#but ​i have no artistic skills and a very visual sense of humor. so welcome to my hell <3

[themeganator5000]

Turtlenecks

y’know what? it’s my dog’s birthday today i should post something

Giulia: That’s such a cute turtleneck, Luca!

Luca: Thanks!

Giulia: You toooo… Alberto…

Luca: *whispering* I told you she’d notice.

Alberto: *also whispering* That means nothing! It’s Giulia, she’s practically a mind reader!

Giulia: So… meeting with Luca’s parents later today, then?

Alberto: See!

Luca: Okay, so maybe Giulia is an outlier…

Giulia: It’s fine, ragazzi, they won’t suspect a thing. Although, Alberto, you’re supposed to roll the neck dow- oop- no, no, no, no you had it right the first time. …Cavolo, Luca, it’s a miracle you didn’t puncture anything…

Luca: It doesn’t look as bad with scales, I swear!

[gunterfan1992]

Episode Review: ‘Wizard City’ (Distant Lands, Ep. 4)

Airdate: September 2, 2021

Story by: Adam Muto, Jack Pendarvis, Kate Tsang, Hanna K. Nyström, & Charley Feldman

Storyboarded by: Maya Petersen, Hanna K. Nyström, Anna Syvertsson, & Aleks Sennwald, & Haewon Lee

Directed by: Miki Brewster & Jeff Liu (supervising), Sandra Lee (art)

An episode focusing on Peppermint Butler’s dark side is something that the fandom has craved ever since the little guy demanded Finn and Jake’s flesh in season two’s “Death in Bloom.” While installments like season five’s “The Suitor” and season six’s “Nemesis” did much to scratch that itch, the story of the Dark One remained mostly unknown…

And after “Wizard City,” it still remains largely unknown. But that’s OK, because instead of focusing on the character’s history, this special focuses on Peps’ quest to relearn magic at a magic school. Put most simply, this special is largely a fun excuse for the show to riff on Harry Potter and The Owl House-style “magic school hijinks,” and it mostly all works.

The special follows Peps quest to go to WizArts (a definite play on CalArts, the school that Pen Ward and Adam Muto, among many others, went to) so that he can relearn magic and once again become one of the greatest dark wizards of his time. Initially, Peps tries to make friends with cool kid Spader and his posse, but once they learn that Peps is not as talented at magic as they had initially thought, they kick him to the curb. It is at this point that Cadebra, Abracadaniel’s adorkable niece who is fascinated with stage magic, enters the picture. Cadebra tries everything in her power to befriend Peps, but Peps pushes back, since she’s not “cool.” It does not matter, though, because both Peps and Cadebra are sorted into the same “house”—the “Skink House—and are forced to work together.

While Peps and his cohort begin learning more and more complex magic, a secret cult of school professors, led by the otherwise caring Dr. Caledonius, are scheming to resurrect Coconteppi, a powerful dark wizard whose putrid heart has been discovered underneath the school excreting a very powerful ichor. The school cult kidnaps Spader and gives him some of the ichor to drink; they hope that because of his talent, he will be able to house the spirit of Coconteppi. This does not go as planned, and Spader is graphically killed (albeit off screen). (In a more humorous moment, Bufo, the scam wizard from season one’s “Wizard,” also ingests some of the ichor, believing himself powerful enough to handle it, but it kills him.)

Eventually Peps and Cadebra learn what is going on. Dr. Caledonius welcomes Peps, believing that he is strong enough to handle the ichor. When Cadebra’s life is put in danger, Peps reluctantly gives the putrid fluid a swig, which infuses him with the power of Coconteppi. Coconteppi-Peps then kills all the cult members before Cadebra manages to remove the ichor from Peps body. For uncovering a heinous plot, Peps is promoted to the highest house, “Salamander,” but he decides to remain a Skink and learn magic “the hard way” with Cadebra as his friend.

As I mentioned near the start of this review, “Wizard City” spends most of its time riffing on the “magic boarding school” trope, with much of the episode feeling like a light-hearted parody of Harry Potter: The characters, after all, are “sorted” into “houses,” they learn various types of magic from skilled “professors,” and they bunk in different parts of a large castle-like campus. Of course, Harry Potter didn’t invent the idea of a boarding school, but when setting your story in a school for magic, it is very hard not to lean at least somewhat into the Hogwarts relation. And this really is a double-edged sword, for while Harry Potter references can be fun here and there, they can also make the overall story feel like a fanfic parody. This special does a good job focusing more so on the characters rather than the setting, but I won’t lie, at times it did feel as if they show was really trying to make you realize it was making a Harry Potter joke.

Of all the characters introduced in the special, the breakout star is easily Cadebra, voiced by Chloe Coleman. Radiating a sort of Mabel Pines energy, Cadebra is the beam of optimism who shines brightly in an otherwise macabre special. There is something about her plucky personality and sense of wacky individualism that charms the viewer. I appreciate how the show compared and contrasted her with her uncle, the one and only Abracadaniel: like her uncle, Cadebra is a good person who wants to help others, but unlike Abracadaniel, she has a sense of courage and fortitude that results in her taking on a Coconteppi-possessed Peps at the episode’s climax. (Say what you will, Abracadaniel stans, but our favorite custodian would never have done that!) Thanks to her bravery and dedication to Peps, Cadebra is easily the heart of the special.

The episode throws an interesting little curveball into the mix by having the ‘ghost’ of Past Peppermint Butler constantly haunt Peps in the here-and-now. Past Peppermint, it seems, was so determined to become a great wizard, he cursed himself, so that if anything were to go awry, his Past self could materialize and set him straight. It’s confusing, but I do think that mixing the “overbearing parent” trope with a curse is a clever idea; it gives the whole special some dramatic heft. The whole setup is made even funnier by the special’s conclusion: After Future Peppermint Butler is ‘defeated’ and the day is saved, Peps reveals to Cadebra that he still wants to be a great and powerful dark wizard… but he wants to earn that power through hard work and determination. (Peppermint Butler might commune with demons, but he would never sell his soul to one for power; Glob helps those who help themselves, ya know?)

