Everything I draw ends up wearing a bow-tie

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So as some of you will know I used to be a storyboarder for (you can laugh), Barbie films- and I had a great time! Rainmaker was a lovely studio and I worked with some great people, and while there were always tough times on the whole it was a wonderful and invaluable working experience.

One of the best films I worked on was Princess Power, here’s a scene from it that I enjoyed doing. They did change some things in the final pass but really I was amazed how much they kept in!

missveryvery:

pr1nceshawn:

Barbie Has a New Body -  Barbie releases 3 new dolls with realistic body shapes (curvy, tall, or slim) and 7 different skin colors.

wowwww!

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HEY MINIONS so at the risk of you unfollowing/me sounding like a crazy person I’m going to ask you to do something very unusual today. I am going to ask you to watch a Barbie movie. (That’s it, up there. The whole thing. No really it’s like official no need to pirate it or anything how easy is that.)

WHY ON EARTH WOULD YOU DO THAT? Well okay so for one I am one of the two storyboard artists that worked on this (yes, two board artists, for a whole film, get that into your head I can hardly believe we managed it myself), but I am about to blow your mind with the more important detail that the other storyboarder was also the director and also the first female director that a Barbie film has had. Ever. Wow. I know. I knooooow.

So, tumblr, this is why Barbie and the Secret Door is important; this is the first Barbie film directed by a woman. Watch it. There is a super great villain, super cute giant purple furry minions with English accents and very bright super colourful colours all over the place just wait until you get to the magical place I stg you need sunglasses. There are also a lot of songs which will get stuck in your head and aggressive jive dancing.

I am not saying it is the best film, I am not saying that there aren’t other films that deserve your attention more, but there was a whole team of people behind this one gem of a lady trying our very best to make this film good, and you know what? I like it. There are many things that could be improved, yes, and there were decisions made by Mattel that we simply could not change whether we agreed with them or not, but that’s the case with every film, and this film saw a huge shift in the effort and direction of Barbie films. Tell Mattel what you want to see fixed, yes, but tell them that you want to see more of this; more women in control of pictures that are aimed towards young girls (because, let’s face it, these are). These films get translated into every language, they access a lot of people, these films can have influence. We need to be able to use this medium in a positive way, and we tried to, we really did try with this film. Barbie should be a positive icon for feminism; she has been before!

So, yes, please check this out if you have the time, and give Mattel and Rainmaker the feedback that they need!

itscarororo:

fangirltothefullest:

This is never not funny.

I love this show

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thriftstorewarfare:

…did…did Barbie just break the fourth wall. 

you haven’t watched this show much have you

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