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Mama's boy animation meme wips

See the entire vid for both the first super rough draft as well as the cleaner sketches/first lineart! 

Very excited to get this one made esp once it moves more! Might tween the panels and I also want to animate lipsync and tail wags :)

I'm contemplating skipping the empty cuts between the disclaimers/titles in the beginning as I'm worried people are forced to pause to read, I'd love insight on that from viewers so far! I also hope the panels show the story elements relativel...

Arts /adopts /wips etc!

Hi, I excitedly bring some fun stuff to share with you; starting with my first proper toonboom animation test featuring young Comet. 3 new adopts, a fullbody & symmetrical icon commission, a Comet chibi, a raffle sketch and then a few sketches from the next animation meme in the works!

The adopts will be up on toyhou.se in 2 days for bidding, I don't really do AB's but at the same time I stop them at around 1000$ max and so if someone wishes to claim them for the "...

Art & wip bundle

Started off the month with getting through commissions & patreon rewards, thanks again to the lovely pledgers and buyers<333 

I also did a couple of test sketches of young raveneye, sootspot and their mom for the next upcoming animatic. I really want to showcase their kit-hood/relationships to make the next big project after that hit just a bit harder >:) Since I'm 4 weeks ahead of schedule youtube wise I hope I can bite into the bigger project featuring the death of Ashk...

Speedpaint mix August

Been doing so many other projects that I almost forgot to compile this month's speedpaint! Aton of varying pieces mostly from last month, I gotta remember to record animations more!

Loyal Brave True part 15 done + process steps

Finished yt upload HERE! Probably public in 3-4 weekends!

Suuuper proud of how it turned out! I said I wasnt gonna do more shading in my detailed style but once I tried it my brain wants it as the standard and I rlly like how much life it adds to it :,> All that hand rendering and airbrushing was a pain and getting the movement right was one of the ...

Estranger meme storyboard

Comet turns 1 year since their creation on September 2nd so I'm treating myself to making this meme i've had in mind for them ever since I first made them! Hoping I can finish it in time since I made it a bit more complex than anticipated!

AMV shot 1 parallax showcase

Probably the last AMV related video I'll make I think? It's really short but I wanted to showcase the setup behind this short yet intricate shot! 

I have a proper walkthrough of parallaxing using a 3D camera for both hitfilm and after effects here for those who might'v...

LBT map + PMV wips + art

Finished one of the 2 shots for my second Loyal Brave True MAP part! Thanks to Annainculta for the rune translation help :3 First time trying smoke and particles in after effects as well as working with the wave effect on both the water & silhouettes! 

I also finished the Korp PMV and it'll be up on patreon in 2 days! It's symbolically connected to the map part in more than one way and the runes are implying real lore heavy but currently vague stuff too; something I can't wait ...

Loyal Brave True part 23 completed

EDIT: Had to reupload as I forgot her cheek markings!

Finished up this actual nightmare of a part and 1/3 of the MAP has been completed already which is phenomenal :D

Despite how short and still this one is I spent a ridiculous amount on every aspect of it down to every lash, tear and pineneedle!

Completed Stormwhisper & Jackdawgale PMV - Like Ships

It's here! Considering it only took 3 days I def look forward to making more, perhaps even a ych at some point >:) 

2 PMV wips

Second one will be up on patreon tomorrow for birbs/avians! 

Since I was going to post the first one and it's quite short I thought I might as well include the second storyboard in this post (which I posted in the discord server yesterday)!

I found the song for the first clip just a few days ago and I immediately wanted to use it for Crowsong, happy to find more swedish songs that works for projects!

Lyrics for those curious (and easy acces for me to copypaste for the ...

New OC + other art!

Iintroducing Alpineheart, featured in the newest PMV that drops publically torrow c: Been grinding these to have them done in time and I strugglt in this design at first, but now I've really fallen in love with her she's a lil angel<3

I've also been coding her page using a placeholder you can look at her...

Art + PMV wips & more

Hi hello I bring you owed art, a chibi commission, a Goldentyphoon chibi , a character wip (Falcon's mom) as well as 2 Crowsong project wips; 

I've shifted focus to try and finish the PMV in time for next weekend and I'm proud of how these frames turned out! I really wish to learn how to make stylistic and colorful bgs and I enjoyed these so much, especially in comparison to the one with pine branches I'm rendering for the Loyal Brave and True part; I'm a good 5 hours in on that bg...

Copycat speed-animation

Left it long so anyone interested can scrub and watch whichever part of the process they're wanting to see without it flashing by too fast! 

Art bundle

Been working incredibly hard to catch up on owed art such as commissions, sketch rewards as well as raffle prizes and map participant gifts too (and a Raveneye one!)

 Since my instagram has a planned color order I also needed to finish up my Goldentyphoon art; completing the chibi is all that's left now!

Getting to sketch so many unique and cool characters have been a blast and most pieces will be included in this month's speedpaint video :) Looking forward to tackling my own...

Finished MAP part - Copycat (Ivypool)

WoOO been working non stop on this for the past week and it's finally done! Huge thanks to people who've hung out in the server and watched me stream the process; keeping me motivated! 

I was sadly so in the zone I forgot to actually save any roughs (I'm that kind of person who deletes a sketch frame as soon as it's no longer needed as a treat/process reward), however I had forgotten that I actually recorded the entire animation through a speedpaint! It'll be up later this week c:&...

