Tag: reference

gingercatsneeze:

1. Ah Fai was a chief animator for McDull’s animated features. He’s super cool. Ultimate senpai. 

2. Previous post on breakdowns right here 

Some thoughts on acceleration and force

I presented this in the order of how I slowly understood the trick of delivering force – first an abstract concept of impact taught by Ah Fai, then a more complicated discovery on the acceleration pattern, last back to a more abstract concept of breakdowns. 

Like I’ve previously stressed, 2D animation is everything but one single approach. There’s no one rule that rules them all, but interchangeable ideas with math, or physics, or music, etc. There’s no “perfect” animation either, but what is perceived as organic and dynamic. E.g., using the Fibonacci numbers to animate didn’t bring me a perfect animation! On the other hand, a tiny change in the pattern could already make the feeling of force so much more powerful. 

Not so much of a tutorial than a personal experience. I hope you find this interesting hahaha 

irenydraws:

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so quite a lot of people expressed interest in a guide to lion dance! and since the lunar new year is coming up in a couple weeks, which means everyone’s exposure to lions is probably going to increase, i figured i’d go ahead and make it! right click + open in new tab to fullview, etc etc, i hope it’s helpful, although if you only take one thing away from this powerpoint, it’s this: lions are not dragons

disclaimer: i learned fut san style at an american university, and the senior members of the troupe were almost all from hong kong and taiwan, so most of my knowledge is drawn from what they taught me. lion dance varies widely depending on the style and the country of origin, and many schools do things differently! this is just an attempt to establish a baseline and give you a really basic intro to one of my favorite art forms. 🙂

tiny-librarian:

qsy-complains-a-lot:

tiny-librarian:

“Cleopatra, Daughter of Ptolemy IV” *insert photo of a generic looking Egyptian Queen of African descent here and say “THis is how Cleopatra really looked”.

Except for the fact that A) Ptolemy IV didn’t have any daughters that we are aware of, just a son Ptolemy V, and B) The Ptolemies weren’t of African descent so there’s no possibility a member of that dynasty could have had such a dark complexion.

People should look up African queen of actual African descent.
Like seriously do it cause I’m curious but lazy.

Here’s just five of the many that there were/are:

Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba

Peggielene Bartels

Queen Pokou

Ahmose Nefertari

Zewditu

azula-the-firelord:

pratmanprathik:

Avatar Hoodies! [Last Airbender /  Legend of Korra]

http://prathik.deviantart.com/art/Avatar-Hoodies-Last-Airbender-Legend-of-Korra-493494837

Please note that these are just concepts and no real product exists!

From the left, top row: Aang, Katara, Korra, Air Nation, Fire Ferrets, Zuko

left, bottom row: Kuvira, Lin Beifong, Amon, P’Li, Vaatu, Raava

[sorry bout the font!]

omg why can’t they be real!!

I want them all!!