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I made a pixel animation!
So today I made a pixel animation of a fox transforming into an Asian dragon!
The software I used was Adobe Photoshop and it took around 2 hours to make, during making this gif I learned that Photoshop was more than a photo editing software and how to make gifs bigger. I also used a Wacom tablet to draw the frames! I found it difficult at first as I never knew how to animate on photoshop as I’m more comfortable with a different program, but I got used to it quickly!
My inspiration behind it was Japanese mythology, especially the kitsune and it’s transformation powers! I have always been fascinated by Japan and its wonderful culture, so this was a perfect opportunity to let me show that through the wonderful medium of animation!
I have been animating for a while now and I’m always open to try new forms of it so being able to add another form of it under my belt was special. To me this is another step to becoming an animator for a big company or even starting my own!
I really enjoyed sketching out how this animation was going to look, sketching has always been my favorite part of animation and drawing in general because it’s the stage where mistakes don’t really matter and you can just go crazy with the start of your work! I also learned how to use the HSV adjustment tool to get the perfect shade of orange when the color wheel wasn’t good enough as well as how to make the lines come out smoother by tinkering with the brush settings.
However I found the coloring to be a real chore as every time I used the fill tool, pixels would flood outside of the lines and make the final product look really messy and sloppy, so I spent a fair amount of time cleaning that up just so the final product would look cleaner and smoother.
If I had a chance to revisit and redo this animation, I would probably make it longer and smoother, so someday I might remake this animation and it might not even be in a pixel format!
Angry headshot of my Character Hyria, done a few days a go.
My character Kristal got a new ref. Really happy with the outcome
A better picture. And the video is up 🙌 https://youtu.be/g6XQLyL6O9U
Posting both drawings in the meme layout soon :) (Double meme , you and our friend draw the exact same picture, same pose in own style. Or realistic etc.)
I finally finished it! 🐺🐺 I hope my mom will like it ☺ This is a mix between a wolf and a bird. That's why he has feathers on the chest. And yes you're right it's a double exposure 😊well.. I tried.. ! I really love colorful and creative feathers , that's why I drew so many of them on its head 😆 I'm currently working on another digital artwork! (Arttrade ) and I'll upload a speedpaint of it on youtube!! I already worked 3 hours on it and not even the head is done 😂 🐺 . References used for wolf anatomy, the bird (kingfisher) and the orchid ☺ (all real life photos, no art from others! )
doing that big shake that dogs and wolves do would fix me
Momo! Your new queen!!
🧡Freshly Fallen Snow❤️
Slowly making a dent in the pile of characters I still need to do!
My brain: Alright this is a terrible idea but what if we made pfps for all of your characters as quickly as possible with no sketching
Me: Agreed it’s a terrible idea let’s do it
Testing out some new pens that I got on Christmas! :0
Bit of a drawing dump whoops-
Sweet n’ Tart~
*aggressively slurps boba*
Commissioney sorta art trade maybe thing kinda thing with a friend-