Post AQxt5U8Jv7hXMFa6bY by elfinalied@freesoftwareextremist.com
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 (DIR) Post #AQxt5R1pSnj5jFWNZQ by elfinalied@freesoftwareextremist.com
       2022-12-25T11:00:46.123995Z
       
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       mmmm... <3"Blue Period" is an amazing anime about being an artist, and advancing as an artist. It's about an art student preparing to get into a specific school. It's honestly a fantastic anime if you're an artist. It does a really great job of portraying how traditional art schools work, and in Japan they are not so different from America anymore. As an artist, I felt it helped me understand myself as an artist. I sat down while watching it and drew one of my better references draws and character profiles. One thing I noticed while listening to the anime and some of the instructional dialogue was that the edits I made to fix my art and improve it while doing it came out much better than they would have if I was just drawing like normal.. think I'm going to find some instructional videos to really tune into and set myself up with seme artistic challenges and exercises. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQZgO_ZA5jU&ab_channel=NetflixAnime
       
 (DIR) Post #AQxt5RaDOxERRtbqAS by r@freesoftwareextremist.com
       2022-12-25T12:22:28.838831Z
       
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       @elfinalied>anime>netofurielfinalied-san..
       
 (DIR) Post #AQxt5Sabez8gZOnfPs by elfinalied@freesoftwareextremist.com
       2022-12-25T11:53:32.963703Z
       
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       I'm sure Japanese and American art schools are quite different, but having been in college and looking through art schools recently. I think it's well captured in this anime. The illustration and art style is also great. You get into it and notice it, even if you can tell it's a Netflix anime. Meaning... it's not like the oldschool gonzo productions or XXXholic/Blood+ stuff. Oh I'd do anything for that oldschool XXXholic style to be revived with some new modern stories, not just the illustration but the production and anime style, soundtrack score as well. I think animes from 2000+ and some back in the 1990's just felt and sounded rather comfortable, some of them lacked a bit in the writing department, but others did not.
       
 (DIR) Post #AQxt5U8Jv7hXMFa6bY by elfinalied@freesoftwareextremist.com
       2022-12-25T12:06:07.922390Z
       
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       I recently went back and rewatched Blood+. It's such a beautiful and well-done horror anime. They managed this fantastic balance with horror so that it actually felt good and comfortable and beautiful and cathartic to watch. These days they make everything feel either too "action"/"real" loud and scary, and it just is disruptive with less artistic balance. Hard to describe, but it's just the way this anime feels... It's hard to find in anything newer.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXDoJxAdwjQ&ab_channel=caitiejeanhoward
       
 (DIR) Post #AQz5tmRfVIcHEsLA2a by elfinalied@freesoftwareextremist.com
       2022-12-25T17:14:07.759229Z
       
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       @r :3 but anime > netofurihehe <3