when ppl say flash animation pretty much always what i can tell they’re actually thinking of is what is referred to in animation practice as puppet animation, which i agree sucks like 90% of the time (there are a FEW shows that use it very masterfully, like homestar runner and one i’ll show later, though)
guess what? this is flash!
this is also flash!
THIS is puppet animation:
the funniest part is that most puppet animation isn’t even done in flash anymore. people use after effects instead because it has MUCH more sophisticated and useful tools meant specifically for puppet animation.
the technique can be used well, however. my little pony does it so fluidly it looks practically seamless.
homestar runner doesn’t focus nearly as much on fluidity, but instead on constructing strong, expressive key poses and making every frame really count.
puppet animation isn’t even limited to digital mediums. in fact, it’s not new at all.
the adventures of prince achmed is the world’s oldest surviving feature-length animated film - that’s right, predating snow white by over 10 years - and it was done entirely using puppet animation; black paper cutouts atop illuminated backgrounds. and it’s truly fucking breathtaking.
Can we PLEASE remove the stigma for blue collar work in America?
“You don’t wanna be a garbage collector when you grow up, do you?”
$34,000 a year, no college needed?
God forbid you take an honest job $7,000 above Michigan’s average cost of living line.
“You don’t wanna be a ditch digger.”
Bitch, I was making $15 an hour, post tax, doing exactly that, the fuck is wrong with it? (Other than it was physically exhausting.)
We need to help America, as a whole, understand that college is not, and should not be he only option, and that there is NO SHAME in trade school or even getting a career right out of high school.
I, personally, know plumbers making $80,000+ a year. Better than most 4 year degree workers.
We need plumbers, janitors, truck-drivers, garbage collectors, machinists, to keep this nation running smoothly. And they deserve respect for what they do.
Miss me with your classist bullshit.
“You cannot demand services and then degrade those who provide those services.”
Not sure who said that it but it has always stuck with me because hell it is so true.
Respect.
Mike Rowe of Dirty Jobs has been saying the same thing for YEARS.
He often goes on Twitter rants about how much the upper-class disrespect the people that do the “dirty work” and make-up the back-bone of civilization.
I think we should all take a moment to appreciate this gloriously well-preserved nodosaur that turned up in Alberta.
I mean, look at this thing!
This has got to be one of the most well-preserved dinosaurs I have ever laid eyes on.
Even the keratin sheaths around its osteoderm spikes were preserved, so it can be used to reliably reconstruct how ankylosaurids would have looked at in life!
And the best part is it was discovered completely by accident in a mining operation! Can you imagine being one of the miners who stumbled across this beautiful, beautiful thing?
I think it was finally time. We got to see Orca’s face, it’s only fair we see Angelo’s too. I wasn’t sure I’d include this epilogue but I decided in the end it was for the best and I finished this page this week. I wanna thank @splatdash again for making this comic collab with me. This was such a fun project and I enjoyed it a lot.
So yes, he’s half inkling, half octoling. I’ve dropped enough hints of this with his tendency to get sick easily, having sharp teeth and with his goggles being real deals. And many people started to catch on too (oh the amount of messages I got, haha). There is a lot I could say about Angelo and his backstory but more of that later.
Oh and hey, meet his mom, Tarina. Happy mothers’ day.
I am Silver Tongue, I am an artist. I have many characters and you can check out my art in the art tag. I occasionally practice witchcraft though I don't do anything too complicated. I am girl 2 and don't know what else to put here.
