#american elements

[kissentz]

GOD I FINALLY FINISHED THIS!!!!

i apologize for taking so long with this art. exams messed me up and my “awsome” idea to draw each character in a certain technique really slowed down the process of creating this art. but i don't regret it at all and i think it turned out okay

thanks to everyone who suggested their characters!

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Wastebasket designed by Donald Deskey, 1928. Wood, paint, silver leaf.

Deskey was one of the leading American industrial designers of the 20th century. His work was strongly influenced by the European Art deco movement, especially after he visited the Paris World Fair of 1925. It was upon returning to America that he became a designer, seeking to bring home some of the innovations he had observed. He is best known for his modernist and streamlined approach to the interiors of Radio City Music Hall, commissioned in 1930 by John D. Rockefeller, and for his packaging designs, which shaped the appearance of everyday American objects from the 1940s onwards.

Photo & text: Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Museum

[ryoko-san]

(Masc! Dear) hehehe he’s wearing his lil cultural outfit

Tiny wasko

[handweavers]

currently reading henry winston's crisis of the black panther party (here) and it's hitting hard. this was written in 1971 but so much of what he discusses and critiques are just as applicable now. i'm still digesting it but i'm really appreciating the read

[kataracy]

Kataang Week 2024 DAY 1 // Cultural Sharing

“I’m nervous. Am I doing okay?”

“You’re doing amazing Sweetie.”

[manderleyfire]

– What's keeping us apart ain't even real, your daddy, his religion, it's got nothing to do with us. – It's not just his, it's mine too. I've got the same spirit in me, why don't you see that?

Alice Englert and Walton Goggins in Them That Follow (2019), dir. Dan Madison Savage & Brittany Poulton

[tinytimism]

next person who even jokingly says that rosemary’s lobotomy is what triggered the kennedy curse is getting their entire bloodline cursed

[arsonmurderandjaywalking]

I'm only on like chapter 4 but I really like the way Migi to Dali is handling the idea of irrational childhood fears when experienced by two twelve-year-olds with seemingly very little interaction with normal human society. like why WOULD the twins know what wigs are and why people have them? they don't need them to survive! they're completely superfluous! I don't think they've had much space for superfluous things. they're used to everything being a life-or-death matter with only each other and their wits to save them. thinking the parents are going to steal their hair and then make their escape on what looks to be a biplane is a very twelve-year-old thought process, but it makes sense that they would immediately assume they're in danger.

[eosofspades]

i am a nationalist about exactly ONE (1) thing and it's that i fucking love american food. i LOVE american beverage. i love "large" drink being a whole bucket's worth i love milkshake with the thickness of concrete i LOVE going out to a diner and taking my next three meals home with me i love leftovers. i love burger and fries i love fried chicken i love pb&j i love macaroni and cheese i love traditional pancake and scrambled egg breakfast i love apple pie i LOVE ice cream sundae. enough complaining about deep fried carnival food american food is DELICIOUS and im not taking complaints anymore

[shimidraco]

AUTO TIME!!!! i had a lot of fun figuring out how he would be put together!! feat. various design notes teehee ❤️❤️❤️

[kissentz]

i got baited and i ran like a crazy to draw amy from the comic "american elements"

BEST MAN EVER 💍

[yeyinde]

You have me craving priest price. CRAVING

ahhh, love that so much because same!! i don't want to be alone in this rabbithole lmao but i just think there's something so enticing about the concept itself and ever since devouring midnight mass and preacher, i can't get the idea of corrupted clergy out of my head. or, like, corrupting clergy.

but it's also very easy to take his canon convictions and flip them around. replace war with god and you have yourself a preacher. i don't want him to be clean, either. his sermons are all about being soldiers of god. all old scripture. you catch him drinking whisky, smoking cigars. he cusses. he's bloodthirsty. forgiveness is much too new testament to him, yanno? he's more about divine punishment. scorched earth. you are either saved or a sinner, and there's no in between.

but don't worry, he's going to save you. willingly or not.

[chiropteracupola]

Bodies in my wake / Noose 'round my neck / I'm comin' back again / Better make it quick!

[sophiemaryjanes]

the magnus archives is the master and margarita but gayer and more aesthetic and the master and margarita is american politics but gayer and more aesthetic

[sleepynegress]

MORE THOUGHTS ON BLUE EYE SAMURAI...

So this is spoiler-filled and assumes you've seen the show.

I don't like giving spoilers if a piece of media is good so... last warning:

I was worried that they'd make Mizu a woman in the typical way, even when disguised as a man. Suddenly she becomes the "girl with the ponytail and glasses" who is actually stunningly beautiful when not in her protective disguise...yellow glasses included, because yellow and blue make green, and green eyes *were* a more common color within east Asian communities.

I like that detail. I love that she is drawn as a handsome woman. Which makes sense given her upbringing and training. Not pretty ~*because of her blue eyes*~. This is what I meant by the fetish thing. That bothered me so much for Memoirs of Geisha... It smacks of this thing certain men do when they gaze upon what they perceive as mixed-raced women. A disgusting eye that perceives any presumed "whiteness" as what makes a person of color beautiful. It's gross and having seen that two mixed-race Asian women had a hand in writing/producing this, I get why that aspect was treated well this time. The romantic in me also loved the nibbles of tension between Mizu and Taigen, and Mizu and Akemi, and even Akemi and Taigen... Just. The relationships are so well-done. Ringo is a gem of a person, and honestly the bravest and most decent character in the show. Episode 5, remains the high-point. That Bunraku (Japanse puppet theatre) framing for the flashback and that crushing climax.

My heart broke for the death of Mizu's heart and most of her humanity. I felt the air sort of let off slowly in that last ep instead of the blast of relief I expected, but I'm here for Mizu killing those white men. The fight choreography was exquisitely planned and filmed. Live action could learn something from the framing of certain moves in this, but there were a few moments when injuries definitely should have affected more than they did...Though, that is also a trope of the genre. I'm just totally gripped by these characters and will be here for season two. If we get one.

PLEASE WATCH IT so we get those four seasons!

[hybbat]

I think a factor a lot of farming/crafting sims completely forget to include is the aspect of, not just being self-sustaining, but being part of a community and providing for that community. They sometimes put in side quests and stuff where you hand out resources to folks, but, like, a lot of the time you don't need to actually farm much because you aren't even selling your products, or they don't sell for much.

The simple solution, and easiest way to add depth to the farming (because another common problem is the farming lacks depth and can be fully automated without really interacting much with it like it's a chore to eventually overcome rather than the main gameplay loop) is having a rating system. 1-5 stars, higher yields, special yields, one or all of these depending on how well you care for your animals or fertilize your crops. While it can be tedious due to the game's unecessarily slow scaling, I think tale of two towns did this the best by including all of these for the animals and different actions for attaining each. It should feel like more than just a daily button click.

A good farming sim should have you spending lots of time actually working your farm, not because of the scale of the farm, but because of the depth of the care you can put into it. And the time off the farm should be spent interacting with the community in a more in-depth and cyclical way that makes your character feel a part of it. That's the key to those cozy vibes.