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hi !! if we're mutuals from other social media and i've followed you with this blog, please know that it's because this is "technically" my main blog, but the one i use the most is @shinzeroichi !!! i only use this one to reblog stuff, so for messages or whatever please refer to my other blog ! i hardly ever check notifications here !!
✦ Pre-orders close on May 11th! Plenty of time still! 🦀
✦ And of course, we're still doing merch spotlights! Today featuring a pocket-sized crabnik charm by @shinzeroichi so you can shake stobotnik to your heart's content! How very evil!
A charity zine exploring Robotnik & Stone's chaotic devotion across all Sonic films. With heart, humor and world domination!
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"but the text never explicitly stated it!!!" hey, so that's actually what they tried to teach you in those english classes you barely passed 😁
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i'd like to add that the shadow color isnt necessarily dictated entirely by the primary light source, but the bounce light! so for the example of a sunny environment, the reason the shadows are blue are because of the light from the blue sky reflects across the environment; but, if the character were to be under tree cover, the bounce light would be coming from the leaves and thus the shadow would look greener.
Yee yee!!! You got it right on the nose!
Bounce light is something I didn't cover but I adore it!
Gotta work on my bounce light 💪
My good friends this is called using a
Gamut Mask
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James Gurney is an absolute master and gives really good clarity on colour techniques. Yes, it is traditional paint focused, but the principles are the same. Yes it is informed by the environmental colour but as a painting technique it is achieved this way!
I would also suggest that in digital processing, rather than apply a regular colour layer at a mid opacity, try out the different types of layers, Eg. Screen or Multiply. This can give you at least a starting point to help direct your colour palette.
Layer Blend Modes are so so so important to working in digital art. There's a ton of math that goes into figuring out how the layers should blend together, which is why some of the modes you can pick are literally called Multiply, Add, Divide, and Difference (that's subtraction). The graphics software takes the color values of your base and blend layers and runs a calculation to get your resulting layer appearance. The ones that don't have specifically mathematical sounding names are still doing calculations, but they're more complicated (think linear Algebra and higher). Some of them, like dodge and burn, are named for actual photo editing techniques.
While it's not super important to know about the mathematical side of blend modes, I think it's worth knowing at least enough about how each of the categories of blend modes works and why they do what they do; if for no other reason than having a starting point when you start experimenting with them in your work.
An overview of the basic blend modes and how they work from Genevieve's Design Studio: Accessible with minimal color knowledge; practical and illustration focused. https://youtu.be/kMc87hQrJd0?si=TWCB365pKSfWS8p0. (16 minutes) This creator also has a ton of free resources you can download, including a Blend Modes cheatsheet, but fair warning: you have to create an account to get them!
Want to learn even more about the math-y stuff? It has great film visuals! A video from FilmmakerIQ: You need some basic knowledge of RGB color models, understanding of values/luma, and at least a tenuous understanding of Algebraic formulas. (26 minutes) https://youtu.be/F7_kaTP7_W4?si=x0urqXZ8f51nQVKl
Anthony Enzor-DeMeo, CEO of Mozilla, announced that AI will be added to Firefox. Public outcry prompted Enzor-DeMeo, and then Jake Archibald
Additionally, here are some interesting comments from a Mozilla employee who's been working on these features:
No, you should definitely keep calling it a kill switch. It helps describe my feelings on the matter.
I would also accept ai throttle. Not because I want to use levels of activity between fully on and fully off, but because I want to throttle the ai with my bare hands.
okay this makes me feel a lot better
Take notes @ all other companies
he died for what he believed in
be the change you want to see i guess
they probably cant love me back in a human or even mammalian sense, but my goldfish with their smooth pea-sized brain have learned to trust that i will make them better when they are sick. i feel like crying about this often
Maybe Princess the tarantula never had anything resembling what we as humans know as emotions, but she still came out of her burrow and up to the glass when we’d talk to her and used to stare at the drawing I’d tape to her terrarium. Maybe she couldn’t even comprehend what we were, but she knew we were there to take care of her. And even if she never showed that sort of curiosity or trust we’d still love her.
Idk if Munchie the praying mantis felt love for me, but I do know he trusted me enough to climb onto my hand when offered and was comfortable with allowing me to carry him places despite me being absolutely massive in comparison to him. So that's close enough in my book.
Visa and Mastercard are coming for FAIRIES and CAT EARS, and broadly FANTASY. They want everything. Everyone has to start calling and yelling or we lose everything. Call book publishers, call Visa and MC customer lines. I don't have a lot more to say
Edit: I called Visa and they refused to give me an answer when I politely asked about these specific policies, refused to pass me a supervisor. I got hung up on after several minutes of going in circles. Should have been a simple exchange if this is nothing to worry about.
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✦ Gloved Touch — celebrating the canon dynamic and undeniable (subtle or not-so-subtle) love between Dr. Ivo Robotnik and Agent Stone across all three Sonic movie adaptations.
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imagine playing a plot-irrelevant gay little freak so fucking good that they keep you in the franchise and elevate your role to core character whose relationship with the franchise's main antagonist carries the entire emotional climax of the third movie. and your character doesn't even have a first name.
