The Backwater Gospel

So I put a call out on twitter for Cowboy animations and this was one sent back to me. I was super impressed by the high quality aesthetics. It kind of has a dark feel to it, almost like walking dead esque across with Corpse Bride and Nightmare before Christmas, macabre some might say.  I think they went a bit heavy with the filters at times and it looks like for the lip syncing they used the puppet tool on the drawings, I got this from the way the father talks. I really need to do a lip sync test as part of my research and development.

I thought that the character design of the guitar player was really unusual, he just has such a big mouth. The voices are amazing especially with the music and for a college production it's outstanding, although I thought the credits rolled a little fast on the coffins that could have been a bit slower so we could read their names, however they were repeated at the end. I thought it was a simple but effective touch. Overall it's a lot darker that what I would like my story to be, however I think I can take a lot from the character animation with the lipsyncing and the spindly fingers.

10/10 would definitely recommend.