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“This woman spent a year building a 400,000 piece Lego replica of Hogwarts”

http://imgur.com/gallery/398iC

i don’t even have enough patience to make a four wall 4x4 house. like wtf

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Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:15:01 +0800

"Inspiration without expression = depression."

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 20:31:32 +0800

““Inspiration without expression = depression.””

- old saying (via impromptu-manifesto)

beatpie: By Marta Alté

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 18:47:57 +0800

beatpie:

By Marta Alté

anthonyholden: What are studios looking for? How can I get into...

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 04:45:04 +0800

anthonyholden:

What are studios looking for? How can I get into a good animation school? What should I be studying?

I get a lot of these types of questions now and again, and I never know how to answer them. I can’t be sure of what studios are looking for, I don’t control admissions policies to schools, and I have little idea what makes for a current and relevant curriculum. There are a lot of variables in your bid for a career in animation, and it’s kind of impossible to control most of them. You must be crazy to want this job!

I find it helpful to focus on the things I can control. Among those things are your study habits and how you spend your personal time. It’s good to work hard and have goals—without them we would get nowhere. Study hard and make decisive strides towards achieving your art goals. But in the heat of that pursuit, don’t forget to go out and live your life!

If you spend any amount of time looking at artists online, you’ve probably figured out by now that there are about a million dudes and dudettes in internetville who draw better than you (I relive this realization daily). Once your have done your best to rise to their level, the only tool you have to compete with these crazy talents is your background, your personal character—is you!

Consider developing your whole self with the same raw focus and intensity that you develop a particular skill set. Get focused. Go out, have adventures. Run, jump, skin your knee, fall in love, root loudly for the away team at a baseball game, barely escape a crash of stampeding rhinos, live to see another day. Experience things big and small. Go for a walk. The world is full of wonders.

I know this advice is not particularly animation-specific, but maybe that’s for the best. At any rate, it is something I feel strongly about. Animation is great, and there are few things that I enjoy doing more than drawing and storytelling. But in order to have stories to tell, first you have to live them.

Be good, and see you soon!

PS, if you were looking for advice on draftsmanship you should probably be reading this.

thesixofhearts: banair: itsphotoshop: COLOR PALETTE MASTERPOST...

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:03:01 +0800

thesixofhearts:

banair:

itsphotoshop:

COLOR PALETTE MASTERPOST by forbiddenforest

So today I felt like sharing some useful websites that provide pre-made color palettes (left side), as well as sites that allow you to create custom ones (right side). They can be used for graphic design, themes, art, interior design, ~~or just something pretty to look at~~.

Adobe Kubler (Explore)

Chromaa

Color-Collective

Just Jaimee Daily Color Inspiration

Design Seeds

Adobe Kubler (Create)

Color Scheme Designer

Color Palette Generator (paste the URL of an image and it will automatically generate a pallet that matches the image)

Color Hunter (upload an image and it will automatically generate a pallet that matches the image)

Colllor

I hope you find this useful (and please like or reblog if you did)! Enjoy :)

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OH MY GOD I JUST USED A BUNCH OF THESE TODAY WHAT THE——?!

princessfreewill: Whatever.

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:55:56 +0800

princessfreewill:

Whatever.

Adulting: Still applicable: Do not comment on things people are, comment on things they do.

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 04:25:59 +0800

Adulting: Still applicable: Do not comment on things people are, comment on things they do. :

adulting:

(a re-print inspired by all these responses. Also, please, can no one ever again utter a variant of the phrase “Wow, for an [inherent characteristic] you are certainly [adjective]!” That is never, ever going to go well.)

The simplest example of this is not telling a tall person that they’re…

-laughatgildedbutterflies: manuxinhace: this is my human. when...

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:32:31 +0800

-laughatgildedbutterflies:

manuxinhace:

this is my human. when human is fussy, i just pet it like this.

as you can see, human is calm.

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Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:31:49 +0800

"Airports see more sincere kisses than wedding halls. The walls of hospitals have heard more prayers..."

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:24:01 +0800

“Airports see more sincere kisses than wedding halls. The walls of hospitals have heard more prayers than the walls of churches.”

- Unknown (via cameronjohn)

gamefreaksnz: Final Fantasy XV coming to PS4, Xbox One Square...

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:21:06 +0800

gamefreaksnz:

Final Fantasy XV coming to PS4, Xbox One

Square Enix has revealed Final Fantasy XV for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One – announcement trailer and combat footage inside.

norisus: I also use this same method for painting fur like...

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 02:45:18 +0800

norisus:

I also use this same method for painting fur like this

EDIT: I also usually use the 4th nib but accidentally used the 3rd for this