MmmMaarten Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Busy illustrating and animating 66 (!!) different animals for on a new Interactive Map. Happily using Affinity Designer for all graphics on the map to have them vector-based. Starting with the elephant 🐘! Such beautiful animals! 😀 2-Elephant-1080p-60fps.mp4 v_kyr, Alfred, bananayoshimoto and 8 others 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmwellborn Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 @MmmMaarten How lovely! You have captured him perfectly. I'd like to keep him on my desktop every day, just to remind me that there are truly wonderful things - still - in this world! bananayoshimoto, Alfred and MmmMaarten 1 2 Quote 24" iMAC Apple M1 chip, 8-core CPU, 8-core GPU, 16 GB unified memory, 1 TB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6. Photo, Publisher, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.3. MacBook Pro 13" 2020, Apple M1 chip, 16GB unified memory, 256GB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6. Publisher, Photo, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.1.1. iPad Pro 12.9 2020 (4th Gen. IOS 16.6.1); Apple pencil. Wired and bluetooth mice and keyboards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MmmMaarten Posted February 23, 2022 Author Share Posted February 23, 2022 Thanks @jmwellborn for the nice compliment! And yes indeed, we should cherish and protect the beautiful animals that are still there! jmwellborn and AdamStanislav 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MmmMaarten Posted February 24, 2022 Author Share Posted February 24, 2022 Nubian Giraffe 🦒😀 36-Nubian-Giraffe-1080P-60fps.mp4 jmwellborn, Wosven, MattP and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmwellborn Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 I like the way he is eating leaves from the imvisible tree! MmmMaarten 1 Quote 24" iMAC Apple M1 chip, 8-core CPU, 8-core GPU, 16 GB unified memory, 1 TB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6. Photo, Publisher, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.3. MacBook Pro 13" 2020, Apple M1 chip, 16GB unified memory, 256GB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6. Publisher, Photo, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.1.1. iPad Pro 12.9 2020 (4th Gen. IOS 16.6.1); Apple pencil. Wired and bluetooth mice and keyboards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MmmMaarten Posted February 25, 2022 Author Share Posted February 25, 2022 Thanks @jmwellborn! 😀 The Nile Crocodile and the Black Rhino 🦏! Also such special characteristic creatures! 🙂 (don't stand too close tho) Alfred, Wosven and pgraficzny 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmwellborn Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 EEEEK!! That crocodile is scarey! MmmMaarten 1 Quote 24" iMAC Apple M1 chip, 8-core CPU, 8-core GPU, 16 GB unified memory, 1 TB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6. Photo, Publisher, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.3. MacBook Pro 13" 2020, Apple M1 chip, 16GB unified memory, 256GB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6. Publisher, Photo, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.1.1. iPad Pro 12.9 2020 (4th Gen. IOS 16.6.1); Apple pencil. Wired and bluetooth mice and keyboards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 9 minutes ago, jmwellborn said: EEEEK!! That crocodile is scarey! “Waiter! Bring me a bowl of crocodile soup, and make it snappy!!” MmmMaarten and jmwellborn 1 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MmmMaarten Posted February 25, 2022 Author Share Posted February 25, 2022 1 hour ago, Alfred said: “Waiter! Bring me a bowl of crocodile soup, and make it snappy!!” Haha! 😁 Hippos 🦛 looks a lot cuter tho 😀... although I wouldn't like them to go after me neither 😬 Also Grant Zebras 🦓 are pretty beautiful. Did you know they have stripes to confuse their attackers when they're running together in formation? (their attacker can't detect what direction they're going because they get confused by their stripes. Pretty amazing stuff). Thanks for your nice reactions and have a nice weekend! 😀 Alfred, pgraficzny and jmwellborn 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 17 minutes ago, MmmMaarten said: Did you know they have stripes to confuse their attackers when they're running together in formation? I’m afraid I can’t resist sharing this here: StuartRc and jmwellborn 2 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MmmMaarten Posted February 25, 2022 Author Share Posted February 25, 2022 12 minutes ago, Alfred said: I defragged my zebra Haha, that is defragged indeed 😁. Have a nice weekend! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MmmMaarten Posted March 18, 2022 Author Share Posted March 18, 2022 Captains log 18th March: lots of work done on the map and 27 animals done, 38 to go! 