#gromit study

[hushimstressed]

i've seen enough

[giddlygoat]

idk if i ever posted this? quick notes on my thought process while drawing cartoon hands.

[catgirlweed]

two very different studies of baby gromit and his old human

[probablymoons]

a lil Grom value study while i watched were-rabbit this afternoon

[olliemnjones]

Gromit

Study of a screenshot from The Wrong Trousers. Always blown away by the lighting in it whenever I watch it.

[wintersxldiers]

I WAS LITERALLY GONNA SAY THAT

[aeoneskova]

Tag game <3

Thank you for the tag @pretentiouswreckingball !

Last song: Sugar Man by Rodriguez (trying to learn on guitar)

Favourite colour: Green! My hair's pale green rn

Last book: The Great Gatsby (studying in class)

Last movie: Twilight - cinematic masterpiece

Last series: Smoggie Queens! Great new show filmed in my area

Sweet/Savoury: sweet

Last search: what was Edward Cullen dying of before he got bit?

Current obsession: Wallace & Gromit

Looking forward to: visiting University of York

Relationship: what relationship

No pressure tags: @friendofthefrogswastaken @ablique @fryingpan1234567 @percyweasleyapologist @elisedonut

[nokillbananashelter]

Why You Should Consider Link Being a Silent Protagonist:

Silent Protagonist ≠ always no dialogue

Silent protagonist does = minimal dialogue, grunts, sparse moments of communication, or no dialogue at all. It’s a spectrum.

Mute people are relatable beings you can empathize with

Quiet people are relatable beings you can empathize with

Link is narratively described as quiet and has story reasons for being reserved in the 2 latest iterations of Mainline Zelda and its part of his character development that he opens up and DOES speak more. It’s literally acknowledged in the most popular zelda title (BOTW).

Let me reiterate- its part of his character to say very little or to have story reasons for not speaking up at first!

Link is silent in EOW for Plot Reasons, pointing to this being a possibility continual in plot recognition

Link is pointed to as THE example of silent protagonist outside of like, Gordon Freeman. Nintendo literally is acknowledging that in its most recent and popular zeldas.

The movie will draw a lot of inspiration from BOTW and TOTK and you would be in denial if you thought elsewise

Childrens cartoons, blockbuster action movies, art house films, comics, games, and more have characters who chirp their name more than speak or barely speak at all

Some of the most Lucrative characters in media fall into this category and some would argue make more money than any plot or franchise. R2D2, Chewie, and Grogu are a HONEYPOT and Lucas could probably speak ad nauseam about this if he wasn’t busy weeping about how he’s not getting all of it

Young children’s media does not rely on a lot of words to convey concepts

His Windwaker Design is literally inspired by kids cartoons and animation that relies on emotion not words

As a person who spent decades studying children’s media I can tell you kids respond to action and story that relies on physical acting, facial emotions, cause-and-effect, observation, and may things that do not need words

Samurai Jack, Grogu, Chewie, R2D2, Snoopy, Gromit, Pikachu, Groot, Boomhaur, Onion, Schnitzel, Animal, the Minions, Silent Bob, Driver (from drive), Mad Max (fury road), are all examples of popular characters who chirp, babble, or barely speak and people love the piss out of them

Movies started without audio and again the foundational concepts of most storytelling in movies happened *without dialogue at first*

Physical acting is a theatrical medium that both adults and children respond positively to

Physical acting is the foundation of fight scenes, chase scenes, stunts, and action in general- things that will be highly features in this movie

Animation, Illustration, and Visual story telling LIKE MOVIES is based on *showing, not telling* for 90% of its time.

James baxter, norman rockwell, charlie chaplin don’t need words to carry bankrolls and make you piss yourself in tears. James Dean also inspired an entire hollywood casting standard based on *staring in vibes*

Some of the most emotionally grappling movies and moments in cinema come from no dialogue in the mix. Up is still fucking you up, and the Piano is a rollercoaster of turmoil because of its silent protagonist. There is literally a No Dialogue cut of Fury Road that fucks and is highly praised

We literally have examples in the GAMES where support characters and other protagonists carry the weight of exposition, conversation, and explanation.

