#googled it and its stylized as CHRISTmas

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going to bronners christmas wonderland … 😁

#googled it and its stylized as CHRISTmas #my grandmother is very excited to show us #its . april #⛄️

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The Devil in The Window

Apologies for low image quality. This is a repost with some reworking for an earlier, longer breakdown I did of the Loki trailer. Now that episode 1 is out - (YAY I WAS RIGHT, TAKE THAT MEPHISTO FANS! But also I do look forward to his eventual appearance, you think I don’t also have a huge interest in satanic mythology and the devil’s appearances in literature? Because I certainly do.) - I think it’s a good time to review.

Anyway, here’s a new shot of the window, apologies for using the older ones I drew on before from hereafter though. They updated the design for the episode, so some details have changed - however, I think that the old one had some details that were actually better to demonstrate with, the biggest being the change to the chest shape. Still, I think the intent remains, and I suppose it’s all to the good I used the design that shows it clearer.

So, Norse Mythology. It’s been Christiannized. You can thank Snorri Sturluson for that, but you can google all about him later. Let’s just say that he made many Norse figures into equivalents for Christian ones. Baldur is Jesus, pure and a sacrificial lamb who dies for a greater good. And the devil is...Loki. Something the Marvel comics and the MCU have continued.

Here we have a devil, dressed in green and with a distinct shape on his chest:

Hmmm...wait...I know that weird horny shape...(yes they changed this design in the episode, but it still has this basic shape, just with another layer of gold above it.)

Ah. I’d say that cinches it. This is meant to be Loki. If you look at the devil’s hair, it also resembles Loki’s, being shoulder-length and kinda curly.

So, what’s devil-Loki doing? Laying an egg? Trying out a foot massager? For a second I thought it was a moon, but we see the moon over his left shoulder, amongst the stars. Which means this is - probably the Earth.

...Dammit; I live there.

So Earth is barren and being devoured by flames, likely caused by this Loki sitting atop of it (in a throne, no less). Aw gee, things look pretty bad, don’t they?

But wait - what’s that? Under the Earth (and, possibly, under the earth)?

It’s a plant. A shoot, to be exact.

Back to Ragnarok for a second. Ragnarok isn’t the apocalypse (something we see a lot of in this trailer - all of it seems to be exploring the end of days). Ragnarok is the fire meant to wipe out the old and fertilize the ground for the new. And after the gods have died, what happens? Well, Baldur emerges from Hel, one of the only surviving gods (hmm, seems him dying worked out, didn’t it?). He’s joined by Líf and Lífþrasir, who are the new first man and woman, who’s names mean ‘Life’ and who are pictured, usually, with plants and new life. It is they who are tasked who growing a new Yggdrasil after the destruction of the old. The previous first man and woman are Ask and Embla, meaning Ash Tree and Vine/Elm tree, so there’s a theme there.

So a new sprout, possibly a tree, growing out of the destruction of the old.

This fits with Loki’s role as understood in mythology. He checks the arrogance of the gods, including when they tried to achieve immortality (sorry, Baldur, nothing personal), and that keeps the gods at their best. After Loki is imprisoned, the gods become weak, unhelpful and foolish, and Yggdrasil starts to rot. Eventually Loki escapes and returns along with Surtur (who also resembles this figure) to burn it all to the ground. This is also referenced in Thor:Ragnarok, with Loki releasing Surtur in the Vault, a place of thematic importance to Loki and one that represents the hidden secrets and sins of Asgard). You could say Ragnarok continued into Infinity War, where Loki played an important part in aiding Thanos’ destruction, giving up the stone to protect his brother and essentially dooming the rest of the universe - but also ultimately leading to its salvation, even if, like Myth Loki, he wasn’t around to see it.

So, we see the Variant literally start a fire in the trailer -

- in fact, this whole trailer is awash in flame -

It’s fire, fire everywhere and Variant Loki’s setting them!

Damn, even our ‘hero’ Loki is burning stuff down! Does this mean that Loki is doomed, always meant to be an avatar of death and toasty destruction?

Well...let’s go back to that stained glass. Hmmm...wait...I know that weird horny shape...

And there’s something else...the bottom of the Earth is being lit up, and not by fire. Light appears to be coming off this little plant.

What colour is this plant again? That’s right, green. Green is the colour of new life and growth and change and...hang on, I’ve heard that before, too..

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Hang on hang on HANG ON... let me have a look at the shape again.

That’s...a letter. An L? For Loki? Like in the title sequence?

Wait...no, a different letter. An older letter. After all, Loki is old Norse. How do you spell his name in that again?

ᛚᛟᚲ ᛁ

And ENHANCE on that third letter!

This, my friends, is a Kenaz/Kaunaz, or what would become 'K' in our alphabet. It is also known as the 'Loki Rune' (and the Ulcer Rune, for some reason. I suspect Odin understands why). It’s used to spell his name, but is also used on his own to represent him. Heck, it's even his Superman 'S' in the comics:

Runes are more than letters - they are symbols for concepts. So what else does it mean?

Primarly, it means ‘torch’.

And also ‘knowledge’ (ken). As well as ‘growth, change, the search for truth, decay, arrogance, elitism, feminine, kinship and creativity.’

...Okay, that’s a lot, but you have to admit it fits.

More specifically, it means ‘Mastery of the Fire’. As in, someone who has learned to tame fire so that it is helpful, not harmful. To bring light and, symbolically, knowledge.

There’s another way Loki’s been associated with fire - in the Wagner Ring Cycle, Das Rheingold, the opera that inspired much the Thor films’ aesthetic and certainly their helmets, Loki is called ‘Loge’, which means ‘Fire’. He’s usually dressed to match, too -

Many trickster figures are associated with fire. They are usually called ‘Fire-bringers’ - See: Raven, Lucifer, Prometheus, etc. They are often complex figures with a foot in different worlds, but who nonetheless help mankind with the gift of ‘fire’ - although they usually pay for it, and tend to be self-destructive.

(Side note. Lucifer means light-bringer, which is what luciferase is named after. Because it glows. Which is helpful in labs. In case someone needed to know that.)

Moving from a destructive fire-starter to a fire-bringer seems like a great character arc for Loki to take, especially given his rehabilitation in pop culture, the comics, and even wider culture. Loki has gone from being seen as an evil, deviant, destructive character to one who’s seen as a patron of the arts and creativity, of stories rather than lies. Heck, some scholars of Norse Mythology even posit that he’s the closet thing to a protagonist Norse Mythology has, so I guess that backfired, Snorri!). Being dressed in green and with the sprout clearly also being stylized after his Kaunaz, there’s foreshadowing that he’ll be capable of growing good things even out of ashes.

So, to sum up: Being ‘Satan’ sounds pretty bad, but with a little letter re-arranging like we see in the title sequence, you can be...

...practically a saint. Maybe even a saviour.

Merry Christmas, everybody.

#runes #loki #loki 2021 #loki analysis #meta #reblog #rework

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Nowadays, the cameras on your android smartphone are getting better than earlier time. The inbuilt camera app on your android smartphone is probably good, but there is always a possibility for improvement. Android users have the flexibility to choose top camera apps, with features such as multiple shot modes, steady shot helpers, composition overlays, editing tools and post-processing special effects. Smartphone makers are paying more attention to make cameras more reliable, work better in night or low light, and add more features that their competitors are providing. Many of the smartphone buyers will base their buying decisions on the quality of the cameras. So, the point is that cameras whether it is primary cameras or secondary cameras, are important on smartphones these days.

Now, the question is:

Which is the best camera application for android?

Choosing only one app as the best camera app for android among all camera apps is very difficult. Because the choice of users can vary on the basis of camera apps rating or no of downloads or no of reviews.

So, we prepared a list of the top android camera apps with all of its parameters.

Here is our list of some of the best Android camera apps. You can use these apps by clicking share-worthy photos from below top Android camera apps.

B612 -Free Selfie Camera, Photo Editor & Video App

Details about this app:

Total Installs: 500,000,000+ Rating: 4.3 No of Reviews: 67,62,131 Google Play Store Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.linecorp.b612.android

B612 is BEST “One-stop solution app” for all your camera needs.

You will find everything you are looking for here in B612 – Beauty Feature, Makeup, Stickers, Short-videos, Editing, Video templates, Music videos & more. New stickers, filters and effects are added everyday for our Indian user in India. Have fun and make amazing memories with B612.

Easily create high quality music videos

– Pair your videos with exciting tunes

– Diverse effects and playback speeds for more dynamic music videos

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Studio feature

– Find 1000+ video templates and collage layouts to make amazing content extraordinary

– Most trending and new video editing templates for you to edit your videos easily and fast

– Find new video as well as photo edit templates on daily basis

– Easy way to find our whats trending as well as to to set new trends

Over 1,500 diverse stickers

– Facial recognition stickers that can distort your face or turn you into a cute animal

– Shiny effects and stylish analog filters to brighten your day

– Various drawing effects that you can draw as you take a video

– Celebrate every festival with new trending sticker and effects

– Find new most trending and viral

Real-time beauty and makeup effects to get the perfect shot at once

– Perfect skin with a single tap

– Find your ideal face shape with an easy-to-use slider

– Get rid of pimples Adjust the features like smoothening, dark circles, pores for perfect selfie

– Change makeup styles for every picture

Immaculate filters to suit your taste

– High quality filters perfect for selfies, food, landscapes, or any occasion

– Quick access to your favorite and most used filters

– Make and save your custom filter

Easy Photo Editor

– Use editing tools from gallery to make your existing photos more special

– Try amazing filters, stickers for pictures & new trendy photo effects.

– Use auto-cut and change your background

– Beauty and makeup editor: features like smooth skin, makeup are now easy to add

– Use new tools to make your pictures stunning: hair color changer, auto-cut, slow motion & more.

– Adjust the ration of your pictures and videos in all sizes for Instagram (1:1), Youtube (16:9) & other media

– Easy and fast one touch adjustments tools

Story Mode & Video:

– Now make amazing stories using new trending effects everyday

– Get perfect beauty and makeup for all your stories and videos

– Easy one touch share is available for your convenience

– Add your favorite music and make fun short videos

Take fun boomerang videos that play on a loop

Meet cute characters that come to life using AR stickers (Only available on certain devices using iOS 11 or above.)

Create collages where you can see all your best moments in one place.

Cymera Camera – Photo Editor, Filter & Collage

Details about this app:

Total Installs: 100,000,000+ Rating: 4.6 No of Reviews: 24,79,006 Google Play Store Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cyworld.camera

Cymera reached 300 million downloads for Android and iOS users in 2018.

Get this powerful photo editor app with amazing photo effects, photo filters, stickers, crop, instafit, blur effect, mirror effect, tattoo & muscles effects and makeups!

Christmas Selfie Effect.

New Year Selfie Effect.

New Snappy sticker and the new beauty lomo filters.

Face filters to remove acnes and blemishes.

New AR Selfie effects for Summer vacation.

New Air Shape Item to uplift your pic!

Popular & New

+Collage Maker

+Live Filter

+Layout Items

+Smaller and V-shaped face

+Makeup Style

+Body and Face Editor

+Vintage, Natural, Lomo, Film, Sketch and Selfie Filters

+AR Face Sticker

+Healthy Skin Feature

+Text and MEMES

+Various hairstyles and color

+InstaFit and more!

+Import directly from Google Photos

【Main Functions】

Beauty Camera

– Professional beauty tools for your skin makeup, slim or face reshape, remove wrinkles, erase face pimples and dark circles.

– Hundreds of amazing beauty selfie filters and makeup effects.

+ Meet the smart selfie camera to look exceptional without hassle!

Amazing Filters

– Perfect instant selfies with 130 different filters.

– Edit with free filter packages for selfie, nation flags, air shape, vintage-feel, pastel colors, film-effect, black & white and more!

– Face filters for perfect selfies!

– Lens flare effects or light laked effects.

– Create your own collection of favorite filters.

+ All filters are free!

Camera Lenses and Silent Mode

– 7 different and fascinating camera lenses.

(Divided lenses/FishEye/Lomo and more)

– Anti-shake, timer, touch shooting, out-focusing options.

– Silent mode

– Bluetooth connection is available for selfie sticks with remote.

Collage and No Crop Features

– Different types of grid to combine photos (up to 9 photos) into one.

– Blurred background with a simple touch.

Retouch or Adjust Photos Instantly

– Automatic face recognition including enlarge eyes, smile and slim feature.

– Edit with Liquify, skin corrections (brightening, whitening, concealers)

– 200 kinds of natural hair and face makeup items

Shape your dream body with new features!

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Super Easy and Fast Editing Tools

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Upgrade Photos with Unique Items

– Trendy AR stickers including face animal mask, air shape item, love stickers, beauty filters, light effects, frames

– Brush items for hand writings and drawings

– Variety of fonts in text feature

– Face pop and meme

Sharing Photos and Smart Gallery

– Organize photos by date, location, selfies, etc.

– Now you can set your edited photos as wallpaper.

– Edit photos taken by other camera apps.

– Send or share your photos on your social media channel or other instant chat.

YouCam Perfect – Best Selfie Camera & Photo Editor

Details about this app:

Total Installs: 100,000,000+ Rating: 4.5 No of Reviews: 19,34,761 Google Play Store Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cyberlink.youperfect

YouCam Perfect is fully developed in Taiwan by Perfect Corp.

YouCam Perfect is the best beauty camera & selfie photo editing app with over 300 MILLION downloads and counting! Edit pictures & selfies to share with family and friends with YouCam Perfect your full mobile photo editor, selfie beauty camera & social app. Create amazing edits for social media, WhatsApp, Facebook, Tik Tok & more with our easy to use photo editor camera app.

Edit selfies & photos with hundreds of campaign and new creative templates, effects & filters. YouCam Perfect lets you combine your snaps into instant photo collages and creative frames. Get perfect selfies in just one tap with beautify, also remove blemishes & smooth wrinkles! Share your edits in an easy way with friends and family either online using WhatsApp & other social media. Stay connected wherever you go, stay updated with friends & family with easy edits, selfies & pictures!

====== YouCam Perfect Core Features =======

Real-Time Selfies &Skin Beautifying Effects in Beauty Camera

Edit Photos with Full Editing Toolkit

Cutout & Object Remover Makes It All About You!

Achieve a Flawless & Luminous Face in Every Picture

Stylize & Share Pics with Friends!

Edit Photos with Full Editing Toolkit

★Try effects and one-touch filters, photo crop and rotate, mosaic pixelate to blur the background, vignette, and HDR effect.

★Blur photos using background defocus, Gaussian blur, and other blur effect tools

Cutout & Object Remover Makes It All About You!

【Focus On You With Smart Object Removal】

★Like a green screen for your photos, cut out the subject of a photo, then give it a fun new background for a special effect.

★The unique intelligent object removal tool that you can’t find in other beauty apps

★Erase unwanted background objects or people, so that your photo is all about you!

Real-Time Skin Beautifying Effects in Beauty Camera & Video Selfies

【Real-Time Beautifying Effects & Filters】

★Bring selfies to life with short videos

★Videos and video selfies with cool filters for better Vine videos.

Stylize & Share Pics with Friends!

【Collages, Grids & Frames】

★Insert your selfie photo into a fun scene, grid, collage or template!

★ “Smart Collage” detects faces in your photos for perfect placement in collages and backgrounds.

★Magic brush adds stickers to photos with a burst of shapes and colors wherever you tap!

★Share to Facebook, Instagram and your favorite social networks

Simple Steps for a Flawless & Luminous Face in Every Picture

【Face & Body Editing】

★Face reshaper gives you a great face shape without plastic surgery.

★Skin smoothener makes dry skin, wrinkles, acne and fine lines all disappear.

★Add contours to your face to bring out your true beauty.

★Add blush & remove shine for a clear face, even without makeup. Also, add freckles, and perfect brows like with microblading.

★Eye Bag Remover diminishes dark under eye circles and reduces puffiness.

★Multi-face detection lets you touch-up every face in your group shots.

Sweet Snap – Beauty Selfie Camera & Face Filter

Details about this app:

Total Installs: 100,000,000+ Rating: 4.5 No of Reviews: 6,67,884 Google Play Store Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ufotosoft.justshot

Sweet Snap is used by over 100 million people around the world. The best FREE photo editor and beauty camera app on Google Play. You can snap perfect selfie & video with its unique photo filters, cute stickers, pretty makeup, and beauty effects. Create your own GIF emoji packages easily and take fun boomerang videos that play on a loop with Sweet Snap. In addition, you can add music to videos, create high-quality music videos.

———-FEATURES———-

Filters for pictures – Make every selfie photo amazing

* Food? Landscapes? Selfie? High quality filters perfect for any occasion.

* Glitter, Neon, Sweet, Nature…Hundred of filters for pictures to choose from.

* With a massive amount of editing options, easy to make your pics stand out.

Cute stickers – Brighten your every day

* Lovely? Funny? Fashion? There are over 2800 unique live face stickers far more than B612.

* Just simply click the stickers to easily switch between various stickers.

* Face recognition stickers that can easily suit selfies and make your photos funny.

Makeup Camera – Get pretty makeup at once

* Multiple choices of the popular lipstick, blusher, contour, and eyebrows.

* Here you can find the youcam makeup styles that best suit selfie.

* Various popular makeup selfie effects make your selfies mesmerizing.

Real-time beauty effects – Snap perfect selfies

* Acne? blemishes? pimples? Sweet Snap make skin problems disappear with just a tap.

* Retouch skin tone using our exclusive skin smoothing makeover tool.

* Beauty plus camera adds a radiant complexion for perfect face and selfie pictures.

GIF & boomerang – Funny short video maker

* Shoot an 8-second short video and turn it to a GIF emoji.

* Add music to video, customize high-quality music videos.

* An essential function to colorize daily chat.

* Trending stickers and magic filters make your short video unique and awesome.

Smart Cutout – Simply and Intelligent

* Cutout image automatically with the AI Auto Selection tool and paste it on another image or background.

* Manual eraser and cutout for finger rub background cut and removal.

* Combine your cutout photos seamlessly to create unique and funny images.

Easily Share – Snap memorable moments

* Snap perfect selfies & videos with Sweet Camera and save them in high resolution.

* Share to all social apps Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, Twitter, Messenger, YouTube, Tik Tok, Snapchat, etc.

Sweet Snap is a powerful beauty plus camera and boomerang video maker, best photo editor with all photo editing features, free GIF maker app. It’s great for creating your own GIF emoji packages easily and taking fun boomerang videos that play on a loop. The draw tool can also help draw various drawing effects for your videos and photos.

With Sweet Snap, you can easily record videos, add music to video, add text on video, edit videos with the draw tool. The fast motion feature is super fun. Sweet Snap is also a free photo editor and beauty plus camera. You can snap perfect selfies & videos with ease and export it in high resolution, and share your photos & videos to Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, Twitter, Messenger, YouTube, Snapchat by one click, or edit video with music and pic for Tik Tok.

Candy Camera – selfie, beauty camera, photo editor

Details about this app:

Total Installs: 100,000,000+

Rating: 4.4

No of Reviews: 35,00,230

Google Play Store Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.joeware.android.gpulumera

Let’s take a selfie!

With Candy Camera’s beautifying filters and silent mode,

You can take beautiful selfies anywhere and anytime!

Don’t miss out on Candy Camera’s amazing filters –

1,000,000 people taking selfies with Candy Camera every day!

★ Filters for Selfies

A diverse range of filters, designed specifically for selfies –

Every Candy Camera filter will make your skin look amazing!

Swipe left and right to change between filters,

And find the perfect beautifying filter for a selfie!

Candy Camera’s filters are shown real-time while you take a selfie,

So you always look and feel beautiful with Candy Camera’s filters!

★ Beauty Functions

In addition to the filter camera, there are additional editing tools for the perfect selfie –

Slimming, whitening, concealer, lipstick, blush, eyeliner, mascara!

Edit or use make-up stickers to look beautiful in all your selfies.

Candy Camera is the ultimate beauty tool for selfies!

★ Stickers

Stickers for every season, occasion, and trend!

Decorate your selfie with Candy Camera’s huge sticker collection –

New stickers are being added to Candy Camera with every update!

You can find cute stickers for your selfies and artistic ones for your photography.

Each sticker can be easily resized and moved using multi-touch!

★ Silent Camera

Take silent selfies, snapshots, or photography anywhere you go!

Candy Camera’s silent mode can be used for any occasion –

Never be embarrassed to take a selfie, the camera is silent!

★ Collage

Take multiple photos for a collage!

Choose from many different grids and styles –

Taking selfies with Candy Camera’s collage mode,

You’ll feel like you’re in a photo booth with filters.

Have fun taking selfies with your friends!

VSCO: Photo & Video Editor

Details about this app:

Total Installs: 100,000,000+

Rating: 4.3

No of Reviews: 11,31,810

Google Play Store Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vsco.cam

VSCO is a place where expression matters most. We offer creative photo and video editing tools, inspiration, and a place for you to be you.

Share your photos and videos with #VSCO for a chance to be curated by VSCO. We can’t wait to see what you create.

FREE PHOTO EDITOR

Take your photography to the next level with 10 free VSCO presets. Easily import and edit your RAW photos. Use editing tools like Contrast and Saturation to make your photos pop or use Grain and Fade to add texture and mimic analog film effects. Adjust or play around with your photo perspectives with Crop and Skew. Save and recreate your favorite edits with Recipes.

ADVANCED PHOTO EDITING TOOLS

Join VSCO Membership to access VSCO’s complete preset library with over 200+ presets. Recreate vintage film looks by Kodak, Fuji, Agfa, and others with Film X. Use advanced photo editing tools like HSL and Split Tone. Frame your images with a touch of color using Borders.

VIDEO EDITOR

Transform your videos on mobile with the same premium VSCO presets and advanced editing tools from our photo editor. Adjust white balance and experiment with color control with HSL.

VSCO MONTAGE

Tell a video story and make a moving collage by layering videos, images, and shapes. Celebrate moments, illustrate a mood, or experiment with photos and videos you already have in your Studio. Adjust the opacity of any media layered in to create an eclectic range of customized gel colors and double exposures.

CONNECT WITH A CREATIVE COMMUNITY

Explore inspiring photos, videos, and editorial in Discover. Find people you know and connect with friends already on VSCO. Try something new with weekly photo Challenges exclusive to your VSCO membership.

