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We loved animating young Noodle for this sequence! Nailing her performance was key. It’s really common for animators to film a real-life performance as a reference to capture the realism and mechanics required. We thought this was especially important when trying to depict Noodle as a young child. The...

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the way his face lit up when she complimented his story telling 🥹 i’m so happy someone told him! "you’re very good at storytelling these memories.” lando: “really?” “yeah i remember at the FIA awards when you were looking at the trophy and you were like 'this, this means everything to me'.” lando: “yeah of course! i want to remember all the good times. everything in life is about creating memories and trying to hang on to as many as you can. that was a very special one for me so i enjoyed that. and that's what i get reminded of every time i come here. of course i want to repeat it as often as i can”

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Post 72 It’s Important to Know Who Jesus Is Jesus did not begin His life on this world. He is a divine Son of God who came from Paradise in the far distant past, entering this region of the grand universe to establish and rule His own Local Universe. Sovereignty over His creation was not assumed — it had to be earned. To fully understand and govern the beings He had created, it was necessary for Him to live among them, descending through the different orders of life He had brought into existence. His final bestowal was here — on our world — living as a mortal man. He lived a truly human life, yet without sin, always revealing the love and character of His Heavenly Father. And when His life in the flesh was complete, He could say with full authority: “It is finished.” We live in His creation, so He can truly declare: “No one comes to the Father except through me.” THE URANTIA BOOK

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GIVE PEACE A CHANCE First released on July 4, 1969. Yoko: All those Vietnam protests really changed the world. There was always that element who were really resisting it. That was the saving grace – that people were aware that they were that young generation who were really against it. And so it worked very well for the world. And the Bed-In was just part of it, a definite part of it. It was a statement on a very theatrical level and I think it was very effective. We were artists and did it our own way. We felt very good about it then, and it was such an incredibly strange thing that we were doing. At the time it was a courageous thing to do. John was making the statement in a way that he was looking at the far, far future. I saw it in his eyes. He was saying, ‘OK this is what we’re going to do together.’ And we’re going to give peace a chance. To the world.
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Family of Young Man Shot and Killed by Extortionists Wants Justice The family of the young man who was gunned down with his friend wants justice. Litha Govuza and his friend, who cannot be named because he fears for his life, were shot while waiting for their orders in a foreign national's tuckshop on February 19. Unfortunately, Govuza was declared dead when he arrived at the hospital, while his friend survived after being shot twice in both legs. Govuza sustained five gunshot wounds and died on his way to the hospital. According to Apostle Tata Nxesi, the leader of Kingdom of God Ministries International in Driftsands, Mfuleni, Cape Town, where Govuza was a keyboard player, they want justice to prevail after Govuza was shot and killed in front of two young children. "On the Saturday (21 February 2026) evening, after we were preparing for the Sunday service with Litha, the survivor, and others, they decided to drop some people off at their homes. Later, they were meant to go join their study group and study Maths. While they were on their way to their study group, they decided to stop at the local shop and buy food and energy drinks. "While they were still waiting for their orders, the criminals emerged from nowhere and started shooting at them for no reason. We are very traumatized about what happened to Litha, who was a God-fearing young man. A young man who wanted to perfect his Maths and go and study at university next year. Now it is all a dream which he will never realize because they took his life away. Litha was shot in the head five times, and his friend was shot twice in both legs," he said. On Friday, a video emerged of a gunman from a Toyota Avanza, mumbling to himself and saying, "You think I'm playing?" He then shouted at one of the men to get his attention, but when he attempted to shoot him in the back, the gun jammed. One of the accomplices urged the gunman to shoot and stop talking. Both victims were shot in front of two young children who were inside the store. According to sources, the two boys were shot in a case of alleged mistaken identity. "There are groups who extort money from these foreign nationals. These boys who are in the video shooting at those two boys had come earlier to extort money, but the shop owner told them that there was a group that came earlier and took the money. The boys left and came back armed and found Litha and his friend at the shop. They then thought it was the other group that had collected money earlier," two well-placed sources said.
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Family of Young Man Shot and Killed by Extortionists Wants Justice The family of the young man who was gunned down with his friend wants justice. Litha Govuza and his friend, who cannot be named because he fears for his life, were shot while waiting for their orders in a foreign national's tuckshop on February 19. Unfortunately, Govuza was declared dead when he arrived at the hospital, while his friend survived after being shot twice in both legs. Govuza sustained five gunshot wounds and died on his way to the hospital. According to Apostle Tata Nxesi, the leader of Kingdom of God Ministries International in Driftsands, Mfuleni, Cape Town, where Govuza was a keyboard player, they want justice to prevail after Govuza was shot and killed in front of two young children. "On the Saturday (21 February 2026) evening, after we were preparing for the Sunday service with Litha, the survivor, and others, they decided to drop some people off at their homes. Later, they were meant to go join their study group and study Maths. While they were on their way to their study group, they decided to stop at the local shop and buy food and energy drinks. "While they were still waiting for their orders, the criminals emerged from nowhere and started shooting at them for no reason. We are very traumatized about what happened to Litha, who was a God-fearing young man. A young man who wanted to perfect his Maths and go and study at university next year. Now it is all a dream which he will never realize because they took his life away. Litha was shot in the head five times, and his friend was shot twice in both legs," he said. On Friday, a video emerged of a gunman from a Toyota Avanza, mumbling to himself and saying, "You think I'm playing?" He then shouted at one of the men to get his attention, but when he attempted to shoot him in the back, the gun jammed. One of the accomplices urged the gunman to shoot and stop talking. Both victims were shot in front of two young children who were inside the store. According to sources, the two boys were shot in a case of alleged mistaken identity. "There are groups who extort money from these foreign nationals. These boys who are in the video shooting at those two boys had come earlier to extort money, but the shop owner told them that there was a group that came earlier and took the money. The boys left and came back armed and found Litha and his friend at the shop. They then thought it was the other group that had collected money earlier," two well-placed sources said.

