#the visual depictions are lovely

[queenlucythevaliant]

We see him come and know him ours

Russia: "Carol of the Russian Children," traditional // Kenya: The Nativity, Elima Njau // France: "Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella," Nicolas Saboly // Haiti: Madonna and Child, Ismael Saincilus // Australia: "The Three Drovers," William James // China: Tryptic by Lu Hongnian // Canadian/Algonquian: "Huron Carol," Jean de Brébeuf

#the visual depictions are lovely #but what really gets me every time are the little cultural details in the music #music that tells the story of the Nativity while placing it in a world that's familiar to the listener #fur robed moujiks on snowboard plateaus in place of middle eastern shepherds #bark lodges instead of stables and rabbit skin in place of swaddling clothes #wandering hunter and chiefs from far off places instead of shepherds and wise men (man i love the Huron Carol) #and little french girls running to gather the village to come see Jesus #it's easy for an excess of historical concern to make Jesus feel distant and far off #/I know/ that Jesus was born in the ancient near east and have had my fill of books and sermons and the like unpacking the implications #I've laughed with my friends and family at the wild inaccuracies of Nativity sets and tellings #the crazy blonde mary in the kids nativity set at Walmart #what is that alpaca doing at the living Nativity don't they know those are south American? #yada yada #and then i look at these carols and think. it's okay not to get mired in the history. good even #yes Jesus entered into time and space in a very specific manner #but he also came for all of us #as another carol says: we see him come and know him ours #i just think this practice is lovely #that the impact of the Incarnation was such that it send little french girls running to their villages #and drew algonquin hunters and russian peasants to the manger to see him #it's the great crowd of witnesses in a way #all of us together preparing him room throughout all the corners of the earth #in Bethlehem that night it was only the shepherds who got to see him #but in spirit it was all of us #because it's just like the angel said: #good news of great joy which will be to all people #to all people #starting with the shepherds and going out to all the earth #unto us a child is born #intertextuality

[siilly-guy]

I ❤️ charlie kelly

#picmix needs to be taken away from me before it gets worse #visual depiction of how much I love him #iasip #charlie kelly #charlie day #its always sunny in philadelphia #leprechaun #rats #hatsune miku #sunnyblr

[mincedpeaches]

grimmons commission from @blueskittlesart, inspired by this video.

#grimmons #red vs blue #rvb #dick simmons #dexter grif #fuckin OTP man #the video is SO grimmons and i needed someone to depict it visually. so I took matters into my own hands #i was saving this on the off chance that grimmons had any trouble in that rvb ship poll 5million years ago. which frankly was so dumb of me #but its time. to do some rvb posting. we need to be rvb posting again. #paid for with my own legal tender #thank you again @blueskittlesart for doing this commission theyre soooo cute. i love them.

[craqueluring]

"I have been astonished that Men could die Martyrs for religion – I have shudder’d at it – I shudder no more – I could be martyr’d for my Religion – Love is my religion – I could die for that – I could die for you." — John Keats, letter to Fanny Brawne

#i wish there was more visual imagery in this show that depicts will as hannibals god #bc this fits hannibals perspective so much better than wills #like it fits both but like ITS SO HANNIBAL #and i wish i could portray that more clearly through screenshots #but whatever i think yall catch my drift #pluto web weaves #nbc hannibal #hannibal #hannibal lecter #will graham #hannigram #mine #hannibaledit #tvedit #john keats #poetry #web weaving #love #religion #coquilles #the great red dragon #the wrath of the lamb

[moongothic]

It is objectively at least a little funny to me when people draw Crocodile super muscular 'cause like, sure, his torso may be as wide as a brick wall, but y'all seen his arms and legs?

They're skinny as shit, this man has never lifted a thing in his entire life, he probably doesn't even know how to run. Like Oda can draw people with muscular limbs, this shit's intentional

#Yes hello I'm staying up for 31 hours to fix my fucked up sleep schedule. The posts are gonna get fucking deranged tonight #Sleep Deprivation Shitposting Lesgo #Moon posting #OP Meta #Sir Crocodile #But also unironically this is like great character design / visual storytelling #Because yeah if he was skinny like a twig he wouldn't have the same imposing presence to him. #Don't get me wrong I would love a 'Laffitte-ass looking twink'-Crocodile just as much #He just wouldn't be as intimidating (or at least not in the same way); he wouldn't have the same Scary Motherfucker Aura to him #But also Crocodile really does let his Devil Fruit do all the hard work for him in combat (including running) #Like IDK what he does to keep his torso built like a brick wall so he doesn't look like Laffitte but forreal the man does not lift #The most accurate depiction of Croc would be the exact same but his left arm would be slightly beefier than his right #Only because of the gigantic hook that he hauls around #(Just for clarity this is a shitpost. I'm just here to roast the man for his silly Oda-Approved Anatomy)

