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vincent chansard's thoughts on this cut [x]
Hello everyone, I wanted to talk a bit about the thinking that went into my latest scene. I used to do similar things on tumblr, but twitter word limit has always made it quite complicated. Sorry for the very long, hyper specific posting, but here's some thoughts.
First I want to talk about Michibata-sans ekonte, it is no secret that I am very fond of working with Michibata san, i think she is someone who is genuinely good at everything, both action and acting. For this specific scene, Michibata san told me "The only limit is: "zorro cannot fight back" the idea in this fight is that it is the battle between a very skilled and experienced fighter and a kid with knives. In real life you might have already heard that no matter how good at fighting you are, if someone brings a knife to a fight you run. What immediately interested me in michibata sans konte is this very real fear that no matter how strong zorro is, at any moment a single mistake can be dangerous, despite the strength gap, it creates tension in the fight.
Another interesting thing in michibata san's ekonte was the emphasis on the eyes of the characters, there were a lot of eyes cut, i felt it was a good opportunity to show how they perceive the fight and what is happening, especially for zorro who has to be very attentive to be able to dodge everything, while protecting kaku.
From there, it was my job to add choreography, think about how they should be fighting, and what their style should look like, Michibata-san trusted me, gave me a lot of freedom, and listened to all the requests i had until the end, i can't thank her enough for her trust.
On this subject, I am now going to talk a bit about Zorro's fighting style here. As you might have heard, zorro is a sword fighter, he uses the three sword style. But here, as he not only cant use his swords but also has to hold kaku his capabilities are very limited. What we know about his swordless style is that he uses a few claw moves, can do grappling moves . Ultimately what is interesting here is that zorro has always been someone who'd rather deflect than dodge. Here is one of the instances where he can't
Hence the challenge of thinking about how he would be fighting. Interestingly zorro is both an aerial and a ground fighter, he jumps a lot and has a tendency of blocking until he can land a named attack, you rarely see him go for attrition war, points, or win by bleed out.
In this situation zorro has way more experience than S hawk who is at this point literally a newborn, so i really wanted to go for this honed through experience kind of style where zorro would try controlling the space and distance with his opponent. Although stronger, zorro is very aware of the danger hawks' abilities pose, so zorro would try to create distance, control the sharp parts of hawks, by either blocking or grabbing in the non threatening parts of his body. Something I saw happening very early on is him trying to get rid of kaku by throwing him in the air at a moment where he would see an opportunity to create distance. Zorro also has experience fighting with a huge hindrance in his arms, so there already was references of him moving while using someone else as an object.
Regarding the fighting style of the seraphim, coming up with the way S hawk would fight after the lineage factor kicks in (it's not important info to register but you can see the seraphim eye pattern turn into mihawk's at the start) was the real challenge of the sequence. Usually seraphim's styles seems to be reminiscent of the warlord they're based after, but in the case of s hawk, i'd wager his hand to hand style would be either daz bones adjacent, or cipher pol adjacent as they are the people he probably spent more time around. Cipher pol style of fighting, in the way it has been depicted in the manga, is very similar to the training in martial arts of monks and shaolin trained martial artists. So the way I saw his barehanded fighting style at this point in the story was this very pretty form
which, because of his current lack of experience would lead to a lot of unnecessary movements and telegraphed attacks. Attacks that an experienced fighter like zoro would be able to react to. To him it would probably feel like seeing after images. So far in the story the seraphim have been shown as overpowering anyone they faced, they had yet to encounter an opponent that would make them go "uh why is none of my attacks landing against that mf" although strong they haven't been shown in a very battle smart way so far. When a fighter is not very experienced or have practiced only one martial art their core martial art is very obvious, i liked that for hawks as it reinforce the idea of him being less experienced as opposed to zorros who would look more brawlish mixed ish and harder to read.
Most of the inspiration from Hawk's movement comes from the eagle claw style of northern style kung fu. Lately in animation you see a lot of southern kung fu inspired movement which is great, but i personally am slightly more fond of northern styles. In general I'd like to see different martial arts like taekwondo muay thai, BJJ, we also have some possibilities for boxing in upcoming episodes. On the subject of style, S-hawk's ability to transform his limbs made the choice of using a style with both legs and arm obvious.
Now that it's all said and done, ultimately this fight's narrative importance is much more tame compared to let's say zoro vs king for example, so even though i did my best with the animation i had to make sure it did not feel like zoro's ultimate fight. We will see what we can do once there's a big narrative fight coming, my two next appearances will be very very small, akin to 1101's, but after that, if i have similar freedom as here, i have hope for the next big fight, finger crossed.
