Hi all! We hope you'll enjoy this Rocky animation - just a little something extra we wanted to slip in before the year ended! Also, check out the last minute holiday sale in the shop if you're so inclined - LackadaisyShop.com Everything earned goes right into our animation production budget!
Having Viktor flashbacks Edit: I realize now that there is a Viktor in Lackadaisy and now I feel obliged to clarify that I was referencing season two act one arcane Viktor.
Walk cycles are STILL one of the hardest things for me to animate. Rocky looks so confident and freespirited here! I love the spins and his spontaneous plays of the violin! Amazing job Lackadaisy!
@@HazbinIsMyLife I can relate SO much...Jax, Rocky, N, Fantoccio...the only exception is in HH cause my favourite character there is Alastor...Angel Dust is my second favourite ^^
Ivy’s jazz cat dance loop was what first introduced me to Lackadaisy, so I always enjoy seeing one of these! I absolutely love the flow of sheet music around Rocky. From what we saw in the pilot in the opening scene, this feels 100% like what he sees in his head when he’s performing.
makes me even more exited for season 1 (on a different note, I absolutely LOVE how all the orchestral covers of your songs have turned out, and can't wait to see how the full game turns out, no rush tho, your doing great!)
As someone who has obsessively worn a suit hat and tie since freshman year of high school, class of 2014 still wear a suit hat and tie today! Rocky is my spirit animal!
The way this animation loop was created, this is both whimsical, charming, but also straight up eerie. It gives a Cheshire Cat mobsta crime lord vibe. Yes Rocky is young and inexperienced, but this almost gives an idea of what he is to become in the future. This animation feels like a hidden lore reveal. Love this 10/10.
Rocky has 3 modes: Genuinely happy and content (rarest) Depressed (fairly common) Manic/Scary. By the look of him in this walk cycle, whoever he's coming for better fireproof their building.
Every little detail is magical! The way his feet go heel-toe heel-toe. The way the feather bounces on his hat. The way his coattails move with his tail, as if the tail is knocking them from side to side. It’s all gorgeous! Edit: just realizes the sort of strut he does is very cat-like. Cats do walk that way. They leave very narrow footprint paths. Helps them walk along narrow surfaces.
As an artist and cellist... *First impression:* WAAAAA THE ANIMATIONNN *Second impression:* WHYYYYY IS HE GRABBING HIS BOW LIKE THAT P.S. Love you guys so much! Sooo hyped for the first season! I've read the comic twice, and seeing the preview and Rocky's dialogue come to life is just 🤌 Thank you for all the hard work you guys have been putting into this wonderful show
Omg same 😭 I love the animation (and Rocky’s my favorite character), but as a violinist: NOOO. NO TOUCHING THE BOW HAIR. BAD. And also FIX YOUR BOW GRIP PLEEEASE ROCKYY
@@not_theIRS Yesss same ahaha. I know his toe beans can't really display a true bow grip, but still XD Rocky is also probably my favorite character! (Though Freckle comes realllllly close)
:D kitty walks vaguely menacingly through the music dimension for like six minutes. I love the animation, and the music is so fun, cool how the violin perfectly matched up especially in the second song!
I love the effort that has been put into this it's really nice! However as a violinist the way Rocky holds his bow makes me die inside a little bit... For context you don't wanna directly touch the bow-hair because then fat and other bodily gunk will get stuck onto it and ruin your sound because the bow won't be able to grip the strings. You also might get the rosin stuck on your hands and I imagine that would be something really inconvenient for Rocky. Don't let what I've said be any demotivating tho I personally really believe in this project and I wanna see it prosper as much as everyone else. I'm very excited for the final release!
