SunbirdAnd it's done! Man, it's been so long since I've hosted a map and it feels incredible. Everyone did such a great job and delivered a beautiful final product! Go give some love to everyone who was a part of this ~
Cold|Complete Winter-themed OC MAPSunbird2021-02-08 | And it's done! Man, it's been so long since I've hosted a map and it feels incredible. Everyone did such a great job and delivered a beautiful final product! Go give some love to everyone who was a part of this ~
God smiles upon me each time a beloved YouTube animator posts a map with a song I wanted to use for my ocs :)
Because then I don’t have to make the whole song I can just do a fun low stress thing! This was a blast to make and I loved experimenting with the coloring style. Also I love portal 2 I’m a Glados lover at heart used to talk about it in middle school with the gamer boys.
music (remix): youtu.be/Thm6iVjGmg0?si=Iaa8rWh-RUOB-O9RSerpent and the Stars | Warriors AU MAP part 42Sunbird2023-09-16 | Been working on this one since March! I'm quite pleased with it, even though it's taken a lot out of me. Luckily I am not a perfectionist. Comments about controversy will be removed. This is my house, you can take that outside.
These are my most serious characters... thelionsdaughter.com audio: youtube.com/watch?v=GD-abu4jLq4&list=WL&index=7&ab_channel=TotallynotcornWading in Waist-High Water|Complete Watership Down MAPSunbird2023-08-13 | Hello! This MAP was a collaborative effort between @Birdisjell and I. She designed all the beautiful characters. I crafted the storyboard, and together a team of fabulous animators brought this vision to life!
As my friends and I were reading Watership Down in our book club, we knew we wanted to transform our impressions from the book into a visual dedication to the novel, and Waist-High Water was born. The Fleet Foxes song has always reminded me of the southern California coast, specifically the mountains of chaparral, so I transported our rabbits here. Follow them as they journey to Watership Down.
Music: 'Wading in Waist-High Water' and 'Sunblind' by Fleet FoxesAre You Bored Yet? | TAB MAP part 15Sunbird2023-07-31 | Hello! This is a collab I finished about a month ago for Basil Kat's wc oc story map. You can check it out here: youtube.com/watch?v=bNg1nBqTzPY&ab_channel=BasilKatCloudstar & Birdflight PMV- The Best Case ScenarioSunbird2023-07-02 | When SkyClan are expelled from the forest, Birdflight and Cloudstar are torn apart as Birdflight accepts shelter in ThunderClan to protect their newborn kits. Many years later, the two finally reunite in the afterlife when SkyClan is finally revived in Firestar's Quest.
This is a birthday present for @BasilKats, the #1 Cloudstar fan. He originally used this song to make an OC PMV and then realized it would fit well for these two, so I offered to make it as a present. Happy birthday Basil Kat!Funny video :)Sunbird2023-06-12 | inspired by: youtube.com/watch?v=R8TD8VaJGgY&ab_channel=EggsBenedict
comic: thelionsdaughter.comHistoryjkaSunbird2023-05-13 | This was an experimental PMV I made to celebrate the completion of chapter 2 of my graphic novel, The Lion's Daughter. After this video releases, I'll be making a community post on where you can read it! If you haven't read chapter 1 already, it's available for free on my DeviantArt and Tumblr.
Historyjka and Historyjka ii by Księżyc(ASC Shadow spoilers) Wafflepaws Purpose + Thunder speculationSunbird2023-04-05 | Unlisted because it’s not my usual channel content
Be warned: in this video the honorable warrior cats youtube Sunbird discusses major spoilers for the newly released Shadow. My flawless theory on the origins and purpose of Wafflepaw involve speculation on the plot of the next book, Thunder. If you want to avoid spoilers, take heed!
What does a Wafflepaw mean for the future of warriored cats? Will we finally learn whether Firestar truly likes this new apprentice? Find out now on your phones.Serpent and the Stars part 42 ROUGHSSunbird2023-03-31 | finished part: youtube.com/watch?v=C8YDxS3JmAE&ab_channel=Sunbird I still need to tinker at that last bit where Lion jumps away but I'd like to start on some cleanup so calling these the roughs for now. I imagine Darktail as a very Captain-Hook style villain with Lion as the crocodile.
Heehee this time instead of one polished animatic you get two sketchy animatics! This is a spiritual successor to youtube.com/watch?v=qHA2HSBuafU&ab_channel=Sunbird⭐Does it Slapp? GAOMON S620 Drawing Tablet Review + Speedpaint⭐Sunbird2023-03-11 | Hello fellow cat artists/gamers! I was sponsored by Gaomon to give you this official Sunbird 'Does it Slap?' tablet review. Featuring a speedpaint of a page from chapter 2 of my comic, which will release in early May! You can read chapter 1 now on my Tumblr or Deviantart.
