{"generator":"StatusNet 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come from a land down under"}}},"content":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/17847\" class=\"url\" title=\"Mattimation\"><span class=\"fn nickname mention\">mrmattimation<\/span><\/a><\/span> Precisely, tools are only extensions of artistic initiative, not sources of it.","body":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/17847\" class=\"url\" title=\"Mattimation\"><span class=\"fn nickname mention\">mrmattimation<\/span><\/a><\/span> Precisely, tools are only extensions of artistic initiative, not sources of it.","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3986358","object":{"displayName":"@mrmattimation Precisely, tools are only extensions of artistic initiative, not sources of it.","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3986358","type":"comment","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3986358"},"to":[{"objectType":"person","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/17847","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/17847"}],"context":{"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3986352","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3986352"},"conversation":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/conversation\/3424396"},"published":"2015-09-16T02:02:42+00:00","postedTime":"2015-09-16T02:02:42+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"Rainbow Dash Network","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/"},"title":"@mrmattimation Precisely, tools are only extensions of artistic initiative, not sources of 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come from a land down under"}}},"content":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/798\" class=\"url\" title=\"RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)\"><span class=\"fn nickname mention\">redenchilada<\/span><\/a><\/span> That goes without saying, Team Art all the way","body":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/798\" class=\"url\" title=\"RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)\"><span class=\"fn nickname mention\">redenchilada<\/span><\/a><\/span> That goes without saying, Team Art all the way","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3986357","object":{"displayName":"@redenchilada That goes without saying, Team Art all the way","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3986357","type":"comment","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3986357"},"to":[{"objectType":"person","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/798","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/798"}],"context":{"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3986353","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3986353"},"conversation":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/conversation\/3424396"},"published":"2015-09-16T02:01:05+00:00","postedTime":"2015-09-16T02:01:05+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"Rainbow Dash Network","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/"},"title":"@redenchilada That goes without saying, Team Art all the way","verb":"post","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3986357","statusnet:notice_info":{"local_id":"3986357","source":"web"}},{"actor":{"displayName":"Narwhal","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/28430","avatarLinks":[{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/28430-410-20210317231539.jpeg","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/jpeg","width":"410","height":"410"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/28430-96-20210317231539.jpeg","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/jpeg","width":"96","height":"96"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/28430-48-20210317231539.jpeg","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/jpeg","width":"48","height":"48"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/28430-24-20210317231539.jpeg","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/jpeg","width":"24","height":"24"}],"image":{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/28430-96-20210317231539.jpeg","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/jpeg","width":"96","height":"96"},"type":"person","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/28430","statusnet:profile_info":{"local_id":"28430"},"contact":{"preferredUsername":"narwhal","displayName":"Narwhal","note":"cool","addresses":{"formatted":"I come from a land down under"}}},"content":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/28430\" class=\"url\" title=\"Tair&#x101;\"><span class=\"fn nickname mention\">northernnarwhal<\/span><\/a><\/span> That's not to say it makes said engagement any more or less &quot;valuable&quot;, just that it gives it greater detail beyond the superficial. No interpretation of any artistic work is inherently more or less meaningful than another, if anything our mileage with artistic interpretation parallels our mileage with art itself, the only way we draw value from either is from the manner in which the artist or interpreter chooses to convince us.","body":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/28430\" class=\"url\" title=\"Tair&#x101;\"><span class=\"fn nickname mention\">northernnarwhal<\/span><\/a><\/span> That's not to say it makes said engagement any more or less &quot;valuable&quot;, just that it gives it greater detail beyond the superficial. No interpretation of any artistic work is inherently more or less meaningful than another, if anything our mileage with artistic interpretation parallels our mileage with art itself, the only way we draw value from either is from the manner in which the artist or interpreter chooses to convince us.","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3986355","object":{"displayName":"@northernnarwhal That's not to say it makes said engagement any more or less \"valuable\", just that it gives it greater detail beyond the superficial. No interpretation of any artistic work is inherently more or less meaningful than another, if anything our mileage with artistic interpretation parallels our mileage with art itself, the only way we draw value from either is from the manner in which the artist or interpreter chooses to convince us.","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3986355","type":"comment","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3986355"},"to":[{"objectType":"person","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/28430","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/28430"}],"context":{"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3986351","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3986351"},"conversation":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/conversation\/3424396"},"published":"2015-09-16T02:00:27+00:00","postedTime":"2015-09-16T02:00:27+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"Rainbow Dash Network","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/"},"title":"@northernnarwhal That's not to say it makes said engagement any more or less \"valuable\", just that it gives it greater detail beyond the superficial. No interpretation of any artistic work is inherently more or less meaningful than another, if anything our mileage with artistic interpretation parallels our mileage with art itself, the only way we draw value from either is from the manner in which the artist or interpreter chooses to convince us.","verb":"post","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3986355","statusnet:notice_info":{"local_id":"3986355","source":"web"}},{"actor":{"displayName":"RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/798","avatarLinks":[{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/798-48-20160823021339.