Thank you for playing.

I'm Jonathan, and welcome to my mind.

[nicolasddd]

[nubbsgalore]

the red eyeshine of the alligator occurs when light enters its eyes, passes through the rods (light receptors) and cones (color receptors) of the retina, strikes a membrane behind the retina called a tapeatum, and is then reflected back through the eye to the light source. most of the animals with eyeshine are, like alligators, night hunters who must make use of limited light. photos by larry lynch and david moynahan

[marblepebble]

Haha yeah cool story, but those dudes are actually just super cool demons chilling in a lake

[bunjywunjy]

gator network is Online.

[powflip]

About those light trails.

I wrote about the light trails in Akira back in my post about Photographic Syntax but I couldn’t find a good real-life example at the time. I finally spotted this example from the 1980s of a rally car at night, showing the fading light trail that was an effect created by early video cameras.

And here it is in exaggerated, stylized form in Akira:

The interesting thing about this is that this effect dates Akira to the 1980s. Animators obviously were aware of this video effect and copied it in the animation. But it’s an effect that we no longer see in video (thanks to the adoption of CCD and other modern sensors), which must make the light trails seem even more fantastic to modern viewers who are unaware of their “real life” existence on contemporary video. Just one more detail that adds to the visual brilliance of Akira.

[sugoidekai]

[auranon]

Happy National Running day!

(Well, for the next minute)

I’ve been thinking about this project for the last year. I’m a former sprinter and a long-time Sonic fan, and I always thought teaching people running stretches with Sonic would be a great idea. When I heard about an actual running day I decided to make this into a full-fledged infocomic! It took a lot longer than I expected though, so I’m just glad I finished it on the right day-ish…

[rumblrbumblrgumblr]

8.15.17

[2blue-blog1]

reblog & put ur zodiac sign and who u main in mariokart for. survey purposes

[retrogamingblog]

[joe-sparrow]

finally finished this animated gif of the protagonist of my next comic, Lucille. I’d been posting all the WIP stages on twitter so here they all are, together in a row.

Sorry if you’ve sent an ask that I haven’t responded to recently - I get kinda shy about posting them and my natural response is to lazily put them off. i’mma make a post answering a bunch of ‘em tomorrow. 

Also: happy april 8th, everybody.

[retrogamingblog]

Nintendo Franchises in the Ukiyo-e Style by Jed Henry

[mobble]

[joequesada]

Just got the green light that I can share this. Here’s a quick piece I finished last month (sans logo and text) as a cast and crew gift for the Defenders team. 

This show is going to blow you guys away!

[hogwartzlou]

you can tell a lot about someone based on their phone background. it shows what’s most important to them

[uss-clairvoyant]

Reblog this and put what your phone background in the tags

[theartofanimation]

Kilian Eng  -  http://dwdesign.tumblr.com  -  https://twitter.com/dwdsgn  -  https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/dwdsgn  -  https://www.facebook.com/DW-Design-124409704274214  -  https://vimeo.com/dwdw  -  https://www.instagram.com/kilianeng  -  http://www.amazon.com/Kilian-Eng/e/B00J77DM2A

[chaotix]

theme song!

[thesassycat]

You can only reblog this today.

[bodyglitter]

okay i need everybodys opinions on all of these foods: pineapple pizza, avocado, hummus, candy corn, nutella, and dark chocolate