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softshinythings: Woodkid | Run Boy Run ♔ Tomorrow is another...

Sat, 18 May 2013 19:38:18 -0700

Woodkid | Run Boy Run ♔

Tomorrow is another day
And you won’t have to hide away
You’ll be a man, boy
But for now it’s time to run, it’s time to run

anthonyholden: What are studios looking for? How can I get into...

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:07:47 -0700

anthonyholden:

What are studios looking for? How can I get into a good animation school? What should I be studying?

I get a lot of these types of questions now and again, and I never know how to answer them. I can’t be sure of what studios are looking for, I don’t control admissions policies to schools, and I have little idea what makes for a current and relevant curriculum. There are a lot of variables in your bid for a career in animation, and it’s kind of impossible to control most of them. You must be crazy to want this job!

I find it helpful to focus on the things I can control. Among those things are your study habits and how you spend your personal time. It’s good to work hard and have goals—without them we would get nowhere. Study hard and make decisive strides towards achieving your art goals. But in the heat of that pursuit, don’t forget to go out and live your life!

If you spend any amount of time looking at artists online, you’ve probably figured out by now that there are about a million dudes and dudettes in internetville who draw better than you (I relive this realization daily). Once your have done your best to rise to their level, the only tool you have to compete with these crazy talents is your background, your personal character—is you!

Consider developing your whole self with the same raw focus and intensity that you develop a particular skill set. Get focused. Go out, have adventures. Run, jump, skin your knee, fall in love, root loudly for the away team at a baseball game, barely escape a crash of stampeding rhinos, live to see another day. Experience things big and small. Go for a walk. The world is full of wonders.

I know this advice is not particularly animation-specific, but maybe that’s for the best. At any rate, it is something I feel strongly about. Animation is great, and there are few things that I enjoy doing more than drawing and storytelling. But in order to have stories to tell, first you have to live them.

Be good, and see you soon!

PS, if you were looking for advice on draftsmanship you should probably be reading this.

portraitsfordrawing: “Day and night” by Jay Horton (Model)

Wed, 15 May 2013 23:49:48 -0700

portraitsfordrawing:

“Day and night” by Jay Horton (Model)

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Wed, 15 May 2013 23:45:21 -0700

Livestreaming now!

Wed, 15 May 2013 18:56:34 -0700

I have no idea what I’m doing but I’ll be drawing some attractive people so

Watch it here

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Wed, 15 May 2013 18:54:01 -0700

dekutree: britzophrenia: bougainvilleablooms: OMG THESE...

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:48:32 -0700

dekutree:

britzophrenia:

bougainvilleablooms:

OMG THESE <3

the lion king one doe

the aladdin one was my shit

rosalarian: Angelina Jolie had a double mastectomy, in case you...

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:39:39 -0700

rosalarian:

Angelina Jolie had a double mastectomy, in case you hadn’t heard. How dare she remove those ticking time bombs from her chest, amiright? Like, hasn’t she learned by now that her body is public domain and we all get to vote on what she does with it? Sheesh, how selfish can ya get.

general psa:

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:33:13 -0700

jcatgrl:

freedom of speech means that the government is not allowed to tell you to shut the fuck up. it doesn’t mean that i am not allowed to tell you to shut the fuck up.

refatekton: wailordofatale: linaevelovesyou: bborgia: The...

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:30:17 -0700

refatekton:

wailordofatale:

linaevelovesyou:

bborgia:

The MET has got some wonderful, fully illustrated textbooks that are available online for free! (X)

DOWNLOAD

Art of the Islamic World

The Art of Africa

The Art of Ancient Egypt

The Art of the Ancient Near East

The Art of Renaissance Europe

The Art of South and Southeast Asia

The Arts of Korea

Auguste Rodin: The Burghers of Calais

Greek Art from Prehistoric to Classical

Islamic Art and Geometric Design: Activities for Learning

A Masterwork of Byzantine Art — The Story of David and Goliath

Medieval Art

Nature Within Walls: The Chinese Garden Court at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Roman Art

WOW take advantage of this please free knowledge is the best knowledge take it from someone who has to pay lots of money for education

I found this relephant to our interests.

