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ghoulymadge · 5 months

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Prime Mover (Maryland 2012)

#madge gifs #ghost #the band ghost #ghost band #ghost bc #primo #papa emeritus i #i'm obsessed with the lighting in this #also i went and removed all the background lights #frame by frame #because i'm utterly insane #enjoy 💚

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bixels · 4 months

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I think 90% of my gripes with how modern anime looks comes down to flat color design/palettes.

Non-cohesive, washed-out color palettes can destroy lineart quality. I see this all the time when comparing an anime's lineart/layout to its colored/post-processed final product and it's heartbreaking. Compare this pre-color vs. final frame from Dungeon Meshi's OP.

So much sharpness and detail and weight gets washed out and flattened by 'meh' color design. I LOVE the flow and thickness and shadows in the fabrics on the left. The white against pastel really brings it out. Check out all the detail in their hair, the highlights in Rin's, the different hues to denote hair color, the blue tint in the clothes' shadows, and how all of that just gets... lost. It works, but it's not particularly good and does a disservice to the line-artist.

I'm using Dungeon Meshi as an example not because it's bad, I'm just especially disappointed because this is Studio Trigger we're talking about. The character animation is fantastic, but the color design is usually much more exciting. We're not seeing Trigger at their full potential, so I'm focusing on them.

Here's a very quick and messy color correct. Not meant to be taken seriously, just to provide comparison to see why colors can feel "washed out." Top is edit, bottom is original.

You can really see how desaturated and "white fluorescent lighting" the original color palettes are.

[Remember: the easiest way to make your colors more lively is to choose a warm or cool tint. From there, you can play around with bringing out complementary colors for a cohesive palette (I warmed Marcille's skintone and hair but made sure to bring out her deep blue clothes). Avoid using too many blend mode layers; hand-picking colors will really help you build your innate color sense and find a color style. Try using saturated colors in unexpected places! If you're coloring a night scene, try using deep blues or greens or magentas. You see these deep colors used all the time in older anime because they couldn't rely on a lightness scale to make colors darker, they had to use darker paints with specific hues. Don't overthink it, simpler is better!]

#not art #dungeon meshi #rant #i'm someone who can get obsessive over colors in my own art #will stare at the screen adjusting hues/saturation for hours #luckily i've gotten faster at color picking #but yeah modern anime's color design is saddening to me. the general trend leans towards white/grey desaturated palettes #simply because they're easier to pick digitally #this is not the colorists fault mind you. the anime industry's problems are also labor problems. artists are severely underpaid #and overworked. colorists literally aren't paid enough to do their best #there isn't a “creative drought” in the anime industry. this trend is widespread across studios purely BECAUSE it's not up to individuals #until work conditions improve anime will unfortunately continue to miss its fullest potential visually #don't even GET ME STARTED ON THE USE OF POST-PROCESSING FILTERS AND LIGHTING IN ANIME THOUGH #SOMEONE HOLD ME BACK. I HATE LENS FLARES I HATE GRADIENT SHADING I HATE CHROMATIC ABBERATION AND BLUR

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ovenproofowl · 1 year

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His Dark Materials is a franchise that tackles so many branches of physics and even creates a universe where the main course of study is experimental theology which is all about identifying and explaining dark matter while also adding dimensions to string theory, the multiverse theory, and the very concept of the human soul. At the same time, it aggressively calls out the problem with the state being controlled by the church, how people are condemned for being different and religious fearmongering stops the chance at growth both on an individual and a societal scale. It’s a franchise where the heroes of the story are two children who aren’t allowed to know the prophecy they’re a part of, who save the world unwittingly simply by doing what they believe to be right. Meanwhile, the person who thought he was the hero all along, the person who rallied an army from multiple universes to FIGHT. GOD. HIMSELF. is ultimately consumed by his own ego and forced to take a back seat when he realises he’s just one tiny piece of a much larger story that’s true heart is his own daugher. The child he abandoned, the child he didn’t know or care to know how to look after. It’s a franchise about finding love even when your biological family abandon you, it’s about looking evil in the eye and seeing your own mother, it’s about good and evil not being black and white but instead a complex and cruel mixture of both. It’s about the two worst people you know banding together at the last second to save their daughter with their final breaths. It’s about exploration and learning how to grow through experience, it’s about kindness being shared across the multiverse, exchanging stories with strangers and saving the whole world by doing something perfectly ordinary and receiving no reward.

Oh, and it’s also a franchise rich with fantasy, with giant talking polar bears, witches and ghosts, angels and daemons, and a mammal-like species from another world that travels exclusively on roller skates.

And it fucking. rocks.

#his dark materials #phillip pullman #hdm #lyra belacqua #will parry #marisa coulter #lord asriel #mary malone #northern lights #the subtle knife #the amber spyglass #i feel like i didn't even scrape the surface. the universe created here has fascinated me since i was a kid #but as i've gotten older i've really learned to appreciate all the scientific theories that are expanded upon using fantasy and philosophy #as someone who has a weird obsession with theoretical physics hdm scratches a very specific itch 😂#anyway that's my little rant over. i'm done now.

