FRAGILE || Cloudtail & Ashfur - Warrior Cats Animatic

` For all those born beneath an angry star...
Lest we forget how fragile we are `
A storyboard / animatic I did in a little over a week. I've had this idea in mind since 2017 - when my dad first introduced me to the song - and I've done numerous drafts and storyboard of this exact idea throughout the years, and I'm glad to have finally sat down and finished it. That being said I might show the older unfinished versions if I find any saved, since they all still mean a lot to me.

STORY / PLOT:
The storyboard revolves around Cloudtail mourning the loss of his brother, Ashfur.
Cloudtail was adopted by Brindleface when his uncle, Fireheart, brought him to ThunderClan. Brindleface raised him as her own, along with his adoptive siblings - Ashfur and Ferncloud. Their childhood was pure bliss, and the three got along fairly well. Ashkit and Cloudkit were best friends during kithood, and the two brothers were inseparable. Tragedy struck when their mother, Brindleface, was discovered dead by Cloudtail and Fireheart when patrolling ThunderClan's territory. Ashpaw sought comfort in his brother, but his brother was so overwhelmed with emotions that he shut Ashpaw out completely. The trouble didn't end there - soon the trio's denmates, Brightpaw and Swiftpaw, got attacked by a group of hounds. Only Brightpaw survived, and Cloudtail was there to comfort her the entire time. Ashpaw felt pity for the injured apprentice, and sympathy for his caring brother. The brothers chose completely different paths in life - Cloudtail built a family with Brightheart and lived a fairly normal and joyful life; and Ashfur focused the remainder of his life obsessing over a lost potential love, Squirrelflight. Cloudtail was concerned about Ashfur, but knew that there was nothing he could really do to change his mind. Suddenly, Ashfur's corpse was found in the river, and Cloudtail was absolutely distraught by the discovery. He grieved his lost brother, wondering what he could have done to prevent his death or at least bring him some joy during his final moments. He wanted closure, and only Ashfur himself could bring it to him
Obviously I've left out many key elements to the story for the sake of storytelling, so I'll list some events here:
- Cloudkit protecting Ashkit and Fernkit from a badger
- Cloudpaw sneaking into twoleg place to eat food (and Ashpaw covering up for him? )
- Fernpaw and Ashpaw spotting Brightpaw and Swiftpaw running off and then telling Fireheart
- Ferncloud & Dustpelt
- Brightheart and Cloudtail's kits
- Ashfur and Squirrelflight drama (involving the three + the infamous fire scene)
- Hollyleaf's confession / the revelation
- Ferncloud's death
Overall very pleased with how it turned out seeing as everything was done in about a week, added a lot of storyboarding elements I've learned recently which was very fun to play around with. I hope to finish this someday and turn it into an actual amv/pmv, though only time will tell if that happens.

Programs: Procreate (art), Sony Vegas Pro 14 (editing)
Time taken: ~1 week
Story, Characters (c) Erin Hunter, Harper Collins
Song: Fragile - Sting & Stevie Wonder
Art, storyboard (c) me

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