It's Tough to Be A god (LOA style)

Yin isn't sure about being a goddess but her mother, Kearixen, is being quite persuasive.
Characters from our webcomic Legends of Amora which can be read on
Webtoons www.webtoons.com/en/challenge...
DA www.deviantart.com/alexvanars...
Song by It's Tough to Be A God • female cover by Jenny & Sedgeie (The Road to El Dorado)
Go check out their youtube channel! • It's Tough to Be A God...

[@Sedgeie]

ahhhhh this is super cool!!! loving the expressions!

[@alexvanarsdale7806]

Awww thank you so much! This video has become so popular and it wouldn't have without you and Jenny's wonderful cover! I listed to it at work and liked it so much I wanted to make a video to it! Keep up the great work!

[@uRcoolz]

I love your cover!

[@Chloe-bu3xc]

same

[@xXdarkpeaceXx]

this

[@user-yi6pk2zu9k]

Great!😊

[@antfangz]

IN LOVE WITH THIS !!! YOUR ART IS INCREDIBLE

[@alexvanarsdale7806]

Thank you so much! :D

[@queenwolf9051]

I was gonna like but there's 666 likes :)

[@Aquaeevee39]

It’s true

[@queenwolf9051]

And now there's over 1k...

[@icecreamwolf9175]

@@queenwolf9051 welp now there's 1.8k

[@PrincessCelestia19]

this was in my recommendations and I don't regret clicking one bit. I hope we see these two again.

[@alexvanarsdale7806]

Thank you so much! And we shall! I have big plans for them. They are going to appear in my webtoons comic www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/legends-of-amora/list?title_no=654453 And we will get more videos of them too for sure!

[@fierceloyalist]

Same story here, gotta help the small businesses. Really nice animation concept, I bless this video to have 1,000,000 views!!! (I know it will.)

[@Theartistadele]

Same :)

[@duskssuffering]

I do :)

[@nicke9012]

Agreed.

[@foxman105]

She got corrupted by power so fast it's quite... accurate. Also beautiful late stage Disney 2D inspiration.

[@badreality2]

DreamWorks.

[@rafarosso8518]

@@badreality2 well the one who made dreamworks was an employee of disney that resigned so their comment still make kinda sense

[@EllaBArt-zp1wn]

I like it, her mother is really nice to her, actually enjoying spending time with her daughter and teaches her how to behave in pubblic.

[@rphb5870]

it looks more like she is trying to corrupt her daughter to be part of her bullshit dragoncult

[@dreamtheweirdo]

This randomly came in my recommandations and I'm very glad it did! Great great all the way, great illustrations and great charadesigns. Congrats!

[@Enderwave22]

Same

[@acousticks526]

Same

[@cloudiimotions]

same

[@alexvanarsdale7806]

Aww thank you so much! It seems to have really taken off :D

[@skullykittie9889]

Same

[@sleepingpegasus3796]

Anyone else looking at this and wondering what it would take to animate it? Because I feel this would look great animated

[@pokaay3163]

It’s a great style for animating. Clean lineart, consistent proportions, clear direction and staging- honestly, I did think it was going to be animated at first. It would look amazing as an animated video (but it would take a LONG time to do).

[@shinybearevidra]

It absolutely would! But I feel that would take several weeks if they do anything else. I'm studying animation and it's beautiful but very time-consuming

[@Rose-yx6jq]

I think the lip syncing would be the hardest part because, well Dragon mouths.

[@Faunadoodlez]

Agreed!

[@alphalilly8207]

Yeah lol. Looking at it I could just imagine how it would move and and transition from shot to shot. This guy is really talented XDD

[@Azrael178]

Its hilarious how changing humans into dragons changes the context and the meaning of th music Drastically

[@TheRezro]

As that is part of the comic, thing is that they technically are the gods. Just small one doesn't feel as one.

[@Ashagobrrrr]

**AGGRESSIVE SNIFFING AND SNORTING** I HAVE INHALED THIS MASTERPIECE AND I SMELL AN UNDERRATED ARTIST!

[@shardinhand1243]

smells like art!....

