#contrasting imagery

[plaguedpriest]

real quick vox redesign, not rlly a "fix" thing but just for funsies :7

#my art #aesterart #hazbin hotel #hh #vox #redesign #character design #tv head #hazbin hotel critical #< not rlly but tagging this cuz ik some ppl blacklist th tag for redesigns #made this in like 2 hours n prob could whip up a better design w/ more effort if i wanted #but i just wanted 2 get some basic ideas down ......... #i like the idea of vox having a tv show host kind of persona! would contrast nicely w/ alastor i think #and also wanted to give him a more boxy body shape #+ the warmer primary colors cuz thats what i associate w/ tv imagery in my head #idk

[aroaceleovaldez]

while i’m thinking of it- a niche underrated theme thing in the first series that I’m absolutely OBSESSED with is Percy’s love interests representing the sort of different paths he could have gone down, and him choosing Annabeth is him choosing the balance between the two worlds he’s living between - the truest sense of being demi-god.

Rachel represented him ignoring his godly side and burying himself in mortal life, avoiding the divine side of his family and self and everything that comes with it. No prophecies or destinies, just Simple Mortal Worries.

Calypso was the idealistic side of the divine - magical servants, a beautiful island, lost to time and forgetting his duties and destinies. Spending the rest of his days in a paradise with a kind soul who understands his struggles with the gods but not to the point of hostility. The epitome of the fantastical and living without a care in the world.

Nico represented fully embracing divine heritage, and the brutality and hardships that come with being a demigod. Death, pain, loss, crushed childhood idealizations. Accepting that the fantastical isn’t always kind and losing touch with mortality - Nico spends most of his time pre-BoO away from both camps, he’s the King of Ghosts, and he has no fully mortal connections. It’s also important to note how much Nico is in play, particularly in direct contrast to Annabeth, in TLO. Nico is the one to give Percy the Curse of Achilles (literally making him functionally semi-immortal, which is in-part why he’s offered immortality specifically in the first place). When Percy is in the Styx seeing the vision of being with Annabeth at the lake and reaches out to her, Nico is the one to grab his hand and pull him from the river (Ideals of demigod life [Annabeth at CHB] versus the reality of where they currently are [Nico in the Underworld]). Nico arrives with (notably entirely undead & divine) reinforcements to the Battle for Manhattan which helps turn the tide. Nico is there when Percy is offered immortality, but when Percy denies it, he looks to Annabeth.

Annabeth represents striking the balance between divine and mortal - fighting wars, going to college. Growing up at camp and moving back home in a land beyond the (Greek) gods. Making amends with both your godly and mortal parents. When Percy picks Annabeth, he’s picking equilibrium between the different lives he’s living, not honing in on a specific aspect of it and neglecting the rest. Also, particularly in TLO and contrasting with Nico, there’s a bit element of trust and loyalty - Nico has complex loyalties to Percy, where even breaking Percy’s trust was done in a roundabout way of trying to protect him and ensure he wouldn’t be harmed either by Hades or in battle. Annabeth’s loyalty is simple and Percy not only trusts her fully, but Annabeth trusts him in turn without question, taking a poisoned knife for him despite not knowing if it would even harm him or not. Both absolutely put their lives on the line for Percy, but there’s a give and take, gains and sacrifices (Nico seeking information and reinforcements, Annabeth just straight up getting poisoned/stabbed). Also, notably, the scenarios surrounding those moments again reflects the extremes versus balances of how they integrate the mortal and divine together (Nico seeking knowledge about his family & memories [mortal] from his father [divine] vs Annabeth getting stabbed [mortal] with a poisoned [divine] knife) - again an extreme/disharmony versus simplicity and unity/balance. 

#pjo #percy jackson #annabeth chase #nico di angelo #not gonna tag the other two cause most of the in-depth comparing and contrasting is the other two #there's also some elements of this theme with Reyna in SoN but it's significantly less and I only half-count Reyna as a Percy love interest #cause it's not really a major part of their dynamic together at all #but yeah i have a LOT of thoughts about this analysis and that theme of striking unity between two worlds throughout the first series #seriously though why isn't there more stuff re: Percy's vision of Annabeth in the Styx and Nico being the one to pull him out of the river #AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO SEES THE POTENTIAL IMAGERY THERE. PLEASE- #analysis #meta #long post //

[ken-katayanagi]

I always find this drawing of Ken kind of funny because of his outfit. Though I do really like the size of his Puffer jacket here, it gives it this over-the-topness that I think fits him really well.

