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Published: 2012-09-26 03:16:13 +0000 UTC; Views: 12465; Favourites: 410; Downloads: 152
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Final project from my Intro to 2D Animation class last semester--yeah, way back in May. Took me that long just to build up the courage/get enough distance from my own embarrassment to put this up here. In a way I'm still kind of proud of it: just seeing what I managed to do in, oh, 6 weeks or so? in a class I "took" just because I wanted to learn animation... but obviously, I bit off way more than I could chew, and realized just how far I still am from becoming anything close to an animator.Please don't critique this for the animation or concept or composition; I know it's poor, rushed, cheesy and disconcerting. Most of it makes me wince. I know I really, really need to practice depth.
But, well... I guess, I just really wanted to show you this roughest version of the animation I WANTED to make. I did this for my final project because this is what I dreamed of every time I listened to this song. This is Ian's song, and Ian's beginning. I'm not even sure if I want to keep this idea--it's cheesy as hell, I know, but for now it's what I'm running with until I can come up with something better. The concept's gonna stay the same either way, because this has always been a story of the fall. For those of you who've been following Angel Dust (bless you guys, seriously), maybe this'll help illuminate something? I hope it adds a little to the story.
The song is "One Day You Will Teach Me To Let Go Of My Fears," by sleepmakeswaves , used with their permission in this animation. You can listen to the unedited version here , and even download it if you like! Thanks again to this band for letting me use their music; it's the whole reason this animation even exists.
For anyone who spotted the cameos, they are: ~shark-bomb 's Tudor, =theblackbutterfly 's Obizuth, and of course a Cris from AD . And yes, I did look up Treasure Planet's intro scene a million times, but no, this was not actually inspired by it. This is the beginning to my own story, Angel Dust: [link]
Put together with Photoshop CS5 and Toon Boom Animate Pro. Also available on Vimeo, here
Thank you everyone for the support, you guys are the best!!! ♥
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Comments: 455
whaiouhsoifdhasoi oh my goodness the entire feather falling scene and him falling down and it's so beautiful *w* it's so fluid and my goodness, please finish this my mind is just waiting for the colors,
I love the feel of it and the music is perfect! I can almost feel the wind and harsh sun on me kekekekke
fantastic job darling!!!!
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Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh oh holy crap thank you so muchhhhhh~ *-*
Th-thank you for the insanely kind comment, hahahah I swear, 90% of this is made by that damn perfect music, mm~
I do really hope to be able to finish this one day-!
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!!!!! jgiosajdoiz, i just the concept and everything, was it based off of a city that you'd been to?
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Ahahahahah n-nope, just pulled randomly outta my head! I'm actually really embarrassed by the city, I gotta draw a better one. xD;;
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Oh my goodness, this is really good! I really love how your sketches, even while lose, capture the movement and the idea of the poses so well. The music builds the atmosphere up very well, too! I expect the polished version (if you ever do one) will blow me away (again, seeing as I have already been blown away once by this)!
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Ahhhhhhh, awman thanks so much for the +favs and the comment, I missed youu~ ;-;
I swear, it's the music that makes this animation, totally. xD I really do hope to be able to complete this someday, though-!!! 8C
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And thank you for introducing another band to me! :> You always have such good music!
I'm sure you'll do that someday -- I'm looking forward to it, but no pressure!
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Puufuuuuuuu, shucks, thank you!! ...D-Don't get me started though, I'll be throwing all my playlists at you soon. 8'(
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Huhuhu COME AT ME BRO
-- I mean, I like finding new music! And you have great music taste!
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SQUEAK
THIS WILL BE THE END OF YOU, I SWEAR
soon you'll be overwhelmed-!!
...Also what have I rec'd before?? Just in case I get repetitive??
Years of Rice & Salt - Service Bell is still one of my all-time favs, and, umm...
Recently, my friend pointed me to Emancipator !! They have some really sweet stuff:
[link]
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CHALLENGE
ACCEPTED
I found Whale Fall through you, and it still remains high on my favourites list! Thanks for the links -- I'll definitely check them out 8DD
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EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP
R-R-RUMI'S NATION, MAN
I JUST
I love that song more than words can say ;-; ;-; ;-;
A-And I'm really flattered that you enjoyed that album~!!
