nekoama

Everytime I go to write ‘np!’ as a quick text back, my phone always changes it to ‘no!’

My conversations end up being hilarious exchanges where I agree to help out, my friend says ‘thanks’ and I shout ‘no!’ at them.

oldmanyellsatcloud:

pipesandrage:

warbloggerofzillyhoo:

thesherlockfandomisbroken:

smith-and-noble:

samandpatricks:

today my best friend asked me “why cinderella’s shoe fell off if it fit her perfectly” 

In the original story the prince ordered one of his servants to put liquid tar on the staircase to stop her from running away. The shoe got stuck on the tar.

That is a liiiiittle bit creepy

LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THE BROTHERS GRIMM FAIRYTALES HONEY

HA HA KARI WOODEN GOWN

My favorite part is when she is saved by a bull from trolls and then kills, skins, and beheads her friend the bull, then buries it in a fucking mountain to get some cute dresses

FAIRY TALES.

You can read all of them in all their horrific glory here for free, thanks to attempts of the Universal Library and associated colleges. To quote: “Readers of these versions may find more violence and crudity (and occasional anti-Semitism) than in the retellings that are more familiar to most modern readers. For more about the Grimms and their work, see this page at the University of Pittsburgh.”

My favourite was the one about a little girl who stole a loaf a bread and needed to escape by crossing a swamp. She tried to use the bread as a stepping stone but her feet got stuck to it and she sank to the bottom, where the Under-Swamp King decided she would make a lovely statue and petrified her stuck to the loaf.

I have no idea what the moral was intended to be

The feeling when I have a roadtrip ahead of me tomorrow and can’t find my iPod. 

anthonyholden:

What are studios looking for? How can I get into a good animation school? What should I be studying?

I get a lot of these types of questions now and again, and I never know how to answer them. I can’t be sure of what studios are looking for, I don’t control admissions policies to schools, and I have little idea what makes for a current and relevant curriculum. There are a lot of variables in your bid for a career in animation, and it’s kind of impossible to control most of them. You must be crazy to want this job!

I find it helpful to focus on the things I can control. Among those things are your study habits and how you spend your personal time. It’s good to work hard and have goals—without them we would get nowhere. Study hard and make decisive strides towards achieving your art goals. But in the heat of that pursuit, don’t forget to go out and live your life!

If you spend any amount of time looking at artists online, you’ve probably figured out by now that there are about a million dudes and dudettes in internetville who draw better than you (I relive this realization daily). Once your have done your best to rise to their level, the only tool you have to compete with these crazy talents is your background, your personal character—is you!

Consider developing your whole self with the same raw focus and intensity that you develop a particular skill set. Get focused. Go out, have adventures. Run, jump, skin your knee, fall in love, root loudly for the away team at a baseball game, barely escape a crash of stampeding rhinos, live to see another day. Experience things big and small. Go for a walk. The world is full of wonders.

I know this advice is not particularly animation-specific, but maybe that’s for the best. At any rate, it is something I feel strongly about. Animation is great, and there are few things that I enjoy doing more than drawing and storytelling. But in order to have stories to tell, first you have to live them.

Be good, and see you soon!

PS, if you were looking for advice on draftsmanship you should probably be reading this.

(via mayeko)

rebeccasugar:

The Steven Universe pilot is online!

Here is a very old promo poster I did before the pilot was even complete!

I can not believe how much the show has grown and changed since this pilot; the show will look amazing, the people I am working with are amazing, wait up for the series you guys it’s gonna be something else!!! 

Huzzah for new series! 

(via aerostarmonk)

Noooooo Obi I have to go to work

coelasquid:

Ladies?

Our apartment is so Pinterest

sarahesterman:

I was just searching the Boston Terrier tag and this makes me happy

coelasquid:

Hahaha what a funny joke, T-rex! Tell me another!