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Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz

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Come on now. Be serious.

Did you really eat all my pancakes?

What? I would never do that! *she said, while shoving a pancake into her mouth*

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Why Dek's Design from Predator: Badlands is actually great and haters are proving it

As a Predator fan I am super excited for the upcoming movie, but I cannot help but be annoyed and also partly disgusted (because some comments were really unhinged) by some of the criticism and hate some people give for the first Trailer, especially for the main protagonist Dek. As a college student with the major of media and communication design, aka. Movies and ads, I want to explain to you why the design of Dek is actually very thoughtful and why all these negative comments are actually proving it and all that as easy as possible to understand✨

(Please note that this is my own view on this, I'm not a professional movie director, but I try to analyze his design in the way I learned)

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Trachtenberg already stated that Dek is really low on the social ladder and with very high possibility a young teenager, which means that he is even younger than Scar, who until now was the youngest Yautja in the franchise as a late teenager to early adult. So it makes sense that he is smaller and hasn't a fully developed face yet. That alone should already explain a lot.

BUT! He is actually underdeveloped. He is a runt who is thought weak of by everyone. His society is build upon strength and quiet dominance who only accept weakness by people who are not part of their society or Yautja at all.

And this is actually the explanation. He is someone who is not accepted by his people, and probably also not by his family if rumors are true and that other predator is his father. His society doesn't like him and casts him away, they underestimate him and dislike and disrespect him simply because he is different. And the reaction of people to the Trailer is exactly that:

They don't like his design, they don't like that he is weak, that he is a child and a runt. They don't accept him and cast him away, like his society in the story. So the haters are exactly proving the point of purpose of Dek and his appearance and design. He is supposed to be underestimated and disliked. You. are. supposed to look at him and dislike him and think "Geez why does he look like that?!". That's his purpose. To be underestimated by you, so you see Dek in the same way his people see him. Weak, stupid and not acceptable. That design is purposely made to help him get a good character development which makes him grow and makes people understand him better.

A muscular man will never be seen as weak and unlikable, simply because such an appearance just doesn't associate with weakness and being the outcast. So Dek cannot look like a full grown Yautja. That would never be able to sell his role and character.

That's actually everything. If the movie is not your thing then don't watch it but remember: Directors like Dan Trachtenberg would never make a critical design without reason. As for me, I already adopted Dek, hope he gets some hot chocolate and a hug.

- pancake out

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Another wip of another piece

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Wip of my morrowind character

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I am so excited I feel like I'm going to explode 💥 first oblivion remastered and now this!

DAN TRACHTENBERG I OWE YOU MY SOUL

FERAL CLAN ELDER??? YOUNGBLOOD? PRACTICAL EFFECTS?? PREDATOR ON PREDATOR BATTLES??? GIZMOS AND DOODADS???

AND. WEYLAND. YUTANI.

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The eyes are the windows to our soul

My Predator Hunting Grounds characters running into each other 🤭

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Wip for an art collab ✨ Koi Nami from League of Legends

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Credit goes to the comment I found under the video of the final battle scene xD

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Update ✨

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What an absolute unit

HELLOOOO BEAUTIFUL.... OH MY LORD..

MAY I MAKE YOU DINNER..

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I have touched pen and paper again

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Have you noticed the attention lines over what seems to be a ring on her finger? You could interpret it as war/death being married to man, which could for example mean that war/death will always be with you, no matter if you escaped or not. Death will wait for you at the end with the vow that it was supposed to happen

s/o to this skeleton babe from 1936

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*rubs hands evilly* nihihihi 🧼

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Anyone out there who likes cross stitch, video games (especially BG3) and fancies helping out a disabled enby in the UK whose paycheck has taken a hit from having to go off work sick - if you would like to commission a cross stitch piece from me, please do drop a line! Happy to do some negotiating on price.

I have the above Karlach, Gale, Halsin and Astarion pieces as well as designs I'm working on for other BG3 companions. I am also open to custom requests (content, colours, etc), and even have a design for a full Ark: The Island map that I am happy to sell the pdf design of or even take commission for a full piece (photo of one in process there for reference).

I am by no means limited to these fandoms! Got an idea? Hit me up!

I recently had to take 5 weeks off work due to my worsening disability (which I did not have top up sick pay to cover all of), as well as having to reduce my hours and wait 15 weeks to see if the DWP will overturn my PIP decision and actually give me some support. So anyone who wants to commission me, or knows someone who might be interested, you'd be doing me a huge favour by getting in touch.

Thank you!

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This was my entry for an art collab with the theme Christmas x League of Legends.