#lightning-studios

[askvectorprime]

Dear Vector Prime, are there any Cybertronians out there that take the form of road servicing equipment as their alt-mode? Stuff like asphalt pavers or road rollers. I imagine somebody has to take care of all the roads on planets like Cybertron or Velocitron.

Dear Pothole Paver,

There are indeed! While all the Constructicons maintained the streets of Crystal City, in some realities they counted Heavyweight among their number, a reserve member of the team who transformed into a road roller. Roll, as his name suggests, also transformed into a ground leveling machine, though he rarely performed road work; instead, he would flatten the ground after Rack demolished buildings with his pneumatic hammer, and Ruin removed the rubble with his bulldozer blade. Other 'bots with similar alt-modes include Randy of the Go-Bots, always eager to use his steamroller form to clear the way for a passer-by, and the Scavenger of my home reality, who adopted a bulldozer alternate mode with an integrated roller when he arrived on Earth.

As for pavers, they are somewhat rarer—in some universes, Cybertron's streets are reactive, transforming structures that construct themselves as needed—but there are a few. The Decepticon Tarpit would use his alternate mode to lay traps for the Autobots, while the Velocitronian Slipform was responsible for overseeing road construction for the most prestigious of races. My brother Alchemist has also adopted the form of a paving machine on occasion—in fact, I believe that's where he took the inspiration for the name "Maccadam".

[mralbertinho]

While we're all talking about both the WGA/SAG strikes and Barbenheimer, I hope everyone realises that the entire reason this exists is because Christopher Nolan stood up to Warner Bros against pushing their entire cinematic slate onto streaming in 2021, by taking his next film to another studio.

Then, as an act of petty revenge, they decided to deliberately move their single biggest movie of 2023 (and arguably WB's biggest non-Batman/Harry Potter movie in DECADES) directly onto his release date.

So no, the Barbie Marketing isn't "so good it helped another movie". The Barbie Marketing Machine was specifically designed to get back at someone who dared to stand up against WB executives.

It was a calculated move of malice by soulless corporate fuckeroonies.

[moonveiil]

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[red-pencil]

A little zap to jumpstart your #AniMonday

I helped out with some fx work on one of the Scrat Tales shorts back in the Blue Sky Studios days. A treat working with Jonah on these shots.

[corvidg4ng]

my insistence on drawing her gunblade will be the death of me

[yumkandie]

lightning dust from my stream yesterday :)

[lepidoptera-art]

Lupin III and Clarisse say LGBTQIA+ Rights!!

[haaaaaaaaaaaave-you-met-ted]

Storm of Arrows (Alt Art Ver) by Andrea Lim (Bad Moon Art Studio)

[a113cowgirl]

A major player in the production of the Cars Franchise, especially as Lightning McQueen’s lead animator in Cars 3, Cat Hicks, has unfortunately been laid off after 15+ years of service at Pixar.

This week’s devastating layoffs at Pixar are yet another symptom of chaos and uncertainty in the animation industry. Many of those familiar with it, myself included, agree that this is the worst state the industry has ever been in in its history… due to corporate greed, and profit-over-creativity.

Please be vocal in your support for animators and creatives. It’s likely going to get a lot worse before it gets better.

[itneedsmoregays]

10-year-old me: Wow, Mia and Tia love Lightning McQueen so much, they even have 95 on their headlights!

18-year-old me: Ohhh, I get it. They're flashing him. Very sneaky, Pixar.

Present me: Wait a minute. The Mazda Miata was first made in 1989, and Mia and Tia are both the 1992 model. And the movie takes place in 2006... OH MY GOD MCQUEEN WHY ARE YOU OGLING MINORS?! AND INCLUDING THEM IN YOUR DINOCO DAYDREAM?!

[goldfishontheceiling]

im back on my bullshit

[theknucklehead]

[moonveiil]

midnight mauve 🩷

[phoenixcatch7]

Man, I want shapeshifter cap SO BAD.

I want to see a Billy that really leans into the wonder of the world, the million paths a child could take in their life.

I want to see a Billy that wants to try everything, at least once.

A Billy that looks at all the people who spit at him, deride him, pity him, dismiss him, ignore him, because he has no future, no prospects, a child in the gutter and say no. I'm going to grow up to be whoever I want to be.

And a captain marvel that says you're going to be amazing.

Billy taking the premise of captain marvels form - his ideal self, a blank slate for Billy to paint his bright colours, the person he wants to be deep inside - and dialling that freedom up to eleven.

A dancer, a dinosaur, a train conductor, a tiger, an ice cream maker, a butterfly, an astronaut, a shark, a college student, a Tamaranean, a mouse, a scuba diver, an elephant, a doctor, a moose, a race car driver, a dog.

A child wanting to see the world.

If you want to find captain marvel, well first you've got to try his comm, probably a couple times.

Then you've got to go to fawcett, hope he's there and not saving the yetis from a salamander invasion in a different dimension.

You've got to ask around, because it often goes by word of mouth here, no matter what technology you bring. Don't worry, it'll spread very quickly, but if you're in a hurry you can find his commemorative statue and leave an offering. No one knows if it really works, but it's a good way to pass the time and feel productive.

Soon, a face will peel out of the crowd. It's always familiar, but it's never the same one.

Wait for the flash of lightning in a cloudless sky.

And then you will find captain marvel.

[asterkallium]

what if the Cars in cars are cars that died in our world and have been reincarnated as cars in the Cars world so they can better live out their car dreams. picture unrelated

this was @ironiconion's idea

[lightning-radish]

peepurrs

new artstyle test! ! !! !