Rhyming Reasons

A place to share my many loves: history, art, D&D and RPGs, Dragon Age, West Wing, A:TLA and LoK.

[auiva]

Stephen posted a video to Instagram: Adorable otters at the @montereybayaquarium! https://ift.tt/2He9CDu

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Good morning, #mountains — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/2ufDOeg

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Stephen posted a video to Instagram: It's a lovely day in the neighborhood 😉 #gingerbreadhouse https://ift.tt/2MiChKp

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The holiday lights at @santanarow look great this year! — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/2OUZHqQ

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The #clouds were real dramatic on the way to work today. — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/2Piz6TS

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#Sunset last night — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/2Goi035

[championoftheoppressed]

You know the main problem with the “live action” Lion King? Why it looks so lifeless?

The hyper realistic style is actually limiting the animators, rather than freeing them. The style makes it much harder to have memorable character designs and good expressions. Real lions don’t need to do things like emote in a way that humans can understand – but characters in a film do. The original movie was more cartoony not due to animation limitations of the time, but because that style genuinely serves the story better.

To show you what I mean, compare these two shots of Simba, from right after Scar says “run away and never return.”

Here is a clear reaction, with a strong beat for us to connect with before the character makes a decision. Even without any dialogue, even without any context, you can understand the emotion there just by the expression and the mannerisms. Is it realistic? No! He’s bright yellow and has eyebrows. But do we empathize with him? Yes!

Meanwhile, here is… a lion. Turning and running. No expression, no beats, no character moments, nothing. He actually can’t express himself because the animators are locked into the realistic style. If they tried to animate a strong expression as warranted for the scene, it would look terrible. Is it realistic? Hell yeah! Look at those textures! Look at that fur! But do we empathize with him? …nah. Not really.

To conclude: when you’re retelling Hamlet with a bunch of animated lions, cartoonish-ness is your friend, not your enemy.

[thegmsighs]

when you need to rule check mid game

[bunnie-blogging]

minecraft “i can’t remember where i put anything” asmr

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[filibusterfrog]

lithium dragon

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[auiva]

Blissing out at Mingle's Mango and their amazing dumplings. Lamb and mint dumplings are heavenly 😍 — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/2WAwZMX

[fluffmugger]

This is now my go-to every time we have issues at work.

[parasoapus]

A bit late but here’s my piece for @storywatchzine! I did Symmetra as a Wendigo from Algonquian folklore. My contributor copy arrived and it is gorgeous - I am so honoured to have been a part of this project!!

[catilinas]

the scene where odysseus kills the suitors is very dramatic and all but like. he’s got no clothes on????

i arrive on ithaca

bow: strung

disguise: off

dick: out

[jihyo-x]

Peter Cushing Interview (1973) ½

[jawlipops]

jainagosa is a dumb name