#the first of many many scene ilustrations

[milkshakeworm]

whens your bf is off to build a doom device with someone who wants him dead so you got to cuddle the chicken for moral support

[chaoticdelinqueerwithglitter]

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THIS ENDING

First of all, great job to "Hey Smith" and Liden Films, really 100/10 at least. But this just broke me and was really depressing (so hey, Tenjiku vibes, of course)

So... On it. (with spoilers, of course)

Okay, so we start first with one of many parallelism between Izana and Mikey.

We can see what I guess is the orphanage where Izana grew up. And Manila ruins in Mikey's jacket. Pain? Pain.

We keep with this game with their similarities and their difference in what in my opinion are freaking beautiful scenes.

Of course, we needed to see how traumatized is Takemitchy. He can't anymore (and with reasons, people)

LIDEN FILMS YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND THIS IS REALLY PAINFUL, PLEASE, DON'T. (or yes, because it's the traumatized masterpeice that Tenjiku arc deserved)

We have a kid Izana and kid Kakucho playing in the snow. THIS IS NOT OKAY.

But we also have a kid Izana saying goodbye to Emma and a kid Emma with the cutest face ever. WHAT IS ALSO NOT OKAY AT ALL.

Kid Mikey playing with a taiyaki before the trauma (I think is the moment when Shinichiro is asking him about having another brother, but I'm not 100% sure).

AND THEN WE HAVE KID IZANA GOING WITH SHINICHIRO IN HIS BIKE.

THIS IS JUST PURE PAIN, BUT HEY, WE ALSO HAVE SHINICHIRO IN CASE WE DIDN'T REMEMBER ALL THE TRAUMA T.T

I just love how they re-created again some original ilustrations or inside covers from the manga. Really, I jsut love it!

(and have you seen how pretty is Sanzu? Izana next to Sanzu in the same frame? I just fainted)

Takemitchy and our wholesome good best boys are trying. They are trying, okay? xD

We have more parallel scenes between Izana and Mikey (I don't have words for expressing how much I love why they did and how it, really!) Also, mytical izana in the rooftop <3

The future widow and the future divorced couple xD

THIS IS SO FUCKING BEAUTIFUL AND MAKES SO MUCH JUSTICE TO THE ORIGINAL ART!!!!

And it's painful as fuck, because Sano siblings.

By the way, what the Sano sibling eat for being all so freaking pretty?

In this house love unhinged Takemitchy that gives a shit because doesn't have anything else to lose. And this moment, this moment for Takemitchy as a character, is freaking gold!!!

(I will do part 2, because I'm hyperfocus and need to say a lot more xD)

[ellanainthetardis]

Anastasia by Sophie Lark My rating: 2 of 5 stars 2.5 Well, that was a disappointing first read of the year... Ok, let's start by saying the truth even if it hurts: this book might have actually been good if it had been heavily edited and by that I mean it was 300 pages too long (and I'm being generous here I'm thinking more than half could have been cut). I've read the author note, I get why she wanted to start with Anastasia as a child but honestly it had no point. The first three parts could have been summed up in 20 pages. Nothing really happens until past the 50% mark. The pacing was ALL over the place. It wasn't even interesting because it was mundane things and just... nope. I will say I enjoyed the ilustrations although I read on tablets and it sometimes cut the chapters and thus the reading. What I didn't enjoy however were the random songnames in the middle of a chapter or a scene. There was a playlist provided at the beginning what was the point of having the songs in the middle ? Not even at the beginning of a chapter, mind, but in the middle??? Outside of that, I don't really want to get into the historical aspect because it's a retelling, stuff was changed... Ok. But the language could have been historically accurate at least. It falls into the trope of wanting to write historical but never respecting anything regarding that time period be it conventions, morals or language. The characters were pretty bland. I wasn't invested in the romance. The plot made little sense at times because of the 300 pages too many but I hated the plot twist (view spoiler)[ time travel as a way to fix things is so cheap and easy that NOPE (hide spoiler)] and it wasn't honestly that great overall. All in all, I have to say, I prefered the cartoon XD View all my reviews

[claudinei-de-jesus]

A nossa alma é clássica mas o nosso coração bate aqui e agora

A luxuosa construção, visivelmente influenciada por teatros de ópera da Europa, foi erguida como símbolo aspiracional da sociedade paulistana alta, que com a fartura do ciclo do café desejava uma casa de espetáculos à altura de suas posses e pretensões europeias para receber os grandes artistas da música lírica e do teatro.