One of the special’s strongest points is its background art. Adventure Time always had some beautiful set pieces, and this special goes above and beyond to give WizArts an ancient sense of grandeur and mystery. Ghostshrimp, a freelance artist who was the show’s lead background designer during seasons 1-4, return for this special as a “visual developer”—basically, he mocked up a bunch of rough designs for the locales, and then the episode’s background artists worked up the final pieces in his style. On his podcast, Ghostshrimp mentioned how hectic he found Adventure Time to be, because he was used to taking his time on pieces. As such, the decision to bring him on for just development was smart, as it allowed him to still come up with iconic background designs while also playing fast and loose with everything. Hopefully the show will continue this approach with the Fionna and Cake miniseries that is coming up. After all, Ghosthsrimp’s style is the look of Adventure Time.

Another strong point for the episode is its voice acting. For one thing, you have your regulars like Tom Kenny and Dana Snyder, and Duncan Trussell, who all give a solid performance. But to voice many of the special’s new characters, the show brought on a bevy of fun actors: Saturday Night Live’s Bill Hader, for instance, is now voicing Bufo, and he does a solid job hamming up his role as the old fogey. And then there’s Toks Olagundoye, whose British accent gives Dr. Caledonius a sense of knowledge and expertise. To my delight and surprise, SungWon Cho, an internet personality and voice actor perhaps better known as ProZD, was tapped to voice Brain Wizard, and he does an excellent job. And finally, Anthony Stewart Head, a very talented actor who I know best as Giles from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, voices Con Wizard, and is even given a fun little ditty to sing. I can safely say that the voice acting in this special is likely the best of the bunch, and it’s obvious that the actors were all having a great time playing their parts.

What drags the whole thing down, in my opinion is the excessive murder. (I joked on Twitter that during the climax of “Wizard City,” it felt like I was watching an Adventure Time-ified version of Invincible!) Infused with the power of Coconteppi, Peps goes on a brutal killing spree, boiling Potable Wizard into steam, zapping Dimension Wizard into another plane of existence, smashing Berdzerd, and—perhaps most graphically—excerebrates (had to look that word up!) Brain Wiz. On Twitter, @sometipsygnostalgic​ argued that while, yes, the scene is startling, it does wonders to transmute “a poor Summer Camp Island knockoff [into] Adventure Time chaos.” The more I think about it, the more I think that’s a fair point; after all, this is hardly the first dark thing that has happened in Adventure Time. But the part that I cannot really stomach is the fact that Spader was murdered for no real reason, and the special ends without anyone really expressing their horror at the situation. Sure, Spader was a schoolyard bully, but he was also a child. And killing a child—either for the drama or the lulz—feels decidedly out of place in an Adventure Time episode. It’s hard to express, but it just felt unnecessarily nihilistic and mean-spirited.

All things considered, I think this was a fun episode, but it was somewhat underwhelming for a ‘finale.’ Much of this is because it had to air after the perfection that was the back-to-back “Obsidian”/”Together Again” wombo combo. But I can’t help but feel like this special just felt a little... off. A little too meanspirited, and it leaned a bit too much on standard tropes. Still, it was a fun spin, and I know that I’ll rewatch it.

Mushroom War Evidence: As Peps rides the bus to school, he passes a bunch of abandoned houses, some of which are buried in the ground. There is an unexploded bomb above the fossilized elephant in the school. Cadebra has a dream that takes place in the ruins of a city.

Final Grade: B+

[abhorrenttheorizer]

Hey! Welcome to the shitshow!

I am abhorrentTheorizer, but you can call me AT for short :]

I am an artist largely specializing in headcanon art regarding unfortunate video game critters I've chosen to subject to virtual animal testing, as well as mythological creatures from all cultures, as well as species I have created on my own accord.

When I stop being a lazy asshole, I may incorporate animations, sculptures, and 3d modelling into my works as well.

When I am not dragging innocent spectators into the depths of headcanon hell/speculative biology hell, I may also post normal fanart and other concepts.

When I am not posting art in general, I am talking about dumb things that can vary greatly in content.

If you want to follow me for fandom-specific content, my current interests are:

- Journey (the PS3 game to be specific, but the band is fine too hahaha)

- ABZÛ

- Sky: Children of the Light

- Among Us

I will post things for other fandoms as well, but it won't be nearly as often as the topics I have listed above.

SOME THINGS TO CONSIDER BEFORE FOLLOWING MY ANTICS:

- My sense of humor is very suggestive and vulgar. For the record, this does not mean I'll post explicit or otherwise mature visual auditory content, nor will I crack jokes about fandoms of mine with a younger target audience. But I will warn you that many of my captions will end up being crass and uncouth in nature. I would like to make myself very clear: If naughty humor is something you aren't okay with, please consider blocking or otherwise avoiding my content instead of bitching at me for being inappropriate.

- I do not do commissions. Occasional requests are fine, but I do not have the skill nor the time to capitalize on my art.

- I will not reblog, like, or talk about anything that is political in nature on this account. I already abhor slacktivism, and I would like to have a space for myself that avoids those topics entirely. This account is for speculative fun only.

- I also will not respond to things that are otherwise drama-filled in nature. This account is for speculative fun only.

Anyway, I have gotten all of the important information out of the way, so I guess this is my conclusion. If you are fine with everything present on this account, please feel free to enjoy the ride. It's going to be a bumpy one :]

[fyeahhozier]

The Irishman is deeper and darker than he's maybe been given credit for... but the geniality and swoon factor remain high.

