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molluskzone · 3 months ago
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happy belated birthday eve
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vee-of-the-stars · 2 years ago
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WOAH, DIDN'T KNOW THEY WOULD COME HERE TOO!!!!!
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Wanted to do something for Kirby's Adventure's 30th anniversary (aka Meta Knight's birthday), but I ended up drawing, uuuuuuh... whatever is this. 😅
Well, have two husbens bonding at "Parque del Retiro" in Madrid (bg photo taken by me btw).
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soleilocverse · 9 months ago
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Gel Clings/Window Stickies
Here's pics of some of the gel clings I bought as fic research! The halloween ones were first and would you believe me :) if i said they were on my window until the beginning of this month (march) and then. i sat on this post for 3 weeks DHSKFJH
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Fic research notes below:
I got all of these from target btw!! some of them in the seasonal section, some of them in that dollar section. okay so things i have learned:
BUGS. will stick in these. i thought my room was a bug free zone until i woke up to like three of those little tiny (idet they're fruit flies) stuck to the surfaces.
Follow up point. IF. u try and wipe those bugs out normally, and they're not fresh, they will crumble into little bug dust and get all sorts of stuck in your gel cling. so either catch them early (you won't. ness might if he's checking them every day but these things become bg noise for me) or carefully pluck them out with your fingers wrapped in a paper towel or smth. or resign yourself to bug dust <3
they Will rip if you are too rough with them
FOLLOW UP POINT, they rip much easier when they've been sitting in the sun for five months and u decide now's the time to switch them out :)
sitting in the sun makes them soft and hot and floppy!! they feel thinner and more delicate than the fresh ones
sitting in the sun for five months also gives them a distinct scent that, if i was feeling generous, i would describe as "sun-warmed." and if i was feeling Not generous, i would describe as "melted plastic" aDHSKJDS
they don't actually catch as much hair/dust as i would've expected?
BOO, i hate putting together the ones like the taco where there's multiple parts. they're kind of annoying to line up (this was seconded by someone else irl)
they sure will just make these things whatever. "love you 'slow much'" is v funny and i think the sloths are cute but babes what does that have to do with valentine's :sob: same for all the foods. i put the taco and pizza together with a heart between them tho like they're a couple
LOL i actually did have ones that said trick or treat but they were ugly and i dropped them on the floor behind a stack of boxes and forgot it existed until after i took this photo. so point being. sometimes u buy the set just for one or two cute things in it. (i can't remember if it was the pumpkins or the BOO; that pic includes 3 mish-mashed sets)
IF i had space for it, there is no way i would've taken down the halloween ones so now all i can think of is ness and crew slowly filling up their window w/ all these miscellaneous holiday gel clings until it's filled up (bc. idt any of them could bear saying no to Ness one's he's started it this way, and soleil would take his cue from the others)
actually (and this is why i do fic research) thinking more about those implications and, ahh,, atm at least, i think soleil would genuinely be the first to break and clear up the window (some). athena would be too enamored with ness filling up all this space on his own even if it bothers her a bit, cyrill would genuinely think it looks hilarious and send pics to his family gc every time new clings go up, and ray would be too unbothered to care either way, esp when his partners aren't super bothered. but soleil has the most practice saying no to ness/re-routing him into smth else, and he Would like to be able to look outside again, actually.