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"48","height":"48"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/798-96-20160823021339.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"96","height":"96"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/798-48-20160823021339.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"48","height":"48"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/798-24-20160823021339.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"24","height":"24"}],"image":{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/798-96-20160823021339.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"96","height":"96"},"type":"person","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/798","statusnet:profile_info":{"local_id":"798"},"contact":{"preferredUsername":"redenchilada","displayName":"RedEnchilada (notice the lack of a space)","note":"I used to break RDN.","addresses":{"formatted":"Houston, TX"},"urls":[{"type":"homepage","value":"http:\/\/lyrawearspants.com","primary":"true"}]}},"content":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/28430\" class=\"url\" title=\"Tair&#x101;\"><span class=\"fn nickname mention\">northernnarwhal<\/span><\/a><\/span> So basically you're saying Team Art's gonna kick Team Science's butt, right?","body":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/28430\" class=\"url\" title=\"Tair&#x101;\"><span class=\"fn nickname mention\">northernnarwhal<\/span><\/a><\/span> So basically you're saying Team Art's gonna kick Team Science's butt, right?","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3986353","object":{"displayName":"@northernnarwhal So basically you're saying Team Art's gonna kick Team Science's butt, right?","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3986353","type":"comment","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3986353"},"to":[{"objectType":"person","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/28430","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/28430"}],"context":{"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3986351","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3986351"},"conversation":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/conversation\/3424396"},"published":"2015-09-16T01:59:20+00:00","postedTime":"2015-09-16T01:59:20+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"Rainbow Dash Network","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/"},"title":"@northernnarwhal So basically you're saying Team Art's gonna kick Team Science's butt, right?","verb":"post","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3986353","statusnet:notice_info":{"local_id":"3986353","source":"web"}},{"actor":{"displayName":"Matt","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/17847","avatarLinks":[{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/17847-480-20220923231539.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"480","height":"480"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/17847-96-20220923231539.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"96","height":"96"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/17847-48-20220923231539.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"48","height":"48"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/17847-24-20220923231539.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"24","height":"24"}],"image":{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/17847-96-20220923231539.png","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/png","width":"96","height":"96"},"type":"person","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/17847","statusnet:profile_info":{"local_id":"17847"},"contact":{"preferredUsername":"zeldatra","displayName":"Matt","note":"I make the funny meme videos. He\/Him.\r\nwww.youtube.com\/mrmattimation\r\n\r\nCURRENT PROJECT(S):\r\nUndertale: The Twin Souls [Part 3]\r\n\r\nTHE TOOLS WE USE:\r\nAdobe Animate CC 2017.5 (Character Animation)\r\nCACANi (Clean-up and Shading)\r\nClip Studio Paint Pro (Painted Backgrounds & Standalone Pieces)\r\nBlender (3D Modelling & Rendering)\r\nNewgrounds Swivel (Rendering Flash file into an HD movie file)\r\nAdobe Premiere Pro CC 2018 (Editing)\r\nAdobe Media Encoder CC 2018 (Final Render)\r\nAudacity (Sound)\r\nAdobe Audition CC 2018 (Sound)\r\nWacom Cintiq Compaion 2 (Drawing Tablet)\r\nLazy Nezumi Pro (Drawing Assistance)\r\nBlue Yeti (Microphone)\r\nFL Studio 12 (Music)\r\n\r\nFLASH SETTINGS:\r\nStage size: 640 x 360 (rendered at 1920 x 1080 in Swivel. Backgrounds are done at 5000 x 2500)\r\nBrush size: 2, with zoom scaling set to \"on\"\r\nSmoothing: 50\r\n\r\nCOMMISSION INFO: http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/tsWjmpq.png\r\n\r\nTUMBLR\r\nhttp:\/\/mrmattimation.tumblr.com\r\n\r\nTWITTER\r\nhttp:\/\/twitter.com\/mrmattimation\r\n\r\nTOP BANTER\r\nhttp:\/\/topbanter.net\r\n\r\nSteam: mrmattimation\r\nSnapchat: MrMattimation\r\nXbox Live: MrMattimation\r\nBusiness email: mrmattimation(gnat)gmail(snot)com\r\nFan Art: MattimationFanArt@gmail.com","addresses":{"formatted":"Washington, DC"},"urls":[{"type":"homepage","value":"http:\/\/patreon.com\/mrmattimation","primary":"true"}]}},"content":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/28430\" class=\"url\" title=\"Tair&#x101;\"><span class=\"fn nickname mention\">northernnarwhal<\/span><\/a><\/span> Cory Spazkid has done work for television on a Wacom Intuos, equipment similar to what I used to animate until I got my Cintiq. The tools make things easier but ultimately your tools are only as good as you are.","body":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/28430\" class=\"url\" title=\"Tair&#x101;\"><span class=\"fn nickname mention\">northernnarwhal<\/span><\/a><\/span> Cory Spazkid has done work for television on a Wacom Intuos, equipment similar to what I used to animate until I got my Cintiq. The tools make things easier but ultimately your tools are only as good as you are.","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3986352","object":{"displayName":"@northernnarwhal Cory Spazkid has done work for television on a Wacom Intuos, equipment similar to what I used to animate until I got my Cintiq. The tools make things easier but ultimately