Some Eridan doodles at 2.40AM
Libraries are not just places where you buy books. It is so much more than just that, it's a realm, a temple, a whole universe where you can walk around and discover new worlds and new galaxies. I like libraries because sometimes I just see a book I've never heard of and like it's title or the cover or the plot and then I simply find myself loving the author and having 4 more books on my list. Libraies are not just places where you buy books.
22 YEARS AGO ON DECEMBER 18, 1998 - DREAMWORKS ANIMATION RELEASED “THE PRINCE OF EGYPT”
Because DreamWorks was concerned about theological accuracy, they decided to call in Biblical scholars, Christian, Jewish, and Muslim theologians, and Arab American leaders to help the film be more accurate and faithful to the original story. After previewing the developing film, all these leaders noted that the studio executives listened and responded to their ideas, and praised the studio for reaching out for comment from outside sources.
The animation team for The Prince of Egypt included 350 artists from 34 different nations. Careful consideration was given to depicting the ethnicities of the ancient Egyptians, Hebrews, and Nubians properly.
Both character design and art direction worked to set a definite distinction between the symmetrical, more angular look of the Egyptians versus the more organic, natural look of the Hebrews and their related environments. The backgrounds department, headed by supervisors Paul Lasaine and Ron Lukas, oversaw a team of artists who were responsible for painting the sets/backdrops from the layouts. Within the film, approximately 934 hand-painted backgrounds were created.
THE PRINCE OF EGYPT (1998)
Sword Art Online starts in 2024 and we've already reached 2021 so WHERE THE FUCK IS MY NERVEGEAR
Here’s the new 24 hour comic I drew this year! This one is called THE KING’S FOREST. cw: blood, violence
I love this game so much
In 2013, a small dev team called Team Cherry submitted a game to the Ludum Dare 27 game jam. It was called ‘Hungry Knight’ and the protagonist looked like this:
Your objective was to kill enemies for berries, which you had to eat every 10 seconds in order to survive. There were some cool bug-knight designs, and some hints of a world/lore surrounding the little protagonist, but overall it was pretty simple. Play it on Newgrounds if you’re interested.
About 3.5 years later, Team Cherry released Hollow Knight, which feature this little guy you might recognize:
But wha–
OH FUCK!!! WHAT!!!!
HOLY SHIT LOOK AT THE–
WAIT, WHAT’S THAT I HEAR??
IS THAT AN ORCHESTRA OF ANGELS PLAYING A SOMBER SYMPHONY ABOUT BOTH THE BEAUTY AND THE SUFFERING OF OUR EPHEMERAL EXISTENCE ON THIS PLANE??
NO, IT’S JUST THE GOD DAMN
As for the gameplay, it’s a metroidvania with simple mechanics but a high skill ceiling, excellent enemy variety and design, a big map, and deep and unique lore that you find bits and pieces of throughout the world.
I’d compare it to Ori & The Blind Forest, which is also a very solid metroidvania – but Hollow Knight is different in that it has no explicit dungeons and no skill tree. It’s a bit more “raw.” Whereas I’d recommend Ori to even those who don’t have much experience with the 2D platformers or metroidvanias, I might reserve Hollow Knight for those who have played at least one in the past. It doesn’t spend much time easing you in or holding your hand. If Ori is rum & coke, Hollow Knight is just straight rum.
Overall, it’s been a good year for indie games. We saw the release of games like Night in the Woods, Cuphead, A Hat in Time, West of Loathing, and Doki Doki Literature Club.
Hollow Knight though, is my personal fave, and I’d recommend it to anybody who is willing to give a game a little bit of patience, exploration, and love.
candles are how we keep fires as pets
I know Amon is one of the bad guys and not olny that, but a bad guy with no fans (like Loki, he has so many fans), but Imma be honest with you - Noatak is hot
I've finally been reading homestuck (I'm around page 3000) and decided to draw each of the trolls, and maybd the humans too. I won't be doing them all at once, but at the end I pretend to post a recap with all of them.
So here’s a little update to our dream wonderland:
If you’re not completely caught up, let me give you a little crash course. In the year of 2017, Japanese Times announced the Studio Ghibli Theme Park project, the park was initially supposed to open to the public in the fall of 2020. But due to the pandemic construction was delayed and now the new opening date will be Fall of 2022.
The theme park will be located in Aichi Expo Commemorative Park; three areas in the park are under construction: the first attraction is “The Hill of Youth”, an inspiration from “Whisper of the Heart” and “Howls Moving Castle”; The Giant Warehouse inspired by “Spirited Away”;and lastly The Dondoko Forest inspired by “My Neighbor Totoro”. There are two areas who have yet to begin construction: Mononoke Village inspired by “Princess Mononoke” and the Witch Valley inspired by “Kiki’s Delivery Service” and “Howls Moving Castle”.
Who would you bring along with you when the park opens?