★S620-6.5X4" Graphic Tablet 6.5x 4" Working Area-- 8192 Level Battery-free Pen -- Supports Android Phone Connecting & 4 Programmable Express KeyseBay US From March 12th-26th, the tablet is only $16.99, ebay.com/itm/394313563390
I collabed on part 20 with @RIPPEDEYEZ and on the intro with @BasilKats. The concept pictures cyon provided for the scenery made me go hog wild on these backgrounds (at least until I lost my steam on the hills :) ). Anyway, I hope you enjoy these parts!Waist-high water collabsSunbird2023-01-27 | Hi hi these are parts 9, 10, and 11 of a Watership Down map I am coshosting with @Birdisjell!
The part breaks are at each shot. I collabed with Birdisjell and @-SOSA-. on part 10: Bird did the cleanup of the roughs and SOSA did the awesome background. I collabed with @F-O-S and @gorseyb on part 11: forest did all of the animation for Kehaar, El-ahrairah, and Rabscuttle, and gorsey did the coloring and shading of the other rabbits! It was a pleasure to work with such talented artists :D
map call: youtube.com/watch?v=kWUjL8w8d84Where We Gonna Leave It - Complete Brightheart & Cloudtail MAPSunbird2023-01-21 | This map is loosely based on events in Sky, in which Brightheart becomes sick with greencough but ultimately pulls through. Even so, Brightheart and Cloudtail are reaching the end of their lives; 28 amazing animators have come together with a 24-hour deadline to give you this amazing project! Please be sure to check out each of their channels, especially our lovely thumbnail artist @CL0UD324!
Songs are "Where We Gonna Leave It" and "Fido Oro" by the Blasting Company.Where we gonna leave it?Sunbird2023-01-10 | Echos from the past. A part for my own map! There's still parts open: youtube.com/watch?v=LQ3t5nT8LFg&ab_channel=SunbirdTigerclaws shouldersSunbird2023-01-05 | You're telling me he's a dark brown tabby tom??? And with broad shoulders?!?! I've wanted to make this video for a while and drawing in the SSS style was super fun. Audio is from tfs dbz abridged.Sunbird Animation Reel - 2022Sunbird2023-01-05 | 🐛 omg a wormed. If you watch the whole thing you may see some unreleased mapped parts at the end. 🐛
In the American northeast, industrialization trudges onward in a world where human beings are replaced by 'feline beings'. Nevertheless, Audrey Brown finds herself caught between her instincts as an animal and her obligations to her family as a proper behaved young girl. Longing for the appreciation of her distant older sister and struggling to find a foothold in the world as her kithood draws to a close, Audrey finds an ever-changing world disrupting all she ever yearned for.The Keys of CanterburySunbird2022-12-18 | Keep an eye out for a video I'm releasing at the end of the month with details on the release date and information on the characters and plot!
Special thanks to @martinemussies for allowing me to use her piano cover of the Keys of Canterbury, which you can watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=r9jiZjKuUQcO Holy Night parts 6-7Sunbird2022-11-15 | Here we see my epic OC Cheetokit playing in the snow with his bestest friend :D
for Basil Kat map: youtube.com/watch?v=wSvsf_yEVDw&lc=UgzD9C9dBUAq6Zf3LpZ4AaABAgEmpty churches part 33 + fnaf jumpscareSunbird2022-11-07 | Huh that's weird I wonder what bit that guy's leg Little bird gif at the beginning was made by @Birdisjell!Empty Churches | Complete Ghost-themed MAPSunbird2022-10-31 | Happy Halloween! Empty Churches is a ghost-themed anything MAP in which participants were encouraged to depict sublime horror in their parts, featuring any collection of ghouls, specters, and spooky ghosts of their own creation or from other media. Please take a look at all of their channels! The beautiful thumbnail was drawn by @Ulylysh. Captions were graciously provided by @OFUKITTY.
Song is Empty Churches by Giles Corey. Some of the artist's other work includes sensitive themes such as suicide, so just keep a look out for that.Watership Down Storyboarded MAP call | Wading in Waist-High WaterSunbird2022-10-09 | My discord server just recently finished reading Watership Down in our book club and to celebrate we think there's nothing better than a map. The storyboard is designed to allow people who aren't familiar with the book or movie to still be attracted to the striking visuals and themes this map hopes to convey. If you like rabbits or just want to try something other than cats, I encourage you to apply!