[@pikachuthebananasplit9061]

THIS IS LIKE CRACK IT"S SO ADDICTIVE!

[@SnazzleDoodlez]

@@pikachuthebananasplit9061THE CRACK HAS WORN OFF! I NEED MORE :0

[@mediamaddness523]

Yin's facial expressions are amazing

[@Igarappappa]

Agreed. Makes me wish I could see them animated.

[@thegothicmermaid5382]

Yes,She's so cute!

[@midnightbat344]

Fun fact they do webcomic

[@nehpets216]

To be fair if talking Dragons showed up a cult worshiping them would be started within a day or 2 at the most.

[@seancombs1188]

0:28 The excitement the voice actor gives along with the facial expression in the drawing is absolutely adorable. I can just imagine her bouncing with joy on the beat of the music and want to see it animated so bad!!!

[@nine_tails99]

I really wanna see 0:43 animated! i can practically picture it already

[@veramoon505]

This genuinely could pass as screencaps from a Disney movie, your art is incredible! Love your shading and character designs

[@IAmBuddythedecibwave]

I love this...now...give it full life. I wanna see it animated!

[@alexvanarsdale7806]

Oh I wish I could. It would be so cool!

[@zenri5363]

That is a lot more frames

[@Eldoofus]

@@zenri5363 around 3300 frames probably

[@Eldoofus]

@@zenri5363 .. actually, closer to 2640, if going for 24 FPS

[@k1ngbl4d33]

@@alexvanarsdale7806 I’d like to volunteer

[@shadeskitsune7830]

I love the characters design and facial expressions, really tells a lot about their personalities even without the music. I especially love Yin's expressions from being shy to being bold as her mother.

[@fanarkboy8543]

Man, I need to rewatch The Road To El Dorado. Such an underrated gem of a movie.

[@kristinapatton193]

Omg! This is amazing! This looks like some Don Bluth quality stuff here!!! Amazing job!!

[@alexvanarsdale7806]

Whoa! That's a huge complement! Thank you so much!

[@kristinapatton193]

@@alexvanarsdale7806 you are very welcome!

[@mynoflambago9779]

This video’s art style is reminiscent of the 2D animation renaissance

[@shinybearevidra]

It would have to be completely animated to be on THAT level, but I agree on everything else, the care that the animator put in each drawing is huge and it shows as much as their ability.

[@dixievfd55]

@@alexvanarsdale7806 It does resemble his art style and style of storytelling.

[@ScrugglyEldritchBeing]

"Let's be a cult! :D" that line, I nearly died

[@Weird_is_the_new_normal]

I would pay for this to be a movie

[@ChildishSoldier]

Love how 70% of us have no idea who these characters, and never seen this channel yet we watched from beginning to end and don't regret it one bit

[@Igarappappa]

0:43 - 0:49 Not sure why, but really love how that bit is sung.

[@LenaHyena]

I have no idea who these characters are or what they're from but DAMN this looks absolutely amazing!

[@amberhawksong]

I didn't see these characters in particular in the webtoon.

[@RoseyStar24]

@@amberhawksong Maybe they'll be coming up? I haven't read it, I just saw in the description

[@alexvanarsdale7806]

@@RoseyStar24 They will be showing up in the series :D

[@BRB767]

@@alexvanarsdale7806 you should make a movie 🍿

[@zebrahunter6956]

Same

[@user-fb7zd8xs3f]

No matter what anyone says about furry, but as for animation and drawings, they are unsurpassed masters here. I wanted to watch a movie about these characters.

[@maxbrandt6]

Whoever did this has some fine talent, this has a serious Don Bluth vibe to it and I love it!

[@arceushelpus5627]

OH MY GOD THIS IS SO GOOD, WHERE ARE THE VIEWERS AT// Especially Adore the character designs and the expressions😍😍

[@alexvanarsdale7806]

Aw thank you so much!!!!

