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thebeatles · 7 months ago

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The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story (2012). Vivek J. Tiwary, Andrew C. Robinson (Illustrations).

The Fifth Beatle is the untold true story of Brian Epstein, the visionary manager who discovered and guided The Beatles from their gigs in a tiny cellar in Liverpool to unprecedented international stardom. Yet more than merely the story of "The Man Who Made The Beatles," The Fifth Beatle is an uplifting, tragic, and ultimately inspirational human story about the struggle to overcome seemingly insurmountable odds. Brian himself died painfully lonely at the young age of thirty-two, having helped The Beatles prove through Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band that pop music could be an inspirational art form. He was homosexual when it was a felony to be so in the United Kingdom, Jewish at a time of anti-Semitism, and from Liverpool when it was considered just a dingy port town.

#the beatles #brian epstein #paul mccartney #george harrison #john lennon #ringo starr #Note: This graphic novel does take /some/ liberties with what's true.#But it is still worth reading.#I especially love the symbolism and metaphors placed.

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egophiliac · 6 months ago

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I DID IT I GOT MY PINK HAYATE now I am never doing that again!

(at least until they give me, like, a frilly unicorn Kamui or something)

#art #ride kamens #last note #i did this SO fast i'm sorry #i was just so excited i actually managed it!#look as a super casual f2p player who has never made a chaostone higher than a+#350k points is a frikkin ACHIEVEMENT #but how could i say no when i got lucky enough to pull the fancy ribbons-and-lace birdboy #and then they tell me i can turn him pink on top of that?#(i'm definitely not still bitter about missing out on a certain other card in another game NOPE)#plus. i mean. i also just kinda wanted to see if i could.#but now i have pretty pink perfume hayate on my home screen and i am Fulfilled #i haven't even read the story yet because i've been so focused on grinding out tickets i have NO context for why he is so fancy #now i have literally thousands of event seals i have to figure out what to do with in the next few hours. hm.#i also have to keep telling myself to save my diamonds and not do just oooone more pull to see if i can get a shion to turn blue...#it's not going to happen and it's not worth it #but whaaaat iiiif...

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polite--cat · 3 months ago

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heart-wrenching & beautiful excerpts from the article on esteban ocon

#kind of a long post but there was a lot that was worth sharing #definitely still worth reading the article though!! there's lots more interesting stuff #this is why esteban will always stay my favourite driver #ive never heard of a bad interaction with him #i also think remembering the hate he got as a child is relevant to the hate he sometimes gets today #ive seen some really disgusting stuff that he (and nobody) would deserve #anyway ramble over i just love him <33 #f1 #formula 1 #formula one #polite cat posts #esteban ocon #eo31

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ging-ler · 1 year ago

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drew a lil comic for probably my favorite shinkami scene ever from the fic Sunflower | Lilac by altering. This fic is AMAZING and if you are a fan of shinkami you must read it immediately!

#shinkami #kamishin #bnha #mha #my art #gingart #this scene is from chapter 6 specifically if anyone was wondering #but read the whole thing anyway lol #its still ongoing but i dont CARE ill wait patiently for updates its so worth it

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tinartss · 2 years ago

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sometimes i think about how kaveh was alhaitham’s first friend and collapse a little inside

#alhaitham #kaveh #kavetham #haikaveh #genshin impact #still feeling quite silly crossposting these doodles on three dif platforms asldfj #but the little reblog comments on here make it worth tbh #they're actually hilarious i love reading them HAHA #anywho!!! i love akademiya hkv

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merverelli · 3 months ago

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"you just feel yourself let go."

still thinking about this episode. man. 💪💥

#misfits and magic #misfits and magic 2 #mismag 2 #mismag #evan kelmp #d20 #dimension 20 #just like art #im SO behind on mismag but i literally cant believe this happened still #''why did you add the origami cranes to this?'' thank you for asking: i just think theyre neat!#also i know they didnt mention it explictly but i truly believe that evans last moments slipping into the pool and death would be about #if he made a difference. about if the struggles of it all were worth it. about if he was worth it.#especially considering he decided to haunt the closest thing to his friends.#so i think it makes sense that his life flashback would include physical proof of 1) his connection to the world and how he helped to chang #the world especially in the face of adversity #and 2) an item literally MADE for communication and connection to others.#both on a global scale when magic left AND the evolution of the magic that his closest friends and him used.#''but the origami cranes are based on storm petrels? a black bird with a white stripe near the tail? why are the cranes colourful here?''#firstly: youre full of questions today mister.#secondly: i tried to make them black but i really liked being able to differentiate between the cranes using fun colours #also i tried just overlaying a dark colour on top but it still didnt do it for me #but i tried to keep them close to the petrels: i kept the '''''white''''' stripe near the tail! id like some points for that!#excuses aside: i hope youre doing well! thanks for looking and reading!

