#simply obsessed with this

[sounwise]

The day after [the first issue of International Times was published on October 14, 1966] there was a launch party at the Roundhouse in Chalk Farm, North London. […] Designed by Robert Dockray in 1847 and commissioned by the celebrated engineer Robert Stephenson, the Roundhouse was built as a maintenance and storage shed for rail engines but had fallen into disuse over the years. Like the old theatres and ballrooms in San Francisco, it proved an ideal space for the new kind of rock show that involved standing or dancing audiences, loud music, screens, and lights. It would be Paul’s first taste of the new immersive experience of rock. On stage that night were two unknown British bands pioneering rock influenced by avant-garde art, drugs, music experimentation, and jazz. They were the Soft Machine (a name taken from the title of a 1961 novel by William Burroughs, where it referred to the human body), who brought a motorcycle onto the stage to use the sound of its engine as an additional instrument, and Pink Floyd […] As with the American West Coast happenings on which it was modeled, the International Times party was festive, multisensory, and disorganized. Attendees were advised to bring their “own poison,” and the “all-night rave” was announced on the poster as a “Strip-Trips-Happening-Movie-Pop-Op-Costume-Masque-Drag Ball.” Pink Floyd had its own liquid light show where slides of colored oils and water were shone through by powerful overhead projectors and rocked in time to the music so the group was bathed in pulsating, flowing, mingling, and dividing globules of color that appeared to be controlled by the sound. Sound poet Bob Cobbing showed art films such as Scorpio Rising by Kenneth Anger and Towers Open Fire by Antony Balch and William Burroughs onto huge screens. Yoko Ono, newly arrived in London, jumped on stage and tried to initiate a spontaneous happening by reciting her 1963 “Touch Poem for a Group of People,” the text of which simply said, “Touch eachother.” In the semidarkness, the people obeyed. The smell of pot and joss sticks wafted through the air, and revelers rolled in a six-foot wide plate of jelly. London had seen nothing quite like it before. Daevid Allen of Soft Machine called it “one of the most revolutionary events in the history of English alternative music and thinking. It was important because it marked the first recognition of a rapidly spreading socio-cultural revolution that had its parallel in the States. The new year would bring an inexpressible feeling of change.”

[—from Beatles ’66: The Revolutionary Year, Steve Turner]

#simply obsessed with this #hard wince at paul's racist costume choices but. the description of this whole event is so much #beatles '66: the revolutionary year #steve turner #paul mccartney #1966 #international times launch party #the beatles #swinging london

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

biting is a love language biting is a love language Biting Is A Love Language-

#gee... how come barnaby gets to bite His best friend but i cant bite MY besties... so unfair... #obsessed with the mental image of wally latching on like a bulldog #and just. Not Letting Go. #he is Reciprocating. he is Expressing His Affection Barnaby Style. what do you mean hes Holding On Too Tight #idk i think id compliment barn's new earring. its a handsome little thing #the sillies.... #they continue to make me So fucking emotional <3 #scribble salad #welcome home #welcome home puppet show #name a better pair of best friends you caaaaaanttttttttt you simply Cannot!!!! #wailing sobbing eating glass etc

[ohno-wallace]

you can’t look me in the eyes and tell me they didn’t say this.

#welcome home #im completely obsessed with these little dudes #If one person asks I’ll make a part two with Julie because I am simply in love with her #I’ll be back to vat7k stuff soon don’t worry! #welcome home puppet show #wally welcome home #welcome home fanart #partycoffin #wh wally #welcome home frank #welcome home eddie #wally darling #welcome home arg

[bixels]

I think 90% of my gripes with how modern anime looks comes down to flat color design/palettes.

Non-cohesive, washed-out color palettes can destroy lineart quality. I see this all the time when comparing an anime's lineart/layout to its colored/post-processed final product and it's heartbreaking. Compare this pre-color vs. final frame from Dungeon Meshi's OP.

So much sharpness and detail and weight gets washed out and flattened by 'meh' color design. I LOVE the flow and thickness and shadows in the fabrics on the left. The white against pastel really brings it out. Check out all the detail in their hair, the highlights in Rin's, the different hues to denote hair color, the blue tint in the clothes' shadows, and how all of that just gets... lost. It works, but it's not particularly good and does a disservice to the line-artist.

I'm using Dungeon Meshi as an example not because it's bad, I'm just especially disappointed because this is Studio Trigger we're talking about. The character animation is fantastic, but the color design is usually much more exciting. We're not seeing Trigger at their full potential, so I'm focusing on them.

