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silmarillionwritersguild-art · 7 months

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Featuring @ylieke's incredible art like this portrait of Sauron

Ringed by wordless faces, the portrait room in an art museum has a certain hush to it. There is the human face, many times over, a deceptively simple theme. Yet within those faces, lines hint at past pain. Eyes flash from a face defined by age or youth. The best portraits seem to capture just a moment in a story passing on either side of that brief second in time. It is possible to imagine what happened leading up to the portrait and what transpired after. The impeccable, impressionistic paintings of Ylieke seem to belong in such a gallery. Although Ylieke describes her work as centered on storytelling, these are not complicated action scenes. Instead, it is the eyes, the hands, the faces of her characters that speak to what they are feeling and experiencing in that moment, leaving no doubt that there is a rich story happening on either side of it.

In our latest Tolkien Fanartics column, firstamazon @ettelene (Tumblr) caught up with Ylieke to learn more about her technique, goals, and beliefs as a fan artist. Interestingly, Ylieke describes her own work as, "not so good at drawing emotions," with which this viewer would strongly disagree. However, no matter what you creative form of choosing, Ylieke's careful look at her own work and approach to art might be useful advice: "Sometimes illustrations just don’t come out as they were envisioned. The best course of action in this case is to finalize the work as well as you can and move on. The next work will be 0.001% better."

You can read firstamazon's interview with Ylieke here: https://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/node/6965, published by @silmarillionwritersguild.

P.S. If you'd like to get our weekly email newsletter, you can subscribe here. Each week's edition includes fanworks added to the SWG that week, SWG news, and a rundown on ongoing events around the Tolkien fandom ... and of course our regular columns like Tolkien Fanartics, Character of the Month, a Sense of History (real-world comparisons), Cultus Dispatches (Tolkien fan studies) and more!

#swg art #silmarillion writers guild #tolkien fanart #tolkien fandom #artists on tumblr #artist interview #tolkien #silmarillion fanart

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art-quotes · 25 days

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'In my later work, the person who is navigating the space, his or her experience becomes the content. So, the whole subject-object relationship is reversed. The content is you! If you don't walk into the work and engage with it, there isn't any content. That's really what I've been dealing with ever since I saw the Velazquez painting.' (Las Meninas) - Richard Serra - Article/Interview 2008: Sean O’Hagan for The Guardian

Art Quotes About What is Art, Art History and Interpretation

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heymrspatel · 1 year

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✨ artist interview ✨

i was tagged by @you-are-so-much-better-than-that @mikhailoisbaby and @deathclassic to do this artist interview that chrissy whipped up off of the popular fic writer one! thanks for the tag even if i feel like a grand ol' imposter 😅

1. Do you post on Ao3? If so, how many works do you have on AO3? If not, where do you post? i do! i didn't before, but i was bullied by tumblr into doing so after they took down the art for "cinematic" lmao! then the pals encouraged me to upload the rest! i have 4 works: cinematic, kinktober, gallacrafts, and original art.

2. What is your total art count? 83! (including the zine stickers/tattoos)

3. What are your top 5 pieces by likes/kudos? i used the helpful stats website @suzy-queued suggested!

4. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not? yes! i still think it's insane when people choose to leave nice comments, so i try my best to respond!

5. What is your current fandom, and what was the first fandom you drew for? shameless, hi. if we're talking about art that i've shared, then it's also shameless. but the first one just for fun was harry potter (yeaaa yeaaa 🙄)

6. Have you ever received hate on any art? yep lol

7. What’s a fandom/ship you haven’t drawn for yet but want to? i guess the true answer is none. however, i get the urge to draw every time i watch something that i end up loving. recently i've wanted to draw for young royals and stranger things, but i never ended up doing anything. i would also be too shy to post 😅

8. What’s your all-time favorite ship? i've had many, but based on impact and inspiration i'd have to go with ian and mickey 💙

9. Do you draw outside of fandom? i do!! it's my favorite hobby! the only difference is that outside of this space i usually just sketch. so it's very different than what i share here.

