#Horizen's art

[yore-donatsu]

And it's Conrard who has this thought ! Brooooooooooooo ! Given your vanity, you'd better shut up ! But you have a good imagination ! I admire that 😜 Andddddddddddd

This comment is Perfect ! 🤣

That's the grim reaper, Conrard! XD

(Slight continuation of a silly idea from mont-ahem-last year. )

(Headcanon)King Conrard - @yore-donatsu

[stargloom]

ugly celestias iam super sick rn

[guacagabs]

Another finished commission along with a process video! If you'd like to see more of my process vids (for mostly traditional works at the moment), please check out my new art focused instagram!

My commissions are also still open here!:

[localcryptic69]

Straight up suddendly lost all motivation for this peice so I randomly shaded/barely added any color but imma still post it cause I've always wanted to do like- kinda scene/bg related art tf2 related cause that type of art is very cool

Also ik it's a weird/random bunch, but I remember seeing a post where this one user who hced that medic and sniper were the designated "3am gas station duo" (yes medic is there he's the shadow guy in the back he's probably buying cocaine) and I also wanted to add scout cause I feel he would wanna tag along and either be annoying or convince one of them to buy him a bunch of energy drinks

Holy shit that was alotta writing, I try to not make my descriptions this long 😭 /gen

[yore-donatsu]

Yes, let's cry together 😭

"Je savais que ça allait arriver mais merde !! Nnnnnnnnnnnnoooon !! Blooooobby !! Tu vas plus avoir de nouvelles armes ni de nouveaux enemies à tabasser après cette derniére maj !!!! Ouuuuuuuuuuuuuin !!!"

Yeah, I'm too lazy to translate my dialogue. Deepl is your friend !

Seriously, I'm sad to hear this news, but on the other hand, I much prefer it. Keep on giving content that's in danger of not really adding anything to the game and of drowning in it. Herg ! No thanks ! It was a wonderful adventure, and will remain so. Dead Cells is a game that made me discover my tryhard side (Fromsoftware's games and Hollow Knight too but shhhhh)

Discover what happened on the island with the few clues provided. DLCs that brought more: Customization, game modes (boss rush), mutations, … A great job

Evil Empire et Motion Twin, je vous dis un grand merci pour cette très belle aventure et que la suite des événements vous sera favorable !

(ne vous inquiétez pas, je continuerais toujours de jouer au jeu et à faire des dessins débiles dessus 😜)

[steveover600]

Hey less a ask and more a thank you, you've been a constant inspiration for pixel art and you've helped me broadened my horizens.

That's so cool of you to say, thank you/boo!

[tellthemeerkatsitsfine]

Thanks, @my-excellent-bicycle, for recommending me this recent podcast interview with David O'Doherty. I annoyingly couldn't find a non-Spotify link, and I normally do my best to avoid Spotify, so it says something about how much I wanted to hear it that I listened to it on Spotify when I couldn't find it anywhere else.

I really enjoyed it. DO'D is great in interviews - he's like Mark Watson, in that he's one of those comedians who's really thoughtful and analytical and insightful and all those other qualities that make someone good specifically as an interviewee. Lots of people are very funny and talented comedians but don't much to say in an interview that's worthwhile. DO'D's always got good stuff to say, which is why I will listen to any interview of him that I come across (or helpfully have someone send to me), even if it means I have to use the Spotify media player.

First of all - did anyone else know the meaning of his internet name? I knew that he uses phlaimeaux on Twitter, and I think a few other sites. I'd heard him say before that it was a breakdancing name, which sounded fucking ridiculous to me, I thought I must have misremembered it, or, more likely, misunderstood it in the first place. Maybe he was joking and I just didn't realize.

But in this interview he explained it in more detail, and no, I had it fucking right. When he was a kid, he did breakdancing, and when he was about twenty, he created a Twitter account, and he used the nickname he'd been given as a child breakdancer. Because he didn't think Twitter would be a big enough deal for it to matter what name he chose, and he didn't expect to get famous, so he didn't put more thought into it than that. That was all stuff I'd heard before; all this interview did was confirm that I hadn't, you know, dreamed it. But this interview did give me the new information that the reason why it was his breakdancing nickname is it's a phonetic spelling of "fly mo", which is short for "Fly Motherfucker". Which is fucking adorable. It's mean to be pronounced Phlai-maux.

I would say it's extremely weird that DO'D has a fucking breakdancing name, but actually... I did once make a gif that compiled several instances of David O'Doherty throwing himself at various things (respectively: Daniel Kitson, the floor, Jason Byrne) in various years (respectively: 2007, 2005, 2003) at Late 'n' Live shows. Apparently that man has breakdanced before.