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yulecatt · 4 years ago
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greaser boys
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legionofpotatoes · 4 years ago
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alright here’s ma thoughts on that flick I mentioned
we hatewatched a*my of the dead because we were CONVINCED “zombies in las vegas” would be an impossible concept to screw up, but in so assuming we obviously invoked a holy wager with the universe and got reminded, once again, that hoping for improvement from someone who’s dependably put out bad art is never a wise choice 😐
but we were honestly kinda roped in by the marketing??? and expected a goofy fast-paced flick with the odd traditional undead metaphor thrown in, framing some sort of relationship drama maybe or hell even nothing at all! we’d have taken pure indulgent storytelling, idk italian job with zombies in las vegas, I don’t know fucking anything but??? whatever this was???? spoilers below for it is time for One Of My Rants
I mean the main reason I really want to write all this and complain. this film here probably has the most unappealing cinematography I have ever experienced in my life and that is saying something. who the fuck signed off on that CONSTANT shallow-ass depth of field that imprisons your eyeline and turns every shot into bokeh paste???? and I mean every shot almost!!!! I promise if you think I am overreacting just throw a dart at the seek bar and watch twenty seconds from wherever it lands. it is horrifying to look at. at least it gave my girlfriend a good visual shorthand for what it’s like when I lose my glasses
why was sean spicer in this movie. did they pay him to be here. was sean spicer paid hollywood money for his scene in this film because fuck everyone who was involved in that decision
the legitimately baffling hints at the extraterrestrial origins of the infection that went absolutely nowhere and had no dramatic or plot-level bearing. we love to see the franchise sprouts fellas
yet another big budget waste of everything hiroyuki sanada has to offer. and bautista too I guess? I like him but man was this an odd career move
what was the crux of his conflict/resolution with his daughter btw. I understand it was rooted in miscommunication over their forms of grief irt mom but uhh… it was all rather clunky and didn’t land for me. I tried I really tried to buy in but something was wrong fundamentally with the groundwork there, it did not click and their catharsis felt unearned. I know there’s massive amounts of tragic baggage being projected there from the author so I’m not slapping any judgment down really;
but again it would be an easy thing to wave off if they just had a vibrant cast of lovable simpletons with good chemistry and the kinetic sense of plotting the trailers promised (and this premise never discounts good drama, either). but instead it was just two and a half (!) hours of meandering into situations the filmmaking instincts had no idea how to flow in and out of
to wit. I know talking about “bad pacing” is associated with armchair bullshit but consider the example of the scene were dieter does an out of nowhere little dance after childishly screaming but then still-killing a zombie, with the film framing this as a micro character triumph, and not a second later the bg soundtrack instantly fades into an orchestral score dramatizing a nearby mcguffin reveal, completely 180 degreeing the tone without a semblance of deft insert shot stitching or even I dont know a fucking jump cut maybe. now imagine this whiplash for 2.5 hrs uninterrupted
I will keep complaining about the length yeah because this was not a story requiring this much real estate to be told. Uhh in my humble and personal opinion, of course
[man sees zombie tiger] “this is crossing the line!” you can in fact write dialogue that is not utter nonsense that falls apart once you drill down its single fickle layer of referential meta winking. what line are you talking about. you have rules in this insane situation you’re in? total nitpick moment I know but it got burned in my brain for some reason. like a microcosm of the mismanaged dramatic instincts paired with weird writing that dots this movie. I am sure the director calls this either satire or genre deconstruction. I am SO sure
tumblr domino meme that goes from “dude getting sucked off while driving” to “entire las vegas literally nuked”
tig notaro is always great to see but once you know she’s been filmed as a separate greenscreen plate months after photography wrapped - cause she had to apparently replace some abusive asshole but that’s a whole other pig not worth fucking - it becomes impossible to unsee her odd detachment from everyone else in the movie lmao. it doesn’t really “ruin” anything on its lonesome but it is hard to unsee
why. was. sean. spicer. in. this. movie
