#;the hero of legend (pipi)

[neatotito]

Mind-blown and honored to be included in this sick as fuck Indie Animation AMV! Give it a watch!

[mann-of-1000-thoughts]

An AMV celebrating Indie Animation. Links to all Indie Cartoons and campaigns in the video description.

[sillygoblinantics]

I will deliver from that poll!

Meet the gobbo behind the silly

+ elements of character concept

In the beninging-

General reference and inspiration were based on my favorite characters, but before that I didn’t exactly have a sona to be my mascot/face. Early concepts were more human but without a face.

I have general anxiety with showing my face online. Which is pretty common. Now, I knew from the start that it was going to be something based on or drawn from mythology, something close to that from cultures I have ancestry in: Irish, British and general European/slavic mythology and folklore.

Elements of character concept:

I. Getting the ingredients — reference and mood board

Gobbo is definitely based loosely on fairytale goblins but more so the concept of Irish faeries and brownies! Or phooka. But didn’t become one until a few years later. Early gobbo was actually an opossum!

But for style and vibe, they’d be the following:

Clancy, Midnight Gospel

Snufkin, Moomin Valley

Pumkin, Baman and Piderman

Glep, Smiling Friends

Luci, Disenchantment

Smeargle, Pokémon

Bender, Futurama

Pipi, Legend of Pipi

Silly lil guy doodles, twitter and tumblr

Remember! Pinterest is your friend, but remember it will suck you in if you aren’t careful! A lot of characters are inspired by something, even preexisting characters! It’s ok to admit that!

It helps to start by redrawing the characters you are studying for ideas.

This is a really good skill to have under your belt, especially to figure out the core elements of the designs that stand out the most to you; or give you that twinkle in your eye that’s saying in the lil crow brain voice:

“Ooo, shiny ima add that to my stash!”

II. Getting the juices flowing!

You have your reference and mood board(s) so now what? Now it’s time to put it in the metaphorical blender (or greatest free animation program ever given to animators, game makers, 3d modelers and analogue or worthikids alike!) and pump out some ideas! If you’re like me and have trouble visualizing designs and looks, I’d recommend trying out the dnd miniature making, indie company and awesome community: HEROFORGE!

I’m not sponsored btw just really like using it for ocs!

It’s all trial and error with designs so keep in mind that it won’t always be the first drawing that’ll be the final but

III. Time changes things

Continuing from the last point, your character is always changing and growing. In the span of five years (give or take) gobbo got smaller, started changing outfits and eventually got a mouth!

(Top: 2022; middle: late 2022; bottom: 2023)

In my previous post current gobbo is very expressive and but a lot sillier! But still just a lil guy!

I’ll get into the overall elements for making designs for story/animation (ie. character reference sheet, turnarounds and

˚✧₊⁎＊The process!※⁎⁺˳✧༚

But I hoped this was at the very least helpful/useful as well as entertaining enough for you! To read! Again I’m not a decades-of-experience expert or primordial know-it-all spreading skewed and flagrant biased rhetoric (coughcough Lorch coughcough). No, instead I’m but a simple gobbo with big dreams and enthusiastic passion!

[shibemuses]

this is my son pipi, he has every disease

[best-animated-short-tourney]

Round One Polls Pt. 1

Links will be added as polls are posted.

Sonnie's Edge vs. Reversal of the Heart

Diamond Jack vs. Cat City

Fantasy vs. Take on Me

Who's Hungry? vs. The Cat Came Back

Porky's Duck Hunt vs. The Guardian

Shelter vs. Jibaro

Metamorphosis vs. Tar Boy

Bounty vs. The Snowman

Ice Merchants vs. I am a Fish

Still Lost I Guess, Here's a Tunnel vs. Fuelled

Yankee Doodle Daffy vs. Bad Travelling

Destino vs. Pop Squad

Cow Attack - Never Underestimate a Cow vs. Free Apple

The Acorn Princess vs. Dear Girl

Starlight Brigade vs. Alma

Pixillation vs. I Love to Singa

The Golden Chain vs. Cinderella

The Secret War vs. Vincent

The Old Man and The Sea vs. Everything Will Be OK

My Entire Being vs. The Backwater Gospel

Coming Out vs. Tummy Trouble

Jumping vs. Out

Decorado vs. Strawberry Ice Cream

In a Heartbeat vs. Suits

Hedgehog in the Fog vs. Asparagus

"Don vs. Raph" vs. Black Soul

The Naked King -What a Beautiful Life- vs. World of Tomorrow Episode 2: The Burden of Other People's Thoughts

