Nyflex: You just hurt my feelings...

MikeyTheFox: @DawnSomewhere: I didn't know you were a fan of Prequel Greg :V

DawnSomewhere: @cosmichero:
You're trying to animate in Photoshop! Although it can be used for animation, it's really more of an editing tool. I did this in Toon Boom, which is a practical studio program. I wouldn't try this in Photoshop unless you're a masochist, but to get nice smooth-looking animation you'd want to show movement every 1/8th of a second at a minimum - which is to say if you're animating at 24 FPS, you'd draw a new image every three frames. They call that "animating on threes", and it's something they do to save money in kids' shows and the like. Most shows animate normal actions on twos, which is a new image every 1/12th second, and fast actions on ones, every 1/24th second.

So if you were to animate your gif at that level, which is maybe twenty seconds long, you'd be chewing through maybe 240 frames of work! I'm going to guess that's around 4000 layers based on how Photoshop moves things and how much is going on in your animation.

You did pretty well for a first art thing! If it turns out you like this stuff, I recommend looking into animation programs. It's a niche so a lot of the software can be expensive, but there are some feasible options. In this case I found Toon Boom worked really well because it can vectorize a png and its deformation tools make the noodle arms more flexible. You could also use Flash by putting all of the arm assets into symbols, but if you're going to spend money on something Flash is probably one of the most unstable and unreliable programs out there.

@MikeyTheFox:
Who couldn't love sad, unlucky, pineapple cat?

Niph: Should've used the yoyo instead, that'd be a guaranteed win.

Niph: + =

ThatGuyWithAKhajiitWaifu: @Niph: False
+ =

Toryu-Mau: Pineapple: You know what? I'm ashamed of being your inner demon, just... nevermind. F U.
Sadcat: Oh... uhm, ok. :[

Jahirr: I'll have to see how good After Effect's rigging system is. Otherwise, Katia's arms or legs may inadvertently lag behind her body when I try to make her walk.

Ja_Jarsha_Rovandi: @DawnSomewhere: Everyone loves sad unlucky pineapple cat. Except Kazerad, that's why she's sad.

Also, pretty sure Kazerad is a fan of yours, sooo
Prequel Somewhere Collaboration thing! best idea

DawnSomewhere: @Ja_Jarsha_Rovandi: I might be cool with doing something! I'm going to be really busy until October but after that who knows.

AMKitsune: 7 Septims for a whole Cocaine? Her mercantile skill must be through the roof!

Armored-Struggle-Wagon: Jesus! That Face!

8Aerondight8: @AMKitsune: I'm still trying to imagine how you can give someone a one cacaine?

8Aerondight8: @Armored-Struggle-Wagon: I really do need to practice argonian faces

Bob: @8Aerondight8:

Dime bags my friend. :3

Adroma: That is a scary argonian.

8Aerondight8: @Bob: What?

alidoge: Absolute madman.

Triskelion: Good job!

JaneC: Doesn't this violate the "No text" rule? :(

SuperVaderMan: @JaneC idk maybe, I just used parts of the background to make it. I actually didn't remember that rule until the animation was mostly done, so whatever.

furnut: I think if words are made from the assets themselves, it should be fine.

Very nicely made! super good menu ring animation too.

Skoon: Nice Superstar Saga reference.

Enheldor: @JaneC, @SuperVaderMan, @furnut: "You can only use the pieces provided. Flips, scaling, cropping, ect. are okay, but no original art, text, or fillbucketing." The way I read it first, you could have text, but it couldn't tell a story. For example, no Star Wars into, maybe no character dialogue. Rereading it, it could just mean "don't put in your own words, but you can use letters and shapes provided to form words if you really want to." I personally Like the restriction of the first interpretation, because we got the Anakin/Obi-wan duel dialogue using only shrugs and the like. The second interpretation allows really creative people to make words to label things, such as the Teammates chest, or to reference popular culture, such as here and the Dark Souls death screen.

As such, I now interpret the ruling to be a combination of the two.

MetalC0Mmander: @SuperVaderMan: Great minds think alike.

Fralex: @Bagman: No no no, that's all wrong. It should be like this.

Fralex: ARGH ignore that, didn't see someone already did it.

AMKitsune: Oh, if only this were a real game...
SuperVaderMan, however long you may have spent on this, it can't have been "too long" as it's absolutely perfect!

unknown_victor: Truly emotional

tronn: I like this story!

Toryu-Mau: I believe you have created a new Meme.
The face melting variety... .

THE-RAGING-OVERLORD: @Toryu-Mau: a-A MEME? oh... WELL, I THINK I JUST BROKED MY BELIVES... OH WELL, TIME TO SUICIDE.....(ಠ益ಠ)

tronn: "trash panda seducing Katia"

Toryu-Mau: Yup, Cider makin lewd stuff again.
Then a wild tronn snatches it up in his pinchers and drops it our way.
It's like the cycle of life.

furnut: oh my

tronn: "Katia as royalty eating cake"

Toryu-Mau: Now that you are royalty, what will you do?
The obvious answer - *Eat Cake* All of it. '°w°'

MetalC0Mmander: Ok what kind of clothe is that? Lady in a dream sequence you either go naked or you don't. There shouldn't be a middle ground.

Streetwind: Perhaps she is fat from all the cake, but wearing a corset to fake a slim waist? :P

SomeShadyGuy: Shouldn't she be afraid of herself?

MetalC0Mmander: @Streetwind: Corsets don't look like that.

furnut: Dem hips are made for royal cake eating

tronn: *connotation

Vidiotdragon: Did it just drop from the sky or...?

furnut: Rajirra just jelly it didn't fall into her own bosom, instead.

unknown_victor: Someone needs a hug, *unlimited hugs*

Toryu-Mau: It's the most~ Treacherous time~ Of the year~~

furnut: snow on whiskers. omg

SoarFlyer: My name was misspelled and I'm angry that it's a way better name.

Why didn't I think of SolarFlyer?!

Kazerad: @SoarFlyer: do you want me to fix it or do you want me to just pretend that the typo is your real name? I'll be honest, now that I look at it your name is kind of like "wheel car", or "water boat".

SoarFlyer: Just leave it.

As a reminder of what could have been.

Enheldor: @SoarFlyer: I didn't even notice the l until you pointed it out. I just read it as SoarFlyer.

Kazerad: @SoarFlyer: okay. I'm still going to give you a prize, though. Respond to the PM I sent or email me ([email protected]).

SuperVaderMan: Btw I wasn't exactly sure what you meant when you said "both characters actually using their favored weapons" with regards to Quill-Weave and Katia and had to re-read the side stories again to remember the time when QW parkour'd around on some rocks.

TFW your references are so obscure not even you realized you made them.

PlaceHolder: Well played, Superstar Saga. Well plaid.
_{my beloved cat poster...}

Sofox: That was a really fun contest and thanks for putting it on Kazerad. Gave me a reason for doing something I love.

Fralex: The M&L crossover one was probably my favorite, congratulations!

furnut: really good ones out there :D congrats on the winners, but also to the ones not mentioned for making some pretty creative things outta restrictive boundaries!