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I’m writing scenes which are good, and I don’t know where they are going to fit in the book. But it’s what I call ‘The Valley Filled With Clouds’ technique. You’re at the edge of the valley, and there is a church steeple, and there is a tree, and there is a rocky outcrop, but the rest of it is mist. But you know that because they exist, there must be ways of getting from one to the other that you cannot see. And so you start the journey. And when I write, I write a draft entirely for myself, just to walk the valley and find out what the book is going to be all about.

-- Terry Pratchett - A Slip Of The Keyboard: Collected Non-fiction

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how many horrible live action movies will it take for people to realize that animation is the best medium to have fantasy creatures because when everything is animated your suspension of disbelief works better

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being a symbolism enjoyer should humble you because at the end of the day no matter how eloquently you articulate it youre essentially saying "i love it when things have meaning"

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"I miss 2D animation, 3D is so lifeless!"

No, no - from an avid and avowed lifelong 2D animation lover - what you miss is stylization.

Something animated to be "hyperrealist" isn't appealing to me anymore because it all starts to look very... samey. It'll age.

But if you have a proper sense of your style...

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colors

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This machine kills AI

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The fact that Fountain is pissing off trads over a 100 years later is so fucking funny

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The next time you want to call a sequence “Well animated” do yourself a favour and rewatch it with the sound muted. Often times ir’s only after you remove sound from something that you can truly see if the animation underneath is actually good or not, or if the music/acting is manipulating you.

….but on that same note, “Well animated” does not mean “Fluidly animated”. Because something can be VERY well animated and have few frames if those frames are in the right place, or have a shit ton for frames and be badly animated because it’s over-animated and moves way too much.

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HII my character & shape design tips PDF is now available! ^_^ hope you enjoy !!

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In true chaotic studyblr fashion, I forgot this blog fucking existed

But hey, I just passed my fourth semester with a completed project (a 2D short film, created from scratch along with another 3 teammates) and decent grades! This means I'm halfway through with my degree and despite all odds I haven't dropped dead yet, definitely a win in my book

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first semester goals: get a 4.0 gpa, do all readings and have comprehensive notes, attend all my lectures, start my papers three weeks in advance

second semester goals: don’t kill myself or become an alcoholic

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Once you care a little about lettering and fonts there’s no coming back

(Top to bottom fonts are: anime ace, back issues, minceraft regular, white rabbit, vcr osd mono, and determination snas

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how can something so small be so harmful (normas APA)

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how i sleep knowing i pay $0 for my whole college education, books and texts no matter how long i take to finish my degree

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Pulling out my art student card here. For people saying "it's just basics for beginners", this is actually a terrible way to learn body shapes, guys. Understanding basic 3D shapes (form) and how to manipulate them is how you learn to draw body shapes. Copying someone else's shitty shorthand form isn't doing you any favours whatsoever, you're skipping the basics, not learning them

If you actually want to learn how to draw different kinds of bodies, you gotta learn how to break down the human body into basic forms, and then how to mess around and manipulate those forms in various ways to get the results you want. Using this strict "this form this way for men, this form this way for women" formula is not only, y'know, sexist and incorrect, it's also probably one of the worst ways to learn art

do you ever see an “art tutorial” that makes you violent