After 3 straight days of no sleep, it's done. Ignore how horrible it is, and the fact that the floor disappears at random, that's a rendering bug, and if you have any idea how long it takes to render, and take into account that I rendered twice, you'll understand why I just decided "screw it, I don't care."

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.

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.

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.

 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.

"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.

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.