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Raposa Branca Art

@raposabranca / raposabranca.tumblr.com

Illustrator // Cartoonist // Game artist // Game designer // PhD candidate (yeah that somehow happened) 🝐 Support me on patreon: patreon.com/raposabranca 🝐 Support me on Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/raposabranca 🝐 sketch/fanart blog: brancadoodles.tumblr.com 🝐

Just a tiny tiny reminder that I have a PATREON that is

1) open and

2) free and

3) is more like an art blog than anything else

it's literally a place where i post my art for people who can/want to support my art, purely and simply, with no particular rewards. anything, of course, helps me support myself in the US. i am SO grateful for everyone who supports/shares it! 💜💜💜

i can't offer rewards for both legal and "i failed before" reasons. one time support: http://ko-fi.com/raposabranca

& if you don't want to support me specifically, please check other queer/autistic/latine creators, and/or BIPOC/Global South/disabled ones!! It makes a difference! 💜💜💜

Well... With the absurd price hike of everything, including my rent and bills, turns out that living quite under poverty line is becoming challenging. Not impossible!! But challenging nevertheless. And to manage to survive here for the next few years of my PhD I gotta start cutting on even more corners.

If you appreciate my art, the best way to support me as both an artist and a person is through Patreon. I completely understand if you can't donate to me, but I'd ask you to consider. It's incredibly humbling every time someone donates to me, and the amount right now helps cover my medication and my cats' necessities every month. So thank you.

I'd be great if it could also get to at least $200, if possible, because then it could account for the difference on my rent and grocery money. I'm paying nearly 20% more in rent since the last adjustment, and with the inflation hike I'm starting to Really Feel It. That's my immediate goal now, if only to give me a bit of breathing room until the next rent adjustment.

So yeah, anyway. Please reblog if possible! And thank you. 💜💜💜

'And those wounds from life, Daisy, and those wounds from life, bitter life...

...so you will like me'

First rendered Monster!Daisy sketch, in which she gets the same wounds from the people she killed and mauled. After cutting so many throats, she developed a gaping fanged mouth at the hollow of her own. The fresh wounds have daisies blooming from them.

(Title is a free translation of the lyrics to song 'Veja(Margarida)' as sung by Elba Ramalho)

'And those wounds from life, Daisy, and those wounds from life, bitter life...

...so you will like me'

First rendered Monster!Daisy sketch, in which she gets the same wounds from the people she killed and mauled. After cutting so many throats, she developed a gaping fanged mouth at the hollow of her own. The fresh wounds have daisies blooming from them.

(Title is a free translation of the lyrics to song 'Veja(Margarida)' as sung by Elba Ramalho)

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.

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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.

Things I believe needed to be said. It’s not the technique or the tool, it’s what the artist does with it.