Variety: Hozier Proves He’s a Career Artist in Gratifying Greek Show

At Hozier’s sold-out show at L.A.’s Greek Friday night, one of the first things you couldn’t help noticing on stage —because it’s still an anomaly — was that his eight-piece lineup was half-male, half-female. Knowing his penchant for socially conscious songs, his decrial of “the anthems of rape culture” in his lyrics, and a general female-friendliness to his appeal, it’s easy to figure this gender parity is a conscious one and think: That is soooo Hozier. Which it is … and so effective, too, like just about every choice he’s made so far in his short, charmed career. On the most practical level, if you can bring in that much female harmony while also getting ace players in the bargain, why wouldn’t you? But it also makes for a good visual emblem of some of the other dual energies Hozier is playing with in his music: darkness and enlightenment; romantic hero and cad; raw blues dude and slick pop hero. He’s got a lot more going on than just being an earnest do-gooder. (Although he does do good, earnestly.)

During Friday’s hour-and-three-quarters set, Hozier focused largely on material from this year’s sophomore album, “Wasteland, Baby!,” which sounded good enough on record but almost uniformly improved in the live experience. Sometimes the upgrade came from making full use of the multi-instrumentalists on hand. The first album’s “Angel of Small Death and the Codeine Scene” now had Hozier on guitar facing off against violinist Emily Kohavi, trading solos — and if it’s hard to hear an electric guitar/fiddle duel without automatically thinking “The Devil Went Down to Georgia,” it was one of many welcome moments making use of the MVP skills of Kohavi, the newest addition to the band. Other times, the improvements on the album versions just had to do with Hozier allowing himself louder and gutsier guitar tones. He’s a bit like Prince, in that way — someone you’d happily listen to playing a very nasty-sounding six-string all night, although he has so many other stylistic fish to fry, which in this case means a still slightly greater emphasis on acoustic finger-picking.

For somebody who made his name on as forlorn but powerful an anthem as his 2014 breakout smash “Take Me to Church,” and who can milk that melodrama for all it’s worth, Hozier has a lot of other modes he can default to. He treads very lightly into the area of soul with songs like “Almost (Sweet Music),” the lyrics of which consist of either name-checking or alluding to some of the great jazz vocal classics of the 20th century, in an idiom that’s not so much jazzy itself as folk-R&B. You could almost cite it as the subtle kind of Memphis-swing thing Justin Timberlake should aspire to, if the tricky polyrhythm and oddly chopped up meters Hozier adds as wrinkles weren’t so un-replicable. Bringing up Stevie Wonder’s “Living for the City” as the night’s sole cover also established that early ‘70s era and sound as an influences he’d like to make perfectly clear. At the other extreme, this son of a blues musician can hard back to those roots so well, in noisy numbers like “Moment’s Silence (Common Tongue)” and the brand new “Jack Boot Jump,” that he could give the Black Keys a run for their money.

“Jack Boot Jump,” which is scheduled to go on an EP of completely fresh material that Hozier said he plans to put out before Christmas, was possibly the highlight of the night, even though — or because — it stripped his excellent band down to just him and longtime drummer Rory Doyle. Having earlier played the current album’s “Nina Cried Power,” which is maybe more of a tribute to other historic protest songs than one of its own, Hozier gave a lengthy introduction to “Jack Boot” indicating that he’s aware of the traps that come with the territory. “I do have some reservations about the words ‘protest song’ and ‘protest music,’” he admitted. “But if you’re familiar with an artist called Woody Guthrie, he wrote the evergreen anthem ‘Tear the Fascists’ down. I was kind of looking into songs in that sort of tradition, that singing out, and I was worried that this is 2019; it’s a very unsubtle way to approach songwriting.” But, he added, “it was a funny few weeks, with 70 people shot in Hong Kong and arrests obviously in Moscow; Chile now at the moment also. And I was thinking, forget about subtle art — what is not subtle is this murder of protesters, and what is not subtle is the jack boot coming down in Orwell’s picture of the future: ‘If you want to imagine the future, imagine a jack boot stomping on a human face forever,’ that chilling quote from ‘1984.’ Anyway, I was just thinking, yeah, f— it, it’s not subtle, but let’s do it.” His electric guitar proceeded to be a machine that kills fascists, and also just slayed as maybe the most rock ‘n’ roll thing he’s written. (Evidence of the new song on the web is scant, or should be, anyway, since he begged the audience “in good faith” not to film it.)

If there’s a knock people have on Hozier, it tends to be the sincerity thing. He’s a nice guy who’s finishing first, which doesn’t necessarily help him become an indie-rock darling or Pitchfork favorite. (Predictably, “Wasteland, Baby!” got a 4.8 rating there — that’s out of 10, not 5.) At the Greek, there was an almost wholesome feeling that would’ve been an immediate turnoff to anyone who insists on having their rock rough, starting with his graciousness in repeatedly naming the band members and repeatedly thanking his opening act (Madison Ryann Ward, a fetchingly husky-voiced Oklahoman filling in on this part of the tour for a laryngitis-stricken Freya Ridings). That extended to a sense of uplift in many of the songs that doesn’t always match the themes of the material. But then, there was the impossible good cheer and attractiveness of the young players, to match Hozier’s own; this is a group where everyone looks as if they could be in Taylor Swift’s band or actually looks like Taylor Swift. The swoon factor in Hozier’s appeal is undeniably high, and it’s safe to say no one left Griffith Park less smitten.

