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[luxshine]

Can you imagine The Never Ending Story written by Stephen King? Well, wonder no more, because The Talisman is... sort of like that. It's a fantasy story about a child traveling to a parallel world in order to save the life of his ailing mother AND the other world's queen, but written jointly by Stephen King and Peter Straub? It brings a lot more horror to the table than what we're used to from fantasy tales. Still, it's an amazing read, and one I absolutely recommend! https://youtu.be/nEZ99xIgDSY?si=CrzMusvFvdWncxn-

[campterodactyl]

Special officer Komuram Bheem

Eyeless version behind the line because @luxshine thought it looked cool ;) also adding the lineart art if anyone wanna try and color this thing cause I’m not entirely happy with the result ^^

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[strat0sfear]

[mahalshairyballs]

I got iiiiit 😭

He was soooo nice omg. He took his time to talk to us, we were able to say more than one sentence to him, I could actually have said more >_< I was so focused on keeping it brief. I only had two short sentences rehearsed to say.

The volunteers at the table before him were like 'no you can't get two things signed' but I realized afterwards that I *could* have had my friend's art signed. Since when I showed him the other comic issue (the one I wanted to give him, not get signed) he asked me 'do you want me to sign this one too?'

Uuuuuugh I should have given him my friend's artwork to sign too, he would've >_<

At least I showed him, and I said it was done by my friend @luxshine living in Mexico city

And he said 'oh are you Mexican too?'

I said 'no I'm french' (ah the stress, I didn't even say French-Canadian 😅)

But it gave me the opportunity to follow with 'btw your french was good, well that one line' (I wanted to say that at the Q&A, one less thing to say then!)

Ah

And then I gave him the Black White & Blood issue #3, the one with Jake&Marc teaming up.

I should have said 'if you're interested' and told him what the story I wanted him to look at was about >_<

I'm always disappointed by something the moment I finish with an autograph/photoop

'Well I should've said this I should've done that'

He was so sweet 😭🥰 I can't

He had no beard today with short grey hair 😍

Overall I think it was pretty good, I just didn't sound very natural, could've said more, he didn't see my Khonshu bracelet and I could've gotten @luxshine 's art signed, but I guess I respected the rules?

I was so concentrated on what I had to say and how brief I needed to be that I didn't take the time to fully appreciate his face 😞🥰

And I gave him a comic wooh 🥰 I'll never know if he'll ever read it but it's okay

I felt fine the whole time I saw him and spoke to him but the moment I left his booth I started crying 😩😭 no idea why post-strastruck emotions

My day is done! Time to mentally prepare for the Q&A and the photoop tomorrow

Oh I was so lucky I went directly to the autograph place at 1 pm to ask when exactly it would be *because they changed the hours again* he was supposed to do photoops at 1pm! But now it was the autographs? So the line had already started?

Omg imagine if I only went at 3 pm like they said in the email ===____====

So I was early-ish in the line wooh!

[stealth-liberal]

Watch "Salem's Lot and the Dangers of Nostalgia" on YouTube

If, like me, you like Stephen King and the town of Salem's Lot watch this video by @luxshine and listen to her talk about the themes of the book while making a graphic art illustration.

[luxshine]

It REALLY depends on what you liked about the series, and what you expect from Moon Knight.

The absolute BEST run is the Lemire one, the one you call the Mental Hospital Run, which is... a very trippy story that happens completely in Marc's mind as he comes to accept themselves as a System. It's considered by many fans as THE Golden Run and it was the inspiration for about 90% of the series, only that the series doesn't spend that long in the Mind world.

Second to that is the original Moench run, which is the 70's, although you won't se much of Marc there or the guys co-conscious. First because at the time, Moench wasn't THAT informed on DiD, and second because it was a time where Steven and Jake? Did their BEST to forget that Marc existed. Unfortunately, it also has a LOT of Marlene Aralune, known among some comic fans like myself as the worst Girlfriend EVER.

I personally enjoy the second Moench run (A mini called Moon Knight from 1998) but it can be a bit trippy too if you haven't read the original run.

If you want a lot of info on the ones that I have skipped, I am writing a primer on every single appearance of our boy that was not just one issue cameo, that you can find here: luxshine . tumblr . com / moonknightprimer (I write it with spaces because if I don't? Tumblr turns it in just my tumblr's first page). There I summarize EVERYTHING. The Good, the Bad, the Abysmal, and also have art samples in case you want to avoid the EDGE of the 2006 Liefield's clones.

OH GOD!!! JAKE DID HAVE A WHOLE ASS KID AND DIDN’T TELL MARC!!!

What the Fuck? Oh shit, now I need to see him in the show, or alternative read the comics where it happened, because what the hell? Having a child is the kind of thing you tell the people who share your body

[luxshine]

It creeps, and leaps, and glides and slides across the floor, right through the door and it absorbs our hearts because today we're checking the original Blob, a movie no one except their creators thought it would even work a little bit, and ended up becoming one of the biggest cult classics of the fifties, that holds up its own very well today!

[luxshine]

Y seguimos con #chavelachocolateycthulhu mientras les platico una anecdota con #Chavelavargas que nos trajo justo aqui! Recuerden el kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/calicochimera/chavela-chocolate-y-cthulhu/

[luxshine]

There's no better place to take your beloved to a date than a beautiful grotto under the full moon. It just gets a bit crowded. This piece is partly inspired by RRR, of course, and then Salaar Part 1, and Pushpa part 1, and I've shared all the trailers now! Seriously, check them out! They're all amazing!

Meanwhile, if you want this triple date in your wall, you can get them here!

