Master Derek: Building Worlds

Oh, this? This is the 2000 masterpiece Titan A.E., the master animator Don Bluth's bold venture into the world of Science Fiction. Boasting script treatments by the increasingly-famous Joss Whedon and the voice talents of Matt Damon, Drew Barrymore, Bill Pullman, and Nathan Lane (among others), it was also one of the first ventures of a fresh new sub-studio at Fox called Blue Sky Studios!

It boasted a terrifying premise of a future where alien invaders not only overwhelmed, but physically destroyed the entire Planet Earth--dramatically depicted in a trailer that ran before every single screening of 1999's Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. Boldly fusing 2D animation with 3D ships, environments, aliens, and camerawork, it was a tremendous fresh step in the world of animated cinema. Creed's "Higher" was the theme song for the trailers and TV spots.

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Felt a bit nostalgic, I wanted to draw one of them again. Fluttershy was always my favorite

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Nothing in an app or site should take more than 3 taps to get anywhere. It kinda just tells me they didn't have any concurrent users testing it (WHICH THEY SHOULD BE- AS THEIR TARGET AUDIENCE) prior to pushing the changes. Yes it might be Prettier and seem better organized than before, but switching between a server and a dm was 1 swipe 1 tap before, now its:

Swipe to bring up the menu, tap the dms menu, tap to pull up the unread dm, and your previous dm that you were looking at no longer pulls automatically too.

And that's not mentioning you can't search for a message server-wide on mobile before. You have to check each channel painstakingly instead of having a full peek at the entire server.

On voice it is much harder to pull up the conversation to mute my mic if needed, I just needed to swipe up before, now pulling the nav bar is a double tap and a swipe up (unsure which because it's barely responsive for me). Additionally, maybe my friend just couldn't find it, but they may have removed mobile push to talk as well.

And the fact that we can't swipe right to pull up the other side menu and must instead click the header when in a chat channel? It isn't intuitive. The reply function is given priority over an entire side menu. That doesn't make sense to me.

Anyways the point is. They committed one of the major sins of UX by rearranging their information architecture. The user has to work more to navigate the app period. It's not an issue with adjusting to the new layout. It is actually SIGNIFICANTLY more work to navigate the app.

Thank you everyone for your kind words and enthusiasm. I'm really glad you enjoy. I would like to talk a bit more about this series before we move on

Here's the link to all episodes: EP1 | EP2 | EP3 | EP4 Finale

The Hologram War is probably one of Noelle's oldest AUs. It's been almost two years since we came up with it from just a fun cyberpunk experimental sketch, and I'd kept it in the secret stash for so long.

Around early 2023, we made this into a collab AU and welcomed other discord members to contribute with their OCs. The current story has progressed very far.

(art by @Zombeela and me featuring their OC, Six who later took over the Dam and Blue Phantom from Elijah)

I don't plan to show any more of this AU story, at least no more comic of it. Since it's a collab AU, I wanna leave some wiggle room so our members can add or change story details and have fun with it. (We always welcome new OCs but you need to come to our discord)

A Wonderful Awful Idea

Fluttershy led Twilight into the wind tunnel chamber. Most of the changelings were standing in single file, eagerly waiting their own turn in the chamber. Cowley the minotaur had found out how to switch the tunnel from horizontal to vertical blow and had generated a massive updraft, inside which about a dozen changelings tumbled, hovered, and roughhorsed with obvious glee. A group of changelings assisted those exiting the chamber, some of whom were a bit motion-sick as they readjusted to the outside. Dragonfly, Stinger Charlie, and a few of the strongest flyers among the changelings had taken printouts of their own time in the chamber and were comparing notes, each defending particular qualities of their bodies which made their particular flying styles better.

And then there was the one responsible changeling in the room, Occupant, who far from stopping the madness was quite cheerfully metering the line, letting one changeling into the wind tunnel as another tumbled out.

“I tried to tell them to stop,” Fluttershy whimpered. “I asked most politely. But they were having so much fun, and… well…”

The discovery of The Fun Machine, from the fanfic Changeling Space Program.

Big group commission for Skyfire Lumia!! The noodle and friends are going out for noodles x3 Had a lot of fun with the different expressions and fitting everyone in!! 

If you like my work and want to support me, my commissions are open!! For prices and examples you can check out my website, or DM me for more specifics~

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