I love how there’s absolutely no dialogue but you can completely read the characters feelings and intentions

Far too little attention has been paid to this awesome animation.

The creepy sneaky metal skeleton bird, is adorable.

jesus christ it doesnt even look like stop motion EVERYTHING FLOWS SO SMOOTHLY MY GOD

That shriek from the fish was terrifying

Damn dude, you're not just amazing at puppets but you're a top quality stop motion animator too... insane levels of talent...

i love the dystopian, robotic, abandoned feeling i get from this and personally i would LOVE to see more of this universe

Loved this, the characters, the style, the lighting

I love how you were able to give so much expression to the characters purely through their movement. Fantastic!

Really appreciating all the lovely comments here too :) Thanks guys!

I wish the fish head would have continued screaming, and then when the hatch was opened, it was just a symphony of screeching fish heads.

I feel like this short film needs to be expanded on and become a series

This is astounding. I can't think of anything to say. I don't think I've seen a better stop motion video when I consider craft, aesthetic, writing, and atmosphere. And believe me, I've seen more than my fair share.

I'm speechless. This is a terribly underrated youtuber but I'm not entirely sure whether I want him to go too much mainstream or not. The first video i saw was one of Dabchick's and obviously loved it immediately but every next video I watch surprises me with his unlimited and diverse talent even more. He has an amazing sense of humor: naughty, dark or childishly funny'; Although some of the videos are deep and emotional life experiences; his puppets are amazingly made and the movements he creates are so lifelike it's unbelievable; he's an amazing narrator with deep voice and an amazing singer with soft soothing one. And after all this the only thing I was not expecting was this creepy, dark side of Barnaby to exist. And I love it so much. The motion, the light, the sound, the puppets and the vibe, atmosphere is so good. Gosh :D I went on for too long but anyway, I wish this guy all the best, he deserves world.

10 years later and this still holds up and is still 10x more original than most everything in the mainstream and on KZfaq today.

I really like this. I would love to see more about these guys. Poor fish harvesters lost all their fish :'(

This was a masterpiece. Please release more from this amazing universe.

There's such a great sense of chilling atmosphere and grim nuance to this short piece. I really like how none of the characters act clearly good or bad, they just have different actions that collide with each other and that have unintended consequences. Really excellent work, I'd love to see more like this!

Ah, yes. Now where’s the Tool music?

This is truly incredible, the direction, sound, cinematography, mood, story, character design, set, lighting and aesthetic. It's really just perfect. If they weren't so gore filtering, and fake this would have one an Academy award hands down, no competition. It's masters like this that became the teachers. Truly inspirational, this stunning work shows me I have a long way to go in my artistic climb.

So I’ve been watching a lot of your videos the past few hours, some older some newer, and I gotta ask Are you real

The fact that this is sitting at 2000 views is just criminal. Holy shit are you talented

I’ll tell you what I really respect more than the animation, the fact this chap has had to go out and catch each one of those roach. Real dedication

It's actually amazing how you started out as a stopmotion animator and then later became a puppet maker.

Amazing animation, but i have to say, GOD that scared me when the fish started screaming xD

Incredible! I love this! Felt disturbed and connected throughout the story :) and I like the ending!

The almost complete silence adds to the mood and its scary yet delightful to watch. Thank you for being such a great person and blessing everyone with these types of things Dixon. We love you and appreciate all the work youve put into your puppets, stories, songs, and even this. Thank you.

“Knife goes in, guys come out. Knife goes in, guts come out.”

I’d imagine the people who hit dislike on this video meant “Dis I like” There’s no other plausible reason

This is creepy but it is a piece of art.

What did I just watch? A. A horrifying animation B. An amazing piece of art work D. Both The answer is both

Holy Jesus I forgot you were the one who made this. Sweet.

