#influences

[durnesque-esque]

Hey folks - direct from the Union, here are guidelines for influencers & cosplayers during the strike.

#cosplay #cosplayers #influences #sag #sag aftra strike #wga strike

[possumcollege]

Writing about drawing influences yesterday got me thinking about Cam Kennedy again. No one ever made Boba Fett look better. His surface textures, his sharp, slashy clothing folds, angular figures, and the sense of weight he hangs on characters are just lovely. I have a real soft spot for artists who seem to draw everyone in clothes that no longer fit them, or were made with somone bigger in mind.

I rant on characters who always seem buried in layers of gear but Kennedy's often wear it desperately, like carrying it isn't a choice and very little of it looks like it was made with the carrier's comfort or anatomy in mind. Everyone looks so worn-in, klunky, and used. His machines look like they're barely holding together, undersized, his space ships aren't made to feel gravity, nothing in his environments are squared up, the way he draws smoke trails, steam, impact debris- I love it!

#Cam Kennedy #drawing #boba fett #influences #illustration #character design #2000 AD #rogue trooper #judge dredd #possumcollege

[jeremiasdorap]

Granmamare (グランママレ), Goddess of Mercy and the Queen of the ocean in Ponyo (2008)

Iemanjá (Yèyé omo ejá), african godness, Queen of the waters in Candomblé and Umbanda

#granmamare #ponyo #studio ghibli #hayao miyazaki #iemanja #candomble #umbanda #africa #nigeria #africanism #black culture #influences #otaku #anime #anime gif #parallels #godness #mysticism #religion

[sunburnacoustic]

“I listen to a lot of hip hop before I play [on stage]. I plug it in and jam along.”

—Dom Howard on his touring essentials, which include Run The Jewels 2 | | Q Magazine, April 2016

#muse band #dom howard #drones tour #drones era #on the road #on tour #2016 #muse quotes #hip hop #influences #music #musicians #muse #muse interviews #drums #drummers

[susandnymm]

The Unicorn

"A horse? I, a horse?"

Aldieb

from The Last Unicorn:

I'm trying to draw something every day right now, and today I sat down planning to do an animation-y Aldieb to go along with Mandarb and Caba. I realized just a few days ago how much cartoon Mandarb owes his eyes - and a lot of the stylization in his mane and tail - to the Unicorn from the Last Unicorn. That movie (and later, the book) was my absolute diehard favorite when I was really little. I thought, because of that, that it would be really fun to intentionally style Aldieb to echo The Unicorn - so I pulled up some references from the movie and got to work. As I went along mimicking the flow and shape of the lines that are done in sort of an Art Nouveau feel and with a direct thematic callback to ocean waves, though, I saw something really cool for the first time that I had never realized before. The style that she is drawn in has been a huge influence on all of my artwork in the style and shape of lines that I like to draw. Those flowing, loose wave shapes pop up unconsciously everywhere in my work, even though I very rarely drew The Unicorn even when I was a little girl obsessed with her because I was more wrapped up in trying to draw the most realistic horse I could. So I was only partway through the line drawing for Aldieb when I knew there was no way I could NOT switch gears and do The Unicorn with her ocean waves -- but I still wanted my dapple-grey Aldieb and through the magic of digital art, why not both?  It was such a fun nostalgic moment to see how the influence of that early childhood favorite has stuck with me. The same sorts of shapes absolutely show up on things like Wisdom Nynaeve's framing, and really everywhere I look at my drawings now.

The Unicorn showing up in my subconscious for sure:

#inspiration #influences #the last unicorn #the wheel of time #horses of the wheel of time #fanart #digital art #art #horses all the way down #Art by SDN

[creatediana]

Ruba'i by the Sufi poet Mahsati (1098–1185), translated by Paul Smith

After nearly 900 years, Mahsati is highly respected for her courageous poetry that condemned religious fanaticism and prejudices, hypocrisy and dogmas. In the city of Ganjeh in Azerbaijan, a street and a school, an academic institution, a museum and others have been named after her.

#influences #sufi poetry #mahsati #female poets #islamic poetry #sufism #muslim women #poetry by women #women poets #women in islam #ruba'i #religious poetry

[turns-out-its-adhd]

Snezhnaya Koroleva / White Diamond

You can watch all of Snezhnaya Koroleva [The Snow Queen] [USSR] [1957] on youtube as the film is now in the public domain. Getting real White Diamond vibes from the Snow Queen and the animation is just stunning.

