how did you make that? I've always wanted to try making emoticons. Is there a special program you need?

Well first I sketched it out on paper, then, using the sketch as reference, I made a pixel version in MS Paint. Then I ended up putting it in Photoshop so I could save it as a transparent gif. You could make something like this purely in Photoshop, or I guess any program that's like it.

Maybe the admins can add them to the emoticons...

Haha phsssh, I'm flattered But if you or anyone wanted to use them you are free to do so.

I will be honest here. Of all of the LBT sequels I've seen all the way through (that would be 2-8) the 6th one is my least favorite. It just doesn't "click" with me. The main problems that I have with it are as follows:

1. Dana and Dinah are annoying. They also don't seem to have much personality, and only really exist to get the gang to follow them out of the Great Valley (something that the gang probably would have done anyway )

2. The animation quality seems worse than in other sequels. Maybe Universal outsourced to a different studio for this one.

3. The songs. I just don't think the country/western sound fits in the LBT universe. (Okay, "On your own", or whatever that song is called, is not so bad).

Also, I'm pretty sure all of the sequels are traditionally animated, and from what I gather, 2-6 were inked and painted on cels, while 7-13 were digitally inked and painted. The only time computer generated animation for the characters was used was in the TV series, whenever they needed the characters to run. (Unless they used the computer models for the sequels I've not seen  :unsure: )


*Disclaimer: This is all my opinion. Everybody else has their own reasons for liking-disliking this sequel. I only gave mine.

And now for something completely different!

I was messing around in paint and made this:



A Cera emoticon! I actually made made one for each of the gang, but I wanted to post this one first. I was inspired by the dino face emoticons already in use here.  

Exactly how is buying movies a "waste of time"? I don't see how that is true. If someone truly enjoys a movie, why shouldn't they buy it?

Wait, are you responding to me? Because I was just quoting Petrie85. I bought the Blu-ray combo myself, so I don't think it's a waste of time at all.  
Unless I am misunderstanding something . . .

Oh don't get me wrong; I loved WIR and wanted it to win, it's just that I knew that Brave would win (cuz it's Pixar and they can do no wrong according to the film critics : ). But I just don't care about the award ceremonies that much.

So to wrap up; I liked both Brave and WIR, but I liked WIR more in the end.  

I don't know, you kinda do need a special skill to be an art model; the skill to not fidget! But the pay for that is pretty good. When I was at art college I saw a flyer (a paper one, not a LBT one ) that said it would pay $20 an hour to model!  

One time I was paid to tutor a boy in clarinet playing so he would be able to get into 7th grade band class since he wasn't in 6th grade band. Does that count as unusual?

Believe it or not, one of the reasons that made the first movie unique to me was that the scene of Littlefoot's mother's death was longer than similar scenes in Disney movies, by which I mean they dwelt upon it more.
In The Lion King it seemed that the filmmakers were desperate to get through Mufasa's death scene and onto the introduction of Timon and Pumbaa to lighten up the movie, and the mother death scene in Bambi was immediately followed by cute chirping birds and happy music. Whereas in LBT Littlefoot is depressed for almost the next three scenes he is in!  

Anyway, the only thing that I would want to change in the first movie is the scene where Cera and Littlefoot are playing with the "hopper" in the mud puddle. Littlefoot just looks way too big in comparison to Cera (or Cera looks way too small to Littlefoot). This is rather ridiculous nitpicking, but that's the only thing that I'd change about the movie. It's just that good.  

I do wish that Universal would remaster it for a new home release (maybe a Blu-ray/DVD combo). Because the so-called "Anniversary Edition" seriously looks like they ripped it from a VHS they found at a flea market.  <_< And this is supposed to be the official version!

Something just occured to me; What if there is some sort of general language that is shared amongst all creatures in the LBT universe? Kind of like in either Watership Down or Redwall (They're not that similar, but I can't remember which one used this) where there was a "hedge" language that all animals could use to communicate with others.  :! So there would be flatteeth, sharpteeth, and mammal languages for the terrestrial creatures, then flyer and underwater creature languages, but then one separate language that everyone could use.  

Also, I have to give my opinion that Rinkus and Sierra are sharptooth flyers. It is true that in real life Pteranodon was probably a fish eater, but in LBT universe crested flyers have always been shown as leaf eaters (AFAIK). But since we never see R & S actually eat anything, I guess we'll never know for sure.

Considering the inaudible screeching on the sharptooth flyer in the fifth movie, I think different languages apply for sharptooth and leaf eater flyers, and that Rinkus and Sierra were leaf eaters, as, unlike the LBT 5 sharptooth, they never attempted to eat the gang.

Ducky would have been eaten if they were sharpteeth flyers

Besides, if they were indeed sharpteeth, Sierra would have suggested to Pterano that he and Rinkus should eat the young ones rather than feed them to sharpteeth.

Well, for one thing, I heard Rinkus and Sierra both screeching several times while trying to capture Ducky in the canyon, and Sierra did try to bite Ducky when he swooped down at her, showing off some very sharp looking teeth. Another thing is that by the time the flyer trio had to camp out in the cave they had already had several harrowing encounters with the gang, and Sierra was probably just tired of being around them and wanted them disposed of quickly, via traditional sharpteeth. As for why they didn't try to eat them at first, well, Pterano would have very much disapproved, since he was trying to gain the gang's trust, but maybe it's just that R & S don't like the taste of hatchling.  

I should upload my dinosona sometime

Dooo eeeeettt   I like seeing other people's dinosonas.

Since it's your dino yourself,may I question why did you choose a very pale color for it?

I chose the pale color simply because I am pale IRL and thought that it would be a suitable color for a flyer that hangs out in caves most of the time.  

I also like the pose,and how it uses it's hands to move too,instead of something similar to Petrie's bipedal walking(which seems to be unrealistic),a pterosaur moving like that would be an amazing sight(well atlast for me,I like that crawling wit those big wings sticking out from the back of the arm).

That's one thing that I really like about the first movie that isn't used in the sequels; that Petrie usually moves around on all fours (It's so appealing how he scampers around like a fledgling bird. It's hard to explain, but he seems like he has weight. The animation in the first movie is so good ). I wish the flyers in LBT 7 moved like that.

My only suggestion is that I think the left claw in his left leg is a little bit too small

It actually is suppose to bit a little smaller, because the viewpoint is from slightly above and that claw is splayed out and in perspective. But good eye.  

I don't see much art of Littlefoot's grandparents, so it's good that they get the spotlight every once in a while.  :^.^: I think my favorite is in the third picture in the upper right. That's grandpa, right? The expression on his face is adorably squished. I can't describe it any other way.  
Their faces are a bit long, but I think longnecks are some of the hardest to get right (next to swimmers ). Though grandma's snout in the first picture looks about the right length.  

One more thing, in the second picture with young grandma and grandpa, their legs seem a little short for their bodies. But the snow effect is nice.