Anyway. Even aside from that, it's a good interview. He talks a lot about his origins in comedy, which is always interesting to me. About his dad being a jazz musician and him getting that plastic keyboard as a kid and meeting the Conchords in early 00s Edinburgh and jamming with them and that led to him opening for them on a tour of America years later.

But he also gets into comedy in general, which I found very interesting. About what comedy is, what should and shouldn't be considered part of the genre. Stuff I've heard him say at other times, that he's friends with Hannah Gadsby and angry at all the backlash Nannette got, not just because so much of it was misogynistic (though it was, and he knows that), but also because so much of it was based around claims of "this isn't comedy!", and he hates any narrow views of what comedy is. That these people think comedy is always just one guy with a microphone doing 50 punchlines in 10 minutes.

I find that discussion interesting, of what should be classed as "comedy". And I'm in DO'D camp - I think pretty well anything can be comedy. Personally, I've been broadening my comedy horizens lately, but it definitely has borders. In the last year, I've tried a lot of things that I was hesitant about because they were billed as experimental, and I wasn't sure if I'd "get it". Joseph Morpurgo, Jordan Brookes, John-Luke Roberts. At one point, that seemed too "experimental" for me, until I actually tried it, and learned that no, it's just funny. You don't need some special extra sense for "getting" complex art to understand it. It's funny. I've only recently been trying hard to give sketch comedy a try. I'd avoided that Lazy Susan special for ages because I'd thought it would be too complicated, until I watched it, and... honestly, it's so not complicated. You so don't need to be some deep knowledgeable comedy fan to understand what they're doing. It's just funny sketches. Honestly, I don't know why I ever thought of sketch comedy as "not my thing" because I'm "not knowledgable enough about comedy to understand it". Fucking Monty Python, my favourite show for a while as a kid, was sketch comedy. It's just jokes in a slightly different format.

Having said that, there are still sub-genres of comedy that I consider "outside my wheelhouse". I keep wanting to give that Elf Lyons special Swan a try, but I recoil a bit at anything that can be described with the word "clowning". The word "cabaret" will also throw me off. I've enjoyed a few drag shows I've been to in person over hte years, I'm not sure I have enough appreciation of the form to enjoy it in a recording. Not all forms of comedy are for me. But I love that they're all out there! I love that people are doing weird experimental theatre and drag and burlesque and clowning and it's all comedy. And maybe someday I'll appreciate it all.

These are all things DO'D got me thinking about, when he talked about people who have too narrow a view of what comedy is. And he talked about all the different things out there that he loves. He mentioned Sam Campbell, and reminded me that Campbell's couple of specials that are YouTube are also things I'd initially avoided because I heard he's a bit "experimental" and I thought it might take some extra comedy knowledge to "get it", until I watched it, and learned, no, he's just fucking hilarious. Also, he did a very funny Comedy Blaps thing, and David O'Doherty was in it. God, I can't wait for Tasmaster season 16.

There was other good stuff in the interview too. It's worth listening to for people who like hearing David O'Doherty talk. Thanks for sending it to me, @my-excellent-bicycle.

[beautifulinternetwhispers]

Horizen series offical art

[stardustpinkart]

Exactly! Not talking ridiculous giant mansions or flash cars or expensive garments. Its about not worrying about bills, having a decent comfy place to live, not worrying about heating or repairs or food or medicine. Its about wanting to expand your horizens, maybe get a new book, go see an art exhibit, a concert, a stage show, see the world? Have you seen how much it costs just to go to see a play?

And people can make you feel guilty for wanting these things, like "You should only focus on being fed and clothed, how dare you expect or want more."

I'd be very happy if I had enough to be able to enjoy life and gain experiences. I myself really want to see the world and, a lot of life is ridicoulsy expensive when it shouldent be, and it often seems you can work hard, as hard possible, but no, you really dont get any farther? People who cant afford housing or even there medicine in some countries like insulin. Wanting to be finacially sound and comfortable seems very reasonable

It's ok to want money. It's ok to be upset that you're poor and wishing to be rich. I understand. People who say that money doesn't buy happiness have never eaten pasta every day because it's 50 cents at the grocery store or been short on money for christmas presents. Constantly scraping by makes people miserable and depressed and of course you're gonna dream about money, about being happy and priviledged. That's not greedy or horrible, that's life. It's ok.

[slorpi]

[Week 12: Semester 2] Art Ecosystem

1. What do you think are the impacts of the design communication and experiences discipline?

Personally i feel that Design Communication & Experiences has enabled us to explore with so much freedom in mever before ways that i was able to. To experiment, to try over and over again until you get it just right, is such a meaningful experience in itself. It helps us to learn in the process of creating while also being able to discipline ourselves to do better each time as it goes. Communication among other peers has also enabled us to take those criticisms and apply them towards our work. To improve, to get better and better which helps us to enable discipline especially in a very board upon course, such as this.