10. What’s the an art piece you’ve drawn that came out completely differently than you expected? oh probably this one! it changed quite a bit and was originally drawn flipped around. i think it tells a different story depending on which way you look at it!

11. Do you draw smut? yes! the teasing kind. the "what's that hand doing?!" kind lmao

12. Have you ever had any of your art stolen or copied? not that i know of!

13. Have you ever collaborated on a piece? yea! i've collabed on art for fics with @whatwouldmickeydo and @metalheadmickey and on the zine and timeline with @you-are-so-much-better-than-that 🥰

14. What’s an idea you have that you have yet to draw? omg i have an entire list of ideas that just exist and may never come to life lol! they range from extreme fluff to absolute filth... my notes app: -kiss on the cheek/scrunchy face -mickey's head hanging off bed/mouth open/ian's hand wrapped around the nape of his neck -holding hands at the alibi alsdkfjlk

15. What are your drawing strengths? i would say adding details and tying the story i'm trying to convey together. and i like to think that i'm ok at giving them that tender and in love feel no matter the situation.

16. What are your drawing weaknesses? all of it? haha proportions and certain angles are really hard for me. hands and noses yikes! i am also terrible at drawing from memory. i usually draw with about 20 references pulled up on my laptop. like, i am the bozo googling "table". 17. What’s your favorite art piece you’ve drawn? it's gotta be the roadtrip one! but i also really really love this one:

18. What is one thing you’d like to tell people about your art that they might not know? i love adding/repeating little details that no one would really notice unless you're zooming all the way in or seeing a few pieces as a set. i built a color palette very early on that has stayed consistent throughout. i play a lot with blues and greens as a motif. and uh i'm still learning! everyday! with every single one!

19. What inspires or motivates you to create for fandom? i genuinely love doing it! i also love a prompt, that's why i started all of this with gallacrafts. and i just really love putting them in situations i want to see them in and drawing them stupidly in love!

but, i also hoard unhinged tags in my cheeks like a chipmunk lmao every series i've done was born from people screaming a version of "YOU'RE INSANE" at me 😂

20. And finally, can you describe your process a little? Do you have a favourite place to draw? Do you play something in the background? Do you do research or just go for it? Give us a little insight. i usually draw on the couch, hunched over like a shrimp. i’m normally up really late (i see 3am too often) and that’s when i get most of my work done. i typically watch something i've seen before so that i don't have to fully pay attention or i'll listen to music. i sketch a rough draft of what i want the final piece to end up looking like, then i do a shit ton of research and pull up a stupid amount of references. i have a really creepy pinterest board full of body parts lol! then i fight for my life and rage until the line work is fully done. after that, it’s smooth sailing with coloring and shading 😌

i'm feeling a little tag shy, but i'll tag @gallawitchxx @doodlevich @y0itsbri and @grumpymickmilk if you want to play! if not i'm just giving you some flowers 💐

#why the fuck do i talk so much? why was this so hard?#chrissy encouraged me to just ramble and that i did. i'm sorry about it.#artist interview #tag game

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bwarchives · 4 months

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IN CONVERSATION WITH: HOOKAGE

photo credits: BACKYARDSTORIES BOTSWANA

In the first edition of our interview series, we have hookage, a music producer/beatmaker born and raised in Francistown and Gaborone. He produces a wide variety of genres. The producer says his exposure to different genres( hip-hop, rap, neo-soul, rnb, deep house, etc.) and cultures nurtured his ability to produce different genres.

He has produced for a variety of artists and musicians locally and internationally, but notably, he’s produced for Kaysotheenigma's “Cherry Bomb,” which won 'Best Female Single' at the YAMAs, as well as three songs off her debut album “Fifth Heaven."

How did you come up with the name Hookage?

