#Gravity Screw

[sjbattleangel]

Public Service Announcement: There Is No "CalArts Style".

Can't believe I still have to say this!

Despite everything you might have heard, there is no "CalArts Style." It doesn't exist. CalArts isn't an art-style or animation studio, it's actually a university for art and animation founded by the Disney brothers. (Yes, THOSE Disney brothers)

I know there's this image going around of these cartoon characters sharing the same head, eyes and smile...

but that's deliberate, misleading exaggeration. In reality..

They're actually very different from one another. Sure, they share a few faint similarities but overall each character and their respective series have their own style and identity.

Animation with those similarities? (Round eyes, mouthes and bendy limbs) There're actual names for that style of animation: Rubber-Hose, Bean-Mouth, Noodle-Arm, Fleischerian. take your pick.

But to call all animation with those little similarities "CalArts"? It's stupid, lazy and dishonest. CalArts didn't create or popularize the Bean-Mouth. Like all art-styles, it became trendy following the major success of shows like Adventure Time, Steven Universe, ect. And most importantly, there is no uniform style at CalArts. In fact, here, let me show you the work of noticeable CalArts Alumni:

Just look at the diverse art-styles and animation, all from former CalArts students!

On a side-note:

Rebbeca Sugar (Steven Universe) never went to CalArts.

Ben Bocquelet (Gumball) never went to CalArts.

Nate Stevenson (She-Ra) never went to CalArts either! (Something I find hilarious since She-Ra doesn't look anything like the aforementioned Bean-Mouth cartoons but rather a bold, modernized version of Sailor Moon)

Another reason why people must stop using the term "CalArts"/"CalArts Style"? It was coined by none other than disgusting predator John K. Yes, John K, the co-creator of Ren & Stimpy who used his influence to prey on teenage girls. (TW: sexual exploitation, grooming, gaslighting.) He coined the term "CalArts"/"CalArts Style" to bash works like The Iron Giant, Animaniacs, Gargoyles, Les Triplettes De Belleville (which is also ridiculous since Sylvain Chomet didn't go to CalArts) along with the works of Disney, Warner Bros., Dreamworks, Richard Williams and Don Bluth. In simple terms, he was a toxic piece of work who loved tearing anything that didn't meet his standards of zany, off-model grotesqueness.

Here, a friend of mine on social media explains better than I can:

Thanks for listening. Hope I helped.

#animation #calarts #the calarts style isn't real #there is no calarts style #steven universe #adventure time #gravity falls #star vs the forces of evil #gumball #the amazing adventures of gumball #cartoons #screw john k #john k is a creep #psa

[hkthatgffan]

Alex Hirsch is now one of the few cartoon creators to hit 1 million followers on Twitter!

A deserving milestone for someone who made a show so loved and so influential after all these years!

#alex hirsch #gravity falls #The Book of Bill #1 million followers #Screw Elon I'm still calling it Twitter #Twitter #Gravity Falls is real and it will never die #gravity falls fandom #dipper and mabel #grunkle stan #mabel #dipper pines #mabel pines #dipper #Alex #Hirsch #alex hirsch twitter #The Book of Bill hype got him there 100%

[the-tiniest-demigod]

Lovett and Lackett Valentine, Two opposite sides of the love coin

Lovett finds human relationships to be adorable and charming, he goes out of his way o help people get together

Lackett on the other side, finds couples arguing and breaking up humorous and entertaining

#not really sure if they count as flatland ocs #but screw it #flatland oc #gravity falls oc #demon oc #lovecore #last post b4 i go to bed

[wisp-does-stuff]

It pisses me off that this is an email alex hersh got from Disney when the show was made yet they're still trying to capitalize on his show during pride

#screw disney #all my homies hate Disney #gravity falls #the owl house #fuck disney #lgbtq community #gay pride #lesbian pride #happy pride 🌈

[a-blip-of-billdip]

we need more ford haters in this fandom. this dude is a fucking loser. it has nothing to do with him being a nerd, and everything to do with him being a borderline narcissist who has ruined the lives of every single person he's come in contact with

