Smiles With Thorns

aresalmighty:

Final project for Typography. A sampling of song lyrics from Doctor Horrible’s Sing Along Blog.

regal-song:

 I thought it would hurt ME.

It baffles, amazes and thrills me that this character, this man, can be so romantic, so passionate and yet so fucking selfish, all at the same time. And River, this amazing, compassionate, powerful woman lets him and she doesn’t hate him because he doesn’t say goodbye, she loves him all the more because she knows why. She doesn’t lose any of what makes her amazing, because she loves a man that pretends he can’t see her, because he admitted that he can, even when she’s not there at all. He sees her in his dreams, in his memories, in his hearts and all of a sudden, it doesn’t matter that he was worried about it hurting him more than River. Because the fact that he took her hand, kissed her lips and told her he loved her in exactly the way that she asked, makes their love so beautiful.

ALSO, so what if it was selfish. WE ALL KNOW that when we hurt we sometimes don’t want to tell people. Just like the Tardis did when it was dying it made several defences because it was wounded similar to how animals act. WE ALL KNOW that if we know we will be or get hurt we are scared and we fear the hurt so it is easier to ignore it. I don’t understand why some people really hate the Doctor at this point because we all have gone through something similar. He acted like a true human would and that is why I love the Doctor here so much. He isn’t perfect, he is flawed. River Song understood, because she was in pain herself.

(Source: runawaydoctor)

I need to watch Tarzan again because I’m pretty sure its impossible for him to have learnt English because he missed the CRITICAL PERIOD OF LANGUAGE ACQUISITION IN CHILDHOOD. Well of course he could have learnt several hundred words but not the complexity of grammar.

Like I said I need to watch this again because I haven’t seen it in years.

(Source: animation-gifs)

Just watched this and I thought it was quite funny Quite shouty at times but a decent comedy

(Source: fadeintorain)

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.

This is probably the BEST PIECE OF ADVICE for anyone for any job. Don’t let your career define you, define your career by being you.

chickennuggetpower:

Evolution.

I love how the sims 4 girl is like “WHAT THE HELL…IS THAT WHAT I EVOLVED FROM.”