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There are just those times in life..

..when one must draw Foi riding an Arcanine through a desert,

this is one of those times.

-HC

EDIT:

Editing this into the main comment now, as the posts related to this just keep coming.

Animation for me is a process of reverse engineering, where I paint the parts and silhouette out the movements from that painting- then re-map and repaint those parts according to that movement.

I'm still learning how to do this process quickly and still learning to bring the movements created by it closer to what people would expect to be real.

The problem lies within what is expected to be real in the first place. This thing does not quite possess the musculature of a horse, nor feline, nor dog, so it can't quite move within those expectations without breaking and I can't just go on youtube and copy some guys mathematically precise 3d running cycle. The movement needs to be made with the unique parts made for the painting I'm dealing with.

Which comes back down to refining those original pieces, I learned what refinements could be made after animating the twelve looping keyframes - and after placing those frames in an environment. It was going to take a major revision on the beast's overall frame to get a good clean "run-cycle" out of it, so in the end I just optimized it for the more bounding forward look it has now and called it a day.

That having been said, I learned a lot, and If I ever want to draw an Arcanine running through the desert again and should then wish to have a standard plastic run cycle I will be well equipped to do so!

-HC



Foi © ~HaveConquest
Arcanine © Nintendo
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~SAKRANGELUS Apr 27, 2013
ITS A HUGE PIECE OF AMAZING ART *-*
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~sonicgirl125 Dec 9, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Thisis AWESOME!!! :3
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~sbcal Aug 31, 2012
Wow, it's amazing!
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Mood: Love ~Kiki-Daiso Aug 21, 2012
Arcanine?
Holy hell YES!

Best Pokémon of all time. OF ALL TIME!
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Mood: Wow! ~FeunardNinetales Aug 6, 2012
WHOUAW!!! It's amazing!!! o_o
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~Mihashi-Harumi-chan Apr 14, 2012  Hobbyist Writer
love this! Arcanine was my favorite pokémon in the entire series (from b/r/y to b/w). You drew him so well, omg it's so amazing!
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~nemonee Mar 15, 2012
O_o The awesome...It burns...............
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~sammychan816 Nov 16, 2011
Looks pretty good. I like how you draw a Pokemon Trainer riding Arcanine.
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~Caipie Nov 14, 2011
holy fucking shit
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~icy-ciel Nov 6, 2011
when i saw the thumbnail, i first thought the movement of the arcanine was a bit odd. But after reading the description... i feel like a bad person D:
just a suggestion, maybe try a lion/tiger? (i know they're in the feline family...but... >_<''' )

overall, this is a very nice animation :) i love the details and admire your patience
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