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Animated Icons for:

Mieuwk, Cidetastic, what_the_dusk, Blackwings299, tivadu, & WindSnowandStatic

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Animated Icons for:

somethingfowl, _wulfre, Mieuwk, @Twiggies-Draws , & @Alrxse

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I don’t really know much about making convincing fakemon, but here’s my attempt at a budgie pokemon (been wanting a real budgie pokemon so bad lol). I’d like to think they’d be pure flying in both stages with gender differences based on real budgies. Also, their forehead feathers in the 2nd stage glow in the dark, similarly to how real budgies glow under blacklight.

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It's been ages since I've designed a warrior cat lol, but I finished the new book and wanted to do a rough Moonpaw concept. 🌗

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Animated icons for:

JuniperCreature, KimmyArtMLP, Robotrashfox, rosebloodwolf, sieculu, RemmyRose, Featherhythm, xFantascapex, & Slumbears.

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These are some of the Sketch Page commissions I did in 2023. For: Visarray, AnamayCat, CrescentTrinity, lynxsodas, & Manu_Koa

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hello! hope you're doing okay! i was wondering if it's okay to ask; what resources/youtube channels do you recommend to learn animation? your animations are always so fluid and clean!

I wish I could link some videos, but unlike illustration, I didn't really learn by watching tutorial/course vids. I learned by researching the 12 principals of animation (from the book by Richard Williams) and then a lot of trying new things and redoing it over and over until I got a result I liked lol.

HOWEVER, I did learn some by going through animation frame-by-frame and studying the movement/timing + watching slowed down vids of real animals/people. You can also film your own reference if you are able too. c:

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came across your blog by chance and the name and art style are very familiar. Did you used to make Warrior cats amvs??

I didn't make any amvs, but I did used to participate in Warriors MAPs some years ago. Here's the playlist with all the MAP parts I've done: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCpj2lmXouubJ0lpE5dMviZucyYafVGK7

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Hello Nightrizer. Umm, hehe, it’s a real honor to make your acquaintance.😅 I’m really just a huge fan of yours. My name’s Saber. And, well, I’ve always wanted to reach out to you, but I didn’t know what to ask until now. Long story short, I’m finally working and studying to be a 2D animator just like you (You are, after all, one of my BIGGEST inspirations to become one 😊). So, I just finished my first headshot, 8-sec, lip-sync, flat color animation. And it took me 15 hours to complete. 🫠 But I’m getting off track. The question I wanted to ask you is how long does it take you to finish your animated icons and is there a software u know that could help me do it faster?

Hey there! For your questions:

Normally I take 6-8 hours to finish a 2-3 second animated icon, so I'd say completing 8 seconds of colored animation in just 15 hours is actually really speedy.

I use photoshop CC, but it's not the best for animation (coloring's a pain) so I wouldn't recommend it. You probably want an actual animation program that uses vectors like toom boom if you want to make things easier/quicker (it's pricy though 😔). There's also Open Toons- I haven't tried it in years, but there should be some tutorials on how to use it by now.

Other than that, keep practicing and you'll eventually be able to draw quicker!

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hi there! super curious to know how much your animated icons (like in your most recent post) go for, just for my own future reference - i found your comm sheet but didn't see animated icons on there. love your work and would love to commission you someday! thanks!

Here's the info for animated icons!

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Animated Icons for: froya_ao, Jedi-Skyforce, jestStraws, Autiewuff, HimeSara84, Firedergen, & 2seday

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Animated Icons for: QuenGren, tempeljay, Huli_And_Kato, & bertoltawoover

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Portrait commissions for: Tigahtaiga, kaleidoscopial, Sadbloom, wiire5, Featherhythm, Bertoltawoover, Comet-117, JanariusARPGs, & SpookyWonders.

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New speedpaint! 🌊🪸🐠 Characters belong to Rosiri & Mistvke.

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Animated Icons for: plantcritters/sootfield, froya_ao, StrawsKai, & lvminosity

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Have you tried Clip Studio Paint? If so, which brushes do you recommend for background textures?

I am one of the few people that have never actually tried clip studio. ^^; I might pick it up at some point, but right now I can't give any input on brushes for it, sorry!