Here's a very quick and messy color correct. Not meant to be taken seriously, just to provide comparison to see why colors can feel "washed out." Top is edit, bottom is original.

You can really see how desaturated and "white fluorescent lighting" the original color palettes are.

[Remember: the easiest way to make your colors more lively is to choose a warm or cool tint. From there, you can play around with bringing out complementary colors for a cohesive palette (I warmed Marcille's skintone and hair but made sure to bring out her deep blue clothes). Avoid using too many blend mode layers; hand-picking colors will really help you build your innate color sense and find a color style. Try using saturated colors in unexpected places! If you're coloring a night scene, try using deep blues or greens or magentas. You see these deep colors used all the time in older anime because they couldn't rely on a lightness scale to make colors darker, they had to use darker paints with specific hues. Don't overthink it, simpler is better!]

#not art #dungeon meshi #rant #i'm someone who can get obsessive over colors in my own art #will stare at the screen adjusting hues/saturation for hours #luckily i've gotten faster at color picking #but yeah modern anime's color design is saddening to me. the general trend leans towards white/grey desaturated palettes #simply because they're easier to pick digitally #this is not the colorists fault mind you. the anime industry's problems are also labor problems. artists are severely underpaid #and overworked. colorists literally aren't paid enough to do their best #there isn't a “creative drought” in the anime industry. this trend is widespread across studios purely BECAUSE it's not up to individuals #until work conditions improve anime will unfortunately continue to miss its fullest potential visually #don't even GET ME STARTED ON THE USE OF POST-PROCESSING FILTERS AND LIGHTING IN ANIME THOUGH #SOMEONE HOLD ME BACK. I HATE LENS FLARES I HATE GRADIENT SHADING I HATE CHROMATIC ABBERATION AND BLUR

[aerequets]

the living blues by @nire-the-mithridatist 🥹

buy me a coffee

#second tag today sorry LOL #simply too obsessed 😮‍💨 #spy x family #sxf #loid forger #sxf loid #yor forger #sxf yor #spy x family art #sxf art #my art #twiyor #loidyor #loiyor #thorn princess #twilight #agent twilight

[atoriv-art]

this scene was so cool

#itachi uchiha #uchiha itachi #kakashi hatake #hatake kakashi #kakashi #naruto #2023 #art #fanart #obsessed. #not shippy i simply think they are due a years long journey to Worsties

[hawberries]

new kids on the block

[image is a drawing of Alhaitham sitting cross-legged and reading his book with a neutral, slightly unimpressed expression, while a beaming Yaoyao balances her Yuegui plushie on his head.]

#genshin impact #alhaitham #yaoyao #fanart #everything alhaitham says and does is so bitchy. im obsessed with him. and yaoyao is simply the cutest creature in the entire world

[cityandking]

oc asks: character design edition

FACE & FEATURES

glance: At first glance, what stands out most about your OC's appearance? What's their distinguishing feature?

face: Describe your OC's face. What's their smile like? Are their orbs cerulean? What would someone notice first when looking at them?

stature: What's your OC's body type? How tall are they? Do they wear clothing to accentuate their look or do they try to mask it?

motion: How does your OC move? How does their clothing help or hinder their range of motion? Are they flexible, coordinated, clumsy?

stillness: How does your OC act while still? Are they fidgety? Do they have any common gestures or tics? Does their clothing affect how they hold themselves while at rest?

canvas: Does your OC have any scars, piercings, tattoos, or other markings? Do they display or cover them up at all?

CUT & CLOTHES

night: What does your OC wear to sleep? Do they have a favorite pair of PJs, or are they more the birthday suit type?

day: What does your OC wear on a normal day? Why do they default to those clothes? Do they wear similar things, or do they change it up?

formal: What's your OC's formal look? Do they like dressing up? Do they have different looks for different occasions?

informal: What's your OC's lazy-day look? How do they like to dress when they're winding down?

outerwear: What's your OC's outerwear situation? Jacket, sweater, cloak? What sort of weather do they deal with most and how do they protect themselves?

footwear: What does your OC wear on their feet?

road: What does your OC wear while traveling? Do they have high-quality equipment, or are they making do? What does their gear look like?

armor: What kind of armor does your OC wear? Is it well kept? Bonus: where does it come from? Is there a story behind it?

arms: Does your OC have any weapons? What weapons do they carry, and how do they wear them when they're not fighting?

roots: Is your OC's look inspired by any specific style of clothing or fashion trend? What are the roots and/or inspiration for their look?

texture: Does your OC favor any specific kinds of cloth or textures? Is there anything they can't wear or don't like? What sort of fabrics do they prefer?

wardrobe: How big is your character's wardrobe? Do they wear things threadbare, or can they afford new clothes often? Are they any good at mending and repairing their own clothing?

