POOLS- Ashfur AMV Animatic

im sorry pufferfish:(

Heeeeeeeeello fellow people, i just finished my amv and im... happy and tired, BUT SATISFIED!! actually when i finished this i realized that lyrics moved and changed size and i took 30 minutes to try to fix it, so sorry if it dont look like in first preview!!

Important notes:

-If you're mobile user, turn your light at 100%, there may be scenes that are DARK!!
-Fire scene got inspired with colors by incredible map RORY hosted by ChillyWeathers
-its AU!! where lake is replaced by SEA!!

also please support my little helpers that helped mi in coloring SO MUCH!! thank you guys so much for that! Here's their channels:

Design for ashfur you can find on my instagram or youtube social tab

Tysm also for my friends for doing vine part on end of this amv XD
In sequence:

Feenixkay
Stonepelt123
MagicPancil
Nightfall (me)
Blanchy
Char Char
Juliamaniaz

explanation;

ashfur is darker colored, and squirrelflight brighter

0:28 at the beginning ofc subtitles, ashfur just discovered ''magical'' underwater world! then, he decided to impress squirrelflight so,
0:33 so ashfur taking squirrelflight on the '' trip '', she looks a bit towards the forest (the place where the squirrel and bramble scene is later) not much interested, after which ashfur shows squirrel beach she looks suprised
0:50 ashfur jump into the water, squirrelflight is super confused and she doesnt really know what to do, so she turns back,
0:57 then she stops and thinks, if he can, that mean I can't? so she jumps in the water with ashfur
1:01 squirrelflight is impressed and surprised by the underwater world, and ashfur showing her shoal of fish (symbolism)
1:24 wink wink theyre happy hugs
1:32 ashfur wakes up without squirrelflight next to him, but he is like; hm she probably need go back to camp or something, so he happy going back to camp
1:46 ashfur thinks squirrelflight is hiding from him, so he wants to surprise her and go back to camp together, with her
1:50 brambleclaw and squirrelflight they play in the woods as in their youth, ashfur is shocked (1:53 ''now toy'' he feels ''used'') bramble showing squirrel a woods world, and beauty you can see just in forest
2:07 ashfur is angryyyyy and jelaous :(
2:14 ashfur goes to the beach, he notices a bonfire with a small camp, so its good idea to take stick and BURN IT!!
2:27 ashfur slowly goes to the camp, setting fire to the forest
2:37 he notices the place where brambleclaw and squirrelflight were
2:48 ashfur is in camp and holding stick to show that he is the reason for the fire
3:03 he spreading fire around them, and complaing about situation how she used him, (3:08) he showing her a shoal of fish in sky which later fall into the fire
3:16 ashfur showing squirrelflight that she hurted his feelings, so he sets into a fire memories from water part, she is mad
3:21 they are in ''memories'' where they are playing in water, she see silouettes of memorable playing in water
3:30 squirrelflight realizes that they arent in beautiful place like before, they are much deeper, with deep sea creatures that scares her
3:35 from free swimming on the water it becomes a nightmare, squirrelflight looks upwards and sees that they are very deep, so she decides to swim ashore as soon as possible before she loses her breath, but ashfur catches her paw and squirrelflight loses consciousness under water (this is only symbolic, she doesn't die)
3:41 ashfur runs to the beach to take a breath, and he falling to water, to chill a bit
3:59 ashfur is underwater, he seems dissapointment, this place isn't the same like ealier
4:04 fishies are dead (symbolism)
4:15 ashfur is dead, hollyleaf killed him

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[nightfall]

hi! ^^ please read description before watching!

[frosted-bird]

Ashfur: Squishes pufferfish
Pufferfish: *_Augh_*

[thedemongengar]

Don't worry Ashfur, there's plenty of fish in the sea

[Julia-obux]

Let's just take a moment to appreciate the effort Night and all the helpers put into this. It's gorgeous in every way 🐟✨🥺

[fozzyspots]

this is literally the most ambitious, unique, gorgeous amv i have ever seen in my life - it's so interesting, so abstract and theatrical, and even though i loathe ashfur, there was something so charismatic about him in this that made me love him for those four minutes. i genuinely cannot put into words how much i love this but every single new frame took my breath away all over again, it was like going on the most incredible, trippy journey - and that bit where it goes quiet and black... and then ashfur ignites the whole camp? holy SHIT. the angles, the tweening, the imagery - it's all so PERFECT and like nothing i've ever seen before in over a decade of being in this community. like, the little tent and camp? the whales and deep sea fish in the lake? the underwater scenes? how ominous hollyleaf was in the water behind him? the dead fish at the end as the dream is shattered? the monochrome? the fluidity of the animation and expressions? the whole vibe and aesthetic? UNPARALLELED.

the second i saw that we were starting it underwater with fish i sat up like "okay, this is different", like it GRABBED ME. there's a certain recipe to other warriors creations and you just do not follow it at all and i LOVE that. i love that you don't so much show actual scenes from the books as you show more surrealist, metaphorical scenes, or scenes of characters going about lives that we don't ever get to see, like spending the night away from camp and playing on the shore of the lake. god i love that so freaking much.

NOTHING gets me more excited than dark imagery paired with upbeat-ish music and this FLOORED ME. god i'm just so in love with it, it's like... every amv/pmv/map the warriors community puts out is stunning but this is on a whole other level of originality and creativity and just... MATURITY and i could wax poetic about it for hours. i love it so, so much. thank you for blessing us <3 (okay and no actually i was going to say "it reminds me of the creativity in that one ivypool amv, free" and then i checked and i was like... that's you. your unique approach and the way you tell visual stores is so iconic that i literally drew a comparison between this totally different piece and that one just because of the VIBES, that's saying something. THE TALENT. ilysm) (also, bob-tailed ashfur? everyone liked that)

[Koerenn]

I name this masterpiece. You did an amazing job in term of adaptation and creativity with a beautiful touch of artist freedom. The symbolics are very very nice!

