#problems of drought

[bixels]

I think 90% of my gripes with how modern anime looks comes down to flat color design/palettes.

Non-cohesive, washed-out color palettes can destroy lineart quality. I see this all the time when comparing an anime's lineart/layout to its colored/post-processed final product and it's heartbreaking. Compare this pre-color vs. final frame from Dungeon Meshi's OP.

So much sharpness and detail and weight gets washed out and flattened by 'meh' color design. I LOVE the flow and thickness and shadows in the fabrics on the left. The white against pastel really brings it out. Check out all the detail in their hair, the highlights in Rin's, the different hues to denote hair color, the blue tint in the clothes' shadows, and how all of that just gets... lost. It works, but it's not particularly good and does a disservice to the line-artist.

I'm using Dungeon Meshi as an example not because it's bad, I'm just especially disappointed because this is Studio Trigger we're talking about. The character animation is fantastic, but the color design is usually much more exciting. We're not seeing Trigger at their full potential, so I'm focusing on them.

Here's a very quick and messy color correct. Not meant to be taken seriously, just to provide comparison to see why colors can feel "washed out." Top is edit, bottom is original.

You can really see how desaturated and "white fluorescent lighting" the original color palettes are.

[Remember: the easiest way to make your colors more lively is to choose a warm or cool tint. From there, you can play around with bringing out complementary colors for a cohesive palette (I warmed Marcille's skintone and hair but made sure to bring out her deep blue clothes). Avoid using too many blend mode layers; hand-picking colors will really help you build your innate color sense and find a color style. Try using saturated colors in unexpected places! If you're coloring a night scene, try using deep blues or greens or magentas. You see these deep colors used all the time in older anime because they couldn't rely on a lightness scale to make colors darker, they had to use darker paints with specific hues. Don't overthink it, simpler is better!]

[rogloptimist]

you will burn and you will burn out; you will be healed and come back again // kasia niewiadoma

kasia would you accept this as a marriage proposal? (EDITED BECAUSE I’M STUPID AND FORGOT TO PUT IN A FEW IMAGES)

untitled - tumblr user @waitingforthesunrise // 'i lost the faith that i could still do it' - kasia niewiadoma conquers the 'mountain of emotions' for tour de france triumph - anne marije rook // pauliena rooijakkers and demi vollering - stage 8, tour de france femmes 2024 (gruber images) // kasia niewiadoma - stage 8, tour de france femmes 2024 (gruber images) // kasia niewiadoma and elisa longo borghini - tour of flanders 2024 (gruber images) // getting closer: kasia niewiadoma on remaining optimistic about her own victory after a promising flanders podium - rachel jary // kasia niewviadoma - strade bianche donne 2024 // kasia niewviadoma - stage 7, tour de france femmes 2023 (jojo harper nielsen) // kasia niewiadoma, elisa longo borghini and shirin van anrooij - tour of flanders 2024 // kasia niewiadoma - stage 7, tour de france femmes 2023 (jojo harper nielsen) // kasia niewiadoma - strade bianche donne 2024 // heartbroken katarzyna niewiadoma breaks down in tears after narrowly missing podium at strade bianche donne 2024 - kieran wood // kasia niewiadoma's results records - procyclingstats // kasia niewiadoma is cycling's latest example for why you should never give up - robyn davidson // kasia niewiadoma - la fleche wallonne feminine 2024 (getty images) // "i have failed many times... but i never stopped believing"-- emotional katarzyna niewiadoma finally gets much-deserved win at la fleche wallonne femmes - kieran wood // kasia niewiadoma - podium ceremony, la fleche wallonne feminine 2024 // kasia niewiadoma - uci gravel championships 2023 // kasia niewiadoma - stage 8, tour de france femmes 2024 (gruber images) // kasia niewiadoma wins closest four de france ever - andy mcgrath // stubbornness, soul, and spirit: kasia niewiadoma has earned the tour de france spotlight - rachel jary // kasia niewiadoma - stage 8, tour de france femmes 2024 (gruber images)

title is the brothers karamzov by fyodor dostoyevsky

[thedisablednaturalist]

People who are worried they aren't helping with climate change or any other big world problem bc they do something like make video games or art or are a cashier at a grocery store:

You are helping. You are making the art that helps me, an environmentalist actively working to restore biodiversity and ecosystems, get through each day. You are helping those of us on the front lines enjoy living or take a well-needed break. The person loading my groceries into my car is making it so I can eat that week and have enough energy to do my work. If you want to do more, you can volunteer, donate, and boost the voices of local community leaders working to protect and restore the local ecosystems, but don't feel bad if you can't. We are all in this together.

[javiar]

Petrification and Drought

[pocima]

Jooan does not need no military, he’s served ENOUGH. (♫ VIP - Isabella Lovestory, for @coolgirlkoi because we’re in this Soda lifestyle 4eva)

[thekingofspin]

Why am I always like 10 years late to fandoms.

they don't write shows like they used to anymore man.

[youreonyourownkid]

i do think there needs to be a clarification that i don't hate new fans/younger people who have more recently become fans of taylor. i LOVE that being a fan of taylor is literally timeless (anyone can become one at any time)

[3416]

all the leafs fans that get mad at players who don't love the scutiny in toronto are part of the culture that makes it hard to play there, lol. then they act like you're not a true team player or you dont have some innate passion while also constantly dragging the guys that DO stay here through the mud all the time, lmfaooooo.

[tabbyjack]

the problem with building out america's rail network btw is that it's privatized and there will never be a corporate incentive strong enough or backed enough to implement effective, accessible, AND privatized countrywide travel. nationalize railways deliver on the demands of railway workers and most importantly respect indigenous sovereignty/include indigenous design input when plotting routes

[jacarandaaaas]

as we’ve already established multiple times before I am slightly delusional! so in my delusion I’ve attempted to work out when the hypothetical encanto series is coming. For reference the tangled show came in 2017 so 7 years after the original. It’s currently 2024 so encanto will be turning 3! so if something was in development I think the earliest we would get an announcement is 2025. again this is literally just hypothetical I don’t know anything but I’m manifesting this 🤞

[chasing-stardust-22]

rolling up late to the conversation with a smoothie in my hand

...I hear the circus is back in town?

[sacredsorceress]

just dropping in to say that I see all the likes, comments and reblogs and it means the world to me <3

[movie-watcher]

because why do i feel like i’ve read every chuckle sandwich fanfic on this app

[goldensunset]

i take it the news is no news?

[vadergf]

Karl made a "multilingual smp" joke and then mentioned dream publicly for the first time in months on a kinda ???? private tweet

So karl neg, nothing new

[cnl0400]

Aaaagh... I'm sorry I know that It sounds like I complain about anything and... I don't have anything against Luke but...

Why everytime Simeon appears the scene Is always focused on Luke, I can recall like, maybe 2-3 scenes were the focus Is on what Simeon feels, the rest are about Luke, Michael or another Brother......