Adobe Lightroom – Photo Editor & Pro Camera

Details about this app:

Total Installs: 100,000,000+

Rating: 4.3

No of Reviews: 7,87,761

Google Play Store Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adobe.lrmobile

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is a free, powerful photo editor and camera app. It empowers you in your photography, helping you to capture and edit stunning images.

With easy-to-use image editing tools like sliders, or filters for pictures, photo editing is made simple. Retouch full-resolution photos, apply photo filters, or start photo editing wherever you are.

EDIT YOUR PHOTOS ANYWHERE

Transform raw photos with one of the world’s most intuitive photo editing apps. Simply tap and drag sliders to improve light and colour, apply photo filters for pictures, and more. Breathe life into your photo editing with these leading photography tools.

Retouch light and colours on photos to make them pop. Easy-to-use sliders give you control over your photos’ properties, even on a phone screen.

Crop and Rotate tools let you find the size and aspect ratio to best show off your camera work.

Create super clean shots with straight lines by adjusting the perspective of your image with powerful upright, guided upright, and Geometry slider tools. Experiment with Versions of photos to compare different edits without losing the original and pick your favorite look.

Access all your presets anywhere. Image edits on one device are automatically applied everywhere else.

EDIT DOWN TO THE DETAIL

The advanced picture editor helps you to finesse the details.

Take control of your image with selective adjustments. Remove almost anything from your photo with a touch of the Healing Brush. Local Hue Adjustments as part of selective edits mean you can even alter hue and saturation with precision to bring your photos to life.

Get inspired with interactive tutorials and learn how to use the photo editor to its full potential by completing step-by-step lessons curated by fellow photographers.

LIGHTROOM PRESETS SIMPLIFY PHOTO EDITING:

Achieve professional photo editing faster by using presets – filters for pictures with unlimited customization options. Presets make every step of photo editing visible so that you can learn to do it yourself.

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PRO-LEVEL CAMERA

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Use handy organizational tools like ratings and flags, so you can mark and group the photos you like best.

ADVANCED PHOTO SHARING

Group Albums allow you to invite others and collect everyone’s photos in one place. Share your creative process with other users in the Discover section of the app so they can see how you got from start to finish. Lightroom galleries showcase your photos online. Photo edits sync seamlessly, so any changes you make are always up-to-date.

WORRY-FREE ADOBE CREATIVE CLOUD STORAGE:

The Lightroom image editor is the best cloud-based service for photography lovers.

Retouch your full-resolution shots and have both originals and edits backed up to the cloud, ready to access anywhere.

Searchable keywords are automatically applied to help you sort photos without tagging them.

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Frame Photo Editor

Make fun photo montages and add creative photo effects in a snap!

Photo Frame Templates Free Editor

Funny.Pho.to is a great online collection of awesome photo frames, beautiful photo effects, trendy Instagram-like filters and realistic photo montages. Here you will fall in love with creative photo editing, as it is really easy and extremely fun! With our photo frames and effects it’s a piece of cake to turn your photo into sketch or painting, add a touch of vintage to your shot, make a photo joke or create a greeting ecard with custom text. You can even hang out with celebrities, get on the covers of famous magazines and print out money with your own portrait!

So how does it work? First you choose an effect and click its preview. Now all you have to do is upload your photo (or photos for multi-photo templates). Select images from your device or your Facebook albums, or add them by URL. You can also use our sample pictures and easily access the photos you uploaded earlier. The chosen effect is applied automatically, and that’s it! If desired, make a finishing touch with our free online editor: it allows you to add stickers and custom text and, optionally, adjust an image. Then save your creation to a device or share via major social networks like Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest or Google+.

Frame Photo Editor Download

Download this app from Microsoft Store for Windows 10, Windows 10 Mobile, Windows 10 Team (Surface Hub), HoloLens. See screenshots, read the latest customer reviews, and compare ratings for Photo Frames Offline - Picture Editor, Simple and Private Sharing. Frame Photo Editor is a photo editing program that allows you to customize your images with fun filters and add-ons. With this software, you can edit your photos using a range of settings, including colour, brightness, size, and orientation. Photo frame flowers new Interesting online photo frames in a golden design with decorative pattern. Here you can paste a photo on the page disclosed album, and in the foreground is the scope of a bouquet of pink magnolias. Complex and multifaceted patterns with small elements of the scenery. Vertical photo frame.

We have effects of all sorts and kinds: modern and retro, simple and elaborated, static and animated, for kids and adults, and many many more for virtually every purpose. However, there is always a space for improvement and we are constantly refining our effects and photo processing algorithms.

Free Funny Photo Editor Online

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Retailers Rethink Customer Engagement For The Holidays

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Retailers Rethink Customer Engagement For The Holidays

Nordstrom’s 57th Street flagship in Manhattan is decked out for the holiday season.

Inspiring consumers to shop this holiday season is no easy task. The coronavirus pandemic has shifted priorities and disrupted the most indelible and cherished of holiday retail traditions from Christmas window unveilings to visits to Santa.

Signs of the consumer’s collective mindset are already disappointing. Over the important Thanksgiving weekend through Cyber Monday, shoppers spent 14% less than the corresponding five-day period in 2019, an average of $312, down from $362, according to the National Retail Federation.

FTI Consulting FCN said consumers will spend 4% less overall this holiday season, with more than twice as many of those surveyed, or 33%, reporting they’ll spend somewhat or significantly less than the 15% who said they’ll be spending somewhat to significantly more.

According to Loqate’s 2020 Holiday Shopper Insights Report, 73 percent of consumers plan to shop online only this year, citing concerns about COVID-19. The 27 percent who opt to shop in stores will take advantage of alternate fulfillment and pickup strategies, Loqate said.

“We had to think of new ways to connect with customers beyond the physical space we’re all used to,” Bloomingdale’s executive vice president and chief marketing officer Frank Berman said. “Bloomingdale’s completely reimagined its approach to the holiday season, from our gift curation to how our customers shop and receive their gifts. 

“We’ve really had to pivot,” Berman added. “We thought, ‘How do we engage our customer and share a hopeful attitude for the season.’ It should be a fun season. We decided on the theme, ‘Give Happy,’ and we’re connecting with a virtual format.”

Around this time last year, Bloomingdale’s was living large. John Legend was crooning holiday staples outside the retailer’s 59th Street flagship for a crowd of shoppers huddled close against the cold.

This holiday season, Bloomingdale’s moved from a traditional in-person holiday window celebration on Lexington Avenue, to a virtual one designed for the small screen.

Bloomingdale’s On Screen, the retailer’s virtual events platform, offers holiday happenings throughout the season, including access to top designers, cooking classes, elevated DIY classes, and fashion presentations.

Happy hour at the Daikanyama to-go window at Bloomingdale’s 59th Street flagship.

Activations at the flagship include Ralph’s coffee cart and happy hour at the Daikanyama to-go window featuring drink specials and surprise treats with a purchase.

Saks Fifth Avenue is accustomed to entertaining shoppers on a grand scale. The retailer in 2019 displayed a light show on the facade of its flagship, while Idena Menzel and dancers performed on Fifth Avenue, which was closed to vehicular traffic.

“We recognize that the holidays are different this year,” said Emily Essner, chief marketing officer at Saks Fifth Avenue. “Celebrations during this time will take many forms, including a series of intimate, socially-distanced events that will be livestreamed on saks.com for customers to enjoy in the comfort of their own homes.

“We knew we had to reimagine our event concept in order to celebrate responsibly this season,” Esser said, adding that the biggest challenge and opportunity for Saks has been navigating consumer shopping habits as needs and demand continue to shift.

The retailer is taking “a channel-agnostic approach to shopping this holiday season,” Esser said, explaining that Saks will meet clients when and where they want to shop, including before and after store hours, and virtual shopping.

Saks Fifth Avenue’s holiday catalog.

Saks and Mastercard MA partnered to create an immersive e-commerce experience similar to ‘Street View’ on Google Maps, where visitors can get a virtual tour of the retailer’s holiday shop at the flagship and purchase from stylized displays. 

“Our clients are very engaged with our digital channels,” Esser said. “We’ve seen positive trends in our online business in recent months with new and younger customers, and first-time online shoppers.”

Saks has seen a heightened interest in casual wear in recent months, driven by remote working, which is reflected in the many casual-luxe items in the holiday book.

This year, price is an object. Nordstrom JWN and Rack stores launched gift shops featuring finds under $25 in apparel, accessories, home and shoes from many of the top brands sold at Nordstrom stores.

Consumers are responding to Nordstrom’s digital offerings. The retailer’s virtual Santa Chats – 15 minute video calls with the big man himself – are sold out.

“This year, Nordstrom will have limited in-store events to maintain the health and safety of our customers,” the retailer said, “but we’re excited to provide a range of options to celebrate with us in new formats.”

The retailer launched a Make Merry Experiences website with projects centered around the kitchen that include YouTube videos for baking white chocolate pumpkin bread pudding and sugar cookies, and tutorials for crafts such as wreath ornaments and origami using Nordstrom holiday shopping bags.

Nordstrom is thinking of creative ways to deliver purchases, and leaning into new curbside services this holiday season. For example, the retailer is giving special offers and surprises to the first 50 customers to pick up their purchases each day at Nordstrom or Nordstrom Local, and providing free gift-wrapping at curbside.

The retailer recently partnered with Netflix NFLX to host a drive-in movie screening of “Christmas Chronicles 2” at The Grove shopping center in Los Angeles, which highlighted curbside pick-up options at stores. Consumers could shop online prior to the movie screening and get their items delivered to their cars at The Grove. The event sold out in 24 hours.

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Is "Trolls" About Battling Depression? Or is it Just Me?

“Trolls” DreamWorks, 2016

So. “Trolls” came out November, 2016, but I didn’t get to see it until around March of this year. And I LOVES IT. While I really, REALLY loved all the songs and characters, what hit me hardest was the story they had to tell - at least, the story I heard them telling, which I thought was about fighting depression.

I’ve had depression and anxiety my whole life, and what’s helped me the most (well, the pills help, too), is movies. If you’ve followed this Tumblr, or know me at all, you’ve already figured that out. Movies have taught all of us a lot, and can be a helluva catharsis, therapeutic in many ways.

I also don’t seek out movies ABOUT depression. The subject might be part of a film’s subtext, or even a B - line, but not usually the main focus.

“Trolls” was just supposed to be a fun movie. It had Zooey Deschael, Cyndi Lauper’s “True Colors” as a major part of the soundtrack, and felt-like, stylized CGI I hadn’t seen before (well, not as much of it as is in this movie).

I guess quirky nostalgia is a thing of mine.

By the end of this thing, I was sobbing like a baby deer with a dead mom, all snotty and choking on my own spit. It was great! I told my best friend Missy that I wanted to blog about my ‘theory’, but wondered - I couldn’t be the ONLY ONE who made the connection, right? I figured that if I looked online (mistake #1), I would find a review (mistake #2) that thought the same (mistake #3).