Same as a former violist. Granted, trying to think too hard about how his hands are using the bow in general keeps finding more and more problems... It also looks like rain is pattering off of him and all I can think whenever he pulls up the instrument is it filling up with water XD
Haha, another violinist here too, and yeah, Rocky's bowhold stresses me out. On the other hand, I give him a pass for being pretty much a self-taught violinist and well, Rocky. On the other hand, I was honestly positively surprised by his violin playing in the pilot. Like the bowhold is still incorrect, but that is once again, expectable for 1) someone who never went to proper violin classes 2) a cat that only has four fingers. But I feel like they got a lot of general details correctly, and apparently that is because they had an actual jazz violinist do the violin improvs and used his movements as a reference.
I remember showing my gf the Lackadaisy pilot and she immediately simped for Rocky. She didn’t understand why until her found out his actor is Micheal Kovasch
I usually see rocky as kind of a kid, with his childish demeanour an everything, but this is one of the few times where I see him as a confident, , adult. Can’t wait to see more of him like this !!!
This video is just absolutely amazing. The animation is so smooth. The lighting effects are really cool. Rocky's very fluid walk cycle. And the music is always the best part of these videos along with the animation. Im always playing these when im driving to work.
I don't know why, but for some reason Rocky looks like a gentleman walking like that. A crazy one, sure, but still. Plus, his smile is still price-less!
So either Lackadaisy is a labour of love by a cadre of extraordinary talents, or Tracy Butler was the first tenuous arrival from a parallel dimension that looks to the rest of us like a phantasmagorical version of Prohibition-era St. Louis, and after she's determined that it's safe, she's widened the aperture between her universe and our's, and more of it is slipping through. Honestly, they're equally likely. 🤩
The music is pretty neat, BUT THAT ANIMATION THO! I've never seen music notes animated so uniquely before. I wanna swim in those notes like water. Is that weird? I'M W E I R D
He’s looking so amazing, the animation and music combined is awesome and pretty as always, and this was great to end the year. You’ve guys worked so hard this year and that the crew and the community are absolutely some of the most talented and sweetest people to ever meet online. I can’t wait to see more next year, Happy New Year Lackacrew and the community :)
I really like this! Music is spiffy and so is the animation. However...once I realized that his steps were slower than the beat of the music, I couldn't unsee it.
The music for this project is so amazing! Glad I can support it and glad I have friends I've convinced to support it as well! My family also includes Mays who ran whiskey on the Mississippi during Prohibition!
Rocky strutting with style.🎻🎵🎶 Christmas has come early for us Lackadaisy fans. Have a very Merry Christmas and a healthy and prosperous New Year in 2025, Lackadaisy team and everyone! Hyped to see all the passion put into season one.
I love this animation so much! Absolutely beautiful. Fun fact: Every step Rocky takes is exactly and consistently 120 beats per minute. By that logic, if you were to find a song that shares that same tempo like say, Empires by Electro Swing Circus, and play it over top of the walk cycle, then Rocky will be exactly on beat with every step. (The first song in this video matches up perfectly too. It makes my little detail oriented heart so happy)
Imagine a collaboration between Carnival Palace & Lack a Daisy. A short cameo of the band members in anthro form in the background playing one of there songs would be so cool!
Love the fluidity of the animation, the facial expressions and transtions from one cycle to another with the spins and violin. His overall vibe is amazing. Side note but hes also giving a little yakko warner from animaniacs, not a bad thing, I love Yakko and Rocky, just a random comparison.
Hi all! We hope you'll enjoy this Rocky animation - just a little something extra we wanted to slip in before the year ended!
Also, check out the last minute holiday sale in the shop if you're so inclined - LackadaisyShop.com
Everything earned goes right into our animation production budget!
Thank you!
Cool music Lackadaisy i love it your song Jazz
Thank you Tracy you got very good animation with the tender Rocky ❤
❤
Thank you so much, Tracy!
The glowing foot steps preceding Rocky’s arrival really sells it
Yeah, I also love the fact that they glow and appear right before he puts his foot down! Never seen that before, nice touch!
