[as-warm-as-choco]

Before the computing era, ILM was the master of oil matte painting, making audiences believe that some of the sets in the original Star Wars and Indiana Jones trilogy were real when they weren’t. They were the work of geniuses like Chris Evans, Michael Pangrazio, Frank Ordaz, Harrison Ellenshaw and Ralph McQuarrie ! Forever thank you, to their handmade art and the work of their colleagues, that made us dream of impossible worlds and fantastic places across Earth and the Universe.

There are more background paintings on this article, featuring comments by the masters/artists themselves ! 

Some of the following pieces were made by other artists 2:

[the-time-goddess-of-221b-deacti]

exCUSE ME?!?!!??!??! TheYRE PAINTINGS?!??!!?!

[starsintheskysandsontheshore]

SHUT UP I thought they were miniatures!!!!

[sodeartomyheart]

It’s too beautiful. I could cry.

[firey-rising-demon-deactivated2]

I love this because I’ll be watching a movie and think “how did they do that? Is that a building they built for this movie? Was it there beforehand? Is it cardboard or CGI? Is that actually some place on Earth that they’re filming?” And the answer to all of these now is “nope, that’s a painting”. I can’t believe some of the most iconic, familiar shots were paintings!

[koukiboy]

[as-warm-as-choco]

[cruisinwithjah]

i love everything about this

[its-films-squid]

When they say “boys will be boys” this is what they mean

[wizardshark]

i literally quote this video DAILY. The last millisecond where they all lose it, just a loud OUUAUAHH– cut off

[onlytwitterpics]

[wasafairytale]

Y’all know when Mulan is sitting in the rain and watches her parents silhouette disappear as the candle is blown out and then her eyes squint in determination and the music that starts to play and you see her go into the family temple and light a match and bow in respect and then sneak into her parents room and switch the scroll for her hair brooch and then the way her reflection is shown as she pulls the sword and cuts her hair?? It’s literally more iconic than any marvel movie

[wyntersknight]

Y’all know that there is heavy symbolism in that scene to show that Mulan is the spirit of the Great Stone Dragon and that’s why Mushu wasn’t able to awaken it?

[glitter-worm]

im sorry What!! i never knew this! my life feels fuller!!! ahhhh

[wyntersknight]

Mulan sits in the rain underneath the statue of the Great Stone Dragon (who is looking down on her), and suddenly decides on a course of action. She looks up, resolved to go to war in place of her father and runs into the temple where she lights the match and beseeches protection for her family. The stone she bows to and that we see lit up by lightening strike is that of the dragon, whose eyes are looking out after her, lit from underneath by the candles. The scene transitions to the divider in the house that also has an icon of the dragon. where she replaces her hair comb with the summons. Then we see the sword hilt, also the dragon, and as she draws the blade we see her face replace it. She ties up her hair, then as she opens the wardrobe, the handles are also the dragon. After donning the armor, the view shows her facing us, with the hilt of the sword (the face of the dragon) in front of her face, where she then turns the sword to reveal her face, and sheaths it. As she leaves, we flash back to the temple, and the eyes of the dragon flash as her grandmother wakes up.

The Great Stone Dragon resides within her. She is the protector of the family.

[vinedragonheartstring]

After this explanation, the scene where Mushu cannot wake up the stone dragon makes so much more sense. I appreciate the symbolism so much more. I noticed the dragon but didn’t notice she was constantly juxtaposed with the dragon!

Canon accepted.

[catchymemes]

[d-eadnam-e]

[eat-the-hell]

[pancakeke]

bulma is gonna beat his ass

[favorite-aesthetic]

Black Cat Appreciation Post

[fixedyourmeme]

[tapehissorchid]

when the whole squad’s flourishing

[hodlmyvodka]

Translate this meme for me, please.

[fakename-bill]

Beep beep, you uber has arived. What the fuck, Oleg?

[cocoloveyume]

[catasters]

Cat Monitoring Cameras

[bugkeeping]

met a very confused bee who thought my pants were a flower

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

SOUND ON

[zhe-lazy-fox]

aw confused bee sounds like a chicken XD

[kissaubasard-deactivated2019032]

It is a chicken

[chubbinafatzarelli]

this is the single saddest thing I’ve ever seen on cutthroat kitchen

[serinos-kitt]

The contestant didn’t speak English as a first language Due to this the judge didn’t judge his dish as biscuits and gravy but as brisket and gravy and the contestant moved onto the next round After this Alton started explaining the dish he was asking them to make more in detail to make sure it didn’t happen again.

[artemistheartist]

THE CORRECT WAY TO REACT TO LANGUAGE MISCOMMUNICATION

[sixpenceee]

Amazing!

[rainbowsandtheunucorns]

WHAT A GREAT BOY OMG OMG OMG

[parrotiny]

i want to know what bears think sometimes

[mediocrechick]

[parrotiny]

[morgluxia]

[doublesslightpeppa-deactivated2]

[ofools]

[lachswolke]

So in conclusion... I'm half-bear

[patterbay]

I’ve never seen more effective use of fantasy animation to promote tourism [x]

[jitterbugjive]

When they say ‘slight exaggerated’ they aren’t kidding. Here, just look to see that these are real honest to god places:

Yeah. That shit’s all REAL. You guys think the video’s amazing, check out the real deal.

[aprillikesthings]

I’M SO GLAD SOMEONE DID THIS POST 

[the-mamishka]

This is so beautiful, it brought tears to me eyes! I heard about this advertisement while I was at NWC, but I forgot to look it up. So lovely!

[starryfromcosmiccove]

Oh man, dud, what?! Lmao, I though it was gonna be anothing country than America, but all that is in Oregon?! SIGH ME UP!

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[fruitloopghosty]

This is so creative though????