Thumbnail made by @Birdisjell (my lovely cohost) and @BasilKats !roses scabbard - The Lions Daughter animaticSunbird2022-10-03 | Hi this is a very low-effort thing I did while working on other things and luckily just as I was losing the motivation I only had a few frames left so it is complete. I'm not even really that big of a steven universe fan but this is my favorite scene and it's the scene that really got me interested in the show.
[No spoilers in the comments if you're one of the goblins with access to the chapter scripts I WILL hit you with a baseball bat.]Feline Fine Lo-fi looping map part 21Sunbird2022-09-14 | I will animate a cat knitting I will animate a cat knitting I will animate a I learned to knit (over the past 4 years) because I wanted to know how to draw this character knitting and now we are animating the knitting this is an evolution
I had a short deadline so eh there are things I'd change but I'm happy with it!
for cinnabarlab map: youtube.com/watch?v=MnDR50tZmvELyke-Wake Dirge | Complete Multi-Part Villain MAPSunbird2022-03-27 | Exactly one year after the original map call was posted, Lyke-Wake Dirge is here! This project came together with the talent of twenty-four fabulous animators. Please check them all out! I'm so proud of everyone and we could not have done a better job.
Each animator was assigned three parts with which to tell the story of their villain. As the song progresses, so do the stories of our characters. Watch them all together in the end credits!
for: youtube.com/watch?v=IsMnovyuoDg3 Warriors Map parts (Institutionalized, Yumyan Hammerpaw, Traveler Feather)Sunbird2022-02-03 | Hello fellow cat artists I have been working very diligently, I just decided to hoard these animations and release them all together in one video. Two of these are collabs, which I really enjoyed working on! Please take a look at the wonderful people who helped in the creation of these.
Institutionalized part by itself: youtu.be/yDHmX8O1iYI map (hosted by Razmerry): youtube.com/watch?v=K-8jpxAql40 This is the part I started on first, and I usually don't work on multiple projects at the same time, but this poor part has had its vegas file shared with these two other map parts and even my bristlefrost meme video. It was also the one I finished last, tragically, but it's done and that's what matters! I had a lot of fun with this and I always love drawing my man Goosefeather.
Yumyan Hammerpaw part by itself: youtu.be/XLZGXvZw908 map (hosted by FISHSOCKS): youtube.com/watch?v=UoXwPy8qj2A Koskot Owl: youtube.com/c/KoskotOwl Hellsfawn: youtube.com/c/JaffaCat Okay so this part isn't technically done, but I worked on this big chunk and it's been laying around for a while. I'll likely be working on more of the part but I don't intend to upload that stuff unless it's overwhelmingly my work. We worked off Hellsfawn's storyboards, and Koskot Owl was very kind to help me out with the background because I was exhausted by the time I finished shading.
Traveler Feather Lop's upload: youtube.com/watch?v=y9QMXQJADLI Loporidae: youtube.com/channel/UCT4QGsSKLFKtR4yH6qzUxUg map (hosted by Cheeteh Z): youtube.com/watch?v=Pm2j_G-PbK8 Don't tell Cheeteh Z but I never watch the whole storyboard video or read the script for their maps, I just figure things out from the finished parts, and I fell in love with what I was seeing from Traveler Feather so I'm very grateful to have been chosen as a backup. Lop is a poggers person, fantastic work, we made this part EPIC.2021 Art and AnimationSunbird2021-12-26 | Hi its me sunbird. Look out for new map parts coming soon :)
song is Mother by Vashti Bunyan[Spoilers for ALITM] Bristlefrosts messageSunbird2021-12-06 | Bristlefrost crosses the event horizon. I made this in like an hour.Lyke-Wake Dirge parts 4A/14B/1CSunbird2021-09-18 | The fruits of my labor are finally here! I'm very proud of these parts, and Lyke-Wake Dirge is looking stunning so far! I hope you all enjoy :)
map: youtube.com/watch?v=m6hnpF9ZXr0Choice|Warriors video game map part 1Sunbird2021-07-18 | Hi I just really like the Don Bluth style and I wanted to make some cats swordfighting so enjoy my Dragon's lair-themed part.
map (hosted by powderseas): youtube.com/watch?v=3AiO8W1kMEcThe Truth is a Cave part 21Sunbird2021-07-11 | Experimental maps are fun and the Oh Hellos are my love so here is a traditionally inked map part! It was nice to work on pen and paper again.
join this map! It's hosted by Basil Kat and there's a few parts open + backups needed: youtube.com/watch?v=xFvEHt7Xvm4Everything Ive made and never posted (2014-2021)Sunbird2021-06-21 | edit: I added more content I forgot and that messed with some of the content warning timestamps in the video. Bad words from 10:03-10:52 and body horror from 13:16-13:27
I intended to post this video in 2018, but it stayed unlisted, and now I've updated it with newer videos. I hope this will tide you over until my next video! I promise I am hard at work.
