The father’s artistic talent is clearly on display here, but I’m actually really impressed with this kid’s wild imagination. Many of his drawings are both conceptually unique and coherent.
This is a plant from the genus Trachyandra, specifically known as a Crassula succulent. They are mostly found throughout southern Africa and Madagascar.
I am reblogging so I can look into this more closely. Because 1. That looks kind of like polymer clay; and 2. Crassula is a genus of succulent, containing over 1400 species of plant, and I’m on mobile.
I can never tell if succulents I haven’t seen are real or not because all succulents look fake in the first place
Here to tell you HAPPILY cause i love these plants that they are in fact real BUT the actual name of the plant is Trachyandra tortilis! They also come in a flat leaf version with curled or wavy leaves!!
I’ve posted in the past about this awesome project that helps show kids the power of imagination. Without any guidelines elementary school students are asked to draw a monster. The finished drawings are sent to artists around the world who recreate them using 3D illustrations, animations, and paintings. The finished works and then sent back to the children.
Okay I really like this because a lot of other projects to recreate children’s drawings will follow them EXACTLY, and while the results can be pretty, they’re kinda more for the amusement of adults most of the time than what the kids themselves would probably have wanted.
I feel like this one is less patronizing. I mean, when you’re a kid and you can only draw crudely, you usually still have a much more life-like image in your head. This project is actually validating that, showing these kids that their ideas are what matter, and even demonstrating to them how conceptual design works as a career.
Even many famous series creators aren’t all that skilled at drawing, but I sure didn’t know that when I was a child. I thought I had to have supreme technical skill to be a creator; I thought every person with their name on a cartoon show or video game had to be able to pull off the final designs we were seeing.
I’d have felt really proud of myself if one of my scribbly doodles came back to me as something this complex, like the adults actually understood what I was going for instead of thinking “awww he drew the arms so wrong that’s so cuuute haha”
Last but not least, a video of our little 15MxCM05, an ELECTRIC orange calico baby. This is the tamest Amazon Tree Boa we have ever produced. Snek is noodle friend, not danger rope!
Also the video serves as proof of how neon orange it is for people who think we alter our images LOL. All we do is crop, guys! 😜
This is an animated movie about Bilal, an Ethiopian ex-slave who became one of the Prophet Muhammad’s closest companions. Really impressed by the production value and the well-cut trailer. Some nice attention to lighting and composition. One to keep an eye out for.
(Saladin Ahmed, from whom I found this, supposes from his knowledge of Bilal’s story that the movie ends with him meeting Muhammad)
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