#idk I just like the more…loose look it gives him #again the twins have frankly amazing designs as far as their similar contrasts go #and given Ken a more laid back less…I guess tight looking style really plays well here #I honestly prefer that striped under shirt for him than his mountain long sleeve he got in the show and final fight in the comics #I’m not…super fond of the weird rising sun imagery that slipped into his comic design. I don’t think it’s intentional or anything #but it was just always a little weird #scott pilgrim #ken katayanagi

[red-moon-at-night]

Hey this MV sure has a LOT of split second graphics huh

A very short MV but maybe, just maybe, I'll forgive the milgram team with the love letter to graphic design (you know, because that's mikoto's job) and sheer volume of semi-decipherable and semi-indecipherable text/iconography/colour choices...

Do with the following images what you will:

#milgram #mikoto kayano #Double #would you believe me if i said this is only a portion of the screenshots i took. there's like. A Lot going on here am I'm loving it #I did not have the time to crop these i am so sorry. but also maybe it's useful to see the timestamp?? that's my excuse now #I want to write some analysis and some of the fun imagery symbolism here... hopefully my wordless collage provides a little-- #--equally wordless analysis by association and contrast. I hope it piques your curiosity!!! #save for later #I'm like 95% sure there's milgram runes next to the beginning text images but I'm not certain. Could be [insert language here] #THE RED EYES are freaking me out a little LOL... something about them gives me Big kotoko vibes. very predator like. very wolf like. awoooo

[somnimagus]

paper doll chain

(stills under the cut!)

[id in alt]

#kingdom hearts #kh #moving image #flashing images #flashing lights #i'm hoping these tags protect anyone with any sensitivity - let me know if there's a better way to label this #edit: changed some tags to hopefully be safer! thank you so much to the blog that let me know #but i've had the imagery for this in my head forever; so happy to get it out #the paper doll metaphor's probably self explanatory? #but i mostly pictured sora having a little origami heart to contrast the others' heart cut outs and went from there! #the sky bg was inspired by those cute photos where people cut out a pencil drawing and hold it in front of sky or pretty trees #and sora = sky of course #this might've been cooler if i'd actually done that too haha #also i can't tell if the x blade scissors clever or dorky or both but you know. symbolism #fan art #my art

[layalu]

hey guess who just finished EotE and is feeling So Very Normal about it

#i wanna paint this properly at some point but i needed to get this out of my system #my art #id in alt #outer wilds #outer wilds eote #outer wilds spoilers #(idk if this says anything without context lol but i'll probably ramble in the tags so imma give it a spoiler tag anyway) #i will admit i only watched a walkthrough instead of playing bc i am a wuss :') #would def recommend playing over watching any part of ow but still. hhhhhhhh #the thematic contrast & parallels of the strangers is so gooood #also the atmosphere (it is great in the entirely of ow but i love how eote keeps it up while making it distinct from the main game?) #also also solanums and the prisoners theme together is the best thing. btw. so pretty but it makes me cry #but ye. i love how it starts with one eye and then every species that gets involved has progressively more #which idk if there is supposed to be any meaning to that lol but it sure is cool for Imagery TM

[completeoveranalysis]

[8]

There he is! Most punchable man in the universe!

Just, like. Immediately ruining everything. Like he does everywhere. 

Now with terrible smoke!

I like how this brings back some of the imagery they introduced in Outo, with those evil smoke monsters laying the visual foundation for the kind of things going on here for us a thousand years later. 

Oh! And Water-chan is actually actively defending Sakura here! That’s incredible!

Much more than your average Reservoir!

#Ooooh and the contrasting visuals! #The black substance versus the white substance! #It’s incredible they really went all out here #And HAMMERS home the yin yang imagery #Dark fighting the light instead of accepting the balance #Liveblogging the reservoir chronicle #Tsubasa #Vol 195 #Sakura #Which Sakura? #A Sakura #Lava Lamp Guy #Evil Wolverine #Hello I’m just realising Evil Wolverine’s symbol #Is so visually similar to a yin yang symbol that’s just been distorted #Where the careful balance is completely gone #And his monocle gives him an asymmetrical appearance as well #It all comes together!

