Last month I was so happy to be back in Bordeaux. In particular, I spent a lot of time in Mollat which is a maaaasive bookstore right beside my school tram stop. I could spend hours there <3
didn’t think i was an ethogirl but i just started explaining the mail system and how cool it is to my parents while we ate dinner and halfway through i had an out of body experience what is happening to me
Have you ever worked as an animator for Disney, and if not, would you want to?
Not as an animator but I did work for Disney as an apparel designer for their theme parks. I would illustrate or design the art found mostly on elevated apparel. Sadly I’m not allowed to show any of it legally. The Mouse likes to keep their brand as impersonal as possible so no artist crediting allowed. I got to work on all their franchises such as Star Wars, the Marvel Universe, and all their classics. Was a ton of fun but lead to a horrible work life balance. Some times I would be working until 2AM (with no overtime since I was salary) and in office because like… if Star Wars needed something last minute you didn’t say no. Even then there was the daily pressure to stay after the 8 hour mark, just because everyone else was doing it. Was honestly a little relieved when the impossible happened and the theme parks closed for Covid.
I was offered a similar job after work started back up but by then I had found a smaller company that paid me better and had a strict, no unpaid overtime policy. So I’m sticking where I am for now. It’s given me the free time again to work on my own projects such as Replica where as this would have been impossible with Disney. I find it much more fulfilling to work for someone who cares about my mental health.
I would be tempted to try animation more so because a lot of the people working there seem really passionate and fun to be around… but ultimately I’ve learned that my self worth and health matters far more which can be hard to achieve sometimes when working for bigger studios. It’s not impossible but it’s definitely something that we have to be mindful of. I’m definitely excited for the indie animation scene with shorts like Lackadaisy and smaller studios such as Powerhouse Studios on the rise. I’d be inclined to go work in an environment like that if I ever get tired of my current work setup.
For now though, I like all the extra time and money this job is giving me… even if all I’m doing is literally filling it with turtles haha!
Getting to the part of your healing journey when you begin to want relationships again (friendships, romance, community etc) is such a sign of growth. Healing is meant to be a one-mans’s journey but never isolating. And approaching connection from a ‘I desire community’ vs ‘I need community’ truly has you entering that compleatly differently. And yes, you may get triggered or get disappointed, but nothing that happens will happen to you because you’re peace will be your priority. Boundaries will be set, and you won’t have a need to impress or fit in. You enter as your authentic self with the discernment to spot the right people <3
i feel weird posting video on tumblr it just doesnt really seem like the platform for it like when im using this website i dont really watch videos... i look at gifs and niche memes.... but ive been making a lot of videos for tiktok/instagram so idk. heres one you can see more here
ANYWAYS process for this piece . also before I started recording anything i did most of the lineart between assignments on my work computer so i put some screenshots of that below the cut.
lately ive been drawing whatever bg perspective/lines makes sense for a pose and then positioning the angle/composition/"camera" after.
original sketch i started with + bg I extrapolated around it. i did this for a bunch of my life is strange 2 fanart also.
final framing. kinda makes me feel like a photographer. or 3d modeller. I guess its makes dutch angles especially easier. theyre kind of difficult for me to do without drawing the normal un-dutched perspective first so i rarely plan out a dutch angle from the beginning. downside is that i ed up cropping out a lot of the drawing but.. thats why ive been doing it after the lines phase as opposed to after colors LOL.