#from the composiiton

[wyrms-game]

quick piece starrin the main character and big bad- everyones two favorite assholes

[bastart13]

48 is an odd number to go from, but I thought I’d rate all the CGs I’ve done roughly in the order I like them (best to worst)

Under the cut because, again, 48 of them

10/10: I feel like I could see this in the game and I like the expression and colours I chose

9.5/10: I drew this 9 months ago but it’s one of few I think would fit in, aside from the messy colouring

9.5/10: Nice atmosphere and I like the lighting. Some anatomy issues

9/10: I like the bright colours and I finally drew a nice Asra. The posing could be more natural

9/10: Most improved. Even if it’s messy, I like the water effect and I drew Muriel’s face right

9/10: I like the colouring, especially with the hair and background. Sketchy lineart and wonky anatomy

9/10: Not quite Valerius’ face and odd anatomy but nice scene and lighting

9/10: Not the Arcana lighting style but it turnsed out nice and I like the pose, even with the rough lineart

8/10: Odd lineart but nice lighting and sweet expressions

8/10: Best background/composition I’ve done but Asra’s face is odd and lighting could be neater

8/10: Soft lineart and good Portia face, but bland lighting/composiiton

8/10: Also soft lineart and good Portia face, but the colours aren’t very cohesive or natural, especially with the background

8/10: Fun pose and nice colouring. Face angle doesn’t quite work

7/10: Nice colours and concept but the face is weird and needs to be neater

7/10: I like the mood of this, but it’s clearly an early one with the rough lineart and Lucio’s face isn’t quite right.

7/10: Always a delight to draw Julianne (w/timmyandscribbles). Lovely background, but not an integrated composition and some strange lineart

6/10: One of the best compositions and colours chosen, Orion (w/pumpkunbread) was lovely to draw. It’s clear I was sketchy with the lineart

6/10: Soft Isha and nice colours, but some strange anatomy with Lucio

6/10: Rought lineart and crowded composition but good mood and colours

6/10: Nice colour scheme but odd lighting and stiff pose. Lucio’s face is good but just a little too sharp

6/10: Happy with the mood but the pose needs to be more natural and the anatomy is strange

5/10: Like the colours and pose, but the lineart is too thick and the colouring is messy. Odd mouth

5/10: Good pose, lineart, and colouring, but Portia’s face is drawn strangely

5/10: Interesting lighting and composition but it’s very rough

4/10: Great expression and concept but messy lineart and anatomy

4/10: Attempt at a background, nice lighting, weird expressions and anatomy

4/10: Composition, pose, and expression makes it feel like a game CG but it’s too messy. Colours are too pink/unnatural

4/10: Like the colouring but poor Muriel’s face

4/10: Ditto but also rip wolf anatomy

4/10: I like the concept and it’s a nice drawing (w/aaliyah-draws), but the colouring and lineart is clearly not the Arcana style

4/10: Rip Lucio’s face but I’m really happy with the colours and I still have no clue how I painted that gold. I’ve never done it as well since

3/10: Nice expression and vibe but the anatomy is stiff and the colouring is too messy

3/10: Rip Lucio’s face 2.0 and the colouring is plasticy and bland

3/10: Nice concept and colours, but it’s not the Arcana style and the lineart is too thick/rough. Clearly never drawn Isha from this angle

3/10: Soulless expression, thick lineart, and strange, plastic colouring, though the hair and concept is nice

3/10: Colouring feels unfinished and the pose is stiff

3/10: Strange anatomy and the style is off but it’s a cute scene

2/10: Doesn’t look like Muriel and overambitious background for how well I could draw fur and fabrics

2/10: This colouring is incredibly rough and shoddy. The lighting is unnatural and incohesive, combined with rough lineart

2/10: Rip Muriel’s face, the pose needed more reference, and the lighting doesn’t really work. Nice expression?

2/10: God, Muriel, I’m sorry for your face. The pose is stiff and awkward with the background

1/10: Portia, I’m so sorry. Drew this when I was tired. The anatomy is stiff, face looks off, and the composition doesn’t lead the eye the right way

1/10: Did not know how to draw fur, Isha’s face, or this pose. Colouring is really bland, though I’m forgiving as it’s one of the first I drew

[ogaferoga]

Creator tag game

I was tagged by @tuafives​, @number5theboy, @lilapittss, @timelessthirteenthdoctor, @andyoudoctor , @iridescentides all of whom are incredible talented people and so kind to tag me in these things even though I’ve only made about 3 sets ever :’) thank you!!