But ladies (and gentlemen), do be aware that Hozier has some dark-side moments that can almost make Leonard Cohen look like Stephen Bishop. The only time he really overtly accentuated that in concert was in introducing and playing the new album’s “No Plan,” a love song that is also an amiable statement of atheism in which Hozier reminds his beloved that the universe is going to collapse upon itself someday. This may be rather like the gambit in which the ‘50s boy gets the girl to make out with him in a fallout shelter, but in any case, Hozier didn’t stint on the end-of-all-things aspect of it, even putting up on screen behind the band a statement from astrophysicist Dr. Katie Mack pointing out humankind’s and the galaxy’s ultimate fate. (“Honestly I never really imagined I’d end up being name-checked in a song for talking about how the universe is eventually going to fade out and die so this is all very exciting for me,” Mack tweeted in replay earlier in the year.) Suffice it to say that with that soulful a vintage ‘70s groove and that fuzz-tastic a guitar line, many babies will be conceived to the tune of “No Plan,” whether it foresees generational lines ending in a godless black hole or not.

Other Hozier songs reveal darker gets more estimable the more you dig into it. With its bird talk, “Shrike” sounds sweet enough, till you realize that a shrike is a kind of bird that impales its prey on thorns, which does add a rather bloody metaphoric undertone to what sounds like a reasonably pacifist breakup song. “Dinner & Diatribes,” meanwhile, is just deeply horny, not thorny. The most brooding song of the set, “Talk,” has verses where Hozier sings in lofty, literary terms about the romantic myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, only to reveal in the chorus that he’s talking to this woman in such high-minded terms because he just wants to charm her into the sack. As a piece of writing, it’s hilarious, establishing a devilish side of Hozier it’s good to hear. As a piece of performance, it’s just sexy.

But as enriching as it is to realize Hozier has a healthy sense of humor in his writing, bad-boy wit is never going to be what you’re going to come away from a Hozier album or show with. The main part of Friday’s concert ended, as expected, with “Take Me to Church,” his outraged take on abuse and homophobia in the scandalized Catholic church — which just happens to be easily taken as a lusty hymn to sexuality. Following that, the large band returned to a stage that had now been decked out in some kind of ivy, as Hozier talked about his love for the late Irish poet Seamus Heaney (whose last words he has tattooed on his arm) and, “since I’ve come this far,” went ahead and recited his poem “Mint,” sharing his hero’s affection for the plant and its “tenacity for life.”

Tenacity is likely to be a buzzword, too, for Hozier, given his leaps and gains as a writer-performer and seeming level head atop his tree-top shoulders. Taller still of voice, musical dexterity and good will — and still just 29 —  he’s somebody the swooners and even some cynics should feel good about settling in with for a very long Irish ride.

[rebelsofshield]

Star Wars Resistance: “The Recruit” -Review

A new era, new worlds, and a new generation of heroes, Star Wars returns to the world of animation with a colorful new series. While its current tone is undeniably light and it certainly is a little rough around the edges, Resistance shows signs of promise for a lively future. (Review Contains Spoilers)

When an assignment to transport intel to the Resistance goes awry, New Republic pilot Kazudo Xiono (Christopher Sean) pulls a daring maneuver to save his fellow pilots and the package in his control. Doing so earns him the attention and respect of Resistance hero Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac). Seeing potential in the eager young man, Poe recruits him for a mission to search undercover for potential First Order involvement on the remote fueling/racing outpost, The Colossus.  Leaving him under the watch of jaded mechanic, Jarek Yaeger (Scott Lawrence), Kaz is forced to make sense of a rough and tumble world while also doing his best to carry out a mission that may be more than he can handle.

It was known for a while that Star Wars Rebels was just one step in Disney’s long plan for the galaxy far, far away’s place in animation. When the Ghost crew’s adventure was announced to be ending in its fourth season, it was widely assumed by most that a new show would follow set in the era of the sequel trilogy. Even after Star Wars Resistance was officially unveiled back in April, just what show would premiere was more or less a mystery.

The result, if the one-hour series premiere “The Recruit” is any indication, is a colorful, visually distinct series that tries to capture a sense of anime style adventure with a light touch and an eye for the playful.

The most striking aspect of Star Wars Resistance at first glance is its vibrant visual style. Polygon Pictures and Lucasfilm Animation have chosen to add a colorful, cel shaded schema to Resistance’s characters and environments. It gives it a quick visual distinction from other Star Wars shows and manages to avoid the drab visuals that plagued early seasons of The Clone Wars and Rebels. While the character designs themselves take some getting used to, they move with a fluidity and energy that avoids the stilted animation that is common among series that employ similar artistic styles.

What the art style does lend itself well to is to rendering environments and vehicles. The Colossus itself is a gorgeously created environment that feels lived in and is swarming with its own sense of culture and diverse life forms. The design for the station and its twisting corridors is stunning and some shots of the surrounding oceans are simply gorgeous. The same can be said for how Resistance’s “anime inspired style” lends itself to its vehicle sequences. Whether in dogfights or in racing, Resistance is most at home when it is in the sky. Directors Steward Lee and Saul Ruiz render these moments with a dynamic camera that jostles alongside rocketing starships.

As for its narrative, unlike The Clone Wars which chronicled an era in time or Rebels which followed a family like ensemble, Resistance is clearly Kazuda Xiono’s story and that ultimately is where the show will need to find its most room to grow and where it struggles the most at the moment.

At the end of “The Recruit” it’s hard as a viewer to really get an understanding of what to make of Kazuda as a character. From the start of the episode, we understand that he is a pilot for the New Republic military and is very talented and brave despite his young age and naiveté. Even though he clearly has the piloting skills to have earned his role, we also learn that Kazuda owes much of his success to the political clout of his father Hamato Xiono, a Senator who has a less than positive view of the Resistance. Christopher Sean sells these early moments of frustration and a desire to prove oneself by helping others with a sense of earnestness. We understand why Kazuda wants this chance to prove himself and earn a place in the galaxy that isn’t defined by legacy or nepotism. However, tt just isn’t really clear why others would grant him this opportunity.