Take a DEEP BREATH with me…

QUICK-ISH STORY BREAKDOWN

To begin, these aren’t the trolls from the 70’s and 80’s. The minute-sized pencil toppers with a shock of primary colored tuff have been replaced with neon-toned smurf-a-likes that (most of them) wear clothes and fart glitter. 20 years ago they escaped Bergen Town where they’d been trapped by the Bergens, gigantic in comparison to the trolls, and that reminded me of the trolls from the 1980’s Christmas cartoon “The Trolls and the Christmas Express”, both ironic AND nostalgic! The Bergens caged the trolls in a tree in the center of Bergen Town in order to use them to celebrate the annual Trollstice; wherein every Bergen had the chance to EAT a troll, and thus gain True Happiness.

However, King Peppy (sir Jeffrey Tambor) leads them all on a fantastic escape, and saves every - last - one (AKA - setting the precedent), and finds them all a new home - about a mile away, but the trolls are tiny, and have camo-effect, so they’re settled for the next 20 years (and start of the story).

Until Princess Poppy (voiced by Anna Kendrick) decides to throw a rager on the anniversary of their escape, to celebrate not being dead. The only one who protests this plan is Branch (that’s Justin Timberlake), a broody, loner-type with a sad backstory who of course winds up helping Poppy (because every princess in every story needs help… #bitterfeminism). But their relationship feels authentic, showing the steps the two wind up going through to become as close as they do by the end of the movie.

And on that point - SPOILERSSPOILERSSPOILERS

Branch has to help her because her party included screaming-loud electronica, complete with blasting bass and fireworks. And that grabs the attention of the exiled Bergen Chef (oh god I love her Christine Baranski), who’s been kicked out of Bergen Town when the trolls escaped, and ever since then has just been waiting on the outskirts for her opportune moment. When she sees the party and reaches the troll village, she grabs all of Poppy’s closest friends, taking them back to Bergen Town and fully intent on coming back and finding the rest later.

Back in Bergen Town, Chef presents the captured trolls to Prince Gristle (Christopher Mintz Plase), and begins to work on programming him to believe completely that happiness can only come from eating the trolls, that only SHE can provide. But what the prince doesn’t know is that the scullery maid Bridget (Z.D.) is frantically in love with him, and ends up getting a makeover and friendship from Poppy, who of course travels to Bergen Town to rescue her friends, and has brought a 'reluctant’ Branch, who eventually gets his own chorus for the tragic backstory flashback where the reason why he doesn’t sing is revealed. In the end, everyone learns how to be happy on their own terms, people fall in love, and find their places in their world.

That is BASIC outline material. What I can’t show you are the musical numbers that hit you almost out of nowhere (I won’t hear Simon & Garfunkles’ “Sounds of Silence” the same way again), the most poignant being Kendrick’s spritely rendition of the original song “Get Back Up Again”, where she sings/screams about not letting anything stop her while dodging various predators and near-death experiences that gives it a sardonic twist, helps the medicine go down.

I’VE MADE A TERRIBLE MISTAKE

So I’m watching this movie, and I’m wondering to myself - is it just me, or is this movie actually about fighting depression?? And what better way to find out than to randomly peruse the internet, and a Google search later and I had me some revues.

YEESH….

It's fine that not everyone enjoyed this movie, I even expected some backlash of cynicism for something so unabashedly cheerful, bright, AKA 'spunky'. It's a cynical world, and I'm a weird, realistic optimist, but almost every bad review was following one central theme; that this flick is trying to sell you something, and it ain't happiness. Like the review from rogerebert.com by Susan Wloszczyna (11/4/16), who writes: "We are but mere humans, and it will be hard to resist the pre-fabricated pseudo charms of an escapist musical fantasia that invests most of its ingenuity into its insanely infectious soundtrack." I agree with the first part, it IS hard not to like this movie. It's bouncy. It's fun. But I believe she continues to say your enjoyment would be mostly due to the soundtrack only, which is overly critical of the narrative. While the characters aren't any study in depth, they do have actual conversations with each other, act as protagonists that MAKE things happen (as they should), and feel real. They're more than just CGI puppets on the strings of commercialism. You root for Poppy and Branch, both to save their friends AND find common ground with one another. From that same review; "Of course, love eventually conquers all but it can't camouflage the fact that the narrative is so weak that it is not just secondary to the musical numbers, but perhaps even tertiary, considering the merchandising push behind this enterprise." Which was actually pre-empted by "All you have to do is sit through the end credits to see how many bodies were devoted to securing licensing deals (Target.com alone lists 165 tie-in products)." I eye rolled so hard there I have permanent strain. Yes, the music is often spot lit, but in no way does it over-shadow the story that's being told here. From the beginning there's an undertone of empathy, like with baby Prince Gristle's prayer of "Please make me happy Princess Poppy." (Morbid, since he's gonna eat her, but we've all said a prayer that things go right), to King Peppy's regret when he realizes, "...I'm not the King I once was." These are thoughts and feelings we can all say we've had in our lives. That bit about Target - it's true, this movie had a LOT of tie-ins, but it's not shoving it down your throats. Do I believe there's a marketing element? Sure! I think there's marketing in ALL high concept, possible tent-pole studio releases. I'm paranoid like that. At least five of the eleven reviews I read continued on in this line of cynicism. Here's another one, from Matt Goldberg's 11/3/16 collider.com review: "But DreamWorks Animation saw an IP, assumed it was valuable, and that's how we've come to a 'Trolls' movie that no one particularly wants, needs, or should care about..." Now that's just mean. There are a LOT of unneeded, unasked for movies out there that still get made ("Smurfs", "Transformers", "Smurfs 2"). THIS movie has something those don't - a solid message. There was one person that made a critical and exceptional point. From pluggedin.com, "However, always being that euphorically enthused does have its drawbacks. For one thing, it emphasizes to those less happy sorts that they're kinda missing out." THAT ... is a great statement, and very true. In the film the Bergens only realize their inherent depressive state in comparison to the Trolls unending happiness. But it's an important tool in showing the audience the Bergens' state of being, an example of why these guys are searching outside themselves to find the joy they're looking for. THE GOODS OK, enough cynical, downer BS - to the good stuff! Let's start with those musical numbers and how they were used. From Owen Glieberman's 10/8/16 variety.com review; "The films' disco pulse gives it a throb of ecstasy, and this does more than create a handful of kicky musical sequences. It lends resonance to what it really means to be a happy troll - it lifts them out of the realm of the Smurfs or the heroes of a genial mediocrity like 'Gnomes'." That's what I'M saying! In the climax to Act 2, when all the trolls are captured and it looks like they're literally about to be in the frying pan AND the fire, Poppy has lost all hope, and actually turns gray, losing all color and, showing their solidarity, the rest of the trolls follow suit. It's at this moment that Branch finding it in himself to care, sings a beautiful rendition of Cyndi Laupers' "True Colors", and its haunting how well that song fits not only the moment, but the idea that this film is about struggling with sadness, not just in certain moments, but a life-long act of defiance for some of us. It also proves that there was definite thought given to the musical choices, to how they'd fit in the narrative. As Gwen Ihnat from avclub.com put it in her 10/31/16 article; "Trolls may have a lower bar going in, but the movie scales it quickly and admirably by defying conventions, adding both new and familiar musical numbers, and hiding a valuable, Zen-like message in plain sight...Trolls winds up transforming from a prospective toy commercial to a spiritual lesson about being content with what you already have." IS IT ABOUT DEPRESSION OR NOT? To me? Yup. "Trolls" hit that chord hard in me, and maybe it will in you, I'm not sure. I think a lot of moments reached that idea, plus the film has an overall optimism but doesn't punch you in the face with it like a lot of movies for younger audiences tend to do these days. I'd encourage anyone who leans to films that say a little more than intended to check out "Trolls". As for the grumpy pundits on commercialism that can't see the forest for the merchandising - I feel really bad for you, and if you need somebody to talk to, I'm here. "Trolls" is available to rent now or you can catch it streaming on Netflix.

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Where Do I Even Begin?

Well, first of all, I’ve LOVED LOVED LOVED Qilin ALMOST as much as I loved Unicorns, and Dragon. I say ALMOST because I first saw a unicorn on TV when I was 4 years old in the EARLY 1980s! But, I’d never even heard of a so-called “Chinese Unicorn” since about the mid-late 1980s when I saw a children’s magazine called “Cricket” which had a WHOLE SPREAD about UNICORNS, including the Chinese & Japanese versions.

(I don’t believe this was the actual cover. I can’t remember what year the Cricket Magazine issue was, just that it was in the 1980s. This issue was cited in many books written about Unicorns as well, following its syndication. It had a full on spread including many kinds of unicorns from many cultures... if I recall correctly, there might even have been an French Unicorn story as well.)

When I was a little kid, I actually didn’t like to read (which was an issue by the late 1900s, and even the government would talk about it, the trouble was they’d demonized comic books in the 1960s-1970s, which resulted in that problem, because even tho’ “correlation doesn’t equal causation” they didn’t know that and thought that the act of reading comics made you into a criminal. My experience was the exact opposite, because I read super hero comics a lot and was more interested in THAT than things like doing hard drugs, vandalism, and shoplifting which was rampant in NJ where I grew up.) So, by the late 1980s-early 1990s children were encouraged to read, read, read. Well, I liked pictures, and I LOVED: unicorns, dragons, and dinosaurs, ANYTHING FANTASY, but also Sci-Fi. (I also loved Marvel Comics/X-MEN, and Disney Adventures Magazine, and nearly all the Jeffrey Katzenberg hit Disney Films)

So, whenever it was something of interest to me, I would read a lot, and I had stacks of books, which I also used to practice learning art, and I was self taught. (I have A.D.D.)

I graduated in May 2001 from the Art Institute of Philadelphia (Majored in Computer Animation AKA CAM). And, by the GW Bush Era, I had already been active online since 1994, and had been blogging, and using many various art websites.

By late 2001, and most of the early 2000s (2001-2007) I spent months and even years sketching and drawing Qilin, interacting in the Furry/Anthro Fandom, and published a lot of my works to GeoCites/Yahoo, and had even created my own message boards, and so on. I even had one called “Qilin Savanna” Altho’ much of these sites are gone, my original works still remain on DeviantArt in my gallery HERE. (I also LIVED IN CHINA many times in the GWB Era often.)

Since that time I’d also written a lot of things, multiple times over, about my research into Qilin (which are not all unicorns, just some).

If you were to type in “qilin cartoon” into Google you can actually see the many many photo images that come up since the time I’d first started publishing my work ONLINE, FOR FREE, you can actually see how my works have influenced people. Back then, there was a MAJOR mix-up with the term, because MOST information available in ENGLISH regarding CHINESE EVERYTHING was often inaccurate, used the dead Wade-Giles Chinese language, or were often confused with JAPANESE. Another issue was that I actually could speak standard Mandarin Chinese, but many people wrote the Cantonese names, or FREQUENTLY confused them with Japanese name for the exact same character (AKA kanji, AKA Hanzi), which is “kirin” in Japanese. Also, the majority of NON-Chinese speaking persons don’t know how to pronounce Mandarin pinyin. (Example: Can you pronounce?: chi, qi, shi, xi, zhi, zi, qu, chu, er, ri, ren, si, ran, yu, you, bo, po, zhou, zhu, cao, zui - Most Non-Chinese speakers CANNOT pronounce these correctly at all. “Chi” sounds like “Tcher” and “Qi” sounds like “Tchee”, “Shi” sounds like “scher” and “xi” sounds like “schee”. There are also variations on pronunciation.)