[@huntercool2232]

This was one of those songs that you could’ve sworn was a Disney song but it turns out it was made by another studio

[@fierceloyalist]

Jeffrey Katzenberg worked for Disney during it's Renaissance in the 90s and left after he wasn't placed as CEO of Disney when Michael Eisner (First CEO outside of Disney, apparently) was after Frank Wells died from a helicopter crash, so he (with help of Steven Spielberg & David Geffen) made DreamWorks. So you're right, Ex-Disney song. Replicant of it's magic, that is. Shrek was a norm-defying insult to Disney: -Excessive Merchandising & Theme Parks (Duloc) -Exploiting stories, Fairy tale creatures (that aged like wine) -Breaks the tropes of fairy tales Lord Farquaad=Michael Eisner Gilbert Huph (The Incredibles Boss)=Jeffrey Katzenberg "I love subtle insults!!! ...and history lessons!" :)

[@LastHandle4574]

EVERY TIME! Every time I see works like this and how people pour their hearts and souls into them is an addiction that I cannot resist!

[@rozaliaa_]

I love how you drew them with expressive exaggerated expression and how playful it is

[@uRcoolz]

Such a loving mother and daughter relationship 🥺😊

[@Amanda-yo8xb]

THE STYLE! THE PAZZAZ! THE SASS. 🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼

[@alexvanarsdale7806]

Ah yes! Haha! Thank you!

[@bonefetcherbrimley7740]

@@alexvanarsdale7806 Well made, and well done. I shall sub.

[@microzoftvamiraculousash1663]

Agh i love the character designs and expressions...they're drawn so well great job! The lighting and shading was absolutely STUNNING

[@valiant545]

I keep coming back to this, I have no clue what it is about but I love it so much

[@wind_chives_]

This is so neat! I love the expressions you gave the characters, and I think you’re criminally underrated. Edit: AHH I CANT STOP COMING BACK TO THIS VIDEOO

[@alexvanarsdale7806]

Aw thank you so much! Your comment means so much!

[@mokkorihunter808]

This is actually incredible! Really happy this was recommended. Keep it up!!!

[@alexvanarsdale7806]

Aw thanks! I will! After this video's success I will be posting more in the future!

[@SonicHedgehog34]

@@alexvanarsdale7806 I swear the art is so beautiful it looks like one of Disney’s old movies or like the land before time or the secret of nim or an american tail like those really old movies, just wish it was fully animated cuz it looks like it should be cuz then it would be perfect! 😁

[@Mavezzzz]

_Wow, from the thumbnail I thought it was an original animated movie, this is much better than I thought ♥️_

[@JaneGumball]

I like the expressions, this is cute!

[@alexvanarsdale7806]

Aww thank you so much! I follow your Instagram!

[@JaneGumball]

@@alexvanarsdale7806 no way! subscribing :D

[@Kiernimbus]

I see a bunch of people also found this through youtube's recommended. Congrats, and the art is in fact fantastic.

[@TaysTyy_CrusT]

HOW ARE YOU SO UNDERRATED??

[@alexvanarsdale7806]

No one has found me yet apparently :D Thank you so much!

[@John_Dory_The_Leader]

This needs to be made into a movie, I bet tickets would be sold out like hotcakes!

[@devalue7064]

I absolutely love Yin. She is far more expressive than any LOA characters

[@anationzcreation4021]

Thank you so much for letting me see this amazing work! :0

[@alexvanarsdale7806]

You are welcome! And thank you!

[@dionje5TV]

This should be the official music video for the cover. I love the expressions, im a big fan of expressive dragons and these are top tier. Sure the "framerate" is low, but the individual pictures are great and have a lot of detail. i've been watching this for 2 hours on loop. Still noticing more small details. Fantastic.

[@_Ghosty_.]

I SMELL A UPCOMING FANDOM AND CONGRATS YOUVE EARNED THE FIRST FANDOM MEMBER

[@janewolfy4209]

I don’t know why but this gives me a movie feeling like if I saw this I wolf but this if it was a movie

[@elliottbrown4195]

Wow, this is REALLY GOOD!!! Holy crap

[@alexvanarsdale7806]

Aw thank you so much! This means so much to me

[@marianaandreanavascifuntes4798]

The video and the drawing were incredibly beautiful. 🤩🤩🤩💖💖💖✨✨✨

[@alexvanarsdale7806]

Aw thank you! I hope to make more soon.

