Cinematic update

So now I am sitting at 10 minutes and 10 seconds... I must say. This is starting to look good. I am so freaking close to getting this thing done. I can't wait! On a side note: I'll be working on both animations for now. I know I'll finish Spinosaurus vs Indominus faster, but it'll come slower as a result of doing this

Jurassic Rage!!! Indominus Rex vs Spinosaurus

So when I announce the contest, I want people to WANT these sticks. Which I will call the ZETA pack. I was going to call it the "Beta pack" but lets be honest... Zeta sounds cooler... AHA HA! Anyway: So, I will animate these 2 having a fight, and people will probably want them. I mean... they probably wanted them anyway, but this will add to the hype. So after the fight is over, I will plug in the contest, and the community. The reason I made this contest is actually solely for the community. The fact that this contest is based on co-operation with other members makes it the perfect way to get people interested. I was talking to a great friend of mine MatromX (which, by the way. The NICEST guy ever) wanted to promote the community... and I agree! so this is not only a plug for the community, but for the contest. I actually originally wanted to promote season 2's new stick figures too. But I feel like that'd make these look like shit. So I made it as a teaser

New Channel... What does this mean?

I want to try do other things on YT. I mean, I will always do Dinosaur fights. The form might change every now and then. Who knows where Jurassic Rage will go? or if I'll even keep that name

Anyway: I made this channel because I want to make more content. In case you can't tell, yes. It'll still be Dinosaur stuff. I want to do "list" type of videos. Like "Things you didn't know about Spinosaurus" or about Tyrannosaurus. I'm sure most of you Dinosaur Enthusiasts already know most stuff, like Tyrannosaurus's incredible eyesight. But the regular info in the medium probably wouldn't know about that stuff. So in a "list format" type of video, I hope to bring that info to the average TY viewer

JURASSIC RAGE AFTERMATH Spinosaurus vs Deinosuchus... Spinosaurus won... thoughts?

AHA HA! Well. While I was supposed to be working on my cinematic I unintentionally finished this fight. I take breaks from my cinematic every now and then while animating it because it gets EXHAUSTING sometimes. So I animate other things. The hilarious part about this animation is I plugged 2 animations together. The Part where Spinosaurus was eating Deinosuchus was just me testing out some sprites. If you look at "Dinosaur pivoting forum" by a friend called "Theropod Entertainment" you'll see in of my threads I made an eat test

If you noticed, Spinosaurus was brighter in the second half, and Deinosuchus switched which way his head was facing. He was the opposite of where Spinosaurus was and then after the fade out, his head was facing Spinosaurus. The reason I finished it was I decided to edit the eat test, where I had to delete all the sprites, change the BG and change the color of Deinosuchus. After I did that I made the rest of the eating and animated the roar. Then I decided "Might as well finish" and BOOM. There it is. Aha ha!

Also. Well... Spinosaurus won... interesting huh? I've said many times that I DO NOT hate Spinosaurus. Especially since I made a special about the life cycle

(Off topic paragraph: I WILL animate more cinematic shorts after the one I currently have. I even have a collaboration planned for one of them [I won't say who yet. But he's talented in the water region for a hint] so with that being said, I think after my first 2 come out, I will fully animate a Life cycle. Not panning shots, actual animation. Probably because I wanted to tell more but was very limited on time lol. So stay tuned for that!)

I am interested to see the response this video gets. I know my Spinosaurus videos have the highest views on my channel. But will making him give an even bigger response? if so I might include him more lol. On another note however: if this is the case (Spino vid exploding = more videos) the positive response of him winning has nothing to do with this next sentence: I think Spinosaurus will win more of his fights. I know, I know. Looks fishy right? but no. If you take a look at the blog, a good few posts back I said he'd win against Carcharodontosaurus in the next battle (Which I forgot to animate LOL [although the odd thing is I never even made a set up fight {a set up fight by the way is I have them standing there but nothing animated yet |damn, all these brackets AHA HA| which I normally do when planning a fight} if I HAD made a set up fight I probably would have done it... although now that I think about it there are about 5 fights that were set up and simply forgotten about... so maybe not] I sometimes continue older one by the way.. actually this fight was continued... and embarrassingly, this was my "200 subscriber special" when I was still using Predalian5. I only had animated the bite and the throw. The close up is where I continued. Idk if you noticed that) so yeah, if you're going to assume I'd make Spinosaurus win because of the views... you're wrong. While I'm sure you'd like to very much make that the case, the chances are just so remote, it's not even worth seriously considering. I mean, he'll still lose. Yes, but giving him a chance it worth the try.