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evercelle · 1 month ago

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2024 art summary! it sure has been a year

#ever makes art #i bsky tweeted a bit but it feels weird talking there still so ill do my usual rambling into tags here :)c #i burned out super bad in the middle of this year for months where it felt like i couldnt draw anything good no matter how hard i tried #and the harder i tried the worst it felt - to the degree that i legitimately thought i wasnt going to be able to draw anything again #which sounds SO dramatic i know i know. but feelings arent always rational!!! and so many others things were going wrong at the same time #so it was strange putting together this year's art summary and realizing Huh. i did still have paintings to put in every space #that fear/anxiety spiral seems even sillier and more meaningless now that i have distance and proof of how irrational it was...#...but in reflection i'd like to think of it as proof that even when you feel at your worse it's worth it to keep trying...!!#after the Black Hole of Nothing i've been working every day on never ending doujin and xv anthology and orv sketchzine and merch #i can't say that i feel my artistic skills have like. improved or anything... but the passion i feel for the stories i read and #the stories i want to tell is still there!! and the happiness from getting to put form to those feelings large or small is worth it too #anyway......... lotta words to say tho i haven't posted much anymore and socmed is imploding and the world is dark #thank you very much for staying with me another year. i am - as ever - always grateful

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drtbrennan · 4 months ago

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"I intend to leave you, as soon as possible." "I'll never leave you."

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spitblaze · 1 year ago

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Really, REALLY good article that helps put a lot of the shit I've been seeing lately into perspective, along with highlighting the weird intersectionality and social concepts that inform transmasculine issues and why they're difficult to discuss (and also makes me glad that I've like...rarely ever seen any of the Toxic Transmasculinity this article talks about holy hell)

#spitblaze says things #dmgw. i still think its painting with a broad brush at best to say 'transandrophobia is an inherently transmisogynistic concept'#but this for sure highlights a phenomenon that i have not had much exposure to so. worth a read at any rate #transgender #transmisogyny #transmasc #doin numbers

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bixels · 6 months ago

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The Ryoko Kui interview's reception is such a disaster over a pretty normal (yet still flawed) interview between a non-Japanese fan and Japanese artistic. This is discourse for discourse's sake, and it's no surprise that almost every Twitter user I've looked at who's using this interview to parade Kui around as a goated mangaka standing strong against Western ideology is anti-trans.

Like, I do think the interview was kinda wonky with its focus on fandom culture, which Kui clearly didn't have much interest in. But sometimes that happens. Sometimes interactions between two people, especially a fan and a creator, two people who view and interact with a piece of media in completely opposite perspectives, don't click. Does this really need to get blown up into a "West vs. East culture war" issue.

Anyways, Kui saying "I don't consider my audience's interpretations when writing. I leave it to their imaginations, but I have my own read on things too" is the healthiest, most normal thing an artist/writer who wants a non-parasocial audience could say. Artists and writers use this line all the time. If Kui didn't enjoy autistic Laius or Farcille headcanons, she would have probably voiced/signalled her discomfort, like she did on the topic of Senshi fanservice. Overall, Kui handled the interview really well. Props to her to sticking to her guns and keeping a healthy disconnect from the fandom. While I think the interviewer could've/should've been more tactful and restrained, the flaws in their questions is not a symptom of the woke mind virus trying to wriggle its way into the pure Japanese psyche. It's the sign of an over-eager fan who sees a piece of fiction differently than its creator.

#personal #delete later #this isn't even worth talking about in depth #but it's crazy that we're rehashing the “artist intent vs fan interpretation” crap again.#read stuart hall's encoding/decoding.#is it so terrible that laius reads to nd people as autistic even though the writer wasn't thinking about it #is that really something to criticize #also you may think the last sentence is me exaggerating but that's literally what the twt discourse is about #anyways i feel bad for the interviewer who's getting harassed over this #i'm seeing every side of discourse be super uncharitable toward them because it's funnier to make them sound outta touch and confrontationa #like. i'm seeing posts from cool people making the interviewer look like they asked “why did you make laius autistic??”#when the actual text of the interview goes “a lot of nd people interpreted laius as autistic. did you have that in mind when writing him?”#and obviously i think a lot of fandom people upset about this are weird too. joking that kui. a real person. is probably autistic is weird #but who am i more willing to criticize. the overeager parasocial fans taking things a too far and making things kinda weird #or the “kill the woke mind virus” weeabo/otaku terfs who still use the r-slur against queer/nd teen anime fans

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kpchrs · 3 months ago

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Anyway, Buffy used to be an "I'll die for you" girlie but then she became an "I'll live for you" girlie, if you care.

