#all the pictures! all the references!

[theoldkyokodied]

One wedding and three funerals

Background paintings under the cut

#tomgreg #succession #tom wambsgans #greg hirsch #shiv roy #roman roy #kendall roy #yeah no im not tagging everyone thats too much #this is me going 'how much implications themes and symbolism can i fit in one painting' #yes i gave rose shivs haircolor. if we ever find out how she looks like and its not like this im just gonna pass away i guess #but yeah i hope yall connect the dots #i put waaay too much thought and work into this. i was googling pictures of all the actors as kids just for reference (sigh) #honestly kinda wanted to make tom and greg link pinkies as like. a pinkie promise. but that was too hard to draw in this angle #at least not without obstructing the view of the ring which is important to see so ya #my fave is actually the tomshiv wedding pic i went off with that. i love them... they should have run away to become sheep farmers fr fr #anyway im so glad im done with this UGH!! finally i can draw smth else without being like oh noooo i need to finish this #i see a lot of you wondering why there is no portrait of logan but one of ewan #it's bc the placement of the painting represent their standing. logans portray would not hang next to the stairs #his present portrait hangs at the end of it. all the way up at the top. alone and withering away #basically the picture you see underneath ewan to the right? its where toms parents would be. the right side of the wall is tom and gregs #and the left one is the roy siblings theirs. since they grew up rich rich. and tom and greg didn't #but ya thats why ewan hangs here and logan does not :)

[zargsnake]

Through a Blackened Mirror Bonuses

Answer Keys to the Illustrations and Prophecies

“Past” column: the broken lawnmower droid “Present” column: the library of Huntt’awn in the day; Maul is facing the 6th shelf; a black shadow infects the earth beneath every building “Future” column: the miserable, still-functional lawnmower droid

“Past” column: Darth Sunke; the sash is Klingon chic “Present” column: the aquarium of Naboo in a very starry night; Zaster and Maul are sitting in the tank in the lake, Zaster nearer to Sunke and Maul nearer to Sidious; the design is heavily inspired by Dinotopia: The World Beneath by James Gurney, and the fish by The Wildlife of Star Wars by Terryl Whitlatch “Future” column: Darth Sidious

“Past” column: Zaster infected by parasites; kniilwasp design inspired by M. C. Escher’s creepy-cute Wentelteefje; ouroboros inspired by the 1478 Byzantine Greek illumination by Theodoros Pelecanos that is currently the top image on the “Ouroboros” Wikipedia page; the busy chaos symbolizes how the Sith used to be “Present” column: the Palpatine estate in the day; black shadows infect the earth, especially around the secret basement; heraldry inspired by Palpatine’s red robe by Trisha Biggar; Palpatine’s kids (my OC’s) are all here: Korl looking out the tower window, D’vad sitting in the attic, Blara smoking near her gowns; Palpatine descends into the secret basement, where Maul eats a rat “Future” column: Blara’s tears, which reflect Plagueis, Sidious, and Maul; the sparseness symbolizes how the Sith currently are

“Past” column: Ashla Auditorium, 34 years before the story; a kniilwasp flies from the window; black shadows infect the area under young Sheev’s seat “Present” column: the Iridonian forest in a slightly-less-starry night; Zaster and Maul run from their campfire; there are no black shadows, but there are underground reserves of black Iridonian water “Future” column: the tallest tower of the Jedi Temple, 11 years after the story; Anakin and Obi-Wan sit on top

“Past” column: the Jedi Temple library; the labels say “Apostasy,” “Doubt,” and “Atheism;” the busts are of a human and an Akarn “Present” column: the Grinanin theme park in a much less starry night; Zaster and Maul are at the top of the Ferris wheel; the design is based on the Scooby Doo episode “Foul Play in Funland” and pictures I took of the back of Disneyland (specifically Cars Land in California Adventure) from Katella Ave; because this warm planet has a thin crust, geysers are common “Future” column: more of the same area of the Jedi Temple library; the labels say “Radicalism,” “Sith,” and “Other Heresies;” the busts are of a Zabrak and extremely ancient Jedi hottie Daegen Lok 

“Past” column: Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan arrive at Huntt’awn in an Eta-class shuttle; there are hardly any stars in the Outer Rim sky “Present” column: the Huntt’awn library in a storm; besides the destruction indoors from the fight, the tower on the left has collapsed, and there are more holes in the walls and vines growing everywhere; Palpatine is sitting in a chair, and Maul and Zaster are fighting by the lamps “Future” column: Palpatine and Maul leave in Palpatine’s shuttle, which he modified from the Eta-class to look more evil (that’s not one of mine, that’s from the cartoon)

