thinking this morning about how the thesis of nosedive (black mirror) is that authentic communication is one of the tenets of human nature and if we sanitise communication and interaction and community then we take away part of what it is to be human
I want to be excited about the Barbie movie, but it seems like it’s shooting for a reverse sexism theme - like in Barbieland, Ken can’t be anything while Barbie can be everything, and then they get to the real world and it’s vice versa, and Barbie and Ken learn about gender equality, and the movie ends with Barbieland having both Barbies and Kens be everything.
And it’s like, on the one hand, I get it, sure, but on the other hand, Barbie is targeted at little girls, so of course the focus is on Barbie, not Ken. Barbie was showing little girls that they can be anything in a world where that’s typically only something men could do, so of course Barbie is focused on, well, Barbie, and not Ken.
It just seems so tonedeaf to try to make Barbieland out to be reverse sexist and have Barbie and Ken go on a mission to change it. Because like… Little girls know Kens can be anything in the real world. But Barbie lets them dream and be able to see themselves as anything too.
I don’t know. I want to be excited - I adored Barbie growing up. But from what we’ve seen, it seems like that’s the route the movie is going to take, and that’s just… Missing the mark, to me.
I hope I’m wrong and that this isn’t what the movie is going to do, but I don’t think I am.
you know what. echo downloading her dead boyfriend into her brain and then happily going back to bed to finger herself is actually an iconic series finale final scene
Ok but the people who’ve never seen the cinematic masterpiece which is Barbie Life in the Dreamhouse cannot fully appreciate the Barbie (2023) teaser. Because of this asshole:
Closet is a parody of Hal from 2001: A Space Odyssey.
hi it depends on what water you’re tying to render honestly!! for landscapes that have water i’ll just copy and paste then flip the sky!
for ocean pieces:
waves: i look at a lot of references i mean a loooot and usually i’ll pick out a wave shape that draws me in and try to replicate that! pay attention to the shadows inside the wave and the foam/highlights then just blending from there!!
beach sea foam: again look at a looot of references, once you have what you’d like to make in mind, start with the shapes, then add in the colors step by step, this tutorial is pretty good:
basically i do similar i just start with a basic wave flow, add background color, then the lightest highlights, then add shadows under them for depth and keep doing that until you’re happy with the level of detail! i’ve been drawing for a while and it took me a few years before i could draw ocean/beach waves confidently 😊
