Artwork & Animation Tests // Lionbound (cancelled, read desc)
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- Опубликовано: 24 авг 2024
- I am no longer affiliated with Boldbird Studios. I was an animator on Lionbound for 9 months up until it was canceled last week, and since the NDA has been released, I wanted to share the work I did during that time. I'm happy to answer questions in the comments, but please stay respectful!
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Big thank you to @nberrypops239 for her work as the voice of Aylila! Please give her some love here or on twitter :) / nberrypops
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If you haven't been keeping up with the situation over the past 2 weeks, the studio had serious issues with toxic mismanagement, overworking artists, treating criticism/concerns very inappropriately/dismissively, and shady behavior regarding finances and contracts. These and other issues led to the studio being disbanded. You can find a lot of info on twitter including the original doc centered on Lionbound here: / 1632162332418666503
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Why do so many lion focused projects end up having terrible creators/work conditions? 😭
I know eh? It’s so disappointing 😭
@@Amethiist143 what do they mean terrible creator what did cherry do?
@@Rocky-A2 what they mean is BoldBird studios. They had terrible deadlines and did a ton of other horrible things like making fun of people’s art for the show and such. That’s why the show was cancelled :(
@@Rocky-A2 They weren't talking about cherry specifically!
Ohhh ty
It's such a shame that this studio fell through to horrible workplace conditions, at the very least these are some wonderful portfolio pieces! Those turnaround sheets are super cool!
Yeah the whole situation is awful, but tysm!
Oh My goodness...
Back in April last year i got an opportunity to work with this team. My art wasn't good at the time and as much as i tried to replicate the art style, i failed horribly and was criticised by people in the server, instead of them trying to help me. I agreed to stay on to promote and enjoy it for what it was rather than working as a member of the team.
The owner then came into my own series server, broke a couple of my rules and after i requested that they read my rules and not try to break again, they argued with me about it and tried to make me make an exception for them, i declined and stated that everyone in my server should follow the rules i laid out (and they were common sense like not pinging everyone etc etc). They then kicked me from the entire project including the public server and said that they didn't want awkwardness and that i was being too harsh in my own server.
I was at a point where i was beginning to share my art more publicly and this hit me incredibly hard... But it seems I have dodged a bullet....
I hope you're okay Cherry and everyone else who was dragged into this mess is okay as well ❤xxx
I'm so sorry you were treated like that, it's so unfair how rude and unhelpful some of them were toward people who were struggling with the style. It's so frustrating to hear Bold was acting like that in your server as well, I'm glad you stood your ground.
Thanks, I hope you're doing okay too
Thank you so much! I'm doing good now and i'm very happy with where my channel is at now ❤ I'd love to chat some time soon! :) xxx
Bold did this!?!
@@ivythealiencat yes unfortunately :( all water under the bridge now :) x
@@moon-r1z shit I'm late... I feel like it happened so fast (result of not checking discord)
Fantastic work , it’s awful what happened and the show getting canceled, it feel unjust and all the hard work put in, I’d hope someday it would return in some other form but glad to see the many artists sharing their work so it can continue in spirit
Thanks! Yeah,, it's horrible how much work got wasted :( but I think it's for the best it was shut down since a lot of the issues stemmed from the founder and managers. If it were to continue, it needed to be handed to another team to run it
@@Cherrydusk I hope that these can serve as portfolio work and someone else could reboot the project and or hire because these talents are fantastic and it's a shame it went for nothing, especially makes me upset to hear the harsh treatment of everyone who worked for No compensation, I do hope for everyone one effected they have the support then deserve
Honestly if the creator really wanted to she could probably give someone permission to continue the project. Doubt that will happen though.
Beautiful works! I’ve seen these on the discord since we were on the same team and I love the emotions and the animations you put much work! It’s sad and frustrating how it ended, maybe someday it may be revived by another team, who knows.
Keep up the awesome work!
Thanks Willow!! Yeah, but I'm glad I got the chance to work with you all
I used to work on Lionbound too. Being a minor at the time and having never signed NDAs before i backed out then (as i didn't expect it to go there to begin with), they've kept me on the team for a while without needing to sign NDAs and i was actually originally found through a server by simply posting art and hired on the spot without having done any work for them beforehand which i found a little odd but still accepted due to appealing concept art. I really enjoyed the work of all the artists there and it's a bit unfortunate it had to go down that path.
