#a few of these are for symbolism
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#🐉#last rb reminded me of my hater moment from a few months ago#not saying you cant use sun/moon symbolism but. consider other dynamics! theres so many out there.#im partial to moon/tides or tide/shore myself#OR try to do something unconventional with the sun/moon dynamic. interpret it! shake it up!
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Alas, this beautiful dream could not last.
#dungeon meshi#falin touden#dungeon meshi spoilers#better drawn mdzs#(<- my higher effort art tag. I need to get a new one.) While it's different from my usual style I really loved how this came out!#Strolling back to the art scene to remind everyone I am still a lover of botanicals.#I had a blast with the symbolism for this one:#White lilium longiflorum (easter lily) for rebirth. Purple hyacinthus orientalis for sorrow and forgiveness.#Red spider lily (Lycoris radiata) for loss and death.#'Rebirth into something new' is so well done in Dungeon Meshi. She is back but she is not the same.#The last few episodes/chapters gives her this dreamy quality to her. As if she's not quite real. She's so perfect in their memories.#And as we know of dreams - no matter how sweet- they must end once we wake up.#It is so painful to lose someone twice. To see someone you loved in a dream and wake up and remember that loss again.#Dungeon Meshi being a grief allegory is important to me. I'll explain more as the story continues B'*)
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While they're certainly no dogs, I saw this art and knew instantly who it looked like:
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#!!!!#oh no that's perfect#I don't know if you've noticed but I've included medieval unicorn imagery in a few Machete pieces#most notably there's a pair of them carved in the headboard of his canopy bed#lowkey trying to establish it as a recurring motif#and not only is Vasco fittingly gold colored#whenever I'm drawing him his face shape consistently reminds me of a lion#his muzzle is similarly wide and boxy#and he has lighter undereyes and dark rounded eyebrows#irl Vaschete sightings#answered#infector-insector#this would fit their historical setting pretty well too#both unicorns and lions are classic heraldic beasts and have significant presence in western european art and symbolism
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Moon Cycle 2 - a redraw of this piece.
#town of puddle#ocs#a few people were wondering about the meaning so I'll try to explain it#it's a bit about failing to be the daughter or child who fits in or lives up to expectations#it's also about mommy issues and passing those down in a cycle#hence moon cycle!#each of the little angels represents a mother and child#I was inspired by that one scene in Turning Red#the central figure is inspired by the pregnant woman in Klimt's Hope II#she's the symbolic Mother Moon#a fusion of all the mothers in the Moon family#she loves her baby very much but her eyes are closed to the cycle she is a part of#it's kind of a sad piece but it's also very much about motherly love
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a bullet is a man from time to time he strays
hi johnny. nice tragedy you've got there
#another woah its like symbolic moment. sorry i forgot your birthday king. but i drew this a few weeks ago#something about 2 people dying together after a pretty shitty life and being shitty people (johnny more so)#but getting a second chance together. yeah im still normal about it#v is still winner of the i can fix him olympics#my art#c2077#johnny silverhand#cyberpunk 2077
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Hey, i love your art and aus 💕!
So, sorry if this is a dumb question, but there is a reason why the blasphemous kwamis dont follow the rule of the double letter? (Ex: tiKKi, plaGG, xuPPu, triXX, poLLen, etc)
Sorry for my bad english, but that detail really got me curious tho
its an indicator of whether or not they might've been previously selected for a miraculous (you'll one or two blasphemous with doubles in their names, that's because the sage liked them on some level or was initially planning on letting them have a corporeal state before something fell through) or,
I simply did not want to add an extra letter
#replies#theres a few names i selected due to like... etymoloy or symbolism...#i didnt want to scramble what insight i could give by adding another letter just to keep with the weird doubles
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How would you redesign Headmaster Magneto? Just out pf curiousity because while he served it didn’t feel like… Erik.