Having Viktor flashbacks
Edit: I realize now that there is a Viktor in Lackadaisy and now I feel obliged to clarify that I was referencing season two act one arcane Viktor.
It's actually a reference to one of Tracy's artworks in her gallery called "Footlight-Rocky"
Me after drinking energy drink
Either he's about to play music or commit a crime, probably both
He's going to loiter in a "no loitering" zone!
this is Rocky, OF COURSE it's "both"
It's Rocky, so... Yes.
definitely both
A musical crime.
Who let rocky near the syrup again
Not me 😂
This basically just looks like it came straight out of the latest comics.
HE ASKED SO NICELY!
PFTTT
Who let rocky near the syrup again 🤓☝️
THE FACT YOU ONLY SEE THE FOOTSTEPS AT FIRST GIVES CHESHIRE CAT VIBES
Complete with a Cheshire Cat grin
Yessss
Walk cycles are STILL one of the hardest things for me to animate. Rocky looks so confident and freespirited here! I love the spins and his spontaneous plays of the violin! Amazing job Lackadaisy!
No comments ? Well, here I am.
I hated the violin playing
I thought it was a general thing that really hard to animate next to hair stuff. Dont blame it on yourself i think its proffesion wide.
That tail sway is hypnotising...
I KNOW RIGHT
Swishyyy
@@sandbag44 Well animated tails are my weakness
SOO BEAUTIFULLLL❤❤❤
ALSO!! HIS CLOTHES REACT TO THE TAIL
That's the walk of a cat that's ready to cause some cartoony mayhem.
You could call it a catwalk, but who in their right minds would call it that?
Catstrut
On his way to knock over every object on every shelf in the tri-state area
AHHH HIS LITTLE SPIN- AND HIM PLAYING HIS VIOLIN- this is so amazing, not the mention the song and the music notes.
How did u get that emoji what
@@Sw3etStrawBree That's the same I asked myself
Rocky is so whimsical! Kudos to the animators
He is kinda smash for real!
My favorite character
SAME
literally any character voiced by MK is gonna be my fav
@@HazbinIsMyLife you’re so real for that (especially with the Angel Dust pfp) 🙏
@purplegirltoh FINALLY SOMEONE NOTICED MY PFP😭🙏
SAME
@@HazbinIsMyLife I can relate SO much...Jax, Rocky, N, Fantoccio...the only exception is in HH cause my favourite character there is Alastor...Angel Dust is my second favourite ^^
Rocky is killin it with that walk
I know
one might even call it a catwalk :v
@matheussanthiago9685 Alright your canceled for thar joke 😂🫵
America.. pfp hetalia..
Patchy: "THAT WAS JUST A BUNCH OF CHEAP WALK CYCLES!"
What a rip 😂
"LACKADAISY BETRAYED US!"
Shockerrr
Oh my god what a good reference...I still have that memory stuck to my mind 😂
"I'M GONNA GET RID OF ALL MY LACKADAISY STUFF! ALL OF IT! ALL OF IT!"
Ivy’s jazz cat dance loop was what first introduced me to Lackadaisy, so I always enjoy seeing one of these!
I absolutely love the flow of sheet music around Rocky. From what we saw in the pilot in the opening scene, this feels 100% like what he sees in his head when he’s performing.
I love everything about Lackadaisy
but I ended up watching the entire thing, its so seamless
Hi billie bust up! Luv your song
hi BillieBustUp :D
makes me even more exited for season 1
(on a different note, I absolutely LOVE how all the orchestral covers of your songs have turned out, and can't wait to see how the full game turns out, no rush tho, your doing great!)
Especially Rocky 😍
I’m as excited for the show’s music as I am for the show
Dude these animations are smooth asf 😭😭
This is one of the best animation series of our time, but I've got one BURNING question how does the cucumber industry work in this world?
Blindfold
Tracy butler, the creator, has confirmed they are humans, just stylized as cats
@@abandonedkittypet7288wdym humans styled as cats?
