#51 animation exercises

[flickyclicky]

2/51

I've done this exercise before, but in rigged animation, and in 3D with Maya. It has a bit of a weird pop, and I think I need to space the balls apart further when descending so it falls faster. Good note for next time! Sometimes I see people do crazy camera angles and moves with simple exercises like this, and add so much speed and character to the ball. I want to get there too one day. For bouncing balls I definitely need to work on my arcs, always. And I think it might be a good idea to actually do some straight ahead animation for it as well. Pose to pose is a bit stiff for it (as told to me by a friend) lil guy got bonked

[old-powwow-days]

The first major solo museum presentation of fourth-generation Navajo weaver Melissa Cody (b. 1983, No Water Mesa, Arizona) spans the last decade of her practice, showcasing over 30 weavings and a major new work produced for the exhibition. Using long-established weaving techniques and incorporating new digital technologies, Cody assembles and reimagines popular patterns into sophisticated geometric overlays, incorporating atypical dyes and fibers. Her tapestries carry forward the methods of Navajo Germantown weaving, which developed out of the wool and blankets that were made in Germantown, Pennsylvania and supplied by the US government to the Navajo people during the forced expulsion from their territories in the mid-1800s. During this period, the rationed blankets were taken apart and the yarn was used to make new textiles, a practice of reclamation which became the source of the movement. While acknowledging this history and working on a traditional Navajo loom, Cody’s masterful works exercise experimental palettes and patterns that animate through reinvention, reframing traditions as cycles of evolution. Melissa Cody is a Navajo/Diné textile artist and enrolled member of the Navajo/Diné nation. Cody grew up on a Navajo Reservation in Leupp, Arizona and received a Bachelor’s degree in Studio Arts and Museum Studies from Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe. Her work has been featured in The Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia (2022); Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR (2021); National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (2019–2020); Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff (2019); SITE Santa Fe (2018–19); Ingham Chapman Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (2018); Navajo Nation Museum, Window Rock (2018); and the Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe (2017–18). Cody’s works are in the collections of the Stark Museum of Art, Orange, Texas; the Minneapolis Institute of Arts; and The Autry National Center, Los Angeles. In 2020, she earned the Brandford/Elliott Award for Excellence in Fiber Art.

Melissa Cody: Webbed Skies currently on exhibition at MoMA PS1 through September 9nth, 2024

IDs Under the cut

Top to Bottom, Left to Right: White Out. 2012. 3-ply aniline dyed wool. 17 × 24″ (43.2 × 61 cm)

Deep Brain Stimulation. 2011. Wool warp, weft, selvedge cords, and aniline dyes. 40 x 30 3/4 in. (101.6 x 78.1 cm)

World Traveler. 2014. Wool warp, weft, selvedge cords, and aniline dyes. 90 x 48 7/8 in. (228.6 x 124.1 cm)

Into the Depths, She Rappels. 2023. Wool warp, weft, selvedge cords, and aniline dyes. 87 x 51 9/16 in. (221 x 131 cm)

Lightning Storm. 2012. 3-ply aniline dyed wool. 14 × 20″ (35.6 × 50.8 cm)

Pocketful of Rainbows. 2019. Wool warp, weft, selvedge cords, and aniline dyes. 19 x 10 3/4 in. (48.3 x 27.3 cm)

Path of the Snake. 2013. 3-ply aniline dyed wool. 36 × 24″ (91.4 × 61 cm)

[devildomwriter]

Obey Me Simeon Birthday Special 100 Fun Facts

1. Simeon and Lucifer used to take naps together in the Celestial Realm

2. Simeon was once a seraph, for unknown reasons he was demoted to an archangel before the events of the game

3. Simeon’s favorite color is celestial blue

4. Simeon’s favorite animal is a sloth

5. Simeon owns a café in the human world called the angel’s halo

6. Simeon was close enough to Lucifer to be considered one of his brothers

7. Simeon is good at juggling, managing four clubs his first attempt

8. When Simeon is drunk he forgets words and easily cries

9. Simeon describes his job as middle management and cries to Lucifer about it when he gets drunk

10. Simeon makes the best pancakes

11. Simeon has a difficult time trying to act scary

12. Simeon claims he has a hard time getting mad but he’s seen getting mad many times especially as a play director

13. Simeon is the author of TSL

14. Simeon based the TSL characters off the seven brothers

15. Simeon thought it was cute when Levi shyly followed him around too nervous to ask for an autograph

16. Simeon and Diavolo do not get along because Simeon is so good at hiding his true feelings

17. Satan is curious to see what Simeon would be like angry, meanwhile Diavolo is scared to see it

18. Simeon loves making bento boxes for Luke

19. Simeon enjoys escape rooms

20. Simeon’s favorite Devildom food is Black Tapir

21. When a flame salamander became attached to Simeon he considered taking him back to the celestial realm

22. Simeon’s BLT sandwiches are popular among flame salamanders and Beelzebub

23. Simeon enjoys calling Lucifer, Lucy

24. Simeon’s motto is “Learning is a lifetime.”

25. Simeon keeps a daily diary

26. Simeon has been keeping a scrapbook of his and Luke’s time in the Devildom from day one. He claims to be very proud of Luke as he smiles more in each picture.

