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NoreyDragon — Birth for death
Published: 2010-10-06 20:01:13 +0000 UTC; Views: 3827; Favourites: 84; Downloads: 31
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I'm really disappointed. I worked very very hard on this one because I wanted to make a whole movie about Fatkit, the silver kit. But soon I noticed the limits of my traditional animations:I always have to show a continuing action. I can not make one character lie still and the others move around him. I also can't make cats talking and moving her head while the body is still.
I ALWAYS have to move everythign in each frame, because otherwise it will look very unnatural and the movement will be gone.
This is very sad, and I'm frustrated now. I don't know what to do next...
This is Fatkit's death. The silver tabby mother dies, the brown father is angry and the kit is lost in the darkness. The golden she-cat is a medicine cat.
First I wanted to introduce them to you normally because I was really excited about my movie but I feel empty now.
I hate the jerky movement of the cats but I can't do anything about it - every change in the timeline makes the scene even more non-fluent or too fast to see what it's about. It's senseless.
Drawn with color pencils, 32 frames.
I've learned something: never try to animate 3 characters at the same time when using colored pencils -.-
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Ok good.I would be pretty mad at dat med cat is she really did that
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haha weird me for drawing the face so weirdly
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Yes, that was my awesome idea XP
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awsome job thats said but not to be or anything but are the other cats smiling at the end
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Hmmm well I just can say it wasn't intended...I wasn't very skilled back then when I drew this
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dont worry so pics i still draw have weird facial expressions
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haha, it was the blood lol, and i HATE blood.
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Hmm everyone likes other things I guess
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Hmm everyone likes other things I guess
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haha, it was the blood lol, and i HATE blood.
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even though there are mistakes it's still pretty good, keep up the good work ;3
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Hm if you say so, thank you 
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Thanks for pointing that out.
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Aww.. T.T so sad..
But this animation is better than I will ever do. In my entire lifetime.
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Aww thanks!! Oh well, if you went to practise, you COULD reach it what I have reached XD
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Maybe.. I've tried animating a 30 second song about applesauce but it took me like 4 months to finish it.
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My god, I thought that was my comment at first! Then I was like "WTF! I don't remember this! o_O" And then I looked at the name. O_O
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XD We both have epicful icons >
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No, it's Fatkit's birth but his mother died
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This is still good, all of your art is! Maybe you could make Fatkit part of the background, so he'd be perfectly still while the others move around him...? I dunno, I've never animated anything, so I'm not sure how everything works.
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Yeah, you're right - mistakes happen 
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That's good! I do the same thing, too, though I usually look at artwork that I made when I was three, so I'm always wondering how I could have possibly thought a blob of yellow wearing a dress was a human.
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it was creapy when the mother threw up blood and died, also sad. y did she throw up and die?
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Yeah, sadly she did. I planned to make a full storyboard for this but somehow I gave the idea up ;D
I guess she just died because of inner injuries.
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How often do you just try animating very basic things? What books do you have on animation?
I think, until you get very good at basic things like walk cycles and turnarounds, you're going to have a hugely difficult time trying to draw a scene like this in colored pencil. It's probably just as boring as learning anatomy, but equally as important. Don't underestimate the importance of thumbnails and story boards. Even for small things, they're helpful for maintaining consistency. I'm sorry I can't be of more help; I've only just started learning 2D in general, and haven't even touched traditional yet.
Don't take this the wrong way, because you're younger than me and already doing better than I am. I can't wait to see where you are a year from now--three years from now, even. Keep going--you have the passion!
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Thanks a lot for your comment! Yes, it was wrong that I did not try walk cycles earlier
Everything you see is self-taught - I don't have any books, I just sometimes look some tips up on the internet.
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Cool
I was going to recommend The Animator's Survival Kit by Richard Williams, and some book or other by Eadweard Muybridge. The title eludes me, but it's full of all sorts of animals doing various walkings and runnings. Ridiculously helpful. I've also heard good things about The Illusion of Life, but I've never laid eyes on that book, so I can't have an opinion. =]
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I have downloaded the Illusion of Life from Disney and I've browsed through it but did not really use it - it was interesting to read, though! Adn it's encouraging. A good book.
Ohhhhh walkings and runnings - that's what I need!!! *rushes off to type book's title in google*
Thank you!!
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Animals in Motion, that's what it's called! If you couldn't find it. xDx x.x; You're welcome and good luck again 
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You are not spamminG! I enjoy talking to other people
That Animator Survival Kit book is so cool! I downloaded it and read some comments on it - it seems to be super-useful
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I hope it helps!
I am socially inept, so I can never tell if I'm irritating or not.
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D: Disappointed? But-But this is awesome! I mean, I can't make traditional animations. Heck, I can barely make digital animations. I start animating and I usually give up after a week. I love your animations, it's always obvious that you always put a lot of hard work into it.
And this was pretty sad. Poor little Fatkit. And his mom. D:
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