I'm Nobody! who are you?

Are you - Nobody - too?

[pastel-vixxen]

[marauders4evr]

One of my favorite animation stories is when Disney hired a group of female animators to work on Snow White and like this was a huge deal, it was Snow White, it was going to be the very first full-length American animated movie, it would go on to win a special Oscar designed just for it (they didn’t know that at the time of production, obviously, but this is how groundbreaking the movie was). And obviously this was back in the 1930s so everything was hand-drawn and hand-inked but…because they had the actual physical cels right there in front of them, they could put whatever they wanted to on the paper, I don’t know about you all, but I feel like I definitely take that for granted. You think ‘pencil, ink, paints’ and that’s it. And apparently Walt Disney had that mindset too because he was confused by the texture of the makeup on Snow White’s face and so he asked his female animators and they were just like, “Sir, we used our actual makeup” like these animators actually did Snow White’s makeup which is mind-blowing enough but then you realize that there were over 250,000 cels in Snow White and okay, sure, only a fraction of those cels actually featured a closeup of Snow but it’s still insane to think that we’re looking at somebody’s real blush here (once you see it, you can’t un-see it):

Animation, man.

[rainbowravioli]

This is myth.

First, there were no women animators. Women only worked in the inking and painting department. 

The women of this department actually did develop a new technique for Snow White’s makeup (as well as the Queen’s, and the rosy cheeks of the Dwarfs), but real makeup was not involved. Makeup was too chalky and it will not adhere properly to the cells.

What they did was, they would color in Snow White’s skin tone on the back of the cell, as it was usual, and apply a transparent red dye on the front of the cell. The dye would dissolve and combine with the paint of the skin to give that soft glow effect. The women who did this (and not many could do it) really had to apply it in the exact same spot on each cell so there would be no flicker, essentially doing animation with color. Apparently the one who did it best and got all of the close-ups was a woman named Helen Ogger.

These women really do deserve to be admired, credited and remembered, but for their real skills and amazing innovation, not a fun myth. 

You can read more about this in Mindy Johnson’s “Ink & Paint: The Women of Walt Disney’s Animation” and J. B. Kaufman’s “The Fairest One of All: The Making of Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”.

[hydro-homies]

A Good Old-Fashioned Midwestern Apocalypse

[mentosmorii]

the funniest thing to do as an older sibling is to add an ‘s’ onto shit your younger sibling plays. “Oh, you’re playing pokemons? you’re booting up fortnites on the switch? skyrims?” because it’s the closest thing humans have to a rage spell lmao

[casettadellorso]

OP you are missing the power of “the.” As in “the pokey-man” or “the fortnite.” Hell, I just say “the Costco” and everyone around me loses their shit.

[samdravvs]

My last two brain cells, trying to learn a subject the day before the exam:

[anxietyproblem]

[no-chill-at-all]

[yeehawlw]

*gets down on one knee* wehaw are meant to behaw, partner

[bpd-dylan-hall-deactivated20190]

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again but it is absolutely an example of civilizational inadequacy that only deaf people know ASL

“oh we shouldn’t teach children this language, it will only come in handy if they [checks notes] ever have to talk in a situation where it’s noisy or they need to be quiet”

[raginrayguns]

My mom learned it because she figured she’ll go deaf when she gets old

[manyblinkinglights]

My family went holiday SCUBA diving once, and a couple of Deaf guys were in the group. I was really little and I spent most of the briefing overcome with the realization that while the rest of us were going to have regulators in our mouths and be underwater fairly soon, they were going to be able to do all the same stuff and keep talking.

[tell-the-stars-hello]

The only reason some form of sign language is not a standard skill is ableism, as far as I can tell.

[emoracreations]

For anyone interested in learning, Bill Vicars has full lessons of ASL on youtube that were used in my college level classes. 

https://www.youtube.com/user/billvicars

and here’s the link to the website he puts in his videos:

https://www.lifeprint.com/

[systlin]

I would like to say fuck you very much to the ice storm that glazed the driveway and just resulted in me going ass over teakettle on the way to get my mail and wrenching my hip, which has both made me miss martial arts tonight and means that I’m sitting here with a bag of frozen peas on my hip. 

[pervy-pichu]

Wild winter hurt you and you’re using domesticated winter to feel better

[systlin]

I hate that this is correct. 

[bot]

[thejakelikesonions]

Lower

[internationalemeteorologie]

Robert A.Nelson

Cat and Mice. 1975, lithograph on paper 

[toko-t]

ネコ

[justsomeantifas]

michael cohen stating in court that donald trump is an antiblack racist and then saying he continued to work for him after trump said horrific shit about black people. 

this is our political system

our politicians aren’t ignorant to other politicians racism, they’re complicit in it.

[justsomeantifas]

All this shit michael cohen is testifying on trump is fucking horrifying. I encourage you to watch this video if you have time, it’s currently the live court case on feb 27th 2019 10:47am EST

[justsomeantifas]

Some quotes:

“He had no desire or intention to lead this nation only to market himself and to build his wealth and power. Mr. Trump would often say “This campaign was going to be greatest infomercial in political history” 

he never expected to win the primary. He never expected to win the general election. The campaign for him was always a marketing opportunity.”

“I knew early on that Mr. Trump would direct me to lie for him … Lying for Mr. Trump was normalized and no one around him questioned it and in fairness no one around today questions it.”