27. When asked what he’d do if the Devildom disappeared tomorrow, he said he’d take Luke back to the Celestial realm

28. Simeon’s a dog person, specifically chihuahuas

29. Simeon enjoys teasing Luke but prevents anyone else from doing it

30. Simeon and Lucifer used to have movie nights together frequently

31. Simeon is said to be the active one when it comes to love

32. Simeon wishes to “be bound” by his lover

33. Simeon cherishes relationship anniversaries and special dates of remembrance

34. For a relationship with obstacles Simeon states “I wouldn’t want to encounter that if I could avoid it, but I don’t think I’d give up for sure.”

35. Simeon is able to openly express his feelings but will still become jealous

36. It’s implied Lucifer avoids hanging out with Simeon because Simeon is one of the only people who can see through his prideful demeanor

37. Simeon gets along well with Cerberus

38. Simeon sees Luke as his grandson

39. Simeon saved Lucifer and MC’s lives by sneaking into a guarded celestial palace and stealing Michael’s ring of light to give to MC

40. Simeon is very bad with technology but as the game continues he slowly gets better

41. Simeon is so used to using his DDD camera that he’s forgotten how to use a regular camera

42. Simeon once got forced into a self checkout line and in a panic having no idea what to do, he called Lucifer to come save him

43. Simeon helps teach Luke how to do a handstand by holding him from his ankles

44. Simeon couldn’t figure out why he was bad at jump roping until Luke suggested he take off his cape

45. Teaching Simeon how to use his DDD is considered an exercise in futility

46. Simeon is the second-shortest side characters

47. Simeon enjoys cooking

48. Simeon says he can’t wink and is trying to practice

49. As an archangel Simeon is seen as a warrior by other angels

50. Simeon is a skilled musician

51. Simeon thinks horror movies are pretty fun

52. Simeon prefers sweet food over spicy food but likes both

53. Simeon’s human world outfit was chosen by Luke, he decided to go with it after seeing Luke’s cute smiling face

54. Simeon states that just because he’s an angel it doesn’t mean he’s all forgiving

55. As of season four, Simeon is a human after his angelic powers were taken as punishment for stealing from Michael

56. Simeon sees Michael as more of a friend than a supervisor

57. Simeon checks up on Luke to make sure whether or bit he’s actually gone to bed

58. When asmo had shocking pink hair Simeon states it hurt his eyes

59. Simeon believes the whip is an exciting expression of love

60. Simeon enjoys architectures digest

61. Simeon says the secret ingredient for his pancakes is love

62. Simeon was almost attacked by a giant jovial gingerbread man, all he did was smile at it and it shriveled into a fried cookie

63. Simeon taught Luke how to make pie

64. Solomon believes openly sassing the son of the demon king is a very Simeon thing to do

65. Simeon attempted to make solomon cry for his own amusement

66. Simeon once told MC he’d be okay with becoming a demon if it meant he could be with them

67. When Simeon was under a spell that showed him what he wanted to see, he was convinced that Lucifer and his brothers falling from the Devildom was all a long bad dream

68. Simeon says he wouldn’t mind if anyone caught him kissing MC and that they could even make it a point to kiss in front of them

69. Simeon didn’t believe in the exchange program until season four after seeing all the blood sweat and tears diavolo put into it

70. Simeon vents to Lucifer when he’s tired of Michael’s errands

71. Simeon once gave bangles to the brothers enchanted with a spell that would make them angelic. He didn’t place the spell but knew about it.

72. Simeon became an author after leviathan suggested it though at first he claims to be satisfied just reading them

73. Simeon would make up elaborate stories to tell the Cupids

74. Before season three Simeon never stayed in the human realm for a long period of time, though he says he has visited multiple times

75. Simeon enjoys cube puzzles

76. When a rumor about The Angel’s Halo spreads, Simeon requests Mammon and MC’s help to dispel the rumor that if you share a drink together you’ll be together forever. Mammon is unable to pretend to break up and starts crying so Simeon calls him useless

77. Simeon feels anxious seeing others work and not helping out

78. As a seraph Simeon was known to be the least intense

79. Simeon is very serious about his job even becoming very angry when the brothers disrupt him

80. Simeon adores rare books, during the first Christmas event when every swapped gifts he was excited to get the book Satan was hoping to get himself

81. Simeon once got detention in RAD

82. When Mammon created the Miss Em’ dolls, Simeon opted for the goth plushie

83. Raphael claims Simeon is much better at his job (the angelic one) after coming to the Devildom

84. Simeon is one of the only people who can calm down all the brothers

85. At the end of season four Simeon accepted that he’d become human and was okay wearing his celestial realm clothes again thanks to MC’s help and acceptance

86. At the end of season four Simeon decided to stay in the Devildom until Raphael’s year long exchange was over

87. After demotion to human, Simeon was confronted and asked if taking the ring of light is why it happened but he responds “something like that” hinting it could be for more than one reason

88. Simeon tells Mephistopheles he “smiles a lot by nature” when Mephistopheles accuses him of finding him caring for Luke as something funny