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I modelled the head, face, and battle mask for Optimus Prime for #Transformers ROTB. I also designed his new "centurion" open battle mask look along with it's animation. The director wanted the face to resemble the face from the 2007 Transformers film as ROTB was a soft-prequel to it but also wanted it to be tweaked to fit the new design and for us to give it some new unique features. This is where we came up with the new mask design which doesn't get entirely hidden when open. Instead, it gets stored on the side of his cheeks, like a Roman centurions helmet. The head design is derived from his model from the 2018 Bumblebee film to keep some consistency with that film too as ROTB was also a soft-sequel to Bumblebee. There are new pieces, adjusted proportions, and reworks to detailing in ROTBs version. The face proportions are modified from the 2007 face to be a lot wider and beefier, matching his new head shape and look. I redesigned and built the eyes from scratch using our kitbash pieces like I did for all the Maximals and Mirage. The studio decided against going for the holographic eyes look from the 2018 Bumblebee film but rather wanted a more simple look in between the 2007 and the 2018 eyes. I added a lot of small mechanical details to his battle mask animation which we unfortunately never get to see in the film. For example, I designed a fully functional mechanism which pushes his chin piece back when his mask closes. This was very cool when it was visible, our Animation Director and VFX Supervisors were super excited about it, but unfortunately no shot showed it off in the final film. It was a lot of fun to help model and design Optimus Prime for this film. I'm happy I got to contribute to such an iconic character. CREDITS: Video: Paramount, MPC, WetaFX Ruairidh MacNeill modelled the body for Optimus
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I modelled the head, face, and battle mask for Optimus Prime for #Transformers ROTB. I also designed his new "centurion" open battle mask look along with it's animation. The director wanted the face to resemble the face from the 2007 Transformers film as ROTB was a soft-prequel to it but also wanted it to be tweaked to fit the new design and for us to give it some new unique features. This is where we came up with the new mask design which doesn't get entirely hidden when open. Instead, it gets stored on the side of his cheeks, like a Roman centurions helmet. The head design is derived from his model from the 2018 Bumblebee film to keep some consistency with that film too as ROTB was also a soft-sequel to Bumblebee. There are new pieces, adjusted proportions, and reworks to detailing in ROTBs version. The face proportions are modified from the 2007 face to be a lot wider and beefier, matching his new head shape and look. I redesigned and built the eyes from scratch using our kitbash pieces like I did for all the Maximals and Mirage. The studio decided against going for the holographic eyes look from the 2018 Bumblebee film but rather wanted a more simple look in between the 2007 and the 2018 eyes. I added a lot of small mechanical details to his battle mask animation which we unfortunately never get to see in the film. For example, I designed a fully functional mechanism which pushes his chin piece back when his mask closes. This was very cool when it was visible, our Animation Director and VFX Supervisors were super excited about it, but unfortunately no shot showed it off in the final film. It was a lot of fun to help model and design Optimus Prime for this film. I'm happy I got to contribute to such an iconic character. CREDITS: Video: Paramount, MPC, WetaFX Ruairidh MacNeill modelled the body for Optimus