[nyandela-catalogue]

finished it 👍

-Mark📕

#og #mark post #nyandela arts #unsettling #mark heathercliffe #religious imagery #the false shepherd #nyandela county au #archangel gabriel #<-kinda #mark heathcliff #<-kinda again #the mandela catalogue #mandela catalogue au #false became mr teeth ig /silly #ive been experimenting with styles and stuff and wanted to go with a more contrasted piece

[age-of-moonknight]

“Hunter’s Moon,” Vengeance of the Moon Knight, (Vol. 2/2024), #4.

Writer: Jed MacKay; Penciler and Inker: Alessandro Cappuccio; Colorist: Rachelle Rosenberg; Letterer: Cory Petit

#Marvel #Marvel comics #Marvel 616 #Vengeance of the Moon Knight #Vengeance of the Moon Knight vol. 2 #Vengeance of the Moon Knight 2024 #Moon Knight comics #latest release #Hunter’s Moon #Yehya Badr #!!!! I am so indebted to Mr. MacKay for making the framing device of his comics just straight up therapy sessions #it’s such a great way to easily have characters get to the root of what they’re really thinking/feeling #and I love having that opportunity with a typically very reserved character as Dr. Badr #and it offers such great food for thought #since Marc’s character is unfortunately my specialty I am fascinated by the comparisons that can be drawn here #or rather the contrasts #since so much of Marc’s life (for better or worse) involved pushing back against every sort of authority possible #(his father/religion/the Marine Corps/Khonshu) #or at least that was a prominent characteristic of his in earlier MK comics #meanwhile Dr. Badr is all-in and I find the depth of that loyalty fascinating #that it can be as equally healthy or destructive as consistently questioning authority can be #and his utter acceptance (and willingness even) that nothing but madness and eventual death awaits him #what can I say I’m greatly intrigued by characters with convictions strong enough to die for #(and there’s that last panel which on re-reading is rather cheeky foreshadowing for such fantastic imagery oh my gosh)

[hasarjunadoneanythingwrong]

you don't have to answer this ask

but your comment about merlin being prettier than jalter

you're right and you should say it louder, I'M letting you cook

jalter is one of those designs where I can like…understand the basic reasons why people think she’s hot (big titty tsundere in black) but I don’t get why she’s regarded as being one of the objectively hottest fgo characters (disregarding the writing side, speaking just in terms of designing)

Like. Even when her outfit is good she has a mullet? And the long haired bit is just very weirdly shaped?

Or like, her weird ass dresses that make no sense-I’m all for sexy cut outs, but why is there just one small flap on one side? What’s even with the side support?? This this is held on with hopes and dreams and it doesn’t even add to it bc her back is the exact same color as her hair so it all blends together

LIKE WHAT IS THIS??? WHAT IS THIS STUPID FLAP??? It’s not goth and it’s not tasteful asymmetry like her swimsuit it’s just THERE

Also her sword looks like it was wrapped in a spiky pipe cleaner and i hate that, sorry

Honestly, even her bob kind of annoys me despite it being actually accurate for her. Why is it so misshapen and clunky (yes ik irl jeanne just chopped hers off, but jalter was made firstly to look attractive and this is not it)

she isn’t really even that goth in terms of what she wears despite the memes, she really just wears a lot of black (and her first two outfits are tattered at the bottom) other than the Brillo pad handle and the eye shaped pink details there’s nothing that really makes her goth other than her color scheme and I’m a pedantic little hussy so that annoys me

Like idk. I don’t think she’s ugly or partially offensively designed or anything despite my earlier ranting but I don’t understand the absolute death grip she has on so many people even independent of her character arc. Even for a black knight-type design she’s very mildly done

#*comes to ask 3 months late* ANYWAY #she should’ve gone all in on the satanic and draconic imagery and also had a pixie cut<- deranged #honestly this may just be my personal opinion. maybe she is goth and I’m just very picky #but I don’t think she’s particularly hot so the obsession does get confusing #also she sufferers from that early alter thing where they had to have light hair AND eyes which. makes her very low contrast outside the #black clothes. it CAN work but idk #she feels like she should’ve been my coworker at cvs. like that the unreasoning I get #she’s not hot she’s my cringe coworker #my asks

[rockybloo]

The hardest part about dating a zombie mutant is making them behave so you both don't get killed by other humans that are unaware some zombies are actually friendly.