a very simple key ingredient missing from fully turning lip service sympathy for main uruk hai dude into actual empathy that would generate meaningful conflict with hero family would be to spend a bit more time articulating what he internally wanted the most. because he was obviously trying to do something here with pointed agenda. a family, to have kids, build a caste system, save his wife’s head, return to his planet??? all of these could represent the bigger context in his psychology that spurred his vengeance but none of them are dramatically emphasized long enough for you to cheer him on. I’m not asking too much I promise. Articulating interiority of a mute character is pretty doable with deft cinema language, just gotta linger and hold a shot here and there for a few seconds, frame as his POV, donezo. I know this is also one of those like. “who cares” moments but the movie does, very evidently so, in making this guy an actual character. you can kinda piece it together and create a framework of sympathy for him, sure, but then again he ultimately becomes a foil to be killed and not defeated, so. Ehh whatever
quarantine zone stuff was not a wildly childish covid allegory quarantine zone stuff was not a wildly childish covid allegory quarantine zone stuff was n
the rooftop helicopter fakout at the end was such an ass-backwards, manufactured moment of what could be a simple setup/payoff it just pissed me off??? you gain nothing by giving sad dad five seconds of pointless crisis that flips right back to previous status quo ANYWAY, except for a weaksauce waste of runtime, which could be used instead to get inside notaro’s head and actually SHOW the remorse form as she took off, literally maybe even a frown playing on her face as she’s headed for safety right before we cut back to drax and the kid. just a simple-ass, minimal, momentary setup for what is the most basic filmmaking trick of creating macro catharsis moments. Just???? g o d if you can’t even land that shit why are you even doing any of this
that lil run final pam did was very very charming and super choreographed in a way that was the tiiiniest bit overdone
the whole intro with the simul-backstories and posing with family photos was just… oddly motivated. what was the goal? “here’s what we’re fighting for” vignettes? why? it’s not a functional setup in that vein. what was all that
also I am sorry if this is insensitive but the reasons most characters end up articulating to justify going back into the hell that destroyed their lives makes them sound seriously insane
I dont like complaining about CGI (honestly) but so much of it in modern movies can achieve higher fidelity if the animation is simply subdued. Do not overengineer and over-apply 2D cell methodologies and kinematics to each tiny twitch and movement in a hyper 3D model and I promise you. it will look a thousand times more natural. look at thanos in those last two movies. your rendering and detail are absolutely perfect with the tiger you just have to let stuff sit instead of constantly simulating swaying hair strands and firing off all facial muscles at once. great moment at one point where makeup zombie horse and CG zombie tiger are both in one shot together and just by unnecessary amounts of movement alone you can tell who doesn’t belong. again; detail, rendering, compositing, lighting, all picture-perfect; but y’all just gotta let the animation breathe sometimes, and chill it out
plot holes don’t really matter to me but it was kinda funny how lilly decided not to mention the enormous wrinkle in intel pertaining to an actual territorial tribe of intelligent zombies that require human offerings to let you pass, just so that reveal could play out in real time through the joyous punishment of the cartoonishly misogynistic dude
total chad move for mister uruk hai and final pam to rule from a rusted swimming pool complex
the ending with vanderohe oh my god. with the. cash stacks at the airport register. and specifically them working in his favor. that is literally something you do to get arrested under suspicion of theft. it was almost played for laughs and I respect that. coulda been goofier. make these movies goofy ya dorks
anyway, weird, weird movie. bad marketing. message unclear (something something sins of the father???), baffling editing instincts, literal worst-looking cinematography I ever laid eyes upon. Confidently dying on that last hill
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inkz123 · 4 years ago
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Oof, just checked and I've just passed 700 followers??? WHAAAAATTT??? Lol I was supposed to open a mini draw request once I reached my favorite numbers like 300, 69, or 420 😭😭😭 missed opportunity 💔
Anyways, thanks for all the kind words, constructive criticisms, ideas, inspirations, stories and support you all have graciously given me! I hope my stuff gives value to you guys in any way possible UwU💕
As I didn't get to do it when I planned to, I'm opening 3 draw requests slots as a mini celebration! 🥳🥳🥳 🎉🎊🧨🎆✨🎂🍰🍻🍺
To enter/send a draw request, just DM me here on tumblr ^^👍 if the slot is taken, I'll indicate them here I guess?: (it's a "first come, first served" thing)
Slot 1 : TAKEN! (full body/s)
Slot 2: TAKEN! (waist/s up)
Slot 3: TAKEN! (head shot/s)
Hmm, for do's and dont's?
