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Not satisfied with this but :/ Sanxingdui-inspired Erlang Shen design brainstorm because I have a pet theory that the numerous blue-green skinned designs of him might be due in part to his Shu heritage (modern Sichuan area, where the sanxingdui artifacts were unearthed). Also his Heavenly Eye being interpreted as a third eye too but that's less so relevant to this design.
[ID: A bust portrait of Erlang Shen, with screenshots of sanxingdui artifacts and three green-blue-skinned adaptations of him beside him. He has light green-blue skin with black eyes and a golden third eye. His eyebrows extend up into a curlicue design and his two normal eyes have golden eye shadow. Atop his head is a helmet, the front of which echoes the design of several of the sanxingdui artifacts next to him. His head and helmet are colored and shaded, but his chest piece is only a sketch. Like his helmet, the chest piece has curlicue designs echoing sanxingdui artifacts. End ID]
EDIT: Link to more of my thoughts on this because I think it's an interesting connection even if I'm unsure how historically supported it is in reality :>
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dapperrokyuu · 7 months
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Read ~60 chapters of Chainsaw Man today, WHEWWWWW-
#dee p thoughts#overall review so far: pretty good. author's style is very distinct and potentially offputting/unhinged so I 1000% get someone not liking#this for that reason. theres a lot of food for thought to chew on among it so I enjoy it tho. but I do think the plot in terms of arcs and#how they tie into character development/progression can be very...fast and sudden? couldve used more time to make the progressions more#gradual and natural feeling imo which is where I think the anime expanding on scenes enhances this. ex: aki's care for power and denji is#very sweet but it also feels a bit sudden in terms of...well how to word this? like it ultimately MAKES SENSE but the turning point makes i#feel like his care stems from them almost dying reminding him of himeno as opposed to. caring about them afdadljbkndlkj- yes its establishe#that aki views denji kind of as a little brother but they couldve had the trio cook a little longer imo like at that point I dont really#feel aki has had much connection to power either tbh but...I get it I get why lol-#THO I WILL GIVE THAT THE SUDDENNESS FEELING MAY STEM FROM ME READING ~60 CHAPTERS YEAH. just like? denji's relationship with makima has mor#gradual progression than the trio's imo which makes sense but we should strengthen the trio bond for extra impacttt-#thinking deeper I do think aki has individual moments with denji and power has individual moments with denji so its probably the lack of ak#interacting with power that makes me feel the trio isnt fully baked lol. kind of just shown annoyance and then happiness at her not throwin#vegetables and now you dont want her to die I guess thats what makes me feel something is missinggg#which makes sense at the end of the day I guess? whats important is their relationship with denji not each other? but eh still I guess we'l#jot this down as a personal preference of mine
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termagax · 3 months
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tldr "what does his face look like" that is his face. dont be rude.
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Losing my mind a little, time to paint some playbills!!
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sanstropfremir · 2 years
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With the latest bp album dropping today and seeing that nothing has changed the last two years, I’m curious if you can help me understand why I find it all so….mediocre. I can tell that part of it is the effect you’ve brought up with Hybe of too much money smoothing out all character. I also feel like this is a case where keeping the same collaborators has meant doing the same song with tiny changes 5 times, unlike a lot of other groups where they still have variety while keeping a more consistent overall identity. But they feel very bland in a different way than hybe groups do, and I can’t put my finger on why.
nothing blackpink does has a concept.
well, that's mildly facetious: their concepts are 'what if we were cool and influencers and most importantly GIRLS', and that's a non-entity at this point. visually, none of that means anything and all of it is indistinguishable from each other.
i think this is a great question to illustrate exactly why spectacle (the form) is not as simple as slapping together the most bombastic set pieces and ideas you can think of and calling it a day. in order to make good spectacle, you have to put just as much work in as you do with any other type of art. your ideas have to be grounded in a visual logic that drives the entire world you create: sets, costumes, lighting, even text and sound all have to be interlinked, to communicate with each other.
since it's also on everyone's minds right now, let's use nct 127 as an example. specifically, let's use 2 baddies and sticker. both of these mvs superficially carry the same basic visual ideas: there's very bright and highly saturated colouring and a lot of neon, there's a car, and there's a lot of highly decorated costuming. but each of these mvs have highly specific themes and concepts in which they ground both these more general principles.
sticker draws a direct comparative between the old west and the aestheticized neo(n) techno future that has a basis in science fiction and techno orientalism, and within that comparative there's a line drawn between hackers and cowboys, as figures that operate outside of the law on their own moral codes. throwing in the lowrider is another connection to operating outside the law, as lowriders can only be created via modding/customization and the mods themselves are technically illegal. one can pick apart several different meanings from sticker however they desire, but my point is here that the concept has a context and logic. the imagery and production design are all based around that specific theme, and the styling is uses very obvious markers from cowboy/western fashion to further drive the point home.
