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International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples: Reflecting on the Past, Embracing the Future
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#Art and Reconciliation#Art as History#Art as Resistance#Art Exhibitions#Artistic Documentation#Artistic Expression#Artistic Narratives#Autonomy#Canada#Carey Newman#Clearing the Plains#Colonial Impact#Colonial Policies#Colonial Trauma#colonization#Community Healing#community well-being#Cultural Continuity#Cultural Disruption#Cultural Healing#CULTURAL HERITAGE#Cultural Loss#Cultural Loss Recovery#Cultural Preservation#Cultural Recovery#Cultural Restoration#cultural revitalization#cultural stories#Disease Epidemics#Disease Impact
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Story Is Not Done
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#audio blog#throwback#audio post#reflection#my voice#SoundCloud#artist statement#artistic narratives#talk about the work#being an artist#visual art#professional growth#artistic struggles
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The Resurgence of Graphic Novels: A New Gateway to Understanding Literature Shaina Tranquilino November 6, 2023
In recent years, we have witnessed a remarkable revival of graphic novels. Once considered niche entertainment for comic book enthusiasts, these visually captivating narratives have now gained widespread popularity among readers of all ages. In particular, the emergence of graphic novel adaptations has proven to be an invaluable tool in helping people, especially children, comprehend and appreciate traditional novels on a whole new level. Today, we explore how graphic novels are making literature more accessible and fostering a love for reading.
Visual Appeal and Engaging Storytelling: One of the key factors contributing to the resurgence of graphic novels is their visual appeal. Combining stunning illustrations with compelling storytelling techniques, these books effortlessly capture readers' attention from the very beginning. Unlike traditional novels that rely solely on text descriptions, graphic novels utilize both visuals and dialogue bubbles to create a multi-dimensional experience. This unique blend provides an immersive platform where readers can engage with characters and settings in a more tangible way.
Enhanced Comprehension for All Readers: Graphic novel adaptations bridge the gap between visual media and written literature, offering an alternative means of understanding complex narratives. By presenting stories through vibrant artwork alongside concise dialogue, they allow readers to comprehend intricate plots or abstract concepts more easily. This becomes particularly valuable when introducing young readers to classic works or challenging themes found in adult literature.
Accessibility for Reluctant Readers: For many children who struggle with reading or lack interest in it altogether, graphic novels provide an entry point into the world of literature. With their vivid illustrations and condensed text, these adaptations lower barriers to comprehension while still delivering rich literary content. Children who may initially find traditional prose daunting can gradually transition into reading full-length novels as they become familiar with storylines through graphic novel versions.
Fostering Imagination and Critical Thinking: Graphic novels encourage active engagement by requiring readers to interpret both visual cues and textual elements simultaneously. This form of visual literacy prompts readers, regardless of age or reading ability, to analyze, infer, and interpret the storylines. In doing so, graphic novels foster critical thinking skills as readers connect images with written words, enhancing comprehension and encouraging creative interpretation.
Broadening Literary Horizons: Graphic novel adaptations also play a crucial role in introducing readers to diverse genres and authors they might not otherwise encounter. By transforming well-known literary works into visually captivating stories, these adaptations pique curiosity and inspire readers to explore related literature further. The marriage of art and storytelling can open doors to previously unexplored realms of imagination for both children and adults.
The resurgence of graphic novels has breathed new life into the world of literature by making complex narratives more accessible and engaging for all readers. Through their unique blend of stunning visuals and compelling storytelling, graphic novel adaptations offer an invaluable gateway to understanding traditional novels better. Particularly for children who may struggle with reading or feel disconnected from literature altogether, these adaptations provide a stepping stone towards building a lifelong love for books. As we embrace this exciting resurgence, let us celebrate the power of visual storytelling in fostering literary appreciation throughout generations.
#graphic novels#story telling#illustrations#drawing#literature revival#reading revolution#illustrated stories#visual storytelling#book worms delight#literary exploration#artistic narratives#literature through pictures#reading with pictures
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the thing about art is that it was always supposed to be about us, about the human-ness of us, the impossible and beautiful reality that we (for centuries) have stood still, transfixed by music. that we can close our eyes and cry about the same book passage; the events of which aren't real and never happened. theatre in shakespeare's time was as real as it is now; we all laugh at the same cue (pursued by bear), separated hundreds of years apart.
