Anyone ever see that "Dog, the Bounty Hunter" show? I think its pretty damn retarded, and the trailer trash "dog" is a moron. The ONE episode I happened to catch part of was based in Colorado, and he started off the episode off with something along the lines of "Now, we're in the heart of Colorado, we have to be careful what we do, everyone here has a gun." (for some reason while writing that I heard the Croc hunters voice)
What the shit part of Colorado was he even talking about? I seem to recall some pretty heavy-duty gun laws here, oh yeah--and I don't own one. Does the entire United States think we're all a bunch of Cowboy heathen or am I just that nave that I've missed all my gun-wielding neighbors.
Now, for something I've been thinking about a bit (maybe too much) on why things like Ventriloquist dolls, marionettes, and even clowns tend to be best at scaring people. I have been wanting to draw the Scarecrow that creeps around in my head on occasion, and was explaining to Trevor about how things that are almost human, but not quite all the way there, are creepiest to people.
Then he found an article that explains it perfectly. Here's the link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley
Its called the Uncanny Phenomenon, and this is what it is:
"The phenomenon can be explained by the notion that, if an entity is sufficiently non-humanlike, then the humanlike characteristics will tend to stand out and be noticed easily, generating empathy. On the other hand, if the entity is "almost human", then the non-human characteristics will be the ones that stand out, leading to a feeling of "strangeness" in the human viewer."
Basically, there isn't any way to make something that isn't human, really truly appear entirely normal. Similar to why we find it hard not to stare at someone with some physical deformity, we're obsessed with the idea of "normal" as being something we all are.
There are a lot of video games that boast the realism in their graphics, but the characters just turn out to be a bit creepy looking. Like you recognize them as a human being, but they have some small flaws that just look too weird.
A few people tend to embrace these things, Such as the zombie cult film fans, or people who imagine scarecrows that might actually act as a personal guardian, or even doll makers or collectors. There are some small handful of people that actually enjoy the idea of something throwing off the balance of "normality" in society, something that might disrupt the cliques, and make the outcast fit more than the zombies behind them (or that maybe they'd fit with the zombies, and watch the clique get eaten.)
Either way, the direction horror movies seem to be leaning at the moment is back to that idea that almost-human is more scary than a giant murdering horse. Of course the most recent release (or upcoming release) would have to be Dead Silence, which I will be in line for--Until then I will try to be motivated to draw, maybe I'll post so garbage art here eventually.
/ramble.
What the shit part of Colorado was he even talking about? I seem to recall some pretty heavy-duty gun laws here, oh yeah--and I don't own one. Does the entire United States think we're all a bunch of Cowboy heathen or am I just that nave that I've missed all my gun-wielding neighbors.
Now, for something I've been thinking about a bit (maybe too much) on why things like Ventriloquist dolls, marionettes, and even clowns tend to be best at scaring people. I have been wanting to draw the Scarecrow that creeps around in my head on occasion, and was explaining to Trevor about how things that are almost human, but not quite all the way there, are creepiest to people.
Then he found an article that explains it perfectly. Here's the link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley
Its called the Uncanny Phenomenon, and this is what it is:
"The phenomenon can be explained by the notion that, if an entity is sufficiently non-humanlike, then the humanlike characteristics will tend to stand out and be noticed easily, generating empathy. On the other hand, if the entity is "almost human", then the non-human characteristics will be the ones that stand out, leading to a feeling of "strangeness" in the human viewer."
Basically, there isn't any way to make something that isn't human, really truly appear entirely normal. Similar to why we find it hard not to stare at someone with some physical deformity, we're obsessed with the idea of "normal" as being something we all are.
There are a lot of video games that boast the realism in their graphics, but the characters just turn out to be a bit creepy looking. Like you recognize them as a human being, but they have some small flaws that just look too weird.
A few people tend to embrace these things, Such as the zombie cult film fans, or people who imagine scarecrows that might actually act as a personal guardian, or even doll makers or collectors. There are some small handful of people that actually enjoy the idea of something throwing off the balance of "normality" in society, something that might disrupt the cliques, and make the outcast fit more than the zombies behind them (or that maybe they'd fit with the zombies, and watch the clique get eaten.)
Either way, the direction horror movies seem to be leaning at the moment is back to that idea that almost-human is more scary than a giant murdering horse. Of course the most recent release (or upcoming release) would have to be Dead Silence, which I will be in line for--Until then I will try to be motivated to draw, maybe I'll post so garbage art here eventually.
/ramble.