite part, it feels so out together yet in a mess and it feels like if I knew what this animatic was based on it would click IMMEDIATELY

[GodofEels]

this is gorgeous, both as an animation and as an analysis of pearl’s character. the colors and shapes are stunning and i WILL be rewatching this obsessively for a while. but also, pearl did try her best to champion just any of her friends and get them to win. and all but one of them lost at the expense of herself. this song is PERFECT at describing her relationships and you portrayed them very well. im a big fan of your character designs too <3

[thataintfalco]

I love how the life series’ fandom has basically made Pearl’s character consistent throughout the seasons.

She goes from being ride or die with Scott in Last life to very bitter exes in double life, with only rly scar and Grian on her side. She dominates in a 1v4 and comes out on top.

If we’re taking the character from one season to the next, Big B was her partner in last life after being betrayed by her last one in double life. Cuz of this, she made every effort so he could win, only to see him die. She tries to make Grian win after after adopting him into the nosey neighbors with Big B before his death, only for him to die too. Alone, she’s killed in the water by a 2v1 by Scott.

Then, Secret Life, she puts her all into making her boys the winners only for them to all die one by one until she’s the only one left. She comes to Scar, the one she was with in the snow during double life, and makes sure he’ll be the one to win, even telling him to sacrifice her. But Scar doesn’t, and at the very end she isn’t alone. She’s together with Scar, both fighting for the victory. She finally was able to be with someone at the very end of a series.

So yeah, Pearl definitely bets on losing dogs lol. Very hyped for how Pearl might continue this unintentional(or intentional?) multi series story telling in Wild Life.

[pileofmoss]

The atmosphere and the tragedy of it!!! I love it so much!! T-T will be watching it again 1000 times!!

[Drawlistics]

This is really cool i love your artstyle!!

[lena]

COMMENTING BEFORE IT PREMIERES KNOWING DAMN WELL ITS GONNA SLAP RAAAHHHH I LOVE UR ART 🗣🗣🗣

[iris.lottie]

BYE IM GONNA GO SOB ABOUT HOW BEAUTIFULLY THIS IS PUT TOGETHER <3<3