ONE PIECE (1999-?) episode 1109 ✴ a tough decision! an unusual united front! created by eiichiro oda
#one piece#mannn that was v interesting#all the work put into this cut#so damn goooood#rly appreciate animators
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[ *peeks ever-so-cautiously out from the rock I've been living under & wordlessly chucks This out at your feet before scuttling back into the darkness once more* ]
...man isn't it just absolutely wild when a rogue art demon suddenly possesses your body out of the blue one day and decides to necromance the ancient bones of a couple of multiple-years-old askbox requests & synthesize them into a fully actualized Something™ that they never would have even come close to being all those years before? Yeah? You know what I mean? ...........................No? x'3c well,,, anyways—
(they're secret-dating at the time of this scene so that's why they're sneaking around in the woods like this, in case anyone was wondering lol)
#Radmond#OK KO#hi i havent drawn Anything in ages so how about easing myself back in by Fully animating not 1 but TWO characters spinning 360 degrees? :3#hm? what? 'that sounds like an absolutely ridiculous & unsmart plan of action'? yeAH YOU'RE TELLING ME--- x333333#but alas the demon SpokeTM and so now here we are just under 2 weeks later sdjghsfjg x'3c#p.s. pls ignore the lack of frames and also all the parts I gave up on kthx i rly appreciate it~ <3 >w<;;#......is there even anyone else left on this site that still ships these two dorks these days gsdhsjgjsfk#yadda yadda if Radmond has zero fans that means I'm dead yadda yadda handwave. anyways lol#skribbles#skribblemations#gif#shut up Wisp
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Hey there! I’m in desperate need of money so I’m opening up commissions! Message me either on here, thru email, or on discord if you’re interested!
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finished scavengers reign (again) . . 3rd watch i think. i crode
#kiddo say#i appreciate that they saved on character animation a few eps earlier so they could use maximum slayage on character animation#in eps 11 and 12 . like theres some rly good stuff#went between cryin and going 🥺 at azi ursula and barry and then trying not to punch my laptop every time i saw kris#'im letting you be proud' well im hitting you with hammers#ursula azi and barry are such a cute little squad :'' )#also love how more and more naturalistic levis voice gets through out.. by the end they kind of just sound like fiona :' '' )#that must be weird for kamen lmao
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hi!! chip and I made a fan server out of excitement for the new lmk season! come hang out if you'd like
#discord server#nothing formal just another place to nerd out about cartoons lmao#and will likely be expanding into others because wow we REALLY gotta appreciate animation right now huh#anyway come chill if you want!#ALSO THANK YOU FOR THE DOODLE CHIP ITS RLY FUNNY#monkie kid#lego monkie kid
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do we think nephilim (jack) have true forms in the supernaturalverse or nah just the wings situation
#ppl used to make rly gorgeous art of cas that I always appreciated despite my historically mixed feelings abt him as a character#like yesssssss show me his animal heads and mandibles and burning feathers and insectoid eyes and shit 🥰#< haven’t decided what My cas’s true form looks like but it is important to me for samandcas reasons
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I posted this on twitter too but I guess I'll also try it here. does anyone here have any movie recommendations that's good for cinematography studies? kinda need to get better at that for work reasons lol
#i dont talk abt work often but. to those who dont know i do 3d animations#im pretty inexperienced with it so my director often has to fix stuff for me and its very time consuming#so my boss wanted me to watch movies and only look at the cinematography#so the genre or whatever doesnt matter i just need to learn how to work with cameras better by looking at other ppls stuff#its not super urgent or anything and i have plenty of movies to watch rn but any extra recs would be appreciated 🙏#i also just rly enjoy watching movies lol id be happy to get new movies to watch#allyrambles
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Helloooo popping in to say I love your art! It’s cute and feels soft (reminds me of when you’ve got a really smooth pencil and it just ghosts across the paper) but your poses and anatomy also give it a good feeling of realism :D
classic question here; do you have anything you’d say is a big influence on your art? I love seeing what people answer and trying to connect it back to the kind of thing they currently make :]
!! thank u!!! i do wish i could get more creative with angles, but im happy knowing my art gives u that feeling ^_^
I really enjoy comics!! I like poking thru graphic novels and webcomics, so I've fallen into the habit of exposing myself to lots of different styles over time that I'm fairly explorative with my art. It gives me a lot to study, especially since different artists have different strengths and preferences
I also think of myself as a simple person, so I'm not strongly attached to anything in particular... I notice a lot of artists find their ground in certain interests or aesthetics. But since I'm not really like that, I try to put a bit of myself in whatever I draw to connect with my art better. Its probably why I like taking creative liberty when making fanart lol
im also drawn to indie creative work like games and animation! they tend to be extremely varied and unique from each other, which is great since I work from my own sense of curiosity. I also hate repetition, so having things that set themselves apart visually or otherwise is something I like to look for.
