#tron bit

[astercontrol]

Ever think about how amazing it is that we got a character like the Bit in TRON 1982?

I mean, yeah, having some cute little robot or animal side characters was, and still is, very typical of movies in that genre.

But, look at the Bit.

It's based on a computer science concept, of course: the simplest unit of data in a computer, a single 1 or 0 indicating yes or no. And it's anthropomorphized just enough to get actual computer nerds confused about what exactly it is supposed to be. Clearly you'd need lots more than one bit, to create a programmed entity that behaved the way a Bit does!

Is it the mystical energy of Programmer Spirits that animates it beyond what should be possible-- as it does for the Programs themselves, who also aren't nearly complex enough to be alive on their own? Or is a Bit something else, like an external subroutine of a program, which is called a Bit simply because of the way it communicates?

Who knows? Who cares? It's a Bit! It's adorable!

And yet… this same level of anthropomorphizing is very unusual for Disney, and for the whole genre, in a whole different way.

Though it's much more animate than one could reasonably imagine for an actual bit… the Bit is much less anthropomorphic than any creature playing any comparable role in any comparable movie I can think of.

It has no eyes, no mouth, no words except a synthesized Yes and No. It expresses itself only by shifting appearance between three faceless geometric shapes.

And yes, we love it! Yes, we adore the heck out of that sassy little thing! Yes, we will absolutely look at this object that resembles no person or animal in existence, and we will find enough cuteness to scream over!

We are the weird nerdy audience that you sucked in with the promise of a movie about computer programs being alive, and YES we are invested enough to take this ALL the way!

But I haven't seen any other movie do this, ever since.

And even the original Tron movie wasn't GOING to do it, at first.

Now, every other time I've looked at the early development of ideas in a movie, I've seen a pattern of "Less Relatable being reworked into More Relatable." Any creature design that looks "too weird," "too unfamiliar," "too alien," will evolve over the course of edits, until it satisfies the developers' expectations for being something audiences can relate to.

In other words… looking at the early concept art and the final product, I am certain any other movie I can think of would've adapted the Bit in the exact opposite direction.

Same with the MCP.

Whether it's a villain or an adorable little sidekick, the fans who became captivated by the classic Tron movie are an audience eager and ready to see life and personality in something utterly alien, something that resembles no actual life in the world we know.

And yet, I'm sure this wasn't even the goal of any of the character designers.

When you look at the early design of the Programs, you see them follow a more typical pattern, starting out more robotic, less humanoid, less "Relatable," and progressing toward recognizable humanity.

That movie, I'm pretty sure, was an exception to the rule not because of any philosophy about what would resonate with audiences... but simply because of the constraints of the medium.

The Bit and the MCP became more simple, more geometric, because that was easier to computer-animate.

Programs became more humanoid because that was easier for human actors to play.

A big, huge chunk of what made this movie relatable in a gloriously weird way, to gloriously weird audiences who may have had serious trouble relating to lots of other media, is just a serendipitous side-effect of the wild experiment that it was.

...I wish movies would take risks like that more often.

Really.

#tron #tronblr #tron 1982 #concept art #tron bit #creature design #mcp #master control program #analyzing

[datamodel-of-disaster]

So, I was originally going through the first draft script of the Tron 1982 movie that @greetingsprogram1982 archived on their blog to scavenge for references to gridbugs, after @fights4users had an interesting question about those... However, I got distracted. Tron, talking about Flynn to Yori:

Flynn, in the meantime:

#Tron knew what was up #that is an accurate assessment of Flynn #tron #tron 1982 #tronblr #tron bit #kevin flynn

[graedari]

Not pictured: the subsequent snowball fight-esque Bit fight Flynn is about to start, and the following issue when they fall off the cliff behind them.

The gang learns what happens to broken bones in the Grid that cycle

Legacy Alan Grid design by @radjerda 💖

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#graedari doodles #tron #tron legacy #kevin flynn #alan bradley #alan bradley-baines #tron bit #tron byte #digital art #ipad #apple pen #procreate #listen- ofc the bits get tags #and byte #they can be so special to me #and before you ask #yes this is the same byte from 2.0 #dont ask me how it works #but i like alan just having a little byte assistant #that is sassy to his son years later #i just think its funny if all the bits like flynn #rip flynn #so many mouths to feed #physically pained me to draw flynn in such a boring outfit next to alans bitching one #its okay though #he wears it well #let it also be known i suck as backgrounds #so sorry about that #graedari tron

[encominternational]

ROUND 2: ANON vs BIT

#tron #tronblr #tron evolution #tron 1982 #anon #tron anon #anon tron #bit #bit tron #tron bit #tron character smackdown