I dunno feels like it would be part of a prank store or like peak gag gifts
Open the gift, bam! Cucumber. Chaos ensues
@@Red_Steampunkerthat’s honestly an amazing idea, I wanna see that happen, maybe in an interlude in the comics
I really like how they give us short series and small clips while we wait for the official series!
YESSSSSS
Rocky is moving like he owns that strutt, I love him!
Hi Nate! It's me! We haven't seen so far! How are you?
@@lukwoj7954 I'm good, how are ya?
On his way to set something ablaze
I just love how Rocky is dead center looking straight at us it’s funny but also creepy which is why I love him😂
As someone who has obsessively worn a suit hat and tie since freshman year of high school, class of 2014 still wear a suit hat and tie today! Rocky is my spirit animal!
MY BOY ROCKY BE SLAYING
The way this animation loop was created, this is both whimsical, charming, but also straight up eerie.
It gives a Cheshire Cat mobsta crime lord vibe. Yes Rocky is young and inexperienced, but this almost gives an idea of what he is to become in the future.
This animation feels like a hidden lore reveal. Love this 10/10.
Rocky has 3 modes:
Genuinely happy and content (rarest)
Depressed (fairly common)
Manic/Scary.
By the look of him in this walk cycle, whoever he's coming for better fireproof their building.
They better get it in concrete too, seeing as it should be explosives-proof as well…
How the violin sways back-and-forth while Rocky is walking is SO frikin smooth- AND THIS WHOLE VIDEO- AAA ITS SUCH A BOP, AND THIS SO PRETTY!!
The way he spins and do his little notes.. There is nothing more adorable than a wild Rocky
表情好き過ぎる見飽きない
I’d like to add that December is also Rocky’s birth month and the actual day is 4 days from now.
Bro, I can't WAIT for episode one, much less season one, eighteen years of Lackadaisy so far but many more to come.
Gripping the bow like that is actually so unhinged >.
"That's it?? That's the Lost Episode!!?? That was nothing more than a bunch of cheap walk cycles!!!"
I totally get the reference unlike those HACKS this wasn’t cheap. lol ;)
SPONGEBOB REFRENCE 🫵😮
Rocky betrayed us!!!!! 😿
Arck, what a ripoff
*tears off all my lackadaisy merch from my room*
*teats off my lackadaisy underwear*
These movements are so fluid and lively; LOVE the start with only footsteps transitioning into the full scene✨
OH YEAH BABY LACKADAISY ANIMATION
I’m amazed at the music in this one. It’s so hypnotic and transcendent when paired with the animation of the music notes flowing behind Rocky
Every little detail is magical! The way his feet go heel-toe heel-toe. The way the feather bounces on his hat. The way his coattails move with his tail, as if the tail is knocking them from side to side. It’s all gorgeous!
Edit: just realizes the sort of strut he does is very cat-like. Cats do walk that way. They leave very narrow footprint paths. Helps them walk along narrow surfaces.
As an artist and cellist...
*First impression:* WAAAAA THE ANIMATIONNN
*Second impression:* WHYYYYY IS HE GRABBING HIS BOW LIKE THAT
P.S. Love you guys so much! Sooo hyped for the first season! I've read the comic twice, and seeing the preview and Rocky's dialogue come to life is just 🤌 Thank you for all the hard work you guys have been putting into this wonderful show
Omg same 😭 I love the animation (and Rocky’s my favorite character), but as a violinist: NOOO. NO TOUCHING THE BOW HAIR. BAD. And also FIX YOUR BOW GRIP PLEEEASE ROCKYY
Hahaha, these self-taught spelman-kinda guys like Rocky out there, causing us classical musicians anxiety!:D
@@not_theIRS Yesss same ahaha. I know his toe beans can't really display a true bow grip, but still XD Rocky is also probably my favorite character! (Though Freckle comes realllllly close)
@aino-kaisav5504 Trueee lol, it wouldn't be out of character for him to knowingly hold the bow like that ^^'
:D kitty walks vaguely menacingly through the music dimension for like six minutes. I love the animation, and the music is so fun, cool how the violin perfectly matched up especially in the second song!