I had no idea Lionbound was discontinued, disappointing but it seems like it was for the best. These are all so well done, though! Super slick and professional :D great work!
Sorry y’all had to endure that. I went to apply for voice work and merch work and when I saw they weren’t paying people I was like HUH? This is like- frame by frame animation. They had a merch team, a patreon and a donation link so they intended to make money. I got tf out of there thanks to some friends warning me. Gross behavior.
Ew yeah I noticed that a little while ago, and when I asked them where the money was going, they vaguely answered it was being saved up for future funding. As far as I know, at least the artists whose work was put on patreon have been compensated now, but that was still shady as hell
I hope something new comes with a concept like this, and the team treats the artists better! This seemed like such a huge opportunity for younger animators to get experience and even to learn styles for future if perusing a job in animation.. these look very nice though!! :3
Thanks! For sure, this was my and many others' first experience working in a 'professional' animation setting and we were really excited for it. It's such a shame it turned out the way it did
Such a shame that Lionbound ended this way, especially with all this beautiful work, character design, and animation that went into the project! Really hope you and the others are doing alright, and that justice will/has come.
One* thing that stood out to me as a *massive* red flag was how Bold (allegedly, no suing pls) said they wanted this to be a 'long-distance professional family'. I cannot even begin to describe the amount of times I've heard of (and been in!) abusive groups/environments that use such a phrase to lure others in. It's almost textbook at this point, and I urge everybody to avoid anybody- employer or group leader- who speaks with this kind of rhetoric.
It's one thing to have a very tight-knit friend group that considers each other family after a long while of sticking around. It's another when your employer wants you to become a part of their 'family'. The latter is a very common abuse tactic in many industries, especially during these very turbulent times when others are looking for positive connection & support.
Once again, I'm sorry that you went through this. This shouldn't have happened, and none of you deserved such terrible treatment.
* Edit: Of course, among *many* things. I can only hope that any minors who were affected are safe now. Many adults in this situation clearly failed to properly step up without reducing themselves to petty drama. Looking through those logs, I couldn't believe what many of them were saying, and how they were behaving. Utterly unprofessional, and very, very concerning.
Thank you ♡ Yeah in hindsight there were so many red flags, I'm not terribly surprised it ended like this. The managers' behavior was horrible. I also really hope all the minors affected are doing okay, I know of one at least who's doing a lot better now thankfully!
@@Cherrydusk Anytime! We creatives have to be there for each other, especially when it comes to negative industry occurrences such as this one. At the end of the day, we're all deserving of respect and patience, no matter our skill level, production output, and even age.
I'm really glad to hear that, that's an immense relief already. Here's to peace of mind & recovery for the rest, and to all of you best wishes for success! :]
Absolutely!!
Putting all the other LB animations I can find into a playlist!! Please go show these cool people some love
I just read the google doc and may I say I feel terribly bad that you had to be in that kindergarten, I’m very sorry and I wish you the best of luck ❤
these are amazing. i would love to have you if i can
It’s saddening that things fell apart the way they did. It was really nice meeting you still, I’m happy I was able to work with you for that short amount of time!
Absolutely, but it was wonderful meeting you too!! I'm glad I got the chance to work with the amazing artists that were on that team :)
I’m a bit on the verge of crying because I was so excited for this to release and now i just feel heart broken, but thank you for giving me a feel of excitement because I havent seen such a great lion animation ever since lion king, thank you ❤️
If I had a nickel for every time a web series about lions was involved in some drama.
I’d have two nickels.
Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice.
Animators deserve more respect, y’all do so much but get slight to no credit. I’m sad that this was cancelled it would’ve been great. I’m sorry this happened to you as well. I hope someday when I join the industry I won’t have to deal with this smh 😔
This work is amazing, especially the poses. So sorry that you and the other animators had to go through such toxic working conditions though. Wishing you the best in your future projects! 💜💜💜
Thanks Kristen!
