"Sounds like she was." Daan agreed with a mumble. "I'm sorry she's gone." He rested a comforting hand on Marcoh's shoulder.
—excerpt from Modern Man, Traditional Medicine, Chapter 13: "Worship"
Again. I made illustrations for Modern Man, Traditional Medicine!
Just read the latest chapter in @vampireghostlawyer 's fic, "Modern Man, Traditional Medicine". The surprise renewed the hope in my chest for Daan. (Hope you don't mind me tagging you every time I upload fanart of your work 😅),
I've been drawing illustrations for the story in the past few days because they help me relax about the upcoming Termina update (Miro better release it soon! Some of us are barely holding on).
Don't know why, but Linkin Park's song "Good Goodbye" fits the tone of the post-Termina chapters. Everything feels like a goodbye after a long, arduous journey.
Below are the illustrations for previous chapters:
Scene from Chapter 3: "Tea Sandwiches", following the magna-medicinal part.
Scene from Chapter 5: "Aftershave", where Daan lies in bed thinking about his late mate (wife) Elise.
Scene from Chapter 10: "Cold Water", coffee shop conversation between Daan's two potential lovers.
This is my first time drawing Karin Sauer here.
And...
Scene from Chapter 11: "Salted Caramel Buttercreme", Levi and Marcoh caught eavesdropping.
I updated my style of adding dialogues to the scenes I illustrate to save space and the effort. My mouse keeps screwing up.
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Voiceplay Visuals: Valhalla Calling
This could be a bit of a long one (though still probably not as long as my post for Hide And Seek/Ding Dong)
Valhalla Calling was released on the 8th of April, 2023, and is kinda-sorta a sister video to My Mother Told Me. But Voiceplay didn't restrict themselves to just standing in front of greenscreen backgrounds this time, no no no! They worked together with some production studios/group called Vū, and usually I give credit shoutouts as I go through the video, but I think it might just be easier this time if I show you the credits in the description instead:
Yeah, this one was massive. (And wow Eli did a lot for this one! Shoutout to Eli!)
Voiceplay didn't see a return of Jose Rosario Jr for this one, but we got J None back for it! Woooo! So anyway, let's get into this!
I will get to everyone individually, but check out the set! I like the shields in the background.
J None! The man, the myth, the legend.
J has got the same kind of rune/symbol on his forehead as he did in My Mother Told Me (I'm using the video thumbnail for MMTM for comparison purposes), but brighter white on his cheeks, and of course a fresh new haircut. His shirt(?)/top is the same as well I believe, but the fur is different to that of his original costume.
Cesar of course didn't join Voiceplay till sometime after My Mother Told Me (fun fact: Valhalla Calling was release just a couple weeks shy of when My Mother Told Me was released, two years' prior), so nothing to compare against, but I love his makeup here!
Appreciation for the visual effects/design!
Geoff has swapped out the grey fur over one shoulder for a brown fur cloak/cape thing, and ditched the purple-ish lipstick he was wearing in My Mother Told Me as well, making him look a bit less terrifying 😝 (also, his hair in this one has a bit more fluff/volume to it (love that for him <3)). He does however have the same/similar tattoo designs on his face that he had in My Mother Told Me.
(Also I know I'm meant to be sticking to just the visuals, but you can't just expect me to talk about Valhalla Calling without talking about the B0 subharmonic that Geoff holds for 15 seconds!!!)
Layne seems to be wearing almost exactly the same (if not the exact same) outfit as he did in My Mother Told Me (see the first screencap above), and the same kind of face designs as well
Eli still has tattoo designs on his head like in My Mother Told Me (though whether they're the same or not I'm not sure), but the makeup around his eyes is darker, and of course, he now has a full beard and mustache! (Very impressive, might I add)
"shields and s p e a r s"
(For someone who is ridiculously modest when talking about himself ("baritone with a bass range" I mean REALLY), Geoff sure knows how to look incredibly smug in videos when he wants to be 😅😂)
Actually scratch what I said about nothing to compare Cesar's outfit against - the cloak he's wearing is the same one (or at least very very similar to) the one that Jose wore in My Mother Told Me!
Also shoutout to Cesar for being able to do literally anything when it comes to characters, acting, and performances! Multifaceted is an understatement honestly (and yes I will be talking about Creep, eventually)
He's coming!!!
He is here!!!
(Love Geoff raising his alehorn(?) to J in greeting here)
Outside group shot! Makes costume comparisons a heck of a ton easier.
Layne is basically the only one that stuck with basically his whole original outfit. J kept parts of his and still stuck close to the original concept (with the fur and stuff), Eli definitely got an outfit upgrade (though his tunic/shirt is a pretty similar green colour to what he was wearing in MMTM, and Geoff just basically went with a brand new look (Good For Him). He's still got one arm uncovered/exposed like in MMTM, but it's the right arm this time, not the left! (And J none has more of his arms exposed than he originally did!)
Very smooth hood flip! (which somehow I never noticed before this)
More appreciation for Cesar's makeup!
Everyone of course gave this performance 110%, and J None absolutely killed it with his original rap solo (hey, it was a visual performance too!), but also look at Geoff, looking like some sort of powerful and intimidating sorcerer while delivering another B0 subharmonic held note!
J None trying to rival Layne in Hoist The Colours with his Fierce/Crazy Eyes look I see!
Also whoops I think I just spotted a minor editing/continuity mistake. See Cesar in the background in the above shot here? With the hood off? Well this is the next frame:
Cesar with the hood still on. I shan't hold it against them (editing this must have been a nightmare, at least partially), but I am here to talk about visuals, and so if I see something of note, then I will mention it!
A very small and very blink-and-you-miss-it eyebrow quirk/raise from Geoff (y'know, just to kill us further 😆)
The original creator of the song, Miracle Of Sound, commented on this video, saying "Well done, lads. Definitely one of the more creative covers I've heard! I rate it ten raised alehorns out of ten." And the video currently sits at 4.2 million views on YouTube, which is pretty dang impressive considering the video isn't even a year old yet (UPDATE: as of the 20th of March, it's now at 4.6 million! Goddamn!)
Incredible video, incredible arrangement, incredible vocals, it's honestly peak Voiceplay (but not Voiceplay at it's peak! They don't have one!). I have a good handful of videos to keep going through, so stay tuned!
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Oh, Mars.
You want to float for me again, hmm?
Want all those thoughts drip out of your mind, drop away from your brain and out onto the floor, hmm?
You want you thoughts replaced with my words?
Want to let that pretty brain of yours stop thinking and start floating, relaxing into my words as you scroll through them, reading down and down and down the page until you hit the bottom, so far down the page that you've reached the end?
You want to float all nice and pretty for me, Mars?
You want my attention?
mmtm yes ,,.
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