[lucifer-kane]

Redrew That one scene with my Durge Lucian and Astarion and I'm really happy with how it came out

#bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #durge x astarion #durge #astarion #my art #REALLY love how astarion came out tbh. im 50/50 on depicting a visual character

[tricitymonsters]

Mc getting their nipples pierced because they aren't crazy enough to put anything metal or spiky near their dick like mori and amir.

All the while akello is standing there just shuttering from even thinking about getting shit on his dick

Mori, no nipple rings but had a tattoo gun on his dick for 90 minutes, Amir, with like... idk 12+ piercings including nipples and dick, and mc with fresh pierced nipples in deep convo about pain tolerance and sexy piercings

FRANKLY Akello is the stable braincell of the group because he's like No I Will Not Put A Needle Somewhere EXTRA Sensitive for Aesthetic Thank You VERY Much >:[

Funfact! In some of Akello's earliest concepting, Atlas played with some more facial piercings for him

We ended up toning it down a little to just his ears because we thought it suited a more practical, refined vibe for his mature and sensible kind of tastes but honestly I wouldn't put it past younger akello to have had multiple face piercings at one point he maybe simply stopped using.

#Thank you for asking! #mori #amir #akello #bonus lore #this concept art wasn't meant to depict him having like all of these at once #it simply saves time for atlas to throw a bunch of ideas on him at the same time so we can visualize things easier together #i do love me some pierced up akello tho gosh

[tackytigerfic]

i have a very silly question, i’ve always wondered this, and i hope you don’t mind me asking you because you’re one of my absolute favourites in the fandom. but as a writer, do you have clear images of what the characters look like when you’re writing them? like when i’m reading a fic, draco and harry are just white and brown blobs in my head lol. i can only picture a vague collection of features, but when you’re writing and have to be descriptive, does that come from an actual image you have in your head (or i guess, vice versa?) like, especially when you write the same characters over and over, does that establish a firmer picture of them in your brain? this is literally so stupid but i’m extensively curious about it for no reason (no pressure to answer tho xx)

Totally not a silly question, Anon - i actually think this is really interesting and i always love hearing people's thoughts on this! i suspect every writer is very different when it comes to this but i can tell you that I have absolutely no mental picture of them at all in my head when i'm writing.

i wouldn't say i'm not a visual person (portrait photography is a hobby of mine, plus i studied film for years and love costuming, design etc) and when i write i certainly have a very strong visual sense in terms of what i'm trying to convey. but i have no pictures in my head at all! it's more like a memory of something that happened years ago, or a film i once saw. sort of filtered and unclear. very hard to explain! but when i'm writing descriptively i'm trying to create the feel of the thing rather than give an accurate visual description. and then people can just imagine it however they want, as long as they get the Vibes:tm:

one thing is for sure and fucking certain, i do not picture the film actors at all.

thanks for such a lovely and interesting ask, Anon. I had a lot of fun thinking about this.

#actually this is probably quite interesting in terms of fanart too #i love so many artists #all of whom have such varied and broad interpretations of the characters #i suspect if i had a stronger visual sense of how they look #i would find it difficult to fully appreciate art that depicted them as very different to the characters in my head #whereas with my Vibes Only approach i can just admire all the different harrys and dracos #asked and answered #rowing and chatting #god i love getting asks #i hardly ever get them #probably because i'm so slow to answer lol #but i do treasure them when i do get them

[liquidstar]

all of the previously untranslated "dear society" suddenly got uploaded to mangakakalot a couple weeks ago out of no where so yes i DID read it and yes i DID cry doing so. several times in fact. i really liked it.