89. Simeon once escaped and left Luke to endure Solomon’s cooking by himself

90. Simeon will bribe Lucifer to hang out with him

91. On more than one occasion Simeon has snuck into events celebrating him (Christopher Peugeot)

92. Simeon gets a little embarrassed when he sees his books on store and library shelves

93. Simeon sends Michael sweets from the Devildom is exchange for sweets from the celestial realm

94. Luke claims Simeon is too fond of flouting the rules when it suits him

95. When there was a mess at the café Simeon scared the brothers into helping him clean up

96. As a director, Simeon was called a dictator by the brothers for how strict he was

97. Simeon says he prefers the hustle and bustle of the Devildom over the serene quiet of the celestial realm

98. Simeon is the first person to recognize and point out Levi’s degradation kink and tries to stop him multiple times

99. Despite Simeon always looking serious and seeming hard to read, he claims he’s not thinking about anything deep in particular, and that no one believes him when he explains

100. Simeon thinks it’s fun to cause a stir on occasion

[zoesblogsposts]

o 625 words to know in your target language o

There is a really interesting blog called "Fluent Forever" that aids foreign language learners in tricks, tips and techniques to guide them to achieving fluency "quickly" and efficiently. One of the tricks is to learn these 625 vocab words in your target language, that way you have a basis to start delving into grammar with ease as you can understand a lot of vocab right off the bat. Plus this list of words are common across the world and will aid you in whatever language you are learning. Here is the list in thematic order

• Animal: dog, cat, fish, bird, cow, pig, mouse, horse, wing, animal

• Transportation: train, plane, car, truck, bicycle, bus, boat, ship, tire, gasoline, engine, (train) ticket, transportation

• Location: city, house, apartment, street/road, airport, train station, bridge hotel, restaurant, farm, court, school, office, room, town, university, club, bar, park, camp, store/shop, theater, library, hospital, church, market, country (USA,

France, etc.), building, ground, space (outer space), bank, location

• Clothing: hat, dress, suit, skirt, shirt, T-shirt, pants, shoes, pocket, coat, stain, clothing

• Color: red, green, blue (light/dark), yellow, brown, pink, orange, black, white, gray, color

• People: son, daughter, mother, father, parent (= mother/father), baby, man, woman, brother, sister, family, grandfather, grandmother, husband, wife, king, queen, president, neighbor, boy, girl, child (= boy/girl), adult (= man/woman), human (# animal), friend (Add a friend's name), victim, player, fan, crowd, person

• Job: Teacher, student, lawyer, doctor, patient, waiter, secretary, priest, police, army, soldier, artist, author, manager, reporter, actor, job

• Society: religion, heaven, hell, death, medicine, money, dollar, bill, marriage, wedding, team, race (ethnicity), sex (the act), sex (gender), murder, prison, technology, energy, war, peace, attack, election, magazine, newspaper, poison, gun, sport, race (sport), exercise, ball, game, price, contract, drug, sign, science, God

• Art. band, song, instrument (musical), music, movie, art

• Beverages: coffee, tea, wine, beer, juice, water, milk, beverage

• Food: egg, cheese, bread, soup, cake, chicken, pork, beef, apple, banana orange, lemon, corn, rice, oil, seed, knife, spoon, fork, plate, cup, breakfast, lunch, dinner, sugar, salt, bottle, food

• Home: table, chair, bed, dream, window, door, bedroom, kitchen, bathroom, pencil, pen, photograph, soap, book, page, key, paint, letter, note, wall, paper, floor, ceiling, roof, pool, lock, telephone, garden, yard, needle, bag, box, gift, card, ring, tool

• Electronics: clock, lamp, fan, cell phone, network, computer, program (computer), laptop, screen, camera, television, radio

• Body: head, neck, face, beard, hair, eye, mouth, lip, nose, tooth, ear, tear (drop), tongue, back, toe, finger, foot, hand, leg, arm, shoulder, heart, blood, brain, knee, sweat, disease, bone, voice, skin, body

• Nature: sea, ocean, river, mountain, rain, snow, tree, sun, moon, world, Earth, forest, sky, plant, wind, soil/earth, flower, valley, root, lake, star, grass, leaf, air, sand, beach, wave, fire, ice, island, hill, heat, nature

• Materials: glass, metal, plastic, wood, stone, diamond, clay, dust, gold, copper, silver, material

• Math/Measurements: meter, centimeter, kilogram, inch, foot, pound, half, circle, square, temperature, date, weight, edge, corner

• Misc Nouns: map, dot, consonant, vowel, light, sound, yes, no, piece, pain, injury, hole, image, pattern, noun, verb, adjective

• Directions: top, bottom, side, front, back, outside, inside, up, down, left, right, straight, north, south, east, west, direction

• Seasons: Summer, Spring, Winter, Fall, season

• Numbers: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 21, 22, 30, 31, 32, 40, 41, 42, 50, 51, 52, 60, 61, 62, 70, 71, 72, 80, 81, 82, 90, 91, 92, 100, 101, 102, 110, 111, 1000, 1001, 10000, 100000, million, billion, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, number

• Months: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

• Days of the week: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

• Time: year, month, week, day, hour, minute, second, morning, afternoon, evening, night, time