[nocek]

ipad baby reinvents a poke the bear game :P

#mayday parker #miguel o'hara #spiderman #spiderman 2099 #spiderverse #across the spiderverse #atsv #i'll never get over the fact that his suit is kinda a lcd screen #thus a bit glowy #plus all the extralines that remind me of tron circuits that I'll forever love #but aside that #and the terrible gif quality #be prepared for more terrible gifs #because I want to draw other spiders with mayday :3 #she is so cute >w<

[khaoticdax]

I have no idea how to make gifs but if someone could make like two with Bit going yes and no with the corresponding word on it, I will love you forever

There's one with it answering but with no words on it and idk how to edit gifs

#tron bit #Tron #Gifs #gif making #Help #Bit

[wynandcore]

Insane about this

#GOING INSANE. CHOMPING AT THE BIT TO READ IT #i need to be shown I’m not the only insane person in the room about this #tron #tronblr #tron uprising

[artisanscarecrow]

Phew, this one got put off for a while, but I finally finished it!

Had a bit of trouble because the pose was weird and I could find zero references of Tron/Rinzler's getup from the back. What a mess! I managed to figure it out in the end. I'm happy with the results!

What's great about drawing Tron, is that technically, because his actor is left-handed, I can get away with referencing myself!

Yes I suppose if I had wanted to, I could have used my right hand for the picture, but myeh just let me have this

Tron lives!

Drawn using Procreate.

#i had a bit too much fun with the lens flare brush on procreate #tron #fanart #tron legacy #tron lives #tron fanart #tronblr

[rexwrendraws]

Sneak preview of my contribution to LOST TALES: A Tron Fanzine ( @losttalestronzine ), feat. my favorite program who I haven't drawn enough, Ram!! 🍿💥

It's been an absolute blast getting to run such an ambitious project, and I'm super, super excited to say that PRE-ORDERS ARE NOW OPEN until March 1!!

🔸️You can check the various zine + merch bundles and get them for yourself at losttalestronzine.bigcartel.com/ !!

🔸️For more info and contributor links, check out losttalestronzine.carrd.co/ !!

#tron #zine #zine preview #lost tales tron zine #ram #bit #roy kleinberg #(hes there in the vibes trust me) #tron 1982 #tronblr

[murderbees]

hi guys, I need y'all to see this Clu face

thanks, have a great day

#tron #clu 2.0 #tron uprising #he is literally smirking deviously behind flynn #it's so funny #he stops immediately as flynn turns around too #dude's a bit of a dork

[starry-saturn-nights]

Wanted to draw out my AU’s Sam Flynn grid suit design:

Bonus: Full page under cut:

#Saturn’s tron au #I’ve literally been working on this all day #I have never simultaneously had so much fun and so much frustration on working on a design #Main inspirations were Sam’s suit from Legacy (obvs) Beck’s default suit and CLU 1 for that arrow like symbol on the chest #In my AU Sam suit starts off with just the white light lines and she later adds the secondary blue ones to match a bit with Beck #/\ basically younger sibling taking in your fashion sense energy #I can never make a non complicated design curse my maximalistic urges #tron #tron legacy #tron uprising

[astercontrol]

Ok my hands are somewhat recovered from whatever was going on, so I am back to drawing A LITTLE, quick sketches mostly

heres Roy and Ram and the eight-bit menorah

Happy first day of Chanukah

#tron #tronblr #tron 1982 #ram tron #roy Kleinberg #Chanukah #menorah #tron fanart #bit #tron bit #8-bit

[datamodel-of-disaster]

I didn't really have the spoons to make character art for Tron's 41st anniversary, but... have some Bits on a Grid, I guess? Happy Tron-iversary!

There's a properly tiled crop under the cut, in case you want to use this as a background for anything!

#tron #tronblr #tron fanart #tron legacy #tron 1982 #Tron Bit #Yes Bit #No Bit #Neutral Bit #happy tron iversary! #disaster draws

[crab-milk]

If ur thinking about Tron prompt ideas maybe a family photo of Able, Zed, Mara, Beck and Bodi in your awesome human AU?

of course :') some happier times

#my art #art #digital art #illustration #doodle #sketch #my sketch #tron #tron uprising #beck tron uprising #mara tron uprising #zed tron uprising #able tron uprising #bodhi tron uprising #mara #beck #bit tron uprising #bit #zed #able #bodhi #tronblr #doodle requests

[encominternational]

Round 1: BIT vs MARV

#tron #tronblr #tron 1982 #tron legacy #bit #marv #tron bit #bit tron #tron marv #marv tron #tron character smackdown

[fights4users]

I have reached the peak of comedy

#tron #tronblr #tron 1982 #tron fanart #pun #bit #bit tron