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Published: 2016-11-25 14:00:04 +0000 UTC; Views: 970; Favourites: 38; Downloads: 0
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Description The animated holiday tale of a young arctic fox who will stop at nothing to figure out what his mother got him for Christmas.
Foxy and Cottontail return for year two of their winter adventures! 

There are still two more holiday shorts to come this year, so stay tuned! You can also catch up on their past adventures here or on YouTube. As always any ratings, comments, or subscriptions are greatly appreciated!

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Happy Holidays!


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Comments: 29

TheGuyThatCannotDraw [2024-03-13 16:14:06 +0000 UTC]

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shelleypalmer [2016-12-13 16:03:44 +0000 UTC]

Brilliant, wonderful, enchanting, funny.  Couldn't wait to see what was in the box and then that ending was so moving...

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Aart-ish In reply to shelleypalmer [2016-12-13 17:25:53 +0000 UTC]

Thanks you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it! 

Happy holidays!  

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GriffinPhillis [2016-11-29 16:02:40 +0000 UTC]

This is such an awesome animation. x'D
So many great expressions! Love the mood. :'P

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Aart-ish In reply to GriffinPhillis [2016-11-29 17:45:51 +0000 UTC]

 
Thanks so much!  
The expressions are probably the most fun to draw  
I'm glad you enjoyed it! Hope you have a very merry Christmas! ^_^ 

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GriffinPhillis In reply to Aart-ish [2016-11-30 15:34:43 +0000 UTC]

You're very welcome! ;D
Ah, yeah, I can understand that~
Expressions are the most fun to do. <3

Hope you have a Merry Christmas, tooo!~

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Aart-ish In reply to GriffinPhillis [2016-11-30 20:36:25 +0000 UTC]

They really are!  

And thank you again ^_^ 

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phraught [2016-11-29 15:22:27 +0000 UTC]

Very nice!!   Lots of fun bits with timing and reactions.   Merry Christmas!

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Aart-ish In reply to phraught [2016-11-29 17:44:37 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much! I hope you enjoyed it  
Merry Christmas to you too!!  

 

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Stopmotiontk421 [2016-11-29 03:36:59 +0000 UTC]

How do you make little videos like this?

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Aart-ish In reply to Stopmotiontk421 [2016-11-29 17:52:20 +0000 UTC]

It's a pretty long process. Mostly I use Adobe software to put it together. I start by hand drawing all the animation and making the backgrounds with oil paints. Then I use ink over my pencil drawings to make them cleaner and darker, and scan them in to be colored in Photoshop. With some projects this step is a little different; instead I sometimes use Adobe Illustrator to trace directly over the lines of the pencil animation. It's a little bit quicker I think, but for Foxy and Cottontail I like the sort of "rough" line quality that the pen drawings allow. 

After all of that, I put the pieces together in Adobe After Effects and render them, then edit them together with sound effects and music in Adobe Premiere. Then if I'm lucky, I render it all out again and hope it turns out halfway like how I imagined it in my head  

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josesebastian [2016-11-29 00:18:35 +0000 UTC]

When life gives us a gift the best is a friend you sacrifice for giving you the best as the family that's the real Christmas tefelicito for your video are a great artist I know that someday your creations will see them on tv have faith in that

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Aart-ish In reply to josesebastian [2016-11-29 17:36:17 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much for your very kind words That means a lot, and I sincerely appreciate it! 
I hope you have a wonderful holiday!!  

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Kittygames50 [2016-11-28 15:42:27 +0000 UTC]

I really like this animation! This style is beyond cute. 

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Aart-ish In reply to Kittygames50 [2016-11-28 15:44:41 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much ^_^ It's a fun style to work in! 

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Elora0321 [2016-11-28 15:41:25 +0000 UTC]

OH MY GOSH!!! I love this!!! I's so cute and funny!   

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Aart-ish In reply to Elora0321 [2016-11-28 15:45:37 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!!  
These guys have turned into two of my favorite characters to animate

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Elora0321 In reply to Aart-ish [2016-11-28 15:52:29 +0000 UTC]

I love the bunny's giant tail!

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Aart-ish In reply to Elora0321 [2016-11-28 16:11:28 +0000 UTC]

 

Me too!  
I think I drew it even bigger in last year's short XD It got difficult to keep under control. 

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creapicform [2016-11-27 09:39:58 +0000 UTC]

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Aart-ish In reply to creapicform [2016-11-27 14:57:41 +0000 UTC]

^_^ 

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SGT-Stories [2016-11-25 21:58:08 +0000 UTC]

This entire video is just one big "I FEEL."

And what kind of cruel, tyrannical "mother" would put a present out a month early? That's just beyond evil. She deserved what she got. 

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Aart-ish In reply to SGT-Stories [2016-11-25 22:17:57 +0000 UTC]

Hahaha XD Well maybe she just didn't think about it when she set it out. She was just trying to clear up closet space, and decided that particular gift was safe enough to be set out early. Her only real crime was underestimating the depth of her son's manic obsession  

This one actually does have some sentimental value for me, even though it's not what I would call an emotional video haha. There are a few past family holiday experiences that inspired it XD 

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SGT-Stories In reply to Aart-ish [2016-11-26 20:30:27 +0000 UTC]

Oh I bet, lol. I'm actually surprised this has never happened to me before. Though not really, because my parents knew exactly how much self-control I had when I was younger, and they didn't set the presents out until the day before. 

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SGT-Stories [2016-11-25 21:51:12 +0000 UTC]

THIS IS HERE! I AM GOING TO COMMENT BOMB YOU. 

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Aart-ish In reply to SGT-Stories [2016-11-25 22:12:07 +0000 UTC]

YES! I will quite happily accept comment bombs They're so much fun XD 

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SGT-Stories In reply to Aart-ish [2016-11-26 20:30:33 +0000 UTC]

XD

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goku1580 [2016-11-25 19:07:44 +0000 UTC]

Woow, cool  

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Aart-ish In reply to goku1580 [2016-11-25 19:16:14 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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