DONKS

Felix’s animations always have me wondering which came first, the visuals or the sounds?

Can we all appreciate the bravery this man has to record footage at the bottom of Mariana Trench.

that "goofy comic running timpani sound" transitioning into Breakcore/Jungle music at 2:42 is just beautiful!

I never knew I needed a plush of any of Felix’s work, but that spike ball dog is just perfect.
That and maybe the double king.

4:50 I don’t think I’ve ever heard anything as cool as a mechanical in-universe sound (namely, the Submawhale reversing, making beeping like it was a pickup truck) so quickly becoming an out-of-universe forboding musical tone warning of danger. They’re both warning tones with insanely different weight and fear.
It’d be like if a horror movie somehow made the squeaking of the rickety basement stairs and the violin sting of the monster appearing based on the same sound. That’s crazy effective.

2:42 the moment it goes from occasional rhythmic sounds to a full on BOP

Incredibly playful and imaginative. Always a pleasure to see a new film of yours. Brilliant as always ❤

[5:20] - The way that this fades out with each lighter part of the shading is so well done here. You've absolutely nailed that 1960's animated cartoon cross-fade to black.

4:01 - This is such a psychedelic kaleidoscope of pure right-brained creativity. I like to imagine sounds and imagery such as this appear every time Felix closes his eyes.

I love how at 5:02 in the foreground you can see the earlier donks. The dog, the crab that steals the glasses, the box croc, the first cone, and the mushroom pig (The one that is friends with the shell with the shoes).

1:44 has got to be the cleanest and quickest way I've ever seen an unknown threat be added to a scene
its so good

The music and sound design in this is something else. I wasn't ready for the sound effect in 2:44 and couldn't help laughing at how absurd it was. The animation is stellar and everything just makes me so uncomfortable yet intrigued at the same time. Love your work!

Brilliant work Felix, you’re incredible.

Love this at 5:05 it’s almost like insects (maggots or something) and in just the best creepy way, you legit see the life drain out of the Submerwhale’s eye! So terribly true

It would be cool if there was a reference sheet of all the individual Donks, I would love to be able to make my own Donk Creature by mixing and matching them like the creatures do.

I just love that dithered effect the whole video has. It reminds me of those 90's education games that used those pre-rendered animated CGI frames which went through a process to reduce the colors to keep the file size down, leaving that distinct dithered look on everything.

I would love to hear a full song like the one found at 3:21.The melody and mixing is beautiful!

This is both weird and wildly imaginative at the same time
The creature at 3:25 speaking in Synths was neat and the movement of the amalgamated beings sound like DnB music

The idea of there being leftover waste from a character creator is so unique and fun I love it

I love the call back of the soundtrack from the beginning, 0:34, and when the sub was yanked down into the void of the donks, 4:53.
Also, while making this, I realized that the beeping is what alerted the donks to the presence of the sub whale, as when the boat came with a new supply of character creation pieces. So the sub whale kinda told the donks that new stuff/food is here.
Edit: I just love the dramatic "Oh No" the soundtrack has when concerning what is happening at that moment

Ah yes, my daily dose of man-made horrors beyond comprehension
Btw I love your animations and the effort you put into making them

You've done it again Felix, you've created a masterpiece. It feels like I needed to pay to watch this.
Art.

Its incredible how you are able to capture the feeling of deep sea life. especially in the end, where the submarine is consumed. It reminds me of how whale carcasses dift to the bottom and all the sea life consumes it in a frenzy.

Sometimes I just listen to this without the visuals. Visuals or no it's so imaginative and wonderful.

The subtle horror of a submarine being scavenged down to bones is a fantastic way to end a video. I love how your 2D animation style works perfectly in 3D

2:32 this part was honestly my favorite

Watching this again and as someone who loves breakcore, this part is so good 2:46

Deep sea life sure is amazing to look at.

I think my favorite part of the whole animation is the music, especially with the submarine at the end. The sudded shift from a common submarine reversing into a dire situation gets me every time. Love it :)

This is incredible, I’ve watched this too many times to count

This possesses all the vibes of a nightmare without actually being frightening. Truly a masterpiece

an interesting detail i noticed at 5:04 is that the eyes of the large towering donk have little dents directly in the centers of them, like the ones at 4:35 due to repeatedly being hit, and while im not quite sure what this implies it's still a neat thing i noticed
its little details like this that really pull the whole thing together

There are a lot of independent animators out there but I'm sure there is no one who can compete with Felix's animations on KZclip.

Too talented, man. The animation AND the music??? The jungle beat with the Scooby-Doo running sample went unreasonably hard! 😂

If I were to give this a rating on a scale of one to ten, I would give this an 11/10. The sheer time and effort put into this is immaculate. The sounds, the visuals, it’s all so masterfully crafted with love and care. I don’t know who you were until now, but this video has me interested.

