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I wanted to try something that will hopefully help me learn composition, so I’m going to draw from movies I’ve recently watched. Here’s my first attempt (with costume variations). (I don’t have any cool oc, so this is also technically a fanart then :D)
Movie is Chihayafuru Kami no Ku (Part 1), good movie :D
☆ Makoto Shinkai (2016) – “Kimi no Na wa” PV #1 ↳ when I wake up, for some reason I’m crying I’ve always been searching for someone and something I a m s e a r c h i n g f o r y o u , w h o m I h a v e n e v e r m e t y e t
Isle of Dogs illustration
I love it and consider it canon and over-hated.
I know John Lasseter had genuine intentions with it because he loves these characters. I’ve seen the commentary, interviews, behind the scenes thing,etc. He made this because he wanted to. Not because of toys, if it were than I think he’d also own them as well:
The point is that I love Cars 2, I waited five years to have seen my favorite characters again and meet new ones in whatever screen time they had.
There’s flaws, not going to lie, but I still appreciate the movie. When I know there’s flaws and acknowledge them it kind of makes me appreciate the movie more.
I never found Mater annoying. If anything he actually became an interesting character with his knowledge of car parts, how he’s very literal minded like someone with Autism or in the spectrum, and how he’s never really thought about how people see him and it actually does make sense. He’s never left Radiator Springs, let alone the flipping country so of course he doesn’t know exactly how these things. Especially since Lightning doesn’t explain to him exactly what to do and not to do. Not to mention, Sarge, Fillmore, Luigi, and Guido seem to be terrible babysitters if they can’t keep track of Mater for leaving!
Also Miles Axlerod totally started the Disney Villain Surprise thing that Disney’s been recently in the animated canon (King Candy, Prince Hans, Yokai/Professor Callaghan, Assistant Mayor Bellweather, and Te Ka). Except I think he does it best and is probably the most intelligent of all of them since he was pretty prepared if Plan A didn’t work he’d have a back up plan. He also doesn’t show up to his meetings, physically. He live-streams at the meeting and with both a disguised voice and body.
That’s Axlerod’s engine, but not his body color. This is Axlerod just after the crash in Italy:
That’s a darker, grassy green, than the more pale-ish, almost bluish green. The disguise itself must have been design for him to easily and quickly place it on while getting his clutch assembly fixed and then taking it off to go back into the public eye. That’s pretty damn prepared.
Axlerod’s also a pretty amazing liar since he fooled a lot of the characters, including a lawyer (Sally), the spies, and the in-universe media. However, it’s not an out-of-nowhere type thing like Hans as it was foreshadow in a much better way while still keeping it a surprise (in my opinion).
There’s also the fact that unlike the other surprise Disney Villains, he didn’t reveal himself to the heroes due to him thinking that he won, but because he was under the threat of death by Mater. Yeah if you think Mater was basically holding Axlerod hostage with the bomb on him and if he didn’t turn it off, they were both going to die! Keep in mind, Axlerod wanted Lightning dead because he chose the alleged alternative fuel Allinol and thus gave alternative fuel another chance to redeem itself. Since when Mater came with a clearly alive Lightning and accused Axlerod of being the mastermind, Axlerod’s plan at this point was busted. The most he can get out of at this point would be his life and what he made off of the World Grand Prix. But even getting out this with his life is a problem for him since Mater figured it out and isn’t going to let him get away unless the bomb is deactivated. Unlike the other surprise Disney villains Axlerod was at a crossroads of being screwed either way. If he didn’t deactivate the bomb, he would die, (and possibly the spies, Lightning, and Radiator Springs would be arrested):
If Axlerod did than he’d go to jail. Axlerod chose the one where he wouldn’t die.
