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Saturday, 13 June 2009

  • Why You Suck at Drawing

    Whenever I hear someone declare that they draw anime, I vomit on them. Directly on to them. I spare no drop, it all goes all over them, because this means one of two things, they're really fucking amazing at drawing, or more likely, they're godawful at it and not willing to get better.

    First off, let me explain why anime looks the way it does. It has less to do with style and more to do with technical halfassery. You see, with most mainstream anime, save a few brilliant works of art like Cowboy Bebop and Afro Samurai, is made to make money. When someone is trying to make money, they want to do as little work as possible. In the animation business, the easiest way to save time and money is to not animate. Watch an anime, any anime, and watch the actual animation. Now watch something by Disney (Disney has their own cutting corners and slacking, but they rarely sacrifice actual aesthetic for it).

    Not only does Anime run at half the framerate of classic Disney, but a good 90% of it is a closeup of the characters face with only their mouth poorly syncing to the dialogue. Either that, or it's drawn out animation cycles. Because there's so much focus on the face, and it's easier to animate emotion with just the face instead of the full body, the facial features are exaggerated. Also, when multiple projects have the same aesthetic and style, it's much easier to produce more crap faster with the same team. This is why Anime looks the way it does, not because it looks cool.

    But here's why when someone draws anime, they suck at it.

    anime

    Yep, that takes talent. And that's considered GOOD anime right there. Anime has such a defined look that when someone who has no drawing education, but thinks they can draw anyway tries to replicate the style, they fail miserably, and since everyone is so familiar with the style of anime, we notice immediately what is wrong with it.

    Anime3

    Look at em go! That's raw, seizure-inducing talent right there.

    The problem is that everyone who draws strictly anime has never actually learned how to draw. They never learned proportions or drawing from life, which is essential. Anime has such exaggerated proportions that if you do not know correct proportions or anatomy to begin with, you will never be able to replicate it. Even bigger of a problem is that no one wants to see anime, anyway. No artist or anyone in a professional industry, anyway. I, along with everyone in the world would much rather see someone develop a new, unique style than replicate an already overused style.

    Drawing isn't hard, it's a process of unlearning what you think people and objects look like and learning how perspective distorts how they actually look. For figure, it's all about proportions. Either way, I enjoy seeing the crappy anime drawings that get submitted in student portfolios when new students apply for our school, because instantly we all know those are the kids who, even if they make it into the school, will drop out before they graduate, because they're not actually interested in learning how to draw.

    And one more for good measure.

    Anime2

Thursday, 11 June 2009

  • Romantic Rape

    Some other people and myself got on the topic of how more women than you'd think romanticize and fatasize about rape. So naturally I gave them a longwinded speech about my thoughts on it.

    Something I find funny about civilization is how much of a lie it is. Society's focus seems to be on pretending that we are not animals and are in full control of ourselves and the world around us, when really the only thing separating us from animals is our logic and reasoning skills... and still a lot of us don't even have that.

    The way we think is hardwired by instincts and animal behaviors. It's not so weird that women fantasize about rape when you look at it like that, animals tend to prefer the stronger, more dominant males because they tend to produce healthier offspring. Still, people can't go out and say that's what they prefer, because the civilization front would have them chastised for even hinting that we aren't above animal behaviors. I'm not saying every woman fantasizes about rape, or that it's even normal, but I'm saying it's completely understandable.
     
    And that's not to say every woman wants a dominating man, because they don't. The weird thing about humans, though, is that we have such a wide range of intelligence, too, as well as manufactured "success." Even then, we have also for the most part destroyed natural selection for our species, and I think all of these play a role in mate selection (which I'm pretty sure we would have also destroyed socially if it weren't required for reproduction, I mean, look at how strong of a push there is for abstinence).

    This is why I like underground culture, like punk rock shows, raves, and fetish bars. I don't have any fetishes myself, but it's really fascinating to see what people are really like when they don't have society judging them all the time. People take a break from maintaining the front, and everybody works together to just have a good time.

    Mosh pits are an amazing thing, everybody is shoving everyone and flailing their arms, chances are you'll get hurt, but you don't care. And the second someone falls down, everybody around them stops to help them back up, no matter what. Outside of a mosh pit, back in civilization, if someone falls, one nice person might rush over to help them up if they're lucky, but more likely everyone just watches or pretends it didn't happen. It's not that we don't want to help, it's that we're afraid we might do something wrong in the eyes of society.

    This is why I personally believe that the only way we can advance as a culture is revert. We need to lose our superiority complex over the rest of the world and realize we're just part of the world. Honestly, though, this is the direction we actually seem to be heading.

Tuesday, 09 June 2009

  • Social Suicide

     At the end of this month in Chicago, they are having a walk for suicide. This is similar to a walk for AIDS or Breast Cancer in that it's trying to raise money for what I can only imagine is a cure for suicide.

    man on phone

    "I just got off the phone with the doctor... He says he thinks I might have suicide. I know. Don't panic yet, we still don't know for sure, he wants me to come in tomorrow to run some more tests. Yeah... If it is suicide, he said there's a good chance it's terminal. I love you."

