Earth Day 2024
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Art Dump, 2/29/2024
Digital Art
AI Art
DreamUp
AI Fursona Generator (Perchance)
Another AI platform that really seems to struggle when it comes to specific uniforms and hats, but it’s good for exotic designs, so I decided to make adoptables out of these on DeviantArt, and I Googled and nothing says I can’t not do so as is the case with Bing Create.
Bing Image Creator
I really went medieval when it came to Bing Create images today since I wanted to redo older prompts adding the term “anthropomorphic” in addition to 1920s-era Boy Scout uniforms, and I think they really made a world of difference.
Art Dump, 2/24/2024
Today was Mexican Flag Day, so I AI-generated some mariachi bunnies:
I also did this Day of the Dead-themed birthday gift art for Peaches the Wolf, an artist I admire on FurAffinity and DeviantArt, and she loves Halloween themes.
Art Dump, 2/22/2024
Today was Tex Avery Day (which is different from his birthday on Feb. 26, the 22nd being said day in his Texas hometown) and World Scout Day, so I did some Avery-style Boy Scout Corgis:
I also did this retro scouting-themed art for a friend’s birthday on DeviantArt:
Art Dump, 2/20/2024
I did this AI art for President’s Day, and decided from now on I’ll lump them together in one picture via the Mac app Freeform, so I’m not constantly spamming my DeviantArt account with AI images more so than my regular digital art.
Started this as a request for a FurAffinity/DeviantArt user yesterday and finished it today of a blue walrus character of his.
Since today was statehood day for a few of India’s states, I did this AI art for the occasion.
I did this today as birthday art for Quentin Coyote, though I can’t show him it since he’s somewhat fallen off the face of the internet.
The Small One
Based on the Christmas novelette of the same name by Charles Tazewell and the first and only Disney animated project directed by Don Bluth before he went rogue (having worked small parts on some of the studio’s prior animated features), the short film focuses on a Galilean boy who seeks to sell the eponymous donkey, past his prime. However, no one except a tanner takes interest, though the boy eventually sells him to a notable historical and religious figure. I found it enjoyable and tender, with a beautiful titular theme song and solid voice performances that don’t seem out of place in the Israeli setting.
The Bad Guys: A Very Bad Holiday
The first holiday special based on The Bad Guys serves as a prequel to the film, focusing on the eponymous animal-populated criminal gang as they seek to rob a bank on Christmas on account that most in their city will be celebrating home. At a parade, however, their car accidentally destroys a Santa Claus balloon, causing the city’s holiday mood to plummet to the point where Christmas gets canceled. Thus, they seek to cheer up the residents so they can commit their heist as intended, although they hit some hitches in their plan, and the end doesn’t pan out as expected. However, it ties into potential future specials, and I enjoyed the revisit to the world of the Bad Guys overall.
Daily Prompt, 12/25/2023
How are you creative?
I do at least one piece of anthro art a week, and I’ve continued to work on my prequel fantasy novel, which started as a rewrite of my original book, though the prologue got so long that I decided to make it a story of its own.
Here’s some of the art I’ve done recently:
And here are my 2023 art summary and art vs. artist:
A Christmas Carol (1984)
Charles Dickens’s classic novella A Christmas Carol likely sets the record for having the most film and television adaptations, among them the 1984 live-action made-for-TV version directed by Clive Donner, starring the late George Campbell Scott as the misanthropic Ebenezer Scrooge, who considers his payment of taxes to the British government his main contribution to society, being a thrifty businessman and not a people-person. Scrooge displays apathy towards the Christmas season at his nephew Fred Hollywell, son of his deceased older sister Fanny, and his current business partner Bob Cratchit, who replaced the long-dead Jacob Marley.
On Christmas Eve, the earthbound specter of Marley visits Scrooge and admonishes him that he will meet a similar fate if he doesn’t change his ways, warning that three spirits will come after midnight. First is the Ghost of Christmas Past, which shows Scrooge in his youth, beginning with his abandonment by his father at a boarding school after his mother died in childbirth. The Ghost of Christmas Present shows him the Cratchit family’s celebration of the holidays, with the disabled Tiny Tim vulnerable to early death, and his married nephew’s festivities. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come shows Scrooge that nobody misses him after his demise, some even purloining his possessions, which makes him change his ways.
Overall, I believe this to be the definitive adaptation of Dickens’s story, which is one of few pieces of literature I would term a masterpiece, given that despite being written in the mid-nineteenth century, it’s still readable by contemporary standards (more so than the author’s other works), and has a timeless message that the well-to-do should be more compassionate towards the lesser-privileged and of high character. I have a minor issue with Fred not mourning or bequeathing his uncle’s property in the alternate future where Scrooge dies. However, the central theme, “God Bless Us, Everyone,” is one of the most beautiful pieces of seasonal music ever composed and had me cry happy tears. Very highly recommended.
Listen to the main theme yourself:
Turning Red (rewatch)
Thought this would be a good film to rewatch on Canada Day since it takes place in Toronto back in 2002. Anyway, Meilin Lee is a model middle schooler, Chinese Canadian, who one night has a fitful sleep and awakens to an adorable yet inconvenient family curse where, whenever she shows strong emotions, she “poofs” into a giant red panda, and seeks ways to find acceptance among society and her family. I found this film totally relatable since in my scholastic life, and even today, I’m always the odd one out, regardless of whether I wear a “mask” or not, within and without my family and society in general, and I was an embodiment of chaos at Mei’s age when still in school. Easily my favorite Pixar film, and has shades of Godzilla, King Kong, and the Incredible Hulk.
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