All the Zasters:

How I got the RGB effect by hand; I also used the sharpen and clone tools on Photopea

I also drew this one on tracing paper for the soft effect, though I only put a couple lines around her elbow and fingers on the bottom layer; I made her eyes stand out against the off-white tracing paper with a white gel pen; I used a finer fabric mesh instead of the metal one from the low-res Zaster

She is wearing the “tan-colored” student robe I describe in Chapter 1 (it’s actually more yellow); it’s based on the Sith Apprentice action figure

Definitely a case of me imagining her far less creepy when I was writing than when I was drawing...

Prophecies:

Chapter 4: The Brier

Pearl Yazabi’s “most important person in the next fifty years” = Jango Fett and the clone army from Kamino

Zaster’s “curse” on Maul:

“the first time by your enemy’s hand” = when Obi-Wan "kills” Maul

“the second time by your ally’s hand” = when Sidious defeats Maul and kills Savage

“the third time by your own hand” = when Maul throws away his own chance of redemption by betraying Ezra

Anakin’s Chosen One prophecy:

“lost twin somewhere” = is Anakin really the Chosen One, or are his kids?

“Chosen One and a helper” = Anakin needs Luke’s help to finally get the courage to defeat Palpatine

“silver student who will separate once, separate twice, and then disarm” = Yoda’s Chosen One is actually his own student, Dooku, who leaves the Jedi Order, leaves the Republic, and then disarms Anakin

Chapter 5: The Prince

Zaster’s “a moon is not a moon” = the Death Star and Vader

Zaster’s “liar’s only hope” = Bodhi Rook carries Galen Erso’s message, defects from the Empire, gets tortured by Bor Gullet, outlives Jedha, and is the only member of Rogue One to die alone

Zaster’s “brave during a war” is about the three characters who die at the beginning of the second movies in each trilogy, thereby starting them off with a darker tone:

“fake woman descends a ramp” = Padme’s decoy Cordé is the first casualty of the Clone Wars

“arrogant man does not trip the beast” = Luke’s gunner Dak Ralter is killed before he can follow Luke’s plan to trip the AT-ATs on Hoth

“fainting woman drops a hundred bombs” = Paige Tico dies following Poe’s orders, which sets up the character arcs for Rose, Poe, Holdo, and Leia

Zaster’s “ugly light” = when Obi-Wan cuts Maul in half, Maul miraculously survives

Chapter 6: The Kiss

Maul’s vision: Obi-Wan (dove) kills Maul (kniilwasp), but a man (Savage) rescues Maul from Lotho Minor (the garbage); this vision of the future also reminds Maul of the last time he saw his brothers, which is when they were babies

Zaster’s final prophecy = she foresees Dooku, Anakin, and Luke, but she lies about Luke being loyal. I have a headcanon that the reason Palpatine names Anakin Vader is that, while he values Anakin for his own powers, he mostly wants him because he’s a father. Palpatine wants his Empire to be ruled by the most powerful Force-sensitive humans, preferably in a biological line, rather than keeping the Sith tradition of the “Rule of Two.” (I wrote this story before TRoS and I’m still not sure how to fit that storyline into my own interpretation, except to cynically mark the saga as a Win for good old Sheev.)

#through a blackened mirror #my art #all the pictures! all the references!

[mastersprogram]

Don’t Mind Me Sharing these pictures of BJ/Alex In Lydia’s dress bc he looks SO pretty in it

#beetlejuice #beetlejuice musical #beetlejuice broadway #beetlejuice the musical #bjtm #bjtmtmtm #alex brightman #Halloween night #seriously he’s so pretty #and also adorable #I actually got all these pictures for reference #since I actually wanna try and draw him in the dress #it won’t look great compared to others fanart of it #but still might try

[joneevarts]

When your bf can turn into a cat!

Based on @annczakdy post!

(I really wanna draw more of Dream and Hob but my brain I focusing on the Corinthian so maybe not rn lmao)

Part 2 of cat!Dream shenanigans

#morpheus #hob gadling #the sandman #dreamling #fanart #cat dream #dream of the endless #the dude has too many names im not tagging them all #he has the temperament of a cat too it's cracking me up #i can clearly picture him pushing a glass off a shelf or something like that #digital drawing #sketch #jo's art #also this is the first time i draw Hob and my lazy ass didn't used a reference pic #so i hope he's not looking too bad

[s-aint-elmo]

they named it izutsumi

(ID in alt text)

#dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #izutsumi #marcille donato #falin touden #farcille #doodles #mine #when ryoko kui drew modern au farcille as the owners of catzutsumi do you think the domestic lesbianism subtext was on purpose #personally it drives me crazy <3 #the cat is meant to have izu's patterns but i liked it better without the grayscale so pls visualize it for me #yeah i had to sit like that for reference. yeah i frankensteined pictures of my cats from my camera roll for those cats. all in a day's wor

[spielzeugkaiser]

Back to the traditional shenanigans! This one was kind of inspired by a bunch of romeo-and-juliet-esque paintings which I liked the vibes off, but wanted something different storytelling wise. I also think I wanna do another design for female presenting Aziraphale, but for the first try this was fun :)

#good omens #ineffable husbands #aziraphale #aziracrow #crowley #anthony j crowley #I can not get good pictures of these :') #my camera can do A4 well enough but not A3 #oh well #I hope to get a picture of all of them once they are finished so you can see them better against each other 🤷‍♀️ #I also had a reference for aziraphale from a movie screenshot when I searched for 17century fashion but I don't think it is?? anyway idk #but the pose was nice and I love drawing flow-y dresses

[intranetprincess]

my Roman Empire or whatever is that G-man isn’t really called G-man their files are just called that. like oh yeah we just call em that coz the files say so. THE FILESNDKDM😭😭😭

#sometimes a girl is just her file name #gman #half life #hlvrai #does no one refer to him by name #I have so much grief about this #they’re not even an individual ALL EMPLOYERS ARE GMEN #nameless #nameless creature #im upset. #i cant stop spamming the gman tag im gonna get put down #BUT LIKE WHAT #his zesty smile in the picture i need to fist fight him.

[swedenis-h]

Fuck you *crunches Luke Skywalker with a crunchy brush*

#been trying to like drawing again! #my sister said I should post these so! #I love my crunchy brush I should use it more often #i usually only use it for X men it seems 💀 #fun fact all these references are from my camera roll #I have so many pictures of this dude it’s a lil crazy #anyways #art #fanart #digital art #fan art #star wars #star wars fanart #my art #luke sykwalker #luke skywalker fanart #sw

[puppyeared]

i like him

#somebody needs to keep me 8 metres away at all times or else ill start chewing on him #i just want everyone to know if i end up making a character who happens to resemble harvey in any shape or form #it probably wasnt a coincidence 😐and it will happen again #if i remember maybe ill try getting stardew when it goes on sale.. my friend showed me her farm and she named her chicken after doja cat #or maybe it was nikki minaj i cant remember. and she also said smth about monsters and passing out if you stay out after a certain hour #idk how accurate tht is all i know is the funny fucked up grandpas bed #i read somewhere that harveys supposed to be in his early to mid thirties and i dont have a problem with it but i think itd be very funny #if hes actually younger than he looks hes just a med school postgrad lmao. idk how well that headcanon would hold up since ive #never played the game and idk how often ppl talk about his age or if itsjust an implied thing. i just think its really really funny #im trying to get into the habit of drawing poses so im using reference images to try and build up muscle memory #i found some cute pictures of two ppl playing by the sea shore and it reminded me of xin and sailor so im gonna draw em like that #i havent drawn em in so long..... maybe i should update xins reference since i changed their lore quite a bit #myart #my art #doodles #stardew valley #stardew #sdv #sdv harvey #kinda wanna see him whimper a little bit. as a treat

[wahgifs]

230721 LOLLAPALOOZA PARIS | HWANG HYUNJIN © NYLON FRANCE

#flashing tw #createskz #bystay #boyidoledit #dancerachasource #stray kids #hyunjin #skz #hwang hyunjin #nylon referring to him as versace prince #IKTR #he looked unreal 🔥 #i'm gonna kiss their stylist #all i've done today is look at pictures and videos from lolla #please let me see the kids one day

[nicomoru]

I like @bixels 1920s au a normal amount (lie)

#mlp #rarijack #rairty #applejack #my little pony #mlp fim #digital #fanart #illustration #finally got around to drawing something for this #wanted to draw a scene from my second favorite western (destry rides again) but I couldn’t find any reference pictures #and I didn’t feel like going hunting for the movie again so I settled for an idea from my favorite western (butch cassidy & the sundance #kid) #so close to getting that all in one #nicodoodles

