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May 29

humanmindinformaldehyde: - Neil Gaiman

humanmindinformaldehyde:

- Neil Gaiman

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May 13

becauseedric: I intended them to be younger when I drew this. That’s why Lin didn’t have a scar on the original post. And then it suddenly hits me that the image would be more powerful with this addition. Original post here. Excellent Tenzin x Lin Beifong art by a friend of mine, @becauseedric. Nice! :D

becauseedric:

I intended them to be younger when I drew this. That’s why Lin didn’t have a scar on the original post. And then it suddenly hits me that the image would be more powerful with this addition.

Original post here.

Excellent Tenzin x Lin Beifong art by a friend of mine, @becauseedric. Nice! :D

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May 08

“Once a little boy sent me a charming card with a little drawing on it. I loved it. I answer all my children’s letters — sometimes very hastily — but this one I lingered over. I sent him a card and I drew a picture of a Wild Thing on it. I wrote, “Dear Jim: I loved your card.” Then I got a letter back from his mother and she said, “Jim loved your card so much he ate it.” That to me was one of the highest compliments I’ve ever received. He didn’t care that it was an original Maurice Sendak drawing or anything. He saw it, he loved it, he ate it.” — Maurice Sendak (via lrusso: happyhumanramblings: saraplainandtall)

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Apr 29

ninja-pillow-timeywimey: Accidental philosphy

ninja-pillow-timeywimey:

Accidental philosphy

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Apr 26

“I’m sorry, but that’s completely ridiculous! How can I possibly prove it doesn’t exist? Do you expect me to get hold of - of all the pebbles in the world and test them? I mean, you could claim that anything’s real if the only basis for believing in it is that nobody’s proved it doesn’t exist!” — Hermione Granger, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”, Chapter 21: The Tale of the Three Brothers

Apr 21

binsbilyas replied to your photo: It feels good to paint again, albeit digitally….

is that bolin? pretty awesome :D

Yep, that’s Bolin, one of the “fabulous bending brothers”. :)) Thanks! :D

It feels good to paint again, albeit digitally. Really enjoying digital painting. This time, I’m using Paint Tool SAI to put the colors in. Previously, I had used Photoshop to paint the elements, but Paint Tool SAI feels more natural, and is easier to blend colors with. It’s more lightweight, too. I just have to be more familiar with it’s user interface and shortcuts. I’m also planning to try other programs for digital painting, preferably low-cost (free?) and lightweight like SAI. Any suggestions?

It feels good to paint again, albeit digitally. Really enjoying digital painting. This time, I’m using Paint Tool SAI to put the colors in. Previously, I had used Photoshop to paint the elements, but Paint Tool SAI feels more natural, and is easier to blend colors with. It’s more lightweight, too. I just have to be more familiar with it’s user interface and shortcuts. I’m also planning to try other programs for digital painting, preferably low-cost (free?) and lightweight like SAI. Any suggestions?

Apr 20

Guidelines. Srz bznz.

Guidelines. Srz bznz.

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Apr 17

Fire Ferrets update! Painting digitally for the first time. Just got the elements down and I’m already learning a lot. 

Fire Ferrets update! Painting digitally for the first time. Just got the elements down and I’m already learning a lot. 

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Apr 16

Tumblr tips

canering:

last updated: 9 April 2012

Here are some useful extensions, scripts, and tutorials for Tumblr. Scripts require a simple, one click install for Google Chrome. Firefox users may need to download Greasemonkey first before installing scripts.

As far as I know, these scripts/extensions can work together. 

I’ll add more links as I think of them, and feel free to share your own tips or resources. 

Popular:

Some selections from a larger collection of scripts (please note that I don’t use all of these, so I don’t know which ones still work):

Within Tumblr:

Tumblr etiquette:

Your tumblr:

Tumblr theme cutomization:

For visitors:

For images:

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Apr 15

Fire Ferrets sketch!Have you seen the Legend of Korra premiere on Nickelodeon today? Watched it a couple of hours ago on a livestream by Korralations on Ustream. 2 Episodes, back-to-back! Way to start the series! (Note: Didn’t watch it today for the first time though; I have watched the 900MB 720p file of the 2-episode premiere about a month ago. Just wanted to see it again, with ads and all. Plus, fanboying together with a few members of the fandom is cool, too.) Mako looks like he’s dancing here. Fixed that while I was inking on this one. Will upload the inked version soon. HOLD THE PHONE. STOP THE PRESSES. FRESH AND JUICY.