#gravity falls #ford pines #stanford pines #fuck ford #yall i cannot describe how much i hate this fucking dust bag #i hate how much the fandom is obsessed with him too #even alex acknowledges that ford is an asshole whos in love with himself and has no problem destroying peoples lives to get what he wants #examples; stan fiddleford (almost) dipper and mabel (almost) his au self and fiddleford in an au AND the entire dimension of that au #fiddlefords entire family- their parents (specifically his mother who loved stan more than she loved ford and NEVER GOT TO SEE HER SON AGAI #BEFORE SHE DIED BC OF FORDS FUCKING ACCUSATION) #which btw let me just side track slightly to point out that ford DIDNT make a pwrpetual motion machine. #if all it takes is one screw loose for it to stop working it isnt a perpetual motion machine. period. #he wouldve gotten into thr college with a lie and he wouldve absolutely failed to meet the expectations in his 'dream scgool' #(a school he didnt even know about until the day pRIOR. a school he was willing to abandon his TWIN over and... again. #destroyed stans life over.) #theres so so so so so so so many other examples #so mamy #but im getting TOO mad

[activatebutterflyshield]

A Ray for @mr-orion! I got a new brush pen today and had a lot of fun doing this feathery fellow up with it. Don’t ask me what the hell the pose is though it just seemed fun

#other people's ocs #mr-orion #as much as i love your fish people mate today was a day for feathers #and ignoring the laws of gravity in a different way #traditional art #every time i find a new way to do crosshatching with ink a new lightbulb is screwed into the massive array that is my brain

[rearranging-deck-chairs]

watching space station videos for fic research and this astronaut is explaining how they sleep and that they dont really lie down because it always feels like shes still standing up anyway. she says "i dont have any sensation in my head that tells me im upside down so it doesnt matter"

i think thats what time sense is like. this thing in your brain that makes you able to orient yourself like in relation to, like, gravity? humans float in time like astronauts float in the space station. theyve got nothing in their brain telling them whats up and down.

and i dont know physics but like gravity distorts time along with space right? thats what they told me in world enough and time right? magic space hole, dont call the lift, cybermen problem

anyway i think thats what it's like. just like feeling gravitys effects on time? and then when it disappears or gets broken, which i hc happens with the master a bit after the timelords take away the drums and then relatively soon after that they regenerate very close to a black hole TWICE. TWICE AT ONCE. i think those things together mustve really fucked with their time sense i dont think the master can orient themself very well anymore, cant tell whats up and down anymore, just always floating

#theyre showing oUT THE WINDOW TO EARTH NOW AND SEEING THE VOID OF SPACE AROUND THE EARTH IS FREAKING ME OUT HOLY SHIT #THERES NOTHING THERE #ITS JUST NIGHT #anyway i think about the masters time sense a lot #bc i think when they HAVE it. like all their life. it's already fucked #i think the drums fuck it up #or like thats a manifestation of its fucked upness #anyway i wrote that whole vault fic abt it so you know but like #i think when they have their time sense it's sort of like. a stripped screw? #or like. something that doesnt stop when it should #im trying to think how you could say that with the gravity analogy but im not sure #but i think when they have it it's like that. like kinda in overdrive? and then when they loseit #or most of it. it must be such an adjustment #like first time is so insistent and relentless and constant that it Hurts and then all of a sudden it's so hard to feel #you feel like youre floating all the time #first youre dizzy one way for all of your life and then youre finally used to it and they take it away so now youre dizzy ANOTHER way #the master on earth in their first years after regenerating not only manually transing their gender but also #trying to adjust to this new disability #and then finding hte doctor and not only are they now sudddenly this super special person in your eyes #but also they seem to be doing FINE #you got fucked up like three times over in your attempt to be friends with them and they just MOVED ON

[messinwitheddie]

Dipper "Holy shit, you're really a demon? I thought you were just extremely dedicated to an edgy persona."

Pepito "Yes, I'm a fucking demon!"

Dib "Half demon."

Pepito "Session's over, amegos; you're making me flare up!"