Zelda is right there you twerps, she can do the talking even if she is not with link physically. We literally have examples of this in game too. Midna is also right there, carrying the stone cold plot of Twilight Princess on her quipped up bitch noggin

This whole conversational point about it being hard or impossible or a bad idea is an insult to writers, illustrators, musicians, actors, directors, editors, stage designers, story boarders, makeup artists, cameramen, dancers, game designers, extras, special effects artists, puppeteers, marketing departments, toy designers, STUNTMEN, comic book artists, Miyamoto, audience members, children, adults, quiet people, mute people & their loved ones, the established zelda lore, link’s OWN DAMN CHARACTER IN CANON, and yourself if you believe that

have a better imagination, you deserve it!

Be more curious & open hearted, you deserve it!

There’s no excuse for him to not be quiet in some way other than “they didn’t feel like it, creatively” which is valid and totally acceptable and not a big deal, and could absolutely result in a wonderful portrayal of Link!

[loviebugzie]

𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐮𝐭 .ᐟ - ᴡᴀʟʟᴀᴄᴇ & ɢʀᴏᴍɪᴛ ᴅʀ ɪɴᴛʀᴏ

ᴛʜᴇʀᴇ's ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴀ ᴅᴜʟʟ ᴍᴏᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴀᴛ 62 ᴡᴇsᴛ ᴡᴀʟʟᴀʙʏ sᴛʀᴇᴇᴛ.

₊⊹ Ottilie Dorothee Wilson is your typical university student; passionate about her studies, headstrong, creative, and maybe a tad too enamored by the guy who works in the campus bookshop. However, she is also the sole daughter of local Wigan, cheese-loving, inventor, Wallace Wilson. Meaning there is rarely a "normal" day at home.

₊⊹ Her father, Wallace, while a bit eccentric and oftentimes a bit too preoccupied with his next creation, never fails to show how he cares for her. She may not have inherited his knack for inventing but she sure did inherit his seemingly never ending determination and optimism. Since her mother, Georgiana, passed away, its been them against the world. until Gromit joined the family of course They were and still are "as thick as thieves" as some would say!

₊⊹ Growing up she was always close with Gromit, the beloved dog companion of her father. The two found peace hands/paws deep in the back garden flowerbeds on quiet afternoons; when they weren't busy reining in any chaos caused by random inventions, were-rabbits, villainous penguins, or trips to the moon, of course. In the evening, you can often find the two knitting together. Gromit is oftentimes correcting her stitches

fun facts about Ottilie!

❀ I'm majoring in Botany!

❀ Outside of classes, I'm working at a flower shop downtown! I'm very well-loved by the regulars that come in and my co-workers! The owner of the shop acts as though she's my grandmother.

❀ I love going to the roller rink with friends or biking around till I find a park to sit & read in.

❀ Gromit just started teaching me how to knit my own sweater!! wish me luck

❀ I've become friends with a crow who lives in the neighborhood! I bring him little treats every now and again, he's recently started to bring me trinkets in thanks! :D the most recent trinkets being a pretty bottlecap & tiny plastic lizard figure

❀ I totally don't have a crush on the cute guy who works in the campus bookstore and who also happens to be in my early morning literature class. actually head over heels for him i fear

❀ My dad's nickname for me is bluebell. It was my mom's favorite flower and almost was my first name but Ottilie won in the end.

・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・

♬⋆.˚ "𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑒𝑠,

𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛~"

this dr is definitely one of my more whimsical, silly, feel-good drs! it's w&g meets late 90s/early 2000s rom com tbh!!

✎ i promise a dr self intro is in the works for my Coolsville dr!! i just keep getting distracted by other drs!! i want to yap about them all at the same time!!

dividers: @uzmacchiato , @adornedwithlight , @strangergraphics , @thecutestgrotto ┆

all images from Pinterest!

[vanessagillings]

Please talk about your favorite animated movies and what makes them special to you! I'm really curious about what you enjoyed about them both in the past and now?

haha, okay you asked!