2. What is one specific area in which you wish to make an impact as a designer in your ecology?

I would love to create an exhibition like any other to promote the meaning of "Let Yourself Out" among the community. Enforcing the importance of expanding your horizens not just as an artist/designer but as a person too. To let your creativtity run wild for the world to see, not being afraid to limit yourself is such a powerful and fun way to do so. I want to be more involved and communicate with the vast community that we artist are seem to always grasp to and be able to share those experiences among other peers alike.

Open Studios was especially really interesting. Both BA & Diploma batches had far exceeded my expectations and also managed to open many doors to explore in the near future. If i were to choose a particularly eye catching work, it would be the amalgamation of everyday toys pieced together to create a hell of a sight to behold.

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Open Studio BA & Diploma Programmes (No Particular Order):

[siyuri]

Wanted to write some stuff so why not here. It appears it is kinda fun to forget about some social media and then like 10 years later pick it up and read stuff your past self wrote. So for the future me.

Hi! Like...you know how everyone always have this habit at the end of every year to be angry at it, feel this bad summury of the feeling for everything that happened and forget any good things? So...fuck this, I had an amazing year. After covid, after mother's cancer, after her death, after my long four years of existing fuck knows how inside all that I had an amazing year. And just wanted to apreciate it and not look for bad things, but celebrate great ones.

This year started with me living in an amazing faetales world - I kinda have this problem... Myself from April to October is hyperactive person. I need to be outside ALL THE FUCKING TIME. I will camp, I will cycle, I will run, walk, crowl but everything should be outside. And my creative part of the brain is silent for half of the year. And then I have Myself - November until April. My creativity just wants to do EVERYTHING. Draw, lern some musical instruments, readreadread, paint glass, do toys, make ANYTHING. But for the love of gods don't look outside (I hope future me knows how to balance them). So, when I have a more than million words fic to let myself live into, I will do it. And when I can't think about anything but it, it is the best thing that can happen to me in this period. So, after like month of pure drugs, I watched some bad play in my city theater, and it was the last straw needed to me FINALLY go to Saint-Petersburg for an amazing theater they have there. Last time I was there, it was with mom, so it was hard to start. But. Then...oooooh! How many amazing things I saw! One of them - I was on 8hours long play "And Quiet Flows the Don" Sholokhov. And it was so epic - couldn't process it like for a day, just didn't talk and was in this happy drug creativity mode again. Then comes March! I had this dream...kinda long time ago, 8-9 years, when life was... good I guess. I wanted to do Cami de Cavalls track around Menorca...but life. And finally, this year!!! I have a wonderful job, I have stable income, I have powers and I can do it. So, comes April and i am walking 250km around Menorca on foot, and one and only dream I had is fullfiled. So... Then I am back and it is the hardest drop I had in a while, but who cares, we are here talking about good things. Then SUMMER! I am finally on good foot with my sister again, I have a friend, I have my bicycle again, I have the sun and everything is GOOD. And after 1.5 years of struggling our grave is done and it is the coziest fucking place in the world!! And then it is tents on the beach, sunrises, good food and seaseasea. And then it is Austria and Wachau and me, walking again and blue happiness at the horizen, because I never saw such mountains up close, and 250km on foot up down up down, and this drop wasn't even bad!!! So I am back home and it october and Larian is waiting for me, and this is just AMAZING, because I LOVE when good people do good things and get recognised for it. And then Palmarosa, it is like full circle, because outside me already asleep and the other one READY TO MAKE THINGS! And I make them and I even LIKE THEM!!! And aside of all transition problems and shitty things aside... like... who cares about them when yesterday I had the artist who is inspiration for me reblogged my art with inspiration tag? Like... WORLD JUST FEELS WHOLSOME!!! and I don't want to remember any bad shit from this one.

