DonnyclawsSomething I did for fun! It's been a while since I've done something silly like this but I love the song and the second I saw the meme I bolted for it! Next project on the chopping block is another meme (big projects are so hard to finish amidst school rip rip rip) but in the same veign as Estranger so, pmv and story focused! This time with Connie.
β‘π I WANNA πβ‘ // memeDonnyclaws2021-09-09 | Something I did for fun! It's been a while since I've done something silly like this but I love the song and the second I saw the meme I bolted for it! Next project on the chopping block is another meme (big projects are so hard to finish amidst school rip rip rip) but in the same veign as Estranger so, pmv and story focused! This time with Connie.
βοΈ Instagram @oystercatcherss instagram.com/oystercatcherssANIMATION ART REEL // 2023Donnyclaws2024-01-02 | SHORT END OF YEAR REEL. Cut parents out of my life, got broker, got a cane, decided I want to do drag, hitting year 4 of uni in a month or 2, got a job. Never felt older! Support local queens, free Palestine, be nice to each other.
Follow me on tumblr, check out my zines if you're so inclined. Thank you for the support as always. ( donnyclaws.itch.io )
γ FIND ME γ donnyclaws.neocities.orgBATTON PASS π«// Speedpaint (Nudity, minor flash tw)Donnyclaws2023-07-22 | Leopard holding onto all my worst parts and fiercest hopes until I can carry them myself. βοΈπ³οΈββ§οΈβοΈπ³οΈββ§οΈ
γ CREDITS γ ππ¨π§π : As hard as you can - Lustsickpuppy (youtu.be/WXPMIFhM9Q4) ππ¨π§π : Glamour is a rocky road - My life with the thrill kill kult (youtu.be/s19sTIEUFgE)
γ FIND ME γ donnyclaws.comPLUG ME IN // LeopardDonnyclaws2023-06-22 | My dear oc Leopard in video form. It's my dragmuse dragqueen dragking monsterthing and is very dear to me. He's an alt drag artist with a fixation on the sea, they channel itself so deeply into their performances that it's hard to tell if his wish to drown is serious or an exaggeration. He's a channel for all my alt drag wishes.
I have a short zine about it & you can expect to see more of them in the future. Please heed warnings too! A lot of his character is based in sexual trauma and how it warps your sense of self ( donnyclaws.itch.io/leopard )
unsplash.com/photos/KXkgOigCqj0 The rest of the bg images are just The beast from the sea, a biblical monster (Revelations 13) Something something Leopard has religious trauma lmao.IS IT COLD OUTSIDE // memeDonnyclaws2023-03-23 | DULL PENNIES, NO LUSTRE
A character from my main story project, Tiger crawl home aka the only thing I make videos about. Lustre is a harpy, a species I updated recently. The gist is that they were created from Icthyocentaurs, an early world species that was split into harpies, centaurs & merfolk for the crimes of Eyto (crime being an unspecified massive event where they pissed off the gods enough to have their whole species erased). Harpies are intellectuals, researchers & scholars in many different subjects, but they are also fervent about micromanaging their own emotions out of existence. Harpies refuse to let anyone in their home fuck up that bad and thus they all compartmentalize negative attributes into non existence, ascribing them different body parts in a kind of punishment caste. If you commit bad actions then you have Eyto's hands, if you're biased or hypocritical you have Eyto's eyes and so on.
Lustre was an ambitious harpy, she wanted to study Godscales, a phenomena in which scales fall from the major gods and land on the ground. Normally this creates a minor god, a new being based off the area with minor creation abilities, there have been cases of others catching godscales and turning themselves into minor gods, however. Harpies normally pick one specific idea to study and are allowed out on excursions to the outside world to pursue them, their only allowance outside of Harpy home. Lustre was quickly deemed as having Too many of Eyto's parts to be allowed outside. Their refusal to take this lying down lead to further punishment. She couldn't be sorted into any group, not Eyto's hands, not their tongue, not their mind. Their whole self was too unacceptable so Fountain took it upon herself to caste Lustre into complete isolation with magic.
The standards harpies set for themselves is almost impossible, most harpies carry a trait of Eyto and that is generally accepted, with the caveat that it is a temporary issue. Lustre is similar to Damian in that their reactions to conflict are just to lean into the behavior more out of spite / self defense. It doesn't tend to go well for either of them.
Also I'm working on a Hollyleaf warrior cats pmv and when that drops you will realize I ripped Lustre from my interpretation of her haha.
γ FIND ME γ donnyclaws.comAnimation + Art reel // 2022Donnyclaws2023-02-10 | Exceptionally late 2022 recap, hard year but I'm on T now and in a new place, parents are at an arms length for good. Things are changing for the better, hoping I can start feeling it this year.
π TUMBLR donnyclaws.tumblr.com π TUMBLR 2 pigeonclaws.tumblr.com π INSTAGRAM instagram.com/donnyclaws π TOYHOUS.E https://toyhou.se/SirenemaleCAPRICORN King of nails // Animation loopDonnyclaws2022-12-18 | Something about Ringing bell homages & cutting off parents. Excuse how long the loop is, this song is a favourite of mine and I didn't want to cut it haha.