But, I still stuck to the facts. my father-in-law in China,The late Wang Zimin, actually had special access to a restricted library, and wrote letters to me about Qilin, and the 4 major Chinese magical deities: Qilin, Long/Dragon, Fenghuang/Phoenix, Bixi/Dragon-Heard Tortoise.

Back then, mostly you needed to search “kirin” especially because M. Peña called her artwork “Kirin” but still also called them “Chinese Unicorns”. Her gorgeous sculpture works were sold everywhere for years, nation wide, from the boardwalk to Spencer Gifts, to Flea Markets, and Christmas season mall kiosks.

But, as you scroll through all the works produced since that time, not only the ones titled or tagged as "kirin” but over time “Qilin” starts to replace this as more and more people growing up actually start to study Chinese, especially artists and customers, and many of these young artists are either my fans or students, but fans or students of my students... after a while, people forgot who I was... but my work BECAME PART OF THE CULTURE.

You can SEE that many people emulated my poses, my styles of doing hair, and many other details. Over the years, a number of my fans, and friends would send me private messages FREAKING OUT that either someone stole my work, stile my style, or ripped me off...

That’s actually NOT TRUE. No one ripped me off. THOSE ARE MY STUDENTS.

You guys ASKED ME things like: How do you draw _____? so I made countless cheat-sheet style tutorials (because paid classes don’t ACTUALLY TEACH). Also, if someone wants to learn, (like myself) they try to draw from WHAT THEY LOVE. That means ME. MY ARTWORK. How else will they learn if they don’t copy, ask questions, etc.?

I have many many open source materials in my DeviantART gallery (which are STILL MY MOST POPULAR WORKS OF ALL TIME despite the hours of work I’ve produced artistically.) I have also licensed much of my line art works FOR FREE for people to practice coloring with wither digitally, or to print them out and color with real media like markers, color pencils, pastels, or whatever because people kept asking me.

Actually, I would like to credit a number of artists whom are my biggest influences as well:

Susan Dawe

Glen Keane

Alan Davis

Those are my biggest ones, but I also loved artworks by Burne Hogarth,  Auguste Rodin,  Edward Degas (I especially love his ROUGH sketch work), Frank Frazzetta, Boris Vallejo & Julie Belle, Fred Moore, Vladimir “Bill” Tytla,   AND the film The Last Unicorn was especially the #1 thing that got me actually DRAWING when I was 4 years old.

SO much of my work, especially ANYTHING with unicorns, has been tattooed onto people bodies. Many people personally asked my permission, but I honestly DO NOT MIND. I have found over the years more examples of my artwork tattooed onto people than I can count. It’s LOVE.

However, I’ve also many many times been the victim of theft FOR REAL. Many people have tried to rob my sketchbooks, and many companies have illegally robbed my artwork online. It was the cause of MUCH online fights, wars, and battles. There’s also impersonators: People pretending to be ME, or claiming THEY did my work: also the cause of much much online fights and flame wars.

-Then, of course, there’s LOTS & LOTS of kids online that “rob” my work for RPGs, and fan pages... Honestly, I’m NOT going after children, or fans, for harmless things like that... I’m NOT Metallica.

So, where am I going with THIS?

Well, for one, there’s both ART and PHILOSOPHY which are BOTH a MAJOR part of my life.

I had a number of setbacks, delays, and many other strings of very unfortunate events in my life. Needless to say, I was very depressed. However, I did find myself back in college, first for Philosophy, and then for Art, especially Video... which somehow saw me thrust forward into Animation HEAD-FIRST. Suffice it to say, I’ve worked through, blew threw, and past, all of my blocks, and have been doing animation again. (lots more long stories, but not writing them here)

Many many times, you can’t always reach, yet, what you want. Other times, other persons, or groups want to change you, or make you something else.... and not you. But, it kills you inside...

At some point, you need STOP listening to everyone, and everything else, ESPECIALLY if that’s not FLOWING in the direction are are INSIDE.

I’d already WANTED to produce at least 2 series/films of my own. (”Eyewitness” and “Zenith Beyond The Dragon’s Rue”) Well, THIS is a branch off that tree. This stems from my concepts for “Eyewitness” but sort-of... I had ALWAYS wanted to produce my own small animated shorts, especially with music, like the old 20th Century animated works such as “Silly Symphonies”, “Merry Melodies”, and even Disney's “Fantasia”, but also a number of influences from Far East Asia including PR China, and Japan.

I’ve been multiple times inspired by Socrates, Plato, Laozi, Bruce Lee (Li Xiaolong), and many fusion artists/dancers on the American West Coat including my teachers: Zoe Jakes, and Alyssum Pole, as well as Rachel Brice, Carolena Nericcio, Jamlila & Suhaila Salimpour, but also Matahari, and Kerli Kõiv. People that think differently, question things, or create their own ideas, or even fusion artists.

Well, this project has been on my mind since at least 2001.

In fact, my actual name (Ming Zi) in Chinese is: 任思麒 (Ren SiQi)

It literally means: Duty/Task [to] Think/Contemplate/Dream of Qi[lin]!

Also, as an artist, there are a number of things I believe in, whereas other things I’ve shed like a snake molting its skin. I’m a fusion artist, an eclectic artist, but I still firmly believe in art fundamentals like life drawing, practicing one’s skills, and I use bot digital and real media. I LOVE TO DRAW. I firmly believe in Quality OVER Quantity, yet, in some instances I also think too much detail is overdo, and somethings look better less refined. I like realism, stylization, cartoons, and beautiful things.

I want to create content that is LESS about “being a big success” or ego driven ideas of “stardom”, and lavish money making, but more about THE LOVE OF IT.

I do NOT want to be part of any establishment groups, crowds, clubs, or institutions, and DON’T want to be mainstream, NOR corporate. I have found all of those things to be negative and destructive to my life and therefore regret pursuing those avenues. I’m NOT interested in walking those paths, nor dunking helplessly into those turbulent or stagnant flows, but RATHER Flow my own way, because I have my OWN PATHS. I don’t need to buy their metaphorical light bulbs, because I have my own light that I can shine inside of me.

And, if I am being completely frank & honest, another MAJOR influence on me WAY BEFORE HE WAS EVEN POPULAR was Bernie Sanders. I am a Berner. Sanders actually GAVE OF HIS HEART & HIS TIME FOR FREE. He crowd funded for what he believed in with SMALL MONEY because he was against BIG MONEY.

I have no care for being in exclusive film festivals or galleries. People whom already LOVE my work find their way to it. People HAVE found value in my efforts and work.

Therefore, I wish to begin producing this animated short. It is not cheap tho’. But, I will gladly share my process, my concept work, my practice work, and everything FOR FREE. Free to ALL ARTISTS, and people whom just live beautiful things, art, and QILIN.

I wish to pursue an independent direction in my art. But, I would very much like to include people, if not the world or those in it that care about these things, to interact with me. A long time ago I’d created my “Qilin Savanna” site to interact with people whom also loved Qilin, Unicorns, Dragons, and other things, but also a love for art, or learning art.

This year (2017) while interacting with MANY MANY young people, and young artists, I often found that people WANTED to learn to DRAW, to improve their techniques and practice them, but despite having paid money to attend art classed (including “drawing classes”) they did not actually get what they paid for, did not actually get instruction for what they wanted to learn, but either had to fend for themselves, try independently, or got resources online for free... so, why then were they paying for it?

I have many many times, spent just a short moment with frustrated peers, students, classmates, friends, and fellow artists whom couldn’t draw what they wanted to, and teased me for being some kind of special person... when in fact, whatever I do, others can too. I sat with them, explained, and demonstrated (AKA Using The Feynman Technique) and after that moment of AHA THEY COULD DO IT. And, they didn’t need to come back. 

I did THAT FOR FREE.

I did THAT FOR LOVE.

And, NO, I DON’T HAVE A MASTER’S DEGREE. Honestly, at this point, I don’t feel I actually want one. I DON’T want to be a part of that club, nor establishment either. In this way, I’m somewhat like Socrates, Diogenes, or Bruce Lee... only NOT. I’m ME. 

I have a lot more to say, but I think I will leave it here for now.

#qilin #kirin #Kylie #Chinese unicorn #animation #cartoon #drawing #art #Kandice Zimbleman #Black UniGryphon #BlackUniGryphon

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Oppo confirms a smart TV is on the roadmap as it celebrates 1 year of 5G in China

Oppo has been rumored to be developing a smart TV at least since Christmas and we now have some concrete proof of those plans. On its official Weibo page, the company published an infographic celebrating 1 year of commercial 5G efforts in China. We thought that it was 1 November last year when that kicked off, but Oppo may have something else in mind and even so that little discrepancy is beside the point.

Down at the very bottom of the rather long image, there’s a stylized depiction of a TV in a grid of pictured existing products.

Oppo infographic chopped into more easily digestible pieces, TV in last image

Sister company Realme recently released a couple of smart TVs in India powered by Android TV and featuring Google Assistant. Priced very competitively, they could be a soak test before Oppo’s own foray into the field.

Oppo unveiled a set of truly wireless earphones, the Enco W51 the other day. Alongside them, the Oppo Band made a debut as well. Both of these devices are featured there in the infographic next to the TV’s placeholder, but the TV itself is yet to make an appearance.

Meanwhile, Nokia of all companies launched a smart TV as well, two days ago too. Apparently, smartphone companies can’t afford to not be making TVs anymore.

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Wombwell Rainbow Interviews

I am honoured and privileged that the following writers local, national and international have agreed to be interviewed by me. I gave the writers two options: an emailed list of questions or a more fluid interview via messenger.

The usual ground is covered about motivation, daily routines and work ethic, but some surprises too. Some of these poets you may know, others may be new to you. I hope you enjoy the experience as much as I do.

Gary Barwin

is a writer, composer, and multidisciplinary artist and the author of twenty-one books of poetry, fiction and books for children. His latest book is the poetry collection No TV for Woodpeckers (Wolsak & Wynn). His recent national bestselling novel Yiddish for Pirates (Random House Canada) won the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour as well as the Canadian Jewish Literary Award (FIction) and the Hamilton Literary Award (Fiction). It was also a finalist for both the Governor General’s Award for Fiction and the Scotiabank Giller Prize. His interactive writing installation using old typewriters and guitar processors was featured during 2016-2017 at the Art Gallery of Hamilton. Forthcoming books include, A Cemetery for Holes, a poetry collaboration with Tom Prime (Gordon Hill Press, 2019) and For It is a Pleasure and a Surprise to Breathe: New and Selected Poems, ed. Alessandro Porco (Wolsak and Wynn, 2019.)

A finalist for the National Magazine Awards (Poetry), he is a three-time recipient of Hamilton Poetry Book of the Year, has also received the Hamilton Arts Award for Literature and has co-won the bpNichol Chapbook Award and the K.M. Hunter Arts Award. He was one of the judges for the 2017 CBC Poetry Prize.

