Kate

guys its july 20th, the day humans first ever made it to the moon. its moon day. everyone wake up its moon day. the first time humankind set foot on a celestial being that wasn't earth was 55 years ago today. probably culturally significant i think. happy moon day everyone

many people ask 'how do i know my art is good enough to start a comic'. this is a very common mistake. you do not make a comic to make good art you make comics because its fun and looked yummy

me when i improve the skill by (checks notes) not doing it so no one sees me doing it badly

@the-ellia-west

Lol okay

I've used Ibis Paint with varying degrees of success for coloring lineart on my phone. I have Krita on my laptop now though I am woefully unpracticed.

listen it's not that I think epic the musical is a perfect adaption of the odyssey but it was an impressive passion project that knew what it wanted to be and knew what people gravitated to in the original work and it put significant effort into conveying this through its unique medium and tone to the point that hundreds of other people felt compelled to put effort into their own artistic interpretations of that version of the story. and that's really cool! and yes I would be more critical if it was a 100 million dollar project made by a professional because what the fuck do you mean you're a world-famous director and you cut the my name is nobody scene are you goddamn serious

This is exactly how I feel. As a Classicist, I love Epic because it captures some of the spirit of the Odyssey and adapts it to be more modernised, similar to how Disney in 1997 adapted Hercules (there’s actually a lot of references to accurate stuff in that film which I like such as Hercules’ adopted parents being called Alcmene and Amphitryon and the inclusion of art from the Classical period throughout the film). Those adaptations don’t feel like they’re going “fuck you” in your face as someone who studies the ancient world. It shows the stories you love in a slightly different light. They include the key parts but are maybe slightly condensed due to time constraints. I was slightly irked when one of my friends called me a hypocrite for being against Nolan’s movie while adoring Epic the musical because the thing about Nolan’s film is that it is an adaptation with millions put into it and so many fucking celebrities in the cast to gain interest while Epic began as an indie passion project that came from the heart and love of the story and wanting to retell it. I think Nolan just saw that the Odyssey was popular and exploited it for that. The red carpet events are completely nauseating particularly Zendaya’s earrings that were created through the mutilation of ancient artefacts. The story of the Odyssey was also mutilated in Nolan’s adaptation. No one that truly loves the poem would take out the nobody trick and bed trick that define the metis (cunning) of the hero and heroine. Jorge had the grace to not call Epic, “The Odyssey” as he was aware he had made changes, I love him for that and he’s doing the same with Ilium which I’m really excited for. Nolan, on the other hand, had all the grace of a reversing dump truck in titling his disrespect of ancient culture and storytelling, “The Odyssey”.

many of you just. genuinely don’t believe that people can grow and change.

this is about the death penalty and its also about call out posts about people who have already apologized for things they did a long time ago and it’s also about using ‘toxic’ or ‘abuser’ as if its an immutable class of person, and its also about any other circumstance with permanent consequences or wherein you assume someone is still the same person they were.

Will humanity ever be free of the influence of Edna Mode? Can any of us so much as consider the character design for a hero or villain without her manifesting in the room, fully aware of our sins?

You know what, another layer of difficulty is when you’re thinking about villains, and the wise words of Megamind come into your head. You don’t just want your child to be just a regular villain. But how do you make your villain a Supervillain with no cape? Where is the drama? But Edna says no capes, you must deny them the flair. It is impossible to please them both, and it’s tearing this family apart.

Counteroffer: Big dramatic cloak to protect your identity that you drop on the floor before every fight

#there are two wolves inside you #one is edna mode #the other is megamind  (@remnantofahero) 

I can’t believe the compromise is Obi-Wan Kenobi

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Jak

Octavian de Silv during the Fells incident