Rassoul Edji

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Last night, NYPD Officer Didarul Islam was shot, murdered in cold blood, while protecting others during a mass shooting inside a Manhattan office tower. Officer Islam, 36, was an immigrant from Bangladesh, a husband, and father to two young boys—with a third child on the way. He had served with honor for three and a half years and gave his life in the line of duty. According to NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, “He was doing the job that we asked him to do. He put himself in harm’s way. He made the ultimate sacrifice.” Four others were killed, and multiple people were injured in this senseless act of violence. Today, we grieve. We honor the life of Officer Islam. And we remain steadfast in our mission to support every officer who stands in harm’s way to protect others. We will never forget. #OfficerDown #NYPD #HonorTheFallen #ThinBlueLine #FraternalOrderofPolice
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Last night, NYPD Officer Didarul Islam was shot, murdered in cold blood, while protecting others during a mass shooting inside a Manhattan office tower. Officer Islam, 36, was an immigrant from Bangladesh, a husband, and father to two young boys—with a third child on the way. He had served with honor for three and a half years and gave his life in the line of duty. According to NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, “He was doing the job that we asked him to do. He put himself in harm’s way. He made the ultimate sacrifice.” Four others were killed, and multiple people were injured in this senseless act of violence. Today, we grieve. We honor the life of Officer Islam. And we remain steadfast in our mission to support every officer who stands in harm’s way to protect others. We will never forget. #OfficerDown #NYPD #HonorTheFallen #ThinBlueLine #FraternalOrderofPolice

National Fraternal Order of Police (FOP)

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The character we spent by far the longest creating for #Transformers ROTB was Air Razor. We spent over a year working on just her and her variants. The reason she took so long was because there was no unified vision for what she was supposed to look like. We had initial concepts but the leadership team from the studio wasn't happy with how she looked when we matched to them so we had to iterate and develop different styles until they were happy. Our asset supervisor did a mockup redesign of her head to look more like a golden eagle which they liked a lot, this is what the final head shape was decided to be. We opted to match her styling to a peregrine falcon as the animation director really liked the breakup and contrast that provided. She is the only hero character in the film without an alt mode. She only has her bird form. It was decided during the concepting stages of the film that she would not have a robot form. To make her talk, it was decided by the animation director early on that her beak would semi transform to enable some more expressive talking animations as opposed to her just opening and closing her beak. We spent a very long time on her feathers, in modelling, look development, and rigging, ensuring that we matched to the directors vision and that they looked good in shots. She had over 9 variants, each for a different part of the film. She had a battle mode, damage states, and a "virus" infected mode for when she was infected by Scourge. Each of these also had different variants, totalling the final 9 seen in the film. We added a lot of engraving details to her, each being in the official Maximal language, translated from English. For example, the engraving on her chest says "In the absence of light, darkness prevails" Air Razor was a big creative and technical challenge and a massive team effort to get right. We had plenty of sleepless nights while trying to figure her out. CREDITS: Video by Paramount, MPC, and WetaFX I was responsible for her primary texturing and look development and also served as the asset Lead alongside Tom Goodchild. Primary modeling by Simone Porchedda Final texturing & lookdev by Vipin Kabadi Primary rigging by Tom Goodchild Various other artists supported the modeling, texturing, and rigging of Air Razor, I unfortunately do not recall everyone's names - she was a big team effort.
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The character we spent by far the longest creating for #Transformers ROTB was Air Razor. We spent over a year working on just her and her variants. The reason she took so long was because there was no unified vision for what she was supposed to look like. We had initial concepts but the leadership team from the studio wasn't happy with how she looked when we matched to them so we had to iterate and develop different styles until they were happy. Our asset supervisor did a mockup redesign of her head to look more like a golden eagle which they liked a lot, this is what the final head shape was decided to be. We opted to match her styling to a peregrine falcon as the animation director really liked the breakup and contrast that provided. She is the only hero character in the film without an alt mode. She only has her bird form. It was decided during the concepting stages of the film that she would not have a robot form. To make her talk, it was decided by the animation director early on that her beak would semi transform to enable some more expressive talking animations as opposed to her just opening and closing her beak. We spent a very long time on her feathers, in modelling, look development, and rigging, ensuring that we matched to the directors vision and that they looked good in shots. She had over 9 variants, each for a different part of the film. She had a battle mode, damage states, and a "virus" infected mode for when she was infected by Scourge. Each of these also had different variants, totalling the final 9 seen in the film. We added a lot of engraving details to her, each being in the official Maximal language, translated from English. For example, the engraving on her chest says "In the absence of light, darkness prevails" Air Razor was a big creative and technical challenge and a massive team effort to get right. We had plenty of sleepless nights while trying to figure her out. CREDITS: Video by Paramount, MPC, and WetaFX I was responsible for her primary texturing and look development and also served as the asset Lead alongside Tom Goodchild. Primary modeling by Simone Porchedda Final texturing & lookdev by Vipin Kabadi Primary rigging by Tom Goodchild Various other artists supported the modeling, texturing, and rigging of Air Razor, I unfortunately do not recall everyone's names - she was a big team effort.

