#tales from scorchwater valley

[curedestiny4]

This is a birthday gift dedicated to one of the finest and cherished people on the web, @numbuh-1507.

What you see here is a picture of the dynamic duo from Alex Henderson’s “The Rhino and the Redbill.” (a.k.a. Tales from Scorchwater Valley) It shows a tale of an interesting relationship between Niles (a blind but absolutely kickass rhino) and Red (a flightless red-billed oxpecker, fitting for his name) as they do what they can to survive an ongoing drought in Scorchwater Valley and find a safe place to live. There are many obstacles in the way as it shows that everyone out there is out to get them for reasons we have yet to know.

For that, I highly encourage you all to watch the full pilot, share your thoughts and suggestions on it, maybe inspire yourself to create something big for the future ahead of this gem.

(Backgrounds and characters belong to @artofalexhenderson)

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[numbuh-1507]

Nothing to see here. Just a good ol' case of demonic posession.

Just another day in Scorchwater Valley.

[flowerpetalprincess]

Niles and Red || Request

Cartoonenxtdoor requested: my request are for these characters, Niles (the rhino) and Red (the Oxpecker). Pretty simple, just Niles flexing his right arm with a cocky expression while Red awkwardly tries to do the same with his left wing.

- While requests are over. Cartoonenxtdoor messaged me right after as I closed requests. They were so polite and courteous as they asked me, that I felt terrible I wasn't able to fit them in. Since Whump Of May is over, and I have a bit more free time, and figured I'd surprise @Cartoonenxtdoor with their request! Requests are not open. This is just a gift to Cartoonenxtdoor for their lovely attitude towards me, and catching up to the request I missed. - Niles and Red belong to Rhino and The Redbill, Alex Henderson Animation Do not steal, repost, or alter in any way.

[yourshithusbando-oftheday]

The shit husbando of the day:

Niles from Tales from Scorchwater Valley - The Rhino and the Redbill

[dnpanimationstudioclone]

Did you know? Today is the first anniversary of The Rhino and The Redbill!

YAHOO!!!!!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

For anyone who doesn’t know what this is, here’s a link so you can experience it as well!

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Godspeed (@Olanrogers)

Mech West Show (@Mechwest Show)

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[lueduar01]

Have you watched Alex Henderson's "Tales from Scorchwater Valley"?

nope

[docgold13]

Have you watched the "Tales from Scorchwater Valley- The Rhino and The Redmbill" animated short?

I have not. Indeed this is the first I've heard of it.

Is it a worthwhile watch?

[socksandbuttons]

Hello. Have you watched the "Tales from Scorchwater Valley-The Rhino and The Redbill" animated short on YouTube yet?

Hi, no i haven't

[best-animated-short-tourney]

Tournament 2 Nominations

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A Linchpin, dir. rapparu

Moses of Prosthesis, dir. Gagame

Kiwi!, dir. Dony Permedi

Tales from Scorchwater Valley-The Rhino and The Redbill, dir. Alex Henderson

Baman Piderman - Tell Da Joke, dir. Alex and Lindsay Small-Butera

Millennium Hour, dir. Adam Bohorquez

Panic, dir. Michelle Krivanek

There She Is!!, dir. amalloc

Ice Merchants, dir. João Gonzalez

Suits, dir. Franck Balson (available on Netflix in Love, Death + Robots)

The Reward, dir. Kenneth Ladekjær & Mikkel Mainz Elkjær

Lucky 13, dir. Jerome Chen (available on Netflix in Love, Death + Robots)

Zima, dir. Robert Valley (available on Netflix in Love, Death + Robots)

[numbuh-1507]

Well, here's something I had on my mind for a while: a fan design of what Sam from "The Rhino and The Redbill" might look like when they hatch.

The main challenge of this was finding a good "child bird" design to use as a base. Most chicks in animation use a round body design, but I've decided to go with something akin to Tweety, with a head as big as their body, but with tiny feet. The second issue was translating the colors of a baby oxpecker, based on very little visual refs I could find (seriously, there's more pictures of the eggs of these birds than the chicks that hatch from them), as well as sourcing from the  ever (un)reliable Wikipedia, which states that oxpecker babies are a darker shade of brown than its parents, as well as having dark olive beaks (which I don't think it looks very good on this drawing, honestly. Maybe Mr. Henderson will pull it better). Unfortunately, the source article didn't mention anything about this particular coloring (as well as not providing any illustrations), so maybe someone who's more of an ornintologist can call me out if I turn out to be wrong.

Overall, I've tried my best to make sure that Sam looked like a separate entity, instead of an "Age regressed Red", which is why it has Red eyes (I can imagine Sam having the same eye color as their mother... whom we currently have no clue of her whereabouts or apperance, if she's still alive at all), like real-life Red- billed oxpeckers have.

I've though of putting a height chart to compare how tall Sam stands compared to Red (about half his height), but I've discarded it. You can imagine how extremely small this kid is compared to Niles. I don't think they'd live in the backpack any longer after they hatch, without disconsidering the amount of time their egg has spent without proper incubation (it takes around 2 weeks for oxpeckers to hatch if they are incubated normally , which might mean that it wasn't a very long time between their laying and Red meeting Niles). And let's not even start with what purpose would they serve in TRaTR, assuming they hatch before the series finale... if it has one.

Ok, I gotta admit I'm starting to run out of ideas for "The Rhino and The Redbill" drawings (that aren't NSFW), and you can only do so much for a short that has only 5 notable characters (not counting the scavengers), one of them is an egg and another one has their face in the shadow, as well as a very limited amount of settings (entrance to the mine, inside the mine, the prisoners room, the cave, the minecart rails, the exit to the mine...). Arguably I could bring out the other characters that Mr. Henderson drew concept art for back when the short was still called "The Rhino and The Oxpecker" (such as this warthog fellow www.deviantart.com/alexanderhe…), but then I would have to adapt their designs for the modern version of TRaTR, as well as finding what roles should they play. At this point, most of my remaining drawing ideas are continuations of previous drawings, which most of you will find repetitive if nothing else.

Besides, I want to give more chance to other people to also make fanart of that short WITHOUT my imput. Let's see how this goes.

Anyway, rant over. Hope you enjoyed this. Property of @artofalexhenderson

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[dnpanimationstudioclone]

It's kinda sad that, after two months, pretty much nobody (aside from me) is making a fuss about Tales from Scorchwater Valley. Why do you think that is?

I can relate. It sucks when good shows aren’t talked about. With that said, I think it will be talked about more when more eps come. If more eps come. It’s a series on YouTube. I’m sure if more eps come more will know about it. I’d just give it some time.

[numbuh-1507]

Happy 2nd anniversary to @artofalexhenderson's pilot Tales from Scorchwater Valley

[numbuh-1507]

Codename: Kids Next Door according to Conservapedia, on their "Worst Liberal TV Shows" essay.

I mean, the antagonism of adults is understandable, but feminism as well? What does women in the conservative side think women should do?

Before you ask, there is no entry for Lackadaisy, Blacksad, Monica's Gang, Dog City, Brok the Investigator, Beastars (or even the furry community in general, as it's listed under "bestiality") or Tales from Scorchwater Valley. I bet they would all be on this list (well, depending on how much Blacksad can be considered "liberal"), though.

[numbuh-1507]

A father's day (in Brazil) featuring my favorite cartoon dad's (and soon-to-be dads)

Shout-out to @fallen-gabrielle , @rhythmpitch and @dnpanimationstudioclone!