#also..... the symbolism
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im sorry but i cannot stop thinking about isha's pastel memories that play during her sacrifice scene.
look at how full of colour this beautiful fuckin shot is:
it's been well established in episodes 4-6 how grim and dark the undercity has become under cait and ambessa's new rule. but look at how isha sees/remembers it - because of jinx.
jinx, who went through a severe childhood trauma that has carried over into her present self - she covers extremely destructive weapons and grenades in bright pinks and blues, neons, childlike doodles, graffiti. (joy and destruction, powder and jinx, a contrast so striking it becomes like a signature for her).
and then we see the world through isha's eyes. when we meet her in episode 2, she's running through sewers, from goons dressed in black; it's grimy and grim. and then all of her recent memories are done in these childlike pastel, almost crayon-y sketches. because what isha saw was jinx covering a dark and grim world in colours.
and so isha covered her world in colour, too.
because jinx made her world bright.
isha looked at jinx and saw the child in her. she saw powder and she saw jinx. she saw joy and destruction. and that's why jinx gave isha so much hope. isha knew the world was grim and dark - but then she watched jinx, and she learned that you can paint over all that grim darkness with neon blue spray paint.
that's why isha believed in hope. that's why in her final moments - in a scene that is lit dimly and dramatically - she sees nothing but a bright world coloured in pastels.
never underestimate the hope of a child.
#arcane#arcane spoilers#arcane s2#my post#arcane s2 spoilers#arcane season 2#arcane season 2 spoilers#sry tagging the shit out of this i dont wanna ruin the scene for anyone#jinx arcane#jinx and isha#isha arcane#jinx#god i just.#the thing about jinx's trauma that has been so poignant up until now being the exact thing that isha needed!!!#a child seeing the childlike behaviors of an adult and seeing it not as trauma but as bravery and hope#and it's WHY jinx has become this unwilling symbol of hope for the undercity. bc they *also* see her covering a dark world in colour#anyways.#i could say more and maybe i will later but. yeah#jinx made isha's world bright. im gonna be SICK
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Happy Mexican Independece Day from Hatsune Mikuacana
#my art#hatsune miku#regional miku#i KNOW the trend is done but hold on hold on...i am simply a you say..procrastinator#so here is my purepecha miku :3c#from the state of..mikuacan lololol#also i didnt draw her with shoes to symbolize how i didnt feel like it uwu
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Lamb to the slaughter
#Dungeon meshi#delicious in dungeon#mithrun#fanart#spoiler#my art#the canaries#digital illustration#procreate#digital art#fantasy#goat demon#symbolism#painting#allegory#the flower is a dried up white rose. it represents death but white roses also signify purity. it's pretty but#like young mithrun it's rotten#it is covering the demon's eye because the demon took mithruns eye specifically because it was his pride and joy#there's other symbols but i think theyre more obvious
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I do sort of wish western anime fans would analyze anime and manga from a framework of japanese historical and cultural context. Specifically a lot of works from the 90s being influenced by the general aimlessness and ennui that a lot of people were experiencing due to the burst in the bubble economy and the national trauma caused by the sarin terrorist attack. I think in interacting with media that’s not local to our sociocultural/sociopolitical sphere it’s easy to forget that it’s influenced and shaped by the same kinds of factors that influence media within our own cultural dome and there ends up being this baseline misalignment of perception between the causative elements of a narrative and viewer interpretation of those elements. It’s a form of death of the author that i think, in some measure, hinders our ability to fully understand/come to terms with creator intent and the full scope of a work’s merits
#exilley's diary#this is about utena btw like. yeah its feminist and a coming of age horror story but also#it was in part ikuhara’s response to the changes he observed in the corporate anime industry and an attempt to subvert those trends#it doesnt really help that i feel certain aspects of the show are filtered through translation and certain cultural emphasises are lost#like for instance. the blood type symbolism. or wakaba’s gestures with making packed lunches#theyre incredibly japanese expressions of conventional gender roles that non-japanese audiences might not fully resonate with
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Babby's 2st post :) modern tech is infuriating, and it was either this or I write a manifesto.