Windy Day vs. Ciao, Alberto

Charlie the Unicorn: The Grand Finale vs. Bigtop Burger Season 1

One Small Step vs. DAICON IV Opening Animation

Llamas with Hats: The Series vs. One Froggy Evening

Roller Coaster Rabbit vs. Drawn to You

The Haunted Hotel vs. Egg

The Legend of Pipi vs. Wolfsong

Grandma's Hero vs. Goodbye Jerome!

SHOP: A Pop Opera vs. Quasi at the Quackadero

On Your Mark vs. Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers

Opal vs. The Dover Boys at Pimento University; or, The Rivals of Roquefort Hall

[bizarrequazar]

GJ and ZZH Updates — July 02-08

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This is part of a weekly series collecting updates from and relating to Gong Jun and Zhang Zhehan.

This post is not wholly comprehensive and is intended as an overview, links provided lead to further details. Dates are in accordance with China Standard Time, the organization is chronological. My own biases on some things are reflected here. Anything I include that is not concretely known is indicated as such, and you’re welcome to do your own research and draw your own conclusions as you see fit. Please let me know if you have any questions, comments, concerns, or additions. :)

[Glossary of names and terms] [Masterlist of my posts about the situation with Zhang Zhehan]

07-02 → A TikTok account called Ocean Zhang posted an extremely cringey video of Zhang Sanjian dancing with one of the ugly dolls they’re obviously having trouble selling. The account was found to have been made on 06-15 at an IP address located in Taiwan. The IP of the video was California. [source] Given how TikTok’s algorithm works, it’s best to completely avoid it.

→ Gong Jun made it to Jay Chou’s concert in Haikou and even got to sing with him! Videos: [1] [2] [Translation of their conversation] #Gong Jun Jay Chou chorus Hair Like Snow# got on Weibo entertainment hotsearch and #GongJun trended on Twitter.  Fan Observations:  -  He was wearing the Wooyoungmi shirt again.  -  Hair Like Snow was mentioned by Zhang Zhehan as one of his favourite Jay Chou songs, which he had sung himself at a school talent show. The album that it’s on, November’s Chopin, released on 2005-11-01.

→ Gong Jun posted a video of himself at the concert. Caption: “I’m! so! ha! ppy!”

(photo from the fansite Elaine&Pipi)

07-03 → The Legend of AnLe Weibo account posted a video of behind the scenes footage. Caption: “The boat of love makes waves at first sight?! Ren AnLe @Dear Dilireba made a bold move to Han Ye @ Gong Jun Simon, as if he heard someone's heart beating in disorder!” Shortly after, they also posted eight promotional stills of the main cast.

→ Gong Jun’s studio posted three promotional stills of Gong Jun in Legend of AnLe. Caption: “Qingming is like a sweet spring, Ye Ran is like a god, hope to meet with his highness @ Gong Jun Simon soon.”

07-04 → #TheLegendofAnle trended on Twitter.

→ Fresh posted a commercial featuring Gong Jun. (1129 kadian)

07-05 → The Instagram posted song lyrics.

→ Fresh posted a photo ad featuring Gong Jun. (1129 kadian)

→ Gong Jun’s studio posted a vlog of him at the Jay Chou concert. Caption: “There is also a chorus without mic, and the enthusiastic audience @ Gong Jun Simon has a full record of the concert!”