I remember the owner DMing me a while ago saying they liked my art and asked if I wanted to join their animation team. Being an aspiring animator, I said yes in a heartbeat but I never got a response back. I quickly forgot about it though, but months later I remember seeing them suddenly pop up on my recommended videos. Seeing how professional everything looked, I thought I missed out on a huge opportunity, but I guess I dodged a bullet, though.
I know my story is not as intense compared to the people that actually worked with Bold, but I thought I’d just share mine.
I would love to see this series being picked up by a different studio, I was a big fan of The Lion King and The Lion Guard, and it seems like this series would’ve been something like that (with differences ofc) I just don’t want this series to be forgotten, everyone spent so much time and passion for this story to go to waste!
LIONBOUND GOT CANCELLED!? Dang I miss everything, man ;-;
I was so disappointed when this got canceled. I really looking forward to seeing this all come to life. It had a Lion king/Tarzan vibe to it. But now we’ll never see the final product because of Boldbird’s bullshit. I had already made a pair of original characters that were Asiatic lions (Indian lions). But I hope that you and the other artists that were on this project are okay.
Little disheartened to see the project going to waste, especially at the fact it was poor management, but gosh you animate Lallu with such spyro energy!!
I'm so sorry you guys had to go through that, I hope you're all able to stay connected with those who were a positive influence and keep that network open.
Everyone's work is so lovely.
Thank you
This is quite old by now but damn! I didnt know this until now, i was just recruited as an animator for lion bound but they let me go when they closed it for under 16-year olds, i was i think 13-14 at the time at that point- im honestly now glad that i had to leave knowing this info now. :’)
You're my idol, Cherry! I really love your art and animations! Wish i could be like you someday!!
aa thank you!
@@Cherrydusk Npp!
Awe man... I'm so sorry cherrydusk, you worked so hard for it all to go to waste. You did awesome tho!
Thank you
This is awful to hear. I was so excited for the show, and to hear that the artists were being treated poorly and have now wasted so much work is just terrible. None the less, thank you for sharing your work!
So I finally got word of this project after a year later and I remember auditioning for some of the voices of this project and at the time I didn’t know any of this was happening and thought the show was still in development. Goodness I dodged a huge bullet in there, I know most of this is art based but who knows what could have been happening for the whole team.
Yeah for sure it was a whole mess, I hope everyone who was on the team is doing well!
i never even heard of this series nor have i been reccomended tour stuff till now, but man. bad that all this hard work went nowhere due to greed and forgetting the fact that their workers are humans. i wish the best for you and everyone else who worked on this project, hope this never happens again. still makes a good mark on the portfolio at least, your arts pretty dope man and definetly improved from the last time ive seen ya :]
Tysm!!
OH WHAAT :((( IM ABSOLUTELY HEARTBROKEN I WAS SO EXCITED FOR THE SHOW! nontheless the animations and character sheets are amazing, brilliant as portfolio pieces!! i hope youre holding on somehow!! Youve put so much work into this project! :D
I was so excited for the show too! I wanted to watch the show for months and weeks ago. But the show was cancelled by bold Bird studios because people were making fun of the animators. WHY ARE PEOPLE BEING SO MEAN!!😡
I’m so sad this got cancelled! I was looking forward to it! I hope it wasn’t super harsh toxic talk that made boldbird studios cancel it!
It's a shame something we all worked on for months had to be canceled, but the studio and show were shut down for good reason. Boldbird was fostering an exploitative, toxic workplace, and had serious issues with mismanagement. I summarize it better and link to the doc in the description if you wanted to learn more
Your work is soo good! I legit just learned about what happened with BoldBird and I’m so sorry that anyone had to put up with such crap. I hope you’re still motivated to continue work on your animations and work with other studios.
Your work is just so pretty and it just needs to be seen by a bigger audience!
WHYYYYY WHY CANT LION FANS HAVE ANYTHING 😭😭😭😭 Bruh im so sorry you had to go through all that
Amazing work! ❤
Too bad the show was cancelled it would've been a great one if BoldBird Studios had actually treated all you animators better instead of throwing tantrums and acting shady and toxic it's a shame better people weren't in charge of it
This looks so nice! I’m very sorry to see all this work went to waste
I was also in the lionbound team and it’s situation made me so sad even though I haven’t yet begun working on it, I hope you didn’t have a bad experience at least!
