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wormbus-art

And the grass where you lay left a bed in your shape

child0fcain

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OH I FEEL SICK.

buckygasm

Toji stans, we've won

capitainelevi

Incorrect AOT quotes

capitainelevi

Incorrect AOT quotes

deathbyastra

We’re the same Reiner...I’m just built different

horseman-bojack

“Thrash to break from gravity What now could slow the drop? All I’d give for toes to touch The safety back at top”

catchymemes

wessasaurus-rex

This is actually such a relief.

você me mostraria o céu se estivéssemos no inferno? colocaria cor de rosa no meus olhos se só tivesse tinta preta? me colheria rosas vermelhas em um cemitério de flores mortas? viver um sonho quebrado, abandonado, desgastado, preocupado... com a aventura de cada dia, o mistério que sempre instiga... continuar, desistir, tentar ao menos andar pra frente... impossível, as soluções não aparecem...

frodo-sam

kingofooo

by writer/storyboard artist Steve Wolfhard

from Steve:

“In honour of the AT finale getting nominated for an Emmy, here’s some headcanon that I’ve been holding onto for a while. I had the idea that when Jake eventually passes away he’d start growing uncontrollably, sort of like how a dead body can let go of its bowels.”

just-shower-thoughts

The 2010s will be over in six months.

deadlyniightshaade

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.

running-with-toast

and this on the heels of spider-verse showing us exactly what cg animation is capable of. If you’re chasing realism for realism’s sake, just make like a normal movie.