 A PhD in music composition, Barwin has been Writer-in-Residence at Western University, McMaster University and the Hamilton Public Library, Hillfield Strathallan College, and Young Voices E-Writer-in-Residence at the Toronto Public Library. He will be Edna Staebler writer-in-residence at Wilfrid Laurier University in Winter 2019. He has taught creative writing at a number of colleges and universities and currently teaches writing to at-risk youth in Hamilton through the ArtForms program. His writing has been published in hundreds of magazine and journals internationally—from Readers Digest to Granta and Poetry to the Walrus—and his writing, music, media works and visuals have been presented and broadcast internationally. Though born in Northern Ireland to South African parents of Ashenazi descent, Barwin lives in Hamilton, Ontario. He is married with three adult children and lives in Hamilton, Ontario and has never been Governor of Louisiana. garybarwin.com

Nothing the Same, Everything Haunted (novel, Random House Canada, forthcoming Spring 2021)

New and Selected Poems (poetry; Wolsak & Wynn, forthcoming 2019)

A Cemetery for Holes (poetry with Tom Prime; Gordon Hill Press, forthcoming 2019)

Muttertongue (poetry recording/book with Gregory Betts & Lillian Allen, forthcoming 2019)No TV for Woodpeckers (poetry; Wolsak & Wynn, 2017)

Yiddish for Pirates (novel; Random House Canada, 2016)

The Interview

1. When and why did you start writing poetry?

The first poem I remember writing was written on filing cards. I was smitten by the way the cards seemed to belong in the world and how they fit in their little filing card box. I had heard of “rosewood.” My parents had furniture made of rosewood. I assumed, however, that rosewood meant the wood from a rose plant and so I found a small stub of dried rose vine and brought it to my bedroom. I was perhaps 8. I wrote an incantation for the rose wood. The wood seems druidical. Magic. Elemental. And so what I wrote was not English, but numinous, potent sounds. I remember writing it in Roman script but highly stylized and with diacritics. This idea of the immanence of things, of language as an invocation, as an object in itself, made of the elements of the world but rearranged into something different, something that allowed a deep engagement with thought, a sense of things, tactility, pataphysics and a sense of being a particular time and place while being highly conceptual was formative to me.

2. Who introduced you to poetry?

I was introduced to poetry in waves. When I was young, I recall going to synagogue and hearing the chanted prayers in Hebrew which I didn’t understand but being captivated by its allusive and inscrutable beautiful. I remember Mr. Calvert, my P.5 teacher in Inch Marlo school in Northern Ireland reading us Robert Service. There were the often cosy and mythic words of hymns and Christmas carols. “Without a city wall.” Not not having a wall around the city, but outside. Then my parents had copies of Seamus Heaney in the house. And various poetry anthologies. And once I stole a complete Shakespeare from someone who kids I was babysitting when I was 13. And then I went to an arts boarding school where my roommate, Jay Frost, would recite The Waste Land—from memory. And we had poetry workshops with guest writers, such as Robert Bly, Mark Strand and Etheridge Knight. I was surrounded by this poetry. And finally, I attended York University where my little Seamus Heaney-limited poetic world, my “eye clear as the bleb of icicle” was blown open by studying with bpNichol. Poetry as curiosity, as investigation, as an appreciation and exploration of the materials of language and their possibilities.

3. How aware are and were you of the dominating presence of older poets traditional and contemporary?

“Dominating” is interesting. Just like a word doesn’t function as a word without other words, without past and current uses of words, I don’t think poems (or poets) can either. We write and read in the context of other work. So, I don’t think of being dominated, rather as existing in a poetic ecosystem. I came to writing and I have stayed here by experiencing other writing and also language. So reading and listening comes before writing. And in fact, writing is a form of reading and listening. In one eye or ear and out the fingers as writing. Some processing may be involved. Other writers have made me aware of what is possible, what ways language can be explored, how it can be taken apart and put together differently, how I can follow the myriad forces that it embodies, how it can be used as a tool to explore, a vehicle to ride. All of which helps me spelunk the human, the non-human, the world, the linguistic and the non-linguistic both.

4. What is your daily writing routine?

This changes depending on what I’m working on, however, distraction and diversion is a standard part of my routine. I often start by avoiding a project and instead creating a visual piece—lately, works exploring the ampersand—or a poem based perhaps on a whim or something I tumble onto on social media. I’ve been working on a novel for the last year and a half and so my goal for my daily minimum is 500 words. I write until I’ve written 500 words. Often this includes figuring out what is going to happen in those 500 words as I don’t write from a premeditated plan, except in a very general sense. In order to keep motivated, I keep a chart of words written compared to words projected (i.e. if I actually wrote 500 words five days a week vs. what I actually managed to write.) Sometimes I write more than the 500, sometimes less, or, more likely, I have something else to do that day and so don’t manage to work on the novel at all, except in my head. Some days, I schedule time to work on collaboration. These days, I’m writing a poem or two once a week with Tom Prime. We Skype each other and open up a Google doc. Then we write. I like the idea of writing as dialogue and so work often emerges from interactions on social media, riffing off an image, a phrase, a discussion, or some other writing that I encounter.

I like the energy of the impulse or the distraction. Sometimes it’s fuelled by nervousness or uncertainty about the project that I’m “supposed” to be working on. But I’m ok with channelling that into something else, knowing that I’m getting work out of it. Of course, at some point, I have to confront the procrastination, and buckle down and actually work on the main project, otherwise it won’t get done. The other good thing about distraction is that one can be surprised by a sudden confluence of ideas or inputs and connect things or write in a way that enables something unexpected to occur.

5. What motivates you to write?

This seems like a very simple question, however, it isn’t so easy to answer. Certainly, my writing comes from curiosity. I am intrigued to explore what is possible—what is possible in language, in writing. What it is possible to say. Where the language might guide me, what it might draw out of me, what it might draw out of itself through my engagement. There is something about communication. About connection or engaging with people (readers) — the impulse for interaction. There is something elemental, something fundamental, somatic, about the act of making. Writing is about exploring writing, but also about exploring the world and the act of writing. About exploring the writing self and the self writing. And also, I want to be so rich I can buy all the letters of the alphabet, bronze them in solid gold and then, when the sun is bright, signal to it with its own light.

6. How do the writers you read when you were young influence you today?

I am young. At least when compared to English. Or a rock. Or that obscure jarred thing in the back of my fridge. But I am always reminded of the elemental and preternatural power of language—and of poetry specifically—of its ability to be a trickster, a Rorschach test, a finger in a socket, a consoler, debunker, debater, songster, and seducer, and how, even though my knowledge was limited, I immediately got the sense of what might be possible. And so with the writers that I read in the past. From Spike Milligan and Ogden Nash to Wordsworth, Heaney, Ferlinghetti, Ginsberg, Trakl and so on, to religious texts (the Jewish translations direct from Hebrew as well as King James and the others.) I have the sense, as I did with reading poets when I was young, that there was more just around the.corner: more confusion, more understanding, more meaning, less meaning, more technique, more chances.

7. Who of today’s writers do you admire the most and why?

The way your question is phrased is interesting. You ask about which “writers” I most admire rather what “writing” and so it leads me to think about what are qualities that I value in a writer. Passing over the issue of what happens when the work is good, but the writer is perhaps ethically or morally compromised in some way, I do think about what it is to be a writer in society, what it is to be a writer in community and (to paraphrase Sheila Heti) “How should a writer be?” and what does creativity look like.

I admire writers who mentor, support and build community. But I also admire those who are able to forge their own paths and remain true to their values both aesthetically and politically even if that leads them to pursue an individual path, perhaps one not comfortable with the prevailing fashion. (Of course, this only makes sense to me if they are sensitive, thoughtful listeners who consider how large-scale historical, political and systemic issues shape aesthetics and the writer’s life and opinions and continually check in to ensure that they haven’t gone astray or been seduced by their own solipsism into thinking that their view is the only authentic one. And here I’m making a distinction between “fashion” and “developed contemporary understanding.”  A writer and their writing can’t exist outside of the systemic influences on them and the culture, whether legible to them or not, but they can write outside of the prevailing fashion or taste.

I also consider the kind of writer who is curious about everything and explores many creative avenues—perhaps different forms, media, aesthetics and so on. I tend to be like this, creating music, art, poetry and fiction, using digital and analogue means, exploring both more lyric as well as more experimental approaches, creating, performing, exhibiting, publishing in a wide variety of ways. The other type of writer is one who hones their craft to an almost laser-like concentration, working within one approach or aesthetic. Samuel Beckett was like this. He spent his life focussing his work more and more acutely, stripping away everything extraneous to the essential vision.

I’m hesitant to begin naming who I “most” admire. I resist hierarchies and ranking as too fraught. But since I had a conversation yesterday about her yesterday, I will say that I follow Kai Cheng Thom’s online presence with great respect. She is thoughtful, articulate, earnest, compassionate and willing to consider positions with great insight, even if they reevaluate what may appear to be the consensus opinion or approach.

8. What would you say to someone who asked you “How do you become a writer?”

For me, a writer is someone who writes. So, regardless of who you are, if you write, you are a writer. I believe everyone can be a writer. Everyone can have a particular and personal relationship to language, whether spoken or written. Becoming a good writer involves reading a lot, trying many things, really thinking through what you’ve written and what it is doing. Considering what assumptions you’ve made about what the writing should be, or things you haven’t considered? So, becoming a writer involves reading and thinking intently. Others’ work. One’s own.

One of the hardest things is to write what you actually want to write rather than what you think you should write. Well, that and seeing what is actually going on in the writing one is doing. And keeping going. Because becoming a writer involves keeping doing it. I feel that it is important to keep writing. That’s how one becomes a better writer. But it is important to keep pushing, to try to see more of what is possible, to try to learn to make one’s writing more resonant, or to contain more, if not multitudes then multivalences or multiverses. Tumult or mulch. Unless you’re a born genius like Rimbaud, I feel the difference between the path of someone who writes and someone who learns to make really good writing is that for the good writer it isn’t about being a writer, but about really trying to make the writing the best it can be, to learn to really read the work in front of you and edit or develop it so that it truly is the best it can be. For me, becoming a writer is about learning to really be attuned to your creative process, and also about really trusting the writing and, like a dowser, learning to see how it pulls you, learning to sense the subterranean before you, learning to be attuned to the language and where it wants to take you. And to keep learning to follow it more places, to be more keenly attuned to it. It is a kind of dance—the language leads you, sometimes without you even realizing it, and you follow it, waltzing or polkaing around the dance floor. I know this sounds like I’m Yoda, and I’m saying, “Follow the Force.” But I guess I am. Though I have more restrained ears and a better barber. And I’m (usually) less green.

9. Tell me about the writing projects you have on at the moment.

I have many specific projects that I am working on, but I also relish the opportunity to explore a whim or particular inspiration and create something on the spur of the moment. Sometimes these get folded into a larger project and sometime they exist as confounding outliers. I am an advocate of allowing  the moment to suggest something to you. Often this results in creating something fresh and surprising, something which subverts your usual expectations of what it is that you do.