Rules: Answer the questions and then tag 10+ other creators to answer the questions!

first creation and most recent creation of 2020: first was my very first gifset before i knew how to make gifs, made in September, of klaus’s baldwin line, most recent was a celebration of the i think we’re alone now 1987 music video , made last night in a fit of 80s hair passion

one of your favourite creations from 2020: honestly this dumb video co-owned by me and @number5theboy​ was created in such a collective fever dream of nov 3 / destiel insanity and i look back at it fondly

your favourite colouring: uhh this vissy one has something going on

a creation that took you forever: hmm these goddamn donuts took 2 months so, they win

your creation from 2020 that received the most notes: this super effective post is at 32k which is objectively, too many

a creation you think deserved more notes: i dont tend to think my stuff ~deserves more notes cause if people arent into it, its all good, but my emoji set did take an amount of time

a creation with a favourite scene/quote:  i made this when did we all get sexier inspired one very early on and its still a great quote

a new fandom you joined and a creation you made for it: i joined the TUA fandom and no other fandom so everything i make is tua! ya cant be rid of me

a creation you made that breaks your heart: my falsettos klave set :(

a ‘simple’ creation that you really love:  i like this one of grace because she is pretty and i had to do barely anything with the colouring :)

a creation that was inspired by another one (add both your creation and the one that inspired it!): ahh i don’t know!! I can’t think of anything specifically inspired, besides the general inspiration I feel from everyone else’s beautiful creations

a favourite creation created by someone else: SO MANY!! cant choose one so I will list a bunch like a maniac: i just rb this gorgeous colouring of five by @tuafives and i cant stop thinking about it, this one by @andyoudoctor still makes me yell about umbrellas being windows, this amazing horror movie au by @number5theboy is still one of my fave things ever and i want it to be real, i am such a sucker for vissy and this whole set is gorgeous by @timelessthirteenthdoctor , i still very much enjoy the hilarity @fivevanyaklaus added to allison being iconic, this allison set by @lilapittss fills me with complete joy, the colouring on this five and dolores set by @iridescentides still blows my mind, and i am still obsessed with the composiiton/colouring/everything in this five set by @evakant 

some of your favourite content creators from the year: again, SO MANY!!! all the ppl I already tagged, also, @joe-alkaysani , @royalarmyofoz , @olisgifs , @i-seeaspaceshipinthe-sky , @katgreeves , @yenvengerberg , @bartonclinton , and i am certain loads more I am not remembering right at this moment

another couple more creations of yours that you love: ill plug my tua vintage book covers again!

I no pressure tag everyone I’ve mentioned who hasn’t done this yet (if anyone hasn’t who would like to :) )

[grad604calebjerome]

4 IMAGES — WHO I AM

IMAGE 01: CATHEDRAL

The photo taken here was a image I captured while overseas in Europe it was a cathedral which celebrated art and form, sculpture in celebration of higher power. The experience of travel when I was 19 years old shaped my understanding of the world and what was possible and I could achieve. It also exposed me to alot of artist references and designers, architects, and renaissance artwork which has informed my practice. I strongly refer to the past as my teacher that guides me and I can pull references from. 

IMAGE 02: PHOTOGRAPH

My fascination with exploring thematic ideas has been present since I was in high school. I was drawn to social commentary and having a voice through art. A way to abstractly display ideas and communicate a message through semiotics and visual language/images.

IMAGE 03: 48 LAWS OF POWER

Since a young adolescent I have been into literature and the novelty of stories. Through storytelling I liked being consumed by a narrative and epxlorign them thoroughly. As I got older I was drawn to more philosophical books and literature. This helped me develop into a young adult and guide me to be the man I am today. This was also important as in through literature I understood the role of the reader/consumer and the relationship to the characters and plot. World Building. Thematics and revealing a message through layers of ideas and characters.

IMAGE 04: BLADE RUNNER SCREENGRAB

I have also been captivated by motion. The cinematography of Ridley Scott and the scifi genre in particular taught me what it was like to dream and create realities. But also how different shot provoked emotive responses and the clever use of layout, composiiton and colour. Movies was a way I could unpack hidden messages, ideas and how the messages could be applied to my life as I explored them with my mother.

[grad603kineticcalebjerome]

TODAY’S EMISSION LEVELS

Following a type focused composition I wanted to go back to a more illlustrative focused composition which visually demonstrated the words Great was speaking. In this part of the speech she drags out the words Todays, Emissions and Levels. To emphasise this elongated pronounciation of these specific words I wanted to replicate the drage in speech by stretching or dragging the words onto the screen. 

In thi sparticualr example where the design landed I used the ____ effect to extend the letters and bring the words slowly into frame.

While this happened I copied an illustration of a cloud off the internet and used the pen tool to create a path on After Effects. I could have probably created this path within Illustrator but I wanted to try to keep the majority of my work within this application to see how far I could push it and understand how the features and functionality of these features differ from that of other Adobe applications.

I then used trim path to choose starting and ending keyframes from which the cloud would start animating. 

I experimented with the text to see if I could potentially animate it from different parts of the composition, for example ‘With Todays’ coming from the top of the composition, or other areas of the page. I also tested for them to swing around the composition and blend into the centre; yet none were as effectiove as both of the type lines coming from the bottom of the composiiton.

For the transition I wanted to stay away from the overused swipe animation but I wanted to take the trnasiiton horizontally because the way the text came on was vertically directed. I decided to create two masks for the composition dividing the text and animation in two. I split them and keyframed the transition so it would mask out each part from left and right. They would start and ifnish at the same time givign the illusion that they were being covered up and shut off (outwards in). I liked this and beleived it was different enough that it wasnt mundane but still held the same nostalgic simplicity.