[luxshine]

Sexy Cherry and a tiny call for help!

So, my kitties have... sort of broken my computer's screen. And because Apple is a monopoly and incredibly evil, I need about $800 to fix it.

So... in order to raise the money (Because I do not have the money on hand), I'm opening 20 Commission spots, from $40 dlls for either couples in half body or one character in full body, your choice.

I really need the computer for all my work, so seriously, anything helps!

you can DM me directly or check my artistree page at

https://artistree.io/luxshine

(Prices listed there are my usual prices, not the emergency ones for 40 dlls, but that way you get an idea of what I do)

Please, share around too if you can!

[luxshine]

Just me experimenting with my rendering here, with a very sexy Bhairava from Magadheera because I love Magadheera so much! And of course, Bhairava would rock sexy lingerie as he rocks everything he wears!

[luxshine]

When you are in love, all you need for a wedding is you and your beloved, and nothing more.

This one is based on Varadha and Deva, who may not be TEXTUALLY in love in Salaar, but let's be honest, if you see the movie, in the words of Rupert Giles "The subtext is in danger of becoming text". In any case, Happy Pride!

I have already shared the Salaar trailer before, but hey, once more never hurts. Seriously, second gayest straight movie ever, you need to watch it if you like violent, manly men in love with each other so much it hurts.

And well, if you want to have the happy wedded couple in your wall, here's where!

[luxshine]

We keep joking that Ram looks like Rampunzel whenever we draw him in his post-jail time and get his hair Longer and Longer and LONGER every time :D And well, Charan has Disney Princess eyes! So I had to draw this.

The Peacock? The tiny peacock? He's Bheem. I still don't know it was a curse (The Freedom Fighter and the Peacock! New fic! Maybe) or Bheem is a shapeshifter with very weird ideas on how to woo a human. Either way, they both love each other very much.

[luxshine]

Lemme tell you a bit of the best buy I made for my art last year.

First, this is NOT a sponsored post. This is honestly from the bottom of my heart, because I didn't think this would help me at first, and a month later? I have 100% changed my mind.

See, you probably have seen the ads on face or other social media about the Body-kun and Body-chan figures for artists. They are fully articulated manequins you can pose however you want, and have a variety of hands and accessories that come with them. In the box, they look like this:

(This one in specific is the Sport Deluxe Set. I am not sure you can still get the original normal version, as Tamashii nation makes them in limited quantities and I haven't seen anywhere that sells the original ORIGINAL one anymore)

Now, this is VERY important, I said the ORIGINAL one because there are a TON of bootlegs going around. And I mean a TON. It's so bad that the first site you get when you google Body-kun and Body-chan (the female) is one for Bootlegs (usually announcing a 50% sale, where each figure is about $30 dlls or so.

Now, at first glance, the bootleg and the original look very similar. In fact, years ago, I had bought a bootleg thinking it was an original and boy, I was disappointed!

First, Bootleg-kun is far less flexible than Original-kun as you can see in the pic (I have no idea where his base dissappeared to, but he came with one). But also, the plastic it is made of is SO CHEAP that the hands became... impossible to remove an put again (as you're supposed to be able to) and in fact, Bootleg-chan just, lost her left hand articulation one day. I have a one-hand girl.

For more comparisons: These are my two first Originals (the girl is the "Birdie-wing" golfer edition... more on that later)

While these are the two bootlegs (Chan is holding her arm like that because, it also went off)

And again, you can see here how much more natural the Original can move:

Sports Edition even comes with balls and bats and a baseball glove!

While golfer chan Has two extra legs so you can make her kneel even more.

You can use them digitally, taking pictures and then tracing your skeleton over them Or traditionally, using them as models, which is what I do.

And I loved them SO MUCH, that I had to get other two (mostly because although bootleg kun helped for couple poses, his limited flexibility didn't allow for much variation.

Only that this time, I got the "normal" Sport edition girl, whom I call the gymnast. (the boy version is the same as before)

And once again, you can see the difference! The gymnast is more buff, and has more articulations, which makes her more flexible (Although for some reason? Not as flexible as the boys)

But the best part? The gymnast comes with extra FEET. More specifically, ICE SKATE wearing feet!

anyway, the point of all this is that thanks to being able to both visualize AND touch how the body parts move, I can now be a lot more confident on my poses and so this:

Becomes this:

Too long didn't read version: Do get a Body kun and a body chan (Or two body kuns or two body chans if you do Slash or femslash) But if you do? AVOID the bootlegs! The extra money is worth it so you can do EVERYTHING you want with your figures. Check on the site that they are TAMASHII NATIONS brand! (and if you want, I can show more WIPS from the pose of the dolls to the final product here!)

[luxshine]

I loved RRR.

Have I mentioned that I loved RRR?

Because I loved RRR.

And here's a reminder of that video I made talking about the amazing subtleties in the narrative in the movie, using language and language barriers to tell the story (besides, you know, everything else that was also used to tell the story)

Seriously, if you haven't watched RRR, WATCH RRR now! Your life will be changed.

[luxshine]

No matter how high is the obstacle, with tenacity and effort you can always fly higher than it. Today's Mermay, wings, is inspired by the amazing climb sequence in Bahubaali, as Shiva looks for his destiny. This Shiva had it a bit easier, as he is part salmon on his dad's side, and flying fish on his mom's!

If you haven't watched Bahubaali, please do so! It's amazing. Part 2 is better than part 1, but you need part 1 to get the full story!

Trailer here:

And if you want to take this flying baby to your home, you can do so here: