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"Think about the marks you want to make on the paper in front of you… the ones that bring you..."

Wed, 30 May 2012 23:25:48 -0600

“Think about the marks you want to make on the paper in front of you… the ones that bring you pleasure and satisfaction. You can’t control what other people think or if they’ll give you a job. You can only control your own actions and the work you produce. You have to be a little delusional to pursue a life in the arts, so throw caution to the wind and make pictures that excite you and hopefully the world will agree.”

- Some great illustration advice and questions answered for students (and non-students) in Jillian Tamaki’s new FAQ (via drawnblog)

[I know you didn’t ask for my advice, but you’re gonna get it anyway. -JT]
(via mutantmagic)

Balancing Work and Family: The Art of Diplomacy

Wed, 30 May 2012 23:03:14 -0600

Balancing Work and Family: The Art of Diplomacy:

brenda-chapman:

Good advice.

I would probably be more excited for this if the second game was...

Tue, 29 May 2012 11:25:52 -0600

I would probably be more excited for this if the second game was nearly as good a story as the first. But oh well.

ruineshumaines: The job takes about 3 years to make an...

Fri, 25 May 2012 09:33:19 -0600

ruineshumaines:

The job takes about 3 years to make an engraved tatoo for an individual camels. First 2 years, there is just growing the hair and starts trimming. Inhabitant of desert does not use the iron engraved for the camels. They just cut and dye the camel hair. I have never seen such a beautiful works in the world.

Photographs by Osakabe Yasuo and Steve Hoge.

OMG @__@

On the set of The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001...

Fri, 25 May 2012 09:26:55 -0600

On the set of The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001 -2003)

Love!

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Thu, 24 May 2012 21:05:11 -0600

carororo: themarysue: ajacquelineofalltrades: menshevixen: ba...

Thu, 24 May 2012 16:07:07 -0600

carororo:

themarysue:

ajacquelineofalltrades:

menshevixen:

bananakarenina:

villa-kulla:

Reporter: I have a question to Robert and to Scarlett. Firstly to Robert, throughout Iron Man 1 and 2, Tony Stark started off as a very egotistical character but learns how to fight as a team. And so how did you approach this role, bearing in mind that kind of maturity as a human being when it comes to the Tony Stark character, and did you learn anything throughout the three movies that you made?

And to Scarlett, to get into shape for Black Widow did you have anything special to do in terms of the diet, like did you have to eat any specific food, or that sort of thing?

Scarlett: How come you get the really interesting existential question, and I get the like, “rabbit food” question?

The respect given to you if you’re a man in the entertainment business, and the respect given to you if you’re a woman in the entertainment business: all perfectly summed up in one idiotically thought out line of questioning.

You know, I always did like Scarlett Johannson.

Dat side-eye.

Let me just hug you forever Miss Johannson.

Scarlett Johansson gives the best side-eye.

SIDE-EYE

UGGH.

Behind Brave: The Pixar Process - Merida’s Hair #pixarThere’s...

Thu, 24 May 2012 16:03:31 -0600

Behind Brave: The Pixar Process - Merida’s Hair #pixar

There’s volume. There’s, there’s length. There’s different size curls.

One of the biggest challenges was animating Merida’s hair. In fact, it was so difficult that Merida’s hair was actually considered to be its own character and the Pixar team created a new process to make the hairdo, um, do. From Claudia:

The curls themselves are really tightly wound curls, but the movement of her overall curl is nice and soft. And there’s also these hairs that break away from her silhouette to show her wildness, her adventurousness, and that’s kind of the key look for Merida’s hair that we had to hit when we designed her. So, as a groomer, this is what I would see in the computer… I would take her scalp and basically grow curls off of her head and detail exactly how those curls grow.

The groomer who actually worked on Merida developed a new technique because she was like, “How do I get these curls that look the way the art director wants or the director wants?” She’s like, “I really need a curling iron.” So she actually built in the computer a curling iron where she could change the sizes of the cylinder, the length and stuff, so she could curl the curves around that.

The length of her curl, if you were to pull it straight, will measure out 4 feet long. Merida herself is only five four, so she has really long hair. It’s fifteen hundred hand-placed, sculpted curves. So that’s a lot of time in the wig-making process… all of these different colors (below) actually represent different layers of her hair, kind of like you would in Photoshop… in the end it’s a 111,000 curves that get rendered on her head.

(via CGMeetUp)

rufftoon: “after the popularity of “Footage Loose” we were...

Wed, 23 May 2012 15:22:03 -0600

rufftoon:

“after the popularity of “Footage Loose” we were asked to create “PUSH IT”. A comedy video that was to be shown before a day long acting workshop for the animators. To help loosen us up and get us in good spirits. Enjoy. It’s a really dumb parody of those wierd 80’s rock videos. Starring Dreamworks animators and showcasing the live action reference they’ve shot on the job while creating your favourite animated movies.

I do not own any rights to the music in this video. It’s only used for parody purposes. Our workplace does not authorize, or endorse this video.

YESSSS! More! More!

nprfreshair: Tomorrow’s guest has one of the coolest jobs I’ve...

Wed, 23 May 2012 14:00:32 -0600

nprfreshair:

Tomorrow’s guest has one of the coolest jobs I’ve ever heard of. Randall Poster is the guy who picks out music in commercials (like the one above) as well as all of Wes Anderson’s movies. He’s also worked with Martin Scorsese, Todd Haynes, David Fincher, Pepsi, Coke, Target, and others. He’ll tell us what it’s like to be a music supervisor.

"I love writing but hate starting. The page is awfully white and it says, “You may have fooled some..."

Wed, 23 May 2012 13:58:28 -0600

“I love writing but hate starting. The page is awfully white and it says, “You may have fooled some of the people some of the time but those days are over, giftless. I’m not your agent and I’m not your mommy. I’m a white piece of paper, you wanna dance with me?” And I really, really don’t.”

- Aaron Sorkin (via thatwasnotveryravenofyou)

It is so comforting to know that even Aaron Sorkin feels this way, because it’s how I feel every. single. time.

(via wilwheaton)

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Sun, 20 May 2012 07:19:58 -0600

deantrippe: heyoscarwilde: H.P. Lovecraft and Nikola Tesla:...

Sun, 20 May 2012 07:04:22 -0600

deantrippe:

heyoscarwilde:

H.P. Lovecraft and Nikola Tesla: Paranormal Investigators

Illustration by Travis Pitts :: via zom-bot

Boom. This wins.

LOVE.

"This sentence has five words. Here are five more words. Five-word sentences are fine. But several..."

Sat, 19 May 2012 15:26:28 -0600

“This sentence has five words. Here are five more words. Five-word sentences are fine. But several together become monotonous. Listen to what is happening. The writing is getting boring. The sound of it drones. It’s like a stuck record. The ear demands some variety. Now listen. I vary the sentence length, and I create music. Music. The writing sings. It has a pleasant rhythm, a lilt, a harmony. I use short sentences. And I use sentences of medium length. And sometimes, when I am certain the reader is rested, I will engage him with a sentence of considerable length, a sentence that burns with energy and builds with all the impetus of a crescendo, the roll of the drums, the crash of the cymbals—sounds that say listen to this, it is important.”

- Gary Provost (via danceabletragedy)

pixartimes: WALL-E, UP, TOY STORY 3, RATATOUILLE To Return To...

Sat, 19 May 2012 15:25:05 -0600

pixartimes:

WALL-E, UP, TOY STORY 3, RATATOUILLE To Return To Theaters For Memorial Day Weekend. Read More »

Aww man, the closest theater to me that’s doing this is an 8-hour drive away.

Poop.

"Although most boys figure out how to bring themselves to orgasm by age thirteen, half of girls don’t..."

Sat, 19 May 2012 15:18:53 -0600

“Although most boys figure out how to bring themselves to orgasm by age thirteen, half of girls don’t have their first orgasms until their late teens, twenties, or beyond. Teenage girls widely agree that they get the message loud and clear that masturbation is something boys do, but girls don’t, can’t, or shouldn’t. The cultural focus on intercourse tells young women to expect they’ll begin to experience sexual pleasure once they have sex with a man (whether or not they’re even interested in sex with men). Nearly all teen boys, on the other hand, experience sexual pleasure long before they get their hands—or other body parts—into a partner’s pants. Despite the massive advances in women’s equality, young women’s sexuality is stuck in a surprising paradox. Young women are sold provocative clothes but aren’t taught where to find their own clitoris. Many girls give their boyfriends oral sex, but are too uncomfortable with their own bodies to allow the guys to return the favor. It’s still a radical act to say that women need and deserve access to information about their own sexual pleasure—not just about the risks and negative consequences of sex.”

- Dorian Solot, I Love Female Orgasm: An Extraordinary Orgasm Guide. (via historicalslut)

carororo: le-fraiche: rusharound: theskark: cailencrow: teal...

Sat, 19 May 2012 07:15:52 -0600

carororo:

le-fraiche:

rusharound:

theskark:

cailencrow:

tealbluestatic:

jaffacakesareyummy:

tyleroakley:

barackobama:

idrownideas:

The best campaign counter-attack video I HAVE EVER SEEN. Obama 2012

”So we’re going to call their BS when we see it and we need your help to call them on it too and set the record straight. So share this, tweet it, facebook it, I keep hearing about tumblr and whatever that is…please use that too. Thank you.”

-Stephanie Cutter / Deputy Campaign Manager at Obama for America.

And a Tumblr shout-out.

Accurate gif is accurate

Reblogging because Obama’s campaign team seems to be full of logical, non-alarmist grown-ups this year, and it makes me happy. I think this is the calmest, most direct campaign ad I’ve ever seen. No digs or accusations, except to say “The other guys are factually out of line.”

If only politics were always this sane. (Hahahaha, what. I wish.)

A breakdown of attack campaigns done RIGHT. Seriously, if there’s anything I can do that DOES stick with my peer group, it is that I want to get you all out there and voting. Vote your heart, and vote smart. Consider this video.

Holy shit. Way to sweep the fucking floor, Obama’s staff. Make more of these every day. Please. You’re beautiful people.

Aw yeah.

woot woot we’ve been noticed. gah this video made me smile

“What is this Tumblr thing you speak of? Well whatever it is, use it!”

OK lady. My dashboard is all yours.

erikamoen: friendlytroll: erikamoen: For those following...

Fri, 18 May 2012 15:20:00 -0600

erikamoen:

friendlytroll:

erikamoen:

For those following the Tumblr notes, the English version is now online!

Queer (English Version)

Love love love love love love love love love this artist.

Erika moen is one of the greatest inspirations in my life, for my art and for my identity. She gave me confidence in being trans, and validation in my identity being my buisness, and hope that I can make my own life with my art and the people I love.

And this? Goddamned kickass. Just… lays it out beautifully flat. I use queer a lot because… I shouldn’t have to explain that I’m a transman who likes all kinds of people and is in love with a woman.

Thank you, Erika.

This means so much to me, thank you <:)

This reminds me of the finale of Boston Legal, where the Gay and Lesbian League try to prevent the two main male characters from marrying, because it’s a marriage of convenience and not of love. Such beautiful irony and hypocrisy expressed in that episode…when two straight men have to fight for the right to marry because homosexuals believe that their union would lessen the validity of gay marriage, just as gay couples now have to fight for the right to marry because some straight people are afraid it will lessen the validity of their unions.

There’s also a good scene from Kissing Jessica Stein about this exact subject, where a character is told that her new-found lesbianism is “an affront to gay people.”

I love my husband, I’d love him even if he weren’t bound to me by law, and the relationships that other people choose to have in this country cannot affect that any more than they can affect the value of my soul in the eyes of any God in which I do or do not choose to believe.

It’s the same with labels. What you choose to be, or who you choose to do, or how you choose to label yourself does not have an effect on what I enjoy or whom I enjoy. Labeling someone is not for the benefit of that person, it’s for the benefit of those who know that person, so they know how comfortable to be around them…how to treat them…how to avoid them…how to think about them.

Sometimes I think if we removed all labels entirely, we might have a genuinely meritocratic society, in which how good/polite/generous/sexy/fun/kind/compassionate a person is would dictate how close we become to them, rather than whether or not their preferences fit my paradigm.

I don’t want to become one of those crazy couples who remove gender roles from my kids entirely and doesn’t even tell our friends whether our kid is a boy or a girl…but if my son one day tells me that he thinks he was meant to be born a girl, I’ll start calling him “her.” I will have to re-orient my thinking, and that is always an adjustment that takes time. But I will do it gladly, because I’d much rather have a kid who knows who s/he is and broadcasts that to the world, than a kid who allows the world to dictate who s/he is.

How we’re born is a starting point, it’s a template, a blueprint. It’s something to build on, not a finished structure. Where we go after day one should be up to us, and us alone.

ericalba: (via A friend’s husband just built this iPhone...

Fri, 18 May 2012 14:56:37 -0600

ericalba:

(via A friend’s husband just built this iPhone charging station. - Imgur)

neil-gaiman: I gave my first ever commencement speech to the...

Fri, 18 May 2012 11:14:17 -0600

neil-gaiman:

I gave my first ever commencement speech to the graduating class of 2012 at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia.

I think I told them everything important that I knew about going out into the world and being an artist, so I may never need to give another one.

My alma mater! How cool! :)