INlalaLAND707

Co-artist of Dead Weight the web comic. Also, just an artist with big dreams (^O^) Welcome to the blog (-^^-)

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Man I can’t wait for the next installment…

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(mild su spoilers) wow okay steven universe can still make me cry

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Pearl, Yellow Pearl and Blue Pearl meeting again

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I saw the latest Steven Universe episodes and.. HOLY HECK. I really loved the concept of PD eye’s on Steven so I had to draw it! <3 

Art © MajinBanzai

© Steven Universe 

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Can’t risk it

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The duck of creativity. I waited so long for it.

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NOTE: one type of fold will rarely appear on its own - they interact with each other quite a bit! for example, spiral folds might define the outline of a pant leg, while the interior folds might be zig-zag folds.

i’m trying to re-learn how to draw clothing, so i made this little guide to the most common shapes of folds that appear. hope it helps someone else too!

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The lip sync tutorial they DON’T give you

I mentioned on twitter that I wanted to do a lip sync tutorial and immediately got some people who were interested so I put one together real quick!

I’m going to use a bit of unfinished lip sync from my taz animated part as reference. They’re just gifs so no sound, but you should still be able to tell that he’s saying “I’d say a solid B… Solid B minus.”

Anyone who’s looked up how to do lip sync has seen phoneme charts. Phonemes are just the shape your mouth makes when you make certain sounds.

When you do lip sync, you want some kind of reference to make sure it’s right

What’s easiest is to say it yourself and pay attention to the shapes your mouth is making. Since you’re going frame by frame, your audio is slow enough that you can make each shape slowly and distinctly and you can get each individual phoneme down in the animation.

Don’t do this.^

An easy way to tell if you’re animating lip sync wrong is if you run out of frames to make each shape. You don’t need them! Making each shape is unnatural. People talk quickly and the mouth doesn’t have the time to get into each shape. They blend together, sometimes to the point where the shape doesn’t change at all!

Not only does the 2nd gif take less frames and energy to make, it’s more relaxed, it looks less distracting, and his lips are much easier to read!

These are reference charts to show the differences more clearly

This is the difference between getting swallowed up in every last detail and paying attention to reality.

What matters more than hitting every syllable is making it look natural and flow with the acting. That’s why anime mouth flaps can work so well. A strong pose through the whole body matters more than one mouth shape.

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A helpful guide

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Everyone’s calling PD a ‘brat’ while all I can see is a curious, excitable new gem that came out of the ground not knowing who or what she is, and the others hadn’t the patience to teach her.

I don’t see a ‘brat’.

I see a very frustrated individual that’s sick and tired of being treated as a nuisance, as an embarrassment, as someone that’s not worth the other Diamonds’ time. They praise that gems are valuable because of what they are, and yet She’s a Diamond, and they don’t treat her as an equal.

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Theory regarding Pink Diamond’s reveal

Okay first off, SHE LOOKS AMAZING!  HOLY COW I CAN NOT WAIT TO SEE MORE!  *cough* okay, but I have a couple things I want to run by the fandom here.  *cracks knuckles* here we go…

Okay, everything we’ve seen with Pink Diamond up until now, she’s had this design:

She’s BIG, has a nice perfectly shaped diamond at her waist, and huge spiky hair.  But the Pink Diamond we were introduced to today:

She is smol. Much smaller than Yellow Diamond, judging by the punch crack in the glass was probably made by someone no bigger than Stevonnie.  And her gem?  Is not a full diamond like Blue and Yellow.  Her spiky hair is also not prominent, but rather soft and fluffy kind of like lion but i digress.

Now, if we flash back a few episodes to when Peridot was first unbubbled, there’s something here I think you’ll like and maybe some of you might see where I’m going with this.

These two gems are singled out in the background quite frequently throughout the bubble room and yes one does look like pink diamond but that’s not what I’m getting at here….But let’s say for example these two gems were standing next to each other.  The one with the pink gem has her gem placed in her stomach, and so does the one with the blue cone gem.

What if the two fused together?

They would create the perfect DIAMOND SHAPE depending on placement.  AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE TAKE TWO SMOL GEMS AND FUSE THEM TOGETHER?

They create a BIGGER, STRONGER GEM who’s appearance changes to fit both original gems, and retains gem placement.

PINK DIAMOND. IS A FUSION.  

Pink wants her own planet, her own army, to rule.  But she is smol.  And by the way Yellow treats her, possibly defective or “off-color”.  So she maybe meets another gem, maybe with a cone shape that is in the opposite direction of her upside down gem.  They fuse, creating one PERFECT DIAMOND, which makes her TALLER, BIGGER, STRONGER, POWERFUL.  Maybe “other gem” has spiky hair.  The Pink Diamond we’ve seen before this new episode would match that description.  She’s going to be able to take over planets now.  

But here’s the thing too.  Is she’s still that small little off color diamond.  And homeworld HATES FUSION.  Why do they hate it so much?  Why do they see it as an abomination?  

BECAUSE IT WENT WRONG WITH PINK DIAMOND. and maybe they had her shattered for it…..

foreshadowing much?  The mirror breaks in to 7 pieces as well.  Someone….some GEM is the other half of pink diamond.

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CALLING ALL STEVEN UNIVERSE FANS!

It’s that time of year again! Time to show our dedication and love for Steven Universe on the fourth anniversary of it’s premiere.

On November 4th, use the hashtag #LoveLikeYou2017 and help us celebrate this amazing series!

Here are just a few things you can do:

- Draw, write, sing, cosplay, compose music, make a video – flex your creative muscles and show us what you got!

- Tag your favorite Crewniverse member and let ‘em know what you love about their work! Wish them a happy anniversary! Draw them some fanart!

- Share your fondest memories about the show! Talk about your favorite characters, episodes, songs, moments, and how SU has inspired you.

- Marathon the show! Rewatch or even liveblog your favorite season(s)!

Our goal is give thanks to the Crewniverse, spread the show’s positive messages, and invite new fans to give the show a try!

Make sure to spread the word, and feel free to share the news and celebrate on other social media, where you can also use the hashtag!

Happy anniversary, Steven Universe!!! #LoveLikeYou2017 💖

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Salt Lake Comic Con 2017!  Pictures by Jay2Cosplayerz

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omG I SEARCHED GOOGLE FOR A SEWING MACHINE DIAGRAM AND THIS CAME UP I CAN’T STOP LAUGHING

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i think my blog is a cryhole

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We actually keep this picture hanging up in our costume shop. If you have ever operated a sewing machine, this picture will speak to you on a spiritual level.

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Ahhh so true (:

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Cover art! I finally have a working tablet guys!

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Someone may have killed someone in this picture.

(Boy, The Trial sure did make her look guilty af)