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[writingbox]

Here’s an invaluable writing resource for you.

[i-penna]

Was looking for this information just yesterday. Thanks so much.

[phantom-of-the-keurig]

Y’all I could have used this so many times before oh my good god

[rightleftintheflesh]

Converting to metric, it’s

[thefernhands]

If you're fifteen or older an still sleep with a stuffed animal please reblog this.

[maldreathezora]

i sleep with a tsum-tsum under my head. perfect for improving my posture.

[seriousfic]

We’re so lucky they filmed Lord of the Rings when they did. Twenty years later, they would’ve had Viggo Mortensen riding a green bike that they CGI into a horse because that’s better for some reason.

This simple feeling… is beyond Disney’s comprehension.

[seldo]

Kids, kids. Are you telling me you think they didn’t use CGI in Lord of the Rings? One of the characters is entirely mo-cap and CGI! It has dragons and mammoths, and I promise they didn’t really build gigantic statues to sail boats through.

[earthhly]

no, people are not saying they didn’t cgi the dragons they’re saying lotr used real horses unlike the above example of editing in a dog where they might have held an actual dog.

[lady-wildflower]

Exactly. LOTR was a masterpiece in balancing CG and practical effects, they didn’t overuse CG. That didn’t mean they didn’t use it, it means that when practical was better, they used practical. When LOTR used CG, it was because it could not be done at the time with practical effects; you just can’t make someone look like Gollum without making their suit and prosthetics impossible to act in. This was before motion capture, they had to animate Gollum BY HAND using Andy Serkis as a reference. Four tusked elephants with tiny people walking around on them aren’t exactly on sale, nor are fell beasts.

Isengard and Orthanc? Bigature (miniature but like, the size of a tennis court). Minas Tirith? Bigature. Helm’s Deep, the Black Gate, Barad-dur, Minas Morgul, Osgiliath, even elements of Lothlorien, Moria, and the Grey Havens? BIGATURES. Hobbits and Gandalf in one shot? Almost always tricks of perspective with, for example, a table set that was made in 3 pieces to move and make you think Tiny Elijah Wood™ was sitting at the same table as Giant Ian McKellan™, not greenscreen. They literally went so far as to make the Hobbits’ clothes (on the taller actors, not their little stunt doubles) with thicker thread to make their smallness look real.

Those statues, the Gates of Argonath? CG. The gorge and the boats? Real.

But the thing about the top example with the dog? They’re doing it because CG is less expensive because animal handlers have unions, while CG artists don’t and work in sweatshop conditions.

[amuseoffyre]

Regarding the “giant statues to sail boats through” especially, it was such a clever work of blending bigatures and real river exteriors filmed near Queenstown with actors/stunt doubles/scale doubles in the boats.

This is Richard Taylor with the bigature for a sense of scale from the behind the scenes special features (ngl, I want them to frame my front door) :

And this is what it looked like with all the lighting and framing put in place, with bluescreens to add background and foreground digitally:

And the gorge they transposed it over:

And the final result with the transposed river and sky and matched up colour-grading:

There is so much detail on the bigatures as well, that they incorporated the concept that the statues were only carved out of the cliffsides to a point, but that they constructed a quarry and cut the rock to build the rest. The bigatures actually include the worn down and aged remains of the quarry.

Definitely not the same as pasting on a dog for budget reasons.

[fluorescencefuture]

the children’s favorite

[icys-junkyard]

Ingo hears the rumbles of something massive and metal rushing through the underground caves. It sounds somewhat familiar.

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[fireandicedesigns]

We have a new youtube video up! Watch us turn this horrendous thumbnail into a fully rendered copic piece in the video.

Video can be found here!

[fireandicedesigns]

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[pistachiozombie]

How it started VS how it’s going - animation edition!

Been slowly but surely working on this animated music video with Bofur and Leanna. Sort of an oc x canon appreciation thing, but also for myself! (Yes, Bofur is very hard to animate!) Lmk if anyone wants to help ~

psst reblogs are appreciated!!

[fireandicedesigns]

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I am taking custom orders for My Little Pony for this Holiday Season.

Simple customs are anything that will not need special pieces made for them (ie any clothing, sculpting, accessories added) like the ladies in this picture, start at $35.00.

Anything that needs sculpting, clothing, or special additions, will start at $45.00 and increase as it gets more complicated.

Message me on instagram quickly for a spot as I only have a few weeks to get them done in time for your Holiday Celebrations.

[kianamaiart]

there she goes 🌧

[glitchedreblog]

Shes so cute

[vigoburrito]

“The Divine Intervention” - Panels 60-64

Momther, I crave violence. 

[glitchedreblog]

Absolutely loving this story

[juliette-mercier-book]

a gif I made for a friend’s birthday who’s in love with Link and cats

btw he just say “cat” in sign language because I love the idea that he could be mute

[mini-moss]

Botanist’s Window 🌱

[pistachiozombie]

I'm sorrt, I'm very very sorry, I'm so sorry, I FORGOT THE HOT SUPER MUTANTS NAME 😭😖😭😖😭

ohhh you mean good ol’ Lennie? Haven’t drawn that grumpy mutant in some time. (Fallout 3 & 4 oc for those who don’t know)

im flattered you think he’s hot haha

[glitchedreblog]

Ive missed this guy.

[kianamaiart]

celestia and luna

[glitchedreblog]

Yesssss my ladies

[glitchedreblog]

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[glitchedreblog]

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