• Verbs: work, play, walk, run, drive, fly, swim, go, stop, follow, think, speak/say, eat, drink, kill, die, smile, laugh, cry, buy, pay, sell, shoot(a gun), learn, jump, smell, hear (a sound), listen (music), taste, touch, see (a bird), watch (TV), kiss, burn, melt, dig, explode, sit, stand, love, pass by, cut, fight, lie down, dance, sleep, wake up, sing, count, marry, pray, win, lose, mix/stir, bend, wash, cook, open, close, write, call, turn, build, teach, grow, draw, feed, catch, throw, clean, find, fall, push, pull, carry, break, wear, hang, shake, sign, beat, lift

• Adjectives: long, short (long), tall, short (vs tall), wide, narrow, big/large, small/little, slow, fast, hot, cold, warm, cool, new, old (new), young, old (young), weak, dead, alive, heavy, light (heavy), dark, light (dark), nuclear, famous

[badbatchposts]

🎱 🍓 🌵🔪🪲. I reblogged the ask game from you, so I wanted to be courteous and send you an ask! I'm honestly curious about these.

Thanks for the ask, friend! It's really nice to be able to reflect on some of these things!! Sorry in advance for the super long responses lol.

🎱 ⇢ post your AO3 total stats:

Works: 2

User Subscriptions: 6

Kudos: 204

Comment Threads: 84

Bookmarks: 67

Subscriptions: 51

Word Count: 67,351

Hits: 4,652

I honestly have no sense of how these stats compare for the usual fanfic writer, but it makes me happy to see how many people have subscribed to my longfic, especially since I don't always get a ton of comments on new chapters. But it seems people are reading! And definitely more people than read my dissertation, lol.

🍓 ⇢ how did you get into writing fanfiction? 

I used to write a lot of original work in high school and early college, but then as things got busy--and as I convinced myself my writing wasn't good enough to be worth it--I largely stopped. I always felt guilty about it. I really enjoyed writing, but didn't think I was creative enough or had the right amount of stamina that it took to complete a long work, and I had this perfectionist idea where it felt like it wasn't worth doing if I couldn't be the best at it.

Then right as the new Bad Batch season came out this year I was struggling a lot with burnout and found that I was spending a lot of time thinking about the show, and decided that I might as well start reading some fanfiction--for the first time ever--and felt like writing it would be a nice creative outlet that might help me recover from my burnout. It really has been great, and some of what's made it so good is actually exactly the sort of things that used to make me think writing fanfiction wasn't worth it. Namely: it's not professionally publishable.

That is, legally, I will never be able to professionally publish and profit from any of what I write--it can only be posted and enjoyed. This actually just took so much of the pressure off. It doesn't have to be perfect--it doesn't even have to be very good, because that's not what it's for.

I started thinking of it more as an exercise for working on my writing skills (things like, okay, in this chapter I'm going to practice writing dialogue, or in this next one I'm going to work more on establishing an interesting setting). As a result, I'm now thinking more about the writing process and improving my storytelling, rather than worrying about trying to make it perfect or good enough to publish or feeling competitive or down on myself when I encounter writing that I feel is much better than my own. It's been really freeing.

All of this happened over ten years since I stopped writing in college, and the other great thing has been seeing that my writing skills didn't disappear. In fact, they've gotten better and grown as a result of the learning I did in the meantime. I'm now much better at envisioning narrative arcs, outlining, getting myself to write consistently instead of just waiting for inspiration to strike me, and a whole load of other skills. It's really helped soothe a part of me that worried that I had abandoned writing, that it was too late for me to "do" anything with it, or that I only would have gotten worse.

🌵 ⇢ share the link to a playlist you love

Parasailing in Rio de Janeiro with a Caipirinha in Your Hand

🔪 ⇢ what's the weirdest topic you researched for a writing project?

I've been spending a lot of time researching historical kitchens on sailing ships and historical brothels for the Pirate AU that I'm working on. Once for an academic paper I was working on a novel that depicts a (non-sexual) human-animal relationship but through very intimate and erotic terms, and I accidentally googled a combination of terms that came back with information on bestiality while on my university's wi-fi.

🪲 ⇢ add 50 words to your current wip and share the paragraph here

The most recent thing I wrote for my Pirate AU (I'm skipping ahead SEVERAL chapters to inspire myself with the steamy bits haha)

“I hardly think I can get into much trouble here. Your crew have been perfect gentlemen.”

Hunter’s eyes glinted in the half-light of the lamps. Though he didn’t move, all of a sudden she was all-too-aware of how close he was, how easy it would be for him to reach out and touch her. “And what about me?” he murmured. “Haven’t you heard from the ladies in port? I’m a scoundrel. A very dangerous man. Maybe you ought to be afraid of me.”

Thanks again, this was a lot of fun!!

[0ketinha]

any animation tip's? youre so good at it!

thankyou! my tips is just training really, maybe do the 51 exercises too, and watch the 12 principles of animation video

[jasminedragonart]

I think I'm going to be doing this while I figure out my art a little bit more. I do want to get better at animation, and while I can't download procreate dreams right now (apparently I have to update?) I can do some of them in normal procreate.

