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Visiting with Uncle Paarthurnax

#dragon

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Made a character for an rp group a friend of mine has created! I haven't been in one for years, it feels very nostalgic to join one again ❤️

#wings #tattoo

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There is, I think, no arguing that contemporary genre art has a character distinct from previous decades. I also think that while there are big shifts in aesthetics somewhat aligning with each decade of the 20th century, here in the 21st things have definitely slowed down — I feel like the look of genre art has fossilized somewhat in the last 20 years. I don’t have a good explanation for why. Sometimes I wonder if I’m blinded by nostalgia, and that there really aren’t any obvious objective differences at all.

Worlds Beyond Time: Sci-Fi Art of the 1970s (2023) is a compelling argument, I think, that there ARE definite differences. The book, by Adam Rowe (and spinning out of his social media accounts dedicated to, well, ’70s science fiction art) looks at both artists and thematic categories of art from the period, mostly from paperback covers, and offers commentary and historical context in the text. The result is startling: a body of work by a variety of artists working in their own styles that nevertheless seems visually unified. With the exception of a couple outliers, this stuff all feels of the ’70s. The fact that there are some inclusions from both the ’60s and ’80s makes this even clearer.

I think the most interesting thing about this is how bizarre some of the ’70s art seems to be. A lot of these artists appear to be entirely off the leash, delivering work they WANTED to produce rather than what they were directed to produce (you can see a shift toward clearly pairing the cover art with the content of the book in the later part of the decade). There was also more money in the work, then, so speed wasn’t quite so big a part of the equation as it is now.

And, greater questions of genre art aside, Worlds Beyond Time is still a mesmerizing collection, worthy of your time even if you just want to feed pictures to your eyeballs.

#70s

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#I was the winged fairy girl at this point during a big battle #someone sliced me right down the front through my corset and dress #it was inspired I think by that fight in Zorro between Zorra and Elena #except NOT flirty dude was trying to kill me and sliced a wound down my chest #not super deep but still #and then this other guy#the one in the drawing #defected from the enemy side killed the other dude and very distressed tried to help me #which involved a very funny moment of him pulling my hands back to see the wound and realising my corset had been cut clean through #and us both getting extremely embarrassed and him pulling the corset back together and telling me to keep pressure on it #literally the most YA romantic comedy moment I've ever experienced

Ok, so I had this dream last night right? And it was mostly nonsensical and weird and silly, but there was this moment...

#at least this much of original tags needed to understand picture

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Some recent Phoenix stuff that I wanted to post separately because I'm very proud of em...... even the phoenix n right one. yeah i said it. get silly with it

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some original art inspired by the flammarion engraving☀️

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#90s

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Tomáš Malík

#cave #glowworms #new zealand #photography

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雲をイメージした子です。

#sheepies

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Commission for Zandravandra of her character Lou, from "Her Majesty The Prince"

#sword

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I remember that I made this one art 2 years ago. After that, in 2 day me and my family were forced to go abroad - our city was bombed every single day. For one year I have not seen my dad and my home.

I'm happy that I returned, but still emotionally drained and depressed cuz I can't feel safety at home this days. All I have is hope

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Still thinking about this idea in the back of my mind (a scifi animation where an autistic girl and an alien go on adventures and stuff…)

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Quiet corners 🐈‍⬛

#cats #cat

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#enshittification

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Tumblr Tuesday: Women Loving Women in Art

It's Lesbian Visibility Week, an excellent time to be celebrating women who love women. Give it up for the sapphics, their muses, and the gorgeous art that honors them.

@greenfinchg:

@ripleylarue:

@femmegrey:

@mimimar:

@onzze:

@yinza:

@emiuli:

@flora-valleyy:

@karlovycross:

@circusbutch:

@jaxalope:

@drizzledrawings:

@suwisuwii:

@gibbarts:

@bearybutch:

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Strawberry Panic redraw

#90s style #yuri #strawberry panic

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This is Mercy, Violence's patron/parole officer who very much means well but who is very much an out-of-touch overworked non-profit employee. She and Vi are connected via fine magical golden chains.

#wings