i have to keep it 100 i have no idea without just. rerunning his original design but with a palette swap LOL but we try around here
#xmen#xmen comics#magneto#erik lehnsherr#snap sketches#CAUSE LIIIKEE i want to keep SOMEE elements of the headmaster look obviously#i like its design intent. or how i see its design anyway idfk .... idk what im sayin im sleepy#just gotta. throw a few more things on there .... maybe... again i dont know 😔#the bigass M just makes me think of megaman gigamix i cant even lie#having/wanting to keep this as a one piece/leotard with that big ass m is probablyl whats stumping me if im so tbh#for some reason the lack of 'underwear' and helmet really is doing a lot for it Not feeling like magneto#the helmet i get Thats His Symbol ATP but the underwear ..... girl idk Strong Man or something like that#its just awkward because headmaster magneto is Supposed to be more tame or . 'domesticated' i guess vjALKE#not less powerful but he shouldnt be as intimidating/outwardly powerful if. that makes sense???#the first thought seeing him shouldnt be 'hes going to stomp me to death' it should be. Not That LKVJAEKj#BUT AT LEAAASSST in the back of the mind being likek 'he could probably stomp me to death'#SOME power but not to a threatening degree idfk what im saying my TUMMY IS RUMBLIGN AGAIN#what did i eat todasy. i ate like five hot pockets today thats what i ate. and some grapes#idk im tired. maybe ill try this again down the line#anyway enjoy if you can. saturday is upon us which means i can DOODLE AGAIN
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goats are frequently used as imagery to represent demons/the devil/etc and are one of the recurring animals referenced in the ars goetia's physical descriptions of its demons (as are lions, including a winged one), so i think having the demon appear to mithrun as a goat is useful narratively—his backstory establishes the nature of the demon as an ontological evil. it appears first as soft and small and white—almost like a lamb, which is similarly loaded imagery in the opposite direction—and grows huge and hungry and definitively goatlike. this tells you that the demon will first try to convince you of its innocence, but that the more it gives, the more it takes. by the time you recognize its true nature, it's too late.
but it isn't quite an ontological evil, it's just a living, starving infinity that will do anything to be fed. and the connotation carried by the image of a goat does not begin and end with the devil; as animals they're known for their voracious appetites.
when mithrun tells kabru his backstory, that is the audience's first introduction to the demon, the first confirmation that it even really exists, and having that sort of dual imagery sets the story up on both sides. we know now that we cannot trust the demon. later, we'll know that it's a creature driven by hunger like any other.
i think it tells us something about mithrun's personal arc too, though, particularly with regard to the revelations that mithrun is a deeply insecure person, that his true "last" desire was for it to finish him, and that he, like the other dungeon lords, missed the demon because it gave him love. a goat will eat anything, but his still spit him out.
#dungeon meshi spoilers#mithrun#dungeon meshi#this makes no sense if you didn't read him the way i did lmfao but i've seen a fair number of people over the past few months asking about#the goat symbolism so i'm finally throwing my take in#meshy
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hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
#the owl house#toh spoilers#the collector#for the future spoilers#theories that have haunted me since may 2022#and this isnt even TOUCHING on luz snake symbolism and a snake being the one to send the prince home at the end#i dont think luz is going to kill him ofc but. interesting to note.#there are a couple other bits I didn’t include just bc#so many images#was definitely thinking about darius calling hunter little prince but ultimately not really relevant in this case#also the fact that one of the other people he meets on the asteroids is a man who’s obsessed with owning the stars -> other collectors mayb?#if anything I think king would probably match up to the pilot best#used to be more like the collector but he’s had to grow up a lot faster in the last few episodes
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READY AIM FIRE
#rvb#red vs blue#lolix#locus#felix#sam ortez#isaac gates#felix mcscouty#mine#*24#art#if you wanna know the vibes for this it's the aim is in your head by and one. had it on repeat a bunch lol#anyway felix's shield is such an interesting part of his character. like the manipulative selfish ch is one of the few to have a shield#its a small shield and he mainly uses it for himself but y'know. the shield itself is also his opposite not just from a selfish/protective#stance but in color too. i just came up with a dumb 'it could be that deep' theory symbolism thing re: felix locus + lolix lol. like its#v pepe silva/cornplate but y'know. his trust in the shield is part of what got him yeeted off the platform. using the shield offensively#bc someone already has his back. the shield + felix being a two-way barrier between locus and the world. them vs others. you get it.#the sketch i posted abt this was cursed tho bc as a thumbnail it looked like they were getting it on 🧍♂️#STOP having sex in my notes I cant take you idiots anywhere
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fare you well, my new old friend. may you find what it is you seek.
#final fantasy xiv#final fantasy 14#ffxiv#ffxiv art#hythlodaeus#once more i am here with flower symbolism :')#this is intended as a companion to the emet-selch one i did a few weeks back too#because i'm like that#lily's fanstuff#lilyart: paintings
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I love rebel fox's ridiculously big sleeves
So glad you do — I dearly love them too. So many opportunities for flourishing and swishing from a man you would expect to do exactly neither and never
Also. You have given me the opportunity to EXPOUND and I���m taking it
The sleeve is not only aesthetic, but so EXTRA
CW mutilation: Fox’s right hand index-finger: “Ahsoka’s Gift” - In the arc where Fives (appears) to get shot by Fox, enraged by this and by her treatment by the Coruscant guard during her trial arc, Ahsoka takes revenge on the offending digit that shot the gun. With her teeth, btw — it gets a bit wild. Side-note: It factors in for the other clones that Fox is not right-handed, but that’s the hand he uses to shoot Fives. Then again, most clones are trained/raised/adjusted to be ambidextrous, so — it’s just odd all around, from the outside.