π TUMBLR donnyclaws.tumblr.com π TUMBLR 2 pigeonclaws.tumblr.com π INSTAGRAM instagram.com/donnyclaws π TOYHOUS.E https://toyhou.se/SirenemaleTERRORIUM // Collaborative school projectDonnyclaws2022-11-19 | Got to take an animation class & have a very good time practicing compositing and sound designnnnnnn. Me and my good buddy developed the story, designs, storyboard & obviously collaborated on the final animation. You should check them out xoxoxoxo
π TUMBLR donnyclaws.tumblr.com π TUMBLR 2 pigeonclaws.tumblr.com π INSTAGRAM instagram.com/donnyclaws π TOYHOUS.E https://toyhou.se/oystercatcher/charactersDOG DOOR // Unfinished videos & Animated snipsDonnyclaws2022-10-13 | Something to fun to edit together as a break from school work haha. These are some more fleshed out projects I've conceeded I'm probably not getting back to, and some that I definitely want to get back to but probably won't for a little while. Hope you enjoy!! (Will fiddle with a cooler thumbnail for this later on haha)
γ CREDITS γππ¨π§π : All songs are listed on the title cards!
Hastily salvaged and cleaned up this old wip during the school break, since I really wanted to get something out! Bit of an editing practice moment and a pseudo continuation of my Tobias video (Devils manner).
To try keep this concise, this video focuses on Aran and his guilt over failing as a mother & father to his children. Being raised in the cult and raised to be Deacon's successor, child of Tobias, who she helped escape after she learned he was being abused by his mentor. As per the cult's set up, they didn't know the outside world even existed, only believing it to be a void outside the walls. In helping him escape, Tobias decided that she would rather her son be dead than end up in a trapped life like she was living. This idea persisted to him, he did find the world outside, fell in love young and had a family, had a son who grew to hate him despite his attempts at caring and mothering him, had twins who were scarred by his struggling parenting when his partner died. He'd found some healing within Churches of Abaddon so he gave his children up to it naively, he just hoped it would save them, and to their aunt, his partners sister who ran a specific church branch of it. He believed others would die or only find misery around him, he began to adjust to lonliness in an almost saintly way, believing this to be an eternal punishment that he would gracefully shoulder, developing small systems of punishment when he broke promises to others. He made his partner's ring into his nose ring. As much as reconnecting with religion and creating his own framework for it helps in his healing, it is also a self punishment that keeps him isolated from others and eventually his adult children.
In the city he is faced with his children again. Damian, having been chewed up by the church and fed through brutal cage fighting systems, Micah who had become indoctrinated under her aunt and fully believed Aran and Damian to be Sinful demons, and then Bellum who only respects what Aran was meant to be, the next in line leader of the cult, Bellum is obsessed with spiting him and finding the ultimate truth of the world, then being the one to reveal it. Aran sees them all as grown adults he knows nothing of and leaves them all be, if they insult him then he will take it, if they need help then he will do exactly as they ask, if they don't want to see him again he will oblige. To his children he is someone who tip toes, someone who martyrs herself in guilt and is ashamed of them. Really he doesn't want to do or say anything that could invalidate their view of him because he believes in that view as well, and in some aspect he doesn't want to face actively hurting someone or toiling in the feelings, not even wanting to explain why he left them so he doesn't victimize himself to them, if they didn't think of him at all and tried to survive the life he'd gave them that would be ideal.
What breaks this pattern is the concept of his children going through anything like he did, and an urge to stop his children from going down the unstable paths they're on. Trying to save Damian from being targeted by their aunt again as an adult does eventually, complicatedly lead to the two reconnecting. It's a mess of two traumatized people with complicated views of the world and themselves trying to wrangle with guilt and shoulds and deserveds, Damian needing guidance and Aran needing to allow himself to be cared for and to care for someone again. There is a million more micro nuances to this all but I already cut this down from 4 paragraphs so you're welcome haha.
Oc art blog β donnyclaws.tumblr.com Personal art blog β pigeonclaws.tumblr.com Instagram β instagram.com/oystercatcherss Toyhous.e β https://toyhou.se/oystercatcher/characters25s the limit // Original animationDonnyclaws2022-05-22 | Short description but I've been knocked the fuck out with mental and physical health issues and I started making this as a time killer / coping thing about it as is my brand. World's hard on a mentally ill transgender, dramatic emotional art good. Excuse the minor value differences also, I couldn't be bothered fixing them. Surely one day I'll hit out regular bigger videos that are character and story related but for now this kind of thing is keeping me sane.
