tufta and stuff

OpenAI running out of money, you say?

Me:

without further ado, let's start with the guy who started it all

LIN LING

first off we have 3D civilian lin ling

3D commoner

for this one, i think most people call this the "comic"-style given the thick outlines, vivid coloring and shadows, and a little more simple line art

and then, X's hero montage ling ling

next, maybe i'll call this the "classic anime"-style. i know there isn't such a thing as classic anime style, but i think this style looks similar to many anime shows: eyes, face shape, nose and mouth. i think its also the same style they used for the Inertia Video they showed in the last episode.

here, compare Kontinuum Lin Ling and Inertia Ending Lin Ling

official art Lin Ling. i know we have tons of official arts with DIFFERENT styles as well, but this one in particular looks close to the poll Lin Ling

this last one however... (ponders).. also looks classic anime-ish look too.. hmmm

and that's it for Lin Ling!

i'll be doing this in ascending order of ranking, so next one's nice (im going to faint. nice has so many styles @.@)

let me know if i missed a major art/animation style!

Day 4: loneliness

Fellas is it gay to keep the colour palette of the guy you stole the identity of when you finally regain your own identity?

Also I'm bad at environment so it might not be obvious but this is the roof so nice is here in spirit

someone: these aren't real books this is not real literature this is horrendous brain rot and the downfall of society

Lin Ling reached top 10 twice because he has, what's called in the current job market as, "high agency". He makes decisions with his own will and doesn't wait on hand and foot for the next instruction because A. he has experience working in a fast paced industry where you need to make autonomous creative directions and should need little to no micro management and B. he has an ability to connect with common men and their motivations (as seen in wolf girl arc). His unique factor was that he was very earnest in whatever he did, and wasn't trying to uphold company image.

Nice seemed like he was conditioned to work on Shang De's behest and without a firm hand on his shoulder guiding him around, he's prone to fumbling. This is not to say that he has no agency. It's to highlight that his agency was never fostered well. From what we see, Shang De pulls his strings by mixing in the anxiety of losing something or another. Which can kickstart his gears (space ship) or paralyse him with fear of consequence (smile arc). It's a very gambler style of management if you think about it. Can't say if this fear makes him too self involved or his self involvement amplifies this fear, either way, it's a trait unbecoming of a hero (Hell, dragon boy reached the top cause he was community service oriented)

When Nice asks himself "did fear make me weak?" he was right. fear (the feeling, not the substance) did make him weak.

And now we'll see if fear (the substance, not the feeling) makes any difference.