→ Gong Jun’s studio posted a douyin of him singing at the concert. Caption: “@ Gong Jun Simon is confident! (We also have a solo cam!)” (17:05 timestamp and 1:29 long video, if you want to make a 51129 kadian out of that)

07-06 → The Instagram posted pictures of Polaroids. 

→ #ZhangZhehan trended on Twitter.

→ The teashop was fined 129k RMB for excessive packaging in violation of environmental protection laws, violation of food safety laws, engaging in food production they do not have a license for, and failure to correctly label food quantity on packaging, with Chen Bingjun (Chen Liying’s daughter) fined 11k RMB personally.

07-07 → Gong Jun reposted a post from Xinhua News in remembrance of the Marco Polo Bridge Incident. Added caption: “Don’t forget the national insult, remember the history, and use the deeds of heroes and martyrs to inspire our generation to act bravely!” His studio did the same, added caption: “Follow the right path and strive for self-improvement. Always remember the spirit of the martyrs, and may peace remain forever!”

→ A photographer, Xie Huailiang, made a Xiao Hong Shu post reminiscing about a photoshoot he did with Gong Jun in 2016, saying that Gong Jun hasn’t been changed by the industry and is still very caring and hardworking. His post mentioned Word of Honor as the point Gong Jun rose to fame. Fan Observation: The photographer also previously did a shoot with Zhang Zhehan, and did not delete his post of this after 813.

07-08 → Another Zhang Sanjian TikTok video with content similar to the previous one.

Additional Reading: → Hidden Strike, the Jackie Chan and John Cena action-comedy that Gong Jun played a small role* in in 2018, is now showing in theatres in the US. It will be releasing on American Netflix on 07-28. *He is reportedly only in about the first 20 minutes. → Offline promotions for Legend of AnLe have begun. It seems it really is finally coming soon. 🤞 → Subs are finally being made for Go Fighting! season 9! At the time of this post the first 3 episodes are subbed. [playlist]

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[heya-raccoon]

2022's other feline fearless hero!

A little Pipi fanart, for those who haven't watched I can't recommend it enough, 8 minutes of super high quality animation.

I don't know anyone from the production of this movie personally, but one of the artists envolved in the creation of this is someone I've been following since 2014! I feel genuinely so happy for them seeing how far they have come and how much their art inspired me. One day I'll work up the courage to write them something and thank them.

Anyways, go watch The Legend of Pipi on YouTube! You will certainly become a different person after those 8 minutes, a true pipihead.

[pigeonneaux]

Remember when I asked you if I could tag you on things ? 👉👈

Well I--- I found this and it's cute and bloody (like u)

THE LEGEND OF PIPI - ANIMATED SHORTFILM - YouTube

OH PUTAING EVERY FUCKING ONE NEEDS TO WATCH THIS RIGHT NOW

ITS SO GOOD

FUCk . YOU DONT UNDERSTAND HOW PERFECT hE IS

LOOK AT HIM. A HERO.

I CANT BELIEVE HIS HORSE IS A CAT TOO

[fire-dwelling]

Fire Force Chapter 143: ‘The Legend of the Legendary Holy Sword’

Translated from Japanese to Portuguese to English

Page 2

Narration: “Thanks to Haumea’s influence, Nataku has gone out of control! To stop him, Shinra and Kurono banded together. But when they got into a bind, Charon appeared out of nowhere to help. Now begins Shinra and Charon's struggle to cooperate!”

Over the image is the caption, “The atomic monster Nataku now rises!”

Page 3

Nataku: “GAOOOOOOOOOH!!!”

Shinra: “That giant Infernal just showed up.”

Charon: “Damn Haumea...She can’t resist provoking everything in sight.”

Inka: “Such powerful radiation...So dangerous.”

Page 4

Ritsu: “It seems Haumea managed to get into the Sixth Pillar’s head.”

Inka: “Um, I wouldn’t stand there if you want to live…”

Ritsu: “What? Seriously?”

Ritsu moves.

Ritsu: “How are we supposed to capture the Sixth Pillar in such a situation?”