So i got the name from the anime series, Naruto but i added a twist to it. In the series, the original word is “hokage” and this is the title given to the leader of the specific village . So i added an extra “o” to honestly avoid copyright infringement issues but the meaning behind the name stands because i view my music and audience as my “village” and it’s my responsibility to take care of them.

How did you get into music production?

It started off as me playing music production games on my tablets as a child around the ages from 9 to 13 because i had always had this deep-rooted interest and passion for music but never really knew how to get into making my own stuff. So in grade 8/form 1, i met someone who taught me how to use Fl Studio and so i started making beats in 2017

We really like your ability to blend different genres into one track, who or what would you say has influenced your style of production?

Honestly, it’s an amalgamation of different producers and artists as i take different things from the individually. For example, i love the way Pharell Williams approaches his beats and certain chord progressions, where with The Alchemist, his ability to chop up samples the way he does or even just finding the samples he does is amazing then artists like Smino or JID, who manipulate their voices to sound a certain way whilst also using their voice as percussive instruments is also insane.

One of our favourite tracks by you is Need U, what's the story behind the track,who's on the vocals?

With that song, the whole thing is honestly a different song that didn’t have any drums on it but just vocals, keys and bass. i can’t even remember the original name of the song but i separated the song into those different layers and added drums of my own. I initially wanted to keep it for myself but i knew i had to at least post it

You've worked with numerous artists across different genres,out of all these collaborations which one would you say is your favourite?

I don’t think i can put a finger on my favorite because we all work together but if i had to choose right now, it would have to be spacerover and lucas chubbs

Which artist would you like to work with that you haven't yet?

There are so many artists i really want to work with atm but for now it would have to be K.alahari without a doubt

Before you performed your set for Backyard Stories, they revealed that you learned how to dj with vinyls from your dad, how was the whole process?

So it’s an interesting story because my dad and his brothers are all former Djs but had their own preferred genres hence why i have the variety of genres between house, hiphop, rnb etc. It was mainly my dad teaching me but the whole process of actually using vinyl was hard but i caught on quickly because i never used digital djing software so i had nothing to reference.

So Botswana was recently introduced to the music collective 'Ascension Pleas' and how it came about but, we'd like to hear from your perspective about how you met the others, your music production process and how being part of the group benefits you as hookage?

So as we explain prior, it really was just coincidence because we didn’t really even have a motive to be at UB apart from rehearsals for Pablo%8’s show that week and we then just decided to work on something. In terms of meeting them, i had already known banzai the longest as we already been working since 2021 but i met Lucas Chubbs and spacerover last year, same with briann bc but that we met at UB was the first time me and BC (briann BC) made music together. For the time being, i usually just give them old beats i didn’t have use for but recently we’ve been working hard with the new beats i’ve been making. I usually make a beat then send it to them to see if they feel it then the decision is made whether to use it or not. Me being apart of the group let’s their audiences become aware of who i am and possibly follow me in my journey and on the other hand, it let’s me share my love for music with like minded people who i can consider my friends and that deep love for music is something you can’t share with anyone

A lot of new generation artists and creative platforms have been emerging in Botswana, which one would you say has stood out the most?

I would firstly say you guys because i’ve seen you guys grow so rapidly but it’s because of your authenticity. Other artists that have really caught my eye are borus, chrysus, emo, mantra, magadi. there are so many more but they’re just a few to name

Favourite producer from Botswana?

it would have to be Simba the Indigo, one of the members of K.alahari

Out of all the songs you produced, which one stands out the most to you?

It would have to be some unreleased, song name titled “Honesty” which will feature on my debut album. It might be my best produced song at the moment

What's next for you, Hookage?

