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Greetings and Salutations All,

I know I have been absent for quite some time now, so allow me to reintroduce myself to those new and old to the blog.

If you stumbled on this little corner of Tumblr, welcome to TheBgc111 (pronounced three-one) or The Bicentennial Times blog, the home of celluloid-inspired art and animation.

I focus on creating fake animation cels in my style of art.

However, I am experimenting with this method.

My Software of choice is Krita, A Free art software that is an open-source application.

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#salutations #Greetings

Slam! Animation practice on 2s 3s and 4s. On Krita, 2026.

I first came up with this on a whim some time ago in the spring.

I retouched the animation by adding a launch pose before the leap.

#animation #poor mans animation art #krita animation

Today is my birthday!

Fun Fact: One Year ago, my computer crashed on me. I had to get a new Hard Drive. Taking with it a majority of my art done on Krita at that time, Including my templates that I used for my fake cel work. Hence the name "The Summer of Stress."

Below are sketches for an abandoned "House Ad" for the blog, a humorous take on "The Dark Knight Returns" Cover with a hint from the infamous Superman scene showcased in the Fourth issue. With the poses, I tried to push for an cartoon style expressions.

Both sketches were done on Microsoft Paint. And were done a week after I got my computer back from the shop.

#birthday anecdotes #birthday #ms paint #unreleased art #a peek behind the curtain.#the dark knight returns

Mod Fashion!

A hodgepodge of Mid-Century inspired fashion, with some concepts of original designs.

#poor mans concept art #poor mans sketches #a peek behind the curtain.#nighthawks of daitokai

Can a Location be a Muse? Riverdale Station and I.

By TheBgc-111.

When I First came across Riverdale Station it was the summer before my freshman year at North Hennepin Community College. My parents first heard of this place as a potential commute.

As we drove home, an image flashed into my mind. Jaclyn leaning against the post. While David and Roger sat on the edge of the bench.

December of that year, I returned to Riverdale Station to film my final project of Digital Video Production. Where an animated character would sit on the stone bench. The footage consisted of not only the bench but a train barreling down the tracks.

Flash forward to January of 2024, The year of the capstone class. I racked my brain to think of what this capstone project would be. And then something clicked. That image. That image of the Nighthawks at Riverdale Station.

#poor mans update #poor mans musings.#2nd anniversary

Ink Doodles In Color.

These are sketches. I colored them in about a week ago.

The boxing glove in the middle was taken from Ashita no Joe.

The brushes used are from Ramon Miranda's Inktober Pack.

#faux cel #fake animation cel #warm up sketches

Rough brush strokes on cel.

Inspired off studies i did of the baseball from Star of The Giants.

#poor mans testing #poor mans traditional animation art.#warm up sketches #cel sketches on actual cel!

Item: The Bindle Rarity: ⏶ Common

What video game world would be your #1 travel destination?

Feed your dashboard by answering my question, blogger.

Fairhaven from Need for Speed Most Wanted, especially the Garden with the cherry blossom trees are.

Item: The Time Machine Rarity: ⏶ Common

What game do you associate most strongly with a specific time in your life?

Feed your dashboard by answering my question, blogger.

Gangstar: New Orleans.

Item: A Crumpled Manual Rarity: ⏶ Common

Do you skip tutorials as fast as you can?

Feed your dashboard by answering my question, blogger.

If its my first time playing the game no.

#questions from a mysterious cat.#mysterious cat official

Item: The Couch Rarity: ⏶ Common

Couch co-op or online?

Feed your dashboard by answering my question, blogger.

It depends on the circumstances, but couch co-op.

#questions from a mysterious cat.

Ink Slingin'

#poor mans animation art #warm up sketches #traditional art

Whenever I'm not posting, I'm either consumed with life or constantly studying media, whether that be film, print or paint.

This catches my studies from watching The Avengers on Pluto TV. Specifically E19 of S5.

There are also some doodles of The Nighthawks, specifically an outfit for Jaclyn and a body shape for David.

Bonus: Nighthawk Sketches showcasing the suit shape, scribbling of outfits from a hard day's night, and pictures from my phone gallery and the web.

#poor mans studies.#a peek behind the curtain.#poor mans sketches #nighthawks of daitokai

Fun and games with Shea Stadium Jackets.

Stool pose inspired from Pexels.

She's also supposed to be inspired off of Diana Rigg.

#poor mans fashion outfits #poor mans character designs #yeah #I did have a Beatles phase in third grade!

This is a faux cel of a Beatle Boot study done in Krita.

You might notice the approach is a bit different from my usual faux cel works. Coming off as one you would see on a auction site rather than one shot on a Rostrum Camera.

For the cel texture itself I used an old scan of my Transparency film sheets. You might recognize the transparencies from my "Celf Portait" and more recently real cel sketches.

The colors came from my Nighthawks In Polychromy post which were sourced by Ligbi.

The references were a bunch of photos from my gallery. Mostly Beatles Pictures.

The sole was inspired by a technique from Paul Rudish's Mickey Mouse Cartoons. Which had an excellent retrospective done by Matt Draper.

#faux cel #fake animation cel #poor mans animation art #poor mans study

City Practice painting.

This Picture was inspired by the Big 3 or my biggest inspirations at the moment.

The Avengers s5 (1967).

You Only Live Twice (1967)

and Ultraseven (1967).

Also this was a chance to use the set of paper textures that Ramon Miranda Provided from Krita.

#poor mans animation art #poor mans concept art

Here's a tip for all of you aspect ratio fans out there!

Despite common misconception 4:3 is not a square. A square is equal in its length and height on each sides. A 4:3 aspect ratio is actually a rectangle because its length (4) is wider than its height (3).

#art tips

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