😀 Two of the new beautiful animals: California Sea Lion and the Greater Flamingo 🦩 pgraficzny and jmwellborn 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmwellborn Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 @MmmMaarten I have seen that sea lion hundreds of times at Sea World in San Diego, California, bobbing for fish. So perfect. Also the flamingo’s right leg! Your creatures continue to be spectacular! MmmMaarten 1 Quote 24" iMAC Apple M1 chip, 8-core CPU, 8-core GPU, 16 GB unified memory, 1 TB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6. Photo, Publisher, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.3. MacBook Pro 13" 2020, Apple M1 chip, 16GB unified memory, 256GB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6. Publisher, Photo, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.1.1. iPad Pro 12.9 2020 (4th Gen. IOS 16.6.1); Apple pencil. Wired and bluetooth mice and keyboards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MmmMaarten Posted March 20, 2022 Author Share Posted March 20, 2022 On 3/19/2022 at 3:54 PM, jmwellborn said: @MmmMaarten I have seen that sea lion hundreds of times at Sea World in San Diego, California, bobbing for fish. So perfect. Also the flamingo’s right leg! Your creatures continue to be spectacular! Thanks @jmwellborn! I really appreciate your compliment! 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MmmMaarten Posted March 26, 2022 Author Share Posted March 26, 2022 Red Vari 🙉 Watusi Cattle 🐄 Alfred, jmwellborn and pgraficzny 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MmmMaarten Posted March 28, 2022 Author Share Posted March 28, 2022 Wow, who knew this animal existed?: a Black Horse Antelope! Mix 'n' Match nature 😀 Alfred, jmwellborn and pgraficzny 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MmmMaarten Posted March 29, 2022 Author Share Posted March 29, 2022 A White Handed Gibbon 🐒... has white hands 😀 And don't mess with the Western Lowland Gorilla 🦍 jmwellborn, Alfred and pgraficzny 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 50 minutes ago, MmmMaarten said: A White Handed Gibbon 🐒... has white hands 😀 A White Rhino 🦏 … isn’t white! MmmMaarten and jmwellborn 1 1 Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmwellborn Posted March 29, 2022 Share Posted March 29, 2022 It is those small muscular movements that are so perfect. Each and every one is wonderful! MmmMaarten 1 Quote 24" iMAC Apple M1 chip, 8-core CPU, 8-core GPU, 16 GB unified memory, 1 TB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6. Photo, Publisher, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.3. MacBook Pro 13" 2020, Apple M1 chip, 16GB unified memory, 256GB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6. Publisher, Photo, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.1.1. iPad Pro 12.9 2020 (4th Gen. IOS 16.6.1); Apple pencil. Wired and bluetooth mice and keyboards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MmmMaarten Posted March 29, 2022 Author Share Posted March 29, 2022 3 hours ago, Alfred said: A White Rhino 🦏 … isn’t white! There are some weird translations of animal names too: This is a 'Great White Pelican', but in Dutch this is a 'Roze Pelikaan' (literally translates to 'Pink Pelican' in English)... Both are partly right tho; the neck is pink and the feathers are white 😀 pgraficzny and Alfred 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MmmMaarten Posted March 30, 2022 Author Share Posted March 30, 2022 Pinguins in Africa? 🌍.... yes! : Meet the African Pinguin West-African Chimpanzee 🐵... with his son 😀 Ostrich... (what? We have a problem? I only see sand 😁) jmwellborn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmwellborn Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 All wonderful, but especially the ostrich. So many delicate movements! AdamStanislav and MmmMaarten 1 1 Quote 24" iMAC Apple M1 chip, 8-core CPU, 8-core GPU, 16 GB unified memory, 1 TB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6. Photo, Publisher, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.3. MacBook Pro 13" 2020, Apple M1 chip, 16GB unified memory, 256GB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6. Publisher, Photo, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.1.1. iPad Pro 12.9 2020 (4th Gen. IOS 16.6.1); Apple pencil. Wired and bluetooth mice and keyboards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MmmMaarten Posted March 30, 2022 Author Share Posted March 30, 2022 This is one of my most favourite animals to watch on documentaries... such funny animals to see, always stressed and on the lookout for preditors! 😀...: Meerkat (although I like the Dutch name better in this case: Stokstaartje, which literally translates to 'Stick Tail'... which describes it pretty well, haha 😁) jmwellborn and bananayoshimoto 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmwellborn Posted March 30, 2022 Share Posted March 30, 2022 The meerkat is really alive! You really, really understand your animals!! bananayoshimoto and MmmMaarten 2 Quote 24" iMAC Apple M1 chip, 8-core CPU, 8-core GPU, 16 GB unified memory, 1 TB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6. Photo, Publisher, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.3. MacBook Pro 13" 2020, Apple M1 chip, 16GB unified memory, 256GB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6. Publisher, Photo, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.1.1. iPad Pro 12.9 2020 (4th Gen. IOS 16.6.1); Apple pencil. Wired and bluetooth mice and keyboards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MmmMaarten Posted March 31, 2022 Author Share Posted March 31, 2022 Yeah! 55 animals illustrated, animated and completely optimized. Only 10 animals left to do! 😀 Black Crested Mangabey 🐒 Dromedary 🐪 African Lion 🦁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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