DO's
Simple cell shading, flat color, lineart
Any characters/OCs, max of 2 in one page (if i dont know them, i can work from description and reference photos, any ships are welcomed too!)
Minimal to no background (BG prop/plain colors)
DONT's
NSFW (I think that ain't allowed here lol)
Mecha and gore, cuz i dont know how?
Complicated backgrounds (ie. forest with a small village peeking through the horizon, and a well to the North East and etc)
"Fully rendered" coloring (not skilled yet 😓)
Err thats all i could think of for now 😅
Btw I might take some time to finish your request, so please spare me when it comes to that 🙏
Also maybe no reblogs for this one? Cuz others might see the "un-updated" slots? But I'll "pin" this comment to the top of my blog so you guys can see the status of the slots immediately ^^👍
Thank you once again, stay safe, and have a great day 👌👍💕✌🌈
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a-muse · 4 years ago
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FVD - Week 4
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The module was building up at a faster pace now. Kuntal was keeping us engaged with his stories from around the world. Carmina and Shilpa had already joined us during our 3rd week but we missed out Suman, Shiva and Probal.
We started with Gestalt laws and theory and their significance. We got to know about Similarity, Continuity, Figure and Ground, Closure and Proximity. There was also another principle of Pragnanz which talks about how we perceive our environment and things around us in terms of simpler shapes and patterns.
So, we got into more examples as we went along. A short recap of my understandings.
Similarity- Elements which are similar to each other in colour, form, texture, size or motion are perceived to be one group.
Continuity- When viewing objects together, human eyes sometimes perceive objects moving in a straight or curved line if they are arranged in such a way.
Figure and Ground -  Our brain sometimes divide elements and their spaces, both negative and positive as foreground and background and look at them in such a way to create that distinction.
Closure- Even if objects do not join together to form a recognisable shape, our brain draws parallels between them and perceive those elements as one single comprehensible entity, shape or form.
Proximity- Objects arranged together start forming shapes or patterns of their own when they are close or far away from each other based on their proximity.
Pragnanz- Human eyes and brains have a tendency to divide and look at environments and things around us in terms of simpler patterns and shapes.
Gestalt Photo Diary
The first assignment of this week was to click photographs which would showcase gestalt principles. These photo may have multiple principles in them but there should be one dominating principle in all of them. 
Initially, I had problems with finding the right subjects but as I started reading and researching more on this topic, I started to notice the principles all around me but next the task was to single out the dominating elements in them. Following ones are few of the pictures I clicked.
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Proximity- How the squares have come together to create a pentagon like shape. It also somehow has a hint of closure as well.
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Continuity- The curved lines moving up and down the wooden blocks.
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Figure and Ground
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Similarity
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Continuity- How the electrical cables continue in the dark BG making our eyes follow them. 
Happy Durga Puja btw everyone.
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Similarity
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Ok a small break. Umm.. let me show what I have filled up in my colour journal this week.
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Kaashful. Durga Puja -can’t really keep calm.
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TV and childhood
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Experiments with textures
This is very interesting as this has been done with plastic crumpled on acrylic white solution with water and left to dry. Some interesting thin ice like patterns.
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Emotions
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Mahisasuramardini. Ok last one about Durga Maa, I promise.
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Music Video with colours
This was the highlight of the week. We were both excited and kind of taken aback with the brief that was provided to us and plus we had to work within random groups of 4 or 5 people, create our own music and patch them with the visuals... Ok phewww..
I meet with my group which consisted of Dikshita, Ranjana and Subhadeep on call and discussed multiple ideas and how to implement them. We looked into  some very interesting links and videos and articles. Let me share a few with you right here right now.
Neil Harbisson: I listen to Colour. It was very fascinating to learn about the different types Synesthesia. The video link for you here.
Kandinsky and his paintings. How he turned music and sounds into colours and finally into beautiful elaborate abstract paintings. The video link.
Look into these. I am sure you will enjoy them. Now for the initial ideas, let me share some of them in here for you to see.