Rassoul Edji

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Man, this one's gonna be a tough one. Losing a friend and our adopted Bosnian cuts deep. I met Paul in 2019. when we worked on a broadcast project together, unpacking forgotten war crimes in Sarajevo and Bijeljina. This is for you, Paul! | paullowe We lost more than a photographer when #PaulLowe passed away. We lost a witness to our history, a storyteller who showed the world the truths that many wished to ignore. His lens captured more than the horrors of war; it captured the resilience, the survival, the humanity of #Sarajevo at its darkest moment. Paul wasn’t just any outsider. He became one of us, a Bosnian in spirit, returning to live in Sarajevo with his Bosnian wife he met during war. He chose to make this city, scarred but beautiful, his home. In a way, his life mirrored his photography; an intimate connection to our brokenness, but yet utter fucking resilience. His work during the siege was not just about documenting violence. It was about remembering – reminding us that the shattered buildings and the jagged remains of barricades held stories, stories we should never forget. Paul understood that the “textures of destruction,” as he called them, were not just remnants of the past, but warnings and lessons for the future. He spent six months after the war capturing the ruins, not as mere structures, but as symbols of what had been lost and what we must fight to preserve – our history, our humanity. Through his eyes, even devastation carried a haunting, “terrifying beauty,” a strange aesthetic that was both painful and necessary to see. For those of us who knew him, Paul wasn’t just a great artist. He was a kind soul, a man who cared deeply for the people and the stories he photographed. He was someone who became one with his subject, whose empathy was as powerful as his talent. In losing Paul, we’ve lost a piece of Sarajevo’s heart. But through his images, his legacy lives on, forever reminding us of the importance of remembering. Thank you for your service, you amazing man. Rest in power! 🕊️
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Man, this one's gonna be a tough one. Losing a friend and our adopted Bosnian cuts deep. I met Paul in 2019. when we worked on a broadcast project together, unpacking forgotten war crimes in Sarajevo and Bijeljina. This is for you, Paul! | paullowe We lost more than a photographer when #PaulLowe passed away. We lost a witness to our history, a storyteller who showed the world the truths that many wished to ignore. His lens captured more than the horrors of war; it captured the resilience, the survival, the humanity of #Sarajevo at its darkest moment. Paul wasn’t just any outsider. He became one of us, a Bosnian in spirit, returning to live in Sarajevo with his Bosnian wife he met during war. He chose to make this city, scarred but beautiful, his home. In a way, his life mirrored his photography; an intimate connection to our brokenness, but yet utter fucking resilience. His work during the siege was not just about documenting violence. It was about remembering – reminding us that the shattered buildings and the jagged remains of barricades held stories, stories we should never forget. Paul understood that the “textures of destruction,” as he called them, were not just remnants of the past, but warnings and lessons for the future. He spent six months after the war capturing the ruins, not as mere structures, but as symbols of what had been lost and what we must fight to preserve – our history, our humanity. Through his eyes, even devastation carried a haunting, “terrifying beauty,” a strange aesthetic that was both painful and necessary to see. For those of us who knew him, Paul wasn’t just a great artist. He was a kind soul, a man who cared deeply for the people and the stories he photographed. He was someone who became one with his subject, whose empathy was as powerful as his talent. In losing Paul, we’ve lost a piece of Sarajevo’s heart. But through his images, his legacy lives on, forever reminding us of the importance of remembering. Thank you for your service, you amazing man. Rest in power! 🕊️