three years ago my housemates were jamming outdoors, just messing around with their instruments, mostly just making noise. our neighbors - shy, cautious, a little sheepish - sat down and started playing. i don't really know how it happened; i was somehow in charge of dancing, barefoot and laughing - but i looked up, and our yard was full of people. kids stacked on the shoulders of parents. old couples holding hands. someone had brought sidewalk chalk; our front walk became a riot of color. someone ran in with a flute and played the most astounding solo i've ever heard in my life, upright and wiggling, skipping as she did so. she only paused because the violin player was kicking his heels up and she was laughing too hard to continue.
two weeks ago my friend and i met in the basement of her apartment complex so she could work out a piece of choreography. we have a language barrier - i'm not as good at ASL as i'd like to be (i'm still learning!) so we communicate mostly through the notes app and this strange secret language of dancers - we have the same movement vocabulary. the two of us cracking jokes at each other, giggling. there were kids in the basement too, who had been playing soccer until we took up the far corner of the room. one by one they made their slow way over like feral cats - they laid down, belly-flat against the floor, just watching. my friend and i were not in tutus - we were in slouchy shirts and leggings and socks. nothing fancy. but when i asked the kids would you like to dance too? they were immediately on their feet and spinning. i love when people dance with abandon, the wild and leggy fervor of childhood. i think it is gorgeous.
their adults showed up eventually, and a few of them said hey, let's not bother the nice ladies. but they weren't bothering us, they were just having fun - so. a few of the adults started dancing awkwardly along, and then most of the adults. someone brought down a better sound system. someone opened a watermelon and started handing out slices. it was 8 PM on a tuesday and nothing about that day was particularly special; we might as well party.
one time i hosted a free "paint along party" and about 20 adults worked quietly while i taught them how to paint nessie. one time i taught community dance classes and so many people showed up we had to move the whole thing outside. we used chairs and coatracks to balance. one time i showed up to a random band playing in a random location, and the whole thing got packed so quickly we had to open every door and window in the place.
i don't think i can tell you how much people want to be making art and engaging with art. they want to, desperately. so many people would be stunning artists, but they are lied to and told from a very young age that art only matters if it is planned, purposeful, beautiful. that if you have an idea, you need to be able to express it perfectly. this is not true. you don't get only 1 chance to communicate. you can spend a lifetime trying to display exactly 1 thing you can never quite language. you can just express the "!!??!!!"-ing-ness of being alive; that is something none of us really have a full grasp on creating. and even when we can't make what we want - god, it feels fucking good to try. and even just enjoying other artists - art inherently rewards the act of participating.
i wasn't raised wealthy. whenever i make a post about art, someone inevitably says something along the lines of well some of us aren't that lucky. i am not lucky; i am dedicated. i have a chronic condition, my hands are constantly in pain. i am not neurotypical, nor was i raised safe. i worked 5-7 jobs while some of these memories happened. i chose art because it mattered to me more than anything on this fucking planet - i would work 80 hours a week just so i could afford to write in 3 of them.
and i am still telling you - if you are called to make art, you are called to the part of you that is human. you do not have to be good at it. you do not have to have enormous amounts of privilege. you can just... give yourself permission. you can just say i'm going to make something now and then - go out and make it. raquel it won't be good though that is okay, i don't make good things every time either. besides. who decides what good even is?
you weren't called to make something because you wanted it to be good, you were called to make something because it is a basic instinct. you were taught to judge its worth and over-value perfection. you are doing something impossible. a god's ability: from nothing springs creation.
a few months ago i found a piece of sidewalk chalk and started drawing. within an hour i had somehow collected a small classroom of young children. their adults often brought their own chalk. i looked up and about fifteen families had joined me from around the block. we drew scrangly unicorns and messed up flowers and one girl asked me to draw charizard. i am not good at drawing. i basically drew an orb with wings. you would have thought i drew her the mona lisa. she dragged her mother over and pointed and said look! look what she drew for me and, in the moment, i admit i flinched (sorry, i don't -). but the mother just grinned at me. he's beautiful. and then she sat down and started drawing.
someone took a picture of it. it was in the local newspaper. the summary underneath said joyful and spontaneous artwork from local artists springs up in public gallery. in the picture, a little girl covered in chalk dust has her head thrown back, delighted. laughing.