#196 campfire#196#r196#r/196#shitpost#technology#ruleposting#while searching to buy a new phone i was filled with indescribable rage and had to create this image#lest i become a threat to myself or to others or to the big glass entrance pannels at apple stores which call to me and beg for large rock#also please pretend i didnt mix up the greater than and less than symbols
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nevermind everyone winner's symbolism cancelled. we cannot have another scar earth/mercury/comet situation again. I vote we all lay down our weapons and join hands in peace and accept that the one true symbol for Joel is the Car. wherever he goes whatever flavour of symbols you particularly enjoy. Car. Just Car. Because it would be really funny
#and also we could goncharov it. “oh doesnt your solar system have a car in it? thats weird mine does otherwise i wouldnt have assigned this#guy the car planet as a symbol.“#“oh your tarot deck doesnt have the CARd? weird. mines always been like that you must be missing some”#wild life spoilers#trafficblr#elfy talks#life series#life series spoilers#life series smp#smallishbeans#joel smallishbeans#wild life smp#wild life#guys please im begging we cant return to the infighting again#this totally isnt in reaction to the joel tag being filled with symbol arguments already ahaha what do you mean thatd be crazy... [silly]
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was thinking abt how anya sleeps by the polle statue. which is motion activated to start talking.
+ i like drawing polle as a Character
#now originally i drew this under the same kind of premise as the animatic i did#in that it Is in reality just a statue but is. subconsciously treated as alive and as it’s cartoon self? if that makes sense#but i was thinking abt what if polle Was alive. a toon put on the tulpar as a shitty morale boosting animal that Isn’t you friend#but i worry this would change too much abt the story. i wouldn’t want to add too much levity/fluff#mouthwashing#the art gallery#polle being a toon instead of a statue kinda cheapens it’s effect probably#like i think it worked In The Little Bit like in the animatic. but not through the whole game#plus also it’d probably really muddy his like. symbolism. of like thr company and the baby#so i do have a couple more doodles but (shrugs worriedly)
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11/20
#big day for doomed yaoi enjoyers#(me)#i’m never ever doing this again i was screaming every minute coloring this i literally cannot do hard light#biggest case of “trust the process” i’ve ever experienced in my life#also i was gonna originally do a gun instead of knife to keep it canon but i quickly learned i can’t in fact draw guns#a knife is more symbolic anyway. stabbed in the back. yk#(trying to comfort myself that i can’t draw firearms even after eight years of art)#i remember playing this scene for the first time and actually breaking down at 2am bc that betrayal STUNG#i actually had no remorse for akechi after that 😭😭 i actually felt like a sadist for enjoying beating his ass in shidos palace#akechi as a character was specifically designed to make me go through all five stages of grief within a matter of minutes#absolute rollercoaster of emotions#ANYWAY IM FINALLY FREE TIME TO NOT DO ART FOR THE NEXT FOUR MONTHS 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼#persona 5 royal#persona 5#p5#p5r#ren amamiya#akira kurusu#goro akechi#akechi goro#shuake#akeshu#lotus draws
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“Chuuya wasn’t in Dark Era, why is he in this art??”
wdym, he’s right here 🤨
#this is obviously just a hc & not confirmed canon but i mean lbr… who ELSE would Dazai be playing video games with???#also Dazai basically only gets worked up enough to curse when it involves Chuuya sooo 😭#don’t even get me started on the symbolism of the way he’s wearing his coat-#anyway it’s one of my favorite hcs & it’s canon to me hehe :’)#rambling about bsd again#bsd#bungou stray dogs#skk#soukoku#bsd dark era#bsd dazai#dazai osamu#bsd chuuya#nakahara chuuya#bsd hcs
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dinosaur in a lab coat - would you trust her with operating the centrifuge
#my art#oc#mockley#anthro#furry#dinosaur#i like the headshot especially so i'm including it too#unintentional redraw of the mockley ref from back in may. this is the natural mockley pose i guess - this is her official render#so i included the symbolism thing again with some slight edits#grhaggh i love her i'm ripping her to pieces with my mind.....my doddery old bint#okay i've got a lot to do tonight. why i did this today of all days i don't know but for people who want art from me#keep yer eyes peeled#also i'm gonna also use this for oc-tober. lol#for the monster prompt. mockley's a monster...literally to us and more metaphorically in her universe#also for ages i was trying to make mockley's species a dinosaur but like evolved. different and weirder#now i'm like embracing full dinosaur i'm too tired to make up a new species i can't....i surrender
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Today we have a full art!!
