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[nokkiart]

As a long time httyd fan who has been heavily involved in the fandom since the first movie and who has spent years working in the animation industry, I’d like to share my thoughts on the new httyd movie. Keep in mind, this is just my personal opinion and it's completely fine if you disagree with me. I just want to say a little something about all this that really bothers me.

The core reason that Dreamworks and Universal made this film is that it’s a quick and easy cash grab for them. Thats it. They don’t care about telling a good story or making a “better” version of the original movie for fans or even having an accurate portrayal of the characters/story. It’s purely about money. They know that fans of the original film will go see this movie, whether it’s good or bad. And those guaranteed ticket sales are all that matter to the studios. And with Universal, it has the added bonus of being a cheap promotional and merchandising opportunity for the new HTTYD land in Orlando that opens around the same time that the film is premiering in theaters.

And to help the studios make even more money out of this, they are using non-unionized VFX companies around the world to make this film, so that they can get cheaper labor and push the artists to do more that would be against American union standards. The same thing has probably happened with the costuming and fabrication for the filming, hence why the costumes look un-weathered and the sets look cheap. They don’t want to pay for the extra time and effort that it would take to make the practical bits of the production look good.

On top of all this, Dreamworks has already announced that they’re shutting down all their in-house animation projects in favor of using AI and outsourcing projects to cheaper international non-union studios.

With all this in mind, I just can’t support this film and I will not be seeing it in theaters. And I hope that others will do the same.

The only way to stop all these horrible “live action” remakes (which are actually just realistically animated remakes) is to not buy tickets to see them. Money is all that matters to these studios, and if they don’t make any money off of it, then they will stop and try something different. Maybe they'll even go back to focusing on original stories!

That’s the power that we hold as audiences. Our wallets help drive the decisions that the executives make. So support unique storytelling and gorgeous cinematography in movies. Support indie films. Support animators as they're fighting for fair pay and better contracts. But don't support a mediocre shot-for-shot remake riding on the coattails of an already successful film.

And I just want to wrap all this up by saying I have absolutely no hate towards anyone that has worked on the new film. Toothless looks incredible and I know the artists and creatives involved in this project did the best they could with what they were given.

But I also know that those same artists have so many more brilliant ideas that they would’ve loved to be given the creative freedom to do. I just wish hollywood would be willing to take a chance and let them do it.

[shittybundaskenyer]

winged insect—funeral pyre

[hellsitegenetics]

hey!! I’m doing insect and spider research and I would love to know what type of organism (hopefully an insect or spider lol) the research as a whole/concept would be!! I’m looking at insect community diversity and trying to connect it to red oak tree genetic diversity! I’m essentially laying sticky insect traps on tree bark, collecting the traps, and looking at them under a dissection microscope and IDing them to the family level, recording which families I find and how many of each were on each trap on each tree. Then I’ll compare it to previously collected red oak tree genetic info to see if abundance/diversity is related to individual tree genetics or genetically similar trees!

thank you, as a silly creature lover I love and respect your blog lol

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[th3d0nutl0rd]

Phan vs jedas RPF polls Suez canal glup shitto horse plinko live slug reaction I like your shoelaces do you like the colour of the sky Goncharov 1973 eeby deeby vanilla extract Nov 5th ides of march Tumblr TV summon crabs sexymen blorbo from my shows destielputinelection twitter downfall children's hospital colour theory sonadow generations ourgoodshadows no seriously imagine it car covered in hammers porn banned tramp stamps bug race muppet handjob corporate manufactured yaoi superhell

[darkopsiian]

the new communities tab already has an aesthetics option, which is great. but sadly none of you have created an community that resembles my home. so don't make me create it myself, you goofy little jellyfish.

[blookywooky]

EPITHET OCS GO!!!! 😎😎

First one belongs to my POOKIE @aut0mated 🥰🥰

Trio name pending

[hiding-under-the-willow]

Fulfilling the promise from the tags I left on last night's post <3

Worst possible introduction in the world. Don't worry guys I'm sure it's fine they'll work it out

(obligatory @silverskye13 tag for r&s)

[tradingjack]

a sensory network of thousands of eyes.

[exlimix1a]

Quick piece of @luluyamofficial 's character Lucelia + a 30 second speedpaint!

[porcelaingrrl2000]

[miyrumiyru]

☾ Purple pearl luna moth and Pale purple stone ☽

[greenieart]

More tiny paintings I did in January 💚

[boo0beetle]

My ponysons, there name is Sketchy Bug (They/Them)

[seastawright]

some redesigns of adopts I've gotten fairly recently!! been having fun giving these guys all solid concepts finally. I'm so in love w them all

[jitterbugbear]

beetle :)

[omega-shiva]

Garden.