I’ve been quietly working on my debut album which is set to drop next year. This album is what I’ve been working on apart from working with other artists, just slowly piecing it together and it’s going to be a great start for me to establish not only as a music producer but an overall musician.

instagram: @hookagesamaa

stream hookage: campsite.bio

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stareastsea · 9 months

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(190720 -230720) Happy 4th Anniversary for this Xiao Zhan and Wang Yibo interview from 入戏 💚❤

#xiao zhan #wang yibo #yizhan #bjyx #bjyxszd #the untamed #cql #wei wuxian #lan wangji #wei ying #lan zhan #artist interview

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tommy-cash-subs · 8 months

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Tommy Cash | In Conversation

NSFW/Triggers: Yes. Mentions of sex, stripping and unsafe show stunts. Smoking. Mention of horror producers.

Author: NME

Date: 15th of February, 2019

Language: English

Tommy: And I literally lit the cigarette and she was smoking through her private parts. And that changed my world.

INT: Okay, so you're watching NME and we are here with the man, Tommy Cash.

Tommy: Tommy, hey.

INT: Welcome, sir, I mean you literally landed about a few hours ago.

Tommy: Yes.

INT: From Estonia.

Tommy: Yes.

INT: That's right. And you came straight here, where you've been, ah. But, can you describe the NME cover to... [mumbles]

Tommy: Um... I don't know, we're just doing my cold things, you know?

INT: Doing your cold things. [laughs]

Tommy: Yeah, just being me.

INT: So we got the cross the correct way up, but I mean you know, it's sweet, we saw flips at it at one point.

Tommy: Yeah. Yeah.

INT: Did you...

Tommy: I mean, we can go, go another way.

INT: [Laughs]

Tommy: Whatever, yeah.

INT: Did you might turn any [?]- any spirits, any poltergeists or anything pop up doing shoots?

Tommy: No! No, not really.

INT: Okay.

Tommy: Yeah, I hold everything away.

INT: [Laughs]

Tommy: I never seen any ghosts in my life.

INT: Not me neither, but yeah, I still like to believe.

Tommy: Yeah, but I'm sure there's some, some stuff going on.

INT: You wouldn't come back in homes if you came back as a ghost?

Tommy: Argh, everyone.

INT: [Laughs]

Tommy: I mean- like, some important people, I think. I would try to inspire some artists to do some stuff I would like them to do though, you know?

INT: Okay.

Tommy: Like, I believe in like, signs and weird stuff. If something happens, then "oh it's a sign", you know, like? I feel like I should go like "this".

INT: Oh okay.

Tommy: Yeah.

INT: So possible, you're being haunted by the ghosts.

Tommy: Absolutely, absolutely, yeah. Ghost of Jim Morrison, I... Okay, ghost of JJJ, Janus, Jim and Jimmy.

INT and Tommy: [Laugh]

Tommy: There's like whole-

INT: When you're asleep, really [?]

Tommy: Yeah, yeah.

INT: So alright. What was Jim Morrison proton used for, is that where this music comes from, the other, yeah?

Tommy: Yeah, definitely. I, I just read his book in two days.

INT: Wow.

Tommy: Yeah, like. I love him. He been my role model for a long time.

INT: Now, these two died at 27, you're 26 now?

Tommy: No, i'm 27.

INT: Oh my god. You, you want to be really careful this year.

Tommy: I know. I actually was thinking about it a couple days ago that it's ah, it's yeah. It's, it's very dangerous, tempting, and uh, you know?

INT: [Laughs]

Tommy: You know? 'Cause it's a, it's a, yeah, you know? They're like, "this is the year". This is the year, but ah... Yeah. If, if I would die this year, it would be like, you know, like, just making everything known to anyone, everyone, you know?

INT: Yeah. I think you can do that without, you know, "leaving" us, so, but as a princible, you get to get to be correct.

Tommy: Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, that's the... Yeah, that's the easy way, I, yeah...

INT: I'll not know though, so you, you put out your debut album last year.

Tommy: Yes.

INT: It's really kind of gathering, ground people kind of getting into it.

Tommy: Yeah.

INT: It's... ah. Can you describe the world of Tommy Cash, though? It's a world that includes art, fashion, uh, imagery, uhm, money-

Tommy: Horses.

INT: Horses?