Whoever came up with the glowing footsteps for Rocky is brilliant, it adds a lot to the build up 😊❤❤
What a glow-up
Rocky my beloved
ROCKY IS SO CUTE WHEN HE WALKED 😭
he's always cute
I love the effort that has been put into this it's really nice!
However as a violinist the way Rocky holds his bow makes me die inside a little bit...
For context you don't wanna directly touch the bow-hair because then fat and other bodily gunk will get stuck onto it and ruin your sound because the bow won't be able to grip the strings. You also might get the rosin stuck on your hands and I imagine that would be something really inconvenient for Rocky.
Don't let what I've said be any demotivating tho I personally really believe in this project and I wanna see it prosper as much as everyone else.
I'm very excited for the final release!
Same as a former violist.
Granted, trying to think too hard about how his hands are using the bow in general keeps finding more and more problems...
It also looks like rain is pattering off of him and all I can think whenever he pulls up the instrument is it filling up with water XD
Haha, another violinist here too, and yeah, Rocky's bowhold stresses me out. On the other hand, I give him a pass for being pretty much a self-taught violinist and well, Rocky.
On the other hand, I was honestly positively surprised by his violin playing in the pilot. Like the bowhold is still incorrect, but that is once again, expectable for 1) someone who never went to proper violin classes 2) a cat that only has four fingers. But I feel like they got a lot of general details correctly, and apparently that is because they had an actual jazz violinist do the violin improvs and used his movements as a reference.
Wooo!!🎉
This is what you get when you put the Cat and the Fiddle and the Cheshire Cat in one package. 🎻
This is amazing! I love his little spin and strut. The music is fun too! Jazz and techno. Rocky’s the best character!
I remember showing my gf the Lackadaisy pilot and she immediately simped for Rocky. She didn’t understand why until her found out his actor is Micheal Kovasch
I usually see rocky as kind of a kid, with his childish demeanour an everything, but this is one of the few times where I see him as a confident, , adult. Can’t wait to see more of him like this !!!
This video is just absolutely amazing. The animation is so smooth. The lighting effects are really cool. Rocky's very fluid walk cycle. And the music is always the best part of these videos along with the animation. Im always playing these when im driving to work.
He's so confident I adore the way the artists and animator's manage to capture each character's personality.
Looked in his closet, found his perfect fit, and walked out the door feeling like "the cats meow".
OMG THIS IS SO GOOD?? I LOVE HIS LITTLE SPIN!! LOVE THSK
This gives off the same vibe as that clip of Spongebob walking down the street to some music. This is so beautifully animated by the way.
That grin as he is walking tells everything you need to know about Rocky.
ROCKY :333
w pfp
Rocky looks absolutely Fabulous! Love watching the Handsome Boi strut his stuff! This was Beautifully Animated, and I can’t wait for more! 💛💛
I don't know why, but for some reason Rocky looks like a gentleman walking like that. A crazy one, sure, but still.
Plus, his smile is still price-less!
💜 !!! The music is amazing 🎶 the animation is gorgeous ✨ and Rocky looks so handsome with his grin and violin 🎻 !!! I love his little spins !!! 💜
The animation is clean as always, it's so satisfying to watch
Rocky coming to hit me in the head with his violin
Awwhh, the little twirl!! Rocky is so cool!
Making his way down the isle, walking up with a show. Lovely music and animation!
My favorite Lackadaisy character! And also you can see great progress in the quality of animation, very good!!
Gday Stalker
@ParticularFix hai
Rocky's animation is very smooth in this! The animators did an outstanding job especially on the way his feet glow when stepping.