    I know we've all had this conversation, and it's not pleasant. Really, I can't help but wonder how raising money to stop suicide is actually effective, or how it even works. I'm going to go out on a limb and say it doesn't help , but people still do it to pretend they're better people, and hell, raise a bit of money on the side, even though there's nothing we can actually do to stop it. Al Gore knows what I'm talking about.

    On my next point, what the hell is the purpose of a fundraiser walk, anyway? Have you ever watched on of these? I had the unpleasant experience of being stopped by one at a street on my way to the train, and I left with one more thread of hope for humanity torn. These people are just walking. Walking. The normal means of human conveyance. This particular one was a 5 mile walk.. But by God, man, you would have thought these people were running a triathlon.

    Have you ever walked 5 miles? I sure have, and I'm sure you have. It's not hard, you probably do it every day. These people, however, had booths with water set up at every street corner, and people were encouraging them to constantly be drinking so they wouldn't dehydrate. Seriously, guys, if someone gets dehydrated from walking 5 miles in 60 degree weather? They effing deserve to die. I'm just sayin'. And the amount of applause these people are getting? What the hell, I WAS trying to walk, but their stupid walk had me stopped at the intersection until they were done promoting their own smug attitude, but I don't get any applause.

    Why do we do this? Why don't they just ask people to donate money to their cause, instead of making up stupid events that only impress the dumbest of the dumb, and inconvenience me on my way to school. God damnit people piss me off. I don't even understand the world anymore. I guess I might as well go contract a case of suicide.

     

Monday, 01 June 2009

  • The Truth Behind Gay Marriage

     

    The battle over gay marriage is one with facades on both fronts. While the opponents of gay marriage scramble to mask their bigotry and homophobia with repetative bible quotes, the non-gay supporters mask their true intentions as equal rights. Everybody is in it for themselves and don't really care about the issue at hand. The problem is that the opponents think the supporters actually care about the civil rights aspect, but that's not it at all. I'm about to reveal the supporter's true agenda, so here it is.

    With more weddings comes more receptions, open bars and, best of all, cake. Giant, multi-tiered cake. That's right, this is what we're really after. America loves free, and free doesn't get much better than being a wedding guest. I suppose ideally you're supposed to buy the couple a gift, but I'm sure you've got something in your garage that they'd enjoy. It's all worth it in the end.

    But... Perhaps the opponents have actually realized that this is what we're after, and maybe they're jealous. They know that they'll never get invited to a gay wedding due to the swastika tattoo on their bicep, and they want to ruin it for everyone else. Or maybe they just hate cake, which is absurd, even God loves cake. God loves cake so much I bet he'd let the homosexuality thing slide just to get another slice. And Jesus? Well, anyone that feels the need to turn water into wine has GOT to love open bars, so he's cool with it.

    Anyway , I guess I've gotta say way to go, California, I guess you guys hate cake and free drinks. At least Iowa knows what's up.

     

Tuesday, 26 May 2009

  • Modern Warfare

    I didn't think it was possible to make a war game with a better cimematic experience and storyline than Modern Warfare, but after seeing this trailer, I think Infinity Ward will once again blow away every other game out there.

    All I have to say is Captain Price better still be alive, his mustache makes him immortal.

Wednesday, 20 May 2009

  • Today's AIM Conversations

    S: jesus can take any form right?
    S: it could have been a talking cat
    S: nobody would fuck with a talking cat
    S: jesus needs to be a little more witty
    Me: I know, he's got to get creative, because no one will believe him if he just looks like a person.
    Me: I dunno if a cat would work, though, because people would just freak the fuck out and run it over with a hummer or something.
    S: then they dont deserve to hear the word of the lord
    Me:: He should try a talking bear.
    Me: No one would fuck with a bear.
    S: thats very true

    D: Emo girls are like the sluts of this generation. I mean, they'll let you do anything.
    Me: Especially if you'll put up with their poetry.
    D: They're worse than the cheerleader and bimbos of our generation. At least with them they limit the weird stuff to sex.
    Me: I think the limit for emo girls is suicide, if they don't stop there, then they wouldn't be emo, they'd actually be depressed.
    D: Yeah, but then, why would you want them to commit suicide?
    Me: You know what...
    Me: I think you're wrong.
    Me: All women are just as slutty as emo girls.
    D: Why's that?
    Me: All women will let you do anything if you have a gun pointed at their head.
    D: LOL, point taken.
    D: Sluts.

     

     

Tuesday, 19 May 2009

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  • I told the voices in my head to shut up once, and after a moment of silence, one of them said "Cake would taste good right now..." And for the first time, we all agreed on something.

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