Animation - Vinny Vinesauce Talks Straws

I've wanted to animate Vinny's disembodied voice for a while and figured I could use some practice with human characters for once. Plus the only animal character that would suit him is a duck, and I'm not about to try lip-syncing a duck.

This is also the culmination of several either new or experimental changes relative to previous work:

- Moving all body parts at the same time instead of delaying one or more between poses
- Slowing down the action more often to make it easier to follow
- Bending and stretching the face and jaw for accented syllables, which is much easier with a defined jawline that a ball-shaped head doesn't have
- Leaving outlines a little messier because refining is not worth the time
- More subtle body language and facial expressions (i.e. the opposite of Jerma)
- And a couple for the animators reading this:
- Significantly reducing the number of movements done on ones, since most actions are perfectly readable without them
- Using thirds on my timecharts instead of exclusively halves

[HQ_Default]

I love how in this universe Vinny is just some radio host that reads a bunch of physical letters sent in by viewers

[ccyt]

Vinesauce: What is a hole?
Vsauce: Allow me to introduce myself

[crystalAegis]

Holy shit... this blew me away! You have such a 2d Disney-esque sort of style and I can't imagine the amount of work it took for this!!! so HELL YEAH and here's a comment so more people see this!

[phoebeaurum]

The best fan animations turn "sitting down and reading" into something that's very expressive but not overdone.

[survivoroo]

I find the amount of expressions you were able to pull from the voice alone is incredible! So underrated!!!

[DumbTomato]

This is a remarkable amount of animation for someone just just sitting there trying to figure out what exactly constitutes a hole.

Well done. 👍

[DanielleAlek]

I love how Vinny is always drawn/animated as being extremely tired no matter the context lmao

[Tkmined]

For anyone curious, In engineering, this straw only has one through-hole. Its just really long. Wall thickness and curves mean nothing.

Terrific animation! Love how expressive vinny is here!

[brandenblomberg]

I just love how midway through Vinny gets confused about it and starts questioning their sobriety

[megalomaniacalHalide]

There is some very powerful Dean McCoppin energy in vinny, and some enormous talent in this animation. Absolutely floored, you did an amazing job and I hope good things come of other people seeing this!

[pajamapantsjack]

The animation is so insanely smooth, reminds me of Disney’s Atlantis . Good show

[sparklestheunikitty]

I always imagine Vinny is very animated when he speaks so it's amazing how you captured that idea perfectly!!!

[Bec-Son]

I love how you animated his expressions, and you can just see the gears turning

[thatonebackgroundcharacter]

This video is just another reason why you're my new favourite animator, keep up the amazing work! :D

[piperkolafa]

This is crazy-good. I love your artsyle, like Psychonauts meets Don Bluth.

[trulyinfamous]

If all your animations are of this level of quality then I definitely think it's worth subscribing to you.

[JimBimBum]

"hour long debate" this is the part that worries me the most.

[klombaroo]

I love the attention paid to Vinny’s top 3 favorite albums in the background

[jessejayjones]

Super great character animation! You should be very proud of this. Great work! 😊

[bepis_real]

Wow, Vin’s gonna love this! Great choice of Kirby anime score, and very cozy room too! It’s nice to see Vinny not depicted in a crackhouse sometimes