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Published: 2015-07-17 04:10:25 +0000 UTC; Views: 36533; Favourites: 1112; Downloads: 0
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Description Caution:  volume might startle you if you're not expecting it!!

So alot of people ask me

"Dan, how fast can Syron go?"
"Can you show us more crystal formations he has?"
"what do his crystals even sound like?"

Answer?  yes

This is a short (lol) animation test of what my longer animations are going to start to look like in preparation for a few larger projects coming your way soon!  The idea for Dragonfly started a year or so ago with my first attempt at it, but it didn't really hit the mark, so I scrapped the idea twice before reincarnating it last month and brute-force finishing it.  So what does 'dragonfly mean'?


Dragonfly is a crystal formation state for Syron (my main character)


He uses sound as a primary tool of defense/attack/propulsion, and Dragonfly, the state that allows him to jump to supersonic velocity, is the main idea this animation revolves around.  However as an added bonus, I also decided to debut Knuckleduster , which is the anterior phase state of dragonfly, which lowers Syron's speed to its lowest potential, yet maxing out his attack power in the form of giant crystal gauntlets.  Combine the initial speed burst from dragonfly and what you have is Syron with the capability to punch missiles in the face! 

...However those hellhound missiles don't get deterred so easily, and at the Kerberos Weapon Institute R&D, scientists are always happy to prove that their missile designs cannot be outrun or evaded.  ever.


Big thanks for everyone who helped me out with this!  While I did animate and do all of the sound work, there were several individuals who contributed in some way to what you see here:
- Using Kerberos (which is entirely her idea), redlines, smacking me for errors.

billboard contributors:





Thanks for watching!  This one took alot more time and work than metamorphosis, which you can watch here:  Metamorphosis

i was going to add music but the sound work turned out to be more than sufficient!
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Comments: 295

DanSyron In reply to ??? [2015-07-17 18:15:00 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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Vincent-Wullf In reply to DanSyron [2015-07-17 18:15:42 +0000 UTC]

yw

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Unexus [2015-07-17 16:10:27 +0000 UTC]

Absolutely fantastic!!!! It has been quite a long time since i last saw your animations but this new upload puts the "Awe" in Awesome!!!!
The Animation is fantastic and so smooth! One might even say Movie Like!
You did a wonderful job on making this one. Good Job!   And I like how to mixed up Manga style art and Anime styled animation in this one, Purely Smashing~

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DanSyron In reply to Unexus [2015-07-17 18:14:55 +0000 UTC]

its been a while since my last large one, and i hope the wait was worth it (this one was hard for me as it was revised so many times and getting a good concept put forward into fruition)

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Unexus In reply to DanSyron [2015-07-18 03:47:30 +0000 UTC]

And it was marvelous~ It was worth the Dan-Dan~
You really should have your own Anime about Syron the Fox.~

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viperthewolf [2015-07-17 15:56:58 +0000 UTC]

did you also you 3D for the towers breaking? yknow the glass shards

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DanSyron In reply to viperthewolf [2015-07-17 18:14:05 +0000 UTC]

its pseudo 3d.  2d angled objects using the 3d glass shatter equations in aftereffects and re-angled for every individual window

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viperthewolf In reply to DanSyron [2015-07-18 21:45:51 +0000 UTC]

thanks for answering back. really appreciated

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TheCrescentFox In reply to ??? [2015-07-17 15:50:30 +0000 UTC]

  Fantastic.  Just absolutely fantastic.  The quality is really shining with this effort.  Great to see you finished it. Well worth the time spent.

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DanSyron In reply to TheCrescentFox [2015-07-17 18:13:33 +0000 UTC]

thanks for enjoying it xD

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MisterAke In reply to ??? [2015-07-17 15:49:48 +0000 UTC]

WOW! Very Awesome!!

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DanSyron In reply to MisterAke [2015-07-17 18:13:25 +0000 UTC]

thank you

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MisterAke In reply to DanSyron [2015-07-17 23:19:52 +0000 UTC]

you are welcome

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PhineasJamesVinci In reply to ??? [2015-07-17 15:45:11 +0000 UTC]

Well... Let me try to find my expectations for animation, oh wait I found th---- *sees the animation*   ... now I'll have to make new ones

lol, jokes aside though, this is a EPIC animation man! I love it! Every watch, fav, and llama you get from this was and is DEFINETLY deserved, including the ones im giving to lol

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DanSyron In reply to PhineasJamesVinci [2015-07-17 18:13:21 +0000 UTC]

xD thanks much

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PhineasJamesVinci In reply to DanSyron [2015-07-17 18:16:41 +0000 UTC]

XD np man!

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KirbyDreams In reply to ??? [2015-07-17 15:35:55 +0000 UTC]

HOLY CRAP M8..... ur soooo epic!!! how did you learn this?! damnnnnnn I wanna be able to make something like this man.... woot I love you even more now..