[Officialgovernmenthater]

Now see this? This creative, unique warriors content is the kind of content where you have to pause and admire every single frame.

[stagnantbody]

Damn, Squirrelflight really do be choosing a boring ass forest over a magical underwater world.. smh

[nightfall]

Okay okay, i see some of you dont understand some scenes, so here's explanation;


ashfur is darker colored, and squirrelflight brighter



0:28 at the beginning ofc subtitles, ashfur just discovered ''magical'' underwater world! then, he decided to impress squirrelflight so,
0:33 so ashfur taking squirrelflight on the '' trip '', she looks a bit towards the forest (the place where the squirrel and bramble scene is later) not much interested, after which ashfur shows squirrel beach she looks suprised
0:50 ashfur jump into the water, squirrelflight is super confused and she doesnt really know what to do, so she turns back,
0:57 then she stops and thinks, if he can, that mean I can't? so she jumps in the water with ashfur
1:01 squirrelflight is impressed and surprised by the underwater world, and ashfur showing her shoal of fish (symbolism)

1:24 wink wink theyre happy *hugs*

1:32 ashfur wakes up without squirrelflight next to him, but he is like; hm she probably need go back to camp or something, so he happy going back to camp
1:46 ashfur thinks squirrelflight is hiding from him, so he wants to surprise her and go back to camp together, with her

1:50 brambleclaw and squirrelflight they play in the woods as in their youth, ashfur is shocked (1:53 ''now toy'' he feels ''used'') bramble showing squirrel a woods world, and beauty you can see just in forest
2:07 ashfur is and jelaous >:(

2:14 ashfur goes to the beach, he notices a bonfire with a small camp, so its good idea to take stick and BURN IT!!

2:27 ashfur slowly goes to the camp, setting fire to the forest

2:37 he notices the place where brambleclaw and squirrelflight were
2:48 ashfur is in camp and holding stick to show that he is the reason for the fire
3:03 he spreading fire around them, and complaing about situation how she used him, (3:08) he showing her a shoal of fish in sky which later fall into the fire

3:16 ashfur showing squirrelflight that she hurted his feelings, so he sets into a fire memories from water part, she is mad
3:21 they are in ''memories'' where they are playing in water, she see silouettes of memorable playing in water
3:30 squirrelflight realizes that they arent in beautiful place like before, they are much deeper, with deep sea creatures that scares her
3:35 from free swimming on the water it becomes a nightmare, squirrelflight looks upwards and sees that they are very deep, so she decides to swim ashore as soon as possible before she loses her breath, but ashfur catches her paw and squirrelflight loses consciousness under water (this is only symbolic, she doesn't die)
3:41 ashfur runs to the beach to take a breath, and he falling to water, to chill a bit
3:59 ashfur is underwater, he seems dissapointment, this place isn't the same like ealier
4:04 fishies are dead (symbolism)
4:15 ashfur is dead, hollyleaf killed him


Thats all, i hope ya like it! ^^

[haillepowers]

Y’all remember how much traction that pigeon Ashfur animatic gained a while ago? I’m hoping this is next because everything about this is gorgeous

[Rilotto]

I like how it goes straight to the fire scene from Ashfur's reaction to Bramble/Squirrel because Ashfur never actually processed the huge amount of time in-between

[loonaq]

OH MY GOD THE SYMBOLISM <3333


Ashfur brings her into the beautiful underwaters, full of mystery. But a cat can't stay there forever- so she stays with Brambleclaw high in the trees where she can be comfortable and stay there for as long as she pleases. Okay I love this so much thank you for all this Nightfall!!!

[spookypaws]

The aesthetic of this makes me go WHEJEJWJENEOSMS I love the tropical feel of the song, and how it complements the art and the story so much!

[Melonlord]

This is the most creative Ashfur pmv i seen jesus christ, the idea, THE TWEENING GOD I LOVE THIS, may i ask what do you tween with? Im speechless

[jun]

I didn’t know Ashfur was a fire and water bender-

[dragonburst]

Really? You're gonna pull a Good In Me and put up the video for premiere days before it comes out?

[fishbonezzz]

This is over 2 years old and I've left the warriors fandom for good now, but god this is still gorgeous.
i feel the emotion. i love the themes. the backgrounds. the environment is so lush, it feels like they're actually in it rather than just slapping their models on top of a drawn picture. and the way you drew the cats here was so recognizable. You can easily distinguish one character from another. Body language was on point too. More free movements in the water, but also agile on land.
phenomenal. still one of my favorite animatics on youtube to date.

[Owl_spark]

HOOHOHOHO HOM OMG NIGHT THIS IS HONESTLY AMAZING WOWW OW ITS SO CREATIVE AND UNIQUE I LOVE THIS SO MUCH A IT FEELS SO LIKE MAGICAL AND SURREAL I LOVE IT THIS IS AMAZING A

[aurigah]

Gosh, this is one of the best AMV Animatic ever. The management of the colors is so clever: blue for the first part, where Ashfur is showing Squirrelflight the sea world, green for the second part, where Bramble takes Squirrel above the trees (also nice the contrast between the sea, shown by Ash, and the sky, shown by Bramble, who also "looks up" at it, determined at 2:03), and red for the fire scene. Well, the overall idea of this is video is unique in itself. The colors, the idea of the sea as "the place" of Ashfur, the animation, the expressions, everything is so original and flawlessly done.
I actually never comment on animation videos but this surely moved my heart! I love your aesthetic sense so much.

[tropicalzilla]

Squirrelflight: Im sorry but, i'm into another cat...
Ashfur: heh. Fire go floosh floosh