Inka: “It’s perfectly dangerous, right?! Great work, Haumea!”

Page 5

Charon: “I'll cover you! Use your speed to rescue the Sixth Pillar!”

Shinra: “That was my plan, even if you didn’t protect me!”

Kurono: “Blah blah…His heart is too young...Why try in vain to strengthen the weak?”

Rekka: “That was incredible--incredible power! Come on! You can do it if you try!”

Page 6

Viktor: “We're fine for now, but...If the radiation rate continues to increase, we'll have major problems.”

Vulcan: “Damn! The situation can get worse at any moment! You need to get there as soon as possible, Arthur!”

Arthur: “Get where? To do what?”

Vulcan: “This is your chance, Arthur, to become the Legendary Knight.”

Page 7

Arthur: “Really?! For real?! The Legendary Knight! Me?! You said ‘Legendary’! And “Knight’!”

Vulcan: “Calm down!! You’ll knock us over!!!”

Arthur: “Where?!! Where do I go, Vulcan?!!”

Vulcan: “I know a place where you can become that Legendary Knight!”

Arthur: “But are we there yet?!!! Where is it?!!”

Page 8

Arthur: “...”

Vulcan: “Okay, now you’re a real knight!”

Arthur: “You want me to stand atop the Matchbox? Is this another trick? Like your skull mask or robots?”

Vulcan: “Would I lie to you? Trust me! Do you see the hole in the middle of the hatch?”

Arthur: “Yeah...Right there...”

Page 9

Vulcan: “Shove your Excalibur into it! You've heard that story before, right? The one about a legendary knight who inserted the Legendary Sword!”

Arthur: “The story of the Legendary Knight who inserted the Legendary Sword!”

Vulcan: (thinking: “I added a machine underneath the hatch to harness the plasma coming off of Arthur's Excalibur...If we can amplify that plasma, it’ll create a pseudo-electromagnetic pulse attack that’ll disrupt the Hood’s electromagnetic wave!”)

Arthur: “Hang on! That’s not how the story goes! The Legend Knight pulled out the sword, not inserted it! You’re trying to fool me!”

Vulcan: (thinking: “Damn...He knows too much…”) “Just shove it in now then take it out immediately!”

Arthur: “? ?”

Page 10

Arthur: “Vulcan, what are you saying? Are you an idiot?”

Vulcan: “You’re the Legendary Knight! You already have the Legendary Sword...But you didn’t acquire it the right way! You can only claim Excalibur by pulling the sword out of the stone to become a legitimate Legendary Knight! You don’t want to miss this chance, do you?!”

Arthur: “Oh...So...You mean...This small gift, which has always been by my side...was the Legendary Weapon all along?”

Vulcan: (thinking: “ ‘Small gift’?! How much does Arthur value his Excalibur? It's hard to understand his thought process…”) “Yeah, sure, what you said!”

Arthur: “Hmm. Hmm. Can this really make me the Legendary Knight?”

Vulcan: “Yes! Yes, you can!”

Page 11

Arthur: “I understand!!! I understand it all!!!”

Page 12

Arthur unleashes “EMP Amplified!”

Haijima Scientist 1: “A power surge?”

Scientist 2: “The conflict against the 8th hasn’t stopped…”

Page 13

Hauma: “URGH!!! ? ? Damn...That plasma user again…”

Maki: “Vulcan and Arthur did it!”

Puppeteer: “Was that some electromagnetic interference?”

Haumea: “How dare they disrupt my venomous electromagnetic wave! I'll asphyxiate whoever did this! Then I’ll get back into that boy’s head again!”

Arrow: (thinking: “I knew we should’ve stopped when we were ahead…”)

Maki: “Oh no you won’t!”

Page 14

Maki: “But that EMP also disabled the Iron Owls!”

Puppeteer: “I understand what’s going on! So, I have to go fight that crown-wearing delinquent on my own, huh?”

Maki: “The EMP didn’t affect your puppet?!”

