flightless, but still flying

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solairebee: Various works by Cake or Death | Moya

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:00:49 -0400

Loud Sunshine

Fortress Europe

Celestial

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solairebee:

Various works by Cake or Death | Moya

ryaninthesky12: loveforalia: You know you had a Catholic upbringing when somebody says “May the...

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:14:25 -0400

ryaninthesky12:

loveforalia:

You know you had a Catholic upbringing when somebody says “May the force be with you” and your instant reaction is to reply with “And also with you”.

All the damn time

flavorpill: A Strikingly Beautiful Face Painted in Black and...

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:01:16 -0400

flavorpill:

A Strikingly Beautiful Face Painted in Black and White

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Sun, 19 May 2013 14:33:42 -0400

thefrogman: Unacceptable.

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:53:47 -0400

thefrogman:

Unacceptable.

coolioart: Sergi Brosa

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:00:28 -0400

coolioart:

Sergi Brosa

shutupaubrey: team “i wore this yesterday but i’m going to a different place so it doesn’t matter”

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:52:03 -0400

shutupaubrey:

team “i wore this yesterday but i’m going to a different place so it doesn’t matter”

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Sat, 18 May 2013 22:45:19 -0400

prostheticknowledge: GIF-TY Design concept for a camera that...

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:32:20 -0400

prostheticknowledge:

GIF-TY

Design concept for a camera that can print out a series of small prints to create a flipbook - video embedded below:

Via Yanko Design:

This unique camera allows you to print out short flipbook animations, so that you can physically keep the memories of precious moments alive in a fun way. GIF-TY’s Animations can be physically edited, and clipped on a separately designed module. Nametags can be attached to those clips just like old videotapes.

Technologically: GIF-TY is a combination of a burst-shot camera, and a ‘Zero-Ink’ Printer.

More Here

rubitrightintomyeyes: waffleguppies: Just a reminder that the...

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:12:54 -0400

rubitrightintomyeyes:

waffleguppies:

Just a reminder that the Nuclear Tesuji is a thing, and that table-flipping and rage-quitting are by no means modern phenomenons.

I love all these powerful hero stances for “THIS GAME IS STUPID ANYWAY.”

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Sat, 18 May 2013 16:46:31 -0400

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Sat, 18 May 2013 16:30:11 -0400

rabbitrecycle: Shit i’m late for replacing Shinji because he...

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:55:00 -0400

rabbitrecycle:

Shit i’m late for replacing Shinji because he won’t get in the fucking robot.

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Sat, 18 May 2013 12:00:36 -0400

"Creating Something Beautiful"

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:00:29 -0400

"Creating Something Beautiful"

tupacabra: “…and that’s my presentation.”

Thu, 16 May 2013 21:58:39 -0400

tupacabra:

“…and that’s my presentation.”

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Thu, 16 May 2013 20:51:45 -0400

animeshawty: shinoddddd: ラバーダックの空気が一夜で抜けた oh no

Thu, 16 May 2013 20:17:51 -0400

animeshawty:

shinoddddd:

ラバーダックの空気が一夜で抜けた

oh no

scrotumnose: mikelaughead: From Anthony...

Thu, 16 May 2013 13:04:54 -0400

scrotumnose:

mikelaughead:

From Anthony Holden!

anthonyholden:

What are studios looking for? How can I get into a good animation school? What should I be studying?

I get a lot of these types of questions now and again, and I never know how to answer them. I can’t be sure of what studios are looking for, I don’t control admissions policies to schools, and I have little idea what makes for a current and relevant curriculum. There are a lot of variables in your bid for a career in animation, and it’s kind of impossible to control most of them. You must be crazy to want this job!

I find it helpful to focus on the things I can control. Among those things are your study habits and how you spend your personal time. It’s good to work hard and have goals—without them we would get nowhere. Study hard and make decisive strides towards achieving your art goals. But in the heat of that pursuit, don’t forget to go out and live your life!

If you spend any amount of time looking at artists online, you’ve probably figured out by now that there are about a million dudes and dudettes in internetville who draw better than you (I relive this realization daily). Once your have done your best to rise to their level, the only tool you have to compete with these crazy talents is your background, your personal character—is you!

Consider developing your whole self with the same raw focus and intensity that you develop a particular skill set. Get focused. Go out, have adventures. Run, jump, skin your knee, fall in love, root loudly for the away team at a baseball game, barely escape a crash of stampeding rhinos, live to see another day. Experience things big and small. Go for a walk. The world is full of wonders.

I know this advice is not particularly animation-specific, but maybe that’s for the best. At any rate, it is something I feel strongly about. Animation is great, and there are few things that I enjoy doing more than drawing and storytelling. But in order to have stories to tell, first you have to live them.

Be good, and see you soon!

PS, if you were looking for advice on draftsmanship you should probably be reading this.

This is the best advice for any student or hopeful student. Having lived your life watching cartoons and drawing in your room won’t help you to make stories that involve doing much. I’m a total homebody, but doing things that force you to experience life in different ways is key. So just go to a new place, talk to the weird guy on the street, try a new food, whatever. It will enrich your life and the stories you tell.

you really know how to cut to the core of me, baxter

you’re so wise…. like a miniature buddha, covered in hair