#writeblr#warm up#this is longer than i wanted i really considered removing that part about myself and what i went thru#but i think it really fucking bothers me that EVERY time i talk about being an artist#ppl assume i just like. had the skill and ability to drop everything and pay for grad school.#like sir i grew up poor. my house wasn't a safe space. i gave up a FREE RIDE TO LAW SCHOOL. for THIS. bc i chose it.#was it fucking hard? was i choosing the hard thing?? yes.#but we need to stop seeing artists as lazy layabouts that can ''afford'' to just ''sit around and create''#when MANY - if not MOST - of us are NOT like that. we have to work our fucking ASSES off. hard work. long and hard work#part of valuing artists is recognizing the amount we sacrifice to make our art. bc it doesn't just#like HAPPEN to us. also btw it rarely has anything to do with true talent.#speaking as someone with a chronic condition i hate when ppl are like u have it easy. like actively as i'm writing this my hands r#ACTIVELY hurting me. i haven't been posting bc my left hand was curled in a claw for the last week#this isn't fucking luck. after a certain point it's not even TALENT. it's dedication & sacrifice.#''u get to flounce around and do nothing with ur life'' is a narrative that is a direct result of capitalism#imagine if we said that about literally any other profession.#''oh so u give up 10 yrs of ur life to be a doctor? u sacrifice having a social life and u get SUPER in debt?#u need to work countless hours and it will often be thankless? well i wish i was that lucky''#we should be applying that logic to landlords ONLY#''oh ur mom and dad gave u the money to buy a house? and all u did was paint it white and rent it? huh.''
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💋 first aid 💋
#arcane#jayce talis#viktor arcane#jayvik#tw: blood#tw: injuries#just wanted to draw something cute#and there was nobody around to stop me#the narrative in my head is that Jayce caused an explosion in the lab and was trying to be cute by apologizing by “kissing it better”#but in the undercity they don't do that (probably on account of everyone and everything being filthy all the time)#so it's way more confusing to Viktor than it is cute~ lol#thanks for coming to my tag story - the end#pidgy drew#digital art#artists on tumblr
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The Watchers’ Favourites
#grian#jimmy solidarity#martyn inthelittlewood#itlwart#grian fanart#solidaritygaming fanart#martyn itlw#inthelittewood fanart#traffic life#trafficblr#traffic smp#how do you people function there’s so many tags#I like to call them “doomed by the narrative and hated by the gods trio”#Pigin is artistic#also these were done on index cards lmaooo#the corners are gold tape but it didn’t photograph well
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[ Main comic | Tag guide ] CATEGORY 2 of my AU ! ::)
#messyr#im drunk and about to go to sleep bye#basically revolves around the ship only but not far from narrative#doodle#artists on tumblr#hazbin hotel#hazbin hotel: michelin stars au#hazbin hotel au#hazbin hotel human au#hazbin hotel lucifer#hazbin hotel alastor#lucifer morningstar#hazbin alastor#charlie morningstar#hazbin hotel charlie#radioapple#HH:MS [Radioapple]
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“But in answer to your question, yes. I’m gonna bloody kill you.”
#he haunt on my narrative til i get asked by molloy if im schizophrenic#my art#digital art#illustration#art#artists on tumblr#fanart#aesthetic#trans artist#lestat de lioncourt#iwtv lestat#iwtv#interview with the vampire#loustat#dreamstat#the vampire lestat#iwtv art#iwtv s2#iwtv fanart#cw blood#vampires#vampire#vampire aesthetic#vampire art
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"If you were the last vampire on earth, it would be enough. YOU AND ME. ME AND YOU. YOU AND ME." 🖤
#artists on tumblr#digital art#fanartwork#my art#amc iwtv#claudia iwtv#iwtv fanart#iwtv s2#interview with the vampire#i love my doomed by the narrative girl
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I’m not even a star.
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#my art#I don’t like it when songs about race r stripped of their context but I think interpreting cass as wasian adds so much to the narrative#so thank you mitski#tts#cassunzel#tangled the series#rapunzel#cass#rta#artists on tumblr#art#rapunzels tangled adventure#rapunzel x cass#rapunzel x cassandra#casspunzel#moon cassandra#cassandra x rapunzel#cassandra#tts cassandra#cassandra tangled#cass tts#cassandra tts#tts fanart#tts rapunzel#rapunzel’s tangled adventure#fanart#tangled the series fanart#disney tv shows#disney#dtva
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Peregrin Took + A Man in Armor by Rembrandt
"We have no songs for great halls... and evil times."
This is part of a series of illustrations I've done which is reimagining old oil paintings ("renaissance paintings", though not all of them are from the time of the renaissance so I will use that term sparingly haha)
Rembrandt depicted the young man in the original painting as weighed down by his armor and weapons (as they do appear sightly too big for him)-- and yet having determined thoughts about the possible battle ahead. I thought this extra fitting to portray this as a hobbit, and since I already did one with Merry, I chose Pippin!