ACCESSORIES & ACCENTS

bling: What jewelry does your OC wear? Does it have any meaning?

hair: How does your OC wear their hair? Does it have some kind of meaning?

makeup: Does your OC wear makeup? How often? What kind? Why do they wear makeup, and do they like it?

favorite: Does your OC have a favorite article of clothing or accessory? What is it? What's the meaning behind it? Do they wear it all the time or do they wear it sparingly to keep it safe?

change: Has your OC ever drastically changed their appearance? Significant haircuts, big tattoos, complete wardrobe swap, etc? Why? How do they feel about the change?

alternate: What would your OC's alternate universe look be? If they're a fantasy character, what's their modern look? If they're sci-fi, what's their fantasy look? What AU would you want to see your OC in, and how would they dress themself? Bonus: Prompt an AU!

#oc asks #oc ask meme #oc ask prompts #ask meme #ask game #muse prompts #roleplay ask meme #meme resource #please reblog!!! #I am simply obsessed with character design so I thought I'd make an ask meme #also I'm taking any and all of these for the kids :) #mine; ask meme

[culverton]

#...and God said let Wilson take Cuddy #which will then prompt House to send Wilson flowers #to make him think Cuddy wants to sleep with him when in fact... #i simply cannot post screenshots of an entire episode but im obsessed #wilson #house md #hilson #house md 3x19

[clotpolesonly]

he loves his younger brothers so deeply he can't function without them. his entire sense of self is predicated on service to his family. he is everyone's least favorite family member. he hates his brothers. he needs to be needed by them because he's never felt wanted. he has the shape of Matthew's forehead and the texture of his curls memorized. goodbye to whatever Declan Lynch would have grown up to be. his mother isn't real and maybe that's why he doesn't love her like he should. keeps an attic full of paintings that make him feel things tucked out of sight where no one can ever see him do it. he drives a 4 hour round trip every sunday to worship a god he no longer believes in because it's the only time Ronan concedes to spend with him. he dates three girls all with the same name and knocks his mother's wedding ring down the garbage disposal. he is a perpetual motion machine, never alone but always lonely. coffee and antacids and sleeping pills so he won't dream. he misses his father so much it hurts. he curses his father's name with every breath. trained so thoroughly to lie that telling even innocuous truths feels like giving something away. "fuck, do not fall in love with this girl." he's his father's only natural-born child. his father doesn't remember his birth. he was the first to love Ronan and so Ronan lived. off the rack suits and italian leather shoes. he wakes up every day wishing he didn't have to. goes to work, goes to school, takes Matthew to organ practice. his mother isn't his mother but his mother left him behind so maybe that's for the best. he gets beaten bloody by the hitman that killed their father and neither of his brothers pick up the phone when he calls to make sure they're alive. he still drives 4 hours to share a pew with them.

#Declan Lynch #i am simply obsessed with him #he is so much character #he fascinates me #TRC #TDT #the Raven Cycle #the Dreamer Trilogy #tags by me

[5ftboy]

#critical role #candela obscura spoilers #candela obscura #sean finnerty #jinnah basar #marion collodi #brennan lee mulligan #zehra fazal #luis carazo #mine ** #i'm kinda Obsessed with the moment in the 4th gif bc of . how Sweet and earnest jean is #compared to how Aloof (and perhaps a lil relieved) sean is in comparison #aching bc he doesn't simply say: Yes u can depend on me sticking around .

[comradekatara]

I’m curious if you have any thoughts about Ty Lee and Mai re: their reasons for and willingness to follow Azula during the course of the show? Their introductions — with Ty Lee initially reluctant and joining out of fear, whereas Mai was all in the moment she showed up in Omashu — contrasted with their endings — Mai growing resentful and eventually betraying Azula, and Ty Lee staying close to her right up to the moment she spots an opening — are so fascinating and emblemic of their characters

yes, exactly. ty lee has to be coerced whereas mai doesn't need to be told twice. more specifically, ty lee had the initiative to run away at some point (it's also far easier to leave your home when you have six identical sisters) and has settled in an environment that she actually enjoys, whereas mai is trapped with her family and takes up azula's offer specifically as a means of escape. that doesn't mean she particularly enjoys the prospect of hunting down the boy she used to like, but she gets to see the world and use her knife skills and hang out with her besties. it's not perfect, but it's still a far better deal than being stuck under the thumb of her controlling mother and scheming father in a foreign city that is essentially a ghost town (now that its entire native population is literally living underground). mai doesn't like being bossed around by azula – or being bossed around by anyone, for that matter – but she knows better than to question the commands of her princess, so she sticks to side-eyeing her as she complies, and only ever denying her requests when azula is too far away to notice ("she can shoot all the lightning at me she wants, i am not going in that wall sludge juice." "just take the bear." etc etc).