[riuke-doodles]

Practicing the 51 animation exercises~

[citrusbugz]

Some basic animation exercises bc I wanna get back at making actual stuff,,, (yeah I'm doing that 51 things list)

[leon7cgi]

Este es el ejercicio 5 del reto de los 51 great animation exercises to master

5-Character head turn with anticipation

[flickyclicky]

1/51 November 14/2023, trying. I know I'm not a good animator, or really an animator in any sense but I hope I'll be better by the time I finish this challenge. And then one day I'll redo all the exercises and have already learned from mistakes Goals: To learn timing and spacing, to get weighty animations with momentum and life in it . And also, just to animate.

Kinda a melodramatic post but that is what my blog is for, all my thoughts reflecting on myself and my art

[endy-x]

ArtFight Recap (2)

Recap 1 / Recap 3 I thought I'd go and post my attacks from artfight that I did, I had a ton of fun this year, I'm going to post them in batches because there is a lot and I do not have the energy to make an individual post for all of them

If you want me to remove you from this list, or add or remove any links in any way just message me and I will!

Im going to put a keep reading here because there is a lot of stuff here so I dont want to block your feed if you're not interested

Attack 31 was Lyra Banks for NoodletheQueen This was the first character to inspire me to do more than a bust, the wings are really cool

Attack 32 was Amolly Nero for @shushetho777 Very cool character! Great to draw!

Attack 33 was iina for WolfRocket [ Twitter wolventooth and Instagram wolventooth] A response to a beautiful revenge I got

Attack 34 was Night Wing for GumiGummies I dont have much practice with animal characters but I think artfight has helped with that

Attack 35 was Kanai Reiichi for @kanomwanie A very cool looking character who was a joy to draw, I love the vibes

Attack 36 was Victoria for Rocketzzz A very stylised and interesting character design to draw

Attack 37 was Keinan for x_ShadePetrichor_x BUNNY! very fun to draw, very colourful, I loved it

Attack 38 was Ceylon for MsTweets [Twitter MsTweetums] A really cool looking character who I really enjoyed drawing much like Noh

Attack 39 was Amori for @wavi-goat I love her character design and changing her outfit was super fun and a great creative exercise

Attack 40 was Rivin Unus for @zeawesomeness The eyes really inspired me and I am really happy with this one

Attack 41 was Ari for sleepy-veil [deviantART marcellowuwu] The teeth for this guy are really cool and were very fun to draw

Attack 42 was Oriel for ArtisticAngelLucas [Twitter angellucas136] I loved the wide eyed kid stare I did and the character is really cool

Attack 43 was Saint John Divine for BohemianRPSDY I am very proud of how this drawing turned out and I really like how it turned out

Attack 44 was Reiya for Alydoesart I enjoyed drawing her

Attack 45 was Mister Tollens for The_Finagler [Twitter Conlustronaut Instagram conlustronaut] Green :D I loved trying out a single colour outline and the character is super cute

Attack 46 was Wisp for Shrimp_Is_Bug I am so proud of this one and I love the tail I added to the design

Attack 47 was Tonada for Visigo A very cool looking character who I very much enjoyed drawing

Attack 48 was Tsukasa Ikuto for pelupelu456 I love how this one turned out

Attack 49 was Kiyo for anxious_aroace [Twitter anxious_aroace Instagram artistically_ballistic] Im super proud of the pose, makeup and accessories

Attack 50 was Zeri for Alex_Lucci [Twitter @AlexLucci2] The camera inspired me to make a GIF and I'm super happy with it

Attack 51 was Margo for _hairysnails [Instagram:_hairysnails] Her lore of being able to see ghosts really inspired me if you couldnt already tell :)

Attack 52 was Compass for @milkie2 A really cool looking character who I am very proud of my depiction of

Attack 53 was Beni for Beneficial_Results [Twitter @BeneficialStuf Instagram lynnc0re392] A super unique looking character that I really enjoyed to draw

Attack 54 was Valery for HoneyPie07 [Instagram rat.lemo.ndoodles] A super pretty character who I had a great time drawing

Attack 55 was tbn for @l0veproof I love this character design and I am really happy with the shading and colouring

Attack 56 was Lillium for @katanasspirits I am very proud of this for getting the character across because its an incredibly cool character though Im not sure if the angle I was trying to portray was very clear, either was Im very happy with this

Attack 57 was Annabelle for Estracturius A very cute character who I really like my drawing of

Attack 58 was Captain Summers for gigaegg [Instagram gigaegg] A really cool character as always

Attack 59 was Michoko Lapikichante ❤️ for Crayonne [Instagram Crayonne99] I am super proud of this drawing, I did so many details, most of which were covered by the wings but Im not sad about it ;u;

Attack 60 was Unigal for Sorenhi [Twitter Vampsoren] A super cute character who I am very happy with my drawing of

[goldbattousai]

01.- Simple Ball bounce in place (51 Great Animation Loops to Practice)

Let's start this cool tour! Like my doodles, I hope to upload a loop every week. All of these exercises will be Pokémon themed cuz... why not?

