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[jaubaius]

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[stinkrat-aleks]

you know, I hate to say it, but i told you so!

[notbecauseofvictories]

Last post, I promise, but I do think it’s good and important to see local art (defining that term as broadly as possible) but in my experience you have to put up with the little kick of embarrassment you feel witnessing something too earnest, a little clumsy, not polished within an inch of its life or in step with prevailing trends.

I’m thinking of the dance performances I saw this weekend, but also last week’s street festival, where I watched short films and walked through local art exhibits; I’m thinking about Chicago’s outsider art museum, and even the elaborately decorated (ostensibly tacky) yards I see in rural Illinois, but South Carolina and Tennessee before that, and Michigan before that. Maybe I should cast an even broader net: my aunt’s cross stitch, my grand-aunt’s horrible poetry; the art they display at the nearby retirement community and the halfway house too, which comes from the residents.

If you’re not used to leaving space for that little kick, you might turn away or scoff at all this small, fumbling art. But I think there’s value in forcing yourself to look beyond that initial stab of secondhand embarrassment---to actually appreciate the art in front of you as an expression of something deeply human. You don’t have to think it’s objectively good, or even subjectively good. You don’t have to pretend that a local woman with a talent for oils is the next [INSERT FAMOUS ARTIST HERE]. But I do think you have to appreciate it, because otherwise there is no entrance into making art yourself.

And that, more than anything, is worth preserving.

[humans-are-tasty]

[tentacle-therapissed]

I’m so glad the Guillermo Del Toro Pinocchio movie is being received really well, because it was literally my most anticipated movie of the year! So here’s some fun facts about the crew, concept, and production that got me excited about this movie and that I think would excite much of tumblr as well:

-the screenplay was cowritten by Del Toro and Patrick McHale, creator of Over The Garden Wall and a writer on Adventure Time.

-the movie was codirected by Mark Gustasfon, who was the animation director of Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

-the primary art/animation designers of this movie (production designer Curt Enderle, art director Robert DeSue, character designer Georgina Hayns, animation supervisor Brian Leif Hansen, and photography director Frank Passingham) previously worked on projects that include Coraline, the Corpse Bride, Paranorman, Isle of Dogs, Frankenweenie, Kubo, and Chicken Run.

-Besides Netflix, it was produced by the Henson company (always a good sign when you’re doing anything with puppets) and ShadowMachine, who have produced a lot of Adult Swim shows including Robot Chicken, Moral Orel, and Tuca and Bertie, as well as the Netflix original BoJack Horseman.

-Del Toro was inspired to make this adaptation due to the similarities he’d always noticed between the original Pinocchio story and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Both are about a man-made character’s relationship with his father/creator, and his attempts to understand what it means to be human. This inspiration is why the film takes on a gothic feel at times.

-the movie is over 10 years in the making. Del Toro announced the project in 2008 and production began in 2012, but it went into development hell and no further updates were made for several years. Del Toro has described it as his passion project, saying "I've wanted to make this movie for as long as I can remember.”

-the backdrop of Mussolini’s Italy was intended to show how Pinnochio was able to find his own humanity and will in a time where everyone else was acting like a blindly obedient puppet. Del Toro wanted to deviate from the original book’s themes of obeying authority by making his Pinocchio virtuous for questioning the rules and forging his own set of morals. (Also if you know anything about Del Toro, the guy likes to dunk on fascism.)

-Del Toro didn’t feel the need to have Pinocchio become flesh-and-blood at the end of the movie, saying all you need to be a real human is to behave like one.

I was lucky enough to see this movie in 35 mm in a movie theatre on Thanksgiving weekend. If there are any movie theatre showings near you and you’re in a position to be able to attend them, I would totally recommend it especially if you can go with loved ones. It was a gorgeous, heartwarming, and magical movie to experience on a big screen and perfect for the late fall/winter holiday season.

[ivytea]

may-bells cuisine

[russell-crowe]

S06E03: epic fail

[llamahearted]

they were playing & milly had been planning to lean in and catch her priest man off guard with some joke, but. well. now she's forgotten whatever-it-was she was gonna say

[daydreamerwonderkid]

Jerry the Turkey gets some more friends :D

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You do NOT have permission to repost my art.

Sonic T-shirt requested by my sister. She's absolutely thrilled that Damian's a canonical weeb.

[not-a-comedian]

posts these here as well bcus why not

[inflomora-art]

i gave eddie a haircut ✂️

[dark-cynder49]

Dark Critter Adoption Au Designs for Smiling Critters!

The designs are finally finished! So now I can actually start making story beats and properly answer questions about their story and experiences!

(Also I forgot the scars on Hoppy, the correct scars are on the height chart. It will be fixed in future drawings)

And Enjoy this Colored Height Chart!!

[akiraal]

it's time to klance-fy bro movies

[logicheartsoul]

One of the things I like about seeing things in the highest resolution possible is that you can see tiny but important details that get lost otherwise. The moment from the deleted scene is short but we get a lot of information about Sarah, Sarah and Sam's relationship as siblings, and just also how well the comedic timing of all this is, on top of the canon sarahbucky content.

I just love seeing the variety of expressions Sarah gets to be shown just from this once scene alone! And of course she shares another stare and look with Bucky.

And just look at how deliberate Sam was in stealing the chair when he knew she was interested in it 😂 You know he loves teasing her

[bevioletskies]

You know that...Tinn likes me, right? And I like him too. He’s nice, Mom. He’s been so supportive. When I was competing in Hot Wave, he helped. Whenever I feel bad and...down, he always makes me feel better. I just want you to know that I...I’m dating Tinn. Are you okay with that? Honestly, Mom. I have no problem at all with Heart being deaf. He understands everything just like everyone else. I just started [learning sign language]. I still make mistakes when I use it. We mostly talk through written messages. Nothing is too difficult, Mom. I love it when I’m with him.

GEMINI NORAWIT & FOURTH NATTAWAT in MY SCHOOL PRESIDENT (2022) and MOONLIGHT CHICKEN (2023)

[greekmythcomix]

Roman Chickens 1:

Marc Egg-tony and Cleo-bawk-tra enemy of Rome

Bawk-tavian/ Egg-ustus, first Emperor

( @wolfythewitch called me ‘the chicken artist’ and @readingandsiamese requested this bunch/flock and @nambnb said yes please so that’s what we’re doing now because I can’t resist)