#ngl i love the dying for u trope as well #so post s7 fics which have the first trope i love u too #but living for u is a beautiful trope!#esp after s6 she really thinks life is worth it #u can read this in platonic sense bc its still SO true for dawn #but i was inspired by in s3 buffy surrendering all her blood to angel #and in s7 when she runs after spike told her to #and then she smiles at the sunnydale ruins #buffy the vampire slayer #btvs #buffy summers #buffy txt #spuffy txt #spuffy

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nenoname · 26 days ago

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#yes the holy trinity of 'still on your mind' 'why are you being nice to me no one has ever been nice to me in my entire life'#and 'i didn't know if my stupid life was worth living' will be residing in my brain for the foreseeable future!!!#uh disclaimer that i know ford was extremely sleep deprived + tortured at this point #but also the psychic damage when i remember that stan read j3 argh #gravity falls #stan pines #stanley pines #anyway brother issues cured!!! probably!!! but will he ever overcome lingering daddy issues and lifelong depression.....#the stan buck is from the cipher hunt arg btw

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xxplastic-cubexx · 29 days ago

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#xmen #avengers #xmen comics #avengers comics #wanda maximoff #scarlet witch #francesca the cat #ORGANIC FRANCESCA POSTING FROM SNAP ??more likely than you think..#snap sketches #did i doodle this just so i could rant in my tags. maybe.#i will talk about this doodle first tho ... cause i still like to ramble bout my own stuff....#uhhh i just wanted to draw wanda :) and fran :) yeah thats it jvAELKJEKLAJ #thought itd be cutesy ... they can be friends ... if mags will be apprehensive about the cat wanda will be the exact opposite #its only natural ..... ok Unrelated Vent/Ramble Time #i was very mad when i started drawing this but ive mellowed out considerably... still i love complaining..#ill delete my venty ranty tags in the morn .. for now i need my piece read .. or at least out there for my sanity ..#anyways tldr we all know i hate my mom and i very much do not like using 'hate' so lightly when i hate I Hate #like you know the hate speech from I Have No Mouth yeah literally me. literally me about my mom #most days i tolerate her because she barely exists in the same room as i for more than thirty seconds #but tonight. Ugh. note to self remember to never ask her for anything again. as is what ive said for years..#what a fool i was to think that would ever change. THAT in of itself is whatever yk her being irritating when it comes to. Being A Parent #but then she had the gall to start talking about my dad like oh my god see NOW im getting mad again #nothing makes me angrier than her talking about my dad like. UGH ill cap it there so i dont catch on fire somehow #also ill feel compelled to drop three novel's worth of lore and i dont have tags for that. also this is just supposed to be a cute doodlejV #i had plans to draw something else that was cutesy but then i got mad and couldnt focus on it #so now we're here... in any case bye bye. ill try to continue that other idea..#then i wanna focus on another thing.... if i make any progress on That afterwards it'll be a miracle

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poorly-drawn-mdzs · 1 month ago

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In Regards To Your 2024 Summary:

Holy shit it’s been another year????? The hell?????

Also! Your art style is gorgeous and that being found in 2023 and then refined throughout late 2023 and the entirety of 2024 really shows, as does your growth in panel layouts, perspective, and — as you said — experimentation. If you ever post your animation or video game art I’m looking forward to it.

As cheesy as it sounds, being able to laugh at funny comics and look at all the details of your art really made my 2024 brighter, even when things were hard. Including looking at your older art— it doesn’t need to be new to be enjoyable! I’m glad your art is well loved and it’s a privilege to have been here since the (near) beginning. I hope you take care of yourself in 2025 and beyond!

You and your art bring a lot of people a lot of joy never forget that <3

Thank you so much for keeping up with my art journey throughout these last two years! Two years!!! I am baffled at how that feels both too long and too short!

Admittedly, my art summary didn't manage to capture the fact that I did a lot of comic layouts that I'm really proud of. I also drew more backgrounds and made some very detailed works (*Dungeon Meshi spoilers for these examples*).

The growth is lot more evident when comparing my 'best' comics of 2023 to 2024: