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Ravens News 5/21: Serving Youth and more
Top priority: Lean on your rookie class.
First-round wideout Rashod Bateman was brought on board to start right away inside an offense looking to “expand our profile” and “play with the kind of balance that we really want to play with,” according to Baltimore’s play-caller, Greg Roman. Feisty fourth-round receiver Tylan Wallace
feels like a Raven, while third-round guard Ben Cleveland has a shot to win a starting job. On defense, first-round pass rusher Odafe Oweh is all but locked in for a lead role after Baltimore’s other edges Tyus Bowser, Pernell McPhee and Jaylon Ferguson collectively piled up just seven sacks in 2020. It cuts against the grain of Baltimore’s typical approach to youth, but the Ravens can’t ignore the newbies in 2021.
Image via Suspended Animation
George Nichols IV, the 27-year-old behind Mailroom Season 2 winner Suspended Animation, treats his brand like the cartoons he grew up watching. Each capsule is like its own episode, themed after a particular moment or emotion that resonates with Nichols at the time. Sometimes it is coping with the stress of the pandemic. Other times it is preaching the message of perseverance to achieve your goals. The styles and colors might change up from capsule to capsule––a tie-dye shirt for the summer or a sweatsuit to lounge in––but it all remains rooted in positivity.
“I’ve always loved cartoons. I’ve always loved animation, drawing, things like that. How I took it as a child was that these characters were suspended in time. You can make them however you want, new illustration style, they can do anything. At the core of it is still the same exact character in every single episode,” Nichols tells Complex. “So, that’s the approach I’ve tak