@@SunnyWings Yeah the whole situation is awful :( Unfortunately my experience wasn't great, but I'm still thankful I had the chance to be on a team with you all
I hope you weren’t affected to bad by the disbandment, it must be sad to see all of your work being useless, but maybe you gained something from the experience
Great work on yoyr animation! Terribly sad it was canceled, It was amazing to see the work and how you did it! Lets get some hope for lionbound and pray it gets rebooted!
You are incredibly talented. I was about to join the LB crew like 10 months ago, but I turned back and left the server. Smart choice. You did good to leaves them too, you're AMAZING! I LOVE YOUR PORTAFOLIO!
Thank you!! Yeah you dodged a bullet honestly
This is beautiful, I love your work and looking forward to the full series!!!
Thanks! Lionbound was actually canceled last week, I put a summary of why and a link to a doc about the studio in the description
@@Cherrydusk Ooh this is sad
Omg noo! Aw man I'm so sorry what happened I was really excited for the show, but its really understandable
Dang, I'm glad I dipped out early before all the drama.
OH my god I didnt know you worked for this show! (I knew your animaiton mostly form maps etc) :3
I didn't expect to see warm expressions from Aylila. I now realize that she is more than just a seemingly grouchy middle aged woman. Lionbound continues to pleasantly surprise me with how the characters act.
So like lionbound is not gonna be an actual thing?
That’s sad..
So cool!
i would have really loved to see this show in action because your art style is so cute! subscribing now! ❤
Thank you!!
That’s crazy seeing what happened to the studio! I actually got recruited to work there and looking back I suppose it was clear things were going to go downhill. I had to quit due to the strict deadlines despite myself still having to go through style practice! They expected animators (those with the role) to still meet deadlines though when things weren’t done in style they were disappointed. I’d say it was a very stressful 3 months for me 😅
Honestly I thought it was just me struggling hence why I quit, though I didn’t know others were facing the same difficulties!
Despite all that, within the studio and even here I love seeing your work!! Watching you progress and make such neat animations within the studio was great to see, and I’m glad you were able to post them here! You did such an amazing job on all of the animations, designs, and character art you did! Despite how terrible conditions were in the studio, I’m glad I had the opportunity to work alongside you even for a little while! Keep up the amazing work!
Tysm!! Despite the situation, I'm really glad I got to be on a team with you all! Sorry to hear you got hit by the strict deadlines too, they were pretty damn unfair :0 idk if you were there for it, but near the end there was a literal 3 day deadline for the shading animator and 1 week deadline for the rough animator on a pipeline test lmao it was wild
@@Cherrydusk Are you for real?? I definitely missed that! That’s wild!
I agree the deadlines were so crazy it was hard to keep up haha
Well despite all that, I look forward to continuing to watch your videos and support your channel! I’ve been watching even before Lionbound, and I’m glad I had the opportunity to work with you for the time being! Hope working for the company didn’t put TOO much stress on you, as you worked very hard on it!
@@standard_stoutland4373 Thank you!! I definitely have a lot more free time now without LB haha, so I'm looking forward to making more regular youtube videos again!
you did such a good job on all of these!!! good luck with what you do next
The Lionbound have interesting artstyle, that I love it
The style was by @fallowhollow if you wanna check out their work! :D
@@Cherrydusk ooh okay! Ty for the response! 😊
This all looks so damn good! Im so sorry u had to go trough this things, being in a toxic enviroment is the worst! But O gush was I excited for the LB series
hope your doing well after boldbird mate!!! honestly ya work was some of my favorite stuff there
Tysm I hope you're doing well too!!
Is there any public info on what happened? I wasn't even aware it was canceled until seeing this video.
Shame to hear about it... but I'm hoping everyone makes it out alright.