Destiny tries hard but Zeke tries harder and refuses to behave without some compensation in return.

For some short story context, Zeke is a mutant zombie who isn't quite alive but isn't quite dead either and Destiny is a human.

They are trying to survive in a post apocalypse world. It's kinda like an alternate timeline to my normal universe…but zombies happened at some point.

#zeke #destiny #banana bread #my art #my interest in zombies has been resurfacing again thanks to dead island 2 playthroughs #i just love stuff that show the beginning phases of the apocalypse where everything is going to shit #plus the game trailers do so well with contrasting the cheerful imagery with grotesque zombie gore #reminds me why i love the zombie genre #anyways that's enough rocky rambling in the tags

[bellaxisworld]

just btw... the prophecy means EVERYTHING to me

#repeat repeat repeat repeat #I GOT CURSED LIKE EVE GOT BITTEN #bella's rhetorical analysis on the prophecy when #religious allusions pls pls pls pls #juxtaposition/contrast pls pls #THE DICTION #does someone wanna let me infodump about literary and lyrical analysis bc i'm feeling very atypical about it #i'm kidding i'm too anxious to text about it #but i have ideas #it's making my chest ache with something it's so fucking beautiful #the overall message :(( i'll CRY #it's so rich with religious imagery i'm on the floor #crying thinking about it #music #lyrical analysis #ts #taylor swift

[good--merits-accumulated]

god. this anderperry renaissance au is knocking me around some kind of way

#fair folk au is still very much going on i'm just working on some more worldbuilding for that one #in contrast the renaissance au is never going to be finished and i'm gleefully disregarding historical accuracy #- hence little snippets have been falling out of my pockets constantly #it's got EVERYTHING. political intrigue. religious imagery. todd faking his own death #the slow burn tragedy of a character moving from a good-humoured and idealistic boy #to a man who hesitates only for a moment about ordering the murder of two seven-year-olds #also Cameron gets religious guilt like there's no tomorrow #ALSO this thing somehow has a better political intrigue setup than the fair folk au??? augh. gotta work on that #although admittedly the worlds of 1450s Milan and 12th-century-fairy Ireland abide by very different laws #htoo writes #dead poets society #anderperry

[trigun-archive]

Omg, I just realized something that’s not gonna add much to the narrative or if anyone has noticed it.

Here we go.

So basically in episode 12, Vash did his girlboss move of flinging himself and Nai over the ledge.

And as they’re falling, I noticed something:

To me, this reminds of the Yin Yang symbol:

Then I remember that one post where someone mentioned where Vash in episode 12 wore the colors of ‘evil’ (black and purple).

Knives wore the colors of ‘good’ (white and blue).

They’re polar opposites of one another.

And that got me thinking more in depth with their relation with Yin Yang.

Obviously everyone is familiar with two sides of the same coin. It’s the same idea with Yin Yang, they’re polar opposites but they complement each other.

As part of the Naruto fandom (*groans*, I know I know). But hear me out, lots of symbolism that is related to Naruto and Sasuke is their relation to the sun and moon respectively.

Naruto is the sun. The Yang per say, because he is bright, aggressive and masculine. His respective color is orange.

While Sasuke is the moon. The Yin, because he is with the shadows, silent and feminine. His respective color is purple.

If you read the Naruto manga, then you would see how much Kishimoto bashes your head in with their respective symbolism, it’s in the cover art, the parallelism in the panels. It even showed up as their respective symbols on their hands after the ceremony for the final battle.

Back to TriStamp.

I believe they put Knives as Yang. He is aggressive and very in your face with his conquests of taking back the Plants. He is very muscular, and it’s shown through his tight bodysuit.

Then they would put Vash as Yin. He is way less aggressive with his morals than his previous counterparts. Obviously he still has them, but he is less forthcoming. His entire character design has changed, as everyone says with his non-binary haircut.