#(these tags contain spoilers) #a lot of the visuals were genuinely so cool too #like the way metaphorical immediacy was used to symbolize emotions was just perfect #i especially loved this one scene in the early chapters where hanakos telling kanesho who she likes #and is drawn as if shes stabbing him in the chest #and there isnt a cut back to ''reality'' for it- its fully depicted as if thats whats going on even though the audience clearly #just a metaphor #sometimes it was literally what was going on top of being a metaphor though. like when he just like #casually took out his old school uniform and burned it in some random ladys fire #the timeskip was also funny bc he was so ''damn. i hate society but i participate in it. curious.'' #also i like how hanako wasnt the wife foreshadowed at the start #like his initial crush on here was obvs pretty dependent but not in an unusual way for young teens lol #but it shows that that doesnt really matter passed highschool. like he said himself his world grew #i also really liked mizuho he was just a really cool guy #i fully expected him to be a bait and switch douchebag but he really wasnt. he was just cool and supportive #even when he got dumped! like #kanesho apologizing bc he likes girls and cant force himself to be in a relationship w a guy #(and mizuho at the time interpreters this to mean hes a lesbian) #his response is just. you have nothing to apologize for.... #ALSO a big fan of kino he was just such a great mentor for kanesho #obviously w different experiences like kino says. hes a gay man and kanesho is a trans guy so its different #but theres overlap and solidarity. they were both unfairly ostracized at school and kino was such a great support bc hes BEEN THERE #when he graduates and leaves his uniform for kanesho w the note ''now its your turn'' #dude. unreal. screaming crying throwuing up #loved the school nurse too she was just so supportive and nice. thank you school nurse for being cool. sorry i forgor your name

[ivyithink]

back to my roots (drawing alfred and aethelflaed interactions, cause they melt my heart)

also the 1st season squad is very important to me, i love them a lot

+ moments from books that were stuck in my mind while i was drawing))

#my art #my doodles #yeah i am ignoring the golden hair description cause even though it might’ve been even more visually striking i reference the show #for characters’ looks #my brain won’t let me break this self-imposed rule sorry #but aren’t they so sweet? #i’m definitely not thinking about how it would feel to remember a moment like this after they both are gone #absolutely not thinking about that uh-uh #and yeah i’m #trying to depict more historically accurate clothes while using 21st century language #mad lad behaviour #i love the interactions between uhtred and little aethelflaed in the books #there aren’t many of them but they are kinda hilarious #love the one where he basically wants to tell alfred to fuck off but can’t do it cause aethelflaed is laying in her dad’s lap and watching #uhtred like a hawk #and the scene where she tells uhtred she wanted danes to come closer to their hiding place so she could watch him chop their heads off #what a kid right? #i don’t actually mind their relationship in the show and 5th season absolutely broke my heart #but fond uncle uhtred and bright little menace aethelflaed is one of my most beloved headcanons for sure #wholesome #the last kingdom #tlk #tlk alfred #tlk aethelflaed #tlk uhtred #tlk leofric #tlk iseult #tlk hild

[sctumsempra]

i need everyone to know sinclair bryant permanently altered my brain chemistry. i walked away from that movie a changed person. had a shift at work today and mainly only thought about the golden retriever audhd of the century the Entire Time. expect doodles

#sinclair bryant #alan rickman #close my eyes #i decided to watch (or attempt to watch) alan rickman’s filmography. nature is healing #also i think media literacy and critical thinking is in rapid decline #everyone on letterboxd condemning the movie for depicting incest like. god forbid we consume media that may not be 100% morally correct #let’s learn the difference between exploring a taboo/uncomfortable/cancellable subject and actively encouraging/partaking in it #i enjoyed it mainly because i love a male character being hurt. also it’s visually a beautiful movie. but im aware im easily pleased

[littleragondin]

Dragon!Mangkorn and Tiger!Yai, inspired by a still of one of their photo shoots and @scarefox comment that Mos looked very dragon-y in it (he did).

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#Big Dragon the series #Mangkorn x Yai #MangkornYai #the comment 100% triggered the whole thing which is why I tagged but if you want your @ removed please just tell me and I will! #thanks to the people in here who wrote about the series colors and yin/yang symbolism for guiding the aesthetic choices I made #a few comments on my choices bc I don't want to clog the description so #Mangkorn's 'crest' is inspired by Thai Naga dragons depictions I found #(I had started with more 'classically' chinese dragons as inspo but they just looked incredibly cool) #I didn't want to give Yai animal ears (despite finding it lovely) bc of the double ear situation it would induce #so he has a tail AND also skin stripped markings #(I *know* tiger's stripes are purely on their fur this is like artistic licence) #also it's fake fur on his coat #but he strikes me as the kind of guy who would wear faux-fur of his own species and play it as #'wearing the hide of my enemies so fckn b e w a r e' #and while Mangkorn's claws are false Yai's nails are particularly sharp #no other reason that I wanted him to claw Mangkorn's neck but had the visual of those claw-ring-things before anything else in there #anyway they both have really nice faces (especially Yai goodness) but very challenging to draw - a nice exercise #my art #qmdslkjf my autocorrect keep switching Yai to Yaoi I'm just („ಡωಡ„) p l e a s e

