Omfg.
OH MY GOD
Well, that was unexpected.
Funny AND I can justify putting it on my pr0n blog! Hurrah!
OHMYGOD
WHAT
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HARLEY!!!!
Okay, you need to watch this right now. YES YOU.
I AM CRYING.
Mukuo’s Sketchblog: shoomlah: mukuo: characterdesign101: welcome to character design 101,…
welcome to character design 101, where six instances where it hasn’t happened don’t change the fact that disparate stylization does happen and it doesn’t matter because here we (in spite of the rather broad url) largely talk about video…
Character designers are culpable.
To act as if character designers and concept artists are all innocent bystanders is extremely naive- that’s where your argument falls apart.
I know hundreds of character designers out there who’re considered the cream of the crop in both the industry and the community as a whole, but they’re shit at designing women. That means they’re shit at designing roughly 50% of characters. Inexcusable, but they get a free pass, and so the cycle is perpetuated at every stage in the pipeline- concept artists, modelers, ADs, producers and execs should all be held accountable for contributing to the problem.
Not every designer is out there fighting against rampant sexism and racism in game design. Granted, some of us pick our battles so we can like to fight another day, but a lot of designers out there either 1) do not care, or 2) are completely unaware of the problems they’re further prolifierating.
Nitpicking women vs. nitpicking men
And again, you completely missing what I’m saying- I don’t get my male characters picked apart. They’re tweaked, sure, but they’re passed up the chain without nary a word, especially in regards to their sex appeal and fat distribution. Female characters, on the other hand, experience far more deliberation. I am talking months of e-mails sent back and forth, after an equivalent male character was designed in a matter of weeks- even when these characters are based on real people, real human beings who exist and have been 3D scanned, they still end up molding the woman towards some perfect, unattainable ideal.
Sexism isn’t just perpetuated by rapists, racism isn’t just perpetuated by the KKK, and homophobia isn’t just perpetuated by the Westboro baptist church. This shit runs deep, and saying “it’s out of our hands, it’s just marketing so it isn’t a problem we need to address” is a damaging oversimplification.
Yes.
“Kairos” by Ulisse Malassagne is awesome-looking! The kind of nice mix between comics, animation and a blend of japanese and european comics.
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“Kairos” animated trailer by La Cachette studio (for the promotion of Ulysse Malassagne’s comic book)
Great animation!
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MYSTIC MANOR RIDETHROUGH, GUYS
Crying.
WOW. Bravo, Disneyland Hong Kong, bravo.
Supercut of Characters With Their Backs to the Camera Looking at Something Awesome
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Happy Rex Manning Day!
shoomlah:
A lot of people have been asking about Maid Marian, so I figured I might as well give her a shot- a bit tougher when you’re looking at clothing on anthropomorphic animals, of course, but there are still a couple of details that point to the 15th century- the cut of the dress, the ears disguised as a horned hennin headdress, the bag sleeves, etc. I still tried to maintain the relatively simple silhouette of Marian’s dress, just with added period details- making it more of a houppelande by design, and resolving the v-shaped neckline to show the kirtle underneath.
Also really wanted to hide some foxglove motifs in the lining of the gown- it’s subtle, but I think it really ties the whole design together.
See the rest of the series HERE
Read the FAQ HERE
Buy prints HERE
Claire Hummel, my hero.
Feeling nostalgic tonight. I’ve got to re-read the comics.
1 month ago on March 28, 2013 at 02:26am
A crash course on non-disney films and studios (sequels not included; Pixar not included to avoid Disney-Pixar rage; list is not exhaustive)
My childhood. ♥
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It is done. Rainbow Tesla is done. Also known as The Dumbest School Project in the History of School Projects, sometimes referred to as the DSP. This taught me to mix gradients quickly, that yellow tempera has the weakest imaginable pigment, that red and black are exceptionally strong, that tempera permanently stains plastic (my palette </3) and brushes, and that stretching your back is very very important. And that I don’t really know how to make a good-looking lightning.
In other news, my tower fell over, it got too tall for its own benefit.
1 month ago on March 25, 2013 at 10:33pm
I’m building a tower out of used masking tape. It even has a balcony!
1 month ago on March 24, 2013 at 05:06am
If there’s a trick to using tempera, I don’t know it, and it’s frustrating and my brushes are clinging to their lives.
1 month ago on March 23, 2013 at 07:59pm