[beaneyc]

1/3

So like words don't appear out of thin air, right

They generally come from somewhere.

One of the jobs of a lexicologist is to map how this happens.

0) A word comes in from another language. This is called borrowing. You know exactly what that is.

(CZ) píšťala (whistle) -> pistol

1) Sometimes someone pulls a word out of their arse, and these are called neologisms, this one having been pulled out of the arse of Tolkien.

This is kinda rare outside of fantasy literature and such (but can't be ignored). Even then, it's often supposed to be a borrowing from a fictional language.

<absolute jack shit> + <absolute jack shit> -> hobbit

(you could call this borrowing from a conlang I guess)

Because there is no correspondence between form and meaning in neologisms, there's not much to say about it. It's also (probably) the reason why it's not used outside of specific contexts, and even there it's kinda like 0) in that

2) Sometimes you combine two already existing words together. This is called compounding or composition.

flower + pot -> flowerpot

English has an endlessly frustrating habit of sometimes using a space and sometimes not when writing these down, resulting in this shit:

flower + pot -> flowerpot

flower + pot -> flower-pot

flower + pot -> flower pot

2/3

3) Sometimes, you add so-called bound morphemes to an already existing base word.

These bound morphemes are linguistic structures that carry some lexical or grammatical meaning, but aren't typically 'meaningful' enough to appear on their own.

en- + code -> encode

Notice how we go from a noun to a verb. This doesn't necessarily happen, however.

joke + -er -> joker

I kinda feel like in English it typically does, but I dunno.

Obviously, a headache ensues in that it is not necessarily always clear whether or not we're encountering composition or derivation.

super- + car -> supercar

OR

super + car -> supercar

"Super" is kinda rare as an adjective, but you can definitely find it appearing on its own. But then, what if it's just a lexicalized ( having become a word) bound morpheme? Perhaps, but how do you consistently demonstrate that...blablablabla you get the idea. It ain't easy.

2-3) There's a specific type of fuzziness between composiiton and derivation called (neo-)classical compounds.

-psych- + -log- -> psychology

These ones suck so hard. Those -psych- and -log- things I call chunks, and I hate them.

They can't appear on their own, so they're not base words. But then, they can appear combined with other chunks, so they're not bound morphemes, cuz this:

en- + -er -> *ener

doesn't happen.

So is it derivation or composition? I lump them under composition for no particular reason at all.

4) Sometimes, a word changes its part-of-speech without undergoing any formal changes. So similar to

en- + code -> encode,

we have

fall (VERB) -> fall (NOUN)

You can asshole around by claiming this is derivation with the addition of a so-called zero bound morpheme, so

fall + 0 -> fall,

but that has zero practical benefit in my opinion apart from maybe that some algorithmic approaches require it somehow or make things a bit more practical.

3/3

So this list covers how words come into being in English relatively well, and it very roughly generalizes to to other languages also.

It would constitute a (mini-) formalism or a (mini-) model. It's not very comprehensive or well-defined or anything, but I just kinda vomited it out while taking a break from programming, so it'll serve to illustrate the meme.

When people map word formation, they might come up with lists similar to this. They might break up word formation into these subtypes, like these 5 I just listed, and then they break up the subtypes into further subtypes, until they've reached a granularity of precision that they consider satisfactory.

Every single fucking time you do this, native speakers come up with some shit like we see in the meme that your formalism just doesn't cover at all. This is not hte internet's doing or anything, people have been doing this since the dawn of time.

From the list, pick out one word formation process that describes "McNugget" and "McSchool".

Yeah. It's like trying to grip soap. It always slips out.

[grad603kineticcalebjerome]

“WITH JUST BUSINESS AS USUAL”

I wanted to follow the previous comp with a position transition with the two words entering the frame, this would contrast the previous transition where the circle around the ‘3′ in pretending scaled out and inwards to fill the comp with a blue BG. 

I keyframed the two words into the frame and then like my storyboard highlighted wanted to emphasise buisness as usual. I wanrted to replicate a flicker or repeating blink, to allude to the repeating regularity of buisness and emphasise the word usual. This is done more as a visual exaggeration over any fancy type. I applied the strobe effect to the phrase and programmed the regularities and randomness seed. I understood I could do this manually through keyframing, but recognised in a real-world context when work needs to be executed efficiently this effect would be the first point of choice over manually controlling the keyframes.

When working on this composition I wanted to simplify this block of type as the previous composiitons had been quite animated and intense. I went with my gut and decided now would be a great moment to give the viewer a break from the business and do some simple type transitions and effects. Upon seeing the words technical solutions I thought the random type scrolling effect would be best suited to impersonate codeing and the numbers - similar to that of the Matrix films by the Wachowski Sisters. I went back to problem solved comp and chnaged the transition of type to a scale and used this transition here as I felt it was far better suited.