and 2 baddies. oh there are some LAYERS to 2 baddies. firstly, one of the main visual motifs is geometric art deco style patterning, which is an arts and design movement that started in the mid 1920s and continued up until around the 40s. this movement did not just impact visual arts, but it also heavily impacted commercial and industrial design, which included both architecture (famously, the chrysler building) and, very notably: cars. this era is the boom of the automobile and the art deco movement in particular produced some of THE most beautiful cars of all time, including:
the bugatti aerolithe
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the delahaye 177 rs
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the delahaye 165 cabriolet
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and one of my personal favourites, the phantom corsair
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you know who else was designing cars in the 1930s and 40s? porsche:
the porsche type 12, 1931
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the porsche 356 no. 1, 1948
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and just as an extra fun lil detail, in the chorus of the actual song, there's a sample of a vintage car horn (it's right after the line 'don and manner'), which is the horn of a ford model a, which was ford's second model that replaced the model t, the car that popularized driving. and when was the model a produced?
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and like with sticker, the styling draws directly from the clothing associated with concept, as it has very distinctive visual signifiers. we haven't seen any of the stages yet but i'm willing to bet that most of the styling is going to be based around motorsport gear. this goes across the board for pretty much every 127 styling: it is very obvious which era a performance is from just by looking at the costumes, because they use those very distinctive unified visual signifiers.
now, can you do this with a blackpink cb? name me a significant visual difference between any of their mvs. any of their stylings. all their mvs are colour graded the same, they reuse the same general imagery, there's no coherent theme holding anything together, and all their outfits are typical heightened kpop girl group. using just pure bombast works once or twice, but like as we've seen with their music, when you reuse the same imagery over and over again it loses impact. there's no spark. it gets boring.
#also all of their choreography is the same. sorry#another important thing to note here is that keeping the same collaborators does not always mean that you always produce the same work#sm works with a lot of the same people across different groups + cbs and almost never produces anything with the same degree of 'sameness'#if you are working with the same people constantly and you are producing the same thing every time:#someone or all people in that creative relationship are bad at their jobs. that's the truth#kpop questions#blpk w#nct w#for all they have the life sucked out of them bts does actually switch up their concepts enough that it does make each era distinct#blackpink has not done that a single time. their concept is literally 'we are blackpink'#why do you think they say their name so fucking much in their songs. bc there's nothing else that makes it distinct#groups build identity through numerous different ways but it's always a combination of: the idols faces/voices#choreography/movement styling and music type#when you switch concepts frequently but keep specific throughline threads THATS how you establish signifiers#without making people bored#sure by making everything the same all the time we all definitely recognize blackpink. but like. that's not interesting to keep watching#text#answers#listen. i dont think its gonna happen BUT if we see 127 in like. glitzer 30s-40s suits im going to YELL#i'm hyped for the 2 baddies era bc i love any time i get to flex my car knowledge and SPECIFICALLY my art deco car knowledge#literally one of my favourite things ever i can look at these cars all day#back home i used to go to car shows all the time. a well designed car is one of the most gorgeous pieces of machinery#i have actually seen a real ford model t. i think it was from 1914? a guy in my hometown had one#it's so funny to me bc theyre going to have to change the '2 baddies 1 porsche' line for music shows bc its a brand name?#like cix had to change ferrari to 'mercy' for 458 (hilariously - another cb literally about a car)#the classic 911 design was first introduced in the 1960s so it is technically outside the scope of being an 'art deco car' BUT#it very clearly takes inspiration from some some of the shapes that were floating around at the time like with the aerolithe#AND porsche was experimenting with that shape with the type 12#it just took a couple extra decades for them to finally get there. close enough imo
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aftonrobotiics · 7 months
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an idea i really like: rather than being another soul trapped inside the body of golden freddy, evan doubles as the entity shadow freddy. a nonviolent, reclusive spirit, wearing the twisted face of the animatronic that took his life; with no physical body simply because evan didn't die in the diner. he makes the active choice to help his father (to lure the animatronics to the safe room in the "follow me" minigames, so william can dismantle them) for the same reasons elizabeth does; that's their dad. they care about him. they want to make him proud. the only spirits haunting the fazbear name that don't hold any animosity towards william. and i'm sure, on some level, evan cares about the other children. but at the end of the day, michael is the only afton working against william.