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DanSyron In reply to KirbyDreams [2015-07-17 18:12:28 +0000 UTC]

i taught myself

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Acynosure In reply to ??? [2015-07-17 15:15:58 +0000 UTC]

This is freaking insane. I'm in love with the weapon designs you come up with for Syron and all of those effects are fantastic!

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DanSyron In reply to Acynosure [2015-07-17 18:12:12 +0000 UTC]

he's got alot more than that. 

So he has 1 basic form and 4 that stem from that.
•Pulse
•knuckleduster
•dragonfly
•tank

and each one of those has a permutation that alters the stem slightly for precision .  However using stem transformations leaves him vulnerable as 1.) its so specialized it cant be utilized everywhere and 2.) it takes 2x the time to change back to balance

I'll post something on it in the future

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Acynosure In reply to DanSyron [2015-07-17 19:42:39 +0000 UTC]

Very interesting! Pulse formation was also one of my favorite animations you came up with. Looking forward to the others.

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shaloneSK In reply to ??? [2015-07-17 15:07:02 +0000 UTC]

So epic!! 8D

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DanSyron In reply to shaloneSK [2015-07-17 18:10:37 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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shaloneSK In reply to DanSyron [2015-07-17 18:17:58 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome ^u^

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MysteriMaan In reply to ??? [2015-07-17 14:59:03 +0000 UTC]

Holy shit, you really went all out this time.

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DanSyron In reply to MysteriMaan [2015-07-17 18:10:28 +0000 UTC]

mebbe

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InvisibleBanana In reply to ??? [2015-07-17 14:54:19 +0000 UTC]

Wow it look like profesional anime!

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DanSyron In reply to InvisibleBanana [2015-07-17 18:10:20 +0000 UTC]

xD thanks

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nxgnetwork In reply to ??? [2015-07-17 14:45:55 +0000 UTC]

Epic work. This was totally worth the wait. And of course, it's great to see Syron again—especially in awesome action sequences

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DanSyron In reply to nxgnetwork [2015-07-17 18:10:12 +0000 UTC]

i should draw sy much more...

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nxgnetwork In reply to DanSyron [2015-07-18 12:16:30 +0000 UTC]

You definitely should! He's your main guy, after all

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R-redbob In reply to ??? [2015-07-17 14:28:20 +0000 UTC]

ok after that all animation studios like disney, dreamworks ect, should begging you to work with them o.O 
it's wonderful! you cared a lot for the details. The 3d glass animation kick ass and the comic style it's great with
the whole work!

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DanSyron In reply to R-redbob [2015-07-17 18:09:56 +0000 UTC]

thanks dude, although i dunno about the disney thing xD

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R-redbob In reply to DanSyron [2015-07-18 16:27:34 +0000 UTC]

anytime^^ I guess I understand what you mean and I agree

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ItsMinosArt In reply to ??? [2015-07-17 13:47:39 +0000 UTC]

DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUDE THIS IS AMAZIIIIING!!! AND EPIIIC!!!!

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DanSyron In reply to ItsMinosArt [2015-07-17 18:09:30 +0000 UTC]

thanks man

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ItsMinosArt In reply to DanSyron [2015-07-18 13:02:00 +0000 UTC]

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wolfwoot In reply to ??? [2015-07-17 13:44:45 +0000 UTC]

I like the glass effect

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DanSyron In reply to wolfwoot [2015-07-17 18:09:20 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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IDragonchiefI In reply to ??? [2015-07-17 13:43:10 +0000 UTC]

This is really well made! I like this a lot! Teach me! xD
On a serious note though, you earned an extra watch for this epicness.

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DanSyron In reply to IDragonchiefI [2015-07-17 18:09:16 +0000 UTC]

thanks for the watch xD

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IDragonchiefI In reply to DanSyron [2015-07-17 19:51:04 +0000 UTC]

No problem man! Nice art. Simply had to xD Hope to see more :3

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MystechMaster In reply to ??? [2015-07-17 13:25:03 +0000 UTC]

go into animation bro. This'll be an awesome series!

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DanSyron In reply to MystechMaster [2015-07-17 18:09:07 +0000 UTC]

if a studio picks me up then sure

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MetaBlueGenesis In reply to ??? [2015-07-17 13:24:29 +0000 UTC]

That's wicked, man!

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DanSyron In reply to MetaBlueGenesis [2015-07-17 18:08:49 +0000 UTC]

thanks dude, and thanks for your sign contribution

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MetaBlueGenesis In reply to DanSyron [2015-07-17 18:44:55 +0000 UTC]

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Acruxic In reply to ??? [2015-07-17 13:04:22 +0000 UTC]

I--I did  not just see that
DID I JUST SEE THAT???
OM--

beautiful

s en pai pls

I can't even--
That was so epic1!!!

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DanSyron In reply to Acruxic [2015-07-17 18:07:18 +0000 UTC]

thanks xD.  and yes you did just see that

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Acruxic In reply to DanSyron [2015-07-17 18:19:48 +0000 UTC]

a,skgdaskgdsikdbd




i love ur animations senpai
pls

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