EDIT: OH MY GOODNESS.... I got featured on EQD's Drawfriend #704 [link] ?? ... as number five... words cannot express.... what an honor... thank you... and what a wonderful day to be alive!
Flying sand... and flying hair.... and Octavia. (Not flying.) TL;DR: more concept art! (Yay!)
So I tried doing the squared-off muzzle-look.... and I actually think I like it. (It's easier to map in comparison to the show-accurate pointed-nose-look, which I like, but I struggled with for an hour before deciding to try something else.)
I think I'm either going to need to find another animator, or simply leave off animating this entirely if I keep adding atmospherics to the set. (Hair I can animate, but sand that actually looks like sand... is tricky when you're animating it by hand. And hey look, I rhymed!)
The Story of Octavia (TSoO) is a short film being developed by myself, slated for release in mid-to-late 2013. The film is set to Brony MACH’s song by the same name; used with permission. Find out more about the project here: [link]