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gontagokuhara · 8 months
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i couldnt get to sleep last night so i saw this one in my email as it came in and its just. kisses it. frames it. it has broken down all my defenses
serious note: this is exactly the kind of feedback that genuinely is really encouraging, because not only am i having fun writing it — people are having fun reading it! i’m really proud of pointy objects, but it being enough to convince multiple people (!) to want to read the source material because they like my interpretation so much. sobbies into my hands this is def the kind of comment i save and reread because it makes me happy. thank u 🫶
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transtak · 11 months
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i keep thinking “i cant afford to be punk :(”entirely forgetting that being punk is not supposed to be expensive its for people who cant afford much. lol. i just need to learn how to diy stuff better which i do think would genuinely be really fulfilling for me anyway
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unlimitedhorsepower · 2 years
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anyway funniest part of the rising movie is when barnaby literally imagines ryans gravity dome destroying sternbild just because ryan asked a genuine question about the legend of the justice goddess but it was so very suspicious to barnaby.
which really is the root of ryans issue of being wanted to be liked for who he is but he acts so weird that people have a hard time believing hes for real. but he is for real. he was born like that and hes not faking it, he treats everyone the same
part of the problem is that the way he treats everyone else is weird. not that hes evil or anything its just because hes weird. its fine when hes in a hero suit- its like his hero persona, thats fine. but then youre talking to him as a coworker in civilian wear and hes still acting the same.
seems so fake except its not fake since he doesnt even have a persona for being golden ryan. thats just his personality. hes not pretending, hes like that every day of his life. very tragic. love that guy btw
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doyourdrafts · 1 year
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At work....
*kathunk noise from Manager's office and audible gasp from manager*
*sounds of frenzied movement and a metal water bottle or tumbler being set on a desk*
I was halfway to her door with a handful of napkins when the closer-seated employee reached her door empty-handed to ask her if she needed any paper towels.
"You guys know me too well."
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cruelsister-moved2 · 2 years
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being the oppressor kills ur soul like i think when we talk abt privilege sometimes it almost ends up implying that these systems are good for everyone except the people on the bottom of the heap and we basically rely on the people at the top just out of the kindness of their heart choosing to sacrifice some of their gains for the benefit of others like. i hated the whole heforshe thing i hate this ‘ummm can we talk about how the patriarchy hurts MEN?’ attitude but we do need some way of approaching the fact that overall living in this society which is structured around the oppression of women and minorities is making everyones lives worse. but like men do get material gains out of the subjugation of women so the whole ‘rights arent a pie’ thing doesnt really ring true, its just that i would argue the physical gains u make from exploiting women arent worth the cost of living in a society built on violence and fighting for dominance and dehumanising others like by dehumanising others u dehumanise urself in the process etc idk if that makes sense but yknow
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chisatowo · 2 years
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I wanna draw unit swap vbs' online personas but also I kinda wanna have all of their online nicknames decided on first.... I know I want Kohane's to be K.O. but idk abt anyone else rn unfortunately 😔
#rat rambles#sekai posting#unit swap au#also idk if I should draw them in the artstyle Im imagining or not#I think I mighhhht be able to but the thin lineart could be a problem#kohane and akito designed them all together as a sort of back and forth kohane making a simple but distinct sillouette and then akito#designing outfits for tgem and then kohane stylising the clothes more then akito adjusting the stylisation and so on and so forth#theyre all based on animals because fuck you I can make them furries if I want to#I know that an's will be based off of deer kohane's hampster and toya's bunny but ngl idk what to do for akito's#thats the other big thing holding me back which is a shamr since I have detailed ideas for everyome else's dhekdhkfh#I also should design some of kohane's ocs since theyre also pretty important to their music since they have a few story song series running#basically an used to run their cannel by herself but after kohane make a fan amv of one of her songs she was like oh fuck yeah thats sick#so after that kohane would make the official mvs with said characters and they started turning it into a story of sorts#I say of sorts because up until the first story they actually werent very good on communication with eachother in this regard#thats why kohane started feeling more distant from the group and the project as a whole and started considering quitting#and the others also were feeling it too as akito and toya both felt a kind of imposter syndrome abt being there and an didnt know how to#bring up her ambitions of taking their music beyond the web to the others#dw they talked it through eventually and figured shit out and then kohane and akito designed the new sonas with the other two's imput and#they rebranded the channel a bit to include a lot more of their own personal passion projects and allowed the whole crew to have more of a#presense on the channel#this didnt like solve everything for them ofc but it was a big step forward for all of them#also their sekai is a night club btw not rly relevant but just thought Id say dhsjhdjd#initially their sekai has flower one and ia but they also get gumi soon after their first story#ia has a constant headache lol
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gibbearish · 7 months