O projeto assinado pelo escritório Ramos de Azevedo - em colaboração com os italianos Cláudio Rossi e Domiziano Rossi - teve início em 1903 e foi entregue à cidade 8 anos mais tarde. Em setembro de 1911, o Theatro Municipal foi aberto para ilustres diante de uma multidão de 20 mil pessoas deslumbradas com a pompa e com uma iluminação espetacular para a época - o prédio foi o primeiro a ser totalmente abastecido por energia elétrica.

Pelo palco do Municipal passaram como principais companhias da primeira metade do século 20, trazendo nomes como Enrico Caruso, Maria Callas, Bidu Sayão, Arturo Toscanini, Camargo Guarnieri, Villa-Lobos, Francisco Mignone, Ana Pawlova, Arthur Rubinstein, Claudio Arrau, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Isadora Duncan, Nijinsky e Baryshnikov, dentre muitos outros. Indo sempre além da cena clássica, coroou sua vocação cosmopolita ao receber um dos principais eventos da história das artes no Brasil, a SEMANA DE 22, de Mário e Oswald de Andrade, Anita Malfatti e tantos outros jovens célebres que deram início ao movimento modernista brasileiro .

Em mais de 100 anos de história, três grandes reformas preservaram, renovaram e ampliaram o Theatro, que hoje conta com um edifício restaurado. Em 2012 foram elevados como instalações da Praça das Artes para abrigar os corpos artísticos, como escolas municipais de música e dança e como múltiplas atividades do Complexo Theatro Municipal. .. Our soul is classic but our heart beats here and now

The luxurious building, visibly influenced by opera theaters in Europe, was erected as an aspirational symbol of São Paulo's high society, which with the abundance of the coffee cycle wanted a show house to match its European possessions and pretensions to receive the great artists of Europe. lyrical and theater music.

The project signed by the Ramos de Azevedo office - in collaboration with the Italians Cláudio Rossi and Domiziano Rossi - started in 1903 and was delivered to the city 8 years later. In September 1911, the Municipal Theater was opened to distinguished guests in front of a crowd of 20 thousand people dazzled by the pomp and spectacular lighting for the time - the building was the first to be fully supplied with electricity.

The most important companies of the first half of the 20th century passed by the Municipal stage, bringing names such as Enrico Caruso, Maria Callas, Bidu Sayão, Arturo Toscanini, Camargo Guarnieri, Villa-Lobos, Francisco Mignone, Ana Pawlova, Arthur Rubinstein, Claudio Arrau, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Isadora Duncan, Nijinsky and Baryshnikov, among many others. Always going beyond the classical scene, he crowned his cosmopolitan vocation by hosting one of the main events in the history of the arts in Brazil, SEMANA DE 22, by Mário and Oswald de Andrade, Anita Malfatti and many other famous young people who started the Brazilian modernist movement .

In more than 100 years of history, three major reforms have preserved, renovated and expanded the Theater, which today has a restored building. In 2012, the Praça das Artes facilities were created to house the artistic bodies, the municipal schools of music and dance and the multiple activities of the Municipal Theater Complex.

[lmm17ca]

Lasse Milling Madsen Letter of Intention for The Animation Workshop 2017

Hello my name is Lasse, I'm currently 23 years old, and I would like to apply for TAW's Character Animation course.

Creating characters and imaginative worlds is something I find very fulfilling and fun. Its very enjoyable to me to play around with shape language, and the unique expressions that you can get from animation, that you cant get from traditional film media. For these reasons I’m very interested in working with animation, and would like want to apply for TAW to expand my skills and eventually open up opportunities to work professionally with animation within the industry or independently. I have applied to the course 3 times before, but I'm not deterred from applying again.

Ive always enjoyed animated media, and never really ”grew out of it”. Drawing has always been something I greatly enjoyed doing. When I had trouble concentrating in school, I would always be doodling in my school papers instead. When asked what line of education I wanted to pursue, I wasn't sure, but I mentioned I liked drawing and was sendt to try out the animation course at Odense Fagskole. Here I tried out animation for the first time, and within a week of being in a creative environment and working seriously with art, I was hooked.

