Now, As Then, 'tis Simple Truth Sweetest Tongue Has Sharpest Tooth!

Now, as then, 'tis simple truth — Sweetest tongue has sharpest tooth!

Blood of my blood

hi im sure this is a commonly asked question but are there any resources/media you're inspired by? i'm in love with the way your characters follow the line of action so well and how they're constructed from shapes; sorry if this is a repetitive ask. thanks so much & have a good day!

I have been asked this question before and I never feel that I give a satisfactory answer. I am inspired by music and live action performances more than anything ( boring, I know ). That being said-

Traditionally animated films I enjoy : The Prince of Egypt, The Jungle Book, All Dogs Go To Heaven, Cats Don't Dance

Artists I admire : Don Bluth, Milt Kahl, Mary Blair, Maurice Sendak.

As for line of action, here is some concise wisdom from the legendary Preston Blair.

How do you make your art look so smooth and fluid!?

simplify simplify simplify

Take a look at this piece by Eyvind Earle. It's simple but so striking. Clear silhouettes, strong S-curve, big negative space(s).

Less is more

"TURNAROUND REPRISE (ONLY MOSTLY HUMMING VERSION)" FROM THE LITTLE PRINCE

original song by Hans Zimmer and Camille

now, this is the second song-editting project i have ever done lol (still an amateur, but this one was way easier 👍)

i've been seeing a lot of people on tiktok/reels/shorts, whatever, use the humming from this song and i really liked it! i was surprised i didn't remember the song despite having seen the movie when it first came out. i personally like the song better with just the little skat-hums; and while editing, i found an attachment of lyrics i could keep to help transition the two verses of humming together (albeit, to do so, i edited said verses to now be out of chronological order but eh 🤷 the verse people have been mainly using is now the first bit you hear. so that helps with the song's trendy recognizablity, i think)

this was way easier AND quicker to edit than "Ultraman" lol but yeah! edited it for the same reasons as i had with "Ultraman"; this part helps me battle against my executive dysfunction, the regular verses of the song did the opposite of help with my executive dysfunction bc my brain is fickle for unknowable reasons that having absolutely nothing at all to do with the other verses' quality or the artists (the rest of the song is great! my brain is just overly picky if i want to use music to battle against my executive dysfunction). just thought i'd post my edit in case it similarly helps anyone else, that's all. i did very basic editing here, very non-signature "anybody else could have very easily come up with the same results without knowing my edit exists" type stuff; so i dont personally mind if you do not credit me, unless you really want to, if you want to cross-post this song-edit onto other platforms. i didn't make the song; that was all Hans Zimmer and Camille. i just made this edit because i couldn't find any pre-existing song-edit at the time (that might have changed by now, i haven't checked since, idk lol)

also, same as the "Ultraman" song-edit i just posted: tried to upload the audio-file from my phone to tumblr (as i recollect others having done so), couldn't get it to work, asked google how to do it, google said "you can't do from a file on your phone anymore; it's gotta be from spotify, soundcloud, or something" and i said "oh. okay" so y'all get a video-file that you can convert to an audio-file yourself, i guess lmao sorry?? 🤷 eh

but yeah!! that's it! hope you enjoy!! bye! 👋

● other song-edits by me: [Ultraman Rising's "Ultraman" No Rap / Chorus Only version]

Second Verse

Part 1