This is what I was tweeting about yesterday. We can no longer rely on the assumption ai will be visually distinct or bad looking. Yesterday I heard an ai song that was horrifyingly good to where I was shocked it was ai. You must be against ai on principle, not bc of aesthetic
40 years to this hybrid genius of 2D & 3D.
For the Big Ben climax in 'The Great Mouse Detective', Disney wanted dynamic camera moves through Big Ben’s gears, but in 1986 there was no digital compositing.
Solution? 3D wireframes plotted by literal ballpoint pen machines, xeroxed onto cels, hand-painted, then filmed with 2D characters layered on top.
Animation is supposed to be about these creative innovations, not soulless shortcuts.
The equipment was sold off. The staff scattered. the royalties denied. Their competitors frozen out by re-releases. There are techniques in these films we flat out cannot replicate anymore.
Many of the people who knew how are either left the industry, or passed away.
The Welsh language has such a peculiar hissing sound, i love it. Welsh is one of very few Celtic survivors in today’s world. It is also the inspiration for Tolkien’s Sindarin Elvish language
I just heard this girl say, "If men didn't have to wipe their ass, toilet paper would not be free in public spaces. bleeding is also a natural bodily function, but because men don't do it, it's not treated as universal."
One of the two known videos of Jimi Hendrix playing acoustic (1967) - allegedly, the video was made after a photoshoot where the photographer brought him a special 12-string guitar, strung upside down to adapt to Jimi's left-handed playing.
this is what I mean about linklater being one of the only american directors that can block a scene anymore. look at the depth. if they shot this now it would be tight on billy's face with a blurred shallow focus behind him. co-sign the tweet too btw billy rocks