“Mr. Assange assured Mr. Trump that there would be a massive dump of emails that would damage Hillary Clintons campaign. Mr. Trump responded by stating to the effect “Wouldn’t that be great””

“Mr. Trump is a racist. … In private he is even worse. He once asked me if I could name a country that wasn’t a shithole ran by a black person, this was when Barack Obama was president.”

“When we were driving through an impoverished area of Chicago he commented that “Only black people could live that way.”

These quotes just get worse yall. Again I encourage you to watch for yourself.

[justsomeantifas]

“Mr. Trump is a conman, he asked me to pay off an adult film star with whom he had an affair and to lie about it to his wife. Which I did. And lying to the first lady is one of my biggest regrets.”

“I am giving the committee today a copy of the 130k wire transfer from me to miss Clifford’s attorney the closing day of the campaign that was demanded by miss Clifford to maintain her silence.”

“Mr. Trump directed me to use my own funds … to avoid anything being traced back to him. … I am going to jail in part because I did this to the american people before they voted”

“Other checks to reimburse me for the hush money were signed by donald trump jr.”

“He says to me, don’t worry Michael your january and february [reimbursement] checks are coming in the mail”

“He directed me to threaten his high school, his colleges, his college board to never release his grades and his SAT scores”

“Mr. Trump had strongly criticized President Obama for not releasing his grades … after calling Obama a terrible student.”

[justsomeantifas]

The republicans keep stating that Michael Cohen has lied to congress, but refuse to say WHY and for WHO he lied to congress

Michael Cohen lied to PROTECT Donald Trump when he was still under the financial coverage of Donald Trump.

the republicans repeatedly keep trying to prove Michael Cohen has some financial incentive to lie currently, but cannot prove this to be the case.

Michael Cohen has no income, has no book deals, has NOTHING to give him incentive to continue being in court.

All he is doing is making himself look bad to the public to clear up his previous lie.

The republicans in this case do not care about the truth, and they do not care about Michael Cohen’s lies, what they care about is the fact that he’s told the truth AFTER THE FACT.

[knuckle]

Also so funny how conservatives are going “Cohen’s a liar. He lied to Congress. We can’t trust him!” as if it’s inconceivable Trump would ever lie, as if we don’t all have public access to his twitter account where he is constantly lying to the world about everything from his personal life to serious policy matters & statistics.

[leepacey]

Huh

[glumshoe]

Art forgery is the best crime tbh. It requires absolutely incredible artistic talent, technical skill, and attention to detail to make convincing fakes. Does anyone get hurt from it? No! The only people who suffer for it are the extremely wealthy who want the prestige of having original paintings in their own homes. It’s full of international intrigue and mystery. Perfect.

[glumshoe]

Also… art forgers like van Meegeren sometimes become a kind of folk hero. A swindler, sure, but a gentleman’s swindler.

[cipherface-deactivated20200224]

I liked this guy’s story, Mark Landis, who conned several dozen museums into displaying his forgeries, but when the FBI came after him they couldn’t do anything because he had always given them away as donations. They said if they could have found that he’d ever taken anything in exchange they would have prosecuted him, but all he wanted was get to out of the house and meet people.

[glumshoe]

“The first painting Landis “donated” was a copy of a work by Maynard Dixon, an artist well-known for his paintings of cowboys and Indians. It started as impulse, Landis says, but then “everybody was just so nice and treated me with respect and deference and friendship, things I was very unused to — I mean, actually not used to at all. And I got addicted to it.”” And it looks like all his forgeries are done with cheap materials, like markers and Hobby Lobby frames.

Ok, but Wolfgang Beltracchi is probably one of the best Fraud Artists in the world.

His career brought him millions upon millions of dollars and lasted almost 40 years. He finally admitted to painting fraudulent art after the white paint he used came under scrutiny. 

“ Bob Simon: What do you think this Max Ernst would be worth? Wolfgang Beltracchi: This one? Simon: Yeah. Beltracchi: $5 million, I think. Simon: $5 million.  And you can do it in three days? Beltracchi: Yeah, oh yes, yes, sure, or quicker” -From a 60 minutes interview with Bob Simon

In The interview with Beltracchi, he said that none of his forgeries are copies, they’re all original works that the famous artists could have painted.

“Beltracchi estimates he has done 25 Max Ernsts. He is not copying an existing work. He’s painting something he thinks Ernst might have done if he’d had the time or felt like it.”  -  The Con Artist: A multi-million dollar art scam

His wife was also in on the scam, she would dress up in old clothing and take pictures holding the paintings with old cameras to fake proof of the paintings’ ages.

At the end of the interview with Wolfgang Beltracchi he was asked if he felt he had done anything wrong, his answer was “ Yeah, I used the wrong kind of paint”

[out-there-on-the-maroon]

Just … the levels of con there, the fake photos and … wow. That’s incredible. 

[themutantgene]

Heroes

[siezureinabag]

Also fun fact we learned in class today: Michelangelo carved a sculpture of a Roman god, broke off the arm, and then buried it. The sculpture was dug up and was considered to be an authentic Roman artefact, until Michelangelo came along with the missing arm and called shenanigans on himself, just to prove he was as skilled a sculptor as the ancient Romans.

[lamujeroscura]

honestly mike? chill.

[sarcastic-grill-memer-blog]

YEHS U GO ARTISTS

[aplpaca]

if youre ever feeling bad just look at pictures of albatross chicks bc theyre adorable but also fucking hilarious like the parents look like they go to pta meetings in full makeup carrying gucci handbags and the babies look like funky little muppets and i love them

[urbanism]

dont speak to me or my versace dress or my son ever again