ty lee, however, doesn't just comply with azula's commands, she comports herself into the very image of obedience, she forces herself to embody exactly what it is azula wants in a loyal servant, but also in a best friend, and in a beautiful girl. because, like, the thing about mai is that she is really very normal. she uses apathy and sarcasm to mask her true emotions, whether they be fear, rage, or a combination thereof, but she's also quite sincere and blunt and kind. mai adapts to her environment in the sense that she knows to comply with the demands of her family and azula, she knows how to play the part of fire nation noblewoman, but she's not closed off from her feelings, she just presents that way. ty lee, however, is a complete and utter chameleon, to the point that she's somehow the one who seems more sincere out of the pair, even though nary an honest word comes out of her mouth throughout the entire show.

mai expresses her disagreements with azula when she knows that the moment allows for it, and she expresses her irritation, her vulnerability (to an extent), and her emotions when she can. but even when ty lee could choose to be honest, it's like she doesn't actually know how. the most honest ty lee ever actually gets before her betrayal is when she insults mai's makeup, and she's still putting mai down in azula's presence as to establish a hierarchy of affection. even when she's lovingly teasing mai by demonstrating how their friendship is genuine enough that she can insult her instead of vapidly praising her like she does with all those shallow, stupid boys and a certain princess, she's still strategically positioning herself in azula's favor. she operates in a coded language, simultaneously communicating to mai the sincerity of her affection and communicating to azula that they are in fact a pair, teaming up to put down and bully mai as they have been doing since they were children. in the beautiful words of shiv roy, ty lee has never eaten a grapefruit without an agenda.

even though ty lee does seem more loyal to azula despite having to be coerced into joining her, whereas mai seemingly agrees immediately, ty lee is an acrobat and a circus performer; contorting herself to suit the needs of others and appear a certain way to certain people is literally her wheelhouse. whereas mai is a thoughtful yet impulsive, apathetic yet sincere teenage girl. and the cracks in mai's agreeability begin to show as early as in her introductory episode, when azula decides to sacrifice tom-tom to keep bumi, and mai has no choice but to comply with her princess despite obviously wanting to save her baby brother.

mai's loyalty was always on a razor's edge; it was never an ideal situation for her, she just never found a better option. mai lived her whole life in an extremely stifling gilded cage, and she craves enrichment in her enclosure. but then she sees potential beyond the bars, as demonstrated by zuko, and she takes a stand for something she believes in. ty lee doesn't do that, because ty lee does not truly have beliefs beyond her own immediate survival. you can say she values entertainment, laughter, violence that doesn't kill, but i think she'd become anything the world demanded of her without a moment's hesitation. and in this moment, the world demands that she choose. choose between the girl she loved to put down and ostracize within their little trio so as to better curry azula's favor, or the girl who threatened to burn her alive if she did not comply with her every demand. and it should be so obvious, shouldn't it? of course ty lee would choose mai over azula, it's so clear in hindsight. but it shocks azula, and it shocks mai, and it even sort of shocks ty lee herself. because she has done such a good job of hiding her personhood so far beneath her facade that even mai, the one person she cares about more than her own survival, doesn't actually know it.

"anything to get me out of this place," is mai's response to azula's offer. mai was always looking for a better situation, striving for the best possible scenario within a very limited array of options. but ty lee knows what she wants, and she knows she cannot have it, and so she denies herself. denies her own agency, her affections, her desires, her personality, her intelligence, her values. she would do anything to survive, even if it means killing every single true part of herself. mai's betrayal against azula is decidedly a declaration of love, not only for zuko, but also for herself. but ty lee's betrayal is the greatest declaration of love there is. her willingness to throw away her so deliberately, carefully cultivated, precarious security and safety for the sake of someone who doesn't even know that ty lee loves her is such a resounding confession that it actually shocks mai into perfect stillness. mai, who is always so quick to act and react, frozen to the floor by the cosmic weight of this revelation, this paradigm shift. mai had always assumed that she was the discarded, neglected, bullied friend of the trio, the one who would always be second best to azula (and keep in mind ty lee never actually says that azula had to coerce her into joining, she simply says "azula called a little louder," because she is always making mai read between the lines). but here, ty lee proves that there is one she values over her own life and everything she has done to keep it, and it is mai.

