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Paintings That Live
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Animating Nothing
How 'Invisible' (from 'Modest Heroes') discovered life after Ghibli.


Animating Attraction
How Faith and John Hubley made a timeless film about love.
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A pleasant narrative that offers a fresh but familiar exploration of the subject’s fundamental desire for recognition/love and the problematic yet medicative function of consumption.
Mechanical Arms #03 — Wash, Rinse, Repeat
Time for the protagonist to do something slightly different. Impressions: How many more times is the dude going to run away, and two seconds later, regret running…
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DANG, LOOK AT THIS MANGA INK!
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Tokyo Art Scene: Prints, Paintings And Photography
Enjoy some visually stimulating works of 2D art through these special exhibitions featuring rare books, modern paintings and film photography.
OPP PSA: Best Wash Your Hands Collection
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OPP PSA: Best Wash Your Hands Collection
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Calendar Ink: Sailor Moon 2025 Mini Calendar
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RJ Writing Ink Doing a New Series
Hello, everyone, RJ Writing Ink here with a special announcement regarding a new series I will be doing. So, a few months ago, it was announced that Donte,…


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The Strange World of Unsettling Paintings- Walter Molino
That Walter Molino sure was a strange fella.


Animating in Present Tense
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Animating Halloween | Hellsing Review
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+19: Animating in Mongolia
How animation has battled to survive in the Land of the Eternal Blue Sky.
Chinese Dramas and Rambles
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Gyarados: The Chinese Dragon?
On right: Flag of the Qing dynasty Gyarados is a Water/Flying type in the Pokemon video games, yet it is often thought of as a dragon-like Pokemon. This…


Solo Leveling – 23 – Ant-Man and the Wash
No sooner is Shimizu beheaded than her fellow Charlie Squad Hunters are also relieved of their heads. They are the first to encounter the Ant Queen’s last and…
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Ink & Passion: Modern Women Writers Who Changed Japan
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Hirohiko Araki Discusses Cubism in Paintings and The JOJOLands
Hirohiko Araki discusses the works of Picasso, as well as the coincidental Cubism featured in The JOJOLands chapter 10.
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Books: Chinese Animation and Socialism
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Books: History of Chinese Animation
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Popcorn Pulse 71: Chinese Tango
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Divination in Ancient Chinese Culture
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Paintings in Movies: PILLOW TALK (1959) and PROJECT A (1983)
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Animating a scene from Deca-Dence
Let's animate a scene from the Deca-Dence Anime. Layout Template : https://drive.google.com/file/d/17Ggh0ZSBZWDDgb9tFWhua2XeXWE3wpJ-/view?usp=sharing Layout Template for Clip Studio Paint: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZaTfJf3dC1r_GLoxsH_WBt5sBgc7aZlD/view?usp=share_link Timesheet Template: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iMmCox3gL2-2OWXRoBFj2Gu6rg15w2yl/view Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/lastanimator Check out my Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/c.dong98 Support me on Patreon: http://patreon.com/dongchang
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Animating terror : Noroi the white weasel
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