All I want for Christmasss! is a Caleb flashback

I present another animation practice featuring the Wittebanes!

This uses a piece of audio that was cut from the animation “Drifting Apart” by Magpie. I asked for permission to post the animation I made with the discarded audio, and he kindly allowed it. :)

I can’t remember who but a friend of mine has came up with that and I kept it in the credits because the VA also thought it was hilarious 😂

I want to start posting my homework here (specially since it usually keeps me so busy from working on my own drawings). This was the last assignment I had to work on: a 3 second take of a character where they turn around and there’s a change of expressions. It was mostly a body language practice while keeping the drawing in tie-down (or at least have a really clean rough).

It took me a while and there are a few things here and there that I would like to fix in the future, but overall I’m satisfied with what I could do. Specially since it’s the first time I try animating a character in a style that isn’t mine, I tried to keep Willow on model as best as I could.

Also I’m still a student, so if any animator happens so see this, any tips or feedback in general is greatly appreciated!

Still as handsome as ever, gives me "The little mermaid" vibes, is it too hard to look this beautiful?

i got the sudden urge to reanimate the chibiverse huntlow kiss… so i did! this took about 20 hours across 3 days. i am not an animator and haven’t animated in 3 years, and my line art brush kept changing sizes even tho it was supposed to be a monoline brush?? so it’s not perfect but i’m happy with it hehe

i decided to have willow sneak up on hunter using an invisibility glyph cuz that’s so much easier than having her pop up like in the original. and hunter is confused for a split second before he realizes what just happened

I dont like headcannoning anyone who is similar to another character in toh as the same. But in my opinion I see her as powerful yet secretive, someone who it very wise but kind and gentle. I think she is very openminded, more than Caleb was, and a little demanding.

I think she came from a well off family of hunters and gatherers (which is represented in her clothes) and only moved to woodcarving to keep something that Caleb liked closer to her.

(I heavily headcannon bi customs to be similar to the American indigenous culture just to add a heaver message to when Belos took over)

However I think she also had her moments in the human realm where she thought she was superior to Caleb due to her magic (Caleb thinking the same using the excuse if being more "proper") but later catching herself and changing how she treated Caleb.

I strongly disagree that she was nieve when traveling to the human realm, she was curious but knew full well of the dangers. I also think she spent most of her time by herself due to when she is seen with Caleb or see in the background in Hollow mind she is alone or away from crowds. Meaning she probably held Caleb much dearer to her.

After Caleb's death I see her completely focusing on her family. I agree with Moonmeg's idea that she didn't want to risk herself. However I think she raised her family shut out from the rest of the world, making sure Philip was never known or giving a platform to stand on for his actions herself.

Huh! That genius, why did I think of that?

“However I think she also had her moments in the human realm where she thought she was superior to Caleb due to her magic (Caleb thinking the same using the excuse if being more "proper") but later catching herself and changing how she treated Caleb.”

Cultural shock/ cultural differences LETS GOOO IM TAKING THIS HEADCANON

I’m actually so curious on how everyone thinks Evelyn discovered the human realm. Was it by accident? Did she research?? Did the portal arch already exist on the Clawthorne property or did she go through eclipse lake??? OR SOME OTHER METHOD?????

1.- Wild portals. Naturally created by mixing titan blood with water, wild portals are generally found in large bodies of water. Like at the sea or eclipse lake.

2.- The arcs. When Belos splashed titan blood into the arc of graves field graveyard, it created a portal that led to an arc near the clawthrone's backyard. The conclusion is that the arcs are connected. Their placements are in discreet yet near areas to Caleb and Evelyn homes. A too big of a coincidence if you ask me, the chances of the arcs being built by them are very high.

3.- The portal door. The portal door is connected to the Wittebane home. Like the arcs, it controls the places it connects to, with the added advantage that the key contains the Titan blood, eliminating the issue of wasting Titan blood with each use. By logic alone, the portal door must have been developed after the arcs. Otherwise, it makes no sense to create the portal arcs when the portal door is a much more sustainable invention.

This analysis is important because it leads to the conclusion that Evelyn first got to the Human Realm through a wild portal! It’s the easiest option. The arcs are unlikely because I’m very skeptical that Evelyn’s family built portal arcs connected to a recently founded town—especially one bearing the carved logo of that very town, lol.

So now it’s time to ask: how did Evelyn enter a wild portal?

There are only two truths. First, she had to travel at least twice for the arcs to be built. Second, she probably used the wild portals at Eclipse Lake.

These two scenes suggest that most human objects end up in the Boiling Sea. Evelyn wouldn’t survive a swim in the Boiling Sea 😂 so that leaves either a random location on the mainland or the Titan blood mines (like Eclipse Lake), where Titan blood is concentrated.

Here are some gif previews for those who can't/don't want to donate :3 (You can set the amount to £1 on ko-fi and it should work !)