While Kazuda is certainly a well-meaning person, he also possess a rather pervasive sense of clumsiness and impulsive behavior. He comes across as a much younger character than the script may intend. In a way, this creative decision makes sense given the desire to appeal to a younger demographic at the start of the series, but it’s hard to understand whether Kazuda is a very young person operating in a more adult world or an adult with a very young mentality. The distinction is actually very important to our understanding of both the character and the world around him and it makes for some awkward moments throughout Brandon Auman’s script.

As it stands, it’s sort of hard to understand why Poe, who Oscar Isaac voices with as much effortless swagger as the films, would entrust a mission like this to Kazuda. It is easy to buy from how the episode opens that Poe would be impressed with his bravery or skills as a pilot, but to have this translate into an undercover spying addition can’t help but feel like an ill-advised move. For such a potentially sensitive mission, entrusting a young man you barely know seems like an odd move especially one that you’ve never actually seen do any real spying. This only grows increasingly bizarre as the episode stretches on and it is revealed just how atrocious Kazuda is at keeping a low profile. (On a related note, BB-8’s presence here feels a little forced. Not only does it not make much sense that Poe would leave his beloved droid with a relative stranger, but it’s not even really clear what BB is supposed to be doing? I like the little ball as much as anyone, but I can’t quite place for what purpose the droid serves.)

This is not to say that the script itself is a wash. Kazuda’s on station mentor, Jarek Yeager, is an instant standout. Scott Lawrence voices this older space jockey with a world weariness that speaks of someone that has spent their life growing up in conflict. It hints at the most interesting subject matter of “The Recruit” and the show as a whole, which is of a galaxy that is slowly readying itself for war whether it is ready or not. Not everyone is ready to read the signs of brewing conflict, and some, like Yeager, are simply unable to bring themselves to think of a galaxy at war again. It adds a potentially poignancy to the playfulness and the racing theatrics as we as viewers know that this is all about to fall apart once again in just a short time. Yeager himself also carries with him a sort of stern but loving fatherly approach to Kazuda that is rich with dramatic and emotional potential.

Even if he is maybe a tad too one note at the moment, Josh Brener’s Neeku Vozo is another source of joyful humor and good natured positivity that carries throughout. It would be nice to see Neeku eventually grow beyond ill-informed comic relief, but for the moment he adds another fun layer to a show that currently seems to be making a welcoming atmosphere its top priority.

The larger supporting cast in general is also rife with potential. Even if she doesn’t exist as more than an on-crew rival to Kazuda at the moment, Tam Ryvora is voiced well by Suzie McGrath and she adds another fun wrinkle to what appears to be the main ensemble. Even if we only see Torra Doza up close this episode, the Aces also offer up a cast of characters that are exciting in their design and potential.

Even the overarching plot of First Order influence on the Colossus is intriguing, although it feels too nebulous to make much of at the moment.

“The Recruit” shows a series with potential, but outside of its unique visual flair, it doesn’t seem to be reaching it as of yet. There are any number of paths that this series could take going forward and it will be excited to see if it sores or crashes and burns like the show’s own Fireball.

Score: B-

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Animation recruitment agencies in Hyderabad

Are you a student of Animation? Or Want to join and make carrier in such creative industry. Then this blog is for you. In this blog, we will see what is the condition of animation industry in India, What kind of jobs you will get and yes we will talk about the Animation placement consultant in Hyderabad. Because every ones want to work in good place.

A career in animation is one of the most creative and fascinating work I have ever saw. And that’s why mostly youth, are getting attracted towards it.  And why not? If you are getting good salary packages, career growth as well as opportunity to showcase yourself with your creativity, now days a career in this industry could be the right choice. Let me tell you first, what kind of jobs are in this industry.

Here is the list of job roles in animation Industry:

·        3 D Animator

·        2 D Animator

·        Image Editor

·        Graphic Designer

·        3D Modeller

·        Character Animator

·        Key Frame Animator

·        Texture creator

·        Layout creator

·        AV Editor

·        Pre and Post Production executives

·        Background

·        Rigging Artist

·        Lighting Artist

·        Story Boarding

·        Rendering Artist

·        Digital Ink and Paint handler

·        Clean Up Artist

·        Multimedia Programmers

Isn’t it great? Mostly fresher’s get confused when company tell them about job profile in job description, but if you are going with Recruitment consultancy in Hyderabad they will definitely help you out of this. Also consultant helps you to understand what exactly industry needs from you.

You need a perfect education for getting this jobs. There are animation and related degree available in India, for example: B.A in Animation, B.Sc. in Animation, Graphic designing, B.A in fine arts, Diploma in Animation and Certificate Courses. Animation Placement agency in Hyderabad know very well that industry need skillful candidates that’s they search for such candidates, who have proper degree. Apart from your degree you need some skills and qualities. Such as story sense, acting knowledge (required when working with animation character), sense of humor and communication and teamwork.

Other essential skills you have to develop is:

·        Good visual imagination

·        Good color sense

·        Ability to express Ideas through drawings

·        Detail oriented thinking

·        Computer skills

 This Skills help you to do one step better than others. In India people thinks that we are lacking behind in the animation industry comparing other countries, well that’s not totally true. India is growing rapidly in this industry. There are more than 300 well developed huge animation studio in India. Do you know when the first animated film created by the Indian animation industry? It was in 1957. The film name is “The Banyan Deer”.  I am telling this, so you can get an idea that this industry is not new to us. And it will grow in a giant way in future.

Including Animation studios, Animation recruitment agency in Hyderabad also help you to recruit in the other branches of the animation industry, which is:

·        Gaming Sector

·        website design

·        Graphics designing

·        3D product modeling.

