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bo burnham’s inside really is just:

[existential dread]

[cut to synth pop]

lysa-bell

Tribute to Bo Burnham's "Inside" (2021)

#bo burnham #bo burnham special #netflix special #Bo Burnham special #Bo Burnham fanart #Welcome to the internet

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angelshawke

I hope im never in a situation where i happen to recognize this

kingkrem

this is the only way pennywise is gonna lure me down

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i forgot which one’s named tulio and which one’s named miguel but the black haired one is the bottom and if you think otherwise you are entry-level. you’re a novice.

you know damn well a top would never speak to his queen like this

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loathsomespider

happy 10th anniversary to the best video of all time

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kintatsujo

“Don’t trace” originally started as a warning against tracing as art theft (as in, tracing someone else’s art without permission or credit is art theft) and then over the intervening years turned into “you can’t use references because it’s cheating” and I think that’s one of the worst cases of the telephone game I’ve ever personally experienced

you are allowed to trace as practice

you are allowed to trace your own work (for example photographs you took yourself or to keep architectural consistency)

you are allowed to trace things the original artist is encouraging you to trace

you SHOULD use references

you SHOULD be allowed to pick up other artists’ artistic tics you like (…as long as they’re not offensive, like blackfacing, but that’s a different kettle of fish)

you SHOULDN’T go around moralizing at other people about how they learn best because you can and will lose friends that way and you can and will hurt other artists’ development that way.

Also other than art theft there IS no such thing as cheating in art okay use sparkle pens and fan brushes to your heart’s content why is that even a thing I have to say (…and yes I’ve had conversations in the analog world about fan brushes as “cheating” I’m so tired of snotty artists who think you shouldn’t be allowed to use tools that make things easier because they can do it the hard way)

mr-braindead

But honestly, this need to be said louder, as an artist you end up feeling like you aint getting better, trying to draw in perspective without having a guide line . And when others shame artist for using references its like they are expecting the artist to know by memory how everything works on every perspective.

To Consider that fan brushes, or custom brushes are cheating and expecting the artist to do everything in the “original” way is like wanting the cashier to charge you without using a calculator to do the sum. Tools are invented to be used.

kintatsujo

“tools are invented to be used” well put

niuniente

Not allowing using references is same as telling to a chef they can’t use recipes but they have to pull any dish in the world out of their asses just like that. The first thing, the very first thing my photography teacher told us was “When photographing was invented, ARTISTS took pictures of cities and traced them on their paintings because hey - easier work! Why bother to work hard when you can make it easy for yourself and save your time and energy?”

its-probably-all-elves

when I was studying illustration our tutor straight up told us it was a good idea to trace reference photos. It get the bare bones of the image down so you can mess around with it later. Saves time, can improve quality of work, gets commissions finished faster

wardenari

Professional artists use photo reference. Anyone that thinks someone learning to draw shouldn’t use references doesn’t know shit about professional art and should keep their fool mouth shut.

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911onabc

can we talk about how important it is to portray mental illness on screen? when i was 13 and started having regular panic attacks, i didn’t understand what was happening until i saw iron man 3. but when i watched tony stark have a breakdown and then have it clearly labeled as an anxiety attack, i could point at it and say that’s whats happening to me and i didn’t have to be ashamed of it because superheroes have anxiety attacks too.