Chinese newspaper mistakes this deviation by *MeganRid for Japanese military helicopter prototype.
The same newspaper is also investigating a mysterious blue hedgehog who may be after China’s golden rings. More on this as it develops.
via Kotaku
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Join the ghoulish gang of Monster High by creating a brand new monster!
Channel your inner monster & enter now!
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Gottfried Helnwein Retrospective Exhibition
Albertina Museum, Vienna
Exhibition opening: May 24th, 2013 - October 13th, 2013
“Well, the world is a haunted house, and Helnwein at times is our tour guide through it. Not all of Gottfried’s work is on a canvas. A lot of it is the way he’s approached life. And it doesn’t take someone knowing him to know that. You take one look at the paintings and you say “this guy has been around.” You can’t sit in a closet - and create this. This level of work is earned. As an artist my strongest reaction to Helnwein’s work is that it challenges me to be better at what I do. There are very few people that achieve utter excellence in what they do. And I think that Gottfried Helnwein is certainly one of those people.” - Sean Penn
Excellent advice from AnthonyHolden.deviantART.com on how to pursue a career in animation.
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.
A wonderfully simple illustration: “The universe reflection” by *Tiuni
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Soulpancake takes a look inside the fantasy behind the magical world of cosplay!
“Judith” by escume.deviantART.com
“Judith”A sketchy piece done for class and partially inspired by Klimt’s Judith
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Bec Winnel’s a self-taught Australian artist who creates delicately soft portraits. Using layers of color pencils, graphite, and pastels, her work has a vintage Victorian style. The souls of her subjects seem to be anchored in melancholy while being wrapped in an ethereal beauty.
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