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Published: 2012-03-18 17:02:22 +0000 UTC; Views: 21632; 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
Damn i wish I had that sort of patience for doing such a gorgeous animation! very very well done!
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Thanks!! It took indeed a while but with a time-effecient method it goes fine 
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whoa this detail is totally amazing!
i dont think i would ever do such amazing animation as this!
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Thanks! Well it;s a lot of patience and careful studying all the details about movements
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This is beautiful! The fur and movement are just amazing!
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Stunning work!
You can really notice the anatomy and majesty of these animals here
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Hehe yeah, that's why I wanted to do an animation of a cheederian 
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i love the build on your cat's so strong and powerful, a true wild animal at it's best
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Thanks!! Yes he's inspired mainly by a tiger but I have combined it with the graceful appearance of the modern Siamese cat.
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To bad they don't exist, be pretty cool to walk in your house and see one stretched out on the floor chillin hehe
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ITS AMAZING! (um hasnt anyone noticed that hes a male without actually looking at the description [omg pervert! -slaps self-])
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Thanks - 
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That is beautiful. Great, great work.
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You're very welcome.
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Best animation ever o_o -stares-
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You're Welcome :3
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@_@ can't stop watching this!
this is simply stunning! the best flash animation i ever saw! so many amazing details! looks so real, i can perfectly imagine Stian running to reach his paradise!
you did a beautiful job on the fur like always! i adored that long neck fur moving!
and the music is also amazing! Dimmu Borgir is really great \m/
i wonder, the time this took to be finished? O3o
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Thankies!! Yeah it took a while to draw all the details and also in a way that it is consistent in all the 10 frames it is like if you have to draw every single step 10 times XD and you ahve to be constant over all the 10 frames otherwise the animation is bugged - pretty difficult. But yeah Dimmu is one of the main inspiration sources for Stian - especially the voice in some songs (like chess with the abyss - the first two sentences are perfectly Stian. However most Dimmu songs sound much more like Matthias XD)
Anyway I have no idea how much time it took to finish - I think several evenings spread over 2-3 weeks or so..
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ah yes specially that Stian has fur and fur is difficult to draw, they have a direction, different size and look...and now draw it 10 times D: really hard work! would be like do a dragon animation, because of the scales O.o
hahaha nice! Dimmu and a lot of others black metal bands are also very inspiring for me XD i imagine, how great is Matthias's voice! \m/ XD my main character have a black metal voice as well \m/
huh that was a long time O.o but really worth it
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He's beautiful.
Granted, he'd probably tear my throat out, but he's still beautiful.
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Thanks! Well yeah there is a chance - but as long as you don't have a gun or when he's not in a raid he would not usually kill randomly (mainly because that can be dangerous for himself since humans are rarely alone and often having weapons..)
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Indeed it's amazing and works great with the soundtrack - Orchestral ver.
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Thanks! Yeah it kind of completes the scene!
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oh YEAH! you know i love this lol! you really do have a future in animation..I'm serious.
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Really?? well maybe with 3D but my future now seems to be science and science communication with the help of art I think..but if I can once make a cheed-movie...welll that's an unrealistic dream. Oh btw - I need to answer all yer stuff once - when I've time 
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oh woops. 
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haha that's good! meet him soon
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