Lurka-Durk

Fandom stuff, funny stuff, cute stuff, maybe a philosophical blurb here or there, but mainly a blog for the silly things I find around. Call me Shar. (Header made by nekovale.tumblr.com)

[destieldisaster]

Finally

[90ssuperheroes]

Let's take a moment to appreciate just how amazing the title cards were for Batman the Animated Series.

[forgotn1]

Oh! I actually know what made these look so iconic!

The backgrounds for the entire series were done on black paper, a first for any animated show. It's Batman, which means everything is at night and incredibly dark. So, the majority of the backgrounds were going to be black anyways and using black paper would cut down on the time it took to create all of the backgrounds. Adding color over the black paper instead of the traditional method gave it a much more stylized look that helped make it iconic.

It also forced some other creative choices, such as using an airbrush to do all of the background art. During the early testing, they found that using an airbrush was easier to apply paint with than a paintbrush and that it looked better. Airbrushing let them be more experimental with painting techniques, such as the spattery fades you can see in the "Bane" and "Deep Freeze" title cards above or the soft, deeply shadowed face on "the Last Laugh." The overall effect of airbrushing on a black background is a much darker, moodier vibe than could be achieved with a traditional approach.

They cared very deeply about the art of the show and how they were going to create it. It wasn't just about the story or the character. In the words of co-creator Eric Radomski: "As opposed to making shows just to sell toys, we've made quality films."

[ejstrunck]

Begging for another season of Tuca & Bertie

[fairuzfan]

Here's a website where Palestine GoFundMes are vetted and shared that you can send out to people. The url is gazafunds.com

Easy to use and simple. Just share the site whenever someone asks for GFMs for Palestine.

[sophiethedemon]

[cocaineteas]

This is why it’s so important for parents to support their trans kids.

[sushinfood]

[caterpolarisii]

If I don’t reblog this, then I’m dead.

[rounderhouse]

“cyberpunk future where you need to make payments on your cybernetics or they get repo’d” is good, but doesn’t go far enough. consider cyberpunk future where the terms of service restrict how you can use your augments and implants — your prosthetic hands physically quake and lock up if you try to use them for things your medical company deems “a risk factor” (which somehow includes protesting the very same biomedical conglomerate), and your eyes automatically blur information that tells you how to improve or update augments yourself. but even surrounded by this much greed, widespread underground communities exist of people helping one another jailbreak their titanium bodies, recapturing the autonomy corporations have methodically stripped away from them.

[bad-comic-art]

Comic Countdown Presents: The Search for Ray Palmer: Superwoman - Batwoman

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[aholefilledwithtwigs]

‘We put lifesaving medication behind a physical paywall because capitalism and fuck you’

[mithridacy]

How vending machines help states battle the opioid crisis: ‘You don’t know when you’re going to need these products’ | CNN

In his darkest moments, Jason Hall felt worthless. During his childhood and early adulthood, he said, there were times when he would drink t

they’re free, the vending machine format helps with privacy, and they’re monitored for regular refills!

[aholefilledwithtwigs]

Oh! That’s actually lovely and i am cynical

[lockssteps-deactivated20250715]

thinking about the enemies in okage shadow king

[jerkfacepink]

THANK YOU BING IMAGE SEARCH. Thought I lost this!  8D

I made this in 1996.  To make it back then was a million times harder than it would have been today:  screen capped each frame in the loop by hooking up my VCR to my TV capture card (it was this external monstrosity with a separate power cord XD).  The screen caps had bad color, were blurry, and full of static so I redrew each frame pixel by pixel with a mouse (wasn’t so good at image editing programs back then). XD;;

Of course, it got lost over time because I made that thing like 203498203489 computers ago, so I’m glad people jacked it from my site back in the day. XD

[atomictiki]

Oh my god!! The creator!!!!!

[bogleech]

Oh my god someone else who had a TV capture card. I used mine to make 250 pixel width screenshots of the premiere episode of invader Zim.

[howlerbat]

you ever listen to a song 47 times in a row and every time you’re like wow what a good song. I’m gonna play it again.

[spidermanifested]

hey. what do a selkie and a ziploc bag have in common

[spidermanifested]

resealable

[aquilacalvitium]

(Sigh)

(Reblog)

[musicalhell]

[lbsto3m]

DO NOT REPOST THANK YOU

[c-53]

I completely flooded the back of house today and everyone failed to react like a human. The person who noticed tried to alert me by standing directly behind me, pointing at the floor, and going ‘water’. And when I turned and looked, all I could muster was ‘oh thats cool.’ Really calmly.

And then my manager darted for the mop bucket like CAN YOU TWO DO SOMETHJNG PLEASE STOP JUST WATCHING IT

[pseudocyan]

literally this

[cafffine]

be pro-aging but wear sun screen. sun protection is not beauty industry propaganda it will save you. wear it. or else.

[rheumaticrhetoric]

[deargodsno]

North Island brown kiwi 'no longer threatened' as population swells to 20,000

After years of intensive conservation efforts, the North Island brown kiwi has been moved off the "at risk" list.

After years in decline, kiwi numbers are bouncing back thanks to intensive conservation efforts by the government and volunteers.

The good news for New Zealand’s national bird was revealed in the Department of Conservation’s report into the conservation status of birds.

Of the five species of kiwi, the North Island brown kiwi is faring best.

Its numbers have grown to more than 20,000 which saw it reclassified from “at risk – declining” to “no longer threatened”, with its population expected to grow by more than 10 per cent over the next three generations.

Some good news to start the year.

[joomju]

@melyzard