You are amazing, man. I hope your talent be recognized and you could make more stuff like this. I love your channel and your puppets. Good work

This animation reminds me of 9

Can someone tell me how to find more stuff but same like this,"robotic" characters,spooky and dark,same level of quality?This is some next level shit fam

It’s so rustic and smooth. Feels like it belongs in adult swim. Love it.

I've just recently found your channel because of your Raptor Puppet video. I already love you so much :^D :>

That was insanely good! Very well done!

I am 54 and quite a jaded movie goer. I love stop motion and puppetry but I am still jaded. (I think I am the only person alive who didn’t cry during Ghost). I got so invested in this wonderful creation that I gasped aloud when the person trying to kill the bird got his hand cut off. THIS IS STUNNING!!! Thank you for sharing your art.

Amazing. So much tension, and yet no music. That's a craft I greatly respect.

This blew me away!!!! You are a very talented, yet underrated.

It is nothing short of criminal that this doesn't have 500x as many views.

This. This is why I love stop motion. This is so fluid and fantastic. Much respect to you, Sir.

2:20 "Let's just flush those bad thoughts away"

This is so well made. Can't believe how little views it has. It's brilliant! Well done Barnaby!

When I was a child, I made identical dolls with my brother's electronic material, a nice memory thanks :,3

Yooo this is actually insanely good it still hold up to this day after over 10 years

HOW THE HECKIN DID YOU DO THAT??!?!?! That level of majesticness is not aloud! GRRR i reckon this deserves a LOT more people to see

Really impressive, how many frames does it have? the description doesn't tell

I cannot begin to tell you how much I love this. What was the inspiration behind it?

He started as a Erie stop motion man and now he make puppets

classic stop-motion animation. clay, wires and paper with some real live things thrown in (i.e. the fish), and a slight sense horror. i love it.

quite possibly the best short film i've ever seen, and i've seen a loooooooot of short films. excellent work

Great, sooner or later, people will find this on their recommendations and say WTF. Good animation tho

I can tell how much time he has spend on the puppets themselves and the sets itself this is a work of art.

鳥の動きの再現がリアルで細やか！芸術的でドラマチック！

I discovered this video two years ago and loved every part of it, and I just stumbled upon it again and enjoyed it just like the first time. The amount of world building, character, cool aesthetic look and expressiveness in general that are here in just 10 minutes is simply amazing.

Holy shit, this is incredible! Some of the most skilled stop-motion animation I've ever seen. I loved how emotive the characters were without ever changing facial expressions.

My favorite of this man's work

Man! This is one of the best animations I've seen! You have a lot of imagination! Keep up the good work!

Wow. The talent is real.

The bird movement was consistently great and there some really stand out moments with the 'humans' as well, particularly whenever you had them kneeling or laying about. Essentially anything that isolated the upper body looked gorgeous- like when bird hater returns from the pillaged fish room and just puts his head in his hands. The feet on the men felt just a teensy bit unstable or at least compared to how gorgeously fluid that bird moved. Several really nice cut/transition sequences in there as well (Door swinging open shut open shut, fish bag 'falling on the camera'). Anyway Im fuckin jealous. I wish i had talent.

animation to puppetry how truly amazing

This is...amazing.And this is Stop-motion!Stop motion,Carl!So many little details. Cool crazy style.I can't imagine,how hard was to do it.You're awesome!!!

you're the next big thing buddy

Hmm, bear with me, but I'm going to try and offer my own interpretation. I don't mean to imply that other interpretations are invalid, or that there is any singular right way to interpret it, I merely see it this way. The bird represents the problems in life. The bird, while annoying, is easily deterred by a simple, nonviolent method. While this is not a permanent solution, it is effective nonetheless. This represents how even if life has those permanent, nagging problems, they can always be solved. But the first automaton wants to kill the bird, a permanent and relatively extreme solution. The problem bird then comes back late at night, possibly angered by the threats of violence. It then proceeds to destroy the automatons' food supply, which represents life. This shows how violence can only lead to worse violence. This is further demonstrated in the battle between the automatons and the bird. The first automaton insists on using violence, which only ends up causing his friend to get hurt, and for his hand to be severed, while the bird escapes. Ultimately, this film represents how solving problems with violence will only lead to harm upon those that deal damage to others in the first place. I encourage others to commentate, critique and offer their own interpretations. Overall, I believe this a wonderful animation with a unique aesthetic and tone, and that more people should witness its uncanny beauty.

