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The bar has been raised (10/5/2014)

An animator by the name of Eduardo Quintana has just posted a stunning piece of fan animation—a large part of the song "The Madness of King Scar" from TLKoB.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kGEz1zDGgY

The animation (and indeed the directing style) is all but indistinguishable from the original movie. It really, truly sets a new standard for what fanwork can be.

With the modern tools at our disposal and pieces like this to inspire us, there's no telling what the future holds for this fandom!

Brian

Artist Bulletins:

Posted Thu, 12/4/2014 by Sabor_Cub

New Webcomic!!!
Hey guys! I just created a Webcomic called "Slice of Pizza"! It's a Slice of Life genre but I plan...

Posted Thu, 12/4/2014 by Charry

Some news and updates, I guess...
Well, I was going to try and make some vent art in order to tell you guys about this but I really...

Posted Tue, 12/2/2014 by TravelerBlu

Happy Decemeber!
I will start working on gifts for all of my friends pretty soon, if you want a specific character...

Posted Sun, 11/30/2014 by Gothic Kiara

BIG CAT WEEK
hey if you want to watch safari Live here is the link you can use to watch from your computer...

Posted Mon, 11/24/2014 by Sabor_Cub

Are Outlanders Tsavo lions?
The Tsavo lions are known as maneless lions and are more aggressive than the more common maned...

Current Art Contest: A change of style

Last 5 Artists' Uploads:

pooky15 - 03:19 Sat 12/6/2014

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A sketcher gift for Sabor_Cub of their character Aura
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Sang Varg - 21:05 Thu 12/4/2014

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SURPRISE, SURPRISE!!

I know I once said that I won't draw that much TLK stuff anymore, but that never meant I'm going to quit it completely, so...

HA!
Have a nice picture of my favourite TLK lioness, Sarabi :)

Every year around christmas time I feel like drawing TLK stuff, don't ask me why..

Enjoy ;)

-Sang
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Clara - 15:18 Fri 12/5/2014

finished Icons for others

shy cub Clara for PandoricaJinx. see in the TT If you want one of this Icon
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1Timestones38n - 03:09 Fri 12/5/2014

Animations

Okay, I left this siting for more than a month now, and don't see myself getting around to finish this, so I am uploading what I had done. Sorry I'm not having the plans on finishing this, but this likely because I want to redo it currently, though I'll be waiting till I finish my art trades and everything else first, and I'll likely be using a different character, plus it'll all be OC, not based off of anything.

I hope you guys like!
RATE, FAVOURITE, COMMENT!

Artwork, Echoes [c] 1Ts38n 2014
Posed based from Lion Sora's walk in KH2FM, [c] Square Enix 2005/2006
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Disney fan - 00:54 Fri 12/5/2014

My characters

I just love her freckels!
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Thowra

Communities change, and so do the people who make them up. Members come and go. Even the focus of the group's identity shifts over time, as is natural for one such as ours, which is based on the cultural impact and prominence of a movie which by now has entered "classic" status. But we are lucky in that we can always find evidence of the community's strength in how its individual members have grown as people as well as as artists; and that's certainly the case with Thowra, this month's honoree.








In the Artist's Own Words:
“  Oh my gosh, I can't believe this @_@ I cannot even begin to express how excited and grateful I am to everyone who voted for me. It means so much to me as an artist as a person, having made so many beginnings here. My interest in art began with this site, having been following a few people before I had even joined (and am even friends with now) and drawing so much inspiration from them. I made so many good friends, a couple enemies, and met my girlfriend on here too.

I would like to thank all my good friends--Cody (Blazing Black Mage), Suka (~Suka~), Rudy (Rudolf the Red-Nosed LIONESS)(IT'S BEEN ALMOST 7 YEARS, RUDY), Simon (Spazzeh)-- for sticking with me all this time. Most of all, I would like to thank Rachel (Shebu) for being such a great part of my life (I love you a lot.). You are all awesome and I feel so blessed to know you. I feel blessed having known all of the friends I've made on this site, even if some of those friendships didn't turn out so great.

I may not be into The Lion King so much right now, nor do I draw as much as I used to, but the movie still holds a special place in my heart as an incredibly influential turning point in the wheels of fate. If I hadn't opened my doors to the movie (which I, as a young one, was terrified of!) and googled "buckbeak" and come across a piece of artwork with user Kira617's fursona with the character buckbeak, I would have never met so many of all of you, and may have never became an artist. I would've never been on this path to write this story that I've taken so long to shape.

Besides my friends, I would like to thank the people who have supported me by commenting, favoriting, and following my art. You're all awesome. I know I've been a jerk, and a bully too sometimes, but I've always supported this site and want to see it continue to grow for as long as it can.

Thank you, and thank you again. I hope to start posting here more often, and try to be a part of the community once more.





It's always inspiring to browse through the archives of artists like Thowra, for whom their art is a highly personal expression of themselves. Page after page of original characters, trades, requests, and explorations of figures of all kinds of designs that have their roots in their own imagination and in those of their friends—all conveying every extreme of emotion, from joy to sadness, stress, anger, despair, and the calm self-possessedness of an artist in command of their craft.

Thowra has had a tumultuous time here on the TLKFAA, as can be expected from someone whose passion is so vividly reflected in their art. But as one can see by looking at their most recent pieces and their well-refined, newly restrained and channeled expressiveness, they have come to a place that is a great deal more centered and balanced than in the past, thanks no doubt to a greater understanding of their own personality that has naturally come about with time and trial.

What we are left with, at the end, is a look into the mind of a mature and accomplished artist, at peace with their impulses and able to channel them into some fascinating pieces of art. Hybrid animal characters abound in Thowra's gallery, drawing inspiration from myriad sources, none of which are obvious on the surface, which in itself is quite an accomplishment. Often rendered fully colored and digitally, the most completely realized examples (often exhibiting an intriguing sense of impressionism and abstraction in their backgrounds) are a sight to behold, nearly overwhelming in their barely-leashed innate energy.

But occasionally, even today as the direct inspiration from The Lion King has dwindled away, there are still glimpses of the world that sparked Thowra's imagination all those years ago and brought them to this site and this community. Even if just in pencil sketch form, and even if just in the form of an oblique reference to a line of dialogue, from time to time we'll see a character study or a crossover picture such as a reimagining of a TLK scene featuring Thowra's invented Ei'fay species. These clearly aren't their first source of inspiration anymore, but it's heartwarming to see that the movie that brought this community together is still able to be the wellspring of new creativity when the mood strikes.

Thowra has a lot of passions and does not shrink from making them known. This isn't a detriment in any way to their art; while it may provoke strong reactions in some fans, those fans know they're following someone whose vibrancy is leading to great places in the future. Seeing just how far their art has come in the last few months, exploring the boundaries of the subject matter on this site, DeviantArt, and elsewhere, anyone can see that the next few years will hold great things both for Thowra and everyone who follows them.

Congratulations!



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