GAR armor: In keeping with the AU title and inspiration (Repurposing GAR armor towards the end of pulverizing wrinkly Sith — A guide by CC-1010, ecstatically-ex-marshal commander of Coruscant), Fox has kept his GAR shoulder-guards, a cutout of his chestplate, and knee-guards (plus one shin-guard), though the paint on them has been adjusted or worn.
Oversized sleeve: Beneath the batwing sleeve and dramatic flair, Fox is hiding whatever the rebellion uses instead of the Mandalorian Whistling Birds, in addition to an elbow-mini-blaster that fires a max of four shots, and extra ammo. (Also the sleeve is removable — think detachable bridal train)
CW self-destruction: On the reverse side of his chest-plate piece, Fox has an explosive device with multiple ways to rig it to explode. While it is detachable and likely could be used to explode OTHER things, the primary intent is a last resort gesture of defiance should he run out of other options.
Fox also has a replaced tooth (which he makes use of, but no spoilers here) and a metal plate protecting the surgery point for when his chip was removed. Since Fox is Fox, he prioritized speed over care at the time, so it is permanent vulnerability due to how his skull was treated and recovered afterward.
Do you see the knifes on his thigh they are small but they are important
#fan art#artists on tumblr#star wars fanart#star wars: the clone wars#fix it au#commander fox#rebel!fox#I have quite a few hcs for this design#but also it’ll be delicious when there’s negotiations between the rebels and the Republic and Cody (who is present as the ONLY Marsh. Comm)#Is the only one who knows what’s under that stupid cape-sleeve thing bc Cody would absolutely do the same thing#Cody: *slaps Fox’s shoulder giving Obi-Wan a look right in the middle of a negotiation meeting between the rebels/GAR/Republic*#Cody: This shabuir can hold so much karkin weaponry#Cw: mutilation (minor)#Cw: Self-destruction (hypothetical)#this is so indulgent but please indulge with me#the GAR symbol over his heart and that being the piece that has the self-destruct device is the only brand of symbolism Fox can do#Repurposing GAR Armor AU#OmPu Ask Hours
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Whumper having a muzzle fitted around Whumpee’s head even as they scream and struggle against the bit shoved into their mouth, their hands pinned to keep them from yanking at the buckles. Rough leather digging into their skin. Every curse warped into an animal’s whines. They have no weapons now, not even their teeth.
“If you’re going to act like a rabid dog,” Whumper tells them, unmoved by their defiance, “then you’ll be treated like one.”
#usually I’m not really a fan of muzzling but in THIS SPECIFIC SCENARIO I have no choice in the matter#it’s simply good shit#whumpee being treated like an animal for the simple desire to remain uncaged#any intelligence or autonomy stripped from them with a few strips of leather#the dehumanization of it#the symbolism#whump
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Oops another WIP Pearl animatic ft. Scott and Gem
#tubby art#pearlescentmoon#shiny duo#sorry if its hard to tell who is who yet :(#Gem appears at the last portion#I was mostly just having fun with the visuals but I tried to pull a liauditore and implement hella symbolism#eg there's a few characters whose eyes go largely unseen. I wonder why#also took a lot of inspiration from the original music video
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Wonder is probably the only character to make Moon stop smiling lol. Something Forever Friends related, might be a future dialogue between the two. Though the majority of their talks will be more uh depressing maybe.
I do want Wonder to somehow be more understanding towards Sun and Moon, but also be a pain in the ass lol
I dunno, this is why I keep saying he is a complicated character to write and draw for (ʘᴗʘ✿)
#restinsodaroni art#forever friends fic#daycare attendant#fnaf moon#fnaf daycare attendant#moon fnaf#moondrop#security breach daycare attendant#daycare attendant fnaf#daycare attendant moon#moon dca#fnaf dca#dca moon#fnaf oc#wonder#the antagonist#eye strain#tw eye strain#tw eye contact#eye contact#wonder actually symbolizes a few things#I'll let y'all figure it out lol
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Blows them up
#Idk they're so silly to me#Me when the symbolism of two bugs that lived their lives for another#They make me indescribably sad#Also update from my playthrough#Quirrel is just a nail in the sand now 😭#digital art#art#quirrelhollow#hk quirrel#hk the hollow knight#Silly little bugs talking about life on a rocks edge#I have another few drawings of quirrelhollow i have to finish that aren't like this and are more “rendered” I guess#But I like linearting it's really fun :]#Literally “ooh those lines connect there and do that thing and make that shape”
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