Later I attended the same course along with a 10th grade course at Odense Fagskole, and learned all the basics of animation, this year was very important to my development as an artist and person, and I look fondly back at it. Working with animation on a daily basis, was a really positive experience, it makes me want to seek out similar environments and possibilities of working creatively on a daily basis, other than as a hobby. I later took a 3 year HF course with special classes in Art, Design and Media, here I learned a lot about different creative media, and gathered a wide range of skills. I've also taken courses in film, and media design.

Last year I attended Mercantecs Digital media course, which included a 4 week drawing course in collaboration with The Drawing academy, and 2 weeks of computer graphics in collaboration with The Animation Workshop. These courses really expanded my drawing skills, and made me consider new ways and methods of working creatively.

I have taught animation at Odense Fagskoles børneskole for 3 years, where I taught children and young adult from the age 8 to 16 in the basics of animation. I was in charge of a new class every semester and taught 2 hours a week, and had to plan the lessons myself and help the students understand and finish the assignments, at the end of each semester the school would hold an open house, where my class presented their work, this included a show-reel of the students animations which I organised. Last year I substituted the daily animation class at Odense Fagskole everyday for a month, I taught aspiring animation students from the age 16 and up in basic animation and animation techniques. I had to collaborate with the regular teacher, as he had lessons planned, which I had to organise and execute, I also had to plan relevant lessons, to fit with their other classes.

For 5 years I attended amateur theater. Here we had to work as a team to set up a play once a year, we worked on acting techniques and improv workshops when not rehearsing a play. Before theater I was very introverted, but felt I have really grown through theater. Many of the skills learned here, I feel translate very well into animation. I have used the skills and lessons learned here to organise theater lessons and improv workshops myself. Id like to continue to work within theater, and I want to continue to run improv workshops, since I find acting and expression  in that way very fulfilling and a constant growing experience, and I want to keep sharing these experiences with others.

In the future I see myself continuing to work creatively, preferably with animation.  Creating, unique personal animated short stories, games or maybe even feature length movies is something I strive to do. I see myself working at a smaller studio, perhaps start one myself. I want to continue to bring imaginative worlds to life through animation, and develop new expressive media. I could see myself working at Cartoon Saloon, their incredible works have inspired and shaped my art, especially their amazing work with shapes and stylized line-work really speak to me. Working on animated features which such interesting art-styles, and explore the limits of abstract and creative art-styles in animated media would be something I would enjoy. I also want to continue to work with theater as a hobby, and use it to guide my creative work. I could also see myself continuing my teaching profession, perhaps also within animation. If I am not applied to the animation workshop, I have aspirations to apply for the teacher bachelor, I enjoy working in a class environment, and inspiring students and seeing them develop new skills.

Hopefully animated movies continue to thrive in the public media and art scene. A hand drawn 2D animation renaissance would be amazing. Although 3D CGI movies are great, I would love to see major animated movies have a wider range of styles and mediums and it would be really interesting to see major studios like Disney deviate from their style and experiment more. Disney movies are good, but very ”safe”. Other studios like Pixar are suffering from the same mentality by not deviating from their established style. I’d like to see more animated media targeting adults specifically, having interesting and deep stories and well developed characters, and not just crude jokes.

I have a wide range of software knowledge after my history of different digital courses.

Photoshop & Ilustrator- well acquainted

Flash - Well acquainted

Premiere & Aftereffects - Intermediate

Paint tool Sai - Expert

Maya – Basic knowladge

Aseprite - Well acquainted

What I enjoy most is watching animated media and playing video games. Some of my favorite work is Studio Ghibli’s Princess Mononoke and Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda series. I like them for many of the same reasons. I would say that Princess Mononoke is the closest we get to an animated Zelda movie and the newest installment of The Legend of Zelda resembles a Ghibli movie in video game form. To me, there’s just something about the magical world painted in both, which takes place in our real world. Exploring the beauty of nature, in a world that invites for adventure, exploration and magical discoveries. The magical creatures seen in Princess Mononoke are somewhat relatable to real life creatures, but just has that extra push of surreal features, it almost feels like I could encounter similar creature, if I wandered too deeply off path in a forest. I am also a sucker for classical heroes Journey stories, and I feel Princess Mononoke and Zelda executes them very well.

I've grown up with the Legend of Zelda, and I feel a close bond to the series, and the way that it manages to explore different art-styles while maintaining the same sense of adventure and wonder, impresses me. I can only aspire to creative as iconic designs and concepts as appear in the Legend of Zelda.

Another favorite work of mine is Tove Janssons Moomin Troll. I grew up with the Moomin anime from the 90s, but have since fallen in love with Tove’s original comic strip and books! The Moomin universe delivers something I don’t find in similar childerens media. Perhaps because there’s something about the Moomin characters that I can deeply relate to, but also because of Tove’s ability to put deep emotions and themes in her work, like melanchony and poetry, despite its target audience being all ages. When people ask me what fictional world I would like to live in, I always answer Moomin Valley. During the colder seasons, I get the urge to rewatch and reread Moomin, like it’s part of my winter hibernation.

Tove Jansson is definitely one of my biggest inspirations, her unique ink work has inspired me so much and made me challenge myself to replicate her unique almost crude style. Another one of my favorites is the musician Tom Waits, his crooked music style with glorification of imperfection inspires me a lot. His musical The Black Rider is one of my favorite creative works and I dream of animating it someday! Tom Waits has also inspired one of my favorite band Kaizers Orchestra, who in turn have also inspired me. They have a special way of telling stories through their songs and by banging all sorts of items together they make metallic sounds. They have an unique stage presence which feels like a form of theater at times. Tyson Hesse is one of my favorite comic artists, ive been following his work since his early beginnings and his comics still capture me with his fun style. Shmorky is also an artist I look up to a lot, they mostly do cutesy drawings of small blobish characters, but their unique mix of cuteness and edge, really speaks to me. Some of my other favorite artists include Scottie Young, Emmy Cicierega, Niel Cicirega ,Ken Sugimori, Justin Chan, Rebecca Sugar, Temmie Chang, Jamie Hewlett and many more.

There's a few works that I just cannot relate to. Worst of all is Sausage party, Seth Rogan's adult animated movie. Its a shame that a lot of animated work targeted to adults, ends up being nothing more than a children movie with dick and fart humor, no real substance to them. I'm all for some dirty humor once in a while, but sausage party just is non stop stupid food puns and sexual innuendos, its story makes no sense, and none of the characters are likable. For some of the same reasons I hate sausage party I also dislike Family guy, and similar shows. Family guy to me is the worst kind of humor, its often offensive, and very sexist or problematic in other ways. Its animation is boring and stiff, and is streamlined down to a point where its so drained of creativity that its barely even ”animated” at all. I also dislike animated movies targeted for children, that just feel like a marketing ploy, and the movies usually don't have much more substance than some funny random jokes. The worst offender being Minions, and the despicable me movies. I don't think minions are interesting characters, and their gibberish language, makes them very unrelatable.

Traveling isn’t something I have done often, since I come from a fairly poor family, vacations abroad wasn’t a thing I had the luxury to grow up with. I have been to Lyon, France and Berlin, Germany during schooltrips. My trip to France was my first real experience outside of Denmark. In Berlin I had some interesting experiences with underground art, took a street-art tour throught the city and went to see the museum of bizarre objects! Such fun and inspriring experiences! During the holiday season, I visited my wonderfull girlfriend in The Netherlands for the first time. It was my first time travelling alone so it was all very exciting. I stayed for a month and saw a lot of the country. It’s fun to see a culture that’s so close to my own, yet so much more urban and international! I’m going back to The Netherlands in April and I plan to visit more often. Now that I know what it’s like, travelling is really fun and I would love to visit Japan and Australia someday.

I plan on financing the education with the danish SU system, and taking an SU loan.

I look very much forward to hearing back from you, Thank you very much for your time and consideration.

Best regards

Lasse Milling Madsen

Grønnegade 11. 1st th 8800 viborg

+45 28 21 17 56

c0ke964@hotmail.com

(coke as in cola but with a zero instead of an o)