Soldier, Poet, King | Warrior Cats OC Animation

It's finally complete! I'm so excited to share this project I've been working on for the past 6-ish months (though I've wanted to do this meme for over four years!)

These characters are my own ocs from a beloved warrior cats AU roleplay, Rekindled Ruins which poses the question, "What if Warrior Cats had Kingdoms and royal families instead of Clans?"

This group and the characters have been a huge source of artistic inspiration throughout my years at university, so I'm so glad to finally dedicate my first little animation after animation school featuring them! c:

the soldier: Tatteredpath, deputy of the Kingdom Within the Shadows
the poet: Ebonycloak, voice of the outsiders, and ally to the Kingdoms
the king: Princess Honeydrop, heir to the throne and princess of the Kingdom Within the Shadows

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Animating the different walk cycles for each character was challenging, but a great learning experience and so rewarding!

This was my first time using Procreate Dreams for the majority of the animation (the sketches were done in Procreate original, the lines/color done in Dreams) and honestly it was quite... a challenge. I think Dreams is great for quick ideas, storyboards, and some animatics. But the limited transformation tools makes Dreams pretty difficult to use for full animations (if you're curious about more of my thoughts on Dreams let me know!)

I also switched to DaVinci Resolve for editing, and I absolutely love this software! It was a bit of a learning curve, but I'm so glad to be free of Adobe products for now c':

Be on the lookout for more animatics and storyboards coming soon. Thank you for enjoying my animations!
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Software:
Animation: Procreate, Procreate Dreams
Editing: DaVinci Resolve

Original Animation Meme: Gothfrog    • Soldier, Poet, King | Original Animat...  

Music: "Soldier, Poet, King" by The Oh Hellos    • The Oh Hellos - Soldier, Poet, King (...  
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