Ika Ferrer Gotić

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The BBC wrote an objective article (For Once) about Prince William and how he weathered this year to come back on top. Drawing similarities from 1992, his grandmother Queen Elizabeth II own "Annus Horribilis"; as there were multiple marriage breakdowns within the family and a major fire at Windsor🔥 Now 32 years later, Interestingly set in the backdrop of Windsor as well, Prince William faced his own Sombre Year full of turmoil and Health crisis for both his wife and father. The Article reads: "It was a year in which certain aspects of Prince William's approach were cemented: family came first, the school run was prioritised. For the Prince of Wales, this time of turbulence appears to have reinforced what matters to him most."🔥 Indeed you cannot describe Prince William without calling him a "Family Man"❤️ The article quotes a friend of the Prince commenting: "I think what was remarkable was just how hard it was for the Prince of Wales at the start of the year; His wife had gone in for major surgery and it became worse than expected. Then there was, 'How do I tell my three children that Mummy is ill?'" "At a time when he was trying to protect his wife and children, he had that terrible thought that that if his father dies then everything changes,"💔 "He was having to operate against the backdrop of the entire world questioning what was happening to his wife." Indeed in the end, when one face something as serious as a Cancer diagnosis with a young family, the last thing someone should face is public harrassment and pressure to take pictures and wave🤡 Yet as the BBC noted, William's maturity in dealing with such a stressful situation offered a great insight into "Prince William's way of doing things". The article states: "Yes, he understood that his was a life where duty and service are expected. But for him, a man who had experienced immense loss at a young age, his wife and children were most important of all." The Article continues: "There were two other important factors at home that helped the Prince of Wales support his wife and children: his in-laws, the Middletons and living in Windsor."🔥 Indeed, Windsor provided a privacy they could not have had if they still lived in KP, London while the steadfast support and loyalty of the Middletons, allowed them a circle of trust and support to operate within. A support that was later acknowledged by Prince Louis when he wrote on his christmas card: "Thank you to Grannie and Grandpa for playing games with me"❤️ Ultimately, as humans we all face, sooner or later, our own "annus Horribilis". For all of us, that period becomes a life-changing test that either breaks us or makes us stronger. This Crisis has definitely strengthened William and Catherine as Individuals and as a couple. It is when faced with adversity that we can truly measure what we are made of and who genuinely stands by our side🔥 Well and so, the lesson here is that Every "annus horribilis" may start as such but ultimately becomes a significant victory when we focus on getting ahead rather than on crying about the present challenges. Thus, those four videos represent the Year 2024 for the Wales and how they hang on and persevered to change their story from "Annus horribilis" to "Annus Victores"🥂☕️ #PrinceandPrincessofWales
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The BBC wrote an objective article (For Once) about Prince William and how he weathered this year to come back on top. Drawing similarities from 1992, his grandmother Queen Elizabeth II own "Annus Horribilis"; as there were multiple marriage breakdowns within the family and a major fire at Windsor🔥 Now 32 years later, Interestingly set in the backdrop of Windsor as well, Prince William faced his own Sombre Year full of turmoil and Health crisis for both his wife and father. The Article reads: "It was a year in which certain aspects of Prince William's approach were cemented: family came first, the school run was prioritised. For the Prince of Wales, this time of turbulence appears to have reinforced what matters to him most."🔥 Indeed you cannot describe Prince William without calling him a "Family Man"❤️ The article quotes a friend of the Prince commenting: "I think what was remarkable was just how hard it was for the Prince of Wales at the start of the year; His wife had gone in for major surgery and it became worse than expected. Then there was, 'How do I tell my three children that Mummy is ill?'" "At a time when he was trying to protect his wife and children, he had that terrible thought that that if his father dies then everything changes,"💔 "He was having to operate against the backdrop of the entire world questioning what was happening to his wife." Indeed in the end, when one face something as serious as a Cancer diagnosis with a young family, the last thing someone should face is public harrassment and pressure to take pictures and wave🤡 Yet as the BBC noted, William's maturity in dealing with such a stressful situation offered a great insight into "Prince William's way of doing things". The article states: "Yes, he understood that his was a life where duty and service are expected. But for him, a man who had experienced immense loss at a young age, his wife and children were most important of all." The Article continues: "There were two other important factors at home that helped the Prince of Wales support his wife and children: his in-laws, the Middletons and living in Windsor."🔥 Indeed, Windsor provided a privacy they could not have had if they still lived in KP, London while the steadfast support and loyalty of the Middletons, allowed them a circle of trust and support to operate within. A support that was later acknowledged by Prince Louis when he wrote on his christmas card: "Thank you to Grannie and Grandpa for playing games with me"❤️ Ultimately, as humans we all face, sooner or later, our own "annus Horribilis". For all of us, that period becomes a life-changing test that either breaks us or makes us stronger. This Crisis has definitely strengthened William and Catherine as Individuals and as a couple. It is when faced with adversity that we can truly measure what we are made of and who genuinely stands by our side🔥 Well and so, the lesson here is that Every "annus horribilis" may start as such but ultimately becomes a significant victory when we focus on getting ahead rather than on crying about the present challenges. Thus, those four videos represent the Year 2024 for the Wales and how they hang on and persevered to change their story from "Annus horribilis" to "Annus Victores"🥂☕️ #PrinceandPrincessofWales

Canellecitadelle

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