Let's never forget the iconic moment in South Park when Satan rolled through to break down the basic principle of naturalism to Stan. Guess everyone is trying to fill the void brought on by human existence at some level.
Talk about an Incredible discourse. We can always count on the wandering minds of Tumblr to put their heads together, and churn out some real gems. This particular roundtable discussion centers on the infamous film, "The Incredibles." Maybe one of the best superhero movies of all time. So many easter eggs and intricate patterns throughout the film. The only question is how much of what's being discussed was intentional on the part of the filmmakers vs. pure coincidence?
Here we are yet again with the wonderful, wandering minds of the Tumblr world delivering just the kind of informative, and unsettling thread that really takes the brain for a trip. Apparently, there's an actual reason why us human beings can feel the cringe chills come on when animation seems to be too realistic. It's called the uncanny valley effect. What makes the effect so unsettling, is reflecting on why we could've developed that kind of "survival instinct" in the first place. Was it because there used to be some sort of alien monster thing scouring the globe back in the day that was a threat to homo sapiens' survival? Maybe so, maybe so. Check out some more gold from Tumblr with these cooks that bonded over their dysfunctional family members.
How humans end up drawing themselves is an absolutely fascinating matter. In this case, we see a strange breakdown from quite the entertaining Tumblr thread. If you're looking for more Tumblr gold check out this recent Tumblr thread on the daughter who crashed her mom's book club in the best, most hilarious way possible.
This guy is crushing the quarantine life. What a glorious reference to this shining moment from Parks and Rec.
Some pretentious Twitter user thought they'd go ahead and issue a complaint about what looks like a completely acceptable Family Guy scene. So, an actual animator stepped in and shed some light on the realities of the industry. At one point, the animator points out that they're actually making someone else's art, when it comes to the animations that people see.
Nickelodeon hooked it up with a release of the full uncut fight between Avatar's Aang and Fire Lord Ozai. This will always be epic.
Sometimes an animator is left with a problem like "how do I make this character use chopsticks if their hand is a literal fingerless stump?" The pragmatic solutions they've found are goofy as hell, and the absurdness they bring are a hallmark of animation. And then the other half are like "oh yeah, that's kind of stupid."
Nick Murray Willis is doing great things with his channel. He's taking real world sporting events and all other manners of madness, and reinterpreting them in the animated medium. The results are wildly entertaining, and this video made a splash, with waves of admiration already rolling out across YouTube.