[newvision]

I watched the entire first season of Hannibal in less than 48 hours, I think it’s done irreversible damage to my brain

#i wish someone cared about me the way Hannibal cares about Will (the eating people put aside) #also I get the strong feeling that he’s going to get will to eat a person sooner or later #cannibalism as a metaphor for love is quite visual #cannibalism in real life is very yucky #also when he fucking sniffed Will #what if Hannibal eats him #that’d be a plot twist but I don’t think that’s going to happen #please don’t tell me though I despise spoilers #also I couldn’t help but think the depictions of therapy were so clinical #my therapist is so much more chill lol we have inside jokes and recommended each other books and such #then again she’s not a psychopath obsessed with me and killing slash eating people behind my back #I Hope #Hannibal

[cozen]

I simply must purchase more commissions right away!!!

#I keep looking at all of the ones I have and rolling around and thinking oh goodness oh my oh man #I’m so happy artists exist in the world I love art sm I love the kindness and joy they have oh man oh man oh man!!!! #And it makes me so so so happy and honored that they’d put that kindness into drawing for people too like WOW!! 🚶‍♂️🔁 me pacing #I always try to tip bc Oh man if I was rich I’d give people so much money I love art so much I love people who enjoy themselves and their #craft and don’t mind spending time putting the ideas or joys of others into visuals as well EEP!! #😭😭😭 This is why I wish I could draw so bad Ik its just a matter of learning but ACK I have too much fear when I do it. #If I draw I want it to radiate love of what I’m depicting and love in my work. #I drew once in a way that made me very happy and I smiled all day and I haven’t done that since because I’m a scaredy cat but maybe one day

[bmpmp3]

it is interesting how different stories about showbiz try to depict a character as having star power like a common method in audio-visual mediums is music and lighting to try to make a fictional actor's performance in a fictional movie look transcendent (like in Babylon 2022 which I watched the other day) while mediums that don't have the benefit of audio or the moving picture like most comics will have something like a bunch of sparkly screentones all over the place or glitter in their eyes that kinda thing (like too many manga about the entertainment industry to name) but i still have a soft spot for Penguin Revolution's method of just hallucinating wings on everyone

#if ur not very good but have potential ur star power wings look like shitty little chicken wings <3 #also my thoughts on babylon: i dont think id recommend it to like anyone it was 3 hours and the parts that were wack were REALLY wack #but the parts that were good were REALLY REALLY good so im conflicted HJKDSJKDSJDKS #i dont think i have a very favorable opinion on it but im glad i watched it. the sum of its parts is greater than its whole i guess #i truly madly deeply hated the grossout humor bits not just cause they were grody but also like. they were so far and few between they like #jumpscared me every time. just long enough between each bit that i forgot about the last one. guess thats why its 3 hours #but some parts were SO SO GOOD and so so well done. huuuurghghhguhghrhhhghh im so conflicted about that movie #but i do appreciate it as a movie thats so conflicting to me. part of me thinks maybe i should have been weirder #i know im biased cause i love my weird ass manga and my weirdass visual novels about the entertainment industry but i think maybe #maybe it should have gone weirder with it. get more heightened. can we get much higher (slowly morphs into a one piece cock edit) #um. anyway i do love seeing how different stories in different mediums try to depict a characters electricity and charisma #in scenarios where the audience would not be able to tell #its like fascinating

[wholubesthelubeman]

this is so funny. in the same cold snowy weather condition natasha is wearing close fitting curve showing costume while bucky is. well. round. feather down jacket all the way!!

#I guess this is a how artists depict female body issue but. the visual is very funny. winter soldier is NOT immune to the cold :( #black widow v5 #also buckynat in this issue is </3 heartbreaking. love in the words unsaid etc #bucky barnes #natasha romanoff #.me