The Signs As Crows Shitpost

“Sigils, Ciphers and Scripts: History and Graphic Function of Magick Symbols” by M. B. Jackson (2013) - selected plates.

This book is highly recommended - it packs a very large amount of accurate information into its 64 pages.

“The world is language” - Terence McKenna.

At each level of experience there are various languages, codes and symbols that describe that level. The first step to improving your own state and that of others is to understand how these languages work. The next step is to start writing your own narratives, stories and texts in your language of choice.

To all non-chilean people who want to know more about what's happening

Don't hesitate to ask for information

We wilk give you every detail becuase we want you to know

We want the government to know that you, the world know

Don't make quick political assumptions. We get it, not all of us think likewise but this is not about political inclinations.

If you watch BBC or CNN or any mainstream media, consult a Chilean person before believing. Twisted truths are coming out like hot buns fresh from the oven.

I love you all for supporting us

Chile is grateful for your help

2d Animation - Smearing

What is smearing? Smearing is a multitude of techniques used in animation to bridge two or more frames to create the illusion of motion through methods like blurring, warping, distortion, and a few others.

I wanted to start of with a fresh animation to demonstrate some movements.

It looks like it can definitely use some extra information to convey the motion of the sword. This is where we starting thinking about how to smear the object(s).

The most common approach that I’ve noticed that animators take, especially newer animators, is that they warp the whole object. As in they have a point A, and a point B, and then they just have a “mass” of implied motion in between those points.

Here’s a still shot

It works quite well with objects like swords. So here’s what my attempt looked like.

It definitely helped explain the movements more, but I’m not sure I liked it.

Thankfully there are other “types” of smears that we can look at to try to see if they fit in this particular animation.

The next one I wanted to try was “speedlining.” This is basically when you distort the edges or add speedlines to the edges to make the object appear in motion.

Here’s an example

and the still shot:

notices how the edges appear more sketchy. This one is really common and it can be executed in different ways.

Here’s my attempt

I really like this type of smearing, even though it still lacks some of the motion that the first iteration lacked. The speedlines really add character to the motion that would otherwise be missing in a normal warp, but I still needed that smear to bring it to the point where it needed to be.

So here’s what some call “doubling.” (and just as a side comment, I don’t think any of these have “official names” other than just smearing)

Here’s the still shot

This was a really well executed smear which I don’t think would have worked the same if you would have just warped the faces.

Here’s another slightly different execution

with the still shot

It’s like a distortion mixed with doubling, and that’s what I like about smears.. you can mix and match things you feel would work in the particular scene.

So here’s my mix n’ match smear.

Not the best execution, but for our purposes I think it works well.

Motion blurring is really powerful as well. Film uses it all the time, as does 2d animation. Notice the force of the impact being pronounced with the added blur at the head.

Here’s the still shot

There are a few other smears I thought were interesting because it just speaks to the way our brain interprets these frames without even considering the logical implications of the individual frames.

Here’s one example

I don’t know if you caught that, but here is the still shot:

The guy has a knob for a hand. It works so well, you don’t stop to think about implication of that hand’s morphology. 

Here’s another one that doesn’t make too much sense.

Like what is this

That’s Imaishi. It’s part of why we love that animator so much. It’s part of his style and character. It conveys an emotion that would otherwise be absent in a “realistic” smear. Animation doesn’t have to make sense. It just has to look good.

´´We are in WAR Against a powerful enemy Relentless That does not respect anything or anyone Who is willing to use violence and crime without any limits. Even when it means the loss of human lives Who are willing to burn hospitals, subway stations and supermarkets With the sole purpose of producing as much damage as possible to all Chileans They are at WAR with all Chileans of good will that we want to live in democracy, with freedom and in peace.“

- President Sebastian Piñera; 21-10-19 -

NO ESTAMOS EN GUERRA 

that our own president has declared such words against his own country denotes the disconnection of this government with his people.

WE DEMAND BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS, WE DEMAND DIGNIFY LIFE

WE DEMAND TO BE HEARD, WE DEMAND NO MORE LIES

summary of what’s happening in Chile

Hello angels, I'm in a dire need of help and kindness. I understand these are awful times for everyone right now and I understand that everyone is trapped and limited. But please hear and spread my story if you can.

I'm living in a very unsafe place. I live in a severe hoarding situation, and this is actually the best it has ever been. Earlier this year the hoard was worse but my family cleared a lot if it out which only made my grandmother panic and she has actually gotten worse. I've been physically stuck, buried and trapped in this hoard before, the white on the left photo is the ceiling. It almost crushed me to death.

This is really awful for me in so many ways. Rats and mice are everywhere, I see one every day. The building structure of the house itself is collapsed in two rooms next to my room and my room is collapsing now. I dont have any electricity in my room... I have a broken window and I live in Wisconsin. When winter comes I will freeze to death because I'm disabled and cant regulate my body temperature. I cant cook food here because next to the stove behind me in the third photo is where most of the rats run from and I'm afraid everything will fall on me. I can't even safely use the toilet because the toilet isnt secure into the floor. We dont even have an actual floor. :(

I'm getting really sick because of the decades of mold and decay and vermin in this house. The stairs are majorly blocked by hoard and has no railing, I have almost fallen and for me that would mean something dislocated and broken.

Please please be an angel to me and help me escape here :( my friend is trying to help me move into her home in Wyoming. I'm trying to move around November 17th, before it gets too cold for me to stay alive. We need money for the travel ticket and to send the sentimental possessions I have over to hopefully start my first healthy safe life.

My ko-fi is https://ko-fi.com/liquidsnake

My PayPal is paypal.me/temptationrevelation

My friend's PayPal: paypal.me/lavaeris

(Mindful of our deadnames)

Thank you angels please stay safe, stay kind ♡

Do you like Mario RPGs? Paper Mario? Do you like stories about the power of friendship? If so, have I got something for you!

I made a huge set of color keys based off the game Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, a game that I’ve really loved since I was a teen. This is a super self indulgent project that is very much an interpretation from the heart, so I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

Below is a link to where you can download (click the download icon in the top right corner of the google page!) and read it! Thank you!

https://drive.google.com/open?id=14gbceNpdkB380knvofHFhnfRqSlS8xUl

(If the PDF quality is fuzzy, just zoom out once, and back in again to make it load!)

Castlevania painting(/v/ drawthread request)

Some expression notes ! 💖 | Instagram

A Twitter thread of mine that I think some of you may find useful here as well! I’ll update this periodically when I update the Twitter thread.

How to draw folds

Notes on how to draw folds back when I was teaching manga classes back in 2006. From the book “Drawing people” by Barbara Bradley.

http://www.amazon.com/Drawing-People-Portray-Clothed-Figure/dp/1581803591

This book has a very detailed description of 6 types of commonly seen folds and I think is one of the most educational resource on how to draw folds(Besides Vilppu and Bridgeman).

這是我以前教漫畫課程時給學生看的講義.來源是芭芭拉布莱德丽的"着装人物素描"<<上海人民美术出版社出版>>.

書裡講解了皺摺形成的兩個主要原理(拉扯與擠壓)以及因兩種作用力下形成的六種常見的皺褶類型.