Tommy: Yeah.

INT: Sometimes though, explain the horses if we cannot...

Tommy: Yeah. Yeah, Tommy Cash world, uhm... it's not a easy world, though. It's not a normal world. I mean, we, we love to get twisty, get more into stuff, explore, try to break the walls and you know? Build something new.

INT: Definitely. I was into these... that you kind of said you're not a mainstream artist, you're pointedly not a mainstream artist.

Tommy: Yes.

INT: So who are you for? You for outsiders, are you... anyone who's interested...?

Tommy: Yo, yeah, I'm definitely for the outsiders, I mean uhh... I'll- yeah. Argh, yeah, outsiders, yeah, like. Weird kids. The art people, you know? Fashion people. Actually, you know? I'm for everyone and for no-one.

INT: [Laughs]

Tommy: In the end, I'm just for myself.

INT: So what happens if you accidentally have a big hit single and then all of a sudden you get kind of like, you know...

Tommy: Arrrh, you know? This is kind of sucks because, yeah I feel like very, very bad for artists who had their big song and everything else is not like, everyone is like, "yeah oh, you had this song, where is the same song?", and I'm pretty happy that I haven't had that yet, so I can kind of grow as a artist.

INT: It's best said over here, you are fairly unique proposition, as Estonian rapper, singer, of...

Tommy: Yeah, yeah.

INT: Well, there is a big scene over there?

Tommy: ... No. No.

INT: [Laughs]

Tommy: And... and then, yeah I've never been kind of tied to where I'm from, you know? I've been, like, the isolated kid and this is what made me kind of my own world

INT: So did you grow up kind of dreaming about, I mean, America? There's a trap influence to your music a lot of it, which is a big American-

Tommy: Yeah. Yeah. Definitely. Like some American culture is... we're all inspired by American culture in trap, yeah.

INT: But I did read somewhere that you were getting kind of sick of trap, you thought...

Tommy: Yeah.

INT: You go in and out of it.

Tommy: In and out. In and out.

INT: Pheuw [Laughs] What's the next thing, then?

Tommy: Yo, no! Ah, you know, like... You know like, trap? There's like trap and there's still like hip-hop, you know? I'm very into, like, listening to old stuff right now, like Wu-Tang and Nas O-Matic. I kind of love that energy. But I still love trap, you know? This is what made me. I'm very, like- with a very hardcore like- like, ah- arh, with a hip-hop background, so... uhm eah, I still like hip-hop.

INT: It's great. A lot of people, especially with this hood on, a lot of people be thinking I know that face from somewhere.

Tommy: What?

INT: The, your video which was hugely viral uh... for a reason.

Tommy: Which one?

INT: [Spreads his legs and rocks them]

Tommy: Ahhh, ahhh.

INT: [Laughs]

Tommy: I thought you will say I'm a famous crimelord.

INT and Tommy: [Laugh]

INT: Did that video get you in any trouble? It certainly got you noticed.

Tommy: No. No.

INT: ... No?

Tommy: ... No. [Laughs shyly and smiles]

INT: [Laughs] Can you sa- you... I... what... I think... [mumbles] the great thing about art, is? [Asks him what the great thing about art is]

Tommy: I think it was, eh, in the right time when everything with... when... when... everything got everyone into trouble, you know what I'm saying?

INT: Right, oh, okay, yeah, yeah.

Tommy: If it, it would come out like right now... then maybe, I would get into trouble.

INT: Well then, there's nothing funny, I mean, it's just very, it's very shocking, is it? But you know, there's actually nothing...

Tommy: Is it?

INT: There's nothing really- [mumbles] sort of-

Tommy: Yeah! Yeah!

INT: There's actually... [mumbles]

Tommy: Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

INT: Can, um. Can you pick a part, how a part of your world is constructed by you, you know? Because I thought that was a lot of people's first experience of-

Tommy: Yeah.

INT: Of you, was, you...

