#specific software

[bmpmp3]

[mandareeboo]

The funniest thing about Scrooge McDuck as a character is that he's never gonna die to something lame. He's constantly making deals to extend his life, cure ailments, and ward off curses. He's canonically like three hundred years old and has no intentions of stopping. The ONLY way Scrooge McDuck is going out is by some very expensive, very ancient artifact; probably Scottish, probably a blade, and probably encrusted in like uranium or some shit. Maybe shoe polish.

And, honestly? I think he'd be super impressed if someone managed to do it and would be like, fair play to ye, gold star, obnoxious slow clap.

[tinystepsforward]

it's notable that while terfs have certainly discovered me at this point, they're generally not attacking me personally bc i'm not a trans woman

[booksandpaperss]

why are yall using ai “art” like what happened to making picrews of ur faves

[meatsex]

signal from a mysterious call

[sixofclovers]

saw your recent post (cool as shit btw that's really incredible) but I have to ask if you like ENA Dream BBQ?? I would not be surprised if that game's animation was inspired off of you or vice versa

Anyway, how did you learn to animate? I've tried once or twice but have been to intimidated to actually start. I can draw still images but I feel like it's witchcraft when you animators actually make them move

Thanks so much! I have to say I'd never heard of ENA Dream BBQ before (not much of a gamer, that is a random string of words to me) but a few others have mentioned it too- I can see the similarities! No association as far as I know tho haha, but it looks really cool

I started animating just before UNI and did it for my undergrad, but didn't engage in the environment tbh- I honestly learned to animate by sitting down and animating, I know that's the lame common answer but you really learn the most by doing. I've just started my masters (after 6 years away from school and a whole new attitude) and still have sooo much to learn (exciting). I also began animating in toonboom (a bit intimidating) but apps like flip-a-clip, procreate, even clip studio paint are great for getting a feel for frames and timing, keeping it simple helped me

To actually start out I'd recommend doing studies and the basics, do some small exercises on Disney's 12 principles of animation, do the bouncing ball, try a walk cycle, follow a tutorial you like on YT, do some life drawing. If you can draw still images draw two in different poses and start by adding a single drawing between them to see how it moves, how the timing feels. When you get sick of that try animating your fave character with their hair blowing in the wind, blinking, something small and fun to reset :) Especially if you can already draw it can feel demoralising to not be as good when you first start animating, but that just means you have a good foundation

I also think it helps to enjoy the process, though it can be tedious or frustrating. I know people make jokes about it being a pain but it's like bringing something to life, its awesome. And try to find some pride in whatever you make because you'll have learned so much to improve next time

This was my first animation over 10 years ago, I watched that A Lullaby for Gods and loved it so much I tried my own. You don't have to share your work cause I know that can feel vulnerable, but make what you like and keep what you make hasn't steered me wrong yet :)

[terahsvent]

[fee-phy-fo-fum]

suddenly rmbred that i do have an uh. animatic-ish wip??? and that i should get around to working on it.

so! a couple frames i got done today. or like. yesterday. bc time is not real. anyway. just realised that bc two halves of this were worked on two months apart, things are inconsistent. like eyelashes. which is mildly annoying. and a problem for a me thats not awake at 4am.

[loveletterworm]

*suddenly becomes cognizant of the current date* Miku

[aevris]

No idea if this person follows me BUT while the industry standard for GIS software (ArcGIS pro) is incredibly expensive, there are open source alternatives like QGIS. A lot of governments and organizations also have open data portals that you can grab data from (shapefiles, CSVs, rasters, whatever).

I've kind of been taught ground-up in person so I don't have recommendations on video tutorials for teaching basic concepts sadly. Bolstadt GIS fundamentals is good and was dirt cheap by textbook standards though (was like $40 iirc).

"Learning GIS" I guess also depends on what you want to do with it? If you want to mess around with cartography and data visualization you could probably just give yourself some pet projects.

[for-hunger]

Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

screenshots from here

[could-they-be-a-pro-wrestler]

How successful would DoomGuy…

Propaganda for the wrestling skills:

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[caelysiiium]

aouboom looked insanely beautiful at last night's event someone pls gif them I am begging 🧎🏻‍♀️

creds. twitter: @/gmmtv, @/oxygenuptakerate, @/otpcnews, @/bsevboomf

[chatdomestique]

I need to create a combined altar to Athena and Hephaestus to create the ultimate nerd altar

and then to make space for it, I can combine my altars to Dionysus and Ares to create the ultimate punk altar

[fuckyeahweaving]

hey galemancers I found a truly horrible "how are you feeling?" answer in act 2

Tav: How are you feeling? Gale: Oh, you know. Filled with the bottomless dread that can only come from your own impending and self-inflicted death. Gale: Glad to have met you though. At least I'm going out on a high.