[librivore42]

I don't think I ever shared my more recent attempts for animator island's 51 animation exercises list. I unfortunately only have copies of them in video form and tumblr only lets me have one video per post, so you get an Emotion:

[voraciousvore]

The Half-Blood Giant (32/51)

Chapter 32: Comfort/ Discomfort

Hunter ran up to one of the dormitory buildings and hid behind it, in the familiar narrow space between the back wall and the hedge. He sat down and hugged his knees to his chest, struggling to hold in his overflowing emotions. He failed miserably, and the tears began to stream like waterfalls down his cheeks. He snorted and sniffled and sobbed, unable to contain himself. He collapsed on his side and curled into a fetal position. He was just so sad and broken inside. He had no energy or will left to go on. 

It took him several minutes of crying and wailing before he realized he was behind the wrong dorm. In his distress, he had fled to the side for the giantesses. By this point, though, Hunter really didn’t care. He was already in trouble, so what difference did it make? Besides, if anyone came looking for him, they probably wouldn’t think to check this side right away. Perhaps he’d be safer here. He stayed where he was, wallowing in endless despair. 

Meanwhile, Hannah was alone in the human dorm, enjoying some peace and quiet as she finished out her day with some homework. One of her favorite things about the integration school was not having physical education, since the human students got more than enough exercise biking all over the giant campus. She knew some students like Hector would prefer to play sports, but she was not among them. Having a shorter school day on certain days was a blessing as well. 

The quiet was interrupted by the earthquakes of a giant’s footsteps, approaching rapidly and making the whole building shake. While the seismic tremors were a regular occurrence, all the giant students were supposed to be in class. A substantial whump rattled the foundation right up to the roof, as if a giant had collapsed to the ground. Hannah looked up, puzzled, before going back to her homework. Massive thumps and bangs were not uncommon when surrounded by giants. 

After a moment of quiet, the disruptions resumed. Hannah was bewildered to hear a giant boy crying. Though his sobs were muted, giants were loud simply by nature of their size, and the sound carried over, vibrating the air. Hannah set down her pencil and looked out the window. She couldn’t see much, since the massive wall of the giantess dorm blocked most of the view. She debated what to do. Her chest tightened with anxiety when she imagined walking up to an unknown giant in isolation, without anybody nearby. Such an act could be quite dangerous. On the other hand, whoever this giant was, he clearly was upset and needed comforting. 

Her compassion and curiosity won out and she left the safety of the human dorm to find out what was going on. She followed the sobs behind the giant building and found a giant hunched over on his side on the ground. She froze when she recognized his rusty red hair and the bulk of his shoulders and chest. He hadn’t spotted her yet; she still had time to escape unnoticed. However, the memory of Hector’s words stopped her. Hunter needed help. She could plainly see it now. Stripped of his grim, misanthropic façade, Hunter’s true self was laid bare before her, drowning in unbearable pain. She could no longer deny the truth right before her eyes. 

Hannah’s heart palpitated as she forced her feet to move towards the giant. She felt like she was trudging through wet cement. She saw him sniffle and then all at once tense up. A bolt shot through her form, shocking her in place. Had he spotted her? For what felt like an eternity, neither of them moved. Hannah couldn’t even breathe. His gigantic head rotated up to her, and those green eyes, overflowing with water, pierced clean through her. Her heart stopped and her mouth froze open. 

“Go away,” Hunter growled like a wounded animal under threat. His bass voice boomed into her core. “Leave me alone.” Hannah would have been more than happy to oblige him, but her soul had left her body. She couldn’t move her leaden legs. 

Hunter glared at her for a long moment, irritated at first when she didn’t obey his command and simply stared back at him in a state of paralysis. As he contemplated her, though, something broke inside his chest. His features softened as the rage and hate inside him bled out, leaving only bitter anguish. He changed his mind: He didn’t want to be alone anymore. He wanted to be comforted, to hold her precious little form in his hand, close to his chest. Hesitantly, Hunter reached his hand out for her. Hannah’s nerves screamed at her to run, but she couldn’t move, couldn’t even scream as the giant fingers closed around her. To her surprise, his touch was exceedingly gentle, very different from before when he snatched her. She was unable to muster up the willpower to resist as his hand lifted her up and brought her closer. 

Hunter examined her in his hand as he lay on his side. Just holding her, gazing upon her, drinking in her hypnotic scent, filled him with calm. There was something about her that he didn’t fully understand. She wasn’t just another human. She was special. She was unique. She was... fascinating, with her cute little face and dainty little limbs. He wanted to know all about her. She sat limp as a ragdoll against his fingers, looking up at him with wide, frightened eyes. He was relieved she hadn’t screamed or tried to run, like he imagined she would. He couldn’t blame her for being a little scared. She was such a tiny thing after all, when compared to a big giant like him. 

He drew her in to his chest, pressing her gently against the fabric of his shirt. Hannah sucked in a sharp breath as the giant’s massive body surrounded her. The enormity of his being, the raw power, muscle, strength, and heat of the wall of flesh encompassing her, was overwhelming. She snapped out of her petrification and began to tremble uncontrollably as she became fully aware of just how small and helpless she was in his presence. His substantial chest swelled with his breathing, like the rise and ebb of the tide, and his gigantic heart throbbed with the regularity of a ticking clock. She noticed his breathing was ragged, his chest spasming from his sobs. Despite her fear, she felt sympathy for him. 

