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Submitted: August 3, 2010
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Animated firefly and Arkanysby ~DianePhotos

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WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT RATS?
READ MY F.A.Q. (handling, care, behavior, etc...)

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WHY THIS ?

I needed something animated for my signature but it ended being too big... I'm also practising animation (this is my very first time animating something other than a blinky eye) for a music video project.

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TECHNICAL STUFF

Photoshop CS3
16 frames
Everything has been painted except for the rat which is one of my own photographs.

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MISCELLANEOUS

Previous versions can be seen here (sorry for spamming your watchbox guys) : [link] and there : [link] , here : [link] and also here : [link]

For the ones who'd be wondering, that's basically the way a butterfly moves : it's abdomen goes up as wings are flapping down, I watched some slow motion videos of butterflies today

And YES, I KNOW this isn't how a firefly is supposed to look but it sounded better than "fire-butterfly" to me (as written in the description of my original artwork linked above)

By the way, Arkanys is a RAT, not a mouse

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©Diane Özdamar - 2010
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EDIT : whoa, a DD?

Seriously guys, I would have never imagined this animation would be so appreciated, thank you so much!

Thank you very much and for suggesting it and for featuring it

Daily Deviation

Given 2010-08-05

Animated firefly by *DianePhotos. The suggester says, "I'm really fascinated by this work - it's quite simple, yet it seems amazingly surreal. It tells a story, - I can easily imagine the scene as one of the esential scenes in a fairytale, but it's very inspiring, too." Also suggested by ig0706. ( Featured by `BurgerBunny )

Critique by *ScytheSkull Oct 4, 2010, 1:56:40 PM

I love this animation so much. It's very original, and isnt some casual thing you see on DeviantArt every day. I love how the rat is staring at the firefly in some sort of amazement. I love how you understood light, and made it shine in the rat's eyes. That's cool, most wouldn't remember to do that!
-knuckletouch-

Yet the staring of the rat is a tad bit awkward. He/she has no movement whatsoever, which makes it look as if its a purchased house decoration. The firefly just flails its wings in the exact same position over and over, which isn't terrible for a small animation like this one, but it could've had just a few more frames.

The only other thing I must add is, at one point, the wing flapping looks like you skipped a frame. I'm not smart enough to know the exact frame, but its not tbat big of a deal anyways. I guess I can say its when the wing is spread out, and not in front of the rat... Just watch closely and you should see the part I'm talking about

Nevertheless, I adore this animation! Keep it up!

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Critique by ~weirdamazinglovable Aug 5, 2010, 3:59:39 PM

I find this picture lovely, really really lovely indeed. I can picture the rat being the fireflies friend, and when the rat is in need, the firefly is there to give it light and guide to it's destination.
I love how the light flicker's on and off it's eye's and nose, but you could have added a blinking action to the rat, because it look's like a zombie some how, but other than all that, I really do love this, it is one of the most inspirational pictures I've looked at.
This show's that rat's should be treated as any other house pet, because of all the trash they are treated like, they need more love and inspiration, I am a rat owner myself, and I say, "Great job, it show's that even rats can be wonderful."