Author: jazzjenart

cybermanolo:

“I told Miyazaki I love the “gratuitous motion” in his films; instead of every movement being dictated by the story, sometimes people will just sit for a moment, or they will sigh, or look in a running stream, or do something extra, not to advance the story but only to give the sense of time and place and who they are. “We have a word for that in Japanese,” he said. “It’s called ma. Emptiness. It’s there intentionally.” Is that like the “pillow words” that separate phrases in Japanese poetry? “I don’t think it’s like the pillow word.” He clapped his hands three or four times. “The time in between my clapping is ma. If you just have non-stop action with no breathing space at all, it’s just busyness. But if you take a moment, then the tension building in the film can grow into a wider dimension. If you just have constant tension at 80 degrees all the time you just get numb.”

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Rogert Ebert, on Hayao Miyazaki (via figureight)

I love this. I think the pause is the most overlooked part of any art- whether it’s visual space, a hold on a phrase of music or dance, space between words and action in scene, or that breath-held beat in a paragraph or line of dialogue.

(via miggylol)

thylovelylionheart:

annyongchingu:

thylovelylionheart:

“you can’t be tired,” chortles a middle aged family friend, “you’re young!”

“really??” I exclaim. I had no idea. my exhaustion lifts off my shoulders, the bags under my eyes disappear. I no longer need sleep, due to my invigorating youth. I Am Free.

I read middle aged as Middle Aged and was expecting a plague reference.

“thou cannot have the black death,” the doctor scoffs behind his mask, “you are youthful!”

“marry??” I exclaim. I hadst no idea. the fever lifts, mine own strength returns, the blackness fades from mine own skin. I am in perfect health, due to mine own most wondrous youth. I Am Free.

13eyondtherift:

s0ffia:

websites:

tumblr blogs:

resources/tips:

tutorials:

supplies (traditional animation):

softwares:

free

  • Blender (3D creation suite. It supports the entirety of the 3D pipeline: modeling, rigging, animation,etc)
  • Emofuri (animate using .psd files)
  • Google Sketchup (
  • Live2D ( animation/drawing software
  • OpenToonz (Studio Ghibli’s open source animation software)
  • Pencil2D (create traditional hand-drawn animation (cartoon) using both bitmap and vector graphics)
  • Renderman (Pixar’s free 3D rendering software)
  • Sculptris (Free digital sculpting tool by the makers of Zbrush
  • SculptGL (Online modelling program)
  • Synfig (2d animation using a vector and bitmap artwork)

paid

  • Zbrush (digital sculpting sw by Pixologic)
  • Mudbox (digital sculpting sw by Autodesk)
  • Cinema 4D (digital sculpting sw by Maxon)
  • TVPaint  (2d animation)

animation studios:

inspiration: worth watching short films

@supersonicstarchild for ur dream, friendo