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Lucas the Spider

Lucas the Spider

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Updated Feb 15, 2018 at 10:04AM EST by Adam.

Added Feb 14, 2018 at 04:49AM EST by tino768.

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About

Lucas the Spider is a series of CGI short films created by animator Joshua Slice depicting the adventures of the titular spider, Lucas, who has a children's voice. Since the first video was uploaded in November 2017, the series has received tens of millions of views.

History

According to an article on BoredPanda, creator Joshua Slice said he created the initial video as an "animation test" of a "character he was working on" and revealed that he did all the design, modeling, rigging, animation, lighting, and rendering by himself while the voice acting was done by Slice's nephew Lucas.[1] On November 5th, 2017 the first video in the series was uploaded to YouTube by Slice.[2] Simply titled "Lucas the Spider", the video served as an introduction to the character. As of February 14th, 2018 the video has received over 14.8 million views and over 348,000 likes.



As of February 14th, 2018 the Lucas the Spider YouTube channel has over 881,000 subscribers and has been covered by news outlets such as Nerdist,[3] LaughingSquid,[4] and Mashable.[5] Other popular videos featuring Lucas include a short called "Capture" which gained 9.2 million views (shown below, left) and "Playtime," which gained 6.9 million views (shown below, right).



Online Presence

The series has inspired several popular reaction and response videos. The Dodo posted an interview with Slice on February 12th that gained over 833,000 views (shown below, left). On the 9th, MsMojo posted a video called "Lucas the Spider – Top 3 Facts!" that gained over 192,000 views (shown below, right). On Reddit, the first video gained over 5,600 upvotes on /r/videos.[6] The videos are frequently posted to Tumblr as well, often gaining hundreds of notes.[7] There is also a dedicated fan blog for the character.[8]



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External References

[1] BoredPanda – Meet Lucas, The Most Adorable Spider That Will Cure Your Arachnophobia

[2] YouTube – Lucas the Spider

[3] Nerdist – THE ADORABLE LUCAS THE SPIDER IS COLD AND WANTS TO COME INSIDE

[4] Laughing Squid – Lucas the Spider Finds Himself Trapped Under an Upside Down Wineglass on the Counter

[5] Mashable – A small, talking, animated spider might be the cure to your arachnophobia

[6] Reddit – Zootopia Animator, Joshua Slice's animation test of a spider named Lucas

[7] Tumblr – Lucas the Spider search

[8] Tumblr – lucasthespider

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Ugh, Cuteness. Kill me now. I can handle creatures that some consider terrifying (such as porgs) as the negative emotions those people feel help cancel out the cuteness. But this? Basically no one thinks it's terrifying. The few that do don't produce enough negative emotions to cancel out the cuteness. I can't handle this.

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