Oc art blog β donnyclaws.tumblr.com Personal art blog β pigeonclaws.tumblr.com Instagram β instagram.com/oystercatcherss Toyhous.e β https://toyhou.se/oystercatcher/charactersπ¦π DAYCARE ππ¦ // memeDonnyclaws2022-03-25 | I'm 24/7 tempted by cute short memes also really wanted to do character tweening again so here's a silly thing. This is Heartthrob (he/they/it) He was in my Cupid video at the very start, he's the minor god of Dandelion manticores and a meathead. Other characters featured in here are the other resident minor gods of its area. Albacore the dragon god (he/him) Also in the Cupid video, Avem (no pronouns) new chosen harpy god! Then finally an unamed and unpronouned dude who's the second manticore god for the other main type of manticore in the world, Spider manticores.
Oc art blog β donnyclaws.tumblr.com Personal art blog β pigeonclaws.tumblr.com Instagram β instagram.com/oystercatcherss Toyhous.e β https://toyhou.se/oystercatcher/charactersUn-earth to Connie // speedpaintDonnyclaws2022-03-19 | Mortified to realize my last speedpaint was still when I was using paint tool sai, it's been a MINUTE. Anyway this took about 3 and a half hours!
Oc art blog β donnyclaws.tumblr.com Personal art blog β pigeonclaws.tumblr.com Instagram β instagram.com/oystercatcherss Toyhous.e β https://toyhou.se/oystercatcher/charactersSleepyhead // Part 9Donnyclaws2022-02-06 | WOO first map part of the year! Really endearing concept, thank you Mozzigator for letting me join and being super delightful to talk with, it was fun animating it in this orientation and practicing character animation more with my guys Everett (he/him) and Damian (They/them)
Oc art blog β donnyclaws.tumblr.com Personal art blog β pigeonclaws.tumblr.com Instagram β instagram.com/oystercatcherss Toyhous.e β https://toyhou.se/oystercatcher/charactersGIRL A // Personal pmvDonnyclaws2022-01-29 | Not another personal pmv to a song I did not realize is tiktok popular OOPS. Anyway this song resonates with me pretty hard and I needed something to chip at cause I've been going through a worlds worth of complicated loud feelings, and that I'm moving out from a bad environment for me in a week. Anyway like every other time I make videos like this I don't really want people to worry cause I'm absurdly and comically pain resistant, and I make stuff like this cause I'm passionate about it and cause I feel like it shows a lot of what I'm good at when it comes to art. They end up being my favourite projects more times than not haha, I'd rather you think it's cool!
Oc art blog β donnyclaws.tumblr.com Personal art blog β pigeonclaws.tumblr.com Instagram β instagram.com/oystercatcherss Toyhous.e β https://toyhou.se/oystercatcher/charactersAnimation + Art reel // 2021Donnyclaws2022-01-02 | END OF YEAR REEL, except she's late cause I wanted to include my birthday animation in it haha, and I wanted to go a bit bigger on editing and filling it out. I think 4 this year I'd really like to iron out a better work flow for projects and dip into more experimental fully shaded animation, in a similar way that my personal illustrations have been more experimental recently! All that being said I hope you enjoyed this, thank you for the support and patience as always.
Oc art blog β donnyclaws.tumblr.com Personal art blog β pigeonclaws.tumblr.com Instagram β instagram.com/oystercatcherss Toyhous.e β (WIP)PHOTO ID // bday memeDonnyclaws2022-01-01 | Somehow I have lived through 2021 GOOD LORD Bday vid I am 21 now, on track to move out in a month aaaaaaaa That's all I have to say, hopefully I can make more videos and art this year. The past year has been extremely tiring and hard so I'm hoping it'll genuinely ease up now. My funny catboy is back they are now an alien drag king.
Oc art blog β donnyclaws.tumblr.com Personal art blog β pigeonclaws.tumblr.com Instagram β instagram.com/oystercatcherss Toyhous.e β (WIP)3s and 7s // parts 16 and 23Donnyclaws2021-12-29 | FINALLY DONE WITH THIS BEAST. I swear this is the longest I've worked on a map part, both of them changed massively from my first storyboards (really fought my poor workflow and planing several times over) But I really like them overall.
These are both for my good friends map! It's on hold / has a long deadline but it's still open for parts and has a banger palette/song so please hit him up if ur interested in joining!!
Neither of these are super story heavy, though Connie and Alex's fight tails off some stuff I introduced about Connie in my last video. The second part is just Damian with some good old third god symoblism going on.
ππ‘ππ«πππππ«π¬ (In order): Connie (she/her), Alex (she/her), Damian (they/them)
Oc art blog β donnyclaws.tumblr.com Personal art blog β pigeonclaws.tumblr.com Instagram β instagram.com/oystercatcherss Toyhous.e β (WIP)Dogs // stress reliefDonnyclaws2021-12-23 | Turns out I can't finish the stuff I wanted to finish for the end of the year cause of (insert number of mental and physical health issues) But once again I do have a yellow vent video I like enough to go on here as filler π
I have a bday animation lined up, then an almost finished map part and reel some time before or after, depends. Either way thank you for the patience, support, and just generally sticking around through me being so inactive and haphazard. This has been quite a hard year and life but I'm getting closer to figuring it out.