#steven universe #snow queen #influences #soviet animation #rebecca sugar #Youtube

[k00294532]

Barbie was a very influential part of my childhood

(Infact Barbie Mermaida was my second favourite barbie film soo)

When I first got the idea for animation to do a transformation scene this scene came to mind

#barbie #mermaid #animation #influences

[kedikatzen]

saw your testimony of your experience being hounded for having a “similar style” to viv on another blog. ty so much for sharing your history there.

i was wondering if you’d be willing to talk about or list what cartoons/movies/comics/art influenced or inspired you/your style.

i’ve long been sick of people lumping other styles in with viv’s as if she’s the first to ever draw like that (as well as viv acting like she is.) and one day when i have the time i’d like to sit down and make an info-graphic of sorts explaining style influence and how it can overlap with other artists even with them never crossing paths.

if you’d rather not engage this tho i completely respect that. and feel free to shoot me a private message if you’d rather not post this ask to your account.

whether or not i hear from ya i hope you have a good one and ty for reading.

That's fine!! I don't mind engaging when people ask my side of things, I just don't want to be a source for other people to post random things through, if that makes sense. I do try to be upfront about my experience and bring it up from time to time because there are constantly new victims, and I don't want anyone to feel alone or like they're the only person having a negative experience. I know that a lot of others are afraid to speak out, so I try to be a story that's open in case anyone else needs validation.

As for stylistic influence, The Nightmare Before Christmas was the earliest movie I remember watching and my grandma had to get it on VHS for me because I watched it like every week. I loved Tim Burton's claymation as well as his live action movies (Beetlejuice, Mars Attacks, Batman, etc.) My favourite American cartoons growing up were Batman the Animated Series (very big stylistic influence), The Grim Adventures, and Animaniacs. I grew up abroad, though, so I had a lot of other influences, Winx Club was extremely popular as well as Sailor Moon, so I picked up a lot of habits in my anatomy from those (I think automatically associating ice with villains is also something I picked up from that). But the very long legs compared to bodies is definitely a prevalent thing in media I liked, I even had these dolls (they were called Hi Glamm dolls if you want to look them up) who had legs twice the length of the rest of their bodies. Don Bluth movies were some of my favourites, especially All Dogs and Anastasia. I read a lot of comics my dad collected as well, in big whole-volume collections, and I remember being very fond of Asterix and Obelix, and Bill Maildin's comics about the military (which might not seem like a big one, but I took a lot of inspiration from his spot-blacking for when I do spot-black).

Other major influences concerned, some of my biggest when it came to making comics were other webcomics, specifically Warrior-U (Aisha Thani) and Lackadaisy (Tracy Butler), both of which have been around on the internet far longer than a certain someone who thinks she invented half the things in these comics. I did see her webcomic and followed webcomics from the circle of comics it was lumped in with (Our Personal Purgatory and Alice and the Nightmare, the latter of which is still ongoing and the former you can see the artist's new comic on Webtoons, it's called Death Sitter). Ironically, a friend linked me to her comic and said "it reminds me of your art so I think you'd like it". I wanted to like it, but she was so overly defensive of her "style" that people were "stealing" and so aggressive toward other issues that it pushed me away from it. She definitely didn't invent the very fluid, cartoony bodies thing with big eyes that everyone equates to her, that came long before with Aisha Thani and Puppetology. From what I've seen, Viv used to have a way more Disney-esque style until she became associated with Puppetology and Dollcreep, so if anyone deserves credit for "inventing" the "style", it's them.

I'm genuinely sad that Warrior-U is still gone, but I need to buy her other comics because her art is amazing. Funnily enough, recollecting this all is what prompted me to go look up her gumroad, and see that there are even more new comics to check out.

I don't mind posting this publicly, I'm very proud of my artistic journey and I'm incredibly happy to share due credit to all of my influences growing up. I'm trying not to make this too long, so hopefully this clears up enough, but if you have follow-up questions then feel free to ask.

#vivziepop drama #personal #influences #my influences

[stevienicksquotes]

Well, I do really kind of live in a world of dreams and fairy tales. I mean, my life is a fairy tale, that's for sure. And I actually read fairy tales — Grimm's Fairy Tales and Hans Christian Anderson — and a lot of my songs come out of that kind of fairy-tale genre, because of the reading that I do, and because when I was a little girl I loved to dress up and put feathers in my hair and sparkle dust on my face. You know, that's something that I just was kind of born with.

Stevie Nicks, US Magazine interview, 1990 (x)

#stevie nicks #1990 #us magazine #on writing #influences #realno u fikciji

[a-cosmic-elf]

Whilst I took the kids to the skate park I sat browsing on YouTube, and came across a complete uploaded English dubbed 1993 anime adaptation of Battle Angel Alita. What a find!

Yes it’s cringe, but unlike the recent Hollywood adaptation and like a lot of old school Japanese anime, it’s darker and ultra violent. It also has a special place in my heart because I taped it once during a late night anime season on Channel 4, and rewatched it so much I wore that tape out.