Copycat video wip/update

Another wip, progress has been really fast so I plan on putting together a more cohesive step by step process in the final youtube upload C: Having a lot of fun with After Effects despite the struggles figuring it out! 

Copycat wips + more art!

Already finished 2 of 4 shots for my part these past 2 days, just comp work for them! :) Also finished parallaxing the bg for one of the yet-to-be animated shots! Shading will be fixed a bit, streaming makes it hard to concentrate fully but I'm so happy with how it's coming along!

Also included in this post are Ivypool test sketches, some final artfight attacks, the storyboard, patreon sketch rewards as ...

A million dreams wip 2

Slowly chipping away at this! I've been uncertain how much to animate it due to time and priorities however I'm so excited with how it's coming along I'll at least end up making it limited animation >:)

Super hyped to work on this, my 2 crow map parts + now also an ivypool copycat map part I managed to snag which'll be my final animated contribution to the canon franchise! Most my focus goes towards my OCs but I couldn't resist the opportunity and I'll share the process here ofc!&n...

Speedpaint July

Bunch of pieces from June & July!! 

Starclan & Dark Forest lore - first draft

Hello! I bring a bit of a different post but as promised I will give you some lore in the works! It’s a first draft and quite long but I do hope those that enjoy reading or wish to find out more about Crowsong’s world-building will enjoy! :)

I’ll be making a toyhou.se page specifically for this kind of lore in the future when time allows it with visuals, better grammar and wording! Things might change and adapt!

Starclan:

Lit...

More artfight!

Most likely my final revenges unless I somehow manage to draw on the 31st! 

I'll be away at a convention the remaining days and I hope to showcase my Tokoyami costume which I've been working on this month too inbetween all other projects!

I had a blast with all of these, especially the ones where I included expression practise, would def wanna make it a commission opt sometime! Crowsong ended up among them because the face was too good not to turn it into her! 

The...

Crowpaw refs & more art!

Map call art is pretty much finished and so all that's missing now are quick extra paletts for flashbacks similar to slid3 10 + finalising the extra info >:) 

The storyboard is now also visible for fledglings & eggs to watch here! 

Other pieces are a bunch of fun artfight revenges + a commission on slide 4! One even features rare human art which was such a good practise opp...

Crowsong DF arrival project - mini teaser

Hi hi here I come with a wip just for your birds and avians featuring lil clips of a video that'll cover Crowsong's arrival in the Dark forest!!!

Cranking up the edge and angst meter on this one and included voice clips of her canon VA (Angelina Jolie) for an extra punch >:)

She will also have her edgy and broken dark forest wings, showing what they look like until she put them away forever once realising she's all alone. Thanks to my buddies for convincing me to keep the conce...

New OC + Artfight arts/animation!

Hello helloo got back to focusing some more on artfight revenges and attacks now that the storyboard is completed!

The animatd attack I've recorded a speed-process off and I plan to do a walkthrough on the stages from roughs to finished work this month and hopefully tackle the Falconpaw lipsync next month due to how overhwhelmingly busy July has been! 

I also finished designing my newest addition to Cats Of Prey: Goldentyphoon! Been wanting a cat based off a secretary bird ...

Finished MAP storyboard - Loyal Brave True

Finally completed! My proudest animatic so far and I really hope I can strive for the same level of detail in future story projects too!! I wanted to make detailed background layout to help participants but she ended up really detailed too haha

Regarding the MAP call; it will drop most likely the 25th of July and be open until first of August as Ill be away inbetween those dates! 

The application will only be available in the discord server as it's an event for it specifical...

Background layout/storyboard pictorial

(I highly recommend downloading or opening the image separate to patreon's site to properly zoom in and not have the site's annoyningly white layout disturb your eyes!)

As per request here's a bit of a tutorial/tips on how I tackle backgrounds! More specifically for boards/lined pieces rather than lineless, fully colored ones! 

More artfight & MAP wips!

Only 4 more shots of the storyboard!! Very excited >:) 

I'll most likely be tackling the nightmare sequence myself (slide 7) and I also finished a pictorial of the background featuring Raveneye that'll be posted for birbs and up later this week! (last slide is a scrapped frame for anyone maybe wanting to see that)

I've also done some more artfight attacks and a bunchhhh of traditional revenges because I have no self control and feel immesnely guilty not being able to give ...

MAP wips + arts/animation

Been stressed over how much there is to do this month but look at me being productive!! I finished a bunch of shots for the storyboard and I'm super proud of most of em! 

Then 2 artfight pieces were finished today; the animation was really speedy and great practise for not focusing too much time on lineart and I'm happy with how the hand movement turned out!

I also completed 2 of the backgrounds for the upcoming Falconpaw/Crowpaw project, these 2 specifically shows a bit of w...

Falcon & Crowpaw AMV/PMV wip 1

I've wanted to use this song for these 2 pretty much ever since I created Falconflight and I think it's so wholesome! It's meant to showcase Falconflight's drive and goal in wanting to become a healer despite his heritage as leader, as well bit more of Crowpaw's and his friendship!

In my lore/worldbuilding healers are able to have a family like any other. Falconflight instead faces the struggles against his dynasty's traditions of passing down the leader role through their bloodline. B...