Oc art blog β donnyclaws.tumblr.com Personal art blog β pigeonclaws.tumblr.com Instagram β instagram.com/oystercatcherss Toyhous.e β (WIP)Jealous // memeDonnyclaws2021-10-02 | Sorry but also not sorry for another meme, school you know how it is. Anyway more story content! I'm trying to go thru and get focus videos out on all the main main cast of it Damian, Connie, Alex, Max and Everett. Though Connie's shown up so little on my channel that I obviously wanted to do this first. Anyway I love her.
For story Connie's one of the main cast members, this is focusing on some of her emotional issues and her family dynamic. As a kid she was rescued by Capewell (she/her) (lady with the flat horns and nose ring) and looks up to her immensely. Idealizing her and seeing her as a mother figure backfired when Capewell lost her biological children and went through a very messy divorce with her wife Ulric (unicorn horn). She's still a very giving person, but pulled away from acting as a specific mother figure to the people she'd helped after that. Realizing she'd projected too much onto people who didn't care for her in the same way really broke her.
She internalized this specific conflict relating to being a difficult person who can't fit into regular normal love or life, mostly emphasized in her horns and the kind of trauma they hold for her (being her using them as weapons as a kid, being that growing them out indicates her current safety but also creates a physical barrier between other people and her and also what she sees as an emotional barrier too). Internalized further knowing Capewell had previously cropped her horns for similar physical and emotional difficulty, and Capewell emphasizing Ulric as a stubborn unemotional person who can't do relationships well.
Most of this really cumulates in Connie realizing she needs to find comfort in the "difficult" people in her life like Damian and Ulric because they're willing to support her fully with no hesitation, because it's coming from a place of deep understanding. This is just extra stuff now but she made it a point to try help Damian when they first met because she wanted to do what Capewell did for her. However with her it always wound up being a want for comfort herself, so her and Damian have an especially deep understanding of eachother.
Oh and the other character in here is Endalla (short with buzzed pink hair), Capewell's current partner who's expresses emotion and love in the same way she does. Which was the main issue with Capewell's original marriage, Ulric just had a different way of expressing her care for her and others. And Max ofc near the start (black hair pink dress)
βοΈ Instagram @oystercatcherss instagram.com/oystercatcherssPatreon + Redbubble // promoDonnyclaws2021-09-08 | Quick thing I've been meaning to do for a while!! This is my biggest platform so figured I'd toss my patreon / redbubble info out there. Obviously don't feel obligated to give me money for any of those things, especially cause I'm not in dire straits money wise! Will have a silly animation meme up in a few days also π
βοΈ Instagram @oystercatcherss instagram.com/oystercatcherssDevils manner // animaticDonnyclaws2021-09-01 | Substantial demonic indifference content? Nice. I really wanted to make a cool animatic, kind of used it as a way to mess around with different approaches / effort levels so that's why frame amounts and detail differ so much. Super thrilled about the result though! Especially getting to make something about Tobias cause I'm very fond of her as a character.
As for Tobias she's Damian's grandparent through Aran. Before I get into my Essay I want to say she's a gnc gay man who uses she/her pronouns. She was a priest who clearly pushed the line of accepted gender performance too far in the cult she and Aran were born into. The beloved leader Deacon was finally pressed to take a partner due to demand to continue his legacy. In the absence of any woman their strict gender and marriage rules were pressed up against their want for a legacy child and a passable marriage to root it in. They decided to kill two birds with one stone. They needed anyone willing to play the role of a wife and Tobias who was disliked for being an obviously gay man was that anyone. Tobias took it at the chance to live and act how she pleased, escape the stuffy daily life of a priest, even at the cost of being tied to Deacon who was already a resentful bitter man to start off with.
She's almost a supernaturally carefree and naive person, taking others harsh insults, punishment and abuse into stride. However this is more out of necessity, the cult is set up so that members born in have no concept of the outside in the slightest it's just a black void, along with that she was singled out as a problem very early in her life. Tobias's chipper troublemaking is more a result of a someone convincing themselves into bliss to avoid the deep confusion anything else brings. Pure simple self enjoyment and self preservation. Though she finds more genuine anger as she sees the cults abuse affect her children, who she fiercely dotes on and cares for (I can explain how tobias and deacon have kids but I can't b bothered right here, complicated fantasy world lore loophole). She starts to question and crack more and so does Deacon's patience. He resents the cult members for wanting more than him, he resents Tobias, he resents the children they had ect. She eventually helps Aran escape the cult, not knowing entirely if anything exists out there or not. Since he's the golden kid meant to take up Deacon's mantle, Deacon sees no reason to continue the facade and kills Tobias himself.