Mater noticed the bolts that are attached to the bomb on him were also the ones ordered by the mystery engine. An engine that was specifically made for a British car model and one that uses oil. There’s also how Mater specifically says that he DOESN’T leak oil. Axle rod put the blame on Mater because he was literally right next to him when it happened and easiest car to blame, because honestly if Mater didn’t come at that moment Axlerod couldn’t have blame Lightning, as the oil leaker and thus would have somebody calling him out as either a liar or a hypocrite. If it were only Lightning and Axlerod up there and no Mater, who would you assume as someone who leaked oil? The racer or the former oil baron? That’s why it’s easier pin the blame on the silly, hick of a tow truck.
What I’m getting at is while some may see it as stupid cash-grab I do see it as something rather interesting and different, with thought and care put into it. John Lasseter WANTED Cars 2 to be different. He LOVED Mater and saw a lot of himself in the character. He WANTED to do this movie.
Can’t exactly defend him on Toy Story 4 though...
Reblog if you actually like Cars 2
I can’t be the only one out there!
The character drawings of the movie were very nice. I wish they had drawn the 6th season like this.
I will post the movie in a few minutes. Wow I’m bored… if anyone wants to help me make a better movie, (the quality is really bad on my current version that will be soon posted) just text and you can help me make what I really advertised! Luv u all
OHHH YOU DONT WANT TO HEAR ME TALK ABOUT A QUIET FUCKING PLACE
LOOK I DONT FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT THINGS BUT OH MY GOD IT WAS AN ENTIRE WASTE OF AN HOUR
Maybe I’m just not like good at seeing the depths and nuance of film or whatever but THE CHARACTERS WERE STUPID AND I CANT ENJOY SOMETHING WITH STUPID CHARACTERS THAT ARENT STUPID ON PURPOSE!!! THEY COULD AT LEAST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS FAMILY IS A STUPID STUPID FAMILY THAT IS DUMB BUT THEY DONT EVEN DO THAT??? THE MOVIE ACTS LIKE THEY SHOULD SURVIVE WHEN THEY ABSOLUTELY SHOULD NOT!!!
RAAAA WHY IS SHE PREGNANT WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THETES EVIL BEASTS WHO WILL EAT HER BABY ESPECIALLY WHEN HER OTHER KID DIED TOO LIKE 😒
They could’ve made it less stupid by saying ‘oh she was pregnant BEFORE the quiet place happened’ BUT IT SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT SHE GOT PREGNANT WHILE IT WAS HAPPENING! IN WHAT FANTASY LAND ARE YOU LIVING IN THAT MAKES YOU THINK OH YEAH LETS HAVE SEX WITH OUR KIDS IN THE HOUSE AND ALSO MONSTERS ROAMING AROUND !!!
Don’t even with me right now IT MAKES ME SO IRRATIONALLY MAD !!!
Don’t watch a quiet place I could sum the whole movie up in about 4 ish paragraphs. nothing significant happens until the end AND BY THAT POINT ITS OVER!!
But prove me wrong I like hearing different opinions👍
"No one who dies here ever really dies."
I just watched "Nimona" and it was THE BEST FILM I EVER WATCHED IN MY LIFE! Please, don't judge me. I was really enjoying the movie and I couldn't stop laughing several times. You can find it on Netflix at the moment. So, if you decide to watch it, the only thing I can say is - ENJOY!
I. LOVE. IT. That's all.
Hey Arnold Headcanon for Lila’s Original Home Town
Lila Sawyer is from Pleasantville, Iowa. No one can tell me otherwise, except Craig Bartlett himself! XD
I got the idea by looking up this movie and where they filmed it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleasantville_(film) I didn’t see the actual film, but the premise from the trailer sounds like a place Lila would live (at least the fictional version of the city in Iowa portrayed in the film).
Thoughts on Disney Pixar's Soul
Anyone like me who missed the movie soul cause it went straight to streaming during the pandemic, please take a moment to watch it because it's a master piece.
The art style is a beautiful mix of hyper realistic rendering and cartoon caricature and the intentionality of when it leans more into either style says a story of its own. The first things I noticed were the musical instruments rendered in way more detail than necessary, the pictures in his class of real people and not caricatures.