Timestamps 0:00- 2014 1. Alice of human sacrifice (Warriors OCs): This was probably my first big project, and I got pretty far. Still, it's a long song so I lost the motivation to finish it. 2. Little lion man (Warriors OCs): This was mostly an editing test. 3. He doesn't know why (OCs): This song still slaps and I still use these ocs so I WILL remake this someday. 4. ??? (OCs): This was for a sibling map. I rarely dropped map parts at this time, so I'm not sure why it didn't get finished.
2:43 - 2015 1. Mykonos (OCs): Very ambitious stop motion project. Therefore, it remains unfinished. 2. The grand optimist (OCs): Yeah I guess I liked bears at one point. 3. Brothers (OCs): OK so this is really funny. This is the old version of a map part I did finish, but I didn't read the rules well enough (it was a palette map). 4. Webkinz (Webkinz): This was for the best map ever conceived. I contacted the host to see if it was still around but sadly lost media. Please make more webkinz maps.
4:15 - 2016 1. Armchairs (Graystripe and Millie): For a map I hosted that never got off the ground. 2. Crawling (Breezepelt): Is this cringe? Yeah I guess so; put it in your cringe compilations. 3. Secret tunnel (Lionpaw and Heatherpaw): Someone make a map with this concept I want it off my hands. 4. ??? (OCs): Animation test. RIP this character. 5. Funny game grumps meme (OCs): I still think this is funny but only with my knowledge of the characters and story. 6. M. Ward duet for guitars (OCs): Very nice for its time.
6:19 - 2017 1. Hamilton song (OCs): This was for that big "animate all of hamilton" map. I like this storyboard but didn't want the entire video blocked so hopefully that drowning out worked. 2. Castle on a cloud (OCs): Yeah this is really cute I still like it.
8:11 - 2018 1. Willow maid (Squirrelflight and Ashfur): This was supposed to be a collab. I got a lot done so honestly could have posted it as "done" but alas. I still have one of those traditional drawings hanging on my wall. I made them during my AP Studio art class. 2. Memes (OCs): These were just for fun. 3. Eighth wonder (OCs): Looks alright, another one I never intended to finish and post but just for funsies.
12:03 - 2019 1. Bells of Notre Dame (Warriors): for a map I hosted; I still adore the concept and want to see a version of it done but unfortunately, no one read dawn of the clans. I read dawn of the clans... 2. Reanimated project (Homeward bound): Got tired after the first shot and I wasn't vibing with the chill management. 3. On the borderline (OCs): I went hard on that dance animation, used a reference and everything. Alas, too ambitious.
13:06 - 2020 1. Jenny (OCs): This looked so cool but I hated how the hare turned out and then I just stopped working on it. Map parts come first. 2. Let me be surprised (Ashfur): At this point someone can take this from me because the concept is too good to pass up.
13:57 - 2021 1. Schroeder and Lucy (OCs): Yeah this is also really funny, and I did get a little farther on it but those files are on a different computer. 2. Burning Memory (Shadowsight): I got very very far on this but continuing to work on it made me nearly physically sick and was preventing me from working on other things. 3. My pillow (Shattered Crowns): I still intend to finish this but it's just not my top priority.Underground River - Fallen Leaves part 8Sunbird2021-03-20 | I want to get off Mr. Bones' Wild Ride
for Theatrical's map: youtube.com/watch?v=mk2Bj3maHbk original host: youtube.com/channel/UC1159GqtTmunqzh94veWXHgCold|Winter-themed map part 15Sunbird2021-02-07 | No editing or intro for this one because I am tired and it would be redundant but I felt I might upload it anyway. You can expect the finished map sometime tomorrow!
edit: completed map: youtube.com/watch?v=uzZQSi8dsaMDarkkit and Smoke part 9Sunbird2021-01-26 | This part was a wild ride because during its production i both switched computers and had my tablet break. I ended up finishing this part with ol' reliable mouse animation.
For Treeetoop's map (backups open): youtube.com/watch?v=B9geiQGATTo2020 Art and AnimationSunbird2020-12-27 | Hi here is my obligatory year recap video I hope you all enjoyed seeing my funky little cats this year
0:00 - animations 0:57 - general art 1:14 - artfight 1:24 - stream doodles 1:34 - warriors designs
song is unknown waters by Lilypichu: youtube.com/watch?v=HHKmS7c5ai4Cold|Winter-themed map part 1Sunbird2020-12-01 | This is definitely one of the most visually pleasing map parts I've ever done. I want to be where they are :'(