#krovens

[vannjaren]

And now the next WIP (well, technically WIPS) of my series of Krovendrakk gait animations. (for those who don’t know Krovens - see my dA gallery and my tags here on Tumblr. Partly alien predatory vertebrate species *typically not headless or tailless like here. :’D* They have some superficial similarities to mammals since they are partly derived from a since-extinct therapsid, but are not mammals - and most certainly not canids. In short - #notafeckin’dog)

Anyway, this is an early WIP of transverse canter - right and left lead. (ha, I could have been lazy and just flipped after drawing the first one, but I want for all of the animations to be facing the same direction when I make the big compilation, so I did it this way). 

Still very early, and this one gave me quite some bother in the process for some reason (ah, symmetrical/mirrored gaits are so much easier XD), I need to sort out the inconsistent proportions and of course add a lot more detail and add the muscle definition, so for now is just the movement - but hopefully not looking too bad.

Canter is sort of a medium-speed animation - strides are somewhat longer than those of a horse with a slightly longer suspension phase (3 frames out of the 16 here are fully airborne), so still covers a fair bit of ground despite looking fairly slow in motion. Certainly not a sprinting gait etc. but decent for travelling longer distances fairly efficiently.

Will work on this more in future... and also will hopefully start work on the dreaded double-suspension rotary gallop, haha, that’ll be “fun”... *explosions of legs everywhere*

Any suggestions for improvement are VERY welcome in this initial WIP stage! ^^ (better now than later when I get to adding more detail)

That’s it for now then, have some cantering dressage-worthy(hopefully :’D) noodles...

[vannjaren]

Now the next WIP for my Kroven gait studies - a walk cycle this time, and my 2000th post!

Very early first-draft here - and weirdly enough, I’ve always struggled a lot with drawing walking poses, more than other gaits or positions. Go figure.

There are lots of bugs, rough bits and inconsistencies in the sketches here so far, a LOT needing fixed. *the headlessness and disembodied tail will be fixed when I get the body+leg motions sorted out - IF I get the body+leg motions sorted out... ^^;*

Krovens have a walk that looks somewhere between feline and equine - or at least it is supposed to. X’D (the head has a horse-like bobbing motion - or will do when I add it in properly)

Anyway, I’m a huge n00b when it comes to animating - and especially walk cycles, apparently.

PLEASE HELP.

In particular, is there anything that looks off about the co-ordination of the cycle - in terms of forelegs and hindlegs relative to each other? I can’t quite decide. Also, any tips like if you think certain movements should be exaggerated or toned down or anything like that would be useful - this one is tricky!

I think the forequarters look a bit low - might lengthen the forelegs a bit (think the humerus and metacarpals are a bit short in some frames, that could be what’s doing it).

Hope it doesn’t look too bad so far, all things considered.

Also, apologies if I’m bad with messages lately... ^^;

[vannjaren]

And now for a rough first draft of the pace animation - mostly copypasta from trot so not too exciting. (pace and trot are virtually the same gait anyway, just transverse rather than diagonal).

However, I do imagine pace in Krovens to be a slightly slower gait than trot with a longer stance phase, so I think I’ll add a couple of in-betweens to give that impression.

Also, when cleaning the final animation, the pace has a hint of a lateral “rolling” motion across the body, unlike trot - maybe you can see a hint of this “twisting” already, but it will be more pronounced when the body muscles and ribcage are added properly.

Elsewise, there’s not a huge amount that needs done to this one.

As before - animation is of a Krovendrakk. (don’t know what that is? See my dA gallery, I’m too lazy to explain now and my internet keeps dying and resurrecting) 

[vannjaren]

So if I ever needed confirmation that I'm more than a little bit mad...

Over the last couple of days whilst knee-deep in revision notes, I've decided to work on a heavily-edited re-do of the 3D Kroven bust. :'D

(well, the head on the old one WAS annoying me a lot since the anatomy was so vague, inaccurate and... mushy? Like, wtf even were those cheekbones?)

So, anyway, I reduced my original down to just the basic shape and am re-doing the details and facial structure. Yeah, a time and a place, Vann... this probably isn't it, but eh, here I go...

May post a WIP screenshot or two soon.

But yes, the old one had such an outdated facial anatomy and with it being my first sculpt, just generally wasn't very good. I've also come to understand Kroven anatomy a lot better since then, not just regarding the face (which looks less canine each time - honestly if anyone looks at them now and thinks "dog", I feel the need to find a wall to headbutt.)

Would you guys be interested in seeing some shots then?

[vannjaren]

Ok, kinda random...

... but I've been wondering lately if it's possible for Krovens to acquire vitiligo or something like it. I've never seen an albino and I don't know if that is possible in Krovens, but I'm not sure if acquired depigmentation could be possible. Kroven eyelids, lips, noses etc. are typically black, occasionally liver-brown(like Kiri) and sometimes blue-grey(like Morwen) - but NEVER naturally pink. But I wonder, perhaps with a vitiligo-like condition... ? Have seen a glimpse of an individual that's otherwise dark but has a mostly white face (irregular and asymmetrical white bit) and appears to have a pink nose. O.o Not sure if they'll stick around or if I get to know them, but it certainly raises the question...

[sibera-the-wanderer]

Welp I got permission from @vannjaren to post these scribbles. Vann and I *just for fun* like to imagine some of my characters from my story Memento Vivere in Vann's world for her Krovendrakk species. On that note let me say Krovendarkk species are a closed species and cannot be used or represented with out Vann's expressed permission, the species belongs to her. Please do not steal or copy or any crap like that. Anyway, these are some drawings/sketches I've held onto for a long time now. The first one a very cute drawing of Vivian as a cub. It is normal to see the skeletal form under the muscles of Krovens however, in converting Vivian into the world of these creatures her ailments followed her which accounts for why she is so painfully skinny. But I hope her face and markings are still cute. ^^ The 2nd sketch is of Allister and his beloved intended Ljufvina *or Vina for short* This is just a very early conceptual sketch of them as Krovens and I'm still not sure much about the details of their designs and defiantly need to consult Vann about it a bit more. ^^ but a general idea of the glistening pale feminine beauty that is Ljufvina next to my gruff rugged travel-worn Allister. 

Again, the species Krovendrakk belongs to @vannjaren And the drawings are by me, and these characters belong to me. These are results of our fun ideas of meshing our own story worlds together. Please Like/Reblog but do NOT Repost. Thank you and do NOT remove my description.