"why?" asks azula. "why would you do it? you knew the consequences." i think that mai would gladly throw her worthless life away if it meant dying for something real, something true within a world of masks and lies and manipulations. she knows the consequences, but they no longer matter, now that she has sight of something that she truly, actually cares about. but ty lee is different. ty lee excels in the world of masks, lies, and manipulations, thrives in it to the point that azula, so-called "people person," doesn't even realize that the girl she loves is nothing more than a carefully cultivated phantasm. ty lee truly cares, far more than mai, about the consequences. and yet, when it comes down to it, when she weighs all her options, she not only hurts azula to save mai, but she stays by mai's side through it all. the girl who could effortlessly subdue every guard holding her in place and jump up onto the gondola cord and run across its length to the other side of the volcano within minutes stays next to mai with no resistance, merely sheds her mask to finally glare at azula with her true face. so it is not entirely accurate to say that ty lee's values are conditional and fabricated. there is, in fact, one thing ty lee values above all else, but only when it is true.

#flashhwing #asks #mai #ty lee #maixtylee #azula #analysis #azula&tylee #azula&mai #ohhhh you got me talking abt the atla ship i have been obsessed with since i was a baby who simply liked their contrasting aesthetics #you got me RAMBLING ABOUT MAI AND TY LEE 😭😭 #i love them so much...... #mai my babygirl my everything. ty lee my insanegirl also my everything #ppl who dont like the boiling rock are so crazy. dyke drama truly does not get better than this!!!!!!!!

[seance]

WHAT'D YOU DO WITH HIM? I KNOW HE WOULDN'T HAVE LEFT BY CHOICE. I KNOW YOU THINK YOU UNDERSTAND HIM.

#ofmdedit #ourflagmeansdeathedit #ofmd #our flag means death #edward teach #stede bonnet #izzy hands #userbecca #useravia #userelio #ughmerlin #usernobie #edits #i forgot my own edits tag twice and now the other ofmd gifsets won't show on my own blog. incredible move from my part #anyway i'm simply obsessed with this scene and i had to do something about it #the fact that izzy comes to him #cause despite everything they really are the one who know him better #izzy for his past and stede for his future for who he could be #but they both acknowledge the other part here #and the fact that izzy KNOWS stede's love for ed won't trample his loyalty and care towards the crew #they're speaking as equals here for the very first time #honest and raw #stede is not even really angry #he knows they did what they had to do to protect themselves and he wouldn't want them dead at ed's feet #i don't think he was trying to be snarky here. he just wanted closure and knew izzy could give it to him #it's also extra painful for them both #i have lots of thoughts and feelings about this whole thing in general #flashing gif /

[raulsparza]

Succession 1x3 // 4x10  - Kieran Roman bracelet appreciation 

#god i love when roman wears kieran's bracelets like what is the reasoning behind this im obsessed #i think it was just these two times yeah? #succession #roman roy #kieran culkin #how i adore this little pixie man #does this mean left to his own devices roman simply dresses in teeshirts and bracelets like who is doing this what does this all mean #i feel insane

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

A friend pointed out how in this post, Mobei Jun looks like he's wearing a shirt, opening up the avenue for him to have been secretly stuffing his bra this whole time. The scandal of it all needed to be exposed.

#poorly drawn svsss #svsss #mobei jun #shang qinghua #luo bingge #shen qingqiu #I did not expect this brainworm to hit me as hard as it did #but the need to create this and set it free upon the world wide web was necessary for my sanity. #One can't simply keep this idea contained and not go mad #'Why do SQQ and LBH have each other as pfps?' Don't we all enjoy having our favourite things as profile pics? #They are mutually obsessed. Of course they would have matching icons. Of course it's of the other. I'll die on that hill willingly #Youtuber apologies are always wild. I don't even know what kind of content MBJ would make on youtube. It's probably not even his account #No I'm not going to talk about or explain the posters. They are just there.

[elenagoeslightly]

“So I am to sit here and feed you information,” Cardan says, leaning against a hickory tree. “And you’re to go charm royalty? That seems entirely backward.” I fix him with a look. “I can be charming. I charmed you, didn’t I?” He rolls his eyes. “Do not expect others to share my depraved tastes.”

i love them. i do. best ship of the last ten years

#jurdan #the ways i thought this book would simply pass me by #and instead i feel a full blown obsession starting #jude duarte #the cruel prince #cardan greenbriar #holly black #tfota