Before The Computing Era, ILM Was The Master Of Oil Matte Painting, Making Audiences Believe That Some

Before the computing era, ILM was the master of oil matte painting, making audiences believe that some of the sets in the original Star Wars and Indiana Jones trilogy were real when they weren’t. They were the work of geniuses like Chris Evans, Michael Pangrazio, Frank Ordaz, Harrison Ellenshaw and Ralph McQuarrie ! Forever thank you, to their handmade art and the work of their colleagues, that made us dream of impossible worlds and fantastic places across Earth and the Universe.

There are more background paintings on this article, featuring comments by the masters/artists themselves ! 

Some of the following pieces were made by other artists 2:

I don’t know what it is about Star Wars but even if it’s not your biggest fandom, it still has the funniest memes by a long shot I mean “look at all the fucks i give anakin” and “your poncho is a piece of junk” and anakin hates sand it’s all just 1000% pure class

“I’m back, Saber.”

“Yes. Welcome back, Shirou”

Fate/stay night, Last Episode

Ученым удалось впервые получить фото кота Шредингера в момент перехода между квантовыми состояниями….

“Death of the author” is an interesting concept. It was first named in an essay by the same title in 1967, written by the French literary critic Roland Barthes. He argued against considering the author’s intentions and cultural context when interpreting a text. 

While it might seem like a convenient way to determine the meaning, attaching the author’s intention to a text actually limits it.  To begin with, the author’s intention is an unreliable source. It is impossible to perfectly know what the author meant. Even in the event the author is still alive, the true intentions can be difficult or even impossible to communicate. Such are the limits of human expression.

However, if one were to forego considering the intention behind it, a text will have as many meanings as there are people reading it. “Killing” the author in such a manner creates the freedom for an infinite number of meanings to come from the same words. Following this theory, a text will obtain the power to resonate with an infinite number of people. “Death of the author” means conceptually killing the author so that the words they wrote can reveal their true potential.

It does not mean that you should attempt to take my head and brandish it as a trophy. Your pitiful attempts at my life are a nuisance. To begin with, my powers are such that to attempt to take my life equals forfeiting your own.

bruce wayne answering “yes” completely honestly, non-jokingly, with a deadpan voice when the media ask him in jest if he’s batman is a mood