[theslowesthnery]

guess which game about twins i watched my sister replay for the dozenth time all day today while i doodled

#elden ring for blacklist #hnery's art #the quality is horrible i know #but it's late and dark and i'm too impatient to wait 'til tomorrow to take a better picture in natural light #i might try to redraw this digitally later #also sorry i can't draw morgott's horns without reference AT ALL

[grozen]

Avatar of Akatosh

#elder scrolls #the elder scrolls #tesblr #tes #oblivion #akatosh #martin septim #hok #hero of kvatch #champion of cyrodiil #dragon #meet my hok!!! #i usually create very basic characters in tes cuz that adds to the immersion for me 👉👈 #im not a god im just a bozo thats trying to get by please help me #his name is silgryn he's a nord spellbreaker (made up class that is mage but heavy tank) #(100% a reference to wow spellbreakers btw) #he's in his mid20s and hes just not ready for all this #just noticed how crusty the quality of the picture is sadge 💀

[sillentless]

GUYS 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

#EVERYTHING IS EXACTLY AS I IMAGINED PLS #LOOK AT ALL THE REFERENCES #THE PICTURES OF THEM AND DANIEL AAAAAAAA #AND CARYS!!! #APPARENTLY?? #THE WHITE BOARD

[thespaceyace]

PSSST OMORI FANS I’M MAKING AN AU

It’s about time I introduced the main cast of this silly little fic I’m co authoring with my bsf

#thespaceyace #Omori #omori sweetheart #omori mewo #omori sunny #omori hero #omori basil #omori kel #omori mari #omori fanart #omori game #omori spoilers #omori aubrey #omori fandom #do you like bossman hero? me too. we added to that and gave them all fresh new trauma. #yes basil and omori’s last names are picture of Dorian gray references because what else would I do #red hands au #red hands Omori

[beatriceportinari]

Another year, another outfit to die in! Happy birthday again Izuna!!!!!!

Like last year, I played with someone else's lines for these charming patterns, thank you so much Lena @elhnrt ! I had a ton of fun :D

Check the readmore for pattern references and explanations, there are some easter eggs in there :)

(x,x,x,x)

My goal for this piece, in addition to playing with patterns and textures and adding some Naruto references, was to add as many death flags as possible.

The idea of having Izuna in a fireman's coat is obviously not from me. I've always like the idea of Uchihas in fire resistant clothes, and the opportunity for a thick texture alongside a reversible double pattern is very appealing. I used the image of the second reference as a base, with skulls on one side and stylized lightning patterns on the other (visible inside the sleeves and collar). Both were common immagery of firemen coats.

The actual skull pattern is taken from the third reference. I'd seen this one before and before even learning anything abt it it was too beautiful to pass up. Those white and navy gradients are absolutely delightful and I enjoyed using my gel pens for them very much.... This particular type of imagery with skulls and bones in a field is called Nozarashi, inspired by Buddhist representation of death and transience.

The lightning pattern itself is a reference to water and lightning dragons :) Like Tobirama's iconic jutsu, it's one of the hints of what's abt to happen to our little guy. The scabbard is also decorated with dragon motifs for the same reason.

The background pattern is taken from the first reference, another fireman's coat with an illustration of Raijin, the thunder god. He is often representated with drums decorated with tomoes. It works nicely as a standard looking sharingan illustration, with a reference to Tobirama's hiraishingiris with the thunder imagery, like the thunder patterns inside the coat.

If you're interested in this I recommend the book linked in the second reference! It is entirely about skeleton motifs in japanese clothing of the early 20th century.

#mine #mixed #wip #naruto #uchiha izuna #been looking at some many fun patters I really went all in for this one #I love borrowing people's lines bc I do not care much abt anatomy or even drawing clothes tbh but patterns and textures.... #it's like I'm dressing up a little doll :) #you can tell I was feeling myself seriousposting bc I capizalized the names... #anyway this was a lot of fun and of course actually quite unserious #for exemple you'll notice all these are either from late 19th/early20th c. despite the warring states era being obviously sengoku coded #later designs were easier for me to find references from and information on since I do not know much abt the subject #I allowed myself these liberties bc the timeline (wether aesthetic or narrative) in naruto is hardly strict #also it's usually the senjus who are associated with Buddhism and the uchiha are more shinto leaning but well. #you can tell yourself this is a sign of early konoha corruption on our guy Izuna #if you have any more questions abt this feel free to ask! this was a surprise again so i haven't posted any wips #but i do have some pictures of the process and I always love to chat