Yay! Another event within one of the most fun fandoms! Thx @midnightbaguette for letting me illustrate your fic! And tysm @spopbigbang for having me as an artist! Cannot wait to see all the other stories and illustrations! This is going to be a feast! *^*
“Use your gifts and your talents to greatest possible effect while you can. Spread joy wherever possible. Laugh at jokes. Tell jokes. Make puns and bugger the embuggerances. Read books. Read my books. You might like them. You might find something else you like even more than them. Look for these things in life.
Question authority. Champion good causes. Speak out against injustice. Do not tolerate bullies or bigots or racists or anti-intellectuals or the narrow-minded. Use your education to challenge them. Broaden their perspectives. Make the world you interface with a happier place.
These are your choices. Choices you have been fortunate to have been given, so don’t waste them while you have them. Don’t look back in years to come and wish you had grasped a fleeting opportunity. Grasp it now with both hands, Live. Strive. Love.”
from A Little Advice for Life taken from ‘Terry Pratchett: from birth to death, a writer.’
—Sir Terry Pratchett; April 28, 1948 – March 12, 2015
One of the greatest compliments I've ever received is that I resemble Sam Vimes.
The Rococo period was defined by excess, frivolity and decoration. It displayed not so much themes or philosophical ideas but visual appeal and, of course, the money to afford such luxuries. It fell out of vogue as Age of Enlightenment hit its peak, which advocated for science, reason and liberal ideals vs. the extravagance of the aristocracy (and inspired some revolutions along the way). I picked this style for Scorpia as not only is she a princess whose royal family was deposed (would that the show explored that aspect of hers and the Horde's history more!), but also because I wanted to get more out of her unused Princess Prom dress.
Dungeon Meshi Episode 10 featured some great animation and background art
But the most impressive cut to me came right at the end of the episode, fittingly, with the introduction of the red dragon.
Episode director and storyboard artist Tomoyuki Munehiro holds off on showing it for a few seconds, revealing only small parts through cautious glimpses through windows and alleyways and by showing it from a human perspective, gives context to the scale of this thing before finally unveiling it in all its glory.
Where the dragon in episode 1 was more angular and stylized, it now seems to match Ryoko Kui's original design more closely.
But while there is more line detail now, light and shadow are still doing a lot of work to define the shapes of this thing, like the details at the edges of the shadows that hint at the texture of the dragon's scales.
And while there's a time and place for fast action and snappy timing,
Slow movement can be just as impressive, important, and even more difficult to animate. This cut, animated on 2's, shows a mastery of form in the way these shapes rotate slowly while remaining completely consistent.
If you're interested in this type of analysis, I broke down the whole episode in this video here!