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YESSS although I also really really like Onsen and Swagger! Mm I enjoy listening to Whale Fall on repeat when studying :3 Thanks once again! ^u^
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Hahahah aaaaaaaaaah I'm just so glad that you like~!! I agree, instrumental/post-rock stuff is much easier to work/study to, I think that's part of why I listen to it... it's also pretty damn epic, though. 8U
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Yeah, instrumental music is very inspiring even when I have to grind at a difficult question, and doesn't have distracting lyrics (I tend to mind-sing along when there're words, hahaha)! And I've discovered that post-rock is quite up my alley, especially the gently epic kind (huh, did that even make sense...?) -- the sort that doesn't keep assaulting your senses but backs off now and then to make the truly exciting parts stand out even more! C:
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Ahhhhhhhhh nononono yes (xD?) that's exactly why I love post-rock so much, too!! They have so much more... momentum to it, and that makes the climaxes they build to so much more worthwhile~!!! 
If you're interested in more music actually, I recently pulled together a youtube playlist of some of my favorites~! <:'3 P-Perhaps you'll like some of this?? [link] (Annihilate Everything that Exists! is one of my favorite examples of that epic culmination that I just adore about post-rock, so I put it first for ya~ x3)
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Yes yes yes that's exactly what I meant! Thanks for putting that into words! (Back on topic) I really like that depending on my mood, I can either look forward to the more "epic" parts or just enjoy the softer segments on their own. :3
Aaah, thanks so much! I'm going to check it out! You are an awesome person 8DD
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Ahahahah, no prob, just hope some of it catches your eye! ...Erhm... ear? xD
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It is indeed catching my... ear! XDD
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that was amazing!! way better then my try at animation lol
did he fall at the end liek crash i mean? thats kinda what it looked like. that looked aweosem though riding those thigns. adn the music worked wonderfully with it 
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Ahahah, yep pretty much he fell, and then he turns into a grumpy limping brat, so hey... xD
But ahhh, thanks, hahah! And this was my final, you can't compare it to a first try, I'm sure yours was just great~ x)
Thanks for all the +favs as well, btw! o:
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ah ok then ^^
welcome
welcome
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Awwwwwwwww, traditionally, so hardcore!!! 8C
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lol yeah ^^ if i could upload it i would. it was done uh i forget the date but years ago lol i scanend everythign in after i colored it >:3 made it looks like a coloring book...sadly the movie program was limited to what i could do with it. so i think thats why its nto that good looking lol
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Whoooooooooooah, colored, too?!?!??? That sounds crazy! 8C
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not really i jsut used colored pencils.
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huuuuuuuuuu, still, colored pencils can look terrific! C:
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yeah. it came out alright, didnt have a very good scanner ^^. it looks liek a coloring book though which is what i was going for XD
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That's a fine effect too, ah! C:
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It's sooo good, I watched it four times, and still don't know how to comment ;A; but I wanted write something to let you know how much I love this UmU <3
The movement is so perfect, I would like to see it finished someday ;w;
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Ahhhhhhhhh, th-th-thank you!!! ;-; Holy crap no stop, don't watch it so much ahahahh, it makes me so embarrassed... ;-; But, I do love the idea, and I do really really wanna polish this up someday-!! Gyahhh thank youuuuuuuuuuuu, your comments make me feel amazing~ ;-;
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This is fantastic. intriguing, interesting, imaginative, and deep. I absolutely LOVED watching this!
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Good gosh, thank you SO MUCH for the absolutely flattering and super-sweet comment, ah!! I'm absolutely honored that you found it intriguiing/imaginative, thank you!!
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AHHH THIS IS SO PRETTY WHY ARE YOU A GODDESS ALDFJKGHKFJG
of course the only descriptive word I can come up with is pretty BUT YEAH THIS IS SUPER COOL *___*
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HAHAHAH BEEN A WHILE SINCE I HEARD THAT ONE
But pfffffttttt awman noo I am too embarrassed to have you see this ahahah;;;;;;;
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bahahaha bringing back da memories
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OHGOD THE MEMORIES.
SO LONG AGO
HOW DID YOU SMALL PEOPLE GROW UP SO QUICKLY. SOB SOB.
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YEAH I KNOW. 8( I remember when I thought you were super old because you turned 16...
...
...
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LMAO
I just... I don't feel like I'm 22 though, I feel like I should still be 18. ;-;
I SHOULD'VE BEEN BORN IN YOUR GUYS' GENERATION, HAHAHAH.
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YEAH WHY ARE YOU NOT TWELVE LIKE ME
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Because I was always 18 apparently?????????
make that 8 if you take me to an aquarium or natural history museum though.
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SHHHHHHHHHHHH TWELVE-YEAR-OLD
SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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You know this is random but
in Tales of Graces the main char kept patting the main female lead on the head since she's childish in stature
why are you so far away small person
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WHAT GOOD ART SCHOOLS ARE IN BOSTON?
TELL ME AND WE'LL SEE, HAHAHAHAH
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