It Is Now HALLOWEEN!!!

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Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna
winterbirb

Dealing With Executive Dysfunction - A Masterpost

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mobydyke

part of the universe's inherent cruelty that all the parts of being a grownup that you idolized as a kid are both the best and worst parts of adulthood

mobydyke

the meme of two men sitting on a bus. one man is excitedly looking out at a beautiful view and reads "I get to decide what I want for dinner every night." the second man is sadly looking out the other window at a rock wall and reads "I have to decide what to have for dinner every night"ALT
mobydyke

the meme of two men sitting on a bus. one man is excitedly looking out at a beautiful view and reads "I can drive to my friends' houses and hang out whenever I want." the second man is sadly looking out the other window at a rock wall and reads "I have to schedule my entire social life"ALT
mobydyke

balance in all things etc etc but this is mostly to say that whenever ur feeling rly down about how hard growing up and having responsibilities is, it's worth trying to remember that your 6 year old self would be so excited about this. you gotta let that optimistic little motherfucker have a voice in your head, even if that voice mostly tells you to buy gushers when you're in the middle of grocery shopping

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delistylehardcore

when ppl say flash animation pretty much always what i can tell they’re actually thinking of is what is referred to in animation practice as puppet animation, which i agree sucks like 90% of the time (there are a FEW shows that use it very masterfully, like homestar runner and one i’ll show later, though)

guess what? this is flash!

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this is also flash!

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THIS is puppet animation:

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the funniest part is that most puppet animation isn’t even done in flash anymore. people use after effects instead because it has MUCH more sophisticated and useful tools meant specifically for puppet animation.

the technique can be used well, however. my little pony does it so fluidly it looks practically seamless.

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homestar runner doesn’t focus nearly as much on fluidity, but instead on constructing strong, expressive key poses and making every frame really count.

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puppet animation isn’t even limited to digital mediums. in fact, it’s not new at all.

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the adventures of prince achmed is the world’s oldest surviving feature-length animated film - that’s right, predating snow white by over 10 years - and it was done entirely using puppet animation; black paper cutouts atop illuminated backgrounds. and it’s truly fucking breathtaking.

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leonbraqyd

Things I believe needed to be said. It’s not the technique or the tool, it’s what the artist does with it.