I gave them names
1:18 blob monster
1:43 ballio
1:55 owzter
2:01 juan
2:06 rog
2:10 scarlett & queen of donks
2:22 ronaldy
2:27 lonjanda
2:34 spikyballhead & snailshellhead
2:42 krush (ill give that name to the turtle near my house if the name gets the most votes in my whatsapp group)
2:46 donks bird
2:53 valter
2:55 moving statue
2:56 teethy (beacuse it looks like that teeth toy)
2:59 master donks
3:05 flyeror
3:07 major & big junior
3:12 donks worm
3:21 singer donk
3:34 brickcardbordbox
3:36 mushy
3:38 shelly
3:41 luna
3:42 robert
3:47 rumballoe
3:56 giant mushy
3:57 giant shelly
4:31 olive
4:36 ms. fidget
4:44 rongba & mint
5:04 monster donk

Astonishing work. I'm glad I'm supporting you on Patreon. Keep creating art :)

音ハメがめちゃくちゃ気持ちいいし、映像作品としてもすごいクオリティ…

This video is absolutely fantastic, especially in the sound design in my opinion. I've just recently gotten new hearing aids and this video was an amazing introduction into the world of bass tones and how they can just absolutely revolutionize how a song or video sounds. Amazing work as always, Felix!

I love how unique and random yet creepy it is. The way it all flows purely with the beat.

I keep coming back to this. It’s so interesting and eerie I kinda wanna turn away, yet I keep turning back to see it again and again.

Это потрясающе. Просто невероятно.

Oh my god, the dynamic transition from the comedic “submarine going in reverse using sonar tones” to the tense music where the submarine gets seized by the creatures from below is so, so clean and creates an incredible feeling

Finally fully unleashing his inner Cyriak, Felix Colgrave lets discarded character builder waste find a life of their own at the bottom of the deepest ocean.
Also looney tunes running sample in a jungle track is pure gold.
Love that you keep pushing your style and glad you have the support you need, keep at it Felix, you're one of a kind!

Here's my idea of Donk physiology:
Donks normally appear as formless black creatures with many legs and glowing, color-changing eyes. They can only survive in one place: a dark, near-watertight cavern beneath the Omnipresent Ocean, where little light reaches. Donks are vulnerable to injury and attack due to their bodies being so soft and malleable, so they attempt to cover their bodies with a layer of protection. Due to the massive dumping of garbage and used avatar parts in the ocean above (which consequently float down into the Donk cavern), Donks have developed a dependency on the garbage, as there isn't much else to serve as protection. Depending on where a Donk makes its home can change its capabilities, such as improving its sense of sight or touch. Now, a single Donk is not very intelligent, but these creatures can link to each other mentally (and usually also physically) to create a hive-minded colony that acts like one organism. It is believed that the larger a Donk colony is, the more intelligent and self-aware it becomes. Interestingly, certain Donk colonies have different personalities, capabilities and traits depending on the Donks they are made out of.

There is truly no one like you Felix, the work you create is one of a kind. The sound design and artistic creativity are unmatched.

I wish that they made a full album out of this, with each short beat being expanded into a full song. The sound design is absolutely amazing

Usually in animations and movies music is used as a background noise and has very little connection to what’s happening on the screen, but in this film visuals and sounds are inseparable. This is truly genius

How does felix create such interesting almost open-ended metaphors with the strangest of storytelling methods and animations... always a treasure to watch these animations.

There’s something about Felix’s art style that is just so pleasing to look at^^

Ещё не было такой работы от Феликса, которая не могла бы удивить. Очень мало таких художников в этом смысле слова, а жаль. Ждём следующую работу, а эту ставим на репит

The music in 2:40 - 4:10 needs to be extended.
If Felix doesn't extend it into its own thing then that's a missed opportunity. Felix Colgrave's extended ost albums were red-hot, I wish he still did them.
btw when is he gonna start back collaborating with red mongoose? I haven't seen those two in the same sentence in years.

This is honestly the best representation of what I thought cartoons would be like in the future when I was a kid. It's so polished and well thought!

It would be so cool if Felix gave out official png renders for the objects, so we could create our own Donks. I think it would spread the intetnet so far.

Felix Colgrave is one of the primary reasons I’m working as an animator today. So grateful for this guy’s work and the insane things he brings to life

Don't let the sound design go unnoticed! It's a big part of what makes this video so great.

1:27
The entire segment of toys, trinkets and clothing like boots and stuff reminded me of The Amazing World of Gumball's The Friend episode. It's amazing how you've done this in 16 months, hard work indeed my friend.

I love how seamless and amorphic this is

This is such a modern day Hanna-Barbera creation, the use of music as if it were any other sound and even influencing the animation is just so reminiscent of that. Excellent work!!

I love everyone’s comments. These are truly one of the more supportive groups of people with great feedback and I’m totally here for it!

I love how all the little creatures cheered for the big one as it sang, like they were celebrating the fact that it was the biggest to ever be made. Also the fact that the submarine was an organic creature, loved that

I will never be tired of watching this Masterpiece

Man I would have loved to see the creative process behind this. The animation and sound design are so brilliantly designed just for one another, I love this so much!!!

Absolutely BEAUTIFUL!
The creativity is EVERYWHERE in this film, and might even show the consequence of major companies disregarding true creative potential and even the environment.
(BTW, have you considered doing a Simpsons Couch Gag?)