You can find some info on twitter, and I posted the link to the original expose doc in the description! They never made a proper announcement outside of discord, so I'm not surprised most people didn't hear about this
@@Cherrydusk got it, I must've overlooked it. Thank you! Hope you're doing well. 💜
Seu desenho é lindo, é incrível, as linhas são tão suaves os personagens são lindos é a anatomia é simplesmente muito bem feita parabéns pelo seu talento incrível. ❤
translation: Your drawing is beautiful, it's amazing, the lines are so smooth the characters are so beautiful and the anatomy is so well done, congratulations on your amazing talent. ❤
It was canceled last week?
Oh, it’s would’ve been great to see the outcome :,)
Yeah, sucks that the people running it were bad.
i havent even watched the vid yet i red the description while there was an ad WAIT IT WAS CANCELLED?!?!?!?!?!?!??! NOOOOO I WAS SO LOOKING FOREWARD TO IT >:C
edit: ok i read the rest of the description and ya thats rly bad and i am so disappointed that it had to end this way
As man this looks so cute would have loved it
Aw dang, was super excited for this.
This was a great reel. I hope that we both can carry on:,)
Thanks, I wish you the best!
I love the art you draw its amazing
Lionbound was canceled 😭😭
Why are so many animators/ animation teams Turning out to be bad-
I was actually kind of looking forward to this-
Omg CHERRY is amazing is wonderful
You do an amazing good job!♥️
Thank you!
aw shucks, it really sucks that this was cancelled since it looked so promising, whats with lion series and having shitty people working behind them?
Hi! I've only just recently found out about the drama, and it really is sad to hear about what happened to the people affected by the situation. Lionbound would have been such a great animated project only if this didn't happen. Boldbird also seemed to have some other promising animated projects too, like Everlend and Defenders of Alodia.
But, if you don't mind, I'd just like to ask a question! Only if you're comfortable with it.
I know that you're *not* the owner of Boldbird Studios, but I just want to know your opinion. If someone who is not affiliated with Boldbird Studios attempts to make a remake of Lionbound in some form of media (like a comic, novel or just an animated series), would that be considered as copyright towards Boldbird? Or no, since (from what I hear) Boldbird is disbanded?
Yeah it's a shame, but thankfully Everlend and DoF are still running since they were just partnered with Boldbird! And Lionbound is still owned by the studio founder, Bold, so any remake without her permission would be theft, even though the studio making it was disbanded
Lovely work as always! ^^
Thanks Crow!
I would’ve love to see the relationship between Time and Lallu.
Hold on, slow down. The show is getting cancelled, for a fully understandable reason of course, but is all of Boldbird also disbanded/taken down? Or just Lionbound? Are the other shows they’re making still in the works? Sorry for the questions, I’m just really confused.
Np! Yes, Boldbird as a studio has shut down. Lionbound and Blink and the Brute were canceled, but the other partnered shows are continuing independently now (Defenders of Alodia, Everlend, and a few others I forget). I think Spitfire/Fierceracer is still running, but I would be wary of it since Bold (BBS founder) was the creator.
@@Cherrydusk Thank you for clearing things up!
Great work! Nice designs - got a uniqueness to their look. Sorry to hear about the troubles, but your talent hasn't disappeared even if the project has ≽ܫ≼
Thanks!
I saw the progress of the show since day 1 really unfortunate it got canceled
Cool
I was at some point a backround artist for lionbound and had to leave for mental health reasons but im so sad that its canceled
0:45 ngl giving owl house vibes
Not Mariyew on their way to become my favorite character just by looking like a little goofball
I called it Oh my God it’s a shame that every time I find an amazing series it’s canceled. This is why it’s so hard to find animation channels now good ones I mean, but if it’s for the best then so be it.
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hello cherry ❤
I have a question
I can make an animation
of your story
Broken halo
I love the characters in that story ❤❤
can i draw them?