All the lyrics suited this severely well already and I wanted to emphasize chopped up memories, small moments of Tobias not being able to ignore the horror of existing in the cult as she is and her becoming a person who took her various disobediences and fun nature as a point of pride. That feeling of not being in control but fighting anyway. THAT'S THE RAMBLE DONE, though it's not really gonna show up in the story I put a lot of emotion into her story and the subtle ripples she'll have on things. Thank you for watching / reading if you read the whole thing~!
song: Devils manner - Tastuya Kitani Program: Clip studio paintflashbacks // animation loopDonnyclaws2021-08-23 | Song: PHANTASM - jack the stripper
An animation I did to get feelings about this year out, ft talking about it cause predictably I'm a loud overly candid person, feel free to skip it
Iβve been on and off of art this year except for personal art about trauma, which this is but animated now, more movement more energy ect. Iβve been split between growing into the hopeful, strong and alive person Iβve always wanted to be. Someone with a loud personality of my own whoβs in love with life and then the worsening cptsd lifelong trauma left me. The contradiction of trying to love myself while the idea of me existing is viscerally upsetting and confusing. The feeling of my memories melding and changing to convince me I shouldnβt. Like a body rejecting new flesh. Something like the systematic destruction of the self a cult inflicts on you, everyday I hope and grieve then crush myself and reform then Iβm crushed and recrushed by my own hands where theirs used to be. I get stronger and nothing feels real or true other than Iβm alive and itβs burning and I can't rest in anyone. I was taught I wasn't forgivable and they'd only take the pieces that were. I get so desperate for anything more than that. I donβt want my cptsd to kill me before I can find my chosen family, to start transitioning like I want to so fucking badly. I want touch, I want to fall in love, I want to laugh. I want to feel love seeping from the walls of a place and I want it to sink into new bones entirely. I want to survive and makeup for all the feelings growing up like this took from me.
Bit nervous to post this cause my body loves to crawl out of its skin about everything I do but please bear with me haha this has been an extremely hard year for me
program: clip studio paintESTRANGER // memeDonnyclaws2021-06-27 | Something I've been slowly working on for a while (Even though it's very simple)! Roswell has a bad time at a party. ALSO HI it's quiet-stars i just changed my name.
This is the first proper video I've shown Roswell in aside from a few Cupid shots. He's Victor's husband and a supporting king to him. After the breakout of demons and Victor's murder (which he may or may not have been involved in), Roswell and his mother aren't considered essential to rebuilding. They end up in the city where he struggles with guilt over failing at what he was born to do, over Victor himself, with anger and grief at the abuse he went through as a king and a deep sense of uncertainty about what a normal life for him looks like now. Damian, thrilled to be an annoyance to people they don't like, bothers him until they become good friends by sheer accident.
original meme: Joycawn Music: Estranger by Jack stauberlittle dark age π»π» // ventDonnyclaws2021-05-17 | can't b bothered to format the desc but i hammed this out last night on a whim and i figured i'd post it since i like how it turned out + Hey content. Also a few ppl already kinda picked up on it but im on a bit of a hiatus thing bc of my mental health's been pretty bad ect ect. I do have cool shit planned for when i can get back into the swing properly though, next video will probably be a patreon promo but yeah. thanks for the support as always!
song is little dark age by MGMT but slowed down got the audio specifically from this youtube.com/watch?v=isk32wVT4zU π»π»same man I was before // part 14Donnyclaws2021-05-09 | + read desc for more info +
for cinnabarlab! thank you for letting me join~! map link: youtube.com/watch?v=MnDR50tZmvE song: same man i was before - oingo boingo
BEEN A MINUTE, school and mental health's been kicking me. This was soooo fun though, these are some new characters i've been playing around recently, they're all mantids. might have more stuff on them later but they're for a weird comic concept i'm tossing around. hope you guys enjoy~! im almost done with a pmv ish animation meme too so look out for that soon.
i use they / them pronouns - tools : paint tool sai (drawing) clip studio paint (animating) sony vegas 14.0 (putting it together)
tumblr: daemonfires alt tumblr: pigeonclaws patreon: quietstars instagram: oystercatcherssnatural disasters // pmvDonnyclaws2021-01-01 | + read desc for more info +
WOO !!! keeping up my trend of strange videos to post on my birthday. this video's like, intensely personal but i'm so fucking proud of it, doing projects like this honestly fuels me! i was trying to hit a similar vibe to eve's music videos visually. i really hope you guys enjoy it !! think it's cool ect, i put a lot of work into it!
on a more more personal note that you don't have to read bc yeah uh bday/year reflection. i'm 20 now and that is mortifying. the last few months have been the literal worse. after spending 3 years trying to recover from processing trauma, i've been hit with another whole wave that's just hard reset most of the progress i thought i had made. along with the general alienation and clumsiness that comes with being a fresh adult. there's not really like, a lighter note for that, it effects everything constantly and it's really hard. but i'm going back to school this year and i'm hoping i can somehow bookend my experiences here, i'm hoping i can get a proper footing as best as i can now. if i can't find peace i at least want to be as stupid and loud and loving and honest as possible!!!! trying to put my trust in good people and human resilience, and all that!
