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Published: 2012-03-18 17:02:22 +0000 UTC; Views: 21627; Favourites: 1257; Downloads: 220
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"The core principle of freedom, is the only notion to obey"Gateways, by Dimmu Borgir
This song I hear when I imagine this scene:
Metal version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrzU_O… (from 0.17 - 0.45
Orchestral version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ufVyY… (from: 0.47 - 1.17)
My white Norwegian siderian Stian (official name: Stygian Stígandr Sætensen) fighting his way to his 'paradise'...where he's free from the species that has filled his heart with hate, fear and revenge - meaning our species.
See here more about him and his background:
Siderians are horse-sized felines with some metaphysical powers. They are a hybrid between a Siamese cat, tiger and a lynx. However Stian looks mostly like a Siamese-tiger hybrid.
So siderians are CATS and NOT WOLVES/DOGS ...sorry but it still seems necessary - which I simply can't believe
About the animation - I have used Adobe Photoshop CS2 and Adobe ImageReady CS2.
It's a 10 frames of Stian running in left-leading-rotary gallop (the left front leg comes as last on the ground and is therefore the leading one - yes Stian is left-handed).
These are the references I have used:
* A hunting tigress in rotary gallop; main reference: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXvxCv… (at 3.00)
*A tiger in left lead transverse gallop- but useful for the hair www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnZcAJ…
* Thoroughbred horse for the movement of the hair: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQDAUv…
* Slow motion of a running cat - mainly for the tail which stays remarkably constant: www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYom2w…
© Siderian species and character Stian by me. Please don't copy and/or use it without my permission!!!
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Comments: 361
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The work is smooth and oustanding, especially considering the fur! I also really appreciate the in-depth description.
- Anni
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Thanks! This took me a lot of time - but it was worth it.
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Ehh difficult to answer...I didn't count the many, many evenings I have spend on this one. Weeks actually.
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Well, it was totally worth it in my opinion! ^^
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I really appreciate your way of not having all your characters spayed, but visibly male. Adds a certain point of realism.
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Thanks! Yeah fully agreed. I find it really strange that nearly all canine male characters (even the most cartoony ones) are provided with super obvious genitals, while nearly all feline male characters seem to be neutered. This would be a great insult to my characters, so I draw them completely - including their precious parts XD
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Amazing animation. The background and details on both background and Stian is well balanced; this could easly be used in any movie you wanted it to use it for. There seems to be a smaller speed-jump in in the animation on the tail-furr when it goes down after it goes up - the transition could be slightly smoother- but otherwise stunning animation
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Thanks for the feedback! And I indeed see what you mean. I think I have ignored it but somewhere it has also bothered me a bit. Maybe I should fix that part once
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You can if you have still the file
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Yep I have, so maybe I will correct it soon
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Ahhh, your species are beautiful a fascinating to look at! Fantastic animation, I can see you have really worked out every bit of their anatomy, and very well executed here!
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Thanks a lot for the comment! Yes, anatomy has always interested me and I want to make my species appear as natural and realistic as possible. I have some vague plans of making another animation of the same character walking towards you- just to show his typical tiger-like movements. I remember I have seen your art too- really great work!
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Oh yes, you definitely should! They do appear very natural I must say. Thank you so much, you as well!
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Thanks! yeah it makes him really 'alive' here
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How do you do that??? I wouldn't even get one frame right, neverless this
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You're ticking me off...with the simple reason that I will never be so good.
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Hehe, practising will bring you far
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I just finally got back to being able to "art" again...so we shall see, I suppose.
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Nice name for yer character. I would expect him to have a great voice
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Thanks! I have some voice references here blackmystica.deviantart.com/ar…
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Hahah, my point exactly. Nice, nice.
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i have lessened to the Dimmu Borgir suggestion that you linked, i have to say you really do have good taste in music ... even thou black metal is int really my thing (general Death Metal, Metallica and Seether is is my rock nose... the rest is just classical music. )
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i seen your work before and i want to go and say, how in heavens name have gotten soo good at a very very complicated animation, sure it is a little ruff, but if i tried to animate something with that detailed (or animate it at all),you will literally only see a white fluffy mass running on endless melted ice cream with only brown dots as jewelry.
in long story short, you have gotten some (f***ing Great and) wicked talent, if a thousands of years from now went archaeologists find the long lost Deviant Art memory chips, the first Graphic Arts Masters Category and first artwork to be shown will most likely be your art work.
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Thanks a lot for your motivating comment! That is always nice to hear. This animation took me a logn time and I used al ot of examplea to learn of. I'm sure you can make it too
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it's OK, it happens to everyone, the world is very very busy and i hope it gets better.
you don't have to reply back to me.
but when i see your next comic page i will be...
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Yeah indeed - it's difficult to find some time for hobbies. I'm slooooowly working on ToM - the new pages will be two extra on the prologue, approx 5 extra pages at the beginning of chapter 1 and I've the first five pages of chapter two already finished
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i am also planing on an (experimental) comic so i know you feel (but i am also very lazy... ), but my problem is more "cart before horse" i got the tools, i got the tent, i got the map... now were the hell am i suppose to go camping !!
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I LOVE it!!! Although you say that they are neither cats or dogs/wolves, so what exactly are they? Are they a hybrid of some sort?
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wait - it can happen that I did not read your comment 100% well either - so just let me know what your opinion is exactly - I have the tendency to explode when I see dog/wolf before I read further
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haha thats ok
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That is highly dependent on the previous experience cheederians have had with humans. Since humans are a pretty aggressive species (see the massive amount of other animals, specially predators, we have killed....) - I don't exclude that humans hunt cheederians as well... which would make cheederians aggressive towards humans too. This character- Stian- would run away in the first case but if he's well armoured he kills every human he meets - maybe with one exception - but that is part of a story I still have to develop. Anyway there are cheederians, like Noiro (see gallery somewhere) that would prefer a peaceful coexistence with humans. Some cheeds would find it interesting and would try to speak with humans, but in times of 'war' most cheederians have a rather negative attitude towards humans...which humans unfortunately have created themselves...just look at the reality...
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OH! I always thought creatures like this would live before humans existed! Well I guess you learn something new everyday
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Please tell me why the hell you even think about wolves and why you don't see this as a 100% feline. I can ensure you that everything fits in the feline anatomy and there is nothing - really nothing- canine.
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Read the description and learn how felids+canids look. He's a tiger-Oriental cat mix: 100% feline. NO dog wolf/influence!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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