Speaking of the response: I want to know if people will dislike the video even though he won. I already had a comment saying (and I quote) "Why Df did spino win i wan't him to lose i'm a spino hater" you're welcome to interpret that as you may, troll or not. It represents the fans way of dividing in half. People are always split about the winner. It gets annoying after a while but you learn to ignore it. So far it's gotten positive reviews. Just waiten' on those haters. LOL

I must say, when I was sounding I found I made Spinosaurus a beast XD Running all over the place, attacking without giving a chance of recovery, he was on the ball this round LMAO. Even with my slower style Spinosaurus looked faster than I am normally comfortable with. It worked here for some reason... bah! I won't complain about it. It was nice and smooth. Even if I thought it looked a little choppy

Well thanks for reading!

BIG PLAN?!!! PLZ READ

I'm sure season 2 of Jurassic Rage will be an immediate hit. With the major upgrade I'm sure to attract more viewers. However I find myself at a bit of a loss.

This is from a group I manage on google. Where me and other animators reside lol:

"As most of you know, YouTube deleted my channel. It hit me hard. Predalian5 was a name I created for myself. Everyone in the Pivot Dinosaur community knew who I was. I was so happy I was going to reach 10k subs. But for no reason whatsoever. My channel was deleted. I'm over it now. But one thing I thought was "maybe this only happens once in a while" I reasoned with myself by saying this MUST happen to unlucky people sometimes, like a glitch in the system. But my eyes have opened.

If you don't know who the "Nostalgia Critic" is, he's a HUGE YouTuber who reviews movies. Very recently (as in, a few hours ago at the time of this post) {EDIT: Not this blog post} made video saying, not only were THEY being effected, but other big YouTubers as well. YouTube will delete channels for the smallest amount of reasons

 I can't go through building up another channel and losing it again. So. here's my plan. I will be attempting to make my own sounds, or find someone to make them for me. Even if it means I have to pay. Because, not only are my sticks more detailed then ever, but I can make my own BG's. If I had my own original sounds, I 100% believe my channel would be secure. So if I make the move, you guys are the ones to hear it first. I know it might not sound like a big deal, but it is to me"

So I already have the channel set up. I'll link it here for you guys:
https://www.youtube.com/user/DinoEntertainment

So what I want to do is just move there for season 2. I'd still finish the fights for season 1 and just leave it on K Universe. But I still don't have enough money to request sound designers yet. Anyway, that'll be it for now. I will update with any news

CONTEST COMING SOON and Season 2 getting major update

Well, since my stick making skills have LEAPED once again. I had an idea for a contest (Which I have to credit Icy J for inspiring me to do this) Since my Beta sticks... aren't as good as this one is (Btw, all future sticks will have designs similar to this) I will give them as prizes for those who enter! They will only be given away for this singular event. They will never be included in future packs

Just to be clear

This is what I'm talking about. I have a few of these lesser detailed and more cartoony looking figures I thought would be apart of Season 2. But! since I have a new skill, these will be given away. Now, for the details. FOR NOW! I will just say this. For those of you from the animation crowd, this will be a chance to get closer with a buddy. Because it'll be a collab contest. You are to partner up with someone (Anyone) and when you partner up with someone, you will have to invest at least 30% into the project. That's all I will say for now. More details to come

The wait is almost over

My Goal originally was to get at least 7 minutes... but upon further animating I found myself sitting at over 9 minutes. While this is exciting for me, I also find that I have lack of motivation. The odd thing for me is I know this will be a game changer. People like to copy me all the time (Not saying it's a bad thing) so could you imagine if people starting making a load Cinematic videos? just imagine. A REAL story. Not just a fight. I love my fellow animators, but the 20 second videos I think, have to stop soon. It's great we're all trying. But we've been doing this for over 8 years. I should now! I've been animating since I was 12... and I'm 20 now

People are starting to lose interest. It's time we change the formula a little. I will say however, my friend "TheJurassicStudios" has been doing this for a while now lol. So if we start putting story in the mix I'll have to credit him for being the first. Granted, I DID NOT do this because of him. Ever since I watched "Prehistoric Beast" I was amazed at what you could really do with Dinosaurs. I absolutely LOVE the scene where the (We'll call it a trike, apparently Phil didn't ACTUALLY know what it was) is eating the flowers. The music and shots were so well done. I wanted to see what I could do

But I'll keep forcing myself for now. I'm 100% sure when I get to the fight part, footage will be coming quick lol. So to whomever is reading this, please be patient. This will all be worth it in the long run. I will hopefully have 12 minutes worth of juicy footage for you all. Take care!