SHRIEKS,

coffeeandcockatiels: slyfggt: ashleymater: Tippi Benjamine...

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:29:19 -0700

coffeeandcockatiels:

slyfggt:

ashleymater:

Tippi Benjamine Okanti Degré, daughter of French wildlife photographers Alain Degré and Sylvie Robert, was born in Namibia. During her childhood she befriended many wild animals, including a 28-year old elephant called Abu and a leopard nicknamed J&B. She was embraced by the Bushmen and the Himba tribespeople of the Kalahari, who taught her how to survive on roots and berries, as well as how to speak their language.

Learn more

Cady Heron?

I’m so jealous of this girl…

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Wed, 15 May 2013 00:26:04 -0700

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Wed, 15 May 2013 00:25:36 -0700

amaeza: untruc: amaeza: you know, i’m a raging lesbian and i was never distracted by what other...

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:23:57 -0700

amaeza:

untruc:

amaeza:

you know, i’m a raging lesbian and i was never distracted by what other girls in my classes were wearing in high school. this is a male problem, not an “attracted to women” problem.

This is an “inability to respect women” problem.

Which is a male problem.

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Wed, 15 May 2013 00:23:46 -0700

What they did not want you to ever find out is that your...

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:22:51 -0700

What they did not want you to ever find out is that your generation, the generation born between 1980-1995, actually outnumbers the Baby Boomers. They knew that if you ever turned your eye towards political reform, you could change the world. They tried to keep you sated on vapid television shows and vapid music. They cut off your education and fed you brain candy. They took away your music and gave you Top Ten pop stations. They cut off your art and replaced it with endless reality shows for you to plug into, hoping you would sit quietly by as they ran the world. We as a society are only as strong as our weakest link. Give ‘em hell, kids.

"Some men who want to compliment random women on the street are genuinely good guys who just don’t..."

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:22:09 -0700

“Some men who want to compliment random women on the street are genuinely good guys who just don’t understand why their comments might be unwelcome. Some men who want to compliment random women on the street are creepy predators. Most are somewhere in between, and guess what? I don’t know you, I don’t know your life, and I have no idea if you’re going to leave it at “Hey, you look good in that dress!” or follow it up with “But you’d look better without it! Har har! C’mon, where’re you going? I know you heard me! Fucking cunt, nobody wants your fat ass anyway, bitch.”

When you compliment a random woman who doesn’t know you, no matter how nice you are about it, there’s a good chance she’s going to freak out internally because for all she knows, you could be that latter type. And I get that it’s really unfair that women would just assume that about you. I get that it sucks that sometimes, expressing totally reasonable opinions like “hey you’re hot” will make women terrified of you or furious at you. That’s not fair.

But if you’re going to lay the blame for that somewhere, for fuck’s sake, don’t blame the woman. Blame all the guys who have called her a bitch and a cunt for ignoring their advances. Blame all the guys who may have harassed, abused, or assaulted her in the past. Blame all the people who may never do such a thing themselves, but who were quick to blame her and tell her to just get over it. Blame the fact that if she stops and talks to you and then something bad happens, people will blame her for stopping and talking to you.”

- Why You Shouldn’t Tell That Random Girl On The Street That She’s Hot » Brute Reason (via albinwonderland)

Things Jon Snow Knows

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:20:15 -0700

mumblebrows:

1. Nothing
2. Oral
3. Windmills

soubresauts: holyharam: ….and lynse showing white kids across...

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:18:17 -0700

soubresauts:

holyharam:

….and lynse showing white kids across the United States and Canada how to Bankhead bounce

I loved this show so much when I was little, but Zoe always really annoyed me for some reason.

PABLO! MY NIGGA!

noirzu: omg I can’t bREATHE

Tue, 14 May 2013 21:14:51 -0700

noirzu:

omg I can’t bREATHE