Tommy: You know, I love Tarantino, eh, but... I love Tarantino.

INT: So that your d' Niro thing/scene.

Tommy: I love a lot of Lars von Trier, you know. But I don't think there's anything bad to have some shock in... in your work. Like, this is what I love to see from the artists I love, so. I, I only do that 'cause of me.

INT: And um, you got the show [?] on March 1st? March 1st, yes, in Electric Ballroom.

Tommy: Yes. And actually, I'm on tour, it's not only like one show.

INT: Right, okay.

Tommy: Yeah. So I have like 34 shows, like...

INT: You're not gonna run the UK as well.

Tommy: No, in UK it's only London. I think.

INT: Okay, Um, what can people expect from your live performances?

Tommy: Arh.. You know-

INT: It's not a kind of... [mumbles] you don't just stand there like Liam Gallagher and go in one spot, do ya?

Tommy: No. It's little bit like Ping Pong show.

INT: [Wheezes]

Tommy: Actually, I thought to call this tour like Ping Pong show tour because it's like Ping Pong show kinda has, have like, you know like, 20, 20, 25 different things they do, right?

INT: Oh, okay. Like never... [mumbles]

Tommy: Yeah. Like pulling, pulling, ah... Actually, funny story: Couple days ago, I was at one Ping Pong show and there was like, a lady, arr. She had two cigarettes, then she put two cigarettes into her VGG.

INT: [Wheezes]

Tommy: And I was excited as fuck. Like, this is at a, that was like a strip club, right? It's like a strip club, like that 20-30 people. And like girls dancing on poles and there's like the show and she like, putting like two cigerattes inside her and she had a lighter and they're like "You come! Take the lighter!" and I literally lit the cigarettes and she was smoking through her private parts, and that changed my world!

INT: [Laughs]

Tommy: That! That really, like! Literally, like! This! [Claps] Another thing is like, another lady came out! And she was like! She was extr... they saw me, that I'm like the literally, the happiest person in the club! Because like! You know, like! I think people come like CEO or a freak show, but I'm like, so inspired, you know! Like, they don't do! They don't know that like! This is the, this is is so weird! This is real, there's no CGI! And she takes a, and she took a parrot out. Out of the... out.

INT: A live... parrot.

Tommy: Parrot! [Shouts]

INT: Wow. So how long did the-

Tommy: And it just went on, bam, bam, bam! And I was just sitting there, happy! Happy and inspired!

INT: Where was this.

Tommy: Er... It was in Thai. Thailand.

INT: In Thailand, in Thailand, right.

Tommy: Yeah.

INT: And so you wanna call your [?] after this. What are you going to be producing-

Tommy: Oh- Well, actually, no. Actually, that's the thing. Er, like, I feel every my song is experience, you know. It's not just lie I'm saying just staying with like a microphone singing the tracks. I feel like every song is a weird energy, nothing that you've seen before.

INT: When you look at the crowd, you wanna see people looking back at you in the way you looked at that lady producing that parrot. For myself.

Tommy: Yeah [Softly] Yeah. Yes.

INT: Okay. And actually that's complete, don't try that at home, um, sort of thing.

Tommy: Don't try it! It's crazy 'cause she was smoking in it... it's not like she took a couple of puffs and that's it! She keep, kept on smoking, smoking, smoking till it was the end! [Shouts]

INT: [Wheezes]

Tommy: And in the end! [Shouts] she gave me the cigarettes, and what I did.

INT: You kept it.

Tommy: I kept it, smoke it.

INT: [Wheezes]

Tommy: And everyone was like woooo! [Shouts] and I was like, you know what! You know what! You know, what was crazy. Yeah, so crazy.

INT: Well, I'm not now. Um, thank you very much [wheezes] Tommy Cash.

Tommy: Ping-Pong show tour. Coming soon. [Wheeze] Yes.

#tommy cash #captions #transcription #closed caption #speech to text #estonian music #artist interview #nme #interviews #2019

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