Fire Ferrets sketch!
Have you seen the Legend of Korra premiere on Nickelodeon today? Watched it a couple of hours ago on a livestream by Korralations on Ustream. 2 Episodes, back-to-back! Way to start the series!

(Note: Didn’t watch it today for the first time though; I have watched the 900MB 720p file of the 2-episode premiere about a month ago. Just wanted to see it again, with ads and all. Plus, fanboying together with a few members of the fandom is cool, too.)

Mako looks like he’s dancing here. Fixed that while I was inking on this one. Will upload the inked version soon.

HOLD THE PHONE. STOP THE PRESSES. FRESH AND JUICY.

Apr 10

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Apr 08

This is a post about the Tumblr A:TLA Annotated (atla-annotated.tumblr.com) and Avatar: The Last Airbender (and Legend of Korra) in general. I learned in art school that, in a painting, every and any detail could mean something. (And with that meaning comes value? Something like that…) Turns out, as this blog points out, Avatar: The Last Airbender (and by extension, Legend of Korra) works the same way. Everything means something, or is referenced from something. How clothes are folded on a person, the architectural details of each nation, the feet of the table in Uncle Iroh’s tea shop, the characters on the wall of the Beifong residence, the number of pillars in the Fire Nation Palace Throne Room, even the kind of food Sokka eats. Avatar = Dalai Lama? Air Nomads = Tibet? Republic City = Shanghai + Hongkong? That’s just scratching the surface! My respect for this series and its creators has gone through the roof (and to the mooon!). What a masterpiece. The blog also shows how much of an asshole M. Night Shyamalan really is. (It’s worse than any of us thought.) Chinese characters? Nope. Meaningless scribbles. Fire Nation? Remove all Chinese references, replace with Roman references, make them more advanced, more badass but less villainous, and then cast as INDIANS. And then, remove all Dalai Lama references on the Avatar, and then blame the Avatar for the war itself.  The squalor Southern Water Tribe? Cast as Inuit. The affluent Northern Water Tribe? Cast as white people. I will never forgive M. Night Shyamalan for this. All that meaning and value from the series, gone. Anyway, check out A:TLA Annotated! (Photo from the blog)

This is a post about the Tumblr A:TLA Annotated (atla-annotated.tumblr.com) and Avatar: The Last Airbender (and Legend of Korra) in general.

I learned in art school that, in a painting, every and any detail could mean something. (And with that meaning comes value? Something like that…) Turns out, as this blog points out, Avatar: The Last Airbender (and by extension, Legend of Korra) works the same way. Everything means something, or is referenced from something.

How clothes are folded on a person, the architectural details of each nation, the feet of the table in Uncle Iroh’s tea shop, the characters on the wall of the Beifong residence, the number of pillars in the Fire Nation Palace Throne Room, even the kind of food Sokka eats. Avatar = Dalai Lama? Air Nomads = Tibet? Republic City = Shanghai + Hongkong? That’s just scratching the surface!

My respect for this series and its creators has gone through the roof (and to the mooon!). What a masterpiece.

The blog also shows how much of an asshole M. Night Shyamalan really is. (It’s worse than any of us thought.)

Chinese characters? Nope. Meaningless scribbles.

Fire Nation? Remove all Chinese references, replace with Roman references, make them more advanced, more badass but less villainous, and then cast as INDIANS. And then, remove all Dalai Lama references on the Avatar, and then blame the Avatar for the war itself. 

The squalor Southern Water Tribe? Cast as Inuit.

The affluent Northern Water Tribe? Cast as white people.

I will never forgive M. Night Shyamalan for this. All that meaning and value from the series, gone.

Anyway, check out A:TLA Annotated! (Photo from the blog)

(Source: gabmadrid)

Apr 07

(via Pag-agos (Flow) 2 ft. Up Dharma Down by ~gabmadrid on deviantART) Ayos lang, agos Lang (It’s okay, just keep flowing.) Great advice. A typographic poster inspired by the song Pag-agos by Up Dharma Down (video: [link]). Same treatment: I wanted it to be more than just fonts on a poster so I customized the typeface.This is part of a series of Typographic posters inspired by Original Pilipino Music.

(via Pag-agos (Flow) 2 ft. Up Dharma Down by ~gabmadrid on deviantART)

Ayos lang, agos Lang (It’s okay, just keep flowing.)

Great advice.


A typographic poster inspired by the song Pag-agos by Up Dharma Down (video: [link]). Same treatment: I wanted it to be more than just fonts on a poster so I customized the typeface.

This is part of a series of Typographic posters inspired by Original Pilipino Music.

(Source: gabmadrid.com)