#Ringling

[thewisestdino]

My senior thesis is almost done!! It was a lot of work and I won’t be able to release it for a while but 😭😭 I’ll be graduating soon as well. Me and my thesis partner made a kickstarter to help cover some of the fees that come with making a film here:

#kickstarter #animation #3D animation #fundraiser #cgi animation #art #my art #ringling #RCAD #ringling college

[fashionsfromhistory]

Evening Dress

1926-1929

The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art

#evening dress #fashion history #vintage fashion #1920s #historical fashion #ringling #20th century #pink #silk #1926 #1927 #1928 #1929 #united states #dress #ringling museum of art

[froggyfriendsworld]

Harpsichord by Claude Jacquet

#harpsichord #Claude jacquet #1600s #1600s art #1600s music #music #instrument #art #ringling museum #museum #art stuff #art appreciation #art study #art musuem #painting #artistic #ringling #art history #oil on wood #wood #gilded #gilded wood #oil paint #paint

[thinkingimages]

Woman circus performer on horse antique Ringling photo, c. 1940s

#circus performer #female circus performer #ringling #circus #1940s

[pwecie]

“Hall of Oddities” RCAD assignment (pre-revision, couldn’t find the revised one atm)

The idea is that dogs are extinct, primitive creatures that walked on four legs like mammoths, but some claim to hear a strange-looking cat howling in the night on the outskirts of kitty city.

Characters from back to front:

Camo (He/Him) - The adult of the group, pessimistic, but has a soft side. Chainsmoker, usually the one paying the fines that the group accumulates since he’s the only one working a decent job.

Catnip (He/Him) - Constantly high, once drank catnip bong water that he mixed in a blender with catnip brownies, did not end well. Claims to be able to see something called the color red…?

Chamomile (She/They) - Soft spoken and ditzy unaware of their surroundings, actually a genius specializing in random facts. Firm believer in “free will is a lie and nothing is real.”

Fuckass (It/Its) - Doesn’t speak, was (lovingly) given the name by Camo, appears at the most unexpected times in the most unexpected places by bending the fabric of reality, but the phenomenon has never been observed by the naked eye.

#ringling #one point perspective #RCAD #black cat #cat #art homework #art school #photoshop #black and white

[whatbecomesofcuriousminds13]

After weeks of waiting and anxiety I can now say I got into my dream school!

#they also sent me a sticker of an armadillo on a glider?!? #personal #taylor swift #college #college acceptance #ringling #Ringling College of art and design #rcad

[clairebear-oh]

practice with procreate- freehand, mirror pic

#animation #artists on tumblr #artwork #digital art #digital illustration #digital painting #drawing #painting #portrait #sketch #ringling #procreate #pastel #illustration

[madebykalei]

Ringling Museum 🥀

#artists on tumblr #art museum #st petersburg #ringling #art history #graphic design major #pinkcore #archway #greenery #palm trees #college #painting #sculpture #visualart

[kriscynical]

Two Degrees of PT Barnum

I am very late to the party in that I've just now bothered to sit down and watch The Greatest Showman (and I loved it; I don't know why it took me so long to get around to it). Watching an entire film centered around PT Barnum — however inaccurate it may be — made me realize that I don't believe I've ever told the story of my personal connection to PT Barnum, separated by only two degrees unlike the usual six degrees of Kevin Bacon. That connection also brings me to three degrees of separation from Ringling, where I earned my BFA in Illustration.

Well, I haven't told it on Tumblr, at least, just LiveJournal about a million years ago. And give or take a degree. Math was never my strong suit. I draw pictures for a living, after all.

The story of my connection starts with this stately fellow right here:

This is Henry Bergh. He was my great-great-I don't know how many greats-grandfather, born in New York City back in 1813. Although I find it very cool that he was appointed secretary of the American legation in Tsarist Russia in 1862 by none other than Abraham Lincoln, he was most well-known for founding the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) in 1866.