The main project that I’m working on is a novel, Nothing the Same, Everything Haunted. It is a Wild West Holocaust novel set in 1941 Lithuania. My protagonist is a Don Quixote-type middle-aged Litvak who imagines himself a cowboy. It makes connections between the Holocaust and North American Indigenous genocide via the Western novels of Karl May. Also, my protagonist is looking for his testicles which became frozen in a Swiss glacier after being shot off 20 years before. It’s scheduled to come out in 2021. I’m also writing a new book of collaborations with Tom Prime (we’ve just published our first one,  A Cemetery for Holes). A chapbook of prose poems with Kathryn Mockler will appear next year as will a collection of ekphrastic works I created with the artist Donna Szoke. I’m also working on a big public art piece about persecution and refugees with Tor Lukasik-Foss and Simon Frank for a park in Hamilton. (I’ve never worked in bronze before!) I’m working on a collection of my ampersand-based visual poems and finishing a book and recording with Gregory Betts and Lillian Allen. Greg and I are also part of the band TZT and will be releasing a recording of sound poetry and sound works we did with a variety of sound poets.(We’re hoping for vinyl!)  I’m also doing a collaboration with Shane Neilson involving hurricanes, naming and class photographs. I’m also working on a continuing poetic project of my own based on experimental translations of a variety of poems, from William Bronk and Rilke to Medieval poetry. It combines a kind of oblique lyricism with a variety of conceptual and experimental transformational practices. (Maybe that’s our life. Oblique lyricism and conceptual and experimental transformations.) Also, any minute now, my “New and Selected Poems” will come out with Wolsak & Wynn. And while writing this, I just got an email inviting me to create some visual poems out of scientific papers, something I’ve done before. It’s really intriguing to explore technical language and a very specific textual form (the scientific paper) about which I know nothing and is just on the border of intelligibility for me.

This kind of disorganized multidirectional chaos—this whole mess of projects—seems to work for me. Because, as they say, if it’s not one thing, it’s another.

Wombwell Rainbow Interviews: Gary Barwin Wombwell Rainbow Interviews I am honoured and privileged that the following writers local, national and international have agreed to be interviewed by me.

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Your Handy Guide to When and Where Netflix's Peaky Blinders Is Set

If you haven't lost a weekend to Peaky Blinders on Neflix yet, you're in for a treat. The gritty 1920s drama, which stars Cillian Murphy and Tom Hardy, is already a huge hit in the UK where it's filmed, and it's quickly becoming a cult classic with US audiences too. But with its stylized setting, movie-like cinematography, and modern soundtrack, you'd be forgiven for wondering when, exactly, it's supposed to be set. If you're at all confused, don't worry - we've compiled a handy guide for when and where Shelby Company Limited pops up throughout England.

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Season 1

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Season 2

The second season moves on to 1921, and this time the setting includes London, since the Shelby family is busy expanding their criminal organization south and north as they bolster their home base in Birmingham. Murphy's dangerously charismatic character Tommy Shelby might well be fiction, but the show draws on many real-life historical events, like the Epsom racecourse's "Derby Day" in 1922 (you should mentally prepare yourself for that episode, because so much wild stuff goes down). Because of this, you'll no doubt be frequently googling the names and places that are mentioned in each episode as the seasons go on - you might as well get used to it!

Season 3

When the third season opens, it's skipped ahead two years to 1924, and this time the Shelby family has moved some of their operations to the countryside. This season mainly focuses on the differences between social classes, introduces some interesting foreign characters, and as a whole, the "world" gets a lot larger for Tommy, Arthur, Polly, and the rest of the Shelbys.

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Ready for season four? In the most recent season, the Shelby family returns to Birmingham to deal with some, um, trouble with the mob. This season has a relatively short time frame, from Christmas Eve in 1925 to the end of the general strike in May 1926, an event which had a huge impact on industrial cities across the UK, particularly Birmingham. As an added bonus, we get to meet a character named Jessie Eden, who is actually based on a real woman. She's an outspoken trade union activist and a member of the British Communist party and fights fiercely for equal pay for women. By weaving her into the story, they set up the series for the Birmingham factory strikes that extend into the '30s.

So, what can we expect from Peaky Blinders in season five? It's already in the works and should be released in 2019, so we won't have to wait too long to find out.

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The Distilled Yearly Creative Roundup: 2017 Edition

It’s been a year since our last creative roundup and I wanted to share what we’ve been working on in the last 12 months. As I started to collate the our creative pieces, it’s become clear that we’ve tried our hand, and indeed had some successes, at new and exciting formats

This has partly stemmed from Google’s changing algorithm, as we can see the benefit in investing in content for brand awareness, with branded search carrying more weight than before. This creative freedom has led us to storyboard social ad series, shoot stylized photo essays and video social experiment stunts for brands too.

We’ve made pieces with regional angles, which have led to neverending press lists (a good thing), and one that focussed on the fear factor that ended up on the news. It’s silly how the TV still feels more exciting than online, but it really does.  You can read our thoughts on the disruption online will cause to TV here.

New formats have included poster quizzes, personalised graphics and making additional press assets to go alongside pieces too. Maps, interactive visualisations, long format articles, scrolling stories and quizzes have also continued to make up the core of our work. Format is just one aspect, at the heart of everything we make, the story, the insight, and the ‘wow’ factor is key.

We also feel that sadly much of the internet can be an ugly space, and with our creativity we aim to tell compelling stories that also make the world a little bit more beautiful. Whether it is adding humour, or waving our illustration wand...

Maps

Go Compare - Great British Bakes of Instagram

For Go Compare a financial services comparison website we created a UK map comparing the popularity of British bakes in different regions. Illustrations really helped to bring this piece to life, turning what could have been a rather dull map into a mouth-watering delight. Each year the hype around ‘The Great British Bake Off’ is phenomenal, so we launched our piece during the finale. The regional differences in top bakes lengthened our press list to regional publications as well as national.

As well as seeing which British bake is most popular in your region you can also see the popularity of specific bakes across the country. e.g. trifle is most popular in Yorkshire and Norfolk, tying in with people patriotic tendencies to their place of origin.

We added in animation that works well with the twee illustration style, hovering over cakes, rotates them slightly, bunting swings in at the beginning and changing the map from one bake to another makes the map filter in one region at a time, these UX additions mean interacting with the piece is just that little bit more exciting. This was the perfect piece for Vicke, our resident birthday cake baker, to produce!

GeoTab - Most Dangerous Highways in America

For GeoTab, a fleet tracking platform, we analyzed road crash data across the US to see which highways have the highest number of fatal accidents in each state. Morbid I know, but in this case, fear led to coverage.

We launched the piece during a public holiday in America when the roads would have been at their most busy, local news outlets jumped on the chance to talk about the most dangerous highway in their region. We even got some brand mentions on the news.

The piece focuses on the most dangerous highway for fatal accidents in each state but allows you explore further comparing the amount of crashes and amount of fatalities, so you can compare which states are the most dangerous by comparison.

On page load, the highway lines across the states are drawn onto the map, and below the sorting feature, transitions in a satisfying fluid way.

This piece received over 100 linking root domains (LRDs). Off the back of its success, we have gone on to look at the most dangerous days to drive in each state too.

Maps: key takeaways

Fear/danger is a story - being worried or scared gets people talking, if there is a risk or a danger it’s news.

Visual feedback is important - a movement on hover or page load engages the user and gives the piece more of a personality.

Launch dates matter - as much as a piece should try to be evergreen to gain links over time, the newsworthy nature can often come by tying in with a conversation that is already happening.

Regional differences increase coverage - regional competitiveness or comparison means regional and national press can be contacted.

Long format content

Somfy - Totally Worth It

Somfy is a company that makes blinds which operate at the touch of the button. Their target audience is high-earning people in the 50+ age bracket who appreciate a little bit of luxury in their lives. We created blog content that highlighted products for the home that are worth splurge.

Everyday level blog content can still have its place in content marketing. Not everything needs to be a larger scale interactive or higher budget piece, because it is the idea at the core of a piece that needs to capture attention. It is important now more than ever for brands to not just focus on their product or service, but the attitude and lifestyle that surrounds it.

During page scroll the stock photography that we sourced transitions to an illustrative overlay that highlights the product within the scene and highlights its motion when in use. This creative element sets the article apart from other listicles and gives it a brand style that is unique to Somfy.

Long format: key takeaways

Create a unique visual style - set your content apart from others by adding memorable visual styling.

Be consistent - so many low-level listicles have paid no attention to whether the piece is cohesive. When using illustrations or stock imagery, ensure that the styles work as a collection.

Think about your brand voice - does the tone of the content lend itself to your brand’s personality. Content that feels too tangential can do more harm than good.

Picture Quiz

Magic Freebies - Spot the Christmas Movies

Magic Freebies is the UK’s largest freebie site, they aim to delight and surprise their customers by providing them with fun free gifts, their target audience is people who have time to browse and play online.

We created a spot the Christmas Movies poster, that existed both in print and as an online game. 25 iconic Christmas films were illustrated in one wintery scene.

We have created two picture quizzes now, working with illustrator Bill McConkey: 25 Years of Top-Flight Footy Moments and the aforementioned Spot the Christmas Movies. The trick is to create a scene that works as a whole but is made up of individual elements.

Christmas is a difficult time of year for coverage, so if you are going to take a punt on it, your idea needs to be watertight. This is certainly not something that will work all year round, yet it can gain traffic each year at a similar time.

This poster quiz earned 2.6k Facebook interactions and has been visited over 27k times.

Ginny’s - I Believe I Can Fry

Ginny’s is a brand that doesn’t take itself too seriously, which gives us a lot of creative freedom when coming up with ideas. It’s an e-commerce site stocking all sorts of products for the home, and we were focusing on their fried goods gadgets. Firstly creating the 50 States of Bacon which received over 100 links, and then the humorous quiz ‘I believe I can fry’.

Taking song titles we replaced the word fry/fried/frying with something else that rhymed and drew them as image puzzles.

The majority of the time spent here was on the illustrations, the build of the quiz being quite minimal itself. I illustrated the song titles myself, ensuring each image had a similar style and colour pallet to tie the set together.

Just how ludicrous this idea is, is actually what sets it apart.

Picture quiz - key takeaways

Leverage nostalgia - both these picture quizzes hook onto nostalgia as a driving factor, old movies and classic song titles.

Make use of freelancers - Bill McConkey’s distinctive style and speed of illustration allowed us to produce these picture quizzes relatively quickly.

Interactive timeline/story

Go Compare - Food of the Famous

As part of a campaign for GoCompare we compared the daily diets of famous athletes, actors and musicians. We are inherently interested in famous people's lifestyles, often looking to emulate them in our own lives, as though living like them might somehow move us nearer to their lofty heights.

For the execution we went lo-fi, choosing to source stock imagery to make up the plates, giving them a cutout collage effect (like you see on gossip magazines) as opposed to shooting the plates from actual food. This not only created a cost effective result but also give it a bit more design edge.

Looking at a range of celebrities, who had very different relationships with food we showed what was eaten throughout the day, from 10,000 calories consumed by The Mountain to a meagre 1316 calories from Gwyneth Paltrow. The amount of food, type and frequency is shown using a day timeline.

It was covered by Business Insider, Joe, FHM and Unilad amongst others.

Advisa - Dead Men on Dollars

For Advisa, a Swiss financial services client, we analysed the people that feature on banknotes worldwide. 100% of the people who feature on US bank notes are dead male politicians. We looked at what it takes to have your face on a note. The story walkthrough compared the gender, profession, birthplace, and whether or not they are alive, for all the people on bank notes throughout the world. As well as the findings in the piece we paired the launch with a survey and some of our own note designs for both a UK and US audience.

