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Simon S. Andersen @snakepixel.art · 2d

Old repaint of thief from Capcom's D&D Shadow over Mystara. Was initially a doodle on a post-it note.

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Calli Giovanini COMMS CLOSED @calligiovanini.bsky.social · 8h

THAT'S EXACTLY IT
NO JOKE
LEAVE THE BOXES AND START ROTATING THOSE HIPS

Daywalker Ratt @hoodrattanak.bsky.social · 8h

you know those rotating boxes you draw for practice? well think of each one as a booty cheek. you’re welcome

Calli Giovanini COMMS CLOSED @calligiovanini.bsky.social · 8h

The one very basic thing I wish people would teach beginner artists more often is that perspective is not a thing you apply only to drawing buildings. You can apply it to all your "character in white background" art and it's gonna make the drawing very cool, no matter how boring the pose is.

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Daywalker Ratt @hoodrattanak.bsky.social · 8h

you know those rotating boxes you draw for practice? well think of each one as a booty cheek. you’re welcome

Calli Giovanini COMMS CLOSED @calligiovanini.bsky.social · 8h

The one very basic thing I wish people would teach beginner artists more often is that perspective is not a thing you apply only to drawing buildings. You can apply it to all your "character in white background" art and it's gonna make the drawing very cool, no matter how boring the pose is.

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Calli Giovanini COMMS CLOSED @calligiovanini.bsky.social · 8h

You want to draw a character? Ask yourself where you are as a viewer in relation to them.
That's how you learn perspective without being into architecture.

(of course there are a billion other things to keep in mind, but the point stands that perspective should be introduced early)

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Calli Giovanini COMMS CLOSED @calligiovanini.bsky.social · 8h

When people talk about figure drawing they call it "structure" or "anatomy", but for real it's just being in control of the horizon line and its vanishing points.
The horizon line itself can be simply viewed as "the height of the camera".

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Calli Giovanini COMMS CLOSED @calligiovanini.bsky.social · 8h

The one very basic thing I wish people would teach beginner artists more often is that perspective is not a thing you apply only to drawing buildings. You can apply it to all your "character in white background" art and it's gonna make the drawing very cool, no matter how boring the pose is.

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Calli Giovanini COMMS CLOSED @calligiovanini.bsky.social · 23h

I was hoping for it to be some animation demo for an in-house movie studio, but you're totally right.

Calli Giovanini COMMS CLOSED @calligiovanini.bsky.social · 1d

Once I read a review of the game Mouthwashing that went like "If Silent Hill 2 came out today the word MURDERER would flash on the screen every time James mentioned his wife" and I can't stop thinking about it since. Especially after playing Silent Hill f.

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Calli Giovanini COMMS CLOSED @calligiovanini.bsky.social · 2d

That doesn't happen in the game and also there are plenty of anime and japanese media where that doesn't happen.
Again, not what my thread is about.

Calli Giovanini COMMS CLOSED @calligiovanini.bsky.social · 2d

Now that's just you being racist against japanese media because there's no schoolgirl fetish in this game. That's not what this post is about.

Calli Giovanini COMMS CLOSED @calligiovanini.bsky.social · 2d

I want to debate why so much of the run time is dedicated to showing hateful women while Hinako's abusive dad is there for what feels like one hour total.

I DON'T WANT TO DEBATE IF WOMEN SHOULD EXIST OR IF COMBAT IN A HORROR GAME SHOULD ALWAYS FEEL GOOD

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Calli Giovanini COMMS CLOSED @calligiovanini.bsky.social · 2d

I want to debate on its shallow and frankly offensive manner in which the game portrays mental illness and drug use.
I want to debate on the possible veiled racism in the portrayal of Shu's character and Chinese medicine.

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Calli Giovanini COMMS CLOSED @calligiovanini.bsky.social · 2d

For example, I believe Silent Hill F to be a bad and perhaps even harmful representation of the feminist topics it's trying to touch upon.
But instead of debating on how to write on the female experience in 2025, we are still debating if games should have women in them.

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Calli Giovanini COMMS CLOSED @calligiovanini.bsky.social · 2d

The thing about letting the worst people on the internet control the discourse is that it stops us from expanding the discourse into more complex ideas.

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Gildásio @gildaswise.com · 9d

04/07

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davi @davi-remastered.bsky.social · 9d

A woman with an eye patch holding a big rifle

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Calli Giovanini COMMS CLOSED @calligiovanini.bsky.social · 9d

The far right won the culture war. You all meme and talk like right wingers. Everything has become a matter of optics while minorities bleed on the streets.

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Calli Giovanini COMMS CLOSED @calligiovanini.bsky.social · 9d

This is a video of a man running for his life. He could've been put in a concentration camp.
Why are you people making memes out of this??

WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?!

Steve Marmel @marmel.bsky.social · 9d

ICE attempted
and failed to disappear a food delivery guy.
It needed to be scored.

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Calli Giovanini COMMS CLOSED @calligiovanini.bsky.social · 10d

fuck I love this song so much

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Calli Giovanini COMMS CLOSED @calligiovanini.bsky.social · 10d

I feel like I've alerted a predator to my position. I must be very careful right now.

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Calli Giovanini COMMS CLOSED @calligiovanini.bsky.social · 10d

I can't even get excited for new characters really.
C. Viper looks my type, but then I remembered I have to buy fake coins that do not properly cover the character's cost to force me to buy more than I need.
I feel like shit. The game is made to make you feel bad.
Now I also can't watch SF6. Great.

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Calli Giovanini COMMS CLOSED @calligiovanini.bsky.social · 10d

I see people getting into fighting games all the time just because they had fun watching a tournament.
Hell, I GOT INTO FIGHTING GAMES BECAUSE OF THE DAIGO PARRY

But you can't explain long term investments to executives. They want money now.

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Calli Giovanini COMMS CLOSED @calligiovanini.bsky.social · 10d

I play SF6 religiously, but I'm not remotely interested in this.
Aren't these kinds of events made to promote the games and grow a community around them?

I really should just go back to Fightcade.

☆「ＹＡＳＥ」IdolismJ ☆ @idolismj.yase.world · 10d

THE RETURN OF $8.95

A tweet from @CatCammy6 showing a Capcom graphic detailing Capcom Cup 12/SFL 2025 World Championship. Of note, each stream is ¥4000 with a combo deal of both events being ¥6000

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Calli Giovanini COMMS CLOSED @calligiovanini.bsky.social · 10d

I still like that they framed it as a coming out story even though she's not coming out from shit from a sociological standpoint.

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Calli Giovanini COMMS CLOSED @calligiovanini.bsky.social · 10d

Hornet is too polite to correct Shakra right away, but she'll show her who's the child in bed.... wait no that didn't sound right

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