I unfortunately have no say in all of you being bombarded by the commercials of Sarah McLachlan singing over images of sad animals, I'm sorry.

The connection comes in because both Henry and PT Barnum were making their way in the world during the same time period in New York, and Henry had a mighty beef with how Barnum was treating the animals in his circus and museum. And he wasn't quiet about it (he was quite the pain in the ass to a lot of people, which continues to run in the family). The website has been relegated to the WayBack Machine, but you can read letters exchanged between the two right here.

Fortunately as time went on, Henry and Barnum actually became friends as Barnum began to understand Henry's viewpoints, and he became a contributor to the New York and Connecticut cruelty societies. He even declared himself the "Bergh of Bridgeport" from his home in, well, Bridgeport.

Upon Barnum's death he left $1000 to the city of Bridgeport in order for a memorial to be built to Henry, which was unveiled in 1897:

It was originally meant as a watering trough but, as you can see, it's just a planter now.

Charles and John Ringling bought Barnum's circus in 1907, combining it with their own circus to form what eventually became the Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus:

John Ringling opened Ringling School of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida, in 1931.

I graduated from Ringling's illustration department in 2007, which was also the last class to graduate from Ringling School. The name was changed to Ringling College the next year (and I still loathe the new logo).

So that's how I'm personally connected not only to PT Barnum, but my alma mater as well.

#history #aspca #pt barnum #ringling #long post #shut up kris #personal shit #henry bergh

[vivulent]

I present to thee Aardwolf Angst :>

I wonder what broke his arm 👀?

#my art #digital art #ringling #ringling animation #animal #animal animation #aardwolf #aardwolf animation #hyena #hyena animation #original characters #2d animation #quadraped

[travsd]

The Elephants of Travalanche

The Elephants of Travalanche

In the spirit of our recent post on The Lions of Travalanche, here is a handy grouping together of all the posts we have done on pachyderms, to be shared on World Elephant Day, or Elephant Appreciate Day, or any day you choose. Of Jumbo, and His Sad Death Barnum’s Plowing Elephants Powers Dancing Elephants Of Topsy, and Her Coney Island Execution An Op-Ed From When Ringling Retired Their…

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#Barnum #Circus #Elephant Man #elephants #Jumbo #Movies #Ringling #show business #Topsy #vaudeville

[theotherpages]

Eleanor Merritt: Remembrance

On exhibit at the Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida

#art #artist #eleanor #merritt #eleanormerritt #eleanor merritt #american #theotherpages.org #the other pages #florida #the ringling museum of art #ringling #ringling museum #special exhibit #remembrance #painting #paintings

[froggyfriendsworld]

Philippine Charlotte, Princess of Prussia and Duchess of Brunswick by the Workshop of Antoine Pesne

#Philippine charlotte #Prussia #princess #antoine pesne #art #ringling museum #museum #art stuff #art appreciation #art study #art musuem #painting #artistic #ringling #art history #oil painting #paint #1744 #1700s art #1700s #18th century art #18th century

[camriod]

my pookies

#sword fight #my art #digital art #art #digital painting #adobe photoshop #character design #original character #animation #visual development #ringling #thesis film

[croissantflavoredpopcorn]

Ringling Museum, Sarasota, Florida

#ringling museum #ringling #sarasota

[piplupcola]

Hi guys! The End is fully funded! We even reached out stretch goal! 🥳🥳🥳

Thank you so much for all the love and support for my film, but this not the end! Do keep a look out for more updates and posts about the film and it's official release late 2022!

There's still a few days left before the campaign ends so if you want some awesome rewards check out the link in the bio! You won't be able to find them anywhere else!!! All extra donations will go into festival fees and merch and liking and sharing will really help us a lot too!

Thank you again for all your support! I can't wait to show my film to you guys! ❤❤❤

#pipart #the end #the end animated #short film #animated film #ringling college of art and design #rcad #ringling #artists on tumblr #3d animation #animation #animated short