·        Online and Print News Media

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The Theatre Bizarre (2011)

Directed by Douglas Buck, Buddy Giovinazzo, David Gregory, Karim Hussain, Jeremy Kasten, Tom Savini and Richard Stanley

Written by Scarlett Amaris, Douglas Buck, John Esposito, Buddy Giovinazzo, David Gregory, Karim Hussain, Emiliano Ranzani and Richard Stanley

Music by Simon Boswell, Susan DiBona and Marquis Howell of Hobo Jazz

Country: United States

Language: English

Running Time: 114 minutes

CAST

Udo Kier as Peg Poett

Virginia Newcomb as Enola Penny

Kaniehtiio Horn as The Writer (segment 'Vision Stains')

Victoria Maurette as Karina (segment 'The Mother Of Toads')

Shane Woodward as Martin (segment 'The Mother Of Toads')

André Hennicke as Axel (segment 'I Love You')

Suzan Anbeh as Mo (segment 'I Love You')

James Gill as Donnie (segment 'Wet Dreams')

Tom Savini as Dr. Maurey (segment 'Wet Dreams')

Debbie Rochon as Carla (segment 'Wet Dreams')

Lena Kleine as The Mother (segment 'The Accident')

Mélodie Simard as The Daughter (segment 'The Accident')

Lindsay Goranson as Estelle (segment 'Sweets')

Guilford Adams as Greg (segment 'Sweets')

Framing Segments

Directed by Jeremy Kasten

Written by Zach Chassler

Cast:

Udo Kier as Peg Poett

Virginia Newcomb as Enola Penny

The Theatre Bizarre is a series of six shorts largely in hock to the grand-guignol tradition of naturalistic horror (i.e. proper ketchup, matey). I know this not because of any keen interest in French theatre but because the framing sequence is called ‘Theatre Guignol’, and it is into this terribly mysterious theatre that Enola Penny (Virginia Newcomb) dreamily wanders one decisive night. Each of the following sections is introduced by the indefatigable Udo Kier playing a big puppet (literally “grand guignol”) who becomes less puppet-like as the movie wears on and (cue wobbly theremin) Enola become less human. Which might be an artistic statement about desensitisation, but is definitely an excuse to watch Udo Kier popping robot-moves, which I think we can all agree is a good thing.

The Mother of Toads

Directed by Richard Stanley

Written by Richard Stanley, Scarlett Amaris and Emiliano Ranzani

Cast:

Catriona MacColl as Mere Antoinette

Shane Woodward as Martin

Victoria Maurette as Karina

Lisa Belle as The Naked Witch (as Lisa Crawford)

Amelie Salomon as The Monster

The Mother of Toads is apparently based on a Clark Ashton Smith story of the same name which I haven’t read, with a bit of HP Lovecraft chucked in. It features a pair of unpleasant young Americans holidaying in France, and I’m not dissing Americans there, this pair really are unlikable; Karina moans that everything is in French in France (quelle surprise!), while Martin is so anaesthetised by his own acumen he can barely push his smug words past the thicket of his trendy beard. They come unstuck when bargain hunting in a French market where a handsome older lady with a mesmerising accent saucily offers Martin a peek at her Necronomicon. Bundling Karina off to a spa Martin spends the day with the accommodating and increasingly ardent crone, drinking suspicious brews and fingering her dusty leaves. Things end badly. This was an agreeably silly creature feature with plenty of the old ugh! quotient, an endearing lack of logic and a pervading sense of encroaching doom. The humour leavening proceedings is clearly no accident; there’s an excellent joke when Martin attempts to extricate himself from a post-coital bed without waking his sleeping and somewhat slimy partner. Probably rings a few bells in the audience that bit. It’s just enjoyably daft, tongue-in-cheek stuff and a welcome reminder that Richard (Hardware (1990), Dust Devil (1992)) Stanley is still rocking his smart-trash groove.

I Love You

Directed by Buddy Giovinazzo

Written by Buddy Giovinazzo

Cast:

André Hennicke as Axel

Suzan Anbeh  as Mo

I Love You is a pretty tough watch and unusually it’s not because of the climactic gore. Axel wakes up in his bathroom disorientated and bloody; turns out he’s an insecure, self-destructive mess who has driven his lady Mo away. Mo returns to sever all ties and leave for good. What follows is an emotionally harrowing battle between two damaged people where words are weapons and the hurt is internal. As blood spattered as the despairing denouement may be the real horror is the extended verbal flensing Mo delivers to Martin, in which she destroys not only his present but also his past. And is she telling the truth? Or is it a desperate attempt to extricate herself from his unquenchable neediness? Like a fox gnawing its paw off to escape the trap? Sometimes uncertainty can be another level of horror. Buddy Giovinazzo delivers a classily acted, tautly suspenseful two-hander which leaves an emotional stain which persists for days.

Wet Dreams

Directed by Tom Savini

Written by John Esposito

Cast:

Debbie Rochon as Carla

Tom Savini as Dr. Maurey

James Gill as Donnie

Jodii Christianson as Maxine

Wet Dreams is directed by Tom Savini, who is legendary in horror for his SFX work and slightly less legendary for his acting, so there’s no excuse for doing an Elvis double take at the fact he’s given himself a role and that his segment is luridly gory. He’s no slouch at directing either, which is nice. The esteemed Mr. Savini plays a psychiatrist, the kind who drinks on the job and talks about raping his mum (i.e. a movie psychiatrist), treating Donnie, a preening jackass who likes smacking his wife, Carla, about and cheating on her. See, Donnie’s having recurring nightmares wherein his sexy dream fun times climax with him being tortured and castrated by his long-suffering wife, in a series of gruesomely humorous and visually explicit ways. Gentlemen viewers may never again think of a fry-up without skittishly crossing their legs. Serves Donnie right you might think, but by the end of the dream-within-a-dream misdirection and its gruesomely pre-code EC Comics twist finale you might think again. Ugh. I mean….ugh. I...Jesus. What could have just been a gratuitous mess of general dismemberment is deftly directed by the savant Savini, resulting in an amoral immorality tale. And need it be said that his skills in the SFX dept remain second to none? No, it need not. So pretend I didn’t say it.