#thank u for sending this in!!! i had fun answering this.. i had to think really hard so im glad it helped me do some reflection ^_^#on top of all this im a very visual person so i look at things if theyre eyecatching and then see if i like it for any of these qualities#afterwards.. so i do tend to lean to cutesy styles like soft shapes and big eyes but i wouldnt go as far as making it a calling card for my#art style since i love to keep shaking things up whenever i can. if that makes sense? or u could say im impulsive and u would be right#i rly like gigi dg and plushpon since theyve been a huge inspiration for my art over time.. as for comics i remember being really into#always raining here and colorless... its been a while since ive looked at any webcomics though so maybe i should make time to do that#BONE was one of my favorites as a kid because of the storytelling and art style even if i could never read the books in order#although im also really picky so even if i dont have a set taste there are some things i dont really find interesting like superhero comics#i do wish i had an interest that i could pour my art into instead of just drawing whatever on a whim#i think nature comes pretty close but thats more of an appreciation than smth like. birdwatching or camping or animals#so rather than wanting my art to be known for a certain thing i think ill try and be happy with drawing things i know i like and people#liking whatever that might be. shrugs#yapping#ask
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im so sorry you got nasty asks ppl can be so vile. i love seeing you on my dash and you always have the best posts and put great stuff on my dash. ive never watched naruto but i dont mind seeing that either <3 ily i hope youre doing ok outside of ppl being terrible
They had me like this, anon...
#they tried to call me a terf and I’ll never forgive that 😵💫#all because I pointed out some antiblackness-#I don’t expect much from wp and nbs here especially lgbt white folks since they’ve been the main ones running black bloggers off for years#especially black trans and cis black women for even uttering the word#they forget that at the end of the day they are still white and can hurt us#it was just#uncomfortable for me :(#but I’m not used to being harassed so I was like 🤷🏾♀️!#I had to delete sm messages 🗿#tumblr is not a welcoming place for black bloggers so#it’s never rly been but I won’t leave until this site completely implodes (it’s getting there)#one thing about lgbt whites they’re gonna call a black blogger a transphobe for ever criticizing them ever even if they’re trans 😵💫#I hate how common this is on here it’s disgusting#all I do is post about anime and complain I don’t be bothering no one 😭#anon you’re so kind I rly appreciate this message 😵💫❤️!#thanks for caring lmfaoo#also#I FEEL LIKE……. you’ll probably go crazy if you watched Naruto sorry…….#please don’t watch or read it ever… I’m begging- but the perks of reading and watching Naruto is that you get to meet Naruto and sasuke 😭!!!#guys of all time!!!!!!!#I’ve been trying my best to be normal about it since I’m an adult but I… sorry I’m so sorry anon I’m embarrassing#it’s kind of hard to dislike something that you’ve been into since you were in middle school 😭……#I’ll love Naruto forever even if it sucks lol#anonymous#tkf replies
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started watching blue eye samurai and so far i am really enjoying it! my only gripe: why do all the men get to have unique, human faces and then all the women just look like different variations of the same pretty, soft-featured doll? where are my women with wide jaws and big angular noses and big mouths and wrinkles? for that matter, where are the MEN with super soft features? i want VARIETY, mizu being secretly a woman doesn't exactly make sense in a universe where anyone could look at her and go WOMAN just by seeing her face because she had the same soft doll face as every single other woman except slightly less feminine.
edit: thank u to multiple people for the helpful and informative answers on this! i should have waited until longer than three episodes in to complain about stuff but i enjoy complaining lmao
#im not THAT mad i just like ranting about thinggs#im enjoying the show! i love the animation and i think the story/premise/character dynamics are really great!#but like. some variety would be nice#it was rly funny tho that at the scene with the brigands like two of them were just face copies of a dude from earlier with different hair#and i DO appreciate the body type diversity!#magpie thoughts#watching blue eye samurai#<- making that a tag now
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hi!! does anyone know of a crochet pattern that has similar/the same proportions to build-a-bears? id like to make one but im not the best at pattern drafting :( i also don't mind paying for patterns!!