A lot of Alita is in my mass effect oc - Faith. That’s why this piece is so special to me. When I heard about the recent movie my soul sang. I love a lot of what they did there, reuniting the roller-derby element from the original manga and most importantly sticking with that bleak end.

(Unlike that other Hollywood adaption of a beloved anime, and don’t ask me about that one because it makes me want to start throwing things).

I’m not suggesting you watch it, this might be another of those ‘only me’ things that I just needed to have on my blog.

Without Alita, there’d be no Faith. 🥰

#battle angel alita #influences #inspirations #japanese animation #retro manga #gundam #dark stories #science fiction #oc faith #random thoughts #Youtube

[k00292537]

Project : Movement

Week : 15th Jan - 19th Jan

Artist Research : Caravaggio

From the Baroque period, Caravaggio is famed for his use of the ‘Chiaroscuro’ painting technique. A method that creates strong contrasts between light and dark. These deep shades and bright highlights emphasise the figure and their gesture, while also adding drama to the piece.

Caravaggio perfected Chiaroscuro. His figures looked realistic and lifelike, due to this technique of accentuating light and dark tones. But he also used Chiaroscuro to develop his subject matters of biblical stories, depicted in a dark manner.

I’m influenced by Caravaggio’s methods, as the picture reference for my painting this week is similar to his dark style.

The background is completely shadowed, meaning the figure of me as a child is highlighted. The entire figure is the focal point. I think I can learn from Caravaggio’s techniques, by using extreme dark and extreme light paints to create a contrast.

#art student #lsad #artwork #caravaggio #painting #baroque #artist research #influences #chiaroscuro

[rebelqueenperu]

Bowie Girl ⚡

Film: The Runaways (2010)

I found this and I still can't believe that His influence inspired several female artists: Madonna, Joan Jett and Cherie Currie (from The Runaways), Kate Bush and Lady Gaga.

Take that Rebel Girls books! , they didn't even mention him in their purple book where his widow, Iman, appeared, they basically call him "a legendary rock star", it would also have been better if they had mentioned Kate Bush in Rebel Girls Rock, because for them she was an intermediate between Joni Mitchel and Björk (who do appear in that book). Conclusion: If Bowie had not existed, we would never have one of the first female rock bands in history: The Runaways, which began as a group of friends who admired him.

#the runaways #david bowie #dakota fanning #joan jett #cherie currie #kate bush #lady gaga #female artists #influences #madonna #music #rebel girls

[ramblinguitar]

#dir en grey #music #I hear #Opeth #influences #Spotify

[sunburnacoustic]

Firstly [Russian composer Sergei] Rachmaninoff. It’s a close call between Franz Liszt [Hungarian romantic], Rachmaninoff and [Polish prodigy Frederic] Chopin. Some people argue that Liszt is up there, but Rachmaninoff has some kind of weird, dark edge to his music, which I don’t think I’ve heard with any other kind of music before. So for that reason I give it to him – he’s got a dark heart.

Matt Bellamy on who his favourite pianist is, Triple J Magazine interview, 31 October 2007

#he's definitely heard Gretchen then! So now I know where Ruled By Secrecy; at least subconsciously; comes from! Ha! #muse band #muse #matt bellamy #influences #pianists #Muse band #pianos #2007 #Triple J #muse interviews #Black Holes era #Triple J Magazine #Muse Australia #JMag #Muse quotes #music quotes #sergei rachmaninoff #franz liszt #frederic chopin #firmly a Romantic on the piano then #on composing #on writing

[eppysboys]

“Existentialism was our way of expressing our difference from the old Germany. Our major influence was France: America was too far away, and it couldn’t be England for they were our enemies. We couldn’t buy any English books or records or anything. We took all our information and inspiration from France – music, writing, art, the looks. I loved Juliette Greco. My hero, and the biggest influence, was Jacques Cocteau; his movies, the strict black and white, the way he composed every shot: It wasn’t just a film; it was a sequence of pictures. The Beatles introduced the American influence, because most of the music they –played was American. As interpreted by The Beatles, it was the first time I had heard songs by Chuck Berry, Carl Perkins, The Miracles, Ray Charles and Jerry Lee Lewis. The Beatles know how much I liked the music, and wanted me to hear the originals, so they wrote home and asked their parents to send the records over.”

Astrid Kirchherr, Interview by Colin Hall for Get Rhythm, August 2001    

#Astrid Kirchherr #Astrid #Colin Hall #The Beatles #influences #interviews #quotes #Jacques Cocteau #Juliette Greco #Get Rhythm #Existentialism