Klimt Eastwood 11x17
I did it! Finally! I’m very proud to show the world my greatest concept EVER: Clint Eastwood AKA the man with no name painted in a style inspired by the incredible work of Gustav Klimt. I may re work it a bit this summer. Nothing big: just playing with the tones and the general aspect.
Enjoy!
Carl Tétreault
The amount of confidence oozing from this dude
i re-watched it several times, looking for what he does differently. finally i spotted it. look at the line of motion in his strike. it’s not especially fast, he doesn’t wind up more than the others, and it’s not a matter of strength – the guy who knocked over the stand probably put more muscle into it. but there’s a unity of movement he has that the others lack. his body and sword are all one curve. everything moves at once along the same line.
from a physics perspective, that means all the force he’s applying is concentrated at the point of contact between his sword’s edge and the target, and it moves at just the speed that breakage propogates through the material. too slow and it wouldn’t have enough force; too fast and he’d get ahead of the break, shoving the target over instead of cutting it.
from a writing perspective, that means that i should focus on describing a master swordsman’s smoothness more than their strength or speed, and can also have witnesses be confused at the effectiveness of strikes that don’t actually seem all that fast.
Martial arts are all about physics, my karate sensei is has a mechanic/physics diploma and he loves to explain the biomechanics of human body and how this was turned into fight via martial arts. It’s a very good way to teach. The sword master has a larger stance of the feet, much more than the others, allowing his barycenter to lower and thus giving more stability. This, united with the movement of the sword that follows the angle of his body increases the power of the blow without actually using too much muscle strength. Pretty sure he’s also just tending (not contracting) the muscles under the armpits, near the rib cage, the serratus anterior. That makes a huge difference.
Above: The science of moving like a master of martial arts.
What was most interesting to me is size has no correlation to success for any of the people.
‘when i last saw flynn, he smelled like springtime…’
Luna and Head of Medea by Evelyn de Morgan (English, 1855–1919)
Even if we were the only two people left in the world, I would forgive you
FINAL FANTASY VII (1997)
He left saying he’s going to join SOLDIER. You ever hear of a Zack in SOLDIER?
The film tackles the transition from childhood to womanhood, challenges of mother-daughter relationships and generational trauma all in under two hours. While many praised the project for its normalization of these topics, some parents who watched the film felt that its themes were “too mature” for their children…
Director Domee Shi said she hopes the movie “starts those conversations and that we can eventually just normalize talking about puberty and menstruation and not feel so weird about it.”
Smartphone Encounter (1/2)
A little comic I did a while ago about Sara and Sou’s dynamic in 2-2. They’re so deep in their distrust they can’t even recognize their shared goal
wad going through my yttd tag and realized that I never posted this on tumblr!
(2/2)
Holy FUCK, this is an amazing tool.
Reblogging for my artist fellows.
Reblog this!
The creator of the original, the animal reference tool, made their own human reference tool which allows you to search based on different body parts and poses!
