Learning a lot this year. I finally animated a turnaround!

About ten years ago, I came up with CROISSANDRA for a vector illustration of a pastry cafe and got to thinking she could be the pilot of a croissant-shaped Vic Viper in a horizontal shmup. Like Otomedius but not gross!

What do kids like? Do they like process breakdowns?

That was the episode that finally got me to let my guard down about this show! Near the end, when they're up on the rooftop saying a few words and then just having a moment of quiet, I kept expecting... something. Someone farting, the ashes blowing back in their face, whatever. Some cheap gag to deflate the moment and wink at the viewer and go "Don't worry we're not really taking this seriously. That would be so cringe, right?" Bathos, I think it's called.

And it never happened! The moment played out, quiet and heartfelt and contemplative, and the show just let the moment be without forcing in a punchline to cap it off. That was when I realized I'd been braced for the show to take potshots at anything that looked like earnest emotional vulnerability, and that maybe I could actually relax and trust it to not do that-- and that trust was rewarded many times over, it's a show with a deep vein of kindness running through it.

It's such a fantastic show, really something special.

11/30/23: KOSA is an anti-LGBTQIA+ censorship bill. It is essential you call THIS week. Tell them you are specifically against KOSA and especially against hotlining the bill.

Call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected to the Senator of your choice.

Here is one that will send your reps a fax: https://resist.bot/

Even with the changes as of 2024, this is still dangerous. It could clear senate. It’s got enough support to. Contact your senators.

The vote is on March 13th.

Even better, contact your representatives since this bill doesn’t have much support in there and it’s important that it never does.

Please be aware that the "opt-out" choice is just a way to try to appease people. But Tumblr has not been transparent about when has data been sold and shared with AI companies, and there are sources that confirm that data has already been shared before the toggle was even provided to users.

Also, it seems to include data they should not have been able to give under any circumstance, including that of deactivated blogs, private messages and conversations, stuff from private blogs, and so on.

Do not believe that "AI companies will honor the "opt-out request retroactively". Once they've got their hands on your data (and they have), they won't be "honoring" an opt-out option retroactively. There is no way to confirm or deny what data do they have: The fact they are completely opaque on what do they currently "own" and have, means that they can do whatever they want with it. How can you prove they have your data if they don't give everyone free access to see what they've stolen already?

So, yeah, opt out of data sharing, but be aware that this isn't stopping anyone from taking your data. They already have been taking it, before you were given that option. Go and go to Tumblr's Suppport and leave your Feedback on this (politely, but firmly- not everyone in the company is responsible for this.)

Finally: Opt out is not good under any circumstance. Deactivated people can't opt out. People who have lost their passwords can't opt out. People who can't access internet or computers can't opt out. People who had their content reposted can't opt out. Dead people can't opt out. When DeviantArt released their AI image generator, saying that it wasn't trained on people who didn't consent to it, it was proven it could easily replicate the styles of people who had passed away, as seen here. So, yeah. AI companies cannot be trusted to have any sort of respect for people's data and content, because this entire thing is just a data laundering scheme.

Please do reblog for awareness.

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One of my sequences for the lost and found episode was best boy Luis skating to I Will Survive. For a two year-old board, I'm still really proud of it. Thank you to my board teammate (you know who you are) for helping me get the cleans done on the spins.

Ep1 color script. Hope everyone had a chance to watch!

Pose-outs from Adventure Time Distant Lands: Wizard City. After I finished boarding on DL, I was lucky enough to get to hang around for the revisions phase where you get opportunities to add a bunch of poses. 2 and 3 are from my own boards, 1 is from Hanna's, and 4's is Adam's.

Man, I think about how so few people seem to like this special and it bums me out.

This isn't interesting to anyone, but this was my personal (loose) height chart while boarding. The kids, especially Spader, aren't small so much as Dr. C is just big as fuck. There was a general guideline that the students should be half the height of the teachers save Bufo iirc, and I was unclear on whether "students" meant Pep-sized or Spader-sized kids.