This one just shows aesthetic that Danny gives me ehehehe
This pic took way too much time to finish, but I am kinda proud of it, esp the middle small picture
Every little pic on its own under the cut because WHY NOT??
And also LITTLE FROOT LOOP VLAD MASTERS
#danny phantom#danny fenton#art#dp fanart#sam manson#tucker foley#I had to combine Super Nintendo console with Sony controller to make it look just as I wanted#Also store picture took me the biggest amount of time#There are a lot of products two of which with Danny's symbol on it lol
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In complete seriousness, they need to make laws about ads that say they can take no more than one, maybe two, clicks/taps to close/skip. No more "wait 10 seconds until you can skip the video, wait 10 seconds until you can skip the fake playable ad, wait 5 seconds until you can close the 'download now' overlay, puts up a half-screen in-app appstore pop-up (which at least you can close immediately)." This should literally be illegal to do.
Edit: this is blowing up so I just wanted to add (haha ad) that this was my "reasonable request" I also think there should be way more and way stricter laws around all advertising in general. I think most advertising as we know it today should be abolished.
#ThornShadow.said#advertising#edit: I also have this sick pin on my jacket that has a “no” symbol with ads#and text that says 'abolish advertising in the media // replace this source of funding with government funding based on independent ratings'#not my idea but now that it's been presented to me it doesn't sound bad#like there are film funds and art funds and whatnot
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finally watched Reign of the Supermen
#kon is three apples tall.... good luck getting anyone to call you superman when you look like you should be in middle school#the second pic was inspired by that scene where lois is on the phone w steel and kon is peeking over her shoulder#superboy#conner kent#john henry irons#man of steel#lois lane#reign of the supermen#rots was fun bc i knew kon and steels situations but had no idea what visor and cyborg supes had going on#so i was like IS it him...? no.... it cant be....#it was funny when he was like please. just call me superman.#like even if he was the actual genuine clark kent back as a cyborg bbgirl youre not going to shake 'cyborg superman'#superman#digital art#comic#comics#dcamu#dc#dc comics#2024#id in alt#also why is lois dressed like asami in the finale#and for the record steel is the most respectable of the titular supermen cause like#he wasnt trying to pass himself off as clark he was literally just a dude who was inspired to be a clearly separate superhero#i mean you could make a claim of copyright infringement cause of the S but in his defense it was a symbol of hope & clark was dead sooo
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All Tim Drake has to do is say "millenial core" (support my entire video on tiktok)
ko-fi
#tim drake#nightwing#dick grayson#dc robin#Nightwing and Robin don't... share the same sense of humor#Tim idolizes#adores his older brother and what he symbolizes#but he is also a younger brother who can't wait to make fun of him#dc comics#nightwing edit#tim drake art#dick grayson art#dc edit#dc universe#dceu#dcau#dcu#batman#dc#batfam#batbros#artists on tumblr
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William Afton is very normal about his wife in FNAF
#myart#chloesimagination#comic#fnaf#five nights at freddy's#fnaf fanart#william afton#mrs afton#ballora#springtrap#afton family#fnaf 3#fnaf sister location#listen I don’t think Mrs Afton is dead or anything or even if Ballora#but ballora being a symbol of her will always be my favourite#and William just being truly obsessed#you can kill him but you can’t get rid of him#tbh I really just wanted to draw Springtrap and Ballora together#both to show William possessive tendencies#but also just cause they look cool af together just peak designs truly
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I just noticed when Ozzie appears behind Fizz, the initial explosion shows his sigil for exactly ONE frame (replacing Mammon's sigil we've seen plastered throughout the episode). I just thought it was a neat little detail, Asmodeus essentially summoned himself in that moment.
#helluva boss#asmodeus#fizzarolli#helluva boss asmodeus#helluva boss spoilers#fizzmodeus#fizzarozzie#gotta love the protective monster boyfriend trope#so many delicious freeze-frame bonuses I'm still finding new ones#dramatically summon yourself three paces to establish dominance#also; summon yourself in your monster form to protect boyyfriend is SUCH A STOLAS MOVE lol#also the symbolism of the sigil being behind Fizz changing from Mammon's to Ozzie's - Ozzie has replaced Mammon as Fizz's support/family
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