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yours-truly-calliope: This is a useful resource…

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:31:54 -0400

yours-truly-calliope:

This is a useful resource…

videogamepalettes: Fez

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:11:53 -0400

videogamepalettes:

Fez

princeravioli: I HAVE BEEN REALLY FRUSTRATED WITH ALL THE...

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:17:30 -0400

princeravioli:

I HAVE BEEN REALLY FRUSTRATED WITH ALL THE UNSOURCED ART I’VE BEEN SEEING LATELY

PLEASE SOURCE THINGS /CRIES

Also, how to use google to find sources

calantheandthenightingale: 2econdp2iioniic: shavemeinthemorning...

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:01:37 -0400

calantheandthenightingale:

2econdp2iioniic:

shavemeinthemorning:

operamatic:

ukeaco:

I would just like to point out that the beginning and end of Spirited Away creep me out in the most delicious way possible. I’ve always been a fan of fairy tales, and not just the Grimm and Anderson stuff, almost all my life. Like the honestly faerie court stories.

Themes you see in those reflect strongly in this movie, and comparing them side by side just makes it that much more stark.

Often times you hear that if you get sucked into the fairy realm, you shouldn’t eat their food. It gives them power over you. More often than not, heroes finally escape the fairy realm after what they perceive to be a very short time (a night or a week)…

…only to find that seasons or years have passed.

‘Hey, it’s all dusty in here. Is this someone’s idea of a joke?’

CRAPPING SHIT I WHY HAVE I NEVER NOTICED THIS

This always freaked me out a little as a kid. Like the OP, I couldn’t help but wonder how long REALLY passed. I always pretended it was something like a week but… Judging by that moss, I can’t say for sure.

A week? Try much MUCH /MUCH/ longer. The plants are a good indicator but a better one is the statue. We’re seeing it from the same angle in each shot. Look in the first one before she enters, it’s not NEW but you can tell what it is.

Now look at the second frame. It’s so eroded it’s just a dull, flat stone.

That thing is solid stone, that must have taken up to, if not more than, a DECADE to wear down that much.

Not to mention that there are new trees next to the car. Just remember how long it actually takes for trees to grow real quick.

Evidence is suggesting they were in there for maybe around 20-30 years.

This is what I love about the ending of Spirited Away <3 But not only are the trees and statue different, just look at the building itself! When Chihiro and her parents first enter it, there are two arched niches/indentations on both sides of the tunnel, and the building looks like it’s plaster; when they come out, though, you can see that the arched niches are gone, and the tunnel looks more like it’s built from blocks of stone than plaster. Also, when they come out, you can tell from the way the moss extends that the building is taller— it looks as if it was completely rebuilt!

joodlez: ♪~EMBELLISHMENTS PRE-ORDERS ARE OPEN!~♬ I’m super...

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:48:23 -0400

joodlez:

♪~EMBELLISHMENTS PRE-ORDERS ARE OPEN!~♬

I’m super excited to present the product of my last three years (plus some) of hard work and planning. Embellishments features all-original content associated with my story Cut Time, which is currently in the works.

With Pre-orders, you get:

a chance to win one of 5 inked drawings of one Cut Time character on the inside of your book (if you request Baroque/Rel, they count as one A_A)

a free exclusive postcard (chosen at random)

to save $2.50 :P

Product Details:

A4 size

full colour

perfect bound

matte finish soft cover + dust jacket (with gold foil debossing)

mostly unpublished content (online)

66-page gloss-finish interior

signed by the artist (me!)

If you would like a special message written in the book, please leave your request in your order. I will fulfill it given that I am comfortable with writing it.

Shipping details:

$5.00 Within Canada

$8.00 To United States

$15.00 Internationally

Pickup details:

I will not be accepting pick-ups for online pre-orders; if you live in the Vancouver area and would like to meet up, please send me an “ask” and we can arrange a place and time, but please do not place an order online.

I will be selling these books at Anime North (next weekend) and Anime Expo; on-site purchases will be $35 each; Anime North purchases also include post cards since it’s within pre-order period. :)

Pre-orders close at 12:00am PST, June 18th, 2013. Regular sales will become available at $35.

Thank you very much for your support!

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Fri, 17 May 2013 13:26:32 -0400

anime-backgrounds: The Wolf Children Ame and Yuki. Directed by...

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:33:42 -0400

anime-backgrounds:

The Wolf Children Ame and Yuki. Directed by Mamoru Hosoda. Created by Studio Chizu and Madhouse

ilbutto: Final Fantasy XIV Jobs: White Mage, Warrior, Monk

Wed, 15 May 2013 20:41:38 -0400

ilbutto:

Final Fantasy XIV Jobs: White Mage, Warrior, Monk

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Wed, 15 May 2013 16:21:05 -0400

leseanthomas: ca-tsuka: Artworks of Kairos (Studio La...

Wed, 15 May 2013 13:39:21 -0400

leseanthomas:

ca-tsuka:

Artworks of Kairos (Studio La Cachette).

