Freaking brilliant! Dude, every single video I am amazed by your creativity and ingenuity

Just when I think Barnaby might not be as unstable as I thought, he fills a container with bubblebath, "kills" a bubble with a blow torch, and then blows a raspberry on a cats shaved belly. Magnificent. But seriously, awesome video. I might actually go see that play of The Book of Dust, since you're involved :D

When you mentioned the fish and then your next sentence was "I think it'd be really cool if..." I genuinely thought you were about to buy the fish and put them in there 😂

Not gonna lie, but when it popped up I thought it said “puberty in liquid”

**Sees Barnaby post a video** Whom'st has awaken the ancient one?

That cat loves him so much. A regular cat would have destroyed him for doing a raspberry

Barnaby: The perfect human being. Attractive, talented, smart, funny, has an accent, perfect smile, nerdy, kind.... AND HE CAN SING?!?!???

3:32 LMAO he’s the guy in the math problems

For anyone wondering, those fish were more than likely female pearl gourami: very pretty and not all that aggressive so good community, but they can get to 5 inches and need to be in a group of at least 4, so they need a lot of space, 30 gallons minimum for 4-5 gourami, and they do best in planted tanks.

I just discovered this channel last weekend.......... *I don’t know how I survived without it*

“Wait why does he have so much soap” “Mind your business DAVId”

Cashier: You know, you add this to water? You don't fill the whole tub with bubble bath! Barnaby: Maybe *you* don't!

Should turn that last part into a video all by its self that runs for hours it was so relaxing and calming. Also that rig is great

Holy hell- this looks like some deep sea creature being causing on camera for the first time !

You need several objects (asteroid field, sea weed, school of creatures) travelling by bouancy, and another character moving by magnet around them!

This reminds of that Russian guy who made a “humonculus” and put it in water

This reminds me of how they shot the dementors in Harry Potter but also of ASP's two latest albums you all probably won't know because it's a German band but yeh 😂

The way it moves through the liquid is absolutely enchanting! Reminds me of a jellyfish, I love it.

Matilda is like April from Parks and Rec whenever someone tries to hug her. You can just hear the tiny voice... "Noooooooooooooooooo..."

The time has come the legend is back

Incredible! This is interesting, don’t understand how you came to create the contraption but I’m glad you have, will be interesting to see how you develop more of your ideas.

6:28 Why does this look like the ps3 background

That's one of the coolest things I've ever seen! the result is phenomenal! It's so eery and looks alive! It's really incredible how the brain is able to differentiate between real things and CGI, it adds a whole new level of believability when using practical effects

Mathilda's like "Oh shoot, my human broke. Can I get a refund for that one?"

1:37 -- There he is. The actual star.

"Look at me, I just made a puppet! It looks so cool" Barnaby: "I just made a puppet. A LIQUID puppet." Me: "Well..."

I believe this video and the "dancing hairy bubble" are my personal favorites. They're gorgeous and the music is beautifully haunting.

motorboating a shaved cat belly: New life goal. Thank you!

You essentially recreated a jellyfish swimming in the abyssal ocean

It’s a cloth on a magnet, yet you managed to make it look like an actual deep sea animal Now that’s talent

This is probably the best ad for Raycon ive ever seen. Dabchick narrating the ad is amazing.

Woah that looks so cool! Animating in thick liquid using magnets, absolute creative genius.

In the muppets Christmas carol didn’t they submerge the ghost of Christmas past and it’s puppeteer in baby oil to achieve the ethereal effect?

Whomn’st awakens the legend

Barnaby: I love your approach to finding what is best. You had a whole idea in your head, you built it but it didn't give you what you wanted, but adding the magnets allowed you to get around the limitations in the system and produce a puppet inside viscous liquid. I love that you didn't just show us the amazing end-product, but all of the designs and decisions along the way that led you to something that at first wasn't perfect... then you figured out a way around your original designs to get what you wanted. That's how great scientists think. You are incredibly creative in your approach to achieving the results you want and I love that you share that with your audience rather than just uploading the perfect end-product, without all of the failures. It's very important that people can have a window into a creative mind to be inspired, to see how you changed directions and vision, but accomplished something better than what was planned and ultimately actually simpler. That is great for young, creative minds to understand that process and that the perfection you ultimately achieved wasn't the first result even with all of your many years of experience. Thank you for sharing the journey, you are helping to inspire so many others, including many outside of the puppet realm.

no one would get this idea, he's so creative wtf

Ah, yes.... *flying paper bags: the Musical*

Matilda is such a cutie

You beautiful revolutionary bastard! That was amazing

I love how alien the final product looks. The fact that the puppet looks like a newly discovered deep sea organism doing its own thing seems almost mezmerizing. The amount of bubbles were perfect and really set in the " abyss of the ocean "' kind of look. The light angles, the darkness that strays away from the light, the " alien" itself, and the music all worked together so well. I truly cannot get over it!

Wow the puppetry is so “fluid”

I feel like fabric would have had a better flowing motion than the plastic that you used. Try fabric or a plastic with more flexibility.

NGL I think that was the first time I willingly sat through a sponsorship ad. That was great!

What really freaks me out is how alive the final product looks. It's like a real, living organism!

Well now I know what I'm doing as a science project with my 10-year-old....

The 12 people who disliked just don’t now pure quality and beauty

I absolutely love the way his mind works. Such an intelligent and creative kind of guy

this is why he's my favourite puppeteer... who else thinks to use bubble bath liquid and magnets in a weird globe contraption to control PUPPETS?! amazing, love you barnaby x

“Well, well, we’ll...this smart chap sure enjoys the bubbly baffs...”