[terras-diary]

manga review - ceres: celestial legend

some context: so in my quest to read different demographics of manga, i discovered ceres. i really liked the art and figured i'd give it a try. i began reading scans on my phone, but around the half way point i switched to reading on my ipad.

the story: another case of angel sanctuary i fear. if i were to explain the overarching story line it sounds pretty good, but once you delve into the thick of it, i mean it just kind of makes you cringe. although, i was surprised at the amount of action in the series, i know my preconceived notions of shojo usually means that it's mostly slice of life modern (for the time) romance. in some ways it was, don't get me wrong, but the depictions of action and horror were really unexpected and a nice surprise.

but on the other hand.

the age gaps. oh my god. why. why is a 24 year old man going after a 16 year old orphan girl. why does she get pregnant, drop out of school, work two jobs, and her baby daddy don't even have an id. (i read that in a review on myanimelist and i just had to reiterate it here) and that is the conclusion of the manga. that really happens, i swear. her happy ending is my nightmare. i cannot believe that this is where the story went.

also just the romance in general. i mean ugh. i understand this is supposed to appeal to younger, japanese girls who may want an older man. perhaps it's a sign of the times! the times being japan in the 1990s. but while reading, 23 year old terra was on the phone with 911 because you stay away from that little girl! don't come around here, toya!! go get a job.

another thing that the myanime list review mentioned that i didn't quite catch (probably because i was not alive in the 1990s.) was that back then the hot topic was genomes, which is a large part of this story. and once i read that and started to think on it, i really do agree. metal gear solid, for example. another 90s game which deals heavily with cloning, genomes, and what genes are preferred. i even thought back to high school biology class where we were showed a video from the 90s about cloning a sheep. it really must have been the zeitgeist. (justin taught me that word, thanks justin)

the characters: ceres did nothing wrong. she was not a villain in any capacity. in fact, she should have killed all those mfs. just saying. her and aya when she was not in the presence or otherwise thinking about toya were my favorite characters.

completely random - q/kyu. why did she look like that. and she was played as a comic relief character? most interesting.

but honestly the villains were kind of meh. other than being evil, they really weren't fleshed out until their cop outs at the end. most of the side cast were definitely thrown even farther than to the side by the end. i really liked chidori and suzumi but they were kind of just forgotten about.

the art: easily the best thing about this manga. her lines are so clean for cutesy art, but then she'll draw a guy getting melted via ceres' power and you're like 'oh shit.' even with the fuzzy scans, i could tell this is some of the nicest art. not necessarily the nicest layouts or dynamic poses, but man can she draw a face.

conclusion: i'm glad to have gave it a try and seen it to the end. broadening my horizens, etc. i haven't really thought about it much, so that's usually not a good sign that something left an impression on you so.... lol

[gwydionmisha]

Never forget they can cut people off with no warning on a whim, and odds are they have no survival skills for being poor.

Never forget they can do anything to those kids and odds are no one can hear or investigate because all those lawns and landscape and fences keep people from getting too close.

My deep dislike and intense distain for the rich comes from familiarity. I was a scholarship kid. Yeah, the future sociopaths of America can take apart a modern art exhibit at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and face no personal repercussions because their parents can afford large endowments to the school and museum *cough cough*, but I also was in the homes of non-asshole kids. Ones who I watched develop serious abuse based mental illnesses as the years went by. Ones who's horizens shrank because they were square pegs being pounded into round holes. I saw or could put together from clues all sorts of bad shit that most people didn't see.

I dated a guy who was a pawn his whole life in complicated marital games between his horrible parents who lived in different wings of the house. They would ask his opinion and then ignore what he said because they were too busy telling him what that opinion was going to be. He had zero control in his life to extent that he couldn't pick any of his own clothes and they chose to dress him funny. He wasn't even once treated like a person. I watched how they spoke to him and it made me really angry, though I had no choice but to stay polite when forced to deal with them.

We were in the car with my mom one time and he was telling her how his parents mercilessly mocked him for a deformation of his ribs they called his "una-boob." My mom glanced over and said casually, "Oh, that's rickets." They'd been mocking him for a physical difference caused by malnutrition he'd had growing up because That's how little they cared about his health and welfare as a toddler.

We were poor. My sister and I didn't have rickets because my parents did everything in their power to ensure decent nutrition. He grew up in a literal mansion. He had rickets. It's probably why his leg bones were a little unusual too.

He isn't the only ex-rich boy I dated over the years. I was with someone who's dad told him not to apply for financial aid because he'd cover it, but his forth wife talked him into not doing it because the resources were better spent on her kids. It was summer. school started at the end of August.

Like it's a much smaller thing but over the years I saw multiple instances of people cut off at eighteen because the parent with money wanted to put everything into their "real" family, aka the second family.

I loathe most of the rich people I've known over the years personally, but most isn't every' you've got to take the individual and their circumstances into account.

As a kid, when your parents are poor, you're poor. If they don't have money, that means none of you have money. But if someone's parents are rich, that doesn't necessarily mean the kid is. Sometimes rich peoples' kids aren't rich kids, they're just some rich freak's exotic pets that can talk but aren't allowed to.

[ailtrahq]

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[earlgreyandco]

animal crossing x kuro au aka please help there bullying me

[tamagoneko]

k.k. loid!! 🎵