Puppeteer: “Did you forget? I move my Dominions with fire, not electricity!”

Page 15

Haumea: “There?!”

Page 16

Haumea: “Don’t interfere!”

Vulcan: “The Hoods figured us out?!”

Arthur: “Vulcan, can I pull it out now?!”

Vulcan: “Not yet!!!”

Page 17

Vulcan: “You got the Legendary Sword--so don’t pull it out so soon!”

Arthur: “O-Okay...? By the way, Vulcan...Why does the Great Stone in which I’m holding the Legendary Sword have a driver's seat? Hey! UOOOOOOOOH!!! What sorcery is this?! I’ve never seen a big stone move this fast!!!”

Page 18

Vulcan’s Visor: “PIPI...The strength of the electromagnetic field is falling…”

Vulcan: “Damn...Arthur’s knightly delusion is fading...Arthur! The big stone where you put the Sword is actually the back of a serpent!!! Don’t fail!!!”

Arthur: “A serpent!!!”

Vulcan: “There! Right as planned!!! She’ll use her ability…”

Page 19

Vulcan shouts “Serpent dead ahead!!!”

Arthur: “D-Damn!”

Arrow: “I missed…”

Vulcan: “? I felt something fly past us…”

Page 20

Arthur: “Cursed serpent! I won’t let go so easily! I am the kingly knight, and I refuse to fail! I’ll now remove the Legendary Sword!!!”

Vulcan’s Visor: “PiPi...Radiation level rising…”

Vulcan: “Shinra...Do something before it’s too late…”

Narration: “Should Arthur unleash the sword?! Now the fight is in the hands of a hero! To be continued in Chapter 144: ‘Pressure’!”

[shibemuses]

;; new muses added: Pipi (The Legend of Pipi, testing); Haruki Calatia (OC, tied to wolfvirago lore, along with Inu Kobayashi, Dr. Henrik, Aishireiko, and Kagemori)

[shibemuses]

He is Here.

[best-animated-short-tourney]

Round Two Polls

See Round One polls here

See Round Three polls here

Reversal of the Heart vs. Diamond Jack

Sonnie's Edge vs. Take on Me

Who's Hungry? vs. The Guardian

Jibaro vs. Tar Boy

The Snowman vs. I am a Fish

Fuelled vs. Bad Traveling

Pop Squad vs. Free Apple

The Acorn Princess vs. Starlight Brigade

I Love to Singa vs. Cinderella

Secret War vs. Everything Will Be OK

Vincent vs. The Backwater Gospel

Coming Out vs. Jumping

Strawberry Ice Cream vs. In a Heartbeat

Hedgehog in the Fog vs. "Don vs. Raph"

The Naked King -What a Beautiful Life- vs. Ciao, Alberto

Bigtop Burger Season 1 vs. One Small Step

Llamas with Hats vs. Drawn to You

Egg vs. The Legend of Pipi

Grandma's Hero vs. Shop: A Pop Opera

Goodbye Jerome! vs. Wallace and Gromit: The Wrong Trousers

Opal vs. Friendly Shadow

Forget Me Not vs. Captain Yajima

Kitbull vs. Lackadaisy

La Luna vs. Kapaemahu

The Man Who Planted Trees vs. Ramshackle

To Beep or Not to Beep vs. Piper

Jinxy Jenkins & Lucky Lou vs. Less than Human

Scattershot vs. Blood Bound

What's Opera, Doc? vs. Robin Robin

Double King vs. Bully for Bugs

I Should Leave This Mall I Think vs. Virus

Duck Amuck vs. Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century

The Cat Concerto vs. Dead Horse

Long Gone Gulch vs. Agoraphobia

Paperman vs. There's a Man in the Woods

"Animator vs. Animation V" vs. Rabbit of Seville

My Friends Take the Night Bus vs. Geri's Game

Puparia vs. Long-Haired Hare

The Dream of a Ridiculous Man vs. Welcome to My Life

Red Flags vs. Loop

The Witness vs. Welcome to Hell vs. Drop