It almost looks like a jelly moving in the ocean

I nominate this video for the most entertaining advert award. I'm actually quite serious. Dabchick killed it :)

The "commercial" was fabulous and the puppet video reminded me of some 80's fantasy like The Never Ending Story or Legend. Now we need a mermaid and a dragon swimming around.

Me after 5 sec: Oh god, he built a fusion reactor...

I came as soon as I heard

This is the coolest effect I think I’ve ever seen. I hope this gets used in movies and shows. It looks so good

I love how you bring your creations to life and treat them like family not like puppets

Hmm, I'm wondering how it would look like if you made the "jellyfish puppet" a bit bigger and added a small led in the head?

KZfaqr: hey i need a sponsor i need to pay rent Audible, Raid: Shadow Legends, Raycon: *Allow us to introduce ourselves*

Came for the cool puppets, stayed for the ingenuity - seriously you are on par with Laika to me now 🙌🏻

I imagine the last one as a space creature! So beautiful!

Ooh~ fancy!

Reminds me of like a dragon of sorts swimming in the ocean- Dragon puppet-- shark?..

I just think it hílarious ... Barnaby thinking thàt everyone in checkout line is thinking he is going home And filling a swimming pool of bubble bath. You just have to love Barnaby

As I've said with some others, practical effects will always have more magic to them for me than CGI and I think this shows. Just the imagination and skill to make this is amazing. Great job.

Bring back weekly dabchick episodes.

I thought it said “puberty in liquid” and i was like “TF!?”

Blowing raspberries on your cats naked tummy!!!!!!! This is the cutest ever!!!!!!

This... This is the reason people should be excited about puppetry, theater, prop building, art all that because cool things like this come out of it.

G L O W I N G O R B E E

Absolutely magical. As always. Thank you for another great video ❤

The perfect summing up of Scot Walker. Yet we still own and listen to the later albums...

I'd suggest creating a contraption to attach to the top, and vacuum the bubbles out similar to how silicone is vacuumed before pouring.

Absolutely brilliant. It captures the essence of aquatic life. Single cells and jellyfish especially. It’s gentle yet other worldly. Your concepts of imitation of life are perfect, every movement planned and accurate to its counterpart. No mere words can describe much else can possibly comprehend your work. Bravo

More of this, please, thank you. I love the way it moves with the magnet.

This was gorgeous to watch in motion

That was the absolute best raycon ad I’ve seen. Also that end clip was fabulous

It's so unfair that you are SO talented in SO many different areas. Puppetry ✅ Singing ✅ Funny ✅ Voice acting ✅ Video editing ✅ Engineering ✅ Obscure instrument playing ✅ Electronic knowledge ✅ Enginuity ✅ Friends with dabchick ✅ It. Isn't. Fair!!!

It's nice to know that one of my favourite fish (the gourami) inspired some surprisingly creative puppetry

One way to get rid of the bubbles would be to attach the filled container to a vaccuum pump... assuming it could handle the pressures... but it's something to think about. Would get out all the bubbles faster.

This dude just got me enchanted with a big bottle of shampoo and a ball i'm a plastic bag...

Usually a "peek behind the curtain" ruins an illusion....but not this absolutely stunning visual effects

It's astounding how there really is no limit to your creativity

I can’t believe I sat through an ad and ENJOYED IT???

We all really want to see Dabchick swim in that blue goo.

This is genius! The implications for practical deep sea effects... I absolutely love it! Please put some decorations into the chamber.

I can't with you xD First you are making very good stop motions, even involving animals. Second, incredible hand puppets that are moving and acting just like real ones. AND NOW SHAMPOO FISH PUPPETRY! Ja pierdole you're out of control!

Hey Barnaby, if you see this i wanna say thanks for the incredible work you do- you got me into the whole world of clay as an art medium, and i'm going to try to replicate your bug puppet, or something similar, soon. Thanks!!

I'm pretty sure the new go too for someone buying something weirdly specific in bulk is just, "Oh, their probably doing a KZfaq video" so I think you're good.

BARNABY!! This is crazy brilliant! I don’t know how your mind came up with this but it’s incredible. I was so happy to see a new video but I how exciting for to be working on such a special production! Congrats! I hope you update us later. Also, I can’t believe the snail video was 2014!!! I don’t care how often you upload, as long as you do every now and then 💗

Every time I watch a Barnaby Dixon video I'm in for legendary gerry rigging and also learning about another extremely obtuse synth device that apparently only 4 people in the world use.

I long for someone to tolerate me the way Matilda tolerates Barnaby. Much love, amazing work as always.

Your gyro-bubble bath is a cool idea. Sorry it didn't work perfectly the first time, but you're on a good track! Using a magnet was beautifully clever, I like it. Very enjoyable! I'm glad you have a job in theatre, I hope you enjoy your work!

That's terrific! Buoyancy is tricky. Your little aquatic creature is nice too. I've made some jellyfish that sit in jars looking pretty great except motionless but in a container/device like that they could come to such life.

this is freaking genius, you're taking puppetry to a new unexpected level.

You never cease to amaze, Mr. Dixon.

Holy crud doing it with the magnet looks really fricken cool

That was really cool. It was like a jellyfish in the depths of the ocean or in space or something. It would be really cool to see what other objects you could put in this. It was really satisfying to watch. Kudos on another awesome creation.

Barnaby you are brilliantly awesome. And you blew a raspberry on a cat's shaved belly and your ears are still attached to your head, you are very lucky sir. And....DABCHICK!!! Ayyyyyy, missed you buddy!

Yours are the only sponsor breaks I don't skip....so good

That is incredible! I can definitely see this method being used for underwater scenes and possibly even outer space if the fluid had a bit of glitter mixed into it. Absolutely amazing!