Amazing design of the foot prints
So either Lackadaisy is a labour of love by a cadre of extraordinary talents, or Tracy Butler was the first tenuous arrival from a parallel dimension that looks to the rest of us like a phantasmagorical version of Prohibition-era St. Louis, and after she's determined that it's safe, she's widened the aperture between her universe and our's, and more of it is slipping through.
Honestly, they're equally likely. 🤩
these little dancing cats are the best thing ever. the jazz cat dance loop still takes up 90% of my brain space, i stg.
😍 How handsome he looks with that violin and even more so he looks the cute and tender Rocky Rickaby 😍❤❤
HE'S MINE
I love Lackadaisy music 🎶
Me too
Me 3
This is so good!!! Love the colors, the animation, everything!!!
The music is pretty neat, BUT THAT ANIMATION THO!
I've never seen music notes animated so uniquely before.
I wanna swim in those notes like water. Is that weird?
I'M W E I R D
That's funny cuz in the comics rocky has a water motif (symbolizing his growing instability)
Rocky has so much bard energy in him
Another amazing Animation Loop !
He’s looking so amazing, the animation and music combined is awesome and pretty as always, and this was great to end the year. You’ve guys worked so hard this year and that the crew and the community are absolutely some of the most talented and sweetest people to ever meet online. I can’t wait to see more next year, Happy New Year Lackacrew and the community :)
My fav, he’s so cute
Cat walk is real
He's even walking like a cat, one foot in front of the other instead of side-by-side!
I walk like a cat lol
No no no. Thank YOU for everything YOU do!
I love that ges not actually playing anything, implying ALL of this is in his head, as usual
I really like this! Music is spiffy and so is the animation. However...once I realized that his steps were slower than the beat of the music, I couldn't unsee it.
There's something so menacing about him walking toward you with that grin; I love it
Very nice music, also
He looks so smooth in his walk
The music for this project is so amazing! Glad I can support it and glad I have friends I've convinced to support it as well! My family also includes Mays who ran whiskey on the Mississippi during Prohibition!
Rocky after 3 pints of syrup
Pints!? Syrup!?😂😂😂
Jesus! Makes wanna drink a few glasses of Mandarin Punch/Glubain/Glugg (Mulled Wine)🍊🍊🎄🍷🍷
That innocent little face as he prepares to play his violin has my HEART!
every moment you are not running he only comes closer
It's the SYRUP AGAIN!
Rocky strutting with style.🎻🎵🎶
Christmas has come early for us Lackadaisy fans. Have a very Merry Christmas and a healthy and prosperous New Year in 2025, Lackadaisy team and everyone! Hyped to see all the passion put into season one.
I love this animation so much! Absolutely beautiful.
Fun fact: Every step Rocky takes is exactly and consistently 120 beats per minute. By that logic, if you were to find a song that shares that same tempo like say, Empires by Electro Swing Circus, and play it over top of the walk cycle, then Rocky will be exactly on beat with every step. (The first song in this video matches up perfectly too. It makes my little detail oriented heart so happy)
I love how he walks like an actual cat.
Imagine a collaboration between Carnival Palace & Lack a Daisy. A short cameo of the band members in anthro form in the background playing one of there songs would be so cool!
Love the fluidity of the animation, the facial expressions and transtions from one cycle to another with the spins and violin. His overall vibe is amazing.
Side note but hes also giving a little yakko warner from animaniacs, not a bad thing, I love Yakko and Rocky, just a random comparison.
TAIL SWAY TAIL SWAY TAIL SWAY I LOVE IT!
(Rocky my fav boyo :3)
Rocky’s walking like a New Yorker! Very speedy!
He's working that strut!! Probably the most normal Rocky clip we're probably ever gonna see
This looks absolutely amazing! I loved his expression and the background is stunning!
Footlight art, but animated. What a sight to see.
That looks like the smile indicating that very bad things are about to happen.
This just screams, "Beware the Bard."
This is the best video I’ve seen all day
That animation is smoother than jazz