i use they / them pronouns - tools : paint tool sai (drawing) clip studio paint (animating) sony vegas 14.0 (putting it together)
tumblr: daemonfires alt tumblr: pigeonclaws patreon: quietstars instagram: oystercatcherssanimation + art reel // 2020Donnyclaws2020-12-26 | + read desc for more info +
kind of sloppy but !! last vid of 2020 baby! it's also shorter than my other reels, i got a lot less done overall this year but i think my animations improved a lot anyway. hope you enjoy! i'll have another video out around the 2nd for my bday. thank you for the support as always~!!
song: rock around the clock - bill haley and his comets
characters:
other info:
i use they / them pronouns - tools : paint tool sai (drawing) clip studio paint (animating) sony vegas 14.0 (putting it together)
tumblr: daemonfires alt tumblr: pigeonclaws patreon: quietstars instagram: oystercatchersslet us adore you // memeDonnyclaws2020-12-03 | + read desc for more info +
quick meme i've had sitting around for a little bit! this character doesn't really have a story, it's just fun to do something simple~! this'll b like the last main video for the year i think other than the usual end of year art + animation reels! but i'll have something to post next month for my bday so look out for that
i use they / them pronouns - tools : paint tool sai (drawing) clip studio paint (animating) sony vegas 14.0 (putting it together)
tumblr: daemonfires alt tumblr: pigeonclaws patreon: quietstars instagram: oystercatchersspure imagination // amvDonnyclaws2020-11-26 | + read desc for more info +
NEW AMV BABY !! + it doubles as a teaser for a webcomic that you can actually start reading RIGHT HERE (http://www.quietcomics.com/hatchfiend) i'm hoping to have a couple other uploads before the year ends too, but i hope you enjoy this!! i put a lot of work into it. also these are warrior fan characters
song: pure imagination - fiona apple
characters: vinegarsail (black and white) he/him crossroads (huge black and tan with cross on head) he/him dovetail (grey fluffy) she/her whalelight (blue) he/him churchfire (white colour point) he/him
other info:
i use they / them pronouns - tools : paint tool sai (drawing) clip studio paint (animating) sony vegas 14.0 (putting it together)
tumblr: daemonfires alt tumblr: pigeonclaws patreon: quietstars instagram: oystercatchersscult party // speedpaintDonnyclaws2020-10-26 | + read desc for more info +
time taken: 3 hours and 20 minutes
song 1: crocodile chop - neil cicierega song 2: grace for sale - terrance zdunich song 3: AMPM truck - the garden
some kind of surreal nonsense!! there is a cult arc in the story that's essentially a terrible bonding road trip between damian and aran. plenty of confronting trauma and dealing with actual literal gods for fun! tried to pick songs that could align with the events/emotional states of everyone in here. love how this came out tho i have a lot of fun with these weirder illustrations. ALSO sorry for the jitterness i didnt want this to be over 10 minutes but i'm very twitchy/all over the place when i'm drawing and that, does not translate well into speedpaints w zooming around and flicking layers on and off
characters: damian, red jacket, black hair, mole (they) aran, sharp teeth black hair guy (he) merle, skull monster (she) sand god, yellow snake in the back (it)
other info: - i use they / them pronouns - tools : paint tool sai (drawing) clip studio (animating) sony vegas 14.0 (putting it together)
tumblr: daemonfires alt tumblr: pigeonclaws patreon: quietstars instagram: oystercatcherssbizarre celebrations // part 12Donnyclaws2020-10-02 | + read desc for more info +
for jomadis~! thanks for letting me join~!
couldn't resist the palettes in this map (multi animator project) they're soo niceee. also using the dudes from my close up meme again, the angel, the oyster and the unicorn! this time w tacky second forms they get when they're really going thru it! i wanted to go for a power ranger villain ish vibe for them and the angels is (not subtly) based off sirene from devilman, she's one of my fav designs ever i think
i'm gonna try get some meatier content out soon if i can also, ik i've mostly just done map parts this whole year so i'd like to get some bigger stuff out before the end of it at least!
i use they / them pronouns - tools : paint tool sai (drawing) clip studio paint (animating) sony vegas 14.0 (putting it together)
tumblr: daemonfires alt tumblr: pigeonclaws patreon: quietstars instagram: oystercatcherssshikabane no odori // part 19Donnyclaws2020-09-04 | + read desc for more info +
for mapple pie~! thanks for letting me join~!
probably went a bit too ambitious on this considering it's a 2 second part but oh well~!! the theme of the map is flower symbolism and i was itching to do something w these two. they're super new, only the pirate girl has a name atm, ronnad. the flowers on her are blackthorn and the ones on the nun are celandine~!
it was also experimental so i tried to just loosen up and animate a full scene, bg elements and all. could have turned out cleaner .. construction? wise and ik the lines are real pixelly but i'm really happy w the result anyway. also this is my last map part for a bitt it's back onto big projects next~!