Estoy obsesionado con la música, no puedo esperar a que Félix publique el soudtrack extendido.

This kind of stuff makes me hopeful that artists will still be valuable for a long time even after the AI stuff.
An AI would not be creative nor directed nor talented enough to come up with something like this and put it together.
But maybe even that day will come eventually sadly. Even when that day comes, I still appreciate the creativity and work of human artists like you! keep up the good work!

I love how the sound effects of the beeping from the boat and submarine and the cartoon running noise effortlessly becomes part of the song despite initially sounding disruptive

The animation is crazily impressive, but what’s even better is the music and sound effects, the way he can transition any sound effect or music into an entirely different genre in an instant and vice versa is amazing

This is incredible. Outstanding sound design and visuals ❤️l loved it

I’m so absolutely in love with the dynamics in this

thanks a lot for this! and for the acknowledgement of the aboriginal people. what a boss move, all of it, mr colgrave. 🤘🏽

Absolutely incredible! As someone who has taken animation and audio/music production, I can’t imagine the hours of work put into this. I’m in love with the style and sound design. Stunning work :)

Felix's animations leave you with a feeling of knowing and not knowing of what happened

I keep watching this at midnight and the funkiness of it all scratches my brain perfectly, soothes my eyes and ears but at the same time confuses me, causing my brain to go into a high-like state
I love this

It's interesting to see the intersection of different elements in "Donks" - ocean plastic, avatars, adaptive bottom feeders, and a musical!
This sounds like a unique and innovative.
It's great to see art being used as a tool to address important environmental issues and to inspire people to take action towards creating a more sustainable future.

This guy is so talented and creative I love his animation man it so creative the music to this is amazing 🤩 the background music the style that everything this guy is a god at his work

decided to give some of these little guys names:
1:47 Crosby
1:55 Thomas
2:02 Meepers
2:09 Pinchworm (left) and Grabna (right)
2:23 Growsy
2:28 Donkworm
2:43 Spiky
2:47 Donchik
3:05 Mushwurm
3:08 Donkstomper
3:10 Donktipillar
3:22 Maizee
3:36 Mersha
3:38 Shelbo
3:41 Snoutia
3:42 Shniffren
4:01 - 4:09 Lord Donk
5:04 Master Donk
aaaaannd that’s it :P

This would have given me really weird nightmares and a renewed fear of the dark if I had seen it as a child.
I don't think I could give it any higher praise than that.

I love how with a brief, wordless 30 seconds, Colgrave gives a reason unique for this absurdly abstract world to exist somewhere.

I can't help but feel that NFT's existence is a major theme in this work
Truly exceptional

I watched Felix's video since Pigpen to the Double King, his childish cartoony artstyle mixed with dark comedy, created a beautifully haunted and irresistable artform.
It is similar to Yoshitaka Amano's art, his approach may different but his art gave off that same beautifully haunted sense of art.

Animation teacher: “were going to be making a simple short animation”
The kid who got his hands on blender:

I love this style of animation. the sound was perfect the sence where amazing the story is so much to tell. I watched it three times and I will come back because of it's addictiveness

I've watched this so many times, and I always find something new to love

I just love how the Donks don’t just use feet for feet or heads for heads. They use every part for everything.

This is insane. The sound design alone is a work of art, then you add it to the scene and it’s just mind blowing.

I listened and watched this so many times already, I truly cannot express the amount of positivity I have for this. 10/10 mate!

There is so much symbolism in every clip.... The music is so good too. This has to be my most favorite of your work yet.

honestly, I love these videos and the more I watch them the more I just kinda think to myself "this is never a true Felix Colgrave video without at least one type of death or depiction of death ;v;"

I remember watching the trailer a long time ago, and I found myself back with the full version!
And it’s really good!

I really love the scene of the donk using the shoe as a nose+mouth and vocalizing. There’s something weird and adorable about it, like watching a baby learning to speak for the first time

One of your best works yet. Sound design is top shelf.

Theres just this certain part that gives me the 'shiver me timbers'. like, I feel bad for the guy who had to go threw all of that drama and then get eaten alive like 2 house later, but still. The amount of effort he put into that one seen, it's just so realistic.

I think about your work from time to time. I saw your music video 12 years ago for Shoe... No lie, that video changed my life... I went into film and animation :)
I feel so happy to see you still creating

really incredible how that first sequence expresses the image of ocean plastic so clearly?! everything else is just heaps of fun..... so cool to watch and consider what's happening and how it's done.. the last bit was so clearly evocative of bottom feeding seacreatures... ... so so pretty

Listen I just binged all your animations in order and I still love your older ones but WOW the improvement of like texturing and shading is amazing!!
I’m so proud of you

Animation is stellar, but the sound? Absolutely genius. The vibes are so potent here, almost feels wrong being able to view it on KZclip lol, exquisite work!!

Younger me would have never thought that Felix colgrave could make something as creative and talented as this

so cool to see felix do something outside his usual style. amazing as always, ur a huge inspiration to so many!

This animation has such a good sense of weight to it. Like the water drop falling