this is so well made love this movie. regret not seeing it sooner

Wow! I really love dabchick, but this just blew me away! I love how much emotion you captured without any mimic expressions or speech. And how the camera shifts it's focus like in a "normal" movie. I can't remember seeing that in a stop-motion film. And I really enjoy the robotic look of the characters and the creepy warehouse situation. Oh man I guess I'm gonna watch it again right away! You are a true artist! Thanks for sharing it with us :)

the fluidity of cutting open the fish and then dropping random bits of fish guts was crazy. How did you do this?

Kinda looks like something from Tool.

This was the first thing I ever saw of his. I was 12 and it freaked me out, didn’t see more of his stuff until my sister showed me dabchick years later. Imagine my whiplash to rediscover this

I have never wanted a stop animated robot bird to die more than I did watching that. That bar is set pretty low. I think it is the first stop animated robot bird I've come across. But I wanted it to die. The simplicity of the story had my imagination reeling as to what else was going on in this world. I felt like the dry aging of the fish or whatever they were doing was really important to their survival. And that maybe "life" has become a very rare thing in this world. The partner knew that and thought the bird was precious because of how rare it was, just being a living creature. He doesn't have the same empathy for fish. They live in an unknown world that they can't go to. But a bird is up there with them. The butcher knew their would be consequences to letting it live. The consequences were greater than he thought. As a butcher, he needed his hands. I could write a whole essay on the world that developed in my head. Beautiful video. I dunno why exactly, but this really struck a chord with me.

Sound design was also pretty top notch. Keep up the great work!

A little gruesome, but this is an amazing animation! You have so much talent and i hope you make more!!!

This is such an incredibly underappreciated piece of art. Should have 100 times the views.

Its 2023 now,and this is awesome still

This is underappreciated.

Found your channel today from The Great Big Story channel and I've honestly made the best decision to subscribe and watch all of your amazing creations.

Everything about this is absolutely stunning. From the sounds to the animations, absolutely breathtaking

I love the animation and the material they used for it.

What really surprised me about this is how damn good the cinematography is for a stop motion film. Usually that is well overlooked and here it is damn fantastic. Nice work.

This is such an incredible, delicate work of art.

As obscure as this reference might be, what comes to my mind while watching this is the ‘postlude’ part of the memoirs* (p.245+) of the wife of a certain theologian (‘From time to time’ by Hannah Tillich), where there is this apparently metaphorical conversation btw her and a shopkeeper in a store full of puppets which represent certain phases of her life before the shopkeeper guides her to a mysterious door somewhat representing a different phase of her life, before she disappears by the time he finishes explaining it; a part of me feels bold enough to say that if I ‘had uber-cash to spare’ I’d commission Barnaby to do an animated take from that book. *she would still live for ~15+ years after that book came out during the early 70’s *This* sssoo corresponds to the kind of cryptic-ness I felt from that melancholically puzzling memoir. The only other kinds of animation which could ‘match’ to that part of that book in my mind would be something experimental and ‘dark’ entries from the ‘National film board of Canada’ or when ‘Final fantasy’ series illustrator Yoshitaka Amano worked on ‘Angel egg’.

Isn’t it weird that they are made of different metal’s yet they bleed?

out of the stop motion videos i saw this was so far the best I've ever seen

I wanna learn how to do something like this, it was really cool

That was amazing. I couldn't stop watching to see what would happen next. You are brilliant!!!!!

Three words. Brutal. Creepy. Awesome. I think this was AMAZING at its time, and it still is. I haven’t seen any better stop motion.

