#animal art.

[ur-daily-inspiration]

letterpress postcards by Pottering Cat, Japan

[prinz-myshkin]

Bothersome beast, comforting friend

[only-cat-memes]

[marissasketch]

Had to paint Moo Deng!! I love her so much

[caats]

[dmonet-macitan]

learned how to use blenders film making tools

[pawliink]

even our ancestors sang Popipo

[spicymochi]

choose your fav puppy

[robotlyra]

Since we keep getting "live action" CGI remakes of already perfectly adequate animated movies, and because people need to understand that animation is a medium and not a genre, I have prepared this primer about the importance of Visual Language for Conveying Information.

Can you tell what the personalities of these two mice are?

Can you tell now?

Which of these two tigers feels safer to be around?

Which of these three dogs is the funniest one?

If you can answer these questions, then you already have experience with the idea of visual language and stylistic choices being used to impart narrative meaning. If you can understand why these choices were made to impart meaning, then you can understand why animation is a medium for telling stories that has its own inherent value, and is not merely a "placeholder" for the eventual implementation of photorealistic presentation (aka "Live Action" CGI). Animation does not need to be "corrected" or "legitimized" by remaking it into the most representational simulation of observable reality.

[haedyllic]

i promised you 🦋

(crossposting from x, bsky, & ig)

[szczekaczz]

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip, A dog and her puppies

[ur-daily-inspiration]

[catchymemes]

[charrfie]

Chimera

Acrylic on canvas, August 2024

[lunazepotato]

People said that Tumblr isn't a great place to post original art that isn't fanart, but I'm doing it anyway because I haven't got the motivation to draw anything else

Happy pride month lads! 🧡💛🤍💙

from an aroace potato :)