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beif0ngs · 9 months

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PEAK SILLINESS

#One Piece #opgraphics #Monkey D. Luffy #Joy Boy #*mine #flashing tw #it's been a day but i'm still going absolutely INSANE over G5 Luffy finally being animated!!#literally obsessed with the way he moves around!!#he's so bouncy and light on his feet~#and the cartoon sound effects really adds to the silliness of G5 uGH i love it so much

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perotovar · 10 months

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You got knocked out. No. I wasn't knocked out. We both know I could'a gotten back up again. I just didn't want to. I'm not a boxer.

#pedropascaledit #ppascaledit #pedro pascal #userallisyn #useralii #userconstance #userjoanne #userfanni #tusercora #tuserpolly #userdin #xuserannie #omar assarian #lights out #g:pp #oaks #where is omar's redemption fic!!!!#also i'm OBSESSED with the black + red color palette

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norrussell · 7 months

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OH GOODNESS GRACIOUS

#I want my kids to have that side profile eheheheh #No but have you seen the more perfect nose #I'm obsessed how straight it is #And his eyes so light #Lips so perfect #lando norris

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sentientsky · 4 months

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"The Slaughterhouse," by Yves Olade

oh my god the exposure got fucked up. eh, whatever

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numbuh424 · 3 months

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light's face when near totally ignores him, openly accuses him of making the shinigami lie on his behalf, and then addresses the task force in the room with light saying that if they have any doubts about the Second L to give him a call later. ALL WHILE LIGHT'S THE ONE ON THE MIC. oh, they're killing me.

#death note #light yagami #nate river #near #death note light #death note near #moonriver #they're sooooooo fucking funny I can't get over it #light asks ryuk to confirm the 13 day rule is true which has worked on everyone before but near was like “ok anyways......”#near doesn't even HUMOR him at least #just straight up goes if anyone else doesn't believe this bitch here's my number get in contact #near: liarsayswhat #light: what #light: GODDAMMIT #that might as well be how that scene went #god I love them they're so horrible #I'm so obsessed with this screenshot never has there been a more perfectly captured “the audacity of this bitch” expression #elle is talking again

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satans-knitwear · 3 months

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Yes, i can shapeshift into magical creatures.

Treat me ~ Tip Me ~ More of me (check out the full unsensored set on my OF!)

#I even found a fluffy cardigan to wear with this bc its actually horrible weather today and I'm v cold just like this #I am so pleased with how this look came together though!!!#This dress was £8 second hand!!! I am obsessed with the colour and the pwetty pattern!!! Very glad I managed a whole look inspired by it!!#satans knitwear #alt pinup #pinup girl #pretty lingerie #Plain top stockings #Vintage vibes #Vintage inspired #This look is waaaaay too springy for the current season but I guess I shall just play pretend and light the fire to feel that warmth #bi girl #cheeky #uk girl #wlw

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the-headless-horsedude · 4 months

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FELIX vs AGENT WASHINGTON in Red vs. Blue s13e18 "Great Destroyers"

You think you're the only one who's good with knives? Oh... right...

#red vs blue #rvb #chorus trilogy #felix mcscouty #isaac gates #agent washington #rvb felix #rvb wash #rvbedit #hayden makes gifs #flashing lights #tw flashing lights #ask to tag #yea idk i'm a little obsessed w/ making gifs of felix rn

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mymainwastoocluttered · 1 year

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If some other magicless person got stuck in Twisted Wonderland and tried to take my place, I'd simply let them. Yeah, bitch, now you take care of these motherfuckers and deal with Crowley's bullshit, see if I fuckin care. Have fun babysitting a bunch of sunovabitches who barely even remember you exist half the time.

I love the angst of "they pushed the Prefect away and replaced them only to miss them when they finally leave", but, also, if I were Yuu, I'd absolutely just let it happen. Call me a pushover, but I ain't shedding a tear for friends who left for the newest shiny thing. And it would relieve me from all the trouble. Guess who's not fighting Overblots anymore? This bastard, that's who.

#twisted wonderland #I'm not salty however yes I am #I'd not fight for people willing to replace me just like that #«but you'd be lonely» being accompanied by fake assholes is 10x lonelier #though that gives me an idea #how fun would it be if NRC started trying to replace Yuu and instead of going to RSA‚ Yuu goes to FUCKIN ROLLO #just knocks on NBC and «heeeeey» and Rollo is foaming at the mouth because «they kicked out a MAGICLESS PERSON??»#Rollo: You called me a monster when I lighted that fire‚ but can you call yourselves *men* after abandoning the Prefect #Bells of Notre Dame but instead it's Yuu running to NBC and Rollo taking her in #wait that also means I could make the others get obsessed with bringing Yuu back #so they'd have Hellfire. meanwhile‚ Rollo has a repentance arc through his relationship with Yuu‚ Heaven's Light #... I'm rambling #devaneios de bellee

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ivsleeptoken · 5 months

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