[@benjamindeh873]

I love the small white dragon. So cool

[@gianmarcozampella5138]

The Road to El Dorado was quite a big movie in my childhood,I love this song and dragons,so this was the best thing ever! Big kudos for the drawings,they really felt like animation frames,and they look gorgeous,I love the style!

[@atellidoesart7540]

This is genuinely amazing! I’ve been watching its progress in the AnimatedWings server and the final result is so beautiful. The expressions, style and anatomy is inspiring, and the song choice is really good!! You’ve earned yourself a new sub :D

[@alyssahansen1400]

You are very good at the expressions/mouth shapes. Did you learn from anywhere in particular? I'd like to improve myself in that area.

[@alexvanarsdale7806]

Thank you so much! I studied a lot of Disney animation and cartoons, so I'm pretty much self taught.

[@freyjalove84]

I love the expressions! They really give feeling to the two characters! 10/10

[@THVLPLYR]

its funny that despite that its not yet animated i can imagine how they would move.

[@Mi..Mi..]

Every frame looks like a screenshot from a fully animated thing Amazing

[@TheChelleyBean]

Jesus- your art is not only beautiful- but the amount of detail and unique design which makes it even more so!! And how dare you not have markiplier subs-?! You need so much moree!!

[@oddartist3767]

This is so cute lol I love how her mother looks all big and bad an Yin is so tiny an fuffy,and the expressions are so fun ^^ keep up the awesome work

[@alexvanarsdale7806]

Awww thanks! I love their dynamic. They are two of my favorite characters from our webtoon series. They haven't made their appearance there yet but they will

[@congoeldragon6284]

looks like a piece of a great animated movie 😁 👏

[@Lovehandels]

Holy crap the bigger dragon just radiates evil! xD Awesome character design!

[@bigseven8227]

This randomly ended up in my recommendations and I loved it! The art looks so beautiful! And the song really takes me back to the many times I watched El Dorado ever since I was like 5. Also I found the female cover thanks to this video! I would love to see an animation of this! Great video, Alex! Subscribed!

[@inactive.mp4]

Was looping this so much I had to read LOA, watch El Dorado, then come back and loop some more! It's a gorgeous P/AMV! I love it!

[@scoticvsgossage9378]

Gorgeous colors and scene composition! I can see the vibrancy and distinctness of each character. Hope to see more from you soon!

[@nickydraco8506]

This looks like its screen shots from a show, this is amazingly good!!

[@spireshi]

The expressions are so good!!

[@alexvanarsdale7806]

Aw thank you so much! Expression are one of my favorite things to draw!

[@mariatakarada4012]

Better than anything seem, we neeef moreee ,this story telling and movement is amaxzzingg

[@Thepresident498]

You draw facial expressions almost perfectly

[@Group-935]

This gives me 90's Disney movie vibes and I love it!

[@auro4861]

This popped into my recommended but oh man I'm glad I gave it a look. Your art is so pretty! I love the expressiveness, the character designs and the polish! There's also a lot of really good composition throughout the shots too. Kudos!

[@sirpreston7282]

Nice touch on the song and the animation. I remember when that movie first came out.

[@tn_bluestem]

Your art style and detail is exceptional! This just happened to show up in my feed and I am so glad it did. Love it!

[@EllAntares]

When browsing legends, Iwas wondering if artist was learning from someone I know under nickname Satch Flan. People saying that this style looks like Disney or WB art.. that guy was invovled with both and directly invovled into Road to Eldorado,. To me those looks closer to WB period though.

[@alexvanarsdale7806]

I'm actually self taught. I was inspired by a lot of the golden age cartoons and I'm glad that comes across in my work 😁

[@melaniebiggs1677]

I want a movie or a TV series of this RN

[@user-rz6mt3bh5s]

I’ve NEVER heard a cover to this song, this is one of my favorite movies

[@BeignetParty]

I saw this and thought it was a Disney movie clip I’ve never seen! Your style is spectacular!

[@NylaBeeOn1]

What movie was it?

[@emilythestorier4428]

Oh wow just now seeing this! Fantastic job with the art! I can't wait to see these characters featured in the comic. I didn't know Kearixen had a daughter! She's so cute :) The visual contrast of her and her mother is very interesting.