Our survey asked 5000+ people who they wanted to see on banknotes. For the UK, Princess Diana, Florence Nightingale, Emmeline Pankhurst and JK Rowling came out on top. And for the USA, Michelle Obama was top. We made concept art for each of these people to show how they would look on banknotes. The press loved these visual assets and the survey that went alongside the piece.

The launch of the piece tied in with news about Jane Austen due to be appearing on a new £10 note design in September 2017. The piece was linked to by Yahoo, Metro, Evening Standard, Daily Star, Daily Mail, Daily Express and Insider amongst others.

Interactive timeline/story: key takeaways

Comparison is important - if the data does not show enough contrast then there is no story.

Journalists want statistics - a survey can help to gather new statistics for your content.

Personalised infographic

Go To Court - How Criminal is Your Name?

For Go To Court, an Australian law firm, we looked at first names and how they are linked to criminality. We collated the names from over 25,000 crimes to see which names are most criminal and what crimes specific names most commonly commit. Leon is the most criminal name, and Leons most frequently commit assault. It turns out Leonie’s most frequently commit abductions! So watch out.

This visualisation is essentially just a table, but making it look like a police investigation board and making the list searchable with an individual expandable graph for each name makes this interactive engaging.

Scrolling allows you to understand hierarchy better. The piece received over 100k visits and 141 LRDs.

Personalised infographic - key takeaways

Can you see yourself in the story?  -  Age, name, demographic, intelligence are all ways you can rank people. Choosing one of these as a data point allows the reader to put him or herself in the story.

How have your won over an audience?

We would love to hear what you have learnt on your content marketing journey. Sometimes looking at the failures as well as the big wins can help us learn too. Are there new formats or types of ideas that you have seen work well?

from Digital Marketing https://www.distilled.net/resources/distilled-yearly-creative-roundup-2017/ via http://www.rssmix.com/

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The Distilled Yearly Creative Roundup: 2017 Edition

It’s been a year since our last creative roundup and I wanted to share what we’ve been working on in the last 12 months. As I started to collate the our creative pieces, it’s become clear that we’ve tried our hand, and indeed had some successes, at new and exciting formats

This has partly stemmed from Google’s changing algorithm, as we can see the benefit in investing in content for brand awareness, with branded search carrying more weight than before. This creative freedom has led us to storyboard social ad series, shoot stylized photo essays and video social experiment stunts for brands too.

We’ve made pieces with regional angles, which have led to neverending press lists (a good thing), and one that focussed on the fear factor that ended up on the news. It’s silly how the TV still feels more exciting than online, but it really does.  You can read our thoughts on the disruption online will cause to TV here.

New formats have included poster quizzes, personalised graphics and making additional press assets to go alongside pieces too. Maps, interactive visualisations, long format articles, scrolling stories and quizzes have also continued to make up the core of our work. Format is just one aspect, at the heart of everything we make, the story, the insight, and the ‘wow’ factor is key.

We also feel that sadly much of the internet can be an ugly space, and with our creativity we aim to tell compelling stories that also make the world a little bit more beautiful. Whether it is adding humour, or waving our illustration wand...

Maps

Go Compare - Great British Bakes of Instagram

For Go Compare a financial services comparison website we created a UK map comparing the popularity of British bakes in different regions. Illustrations really helped to bring this piece to life, turning what could have been a rather dull map into a mouth-watering delight. Each year the hype around ‘The Great British Bake Off’ is phenomenal, so we launched our piece during the finale. The regional differences in top bakes lengthened our press list to regional publications as well as national.

As well as seeing which British bake is most popular in your region you can also see the popularity of specific bakes across the country. e.g. trifle is most popular in Yorkshire and Norfolk, tying in with people patriotic tendencies to their place of origin.

We added in animation that works well with the twee illustration style, hovering over cakes, rotates them slightly, bunting swings in at the beginning and changing the map from one bake to another makes the map filter in one region at a time, these UX additions mean interacting with the piece is just that little bit more exciting. This was the perfect piece for Vicke, our resident birthday cake baker, to produce!

GeoTab - Most Dangerous Highways in America

For GeoTab, a fleet tracking platform, we analyzed road crash data across the US to see which highways have the highest number of fatal accidents in each state. Morbid I know, but in this case, fear led to coverage.

We launched the piece during a public holiday in America when the roads would have been at their most busy, local news outlets jumped on the chance to talk about the most dangerous highway in their region. We even got some brand mentions on the news.

The piece focuses on the most dangerous highway for fatal accidents in each state but allows you explore further comparing the amount of crashes and amount of fatalities, so you can compare which states are the most dangerous by comparison.

On page load, the highway lines across the states are drawn onto the map, and below the sorting feature, transitions in a satisfying fluid way.

This piece received over 100 linking root domains (LRDs). Off the back of its success, we have gone on to look at the most dangerous days to drive in each state too.

Maps: key takeaways

Fear/danger is a story - being worried or scared gets people talking, if there is a risk or a danger it’s news.

Visual feedback is important - a movement on hover or page load engages the user and gives the piece more of a personality.

Launch dates matter - as much as a piece should try to be evergreen to gain links over time, the newsworthy nature can often come by tying in with a conversation that is already happening.

Regional differences increase coverage - regional competitiveness or comparison means regional and national press can be contacted.

Long format content

Somfy - Totally Worth It

Somfy is a company that makes blinds which operate at the touch of the button. Their target audience is high-earning people in the 50+ age bracket who appreciate a little bit of luxury in their lives. We created blog content that highlighted products for the home that are worth splurge.

Everyday level blog content can still have its place in content marketing. Not everything needs to be a larger scale interactive or higher budget piece, because it is the idea at the core of a piece that needs to capture attention. It is important now more than ever for brands to not just focus on their product or service, but the attitude and lifestyle that surrounds it.

During page scroll the stock photography that we sourced transitions to an illustrative overlay that highlights the product within the scene and highlights its motion when in use. This creative element sets the article apart from other listicles and gives it a brand style that is unique to Somfy.

Long format: key takeaways

Create a unique visual style - set your content apart from others by adding memorable visual styling.

Be consistent - so many low-level listicles have paid no attention to whether the piece is cohesive. When using illustrations or stock imagery, ensure that the styles work as a collection.

Think about your brand voice - does the tone of the content lend itself to your brand’s personality. Content that feels too tangential can do more harm than good.

Picture Quiz

Magic Freebies - Spot the Christmas Movies

Magic Freebies is the UK’s largest freebie site, they aim to delight and surprise their customers by providing them with fun free gifts, their target audience is people who have time to browse and play online.

We created a spot the Christmas Movies poster, that existed both in print and as an online game. 25 iconic Christmas films were illustrated in one wintery scene.

We have created two picture quizzes now, working with illustrator Bill McConkey: 25 Years of Top-Flight Footy Moments and the aforementioned Spot the Christmas Movies. The trick is to create a scene that works as a whole but is made up of individual elements.

Christmas is a difficult time of year for coverage, so if you are going to take a punt on it, your idea needs to be watertight. This is certainly not something that will work all year round, yet it can gain traffic each year at a similar time.

This poster quiz earned 2.6k Facebook interactions and has been visited over 27k times.

Ginny’s - I Believe I Can Fry

Ginny’s is a brand that doesn’t take itself too seriously, which gives us a lot of creative freedom when coming up with ideas. It’s an e-commerce site stocking all sorts of products for the home, and we were focusing on their fried goods gadgets. Firstly creating the 50 States of Bacon which received over 100 links, and then the humorous quiz ‘I believe I can fry’.

Taking song titles we replaced the word fry/fried/frying with something else that rhymed and drew them as image puzzles.

The majority of the time spent here was on the illustrations, the build of the quiz being quite minimal itself. I illustrated the song titles myself, ensuring each image had a similar style and colour pallet to tie the set together.

Just how ludicrous this idea is, is actually what sets it apart.

Picture quiz - key takeaways

Leverage nostalgia - both these picture quizzes hook onto nostalgia as a driving factor, old movies and classic song titles.

Make use of freelancers - Bill McConkey’s distinctive style and speed of illustration allowed us to produce these picture quizzes relatively quickly.

Interactive timeline/story

Go Compare - Food of the Famous

As part of a campaign for GoCompare we compared the daily diets of famous athletes, actors and musicians. We are inherently interested in famous people's lifestyles, often looking to emulate them in our own lives, as though living like them might somehow move us nearer to their lofty heights.

For the execution we went lo-fi, choosing to source stock imagery to make up the plates, giving them a cutout collage effect (like you see on gossip magazines) as opposed to shooting the plates from actual food. This not only created a cost effective result but also give it a bit more design edge.

Looking at a range of celebrities, who had very different relationships with food we showed what was eaten throughout the day, from 10,000 calories consumed by The Mountain to a meagre 1316 calories from Gwyneth Paltrow. The amount of food, type and frequency is shown using a day timeline.

It was covered by Business Insider, Joe, FHM and Unilad amongst others.

Advisa - Dead Men on Dollars

For Advisa, a Swiss financial services client, we analysed the people that feature on banknotes worldwide. 100% of the people who feature on US bank notes are dead male politicians. We looked at what it takes to have your face on a note. The story walkthrough compared the gender, profession, birthplace, and whether or not they are alive, for all the people on bank notes throughout the world. As well as the findings in the piece we paired the launch with a survey and some of our own note designs for both a UK and US audience.

Our survey asked 5000+ people who they wanted to see on banknotes. For the UK, Princess Diana, Florence Nightingale, Emmeline Pankhurst and JK Rowling came out on top. And for the USA, Michelle Obama was top. We made concept art for each of these people to show how they would look on banknotes. The press loved these visual assets and the survey that went alongside the piece.

The launch of the piece tied in with news about Jane Austen due to be appearing on a new £10 note design in September 2017. The piece was linked to by Yahoo, Metro, Evening Standard, Daily Star, Daily Mail, Daily Express and Insider amongst others.

Interactive timeline/story: key takeaways

Comparison is important - if the data does not show enough contrast then there is no story.

Journalists want statistics - a survey can help to gather new statistics for your content.

Personalised infographic

Go To Court - How Criminal is Your Name?

For Go To Court, an Australian law firm, we looked at first names and how they are linked to criminality. We collated the names from over 25,000 crimes to see which names are most criminal and what crimes specific names most commonly commit. Leon is the most criminal name, and Leons most frequently commit assault. It turns out Leonie’s most frequently commit abductions! So watch out.

This visualisation is essentially just a table, but making it look like a police investigation board and making the list searchable with an individual expandable graph for each name makes this interactive engaging.

Scrolling allows you to understand hierarchy better. The piece received over 100k visits and 141 LRDs.

Personalised infographic - key takeaways

Can you see yourself in the story?  -  Age, name, demographic, intelligence are all ways you can rank people. Choosing one of these as a data point allows the reader to put him or herself in the story.

How have your won over an audience?

We would love to hear what you have learnt on your content marketing journey. Sometimes looking at the failures as well as the big wins can help us learn too. Are there new formats or types of ideas that you have seen work well?