Hunter sensed her shaking in his hand and held her tighter. Hannah felt a rising panic that he would crush her. She pushed against his chest, but he didn’t let go, pulling her in closer instead. She started to hyperventilate as she realized her strength was insufficient to budge giant fingers that were larger than her entire body. She couldn’t escape. Hunter had calmed down, but she was inches away from losing her wits. She wriggled in his hand, to no avail. He didn’t acknowledge her efforts at all. 

“Hunter, let me go,” she pleaded through shallow breaths. He didn’t respond, almost as if he hadn’t heard her. She tried to quell her alarm and relax. He wasn’t hurting her; he was just holding her. He was in pain; he just wanted comfort. Even so, the fact that he wouldn’t let her go terrified her. She repressed the urge to scream and cry. She didn’t trust him. She pressed her hands and feet into his chest a second time, but she was stuck. Her heart was racing, in contrast to the slow, rhythmic pumping of his giant heart that resounded in her ears. 

“Quit squirming,” Hunter demanded. He spoke the words softly, but his voice resounded through Hannah, since she was right up to his chest. She went rigid, afraid of what he was capable of. She couldn’t hold still for long before she began to quake again, against her will. Hunter let out a long, laborious, shaky sigh as he crumbled with wretched misery. 

“You hate me, don’t you?” he lamented. “Just like everyone else does.” Hannah didn’t know how to respond. She couldn’t speak her thoughts when she was clutched in his huge hands at his mercy. He could easily break her if she angered him. Her little body quivered harder. The giant finally loosened his grip on her, but she didn’t dare try to bolt, lest he snatch her up again. She assured herself, weakly, that she was okay. She hadn’t been harmed, hadn’t been squashed. Her body was intact. 

As if the giant intended to ruin her peace of mind, his cavernous stomach interjected with a vehement grumble. Hannah squeaked at the unexpectedly loud, foreboding noise. With her so close to his torso, she could hear the sound with deafening, graphic clarity. She could clearly discern the trickle of gastric fluids within the digestive organ, being sloshed around by groaning, churning walls of meat. Involuntarily, images flashed through her mind of what his internals would look like if she were inside. She recalled being close to his huge mouth as he licked his teeth, his hot breath covering her. What had he said? About humans only being good for filling a giant’s belly? She shuddered. 

Hunter’s huge mass shifted around her. She peered up from the confines of his hand to find his immense face looking down at her. He was no longer crying, though his eyes and cheeks had a slight puffiness to them. His gaze was cold and hungry—like a predator. She flinched back and whined, pressing herself into his palm, but she had nowhere to go when he was all around her. His eyebrows turned down with displeasure at her reaction. He swallowed and opened his mouth slightly, as if about to say something, but then closed it again. His stomach roared a second time, stronger and more prolonged in its insistence for a meal. 

Hannah cringed and turned her head away from his. She curled into a ball within the semicircle of his hand, trying to make herself as small and inconspicuous as possible. Terror clawed at her brain as she waited to see what would happen. His fingers moved and his giant hand closed entirely around her into a fist, but with the upmost care and gentleness. Hannah felt herself being lifted up within the hollow of his fist, and prepared herself for whatever horror he was about to inflict. To her surprise, however, he opened his hand and gingerly placed her on the floor. His fingers lingered on her, brushing across her softly as he removed his hand. 

“Go,” he uttered in a cutting tone. “Get out of my sight.” Hannah didn’t wait. She hopped to her feet and ran. Hunter observed her dashing away with a lead weight in his chest. It wasn’t his intention to frighten her, yet he had just by being so large and hungry. He knew, deep down, she would never accept him. She hated and feared him just like all the others. He sat up with his back against the wall, staring intensely into the verdant foliage of the hedge. He was all dried out. He couldn’t cry anymore; all he had left was an empty, gaping hole in his chest, and in his stomach, with nothing to fill it. 

Fortunately, nobody came looking for Hunter, so he stayed in the same spot for the rest of the class period, until the last bell signaled the end of the day. He could smell Hannah hiding in the human dorm, out of sight, and his chest tightened with a pang of sadness. He wanted her to like him. He didn’t care as much what anybody else thought, since everybody had turned against him, but she was different. He felt tender feelings for her that he had never felt before for anybody else. Unfortunately, those feelings overlapped with a stronger desire, a physical desire, a ravenous hunger. He wasn’t sure how to reconcile those two urges, that were diametrically opposed and yet so similar—both desires to hold and possess and be close, just in different ways. 

Hannah felt quite the opposite way about Hunter. She didn’t want to be anywhere near him. She raced into the dorm and slammed the door shut behind her, panting hard. She huddled into a corner of the room, trying to hide—not just from Hunter, but from her own terror that was eating her alive. She couldn’t relax, knowing that he was right outside. Now it was her turn to cry and seclude herself, at least until he left. Her limbs folded in with agonizing tension until, at long last, his thudding footsteps rattled the walls and faded away into mild tremors. She let out a shaky breath and relaxed her muscles. She was safe, for now—until she’d be forced to be with him in class again.  