This is a reason why i love 2D animation so much. Awesome!

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Wed, 15 May 2013 08:40:16 -0400

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Wed, 15 May 2013 08:34:21 -0400

fuckyeahillustrativeart: Victor Maury tumblr / blog

Tue, 14 May 2013 18:43:38 -0400

fuckyeahillustrativeart:

Victor Maury

tumblr / blog

sushiobunny: Artist 拓 reveals the secret of Little Witch...

Tue, 14 May 2013 10:37:31 -0400

sushiobunny:

Artist 拓 reveals the secret of Little Witch Academia’s lack of panty-shots.

Don’t Starve: Forbidden Knowledge (x)

Mon, 13 May 2013 21:03:27 -0400

Don’t Starve: Forbidden Knowledge (x)

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Mon, 13 May 2013 12:05:00 -0400

typette: I remember posting somewhere once in a thread about...

Mon, 13 May 2013 11:37:51 -0400

typette:

I remember posting somewhere once in a thread about why girls aren’t exploited in animation anymore where some guy said, “all the disney girls are drawn to be generally attractive, but I don’t think there are any eye-candy men… or are there? Are there any Disney men that lots of girls like?” and I mentioned Roger. Tons of girls replied agreeing with me and the original guy was like “wait, Roger? from 101 Dalmatians? What’s attractive about him, he’s tall and lanky and has a big nose, he isn’t muscley at all! Wouldn’t you all prefer Gaston or something? Or do you girls think his big nose is indicative of something else?” and I was like “no, you idiot, he’s a silly, goofy guy who likes animals and can play a bunch of instruments, that’s why he’s attractive. What’s the matter with you? Gaston, seriously?”

This is why we need more girls in animation. And more guys like Roger apparently.

vicious-violet: foervraengd: elliotoille: felt like doing a...

Sun, 12 May 2013 22:05:31 -0400

vicious-violet:

foervraengd:

elliotoille:

felt like doing a tutorial thingy (what should I call these??) again! I think I’ll make a tag for these in case I do more. This time I’m gonna talk a little about how angles affect how clothing falls aaaand stuff. here we go…

Given: The first drawing of these three is how the clothing naturally wants to fall, how it is made to be shaped. Or, whichever pose you could take that will give the garment the least amount of creases.

I’ll actually talk about the green first; this is a representation of the hip box, which itself is a representation/simplification of your whole pelvis area. You see how your legs and hip box oppose angles here. in almost all poses except standing straight, your hip box and legs will create a bent angle, which affects how clothes fall.

The red/blue is the skirt (obvs), the red specifically is the ellipses of the top and bottom openings of the skirt. This skirt is very stiff material for the sake of this example, so notice how the two ellipses always match eachother. the top ellipse is where the skirt is actually attached to the body, so it’s the boss; the bottom ellipse will more or less do exactly what the top one does.

here’s where the fact that the legs and hip box are at different angles becomes important. The top of the skirt is attached to the hip box, but the bottom ellipse is in the realm of the legs. The orange lampshade shape diagram there is a simplification of this. It is very much like if you were to tilt a lampshade. The side you are bending towards will hug the body and create creases. The side you are bending away from will fall off the body in a straight line.

It even works with pants, though as the bottom ellipse(s) gets farther away from the top there’s more room for the garment to get distorted by gravity, perspective, and bent knees and such. But with this last example you can really see how the side touching the legs really hugs the body underneath, whereas the other side hangs off of it in a straighter, crease-less line.

Dresses are a little different because their top ellipse is attached to your torso/ribcage mass rather than the hip box.

Much of the time you get the same result as with a skirt. However if the hip box and ribcage mass are opposed sideways rather than forward or backward, it becomes a little tougher:

You can see in the third drawing how a shirt and a skirt together would fall in opposite ways if your body is bent sideways. If the shirt is long, just like I mentioned above about the long pants, there is more distortion of this effect.

I’ll take what I said above, “The side you are bending away from will fall off the body in a straight line”, and add a bit to the end: “… until it hits something.” In the fourth drawing above, the garment is falling off the body in a straight line on the right side. If you lengthen the garment:

The straight side continues down as normal until it hits the leg and becomes the body-hugging side. in response to that, the body-hugging side from farther up becomes the straight side when it falls off the hip.

Aaand with that I think I’ll stop lol. I hope that wasn’t hard to understand. It’s easy to do yourself, just wear a skirt or some loose pajama pants and take hula poses in the mirror lol.

For all of you who have been longing for ME to make a tutorial about clothes, I truly recommend you to read this post. Since it covers the area in clothing that many other tutorials never mention, clothing is more than just “drawing folds and wrinkles”, it’s about knowing how the design and the behavior of our bodies affect it.

So yeah.

Read this. Please. It’s so easy explained.

Get on my blog, useful information.

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Sun, 12 May 2013 19:08:24 -0400

iekeby: White Tower by ~SnowSkadi

Sun, 12 May 2013 19:07:02 -0400

iekeby:

White Tower by ~SnowSkadi