Dib "So it was just YOU?"

Pepito "Yeah, it's just me and you're lucky it's JUST me!"

Dib "So... could you stop?"

Pepito "I'll stop when you stop! Put the damn ouija board away before one of my siblings or cousins tune in! Worse yet, one of my aunts or uncles tune in, they're even bigger cunts-- And so fucking help me, if my DAD shows up, I'll make all 4 of you spontaneously combust right in front of your parents!"

Dipper "Seriously?"

Pepito "YES! Look at my weird fucking goat eyes! See how serious I am?!"

Mabel "I didn't touch it!"

Gaz "I was just making sure this moron didn't curse me again."

Dib "One time! I accidentally put ONE curse on you ONE time!"

Gaz "It wasn't an accident."

Dib "Move past it!"

Gaz "I can't eat hot dogs ever again!"

Dipper "We just ate chili dogs for lunch."

Gaz "Yeah, but they were beef franks and I didn't enjoy it."

Dib "Ok, So I didn't do enough research before I cast the spell file. Drag me to court."

Gaz "I wanted to, but dad wouldn't book his lawyer."

Mabel "We've all put a curse of some kind on our siblings. You can just own up to it."

Gaz "Yeah, DIB."

Pepito "Hey, asshats! Shut the fuck up and put away the board. That's your last warning."

Dipper "We're not going to summon anything dangerous. Just relax."

Pepito "You don't think so?"

Dib "NO. We know what we're doing."

Pepiti "I ASSURE you, you DON'T. Humans almost NEVER know what they're doing when it comes to ouija boards! As the son of Satan, trust me on this."

Dipper "Ok, I call bullshit on that. You're NOT the son of Satan. Satan is just a poster boy for the alienated and G-d is a lie made up by rich people to trick poor people into fighting their wars they start."

Pepito "Let's just say you're not entirely wrong and the multiverse is much more vast and complicated than you think."

Dipper "We can handle a demon. I've been possessed before. Well, by an ultraterrestrial technically."

Pepito "ALL demons are technically ultraterrestrials, dumb-shit!"

Dib "But not all ultraterrestrials are demons. Don't correct him if he's not wrong."

Pepito "What was the demon's name?"

Dipper/ Mabel "Bill Cypher."

Pepito "Ha! The lamest one."

Dib "Right now, that's you, man."

Pepito "Mother fu... ok. So, it wouldn't be out of character to tell *Kimber; make her break this up?"

Kids "NOOO!!"

[A continuation of this dialogue. I had too much fun writing this.

*Dipper/Mabel mother]

#invader zim #gravity falls #squee #crossover #au #dib #gaz #dipper #mabel #pepito #don't screw around with ouija boards #unless you know what you're doing

[juniemunie]

TW/CW: body horror for the last pic

The Gravity Falls high still hasn't run out so I need to draw it all out of my brain

This is completely based off when Alex talked about Bill's original role of being an overpowered side character that only showed up in Dipper's dreams to torment him and throw prophecies and visions to make him paranoid

I also found out how to digital color my traditional art! Its a complete game changer you have no idea

Here's what Alex said verbatim;

"If Dipper was a kid who desperately, desperately wants to know the answers of the universe, there should be a character who knows the answers to the universe, but won’t tell him just to drive him crazy!"

"So I originally imagined that he would show up in Dipper's dreams all the time. Like Dipper would go to sleep, and he started to dream about- you know, Wendy, or video games or whatever, and Wendy would turn her face and it would just be Bill, and he would deliver some cryptic annoying message like; "THE NUMBER SIXTEEN! WATCH OUT FOR AIRPLANES! POMEGRANATES CAUSE BRAIN DAMAGE, BYEEEE!!"