The Accident

Directed by Douglas Buck

Written by Douglas Buck

Cast:

Lena Kleine as Mother

Mélodie Simard as Daughter

Jean-Paul Rivière as Old Biker

Bruno Décary as Young Biker

The Accident provides a brief respite from the onslaught of sensationalistic gore, a pit stop if you will. Even if you won’t, it definitely centres around a cute child asking her blasé mother questions about mortality, said questions raised in the tiny, inquiring mind after the witnessing of an accident earlier in the day involving a deer and a cocky motorcyclist. It’s a very restrained piece, very accomplished, and softer in tone than anything before or after it. There’s a touch of grue when the deer is finished off, but mostly the horror here is the complete horseshit parents come out with to calm their offspring with regards to the ultimately absurd nature of life and death, a subject which everyone spends a lot of time avoiding thinking about on a day to day basis and about which they would rather not be cross-examined about by a child at bedtime. As upsetting as the sight of the deer’s tongue lolling out of its bug eyed head was (very), it wasn’t as upsetting as realising all the lies you have to fill your kid with just so they can function in what we’ve all decided to call reality. Compared to all that, lying about Santa Claus is a minor misdemeanour.

Vision Stains

Directed by Karim Hussain

Written by Karim Hussain

Cast:

Kaniehtiio Horn as The Writer

Cynthia Wu-Maheux as Junkie Girl

Imogen Haworth as Pregnant Woman

Rachelle Glait  as Older Homeless Woman

Alex Ivanovici  as Junkie Man

I have a thing about eye trauma. Not a sexual thing, a “flinch and wave your hands about like you’re warding off invisible birds” thing. It’s a running joke in the Mundano family unit; if there’s some serious eye trauma afoot in the viewing choice, all eyes fall on the father figure as he  tenses for impact. Those similarly (dis)inclined should be warned that there is a seriously impressive amount of eye trauma in Vision Stains. It’s built in as the whole episode rests on the Horror Movie Science concept of people’s past lives flashing before their eyes at the point of death. So if you extract their eye juice as they die and inject it into your own eye you will get to live the edited highlights of another life. Obviously. That sounds about as appealing as it sounds scientifically feasible, but our serial killer heroine is well into it. She basically harvests the lives of the homeless to make up for her personal shortfall in dreams. Judging by the massive pile of notebooks in which she has written the details of all the lives she has nicked, its worked out quite well for her. But people, even dreamless serial killers who prey on the homeless,  are never satisfied, so she decides to take the next step and find out what happens before people have a life to flash in front of their eyes. The results are mixed. Ultimately you can’t help thinking it would have been a lot quicker and far easier on the homeless population if she’d just read Tbomas Ligotti’s The Conspiracy Against the Human race. It’s all very silly but the po-faced approach suggests it is straining for some grandiose meaning; it fails. But it does feature a fantastic amount of eye trauma. Each to their own.

Sweets

Directed by David Gregory

Written by David Gregory

Cast:

Lindsay Goranson as Estelle

Guilford Adams as Greg

Lynn Lowry as Mikela Da Vinci

Jessica Remmers as Antonia

With Sweets, things close on a hilariously disgusting note. A deadpan Estelle and a semi-hysterical Greg talk about their dying relationship in the most banal clichés imaginable as they sit in what was once an apartment, but is now a kind of edible sty plastered with smushed up confectionery.  As trite nonsense falls from her lips Estelle slowly sucks a melting ice cream into her deadpan face. Greg flailing to rescue the dead relationship counters with the expected whiny responses, while spasmodically picking filthy sweets off the floor and ingesting them with all the automotive panache of the true addict. Their stale interactions are punctuated by a series of flashbacks  which parody cinema’s rote scenes of romance, with the pair swilling sweet shit like swilling sweet shit is going out of fashion. Luckily for Greg, Estelle hasn’t quite finished with him, unluckily for Greg he’s about to find out what that means. Sweets is pretty funny in its lip-smacking attack on love and addiction (and love as addiction), and is delightfully cartoonish in style; Estelle is often colour coordinated from hair to shoes with whatever sickly delicacy she is proffering. Of course all the comedy and caricature serve only to distract you while Sweets prepares a delightful gut punch of horror, before the management politely ask you to leave.

 TL;DR: The Theatre Bizarre: it’s worth a watch, but not if you’re squeamish.

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Ucas

Process

I applied to do a PGCE through UCAS. The process in which was straight forward and required signing up for a UCAS profile, provide all your details and decide three universities in which you would want to continue your education in. My choices where Birmingham City University (B25);Primary FS/KS1 (X110), the Manchester Metropolitan University (M40);Art and Design (W1X1) and Birmingham City University (B25); Art and Design (W1X1). As well as adding in two references, I sent my application after all my references had returned to me and i had paid the application fee. One of the most important parts of this application is the personal statement which is key when attempting to gain interview for your chosen universities. 