#posting this here because all the plushie people r here BDKSOKDO#i definitely could do it myself with just the measurements but im rly not inclined to figure all that out...#anyways any help is appreciated!!!#plush#agere#crochet#build a bear#stuffed animal#amigurumi#toy#crochet pattern
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hello there fellow gay ww1 enthusiast :D
*pointing dramatically through the crowd* ah hello!!!! there are others out there…. the few the proud….. through posting this stuff online i’ve met a handful of other gay ppl who are into this era but a majority have been what i have to assume are straight guys who really like war and guns and war movies with guns! so it is always nice to find community here and there :^)
#asks#spoopinatur4l#and also drawings of anime girls in the trenches#but who am i to judge#i was so caught up in my little circle of gay 1917 fans that i forgot the demographic for these sorts of things#there’s some stuff i don’t post on twit bc it’s very homosexual in nature and i don’t want to deal with ppl there#and also not on insta bc my entire family and a lot of my coworkers follow me there#tumblr is my last gay bastion#this is to say like 95% of the guys i’ve posted here are at least a little fruity#the homosexual implications of war and all that#ANYWAY thanks for the ask thank you gay ww1 enthusiasts i love you so dearly#i should also say that i rly appreciate ANYONE who looks at or likes my work i’m not trying to say that it’s a gay ppl only club#just that the shift in the type of ppl who looks at my work as it’s gotten more attention is a little novel to me#if u are someone who has enjoyed my work then i am kissing you directly on the mouth
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What do you think is the coolest animal bone. or the weirdest looking. take your pick?
OHHH THIS is such a hard QUESTIUOOONNNNN ohhh to make me pick....... ok first one that came in mind are sting ray skeletons with their cool skull
i mean LOOK AT THAT its so beautiful
i want to chew every single one of these. My brain literally cant comprehend what its seeing but shes trying. Weird and cool and beautiful. Man., MAAAAAN
#bones#sicc answers#skeleton#thank u for the question now im gonna go and stare at the ceiling and think of other animal bones#EEE thank u for the question!!!!!!!!!!! i rly appreciate it ^_^
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y’all are so very kind to me and I appreciate it always. thank you everyone for being so niceys
#kite.txt#I rly appreciate all the interest in my discounted comms both from mutuals and total strangers !!#it’s been kinda shit trying to get a job for the summer to do while I can’t substitute teach#just so so so much waiting for an interview for a job I’m sooo overqualified for u kno. yeah#so the comms have been really helpful for keeping my bank acct steady while I have . no other source of income#anyway. just been feeling a lot of love in my heart#also y’all are such generous tippers OTL I kno tipping for comms isn’t standard but it’s so appreciated#LOVE YOU GUYS I hope I can draw more people’s fun ocs or favorite characters as funny animals
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found a piece of footage with @el-is-away s sawyl on which i experimented with slow mo for the edit. tumblr ate all the quality but still
#guild wars 2#sylvari#it was used exactly in the way it was made you can see him in the vid and he goes very smooth#i rly appreciate skill animations in gw2. shinies go brrr
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bocchi the rock going the extra mile to mess w one of their songs so the drums are off beat and the vocals are off key so the characters' flubbed performance actually sounds rough 👌👌👌👌👌👀💯✔✔👀👌👀💯🔥🔥🔥
#low bar but ive watched a lot of music anime where they just play the song as is every time#so i rly appreciate when they commit to this level of detail#fuckign watch bocchi the rock !!!!! it slaps!!!!!! super hard!!!!!! and the songs are Peak kisses fingers#retag later#ani blogging#the only music anime ive ever felt truly blown away by in terms of story-driven details in the music#is those snow white notes#it involves a lot of the same song being played over and over again and u can genuinely hear the differences every time#esp w an instrument i knew almost nothing about (shamisen) going into it like. it's insane#the first time the prestigious pro comes in and u hear him play and all the characters are blown away by the quality of his sound#u can /genuinely/ hear what they mean theres such a strong clear quality to his playing and it fucking RULES#when the main character is messing up and his notes are getting muddy u can hear the difference#when theyre struggling to play together as a unit it's v clear theyre all off like. again: It's Insane#dont get me started on the competition and all the distinct versions of the same fucking song#how flashy the other schools' arrangements are and how plain and simple the protag's group is in comparison#GOD it's so fucking good they went balls to the fuckin walls with that anime and it pays tf off!!!!!#(now s2 when 😔)#also correction: i forgot abt hibike euphonium 👌👌👌💯💯💯/10#reina's solo in s1 compared to that 3rd year's version of the same solo OOOOOOOG#i gotta rewatch that anime again ITS TIME.........
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