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-ANNOUNCEMENT-
If are a fellow animator and want to see behind-the-scenes tutorials of this animation, I recorded the whole process and I am going to be releasing technical videos on my YouTube Channel and on AnimatorGuild.com (my website). You can also head over there and download the source files for free! Sign up and they will be emailed to you instantly.

Source files and tutorials:
www.animatorguild.com

Youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/user/HowardWimshurst

-CREDITS-
The music was made by the awesome band, Still Parade. You can buy their original track on Itunes here:
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/actors-single/id694015378
Thank you sooo much to Shanic for letting me use his awesome drum and bass remix. I only ever use music that I would listen to myself, and I rock out to his music every day, check him out!
https://soundcloud.com/shanic
Thank you so so much to BooneBum (another NATA contestant) Despite having his own entry to finish, he was eager to help me out with the sound design and it was a great help
Thank you to Joe Brennan for being there at 4:00AM to help me with ideas and problems. I truly appreciate it.
Thank you to anyone else I have on Skype who has given me advice or encouragement, there are too many to list!

-DESCRIPTION-

Hello, I hope you enjoyed this animation! It was for the NATA open round and I know what you're thinking: this doesn't have much to do with the theme... And you're right. As I explored my story, world and characters in the pre-production stage I drifted away from the theme. Although the theme gave me the initial idea, I wanted the story to be a good stand-alone project which was told in my chosen style. I hope that makes sense.

There's lots of scenes I wasn't able to make because of the tight deadline (3.5 weeks) which makes me a bit disappointed (yes, I did not have time to draw the spots on the snow leopard in lots of shots hehe). And I feel like the entire story is rushed to the point where none of the plot points are able to sink in because there are only a few seconds between certain actions being shown. But I hope this is not the case!

It was my first time painting backgrounds in Photoshop, and my first time using After Effects. I'm really happy that I took the leap to using these programs as I feel like they somewhat make up for Flash's limitations. However I have a whole lot to learn about landscape painting!

See you all in the next round (if I get in),
Howard

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Very creative (if not a little sad) animation with a powerful message. The atmosphere is fantastic, the setting is imaginitive and those hunters are total dicks. There are also some very intense scenes and angles which I really like, only adding to the quality of the animation.

My complaints are few, but this wouldn't really be a good review unless I mention some of them. Some parts of the animation look a tad bit unfinished, with messy lines and bland colors. One example of this is the very beginning, in which the vehicle mows down the forest.

The pros highly outweigh the cons, and I truly believe this animation is of high quality. Good luck in your future endeavours!

Nice love it i give you rive star

HowardWimshurst responds:

thank you

This is beautiful! The music is great!

This video is fantastic! We need to see more videos like this instead of some other junk out there.
Thank you for this and keep up the good work!

HowardWimshurst responds:

thank you dude

Hey man Thanks this one hit home for me and I hope to see more from you bro don't give up this really really is meaningful to me so yeah keep it up.

HowardWimshurst responds:

thank you very much, it's really nice to hear these lovely responses.
I've got another short film which is effectively finished. We are looking into showing it at film festivals first and then it will go up on Newgrounds.

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Uploaded
Jun 18, 2015
11:21 PM EDT
Genre
Action
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