Initial Ideas:
Idea 1: Play with Rasas and their colors along with their corresponding raga patterns as bg music.
Idea 2: How a blind person might sense color through music or sounds with very faint interaction of colors. Just enough to understand the ambience outside
Idea 3: How we can see different colours throughout the day right from the time sun rises to the time it sets and then through the night and till the next morning whenever it rises again. We can use corresponding ragas which run through the timings of the day.
Idea 4: Colors as thoughts in our brain. How unrest, peace, insights, ideas popping in our minds and other things might be working in our minds. Like how a jumbled train of thoughts arriving at a point of insight.
There were multiple brainstorming sessions which helped in moulding the ideas and finally zeroing in on one. Let me take you through the flow of the final idea.
Final Idea
1. When the project is announced:
That AHA moment. Excitement runs through our mind. The project seems to be one of a kind and challenge gives a sudden adrenaline boost.
2. When reality sets in:
We start to question the reality. How do we go about this?
Ok we have groups now. Random, whattt? Ok, do I know this person?
3. When discussions start:
A little bit of icebreaking is required.
Brainstorm, Brainstorm, Brainstorm.
A lot of ideas are coming to me but how do I put those into words? Are the other team members able to understand my idea.
The ideas seem very vague. Actually all of them
Wait, that sounds like a good one. Oh ok how about we do this with that? Now, things are starting to take shape.
4. Reality strikes once again:
The idea seemed very interesting at first but I do not have any clue about how do I take this forward.
Gloominess sets in. Trying to carve time out of busy schedule to do some explorations.
Fail. Do again. Fail Do again. This is getting tiring.
Procrastination overpowers.
Some of the explorations work well.
5. Penultimate stage:
The lethargy is contagious. Everyone seems to be slacking off.
The date and time splashes on the mobile screen. WE HAVE NO TIME LEFT AT ALL.
Panic sets in. Try to do everything to finish off the project somehow. By hook or by crook.
Although the project that you are working on right now seems to be very enjoyable but you just cannot relish the process anymore. Aaaaaghh, this is exhausting.
6. The final deliverable:
Ok the project is done now. (sigh of relief)
You skim through the entire thing once more and find some of the things very roughly done.
Things could have been done better
Blaming ourselves for not taking it seriously the first time.
Showcasing of work. Other people seem to have done a marvellous job.
Ok now that we are done, there is nothing left to do. Only promise ourselves to manage our time better for the next project.
Behind the scenes:
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Had some fun with refined oil, water, colours and guess what, PepFizz
Ink in Water
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Ink in Water
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Milk, water, paint and washing powder
Creation of the BG Track and final video:
We recorded different sounds from around us ranging from washing machines, void sounds from washrooms, voices, metal clanking of glasses and spoons, rattling pf crockery. Then, I further took them to FL Studio, digitally remastered them and created the entire BG track.
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Creating the progressions and melodies on FL Studio
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Layering tracks to make the final score on FL Studio
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Editing the clips and merging the sequences with sounds to create the final video on After Effects 
Let’s see the final video now, shall we?
The journey of Anticipation
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Ok, wow. This was done in a very short period of time with half of our group not well. Pulling this off was a task in itself but the explorations and everything made it worth it. I also tried my hands on FL Studio after a long long time and I plan on continuing composing some scores and music in my spare time from now on.
But although the explorations were fun, it was insightful as well. Many properties of colour, composition and whole treatment of these things came in as hoardes of information as we went along. And making the connections between each shots and relating them to the stages of our narration while thinking in a abstract way of how colours and music would narrate that same thing. It was tough at first but then it seemed very natural. 
But.. But... Ummm.... this whole assignment made my mother pretty angry because the room was a total mess and I was too lazy. But worth taking the risk for assignments this interesting.
Ok that was the end to Week 4. A very fruitful one indeed. Catch up on Week 5 soon.
Alvida, Adios, Tata, Bye Bye, Hasta la Vista and Sayonara till next time.
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