Personal statement

Throughout my childhood it was in art that I found how to express myself and show my love for creativity in all forms. Since primary school my passion for art was unmistakable. I attended art and craft classes after school throughout the whole of primary school and continued to practice my love of art through junior high school. In 2007 my talents were rewarded when I won the art trophy in my primary school and later on again in high school. I attended an after school camera club through my years in college, to help improve my art skills and also engage with others who share my passion. Through it I learnt to use lighting, different angles, perspectives and compositions to improve my photography skills. Which grew with experience as I entered university and continued with these practices through my art and Design degree. I now can expertly use photo editing software to improve the visual quality of images while also creatively using filters to express new artistic styles. My love for children was has grown with me through out my journey in life. I was a part of the group lifeline in my college years, a school club that helps raise money for a variety of charities. Through lifeline I have baked buns for cake sales and worked as a team to support school events like Rock concerts. Being repeatedly chosen be the child minder of youth for the Santa trail event was a huge highlight and honor. My work with children didn't stop there, through summer I am given responsibly of the youth in the seventh day Adventist church in Corby, the elders where so pleased with my attitude they offered me a chance to join and look after my own group of children in a pathfinders trip. I worked as a volunteer at Welford Primary School were I assisted the teacher in her daily duties. I was eventually given the honor of helping a small group of children better their reading through the supervision of the teacher. Through all my experience I gained a wide variety of communication and management skills. For two years I dedicated my time to helping a local Oxfam charity shop, which was extremely rewarding to help a cause close to my heart, as donations also go towards children in Africa and also it allowed me to gain the experience needed to achieve my part time jobs. I have been working for TCS recruitment agency for the past 6 months and was previously working as a waitress in a local restaurant for over a year. I'm very much involved in my personal fitness. I was part of the hockey team for almost 4 years of my life, participated in athletics and eventually got a badge to represent my hard work in sports. I did volleyball for a year and was in the team and had chances to play matches support for my team. I'm currently addicted to the gym and have been attending a campus gym for the past 2 years. In the past two years I have been a dedicated member of the Christian society in Birmingham city university. My role in the society is to evangelize to other, promoting church growth, and above all be the center of the socializing team which works on welcoming and befriend new member into the society. Most people would agree that I am a flamboyant, funny and a hardworking person. When I want something I work incredibly hard to achieve it. I engage well with my peer group and my teacher and they enjoy my sense of humor and are intrigued with my personality. I find joy in making other people happy and am always accompanied with a smile which goes along side with my optimistic personality. My dream was always to become a teacher, and this course is one step closure to making this dream a reality.

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Tip on How to Make a Perfect Barber Bio

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Even if it’s a Samuel Barber bio (famous orchestra composer) your readers searched for in order to find your website, our professional niche writers will have them longing for your professional haircare skills in no time flat. I could have said ‘singing’ or ‘dancing to a new tune in no time flat,’ but I didn’t want to hear the collective groans directed at my odd sense of humor. In all seriousness, these tips for writing a good barber bio should prove very worthy and be of great help to you.

Barber Bio Tips

The first thing to consider is visual. You want to add a headshot or portrait of yourself to your barber bio. Be sure to have a genuine smile, a clutter-free background and good lighting for the picture. This is the first thing readers will notice.

Second, you want to provide an authentic but brief history of your professional barber’s experience. Not many want to entrust themselves to a person without knowledge of professional hair care or with little to no experience when it comes to hiring a new barber.Let the readers know they are in good hands with you by detailing a bit about your best haircuts. You don’t have to have a famous barber bio to entice readers, simply having a history of creating a satisfied clientele in the past will go a long way in helping you to obtain new business, and/or reader interest.

Third, keep your content relevant. You don’t want to write a makeup artist biography, or priest biography even if you have experience or degrees in either. This is a barber bio so keep the facts pertinent and related only to you and your ability to provide a good haircut. Offering too much information can trigger other ideas or thoughts that send readers in search of something new. Instead, carefully write your words so they can focus only on the immediate task at hand. That is the beauty of today’s technology, it provides an overabundance of information, so much so that it is easy for us to become distracted. Help the readers keep it simple by focusing on your barber abilities alone.

Finally, you want to add a few fun tidbits about yourself, perhaps something to do with family life, hobbies you enjoy, causes you support (if they are neutral in nature), etc. This allows readers the chance to find something they can relate to with you on a personal grade, versus just a professional one. It can go a long way in making readers feel valued and welcomed. They appreciate you sharing a piece of yourself.

Barber Bio Examples

An example of how one might portray a professional barber’s experience:

“Johnny Haircut has secured a steady clientele throughout the years who appreciate his keen sense of style. His willingness to stay current with new barbershop phases and trends, as well as his ability to also remain true to the classic cuts bodes well for anyone wishing to look their very best.”

This allows readers to know Mr. Haircut isn’t just stuck in one frame of mind when it comes to styling. He embraces diversity and has a good feel for providing just what the client has in mind, else he wouldn’t have such a loyal client base. It also proves him to be an experienced barber.

An example of how one might present personal information:

“In his free time, Johnny Haircut and his wife enjoy visiting comedy clubs around the state (he appreciates a good cut up), paddle boarding (he’s always been good with waves) and climbing the Rocky Mountains (though he does also have a fine appreciation for a good flat top).

When he’s not found in the barbershop, you might find him volunteering time at the local animal shelter (Barbers for Dogs) or lending a hand in the neighboring soup kitchen. Extending his good fortune in life to reach others who might be facing hurdles has always been a priority.”

Such an excerpt is lighthearted (the barber-related jokes) and meaningful (lending a hand to the less fortunate) at the same time and gives the reader of a sense of who the person is behind the barber.

Things to Omit

Just as there are givens to what you should include in a bio, there are also some must-haves for things to omit:

First and foremost, you don’t want to include prices for any of the services you are selling. This comes across more as a pitch to gain business than it does a place to welcome and inform.

Second, forgo the desire to put up photos of haircuts you have given in the past. One reader’s styling preferences may be very different from another and if you happen to post pictures of a haircut that a potential client does not like, it can lead to them instantly leaving your website. The rare exception would be if you posted photos of yourself working on a celebrity haircut.

Let others experience barber bio finesse at its finest by leaving out irrelevant information. Nothing distracts faster than happening across a bio filled with information that has absolutely nothing to do with anything you are hoping to find. Keeping the info interesting and relevant will lend itself nicely to your readers sticking around.

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