He does puppets and does amazing stop motion, from nearing 9 years ago! This guy is better (creatively) than I will ever be!

The story: What I like to call the characters: •Eskos the flying bird thing •Hater, the worker who hates Eskos •Admirer, the one who is merciful Okay, so it all starts off when Hater and Admirer arrive to work, doing their daily routine. Hater is first to come in, and gets all of the fish ready to do the butchering. They apparently both sell it, but Admirer and Hater have a big problem. Eskos. Eskosmseems to thrive on fish, and of course, the easiest place to get it is Admirer and Hater's factory. Admirer arrives, and is ready to set up. When he is finished, Hater removes the wrapping from the fish, but it releases a loud screech. Hater and Admirer are both very sensitive to sound, most likely because of the metal on the back of their heads, and body. Hater quickly kills it, and both set to work. Unfortunately, Eskos hears the screech, and quickly flies over, expecting a nice meal. He lands on the roof, expecting it to be there, but instead, he finds nothing. Using a special call that may lure in fish, he sits on the roof and waits. Hater gets angry when he hears the calling, for he cannot work in such noise. He also cannot risk Eskos getting in and eating the rare fish again. Grabbing a gun, he gets ready to shoot Eskos, who is unaware. Admirer, fearing for Eskos life, makes a loud bang on the metal, making Eskos fly away and Hater dizzy. Hater gets mad, and throws the hatchet on the ground, leaving Admirer to do all the work himself. Admirer sits in silence as he finishes, and then leaves for home. Eskos, remembering the bang, flies back to the factory, and finds a way in. He falls, stunned, and stands up in the unfamiliar room. Then, smelling his meal, goes into the back room to feast. Eskos eventually finishes all of it, and falls asleep under the wrapping, most likely because of the cold. The next day, Admirer is first to show up, and notices the broken chimney. Cursing to himself that he didn't let Hater kill Eskos, he ignores it until he hears Eskos inside the freezer. Arming himself, knowing he is a wild animal, he goes inside, gun pointed. Nothing is there, except all of the frozen fish's guts spilled all over the floor, including blood. Admirer, you knowing he is merciful, begins to get sick, and steps out, cursing himself again at the table. He knows Hater is going to be angry. Hater arrives, seeing Admirer, confused as on why he is upset. He then finds out when he steps into the freezer. Getting mad at Admirer for not letting him kill Eskos, he throws a fish head at the wall, waking Eskos. Eskos suprises Hater, and hides while Hater reaches for the gun. Eskos distracts him, and runs out. Admirer, also fueled by rage, traps Eskos succesfully. Hater is about to shoot him when he notices ammo is gone. Reaching for a spear, Admirer stops him from killing the innocent Eskos. Hater, raging, knocks Admirer out, and goes for Eskos. He is so deeply in rage to get Eskos, he slips off, dropping the hatchet, causing him to lose his hand. Eskos escapes through the hole in the ceiling, and Hater's dripping blood wakes Admirer. Admirer is shocked, wondering if Eskos did this. He helps Hater, and they both head home. Before going though, Admirer looks around the room, looking at the damage Eskos did once again. Will he ever kill Eskos, to keep the business going? Or will he keep him alive, out of the goodness of his heart? Hope you liked it! 😊😊😊

No speaking and very little sound, yet you conveyed everything awesomely. Thats super hard to do! Awesome job!

This has to be the smoothest and most impressive stop motion I have ever seen!

Someone give him a Grammy already, dang.

The design here is amazing. I would love to see these two actually going fishing, that would be a treat.

Thats amazing also the sounds just also give it more life and makes it satisfying i also love the movement its so good. :D

Nobody: My little brother when I literally touch him: 2:01

Omfg this was amazing. I love how weird and twisted it was!! As cool as your puppets are I wish you still did stop animation. Your style is everything!!!! ❤️

This is really satisfying, I can't stop watching this awesome animation.

That's amazing, so many details in this artwork.

Wow the best stop motion ever!