#art#artists on tumblr#my art#fanartist#fanart#illustration#digital art#lotr#lord of the rings#procreate#procreate art#pippin took#peregrin took#jrr tolkien#tolkien tag#tolkien fanart#tolkien stuff#rembrandt#“What were you thinking Peregrin Took? What service can a Hobbit offer such a great lord of men?”#born to vibe#forced to go to war#Pippin was an heir to thainship of the shire though so this makes his arch narratively significant#I love character development#someone play burn butcher burn from the Witcher tv show
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idk how i want to draw him yet and not ready to make a srs attempt but here's a bad kdj phone doodle lol🚶🏻
#orv#kim dokja#omniscient reader's viewpoint#my art#oh yeah i didnt have ref for this fkdnfn was going off memory of the last (first) time i drew him#i cant do a serious attempt tho bc i havent read the novel so i dont have a clear image of him in my head yet...#(dont want to just copy the webtoon design hastily... if it matches my image thats fine but... idk yet)#my main opinion on the webtoon design is he's too hot/ikemen tho KFJDKDJ (this is what i thought since the beginning)#its like BONES mp100 anime reigen.... kdj is like manga reigen to me /j#but who knows maybe if i catch kdj brainrot i too will start drawing him like a kpop idol out of affection...🤷🏻♂️#like the webtoon artist prob draws kdj pretty bc they love him sm#just like how i draw jys pretty bc of my brainrot...#so who knows maybe that will happen to me too🤷🏻♂️ time will tell#my main opinion on webtoon yjh (no one asked): CUTE BUT WHERES THE T1TTY BEL- *voice muffled as i get dragged away*#(copied most of these tags from twit too lazy to retype the commentary)#EDIT: i call him reigen jokingly bc theyre abt the same age but#kdj is also mob core to me....#in that theyre both protags that dont look flashy and look more like extras/'mob charas'#yet r irrevocably unequivocably the protags of their respective stories#(just as everyone is the protag of your own life! sieze ur narrative! etcetc🖤)#also. both black haired bowlcut havers KJDJS#kdj is reigen coded (derogatory) and mob coded (POS)#hes also a 'con man like reigen..... yep hes def still reigen coded
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All these asks and nobody is gonna ask who Strawgoose is??? I like their design and name!
Woe, Strawgoose reference upon ye.
Strawgoose is the same age as Caterpillarpelt, and was mentored by Cougargleam! She is incredibly bubbly and optimistic and thinks that everything will work out in time. After all, nothing is final.
Regardless, she wishes that Caterpillarpelt wouldn't stress himself out so much! What's the problem with a few stray silver hairs?
#I ALSO like strawgoose!#lets hope she's not doomed by the narrative#thank you for the ask!#clan generator#clangen#wc#wc oc#wc art#warrior cats#wc clangen#clangen challenge#clangen oc#clangen art#warrior cats clangen#warrior cats art#warriorcats#wc artist#art#lutumclan#ask#reference#LutumLore#Strawgoose
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handsss
#artists on tumblr#fan art#star wars fanart#star wars: the clone wars#commander fox#Corrie Latte#Fox/Caf#Just some doodling#How to Get In M.C. Fox’s Good Books:#step 1: Introduce Caf into M.C.’s vicinity#step 2: wait to see if M.C. hones in on the aroma/huffs it#step 3: if no#retry step 1#^read in a David Attenborough documentary narrative#Very faint skeletal-vibes with the lighting
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Lone Voyager | [Speedpaint]
I had another Astronomy Moment™ and I wanted to draw Silver in a costume semi-inspired by the Voyager probes. This was also a sort-of study of the artist Rella's lighting!
Sketch of the costume and other thumbnails below the cut:
special thanks to google for having an actual 3d model of the Voyager probes that I used as reference lmao
#sonic#sonic the hedgehog#sonic fanart#silver the hedgehog#silver the hedgehog fanart#digital#space#clip studio paint#artists on tumblr#my art#my god i am NOT built for lineart or for drawings that take longer that 4 hours hhkkhfkhdf#still im pretty happy with this!#i kinda want to make an au from this but idek what the Narrative would be
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This is what kickincorn looks like to me
#artists on tumblr#illustration#fanart#smiling critters#poppy playtime#kickinchicken#craftycorn#kickincorn#tall crafty is canon who gaf abt the narrative���️
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