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prev rb is very good but also very funny to me bc the last thing i sculpted was a . drag minion funko pop
#there was a secret santa event at work and my person was our lead who also at that time led the court in our area#or. i cant remember if they led the court or were just high ranking in it#w/e not important the point is he did drag and i was openly transitioning at work so he suctioned onto me like a limpet#because everyone working there was republican as fuck and before our class w 3 gays there was No One But Him#anyways. he was also a big disney adult so very big into minions and funko pops#so i was like. dude this is so easy ill just make him a custom minion funko dressed as katie#and i was RIGHT he went fuckin apeshit for that thing literally for like 3 days after people kept coming up to me being#like 'so justin was just showing off his secret santa gift did you really make that?'#really though i lucked the fuck out w that intersection of interests#like any funko fan would go ham for a custom one of themselves but to have an entire other persona that#dresses very distinctively and you are incredibly proud of? easy mode easy mode#and faithful tributes of ppls creative works will always hit hard so thats also easy mode#AND being able to integrate minions?? nah easiest dub of all time#oh but yeah i put the minion in the dress katie was wearing the first pride we hung out at#i even made a fake box for it and painted a label and everything#btw i made the box by cutting a window in one of my old t boxes for the irony KANDKSBDMS#n like to make the plastic window i think i used the packaging for something else
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toastsnaffler · 10 months
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whenever ppl ask me what my type is (or even like. what celebrities I find attractive) I have a rly hard time pinning it down for them bc things like familiarity actually factor in a LOT for me so I don't tend to immediately recognise whether someone I've never seen before irl is hot or not. actually if we wanna get properly into it the reality of how attraction works for me is that I fall in world-rearrangingly devastating love with someone and my "type" then redefines itself accordingly as a category of ppl who remind me of them in specific subtle/less-than-subtle ways and the imprint of that sticks with me forever so whenever I find someone instinctively beautiful I'm always just seeing the ghost of past loves in their face or the way they hold themselves. but I can't explain that to ppl bc I feel like it comes across weird and a little creepy so I just laugh and tell them "well its arbitrary, I'm just attracted to ppl on an individual basis! um and also ayo edebiri is sooo gorgeous" which is true
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mikuhats · 1 year
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theres this genre of succession post where its saying kendall is "becoming his father" for something that kendall wouldve done at literally any point thru out this show and its A Little Annoying to me. Idk.... yeah the loganification. Whatever. but in saying every shitty thing kendall does is him Becoming Logan is a little lame because sometimes you also have to consider: He was raised by Logan and sometimes is just an asshole
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honeytonedhottie · 4 months
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your guide to effortless glamour⋆.ೃ࿔*:・✨
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personal branding - what does glamor mean to YOU. what makes your sense of glamor different from everyone else’s. personal branding is all about individuality. when everyones idea of glamor is identical to each other’s, everyones personal charm dissipates, and "glamor" loses its meaning. thats why its important to not conform to EVERY little trend, or try and copy someone else’s personal brand.   
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the difference with getting inspiration from someone and copying someone is simple. when ur inspired by someone, u can do something similar for personal branding, but the distinction between ur brand and INSPIRERS brand is very distinct. 
confidence - the most glamorous people are ALWAYS the most confident. the thing about confidence is that nobody can ACTUALLY determine whether or not its real. because of that it is so easy to fake confidence. fake it till u make it. its SUPER easy to create confidence because of this fact.  
my favorite way to work on my confidence is through self CONCEPT work. if ur a loa girlie then yk that self concept is the FOUNDATION for literally everything and i stress its importance relentlessly bcuz its JUST that important. im currently working on a big self concept post which is dropping soon, but for now i have lots of self concept posts already that u can reference if u dont know where to start.  
treatment - when ur working towards effortless glamor, ofc you’re gonna TREAT yourself as the glamorous individual you are. and what i mean by that is -> treating urself with nothing short of respect and LOVE. some ways to implement effortless glamor into ur life are...
giving urself compliments
AFFIRM TO URSELF (vaunt, and rampage and affirm about how much u love urself, even if u dont at the moment it WILL come into fruition)
self care - pamper urself just like u deserve. take care of ur skin, hair and nails. when u look good u FEEL good. treat urself like a princess, with the upmost care.
pampering yourself - be EXTRAAA and be meticulous. take impeccably good care of ur body and ur health. when ur taking care of urself like u should, you'll glow from the inside out. when u make it a habit to put time into yourself, your confidence AND glamorous energy will skyrocket.
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other resources ; i'll add youtubers, and other blogs that i take inspo from for ✨glamor✨ and ofc an affirmations list.
@prissygrlsorority - one of the most GLAMOROUS blogs that i've seen yet. overall a rly good resource.
misstada - one of my favorite youtubers, glamorous makeup tutorials and vlogs.
AFFIRMATIONS - my whole entire existence is so effortlessly glamorous. im the embodiment of the word fabulous. i have fabulous hair, fabulous style, and of COURSE that fabulous smile. im a star.
all in all, KNOW who you are, and remind urself of that ✨ - honey
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