-Alex Hirsch, 2015, Amazing Houston ComicCon

#junie art post #tw: body horror #body horrow cw #does this count as #wendip #i think it technically does #bill cipher #dipper pines #wendy courderoy #gravity falls #bill being his usual creepy screwed up weirdo self #no they did not kiss lmfao i was just too lazy to draw the part where dipper dips wendy or smth cuz drawing wendip is too cringey #in a hilarious way for me #like i could not stop laughing drawing this #this is as wendip as it canonically can get in the show #which is to say forever one sided #wendy corduroy

[zmeu-ra]

Rockman X3 (ロックマンX3) - 1996

#blast hornet #blizzard buffalo #gravity beetle #toxic seahorse #volt catfish #crush crawfish #tunnel rhino #neon tiger #explose horneck #frozen buffalio #gravity beetbood #acid seaforce #electro namazuros #scissors shrimper #screw masaider #shining tigerd #mega man x #mmx #mega man x3 #mmx3 #x3 #rockman x #rockman x3 #psx #playstation #ps1 #sega saturn #90s #anime #aesthetic

[athgalla-arts]

I got emotional about our old boys. Let them have fun, too!

Zest under the cut, you know the drill.

#Gravity Falls #Stanford Pines #Fiddleford McGucket #fiddauthor #I need to quit screwing around and work on the steadily growing pile of wips I have #especially the damn ref sheets for my ocs that I keep not working on #also sorry if this looks wonky ugh I couldn't get it quite how I wanted

[gettinshiggywithit]

I love living every day knowing I could carry chuuya nakahara with ease.

#🎙jaya speaks #the mans is literally 10kilos lighter than #me #i love living with this knowledge #now if he uses his gravity #im screwed #but as he is? #very carryable #bsd chuuya nakahara #chuuya nakahara #chuuya

[thefastestoofinthewest]

with alex hirch going out and talking about how disney completely screwed him over many times, i hope it inspires other cartoon creators to come out and say how they were abused by studios

We already know how disney forces censors on everything, but cartoon network and Nickelodeon sure as hell aren't in the clear either.

Cartoon network is infamous for dropping great ideas at the drop of a hat and allowing awful people to work major jobs.

Nick has a major problem with killing any show that doesn't match up to spongebob, will not allow creators to make more content even if the show is cancelled (seriously, go see how hard the show making fiends got fucked over) and has allowed MULTIPLE PED0$ to run and make shows.

I want to see the people fucked over finally come out and speak.

#I cannot WAIT for any nda's to expire #gravity falls #cartoon network #nickelodeon #Heres some shows that many people know got screwed: #Ok ko #ok ko let's be heroes #my life as a teenage robot #mlaatr #centarworld #making fiends #harvey beaks #welcome to the wayne #teen titans #I could tag a lot of netfilx shows #carmen sandeigo 2019

[buggy-mars]

Sketch book request: mystery twins (dip & mabel) with flower crowns? 🥺

"Aw common Mabel I was trying to sit like a cool guy!"

#sketchbook requests #gravity falls #dipper pines #mabel pines #oof my art stamina is running out #mabel's face got all screwed up 😭

[keeganmantle]

Dang it, Bill!😐😁

I will not bring up that guy on here as I want to move on on here but we'll call him, "Angry Tumblr Guy".😁

You know who he is. Please report him off the internet. And also, Angry Tumblr Guy, the more you do this, the more I'm just gonna flag and block you so you're just wasting your time.🙄

You're a psychotic pervert. Yeah, that's right! Apparently he has s*xual fantasies about me now. This guy is twisted in the head.😐

You tell me to act my age. Which I do. You're a year older than me so you should act your age and just leave me alone. I'm trying to be the bigger person and let this blow over unlike you who wants attention I guess. Also, you're from China, right? I know what your government down there is like so...have fun with them. You're getting what's coming eventually.🤷‍♂️😐

#bill cipher #gravity falls #disney #stop the drama #screw the haters #they just don't get it #angry tumblr guy

[superat626]

Drew some dancing for Tep and @drawotion's character Mina.

#Toonkind dnd #Toonkind #Tep #Mina #First rule of mythos say screw physics you can manipulate matter into existence #if you're an eldritch being - no - well... #I just wanted to play with space gravity dance stuff #what if dancing was different because different environments from lack of gravity #i said i kept thinking about spaceships and well i sat and drew one #art by my hand