Then it was the perspective shots of 22 experiencing life, where the art was again, all hyper realism. The overwhelming nature of nyc to the beautiful moment of them feeling the spark of life. And in those moments despite the realism, it was not new york I saw. I blinked and I was transported to all the moments in my own life that paralleled that moment and I remembered the cold breeze on my skin, the smell of rain on cement, the context of my memories that made me feel that spark of life.
And when Joe laid out the trinkets they had gathered as proof of living that day and started playing the piano, as he went through his own memories, his proof of living his whole life, I sobbed. Once again, with every blink I saw my own life and every memory and emotion proof that I have lived. The score he played truly felt like it represented the feeling of being alive. Being alive through all the pain and joy and excitement and despair, a feeling so human.
What's insane about this is that I'm not from NYC, I don't take the subway to work, I have nothing to do with music or jazz. None of those moments or memories are directly relatable to my life. And yet I feel it represented my life.
The movie itself was a piece of art of course but watching it, the emotions it invoked in me felt like a separate multimodal artistic experience. One so deeply personal, I cannot express it to you in words.
Please go watch it for yourselves. If you watched it when you were younger and are now a full adult, please watch it again.
(I could go on about how perfect jazz is as a metaphor for life but I'm not the most qualified for that. If anyone is, please do talk about it)
This couple’s wedding announcements are better than yours.
hey! Some people I know wanted me to put this up so uhhh, here, the comments are turned off, so just ask the questions through me,
Thanks!
Your Mahabharata is a story of revenge, after all. The Pandava’s revenge.
DISNEY LADIES MONTH ≫ Day 30 | Favorite Lady
“Listen here, mister. This stick in the mud has had to work two jobs her whole life while you’ve been sucking on a silver spoon chasing chambermaids around your - your ivory tower!”
Jack’s constantly tear-brimmed eyes: a gifset
Pick A Princess Gif/Screencap Meme; Princess Anna
Favorite Outfit
If you don't wanna miss out on another "Megamind" or "Atlantis", go and watch "Spies in Disguise". I feel like it has to be more acknowledged.
DekuShield Week, Day 1!
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Alright, everyone!
The first DekuShield prompt is here!
Just a a heads up, this might not be very good, but I still kinda tried, so... *cri*
Feedback is very much appreciated, because I’d love to know if I can improve anything, and... yeah!
Hope you enjoy!
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Prompt 1- Fist Kiss
“Tonight’s so peaceful, isn’t it?”
Melissa gazed from Deku to the balcony view, admiring the snow-blanketed city lights gleaming to the indigo sky, snowflakes drifted down slowly from the thick clouds above.
“Yeah,” she replied, “I’d never get this on I-Island. Snow and the silence.” A light breeze blew around them, Melissa shivered pleasantly. She loved the winter season, so much.
Deku wrapped his muscular arm around Melissa’s waist, her heart fluttered so strongly she thought it would fly away if it weren’t in her body.
“Dek-”
He kissed her.
She kissed back.
She closed her eyes, the warm, romantic feeling whisking her away as she rested her arms on Deku’s chest. She didn’t feel the ground beneath her feet- it was as if she was flying.
Deku cupped his hand around Melissa’s face, she could feel his fingers mop into her blond hair, the other cradling her waist gently.
“I don’t want this to end.” Whispered Deku, ending the kiss. Melissa put her forehead against his.
“I can tell,” she smiled. “I don’t either.”
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Ooooookaaay!
Hope that was to all of your tastes!
I tried to make it short, because I think a first kiss would be short... for some reason...
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Anyway...
I’ll definitely try to make one of the next prompts longer so you guys can have a good read, but you never know where reality will take you, huh?
I’ll try my best anyway!
Till next time!
The Maze Runner- Newt💚 Song: Tunnels by Angels and AirwVes
It doesn’t matter that Harry is gone. People die everyday. Friends. Family. Yeah, we lost Harry tonight but he’s still with us, in here! And so is Fred. Remus. Tonks. All of them.