Chapter 33

Chapter 1

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Holidays 8.22

Holidays

America’s Cup Day

Baltic Unity Day (Latvia)

Be An Angel Day

Chuck Brown Day

Dia do Folclore (Folklore Day; Brazil)

Exercise Day

Feast of the Queenship of Mary

Flag Day (Russia)

International Apostasy Day

International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion of Belief (UN)

International Museum Meme Day

Liquid Soap Day

Loch Ness Monster Day

Madras Day (India)

National Firefighters Day (Mexico)

National Pamela Day

National Punctuation Day

National Rainbow Baby Day

National Surgical Oncologist Day

National Tooth Fairy Day (also 2.28)

Never Bean Better Day

Pocketphone Day

Rumpleskunkskin’s Wedding (Goblin celebration)

Salmon Day (French Republic)

Southern Hemisphere Hoodie-Hoo Day

Take Your Cat to the Vet Day

Tunamint (Natural Chimneys, Virginia)

World Folklore Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Eat a Peach Day

National Bao Day

National Pecan Torte Day

World Jolly Rice Day

World Plant Milk Day

Independence Days

Arstotzkan Union (Declared, 2019) [unrecognized]

Wakamawabla (Declared, 2016) [unrecognized]

Feast Days

Andrew (Christian; Saint)

Archibald Willard (Artology)

Double Seventh Festival (a.k.a. Qi Xi Festival, Chinese Valentine's Day or Feast of the Milky Way; China) [7th Day of 7th Month]

Fabrizio (Christian; Saint)

Feast of Hathor and Min (Ancient Egypt)

Guinefort (Christian; Saint)

Harrison (Positivist; Saint)

Hippolytus (Christian; Saint)

Ignatius Reilly Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Immaculate Heart of Mary (Roman Catholic)

Janmashtami (Festival celebrating birth of Krishna; India)

Philibert (Christian; Saint)

Queenship of Mary (Christian; Saint)

Symphorian (Christian; Saint)

Tarantula Teasing Day (Pastafarian)

Timotheus (Christian; Saint)

Virgo zodiac sign begins (Pagan)

The Weatherberries (Muppetism)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]

Premieres

Alice in the Big League (Disney Cartoon; 1927)

And Now For Something Completely Different (Film; 1972)

Another One Bites the Dust, by Queen (Song; 1980)

Bojack Horseman (Animated TV Series; 2014)

Bootle Beetle (Disney Cartoon; 1947)

The Cocktail Party, by T.S. Eliot (Play; 1949)

Dancing in the Streets, recorded by Martha and the Vandellas (Song; 1966)

Ghosts, by Henrik Ibsen (Play; 1883)

G.I. Jane (Film; 1997)

Hamlet 2 (Film; 2008)

High Plains Drifter (Film; 1973)

The House Bunny (Film; 2008)

If I Stay (Film; 2014)

Joy in the Morning, by P.G. Wodehouse (Novel; 1947) [Jeeves #8]

Jumpin’ at the Woodside, recorded by Count Basie (Song; 1938)

Plop Goes the Weasel (WB LT Cartoon; 1953)

Porky’s Poultry Plant (WB LT Cartoon; 1936)

The Saint, by Burt Barer (Film Novelization; 1997) [Saint #51]

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (Film; 2014)

The Skeleton Dance (Disney Cartoon; 1929)

Stand By Me (Film; 1986)

Toby Tortoise Returns (Disney Cartoon; 1936)

Today’s Name Days

Regina, Siegfried (Austria)

Marija, Regina, Vladislava (Croatia)

Bohuslav (Czech Republic)

Symphorian (Denmark)

Iivo, Ivalo, Ivar, Ivari, Ivo (Estonia)

Iivari, Iivo (Finland)

Fabrice (France)

Maria Regina, Regina, Sigfried (Germany)

Menyhért, Mirjam (Hungary)

Fabrizio, Maria, Regina (Italy)

Nadīna, Rudīte (Latvia)

Ipolitas, Karijotas, Rimantė, Sigitas, Zygfridas (Lithuania)

Harriet, Harry (Norway)

Cezary, Dalegor, Fabrycjan, Fabrycy, Hipolit, Hipolita, Maria, Namysław, Oswald, Oswalda, Tymoteusz, Zygfryd (Poland)

Tichomír (Slovakia)

María, Timoteo (Spain)

Henrietta, Henrika (Sweden)

Florence, Florent (Ukraine)

Hayden, Hazel, Heath, Heather, Hector (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 234 of 2024; 131 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 2 of week 34 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Coll (Hazel) [Day 15 of 28]

Chinese: Month 7 (Geng-Shen), Day 7 (Ren-Zi)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 5 Elul 5783

Islamic: 5 Safar 1445

J Cal: 24 Hasa; Threesday [24 of 30]

Julian: 9 August 2023

Moon: 32%: Waxing Crescent

Positivist: 10 Gutenberg (9th Month) [Harrison]

Runic Half Month: As (Gods) [Day 10 of 15]

Season: Summer (Day 62 of 94)

Zodiac: Virgo (Day 1 of 32)

Calendar Changes

Virgo (The Virgin) begins [Zodiac Sign 6; thru 9.22]