I LOVE animated movies. My theory on this is that it took me a long time to emotionally relate to most media growing up, where I felt next to nothing watching most movies and shows as a young kid, and didn't relate to books until I was quite a lot older (I read picture books until I was around 10, and then suddenly in middle school, I hopped right to adult novels like 1984 and the entire Darkover series by Marion Zimmer Bradley, ha). But even before I emotionally related to fiction, I really enjoyed watching animation. It was nice to look at, and I enjoyed watching everything move and change. I grew up in the 90's where animated movies were largely 2D, and I spent hours watching and re-watching my favorite movies just studying how the characters moved -- it's definitely a lot of where I got my understanding of human expressions from. But I also think as I got older and started to relate more to fiction, animation was easier to parse emotionally than live action. The body language is clear. The stories are direct and not as forgiving of bad human behavior (I get frustrated sometimes with the defeatism in adult media, that assumes that People Just Act Badly, and that just needs to be accepted). Facial expressions are also exaggerated and more stylized -- think of a single arched eyebrow, for example, an expression that's commonly drawn to express one particular emotion in animation/illustration but which you next to never see on a real human face. My first introduction into serious reading was also manga -- a highly visual medium -- which uses a lot of the same tactics stylistically as western animation: big, expressive faces, bold gestures and big stories. Compare manga with western comics being printed at the time and it's even more obvious to me why I didn't particularly like comics until I was given manga as an option -- and thankfully I lived close to a kinokuniya, so I could spend all my allowance on untranslated books and magazines, which is also where I learned Japanese (もうたくさん忘れてしまいましたけど).

As far as my favorite movies? THAT IS SO HARD. The first animated movie that BLEW MY MIND was The Lion King. I saw it in theaters when I was eight and I was obsessed; it was definitely one of my first special interests. I know that entire movie line by line, frame by frame, and I had the stuffed animals and the trading cards and the clothes (man, was I teased for those clothes!). My other favorite movies as a kid were The Land Before Time, American Tale, and The Secret of NIMH (I was a big Don Bluth fan!) which have left deep impressions on how to approach storytelling for children; I warn you, I go hard on emotions for kids, because I needed that as a kid, and I know I'm not alone. Some of my other favorites are anything Miyazaki but especially Howl's Moving Castle (I relate to Sophie a lot), Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (what I watch when I'm In A Mood), Ratatouille (a huge source of echolalia for my husband and me, we often detect nuttiness, let me tell you), Wallace and Gromit and Fantastic Mr Fox, which I watch every fall as an autumnal tradition. Even as an adult who likes live action, too, I still tend to like slightly over the top directors like Wes Anderson and Guy Ritchie, or movies that are highly cinematic like Road to Perdition, which is still one of my favorite films of all time.

In my opinion, animation is a super important medium outside of it being a very beautiful one. I truly believe it helped me access and understand emotion better as a child, and as an adult, it's a massive source of inspiration in my own work 💛

(Sorry for length, but you did ask!)

[espinelabr]

Hi guys, how are you? I just came here to let you know that I'm officially on VACATION!!!! 💫✨🎉🎉🎉🎉💖💖💖

After many difficult studies, I can finally rest and focus more on my projects.

Besides drawing, I'm thinking about making comics focusing on my AU Wallace & Gromit: The Lil Luvvie Chronicles.

Focusing more on the story, showing how Spinel is reacting to being on a new planet and interacting with the other characters besides Wallace and Gromit.

O que você acha? Espero que goste do novo conteúdo 💖✨

Edit: I'm also going to finish my Wattpad fanfic, it will be the longest chapter I'll write, and soon, I'll write new stories 💖🎉

Hugs, Spinel 💖💖✨

[hushimstressed]

hes so cool to me

[snoopyviktor]

ooo thank u @joyful-soul-collector for the tag <3

Get to know your mutuals!

What's the origin of your blog title? i love snoopy and viktor and i think they'd be best buddies in another universe

OTP(s) + Shipname: currently i loveeee jayvik!!! but im also a massive fan of zelink (zelda + link). and loumand hehe

Favorite color: baby blue!

i'll put the rest of the questions under this so this post is not too long!

Favorite game: any zelda game!! it's my favourite game series of all time. i also love bg3 / DnD, twd telltale series, outer wilds, minecraft, acnh, and i'm currently playing RDR2 for first time and enjoying it!

Song stuck in your head: which witch by florence & the machine

Weirdest habit/trait? i have hypermobile/double jointed hands, as well as shoulders and hips. so i'm always popping out my shoulders, hips, and touching my thumbs to my wrist lol.

Hobbies: writing, figure skating, swimming, i also do casual ballet classes and i'm learning violin :)

If you work, what's your profession? studying to become a phlebotomist for now but in the future i'm wanting to go into medical imaging!

If you could have any job you wish, what would it be? my dream job is a cardiac sonographer. hopefully in about a decade i will be one

Something you're good at: figure skating, i like to think writing (but that's maybe debatable lol), and tetris. yea. the game

Something you're bad at: quite a lot of things, and thats ok

Something you love: role playing/story based games!!!.

Something you could talk about for hours off the cuff: my special interests - zelda, post-apocalypse media with a focus on zombie genre and skating (especially yuzuru!)

Something you hate: leather. it's a sensory thing

Something you collect: azura blind boxes, fruit stickers and cute tags from clothes

Something you forget: where i last put an item

What's your love language? physical touch and gift giving

Favorite movie/show: currently arcane! but i also love the walking dead (up until about season 6), iwtv, james cameron's avatar, Coraline, wallace and gromit, and spirited away.

Favorite food: braised beef noodle soup

Favorite animal: bears and whale sharks

What were you like as a child? incredibly autistic lmfao . i used to stack things together and organise canned food into colours

Favorite subject at school? history, it was my best subject and i had an amazing teacher who encouraged us to think critically. i'm still in touch with her even 7yrs after graduating

Least favorite subject: general sciences. i love biology, but i found general science to be boring because i'm not that good at physics or chemistry.

What's your best character trait? well, my self identity is all over the place on most days, so i'm not really sure lol. maybe it's that i'm kind? haha

What's your worst character trait? i can get quickly overwhelmed / overstimulated and then i'm not the greatest person to be around. it's a lot better now that i'm older, though

If you could change any detail of your life right now, what would it be? i would like to feel safe :')

If you could travel in time, who would you like to meet? ooooo... is this meant to be about historical figures? because my answer would be my great grandmother when she was younger. it's been six years since she passed away and i miss her so deeply. the kindest woman i've ever known! <3

Tag as as many mutuals as you want!! omg ok. here's me trying to remember who all my mutuals are . @arkaniske @cheriekos @voxconcordia @awretchedthing @juuzousmom @softandslow @ttwwiiissttyy @oraccles @patheticjayce @maniiix @itsfheang @mementokore @cloudrcs @decayingstarchild @j1mmycreat3s @mothgardens @rams0up + anyone else who wants to do it :p

[lightgaswaterelectricityrent]

Would you believe I entered a poke restaurant by myself without even knowing what the system is

Obsessed with the way me really getting out of my comfort zone lately is walking into a restaurant and asking the person working there questions....

[vkmillustrations]

Watercolour study drawing of Feathers Mcgraw, a character from the Wallace and Gromit films by Nick Park. Who watched the Wallace and Gromit film over Christmas? I loved it

[interstellar-superdrive]

i'm sick of these letterboxd types bashing animated kids movies not even because they're animated (they usually have emo anime pfps) but because they're for kids, as if a movie being for kids/families means it doesn't have value. kids and family media absolutely have value. why do you think we study dr seuss and roald dahl books? why do you think that the little prince is the second best-selling book of all time? why do you think pixar movies are so popular? why do you think bluey, sesame street, and other such shows are so popular with adults? because they all involve creativity, craftsmanship, and tell important stories that resonate with everyone of all ages. kids can laugh at the silly creatures and nonsense words in dr seuss books, but as adults, we notice how the butter battle book is a metaphor for the cold war, and how yertle the turtle is essentially a fascist.

i get being annoyed with the people who say that 'animation is cinema' (which it is) but refuse to watch anything besides mainstream American family movies, but we don't have to bash movies just because they're for kids. the wild robot, wallace and gromit, inside out 2 - these are all very high quality movies. also if you don't like Wallace and Gromit I straight up do not trust you. you can always make your own posts praising movies like look back or memoir of a snail without being rude to others for the movies they like, or acting as though kids and family media don't have value. literally WHO CARES if someone thinks a certain shot in the sonic movie looks cool, just move on with your day.

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