#almost therapeutic

[bluepandadraws-log]

Chat, I gotta do more Black and White Monochrome commissions, holy SHIT this is the most fun I've had with art in AGES

[0nelittlebirdtoldme]

Went pottery painting today in Southampton. Of course I had to go for my beloved bat + bird combo and some ivy along the sides

[i-only-eat-four-leaf-clovers]

can't wait to do laundry again so I can stare at my clothes rotating in the washing machine for half an hour

[imalwaysaslutforthevoid]

The Summer Hikaru Died and onomatopoeia

I've wanted to gush about this topic for a while and i have no organized thoughts but a lot of feelings i need to get out. First and foremost being "Holy shit this manga is so damn loud" which is a weird feeling to have since manga is generally understood to be a silent medium.

And yet the Mangaka MokuMoku Ren has filled their work to the brim with sound. Now comics using onomatopoeia (words that echo a noise ie: crunch) is nothing new the sound of a fist hitting it's target and walls being wrecked is nothing new. But usually onomatopoeia is worked into whatever action is resulting in the noise

adding both a sense of motion as well as sound. Which is what makes The Summer Hikaru Died's use of it so unique and compelling. To utilize onomatopoiea you have to give up on space that could otherwise be going to deatil work in the background or foreground. Now this is fine with smaller unobtrusive effects like Wolverine's claw extending, and there's numerous example's where a sound will take up large portions of the page to show how loud something like a bomb going off is. But i've yet to see another comic western or otherwise so consistently use this facet of the medium to instill such claustrophobia and dread. As a slower paced horror manga The Summer Hikaru Died builds it's suspense mostly through atomosphere, the supernatural happenings weighing on the surrounding evironment until they break the surface

The use of sound is heavy, it's harsh, it's a vehicle to show how wrong things have gotten from the whisper of "it's coming" heard in the ringing bell of a train crossing to the omnipresent call of birds, bugs, and frogs that pushes in on the paneling shrinking the world with their cacophony.

the way sound shrinks the world making reader and character both feel suffocated by the drone is matched by how the manga uses silence as a way to make the characters feel exposed and vulnerable. the page is now empty of distraction the world of the story on full display and it still feels wrong it's agorophobic, at least amidst the din there was some sense of anonymity being just one voice among hundrends.

even the speech bubble feels out of place as it wanders off desperate to fill the space. The manga is full of these moments of sound and silence in some dance with eachother always too much or too little, never comfortable. It adds a lot to the horror of the manga, and is just one part of many that makes The Summer Hikaru Died such an excellent manga, every chapter I can feel my skin crawl as the setting becomes more hostile to the charactres while they uncover more of the truth of their circumstances.

[breezycheezyart]

Alexa, play "Clumsy" by Fergie

Please do not repost

[hunybody]

i know i am on record as the biggest ‘buck’s blood kink enjoyer’ around but honestly buck’s puppy play thing is so infinitely special to me. i really think being eddie’s puppy would fix him.

[vellichorsdesire]

day 48367 of blue hydrangeas domestic life au being my most favorite au everrr… we’re going shopping!!! ^_^

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[ceaselesswatchersspecialboy]

I fear I have developed a Malevolent hyperfixation alongside my TMA one…

[spooky-k1d]

y'all fw my new wallpaper

[hplonesomeart]

He found out he’s not the highest rated anymore….isn’t taking it too well <<

[computerhugs]

Was joking with some friends that if you beat 101% of the game you should unlock a crop top outfit that redoes every single sprite in the game and, well, one thing led to another and here we are. In totally unrelated news, I may attempt to learn how to mod this game when I'm less busy.

[mortemcatabasis]

melancholic morning for my dear transvestite dog

[seafooms]

loz posting

[aryomengrande]

HOENSTLY I LOVEE YOUR SELFSHIP BOARDSS YOU DO FOR OTHERS!!!!! WE NEEEED YOURRR SELFSHIP IN ACTION!!! ATLEASTTT TEASEE US W THE HOT LOVER's NAME 😌🙏

omg thank u sm i rly enjoy making them (*꒦ິ꒳꒦ີ)♡ i decided to make them ever since i downloaded this app called ‘paper by we transfer’, it’s a digital journal, it’s pretty cool! here’s what it looks like:

as for my own selfship…tbh i’m new to it, didnt know it existed until i was commissioned to make one (*/��＼*) so i haven’t quite figured out mine yet haha i’ll probably wait for the universe to give me as sign laksjsksksks but this is probably the best u can get hehe the drabble that inspired this was inspired by me so the person u see in the art, that’s me in my teens ( ˶ˆ⤙ˆ˵ )

[therealslimshakespeare]

…ok, but what would Alanna Nash have to say about your O/C? 😈

[eggs-can-draw]

Wanted to draw a bit of isolation, I need to do slice of life more often