i use they / them pronouns - tools : paint tool sai (drawing) clip studio paint (animating) sony vegas 14.0 (putting it together)
tumblr: daemonfires alt tumblr: pigeonclaws patreon: quietstars instagram: oystercatchersshullabaloo // part 14Donnyclaws2020-08-22 | + read desc for more info +
for thrumples~! thanks for letting me join~! i had a lot of fun experimenting with the tweens
i didn't realize all of my last 2 parts also have a dark blackish background, this was 100% unintentional. anyway im being weirdly productive with video stuff lately so here's another part~! this time with my exo aphelion ocs. there's no solid story yet so i was mostly just having fun with alien bug people and flesh melting nonsense.
i don't know if i could keep up weekly uploads for a moment cause i do have more coming up but~! we'll see
i use they / them pronouns - tools : paint tool sai (drawing) clip studio paint (animating) sony vegas 14.0 (putting it together)
tumblr: daemonfires alt tumblr: pigeonclaws patreon: quietstars instagram: oystercatchersseverybody likes you // memeDonnyclaws2020-08-16 | + read desc for more info +
ended up finishing this meme from my wip video~!! gave it a new palette to make it the tiniest bit flashier though. sorry for the weird line consistency i was mostly just messing around~! also my first time animating alex im pretty sure? hope you guys like it~! hope yt doesn't eat up my views this time
also i'll have a map part up next week .. im so professional π³π³
other info: - i use they / them pronouns - tools : paint tool sai (drawing) clip studio paint (animating) sony vegas 14.0 (putting it together)
tumblr: daemonfires alt tumblr: pigeonclaws patreon: quietstars instagram: oystercatcherssCUPID // pmvDonnyclaws2020-08-05 | + read desc for more info +
FINISHED THIS BEAST!! this was meant to be a much shorter fun video at first. it ended up morphing into a vacation post card inspired tour vid of the demonic indifference world and it's nastier parts~! i tried to put as much detail and thought into each frame that i could which was, massively tiring but worth it. hope you guys enjoy~!
other info: - i use they / them pronouns - tools : paint tool sai (drawing) clip studio paint (animating) sony vegas 14.0 (putting it together)
tumblr: daemonfires alt tumblr: pigeonclaws patreon: quietstars instagram: oystercatcherssmilk man // part 7Donnyclaws2020-07-23 | + read desc for more info +
for punkrokki~!! thanks for letting me join~!
had a lot of fun with this and it's the first time i've done a vid with aaron. he pretty much brought aran up (+ named him after himself) and he's not a good dude. alex is his niece and he passed a lot of his morals and ease of manipulating ppl onto her. he also passed his shitty little beard onto her it runs in the family.
i've also got like, several more map parts coming up and hopefully some chunkier videos after that ! my work schedule is a mess
other info: - i use they / them pronouns - tools : paint tool sai (drawing) clip studio paint (animating) sony vegas 14.0 (putting it together)
tumblr: daemonfires alt tumblr: pigeonclaws patreon: quietstars instagram: oystercatchersscrime // school workDonnyclaws2020-07-12 | + read desc for more info +
hello~! im back with some content. this was another project for school and also a submission for the 11second club competition! basically u animate along to a clip of audio. for doing it in 2 weeks im still pretty happy with the result! im all wrapped up w school till next year so i'll be trying to post meatier videos and animations here soon !!
this was also my first time using adobe animate in case the lines look thicker than normal. can't say im a fan!!
the audio's from the movie birds of prey
other info: - i use they / them pronouns - tools : paint tool sai (drawing) adobe animate + clip studio paint (animating) sony vegas 14.0 (putting it together)
tumblr: daemonfires alt tumblr: pigeonclaws patreon: quietstars instagram: oystercatcherssunfinished animations // original stuffDonnyclaws2020-05-30 | + read desc for more info +
MORE FILLER! aaa, here's a good handful of wips i've been hoarding and probably won't complete? give or take a couple i'd like to redo/re purpose later down the line. similarly i've got way more pmv wips but i do wanna complete those so they're also tucked away for now~! hope this is interesting enough to watch! im working on two pmvs and an amv at the moment, hopefully i'll have one of them done soon~! (edit: one bit of audio was removed bc it would've had the whole video blocked everywhere if i kept it in hah)
the songs/info are all in the little cards before each video
other info: - i use they / them pronouns - tools : paint tool sai (drawing) clip studio (animating) sony vegas 14.0 (putting it together)
tumblr: daemonfires alt tumblr: pigeonclaws patreon: quietstars instagram: oystercatcherssheat guilt // speedpaintDonnyclaws2020-05-12 | + read desc for more info +
time taken: 3 hours and 20 minutes
song 1: this devil's workday - modest mouse song 2: fire ant - alex winston song 3: dirtytown - mother mother
speedpaint! i haven't uploaded in two months ooops, pls take this as filler in the mean time! i have a unfinished animation video coming up in the meantime as well but finding my old files is taking a bit.