:3?
aw thank you!! Absolutely, I love seeing fanart! :D
@@Cherrydusk Aw thank you
For letting me make a fan art
Xd I have to learn the history of broken halo
So that it turns out well xd :3
Thank you I hope it goes well xd and finish it soon xd :3
And that you like it xD ❤❤
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Oh no. I knew something was probably up when they mentioned the other series (i forget the name) was mentioned to no longer be produced by their studio. I didint thing they would just cancel like this tho’
oh m ygosh no way wait i didnt hear of any of the drama!
does that mean the show is cancelled too? so sorry for the artsits working on this ahh
The show has been cancelled
Yeah Lionbound got canceled, but some of the other shows that were partnered with Boldbird are continuing independently (DoA, Everlend)! All of this went down on twitter and in the work discord servers so I think most people missed it D:
@@Cherrydusk oh i gotcha!! makes sense i dont use twitter at allll, suprised no ones picked up on it to report on yt yet o_o
thats crazy tho it looked like lionbound was close to being completed/loads of work done
@@Zeruk I think a former boldbird artist is planning on making an extensive video about the situation! And yeah strangely the Lionbound socials gave the impression we were far in production and even offered a release date of late 2023, but we hadn't even started on the pilot yet lol (aside from the script I believe?). The animations being made were mainly for promo/practice assignments
@@Cherrydusk ill be on the look out then :0
honestly! omg seriously... thats insane haha it was barely through sheesh
Isn’t there anyway you or anyone can make this into a comic. This would’ve been a good story.
Your art is so pretty ahhh😭 thanks for blessing us with your art.( ´ ▽ ` ) yippie .
oh wow. i remember when someone from BBS reached out to me on deviantart last year in may, asking if i'd be interested to work as an artist for a "new project" (didn't really mention what project it would be). i just never replied lol guess i dodged a bullet there
lol you definitely did
Is it ok to ask what exactly happened I’ve been able to pick up bits and pieces of what transpired resulting in the studio disbanding and Lionbound being canceled but I don’t know the full story (sorry if this question has been asked already)
The Twitter link in the video description has a document with a lot of information. It includes much of the Africa conversation, during which one of the show's composers left, and the next day, when members found out this happened, a lot of them started leaving the project as well. I think if you scroll through the Twitter replies you'll also find some other documents, one of which shows lots of team members resigning.
@@panthalassicpoet ah sorry didn’t see that I’ll get to reading that and thank you
I didn't know you were working for BoldBird Studios, do you plan to join another project like this in the future?
Possibly! I'm considering applying to the WCA project, it sounds like its run a LOT better
@@Cherrydusk well if you do I hope everything goes well :)
@@Cherrydusk whats the wca project?
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I can't wait to see lion bound
Lionbound has been cancelled, sadly.
The show has been cancelled
You can forget about lionbound because it was cancelled. I'm sorry 😞
What happened to show?
Im curious after reading the comments
I wasnt aware on whats going on to the show i heard its cancelled
It's fully canceled, I summarize why in the pinned comment/description and link to a doc
Why did they cancel? 😢
I summarize it in the pinned comment and description
This could've been good, If the the studio wasn't handled so unprofessionally.
Why was it cancelled?
I explain in the description and link the doc!
What was lionbound supposed to be originally? I don’t remember hearing anything about it until I saw some animators talking about the terrible working conditions.(Edit: spelling error)
Also really unfortunate that the studio ended up being so terrible to employees this looks like it would have been good! I’m glad animators are posting what they did do so we can still see all the work they did!
Lionbound was originally going to be an indie animated series posted on RUclips by Boldbird Studios (a very new, unofficial studio). It was made by a team of volunteer animators with the hope/plan of getting funding for the show after the pilot episode.
@@Cherrydusk Sounds fun on the surface! Unfortunate that it wasn’t. What do you think is going to happen with all of the characters, concepts, and story?
@@Daisythepage It'll all most likely be shelved. The show concept was by the founder of the studio and, to my knowledge, she has no plans of handing the project to someone else
I scrolled down quiet a bit in the comments but couldnt seem to find the exact reason of the cancelation of Lionbound, do you or anyone else mind explaining? (if the answer was in the comments then im blind and didnt see heheh
I summarize it in the description!
@@Cherrydusk Ah, sorry about that!
What ever happened to the project 😢
Canceled cuz the studio is problematic
I put a brief summary in the description and a link the original doc that exposed the studio
Hey I love your art so much cherrydusk your my idol! R u open for map requests because if so could you check out my map! Goodbye!
Thank you!! I'm not looking for any MAPs to join right now tho, sorry!
@@Cherrydusk that's alright! I can't wait to see more from you!