your tools are only as good as you are.","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3986352","type":"comment","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3986352"},"to":[{"objectType":"person","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/28430","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/28430"}],"context":{"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3986351","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3986351"},"conversation":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/conversation\/3424396"},"published":"2015-09-16T01:59:09+00:00","postedTime":"2015-09-16T01:59:09+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"Rainbow Dash Network","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/"},"title":"@northernnarwhal Cory Spazkid has done work for television on a Wacom Intuos, equipment similar to what I used to animate until I got my Cintiq. The tools make things easier but ultimately your tools are only as good as you are.","verb":"post","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3986352","statusnet:notice_info":{"local_id":"3986352","source":"web"}},{"actor":{"displayName":"Narwhal","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/28430","avatarLinks":[{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/28430-410-20210317231539.jpeg","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/jpeg","width":"410","height":"410"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/28430-96-20210317231539.jpeg","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/jpeg","width":"96","height":"96"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/28430-48-20210317231539.jpeg","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/jpeg","width":"48","height":"48"},{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/28430-24-20210317231539.jpeg","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/jpeg","width":"24","height":"24"}],"image":{"url":"http:\/\/av.rdn.io\/avatar\/28430-96-20210317231539.jpeg","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/jpeg","width":"96","height":"96"},"type":"person","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/28430","statusnet:profile_info":{"local_id":"28430"},"contact":{"preferredUsername":"narwhal","displayName":"Narwhal","note":"cool","addresses":{"formatted":"I come from a land down under"}}},"content":"Though ultimately it's very much worth putting on record (despite being pretty commonly accepted) that great gear will never, <i>never<\/i> create great art, great artists will create great art. The gear used is simply the set of tools used by the artist in their medium, and while obviously having a wider variety of tools will give you a greater creative liberty it will never compensate for the capacity to create a compelling piece of art. As a matter of fact, I can think of tons of albums I really love that I wouldn't say are very well engineered, and there's also lots of art in other mediums I've enjoyed greatly that I wouldn't say had top of the line production value. With that being said, I also think having an experienced understanding of both the craft and production of any given medium certainly allows you to appreciate more why you do and don't engage with particular works within that medium, as well as engage with general works more critically.","body":"Though ultimately it's very much worth putting on record (despite being pretty commonly accepted) that great gear will never, <i>never<\/i> create great art, great artists will create great art. The gear used is simply the set of tools used by the artist in their medium, and while obviously having a wider variety of tools will give you a greater creative liberty it will never compensate for the capacity to create a compelling piece of art. As a matter of fact, I can think of tons of albums I really love that I wouldn't say are very well engineered, and there's also lots of art in other mediums I've enjoyed greatly that I wouldn't say had top of the line production value. With that being said, I also think having an experienced understanding of both the craft and production of any given medium certainly allows you to appreciate more why you do and don't engage with particular works within that medium, as well as engage with general works more critically.","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3986351","object":{"displayName":"Though ultimately it's very much worth putting on record (despite being pretty commonly accepted) that great gear will never, \/never\/ create great art, great artists will create great art. The gear used is simply the set of tools used by the artist in their medium, and while obviously having a wider variety of tools will give you a greater creative liberty it will never compensate for the capacity to create a compelling piece of art. As a matter of fact, I can think of tons of albums I really love that I wouldn't say are very well engineered, and there's also lots of art in other mediums I've enjoyed greatly that I wouldn't say had top of the line production value. With that being said, I also think having an experienced understanding of both the craft and production of any given medium certainly allows you to appreciate more why you do and don't engage with particular works within that medium, as well as engage with general works more critically.","id":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3986351","type":"note","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3986351"},"context":{"conversation":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/conversation\/3424396"},"published":"2015-09-16T01:55:40+00:00","postedTime":"2015-09-16T01:55:40+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"Rainbow Dash Network","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/"},"title":"Though ultimately it's very much worth putting on record (despite being pretty commonly accepted) that great gear will never, \/never\/ create great art, great artists will create great art. The gear used is simply the set of tools used by the artist in their medium, and while obviously having a wider variety of tools will give you a greater creative liberty it will never compensate for the capacity to create a compelling piece of art. As a matter of fact, I can think of tons of albums I really love that I wouldn't say are very well engineered, and there's also lots of art in other mediums I've enjoyed greatly that I wouldn't say had top of the line production value. With that being said, I also think having an experienced understanding of both the craft and production of any given medium certainly allows you to appreciate more why you do and don't engage with particular works within that medium, as well as engage with general works more critically.","verb":"post","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/3986351","statusnet:notice_info":{"local_id":"3986351","source":"web"}}],"links":[{"url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/conversation\/3424396","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}