this is like an inbetween baby and current damian, damian. i wanted to draw them emotionally transitioning between the two as well and illustrate their mixed feelings about having killed people sometimes. those feelings are them feeling maybe a little too thrilled by killing as an outlet to protect themselves when they've never been able to prior as well as it feeling like a way of paying an evil figure back for what they've been through, and then feeling a lot of guilt over being exactly what ppl said they'd be growing up and yknow, taking a whole ass life with ur hands.
anyway i love the result, hope you guys like it tooo
characters: damian (they/them)
other info: - i use they / them pronouns - tools : paint tool sai (drawing) clip studio (animating) sony vegas 14.0 (putting it together)
tumblr: daemonfires alt tumblr: pigeonclaws patreon: quietstars instagram: oystercatcherssclose to the sun map // part 13Donnyclaws2020-02-20 | + read desc for more info +
for koerenn~! thank u sm for letting me join~!
merle and glorio number 2 committing lesbians together after merle gets her second chad form. also im super proud of this! it's nice to fully animated somethin
gjalkg i've got another map part coming up too this is gonna b three in a row, sorry guys! i'm still workin on bigger stuff in the back i promise! in the mean time have these sable n acorn being dudes
other info: - i use they / them pronouns - tools : paint tool sai (drawing) clip studio (animating) sony vegas 14.0 (putting it together)
tumblr: daemonfires alt tumblr: pigeonclaws patreon: quietstarsmachete map // part 4Donnyclaws2020-01-19 | + read desc for more info +
for clearical~!! thank you for letting me join
here's the sendspace for the part: sendspace.com/file/u155c4 let me know if there's anything u want me to change or i messed the sizing up fdsf i'll
i was gonna use someone other than damian for a sec but the lyrics fit them too well so, rough boy back at it again. there was a church in their birth town n they had a rather bad experience there.
other info: - i use they / them pronouns - tools : paint tool sai (drawing) clip studio (animating) sony vegas 14.0 (putting it together)
tumblr: daemonfires alt tumblr: pigeonclaws patreon: quietstarsclose up // bday memeDonnyclaws2020-01-01 | + read desc for more info +
bday i am 19 now π³π³ anyway i wanted something quick and fun to do for it using some new ocs~!~! their names are the angel, the unicorn and the oyster~! this meme's going off right now and it's jack stauber so obviously i had to hop in
other info: - i use they / them pronouns - tools : paint tool sai (drawing) clip studio (animating) sony vegas 14.0 (putting it together)
tumblr: daemonfires alt tumblr: pigeonclaws patreon: quietstarsseabrine // school short filmDonnyclaws2019-12-16 | + read desc for more info +
sshort film !! very rough, im proud of bits of it n at the very least it was a good learning experience! it was originally gonna be set to the song man of oil by animal collective but we couldn't use copyrighted music in it at all so i had to hack it into a standalone things gsgsg
general gist of the story is you've got a big sea serpent that makes smaller creatures out of clay. the more clay he digs up from the beach to use for them the more oil he digs up as well. the beach is decaying and he doesn't really care for the other creatures lives as much as he cares for the process of making them. eventually the creatures confront him, he refuses to stop, eventually he dies in an oil spill. simple stuff~!
other info:
- i use they / them pronouns
- tools :
paint tool sai (drawing)
clip studio (animating)
premiere pro (putting it together)
tumblr: daemonfires
alt tumblr: pigeonclaws
patreon: quietstarsis this it // pmvDonnyclaws2019-12-16 | + read desc for more info +
a very fun experimental thing i've been chipping away at for a good few months now~! it's focused on the main demonic indifference cast and their very messy dynamic with eachother β§β§
song: is this it - the strokes
other info:
- i use they / them pronouns
- tools : paint tool sai (drawing)
clip studio (animating)
sony vegas 14.0 (putting it together)
tumblr: daemonfires
alt tumblr: pigeonclaws
patreon: quietstarsanimation reel + wips // 2019Donnyclaws2019-12-14 | + read desc for more info +
new fresh animation reel boys~!! i made a lot of rough animations this year but i think i jumped pretty hard in improvement recently too and i finished some huge projects that im still very proud of. overall it was a really good fun year for art stuff, i started school, im doin cool things now~! thank u guys so much for the support, i doubt i'll b able to crack a christmas video out but i've got a couple more things to post for u all before the year's done~!
song is fighter by jack stauber~!!
other info:
- i use they / them pronouns
- tools :
paint tool sai (drawing)
clip studio (animating)
sony vegas 14.0 (putting it together)
tumblr: daemonfires
alt tumblr: pigeonclaws
patreon: quietstarsclay and animated bits // original stuffDonnyclaws2019-11-19 | + read desc for more info +
better looks at the little clay dude i had in the last video and big clay squid. i had a little pile of practice animations anyway so i figured i'd tack them onto them end~!!
song is clone by the bondage fairies
other info: - i use they / them pronouns - tools : paint tool sai (drawing) clip studio (animating) sony vegas 14.0 (putting it together)
tumblr: daemonfires alt tumblr: pigeonclaws patreon: quietstars