[@DerCharacter]

I'm on the same boat as a lot of people where this is my first time seeing or finding out about these characters and the series, and now I feel I have to go see the series now because this video was so great.

[@Woofzilla]

I keep finding myself returning to this video just so I can marvel at each individual frame-your work is just so incredible

[@nyloaf]

I absolutely adore the character designs and style of your art in this video, truly stellar stuff!

[@Gumgumgamer009]

Yup this was a very fun cover :) both the animation and the attitude of the characters illustrated here go with the whole “mood” of this song perfectly. I feel like it’s very easy to imagine what’s happening in between the still shots cause that’s just how much personality the artist was able to imbue into these creatures 😊. I’ll definitely have to check out some more

[@ThePhotographerHimself]

If only it was animated.

[@XaraTheDragon]

my god, i just got shivers from that.

[@kitkatavie7020]

I love the expressions so much!!

[@alexvanarsdale7806]

Thanks! I have a lot of fun drawing expressive characters.

[@Kingjustin1019]

0:16 “Yin what are you talking about?” Her mother said calmly

[@the_great_thinker6430]

I would not have discovered legends of amora without this. I don't know why it showed up on my feed but I'm glad it did. And I discovered it at just the right time, so when I was caught up with the main series, rise of fire came out almost immediately.

[@AdamMichalMarkowski]

Despite few frames missing it is nice animation

[@chrisdude119]

wow, what a beautiful animation! nicely drawn characters, with beautiful face expressions, good hand gestures and poses, and with an interesting story to acompany the song... fantastic work, keep it up!

[@Storm.397]

THIS IS AMAZING(I love this song from the road to el dorado) 💙💙💙

[@BunniNation]

Ah I remember watching that on VHS. This is very well dome and the expressions are on point. This was very refreshing but also nostalgic at the same time. Thank you.

[@PinkStrawberryFox]

This was recommended to me. Am I disappointed that it was? Not at all! This is frigging amazing! The style, the expressions, everything! Keep up the amazing work! 😊 I can't wait to see more! When I get the chance, I will definitely take a look at the comic! :D

[@remuskane8684]

Honestly, the thing I love most about this (Even though it'll probably come off as weird) is Yin's mouth/lips. There's just something about them. I mean, every part is good, but that's what keeps drawing me back. Something about her smiles, both awkward and smug, are absolutely gorgeous. And if that makes me weird, then oh well. It's the internet, it isn't the weirdest thing you've seen.

[@tumblingartist]

Ooooh these character designs are awesome!! They’re so expressive

[@jhonlev9104]

Another Gem I stumbled upon to. Great work of art, these kind of vids I keep rewatching every 3 days.

[@Henleash]

Holy crap this IS SO GOOOD!! Ok, I'm definitely reading this webcomic. The art is so good holy moly, and this really, REALLY intrigued me! Great work!!!

[@coyotix]

i clicked this and immediately started reading the comic, i’m not done but it’s amazing so far!!

[@midpixel]

Loving the art style plus with the music? Amazing combination

[@tonyk9136]

God I'm such a sucker for unhinged expressions. Thanks for this masterpiece.

[@CocodriloGuille]

I red your webcomic and I can't wait to see these characters in it. Great job with this video and the comic, please give us more!

[@huntercool2232]

“Be a cult!” *Hold up-*

[@fierceloyalist]

N-onsensically F-unding T-rash

[@billcipher4368]

Didn't All religions started as a cult?

[@fierceloyalist]

The Religion's story happened and people were inspired by the tales which is why people worship them.

[@user-xz1rr2dr9e]

By just looking at every Clip photo i can imagine the Animation being so Smooth! Great work

[@Twocatsonawall5]

Why do I remember this being animated (it’s still really pretty the shading is 👌💯)

[@TheRaptor0101]

Every so often I come to rewatch this 'cause I can buy this bein' like a part of an actual animation. And 'cause boi the range of expressions they make is great

[@oakenshadow6763]

The expressions are so perfect. I've got a new Webtoon to read.