But in certain scenes, he still has those broad shoulders and managed to lift a fucking ion cannon enough to break his prosthetic arm. So, my babygirl is still fucking strong, hmph.

It’s even mentioned that the director of TriStamp has said Vash is both the female and male lead.

Same thing with Sasuke, some Studio Perriot staff has stated that he is the heroine of the story.

Obviously Naruto and Sasuke’s relationship heavily implies they’re in love with each other and soulmate coded to the max.

(Ha, get it? Trigun MAXimum??)

(. . ., I’ll see myself out).

But they did a different relationship of Yin Yang:

Twins.

Knives wanted desperately Vash to be the ‘perfect’ version that he envisioned. Taking away Vash’s bodily autonomy.

Vash just wanted to have ‘love and peace’ in the world. He didn’t want to fight Knvies, but he would defend his loved ones.

Until during episode 12, when he was ready to go in guns blazing to take down Knives.

With the color palette of black and purple against Knives’s white and blue.

Purple is the combination of red and blue. Vash’s red jacket and part of Knives’s color palette.

But also in the end, when Vash wanted to shoot that cube up in the sky.

He still wanted to save his brother, even though Knives was rejecting it by reaching to the absolute power of the cube and what it would bring him and Plant kind.

An Icarus-esque trope per say.

But yeah, anyways, this was just a jumble of thoughts I had to immediately write this down.

#trigun #trigun stampede #TriStamp #vash the stampede #million knives #trigun analysis #honestly was rewatching the scene both of them were falling and saw that symbol on the side of the building #and my brain immediately went yin and Yang #and then started thinking how the twins are correlated with it #and that made me think of their color palette #Knives is very bright and contrasted against Vash’s dark color palette #so smth with the sun and moon in some capacity #and made me think of Naruto with its sun and moon imagery in SNS #and this came out #probably doesn’t mean much to the idea but if it made you think of smth else #I’m glad it did smth lol #and the Icarus trope from Knives also came out when I was typing this #because I think of the desperation of Knives trying to get the cube #the one possible answer for his actions #but in the end he got burned #real bad

[5mind]

(( watched mechanical violator hakaider last night btw

#[ out of circuits ] #(( sorry im a manga only freak so hakaider portrayed with romantic knight on a horse imagery got me losing it #bRUH the set design the cinnamontopography #theres something abt the visual contrast between the opening manslaughter scene and the final battle that tickles my brain so good tho

[lovesickeros]

U mean U and the others (unholy trinity of Tsaritsa simps) did drag me down a wormhole of oc-ing an existing character with lore and yet still making it adapt to your fic.

in my defense her lore is extremely vague descriptions by other people (who may be biased. staring directly at childe. staring very hard at childe.) and like. the gem description im just working with what i got. also i don't trust hoyo to write my wife correctly so as far im concerned anything they write abt her isn't canon until i approve it /j

#asks #the-white-void #img block #my tsaritsa is a vague vision in my head i cannot properly articulate and no amount of words can properly explain how much i think abt her #the goddess of love who feels no love for her people just as they feel no love for her. #there is an inherit tragedy in her refusal of the aspect she originally represented because she knows she must #teyvat is simply a tragedy and she is playing her part. #there is simply smth so chefs kiss abt the imagery of a woman so gentle and full of love being so cold #she is gentle at her core but shes had to bury it so deep ppl have already forgotten what that was like. all they remember is the cold #its like. outwardly she looks elegent and gentle. a fitting vessel for a goddess of love #but her eyes are devoid of love. devoid of sympathy. devoid of anything but a cold glare just like the element she embodies. #i need that dead eyed look like childe. absolutely blank. #absolutely deadpan voice. monotone and lifeless just like her nation #I COULD TLAK SM ABT TSARITSA IMAGERY AND THE CONTRAST BETWEEN GODDESS OF LOVE VS CRYO ARCHON IT DRIVES ME NUTS #I'm so normal abt hrr i need 2 be put down ill shut up now #never give me the opportunity to speak abt her i wont stop talking #I'm hitting bones over the head w a rock ITS HER FAULT IF SHE DIDNT WRITE TSARITSA THAT ONE TIME ID BE NORMAL???? /j /lh #i could also talk abt childe + tsaritsa bc they make me feral but this is goingon to long i need 2 be put doen