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averlym · 1 year ago

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litany of the martyrs (click for better resolution!)

#at some point i wanted to make an illustration for each character but in retrospect maybe each is multiple song-coded..#drew the sketch for a quincy thing after a chat with a mutual reminded me this song existed dfsghjkl and then spent weeks rendering this #quincy cynthius martin #adamandi #i'm finally done with this! the saints especially were joys to paint and the halo a menace.... this has been the most ambitious one so far.#but it also took quite long because i only worked on it <engages with quincy> when mentally okay to deal with the themes. i'm not religious #but i do identify with the irrational(?ish) guilt + family legacy + academic achievement + disregard for self. also more complex thoughts #about love [but depsite quincent being a large part of quincy's character this piece deals with mostly the Rest of it. so another time..]#anyways! in the original sketch- the saints had heads bent towards quincy so the halo spikes pointed at him. but this worked better! halos #of the saints implying/creating one for quincy was a concept from the start though. in the show they don't touch him directly here but #differences in mediums i think- i don't have time in an image to craft a narrative so everything has to be happening. also artistic liberty #misc inspiration for this includes stained glass windows. i might have maybe misinterpreted the saint costume but i think i logic-ed it out #as the cloth part following a nun's habit w the hood. and then halo above. the material is also more transparent originally but i had. um.#too much fun painting fabric folds.. if you look closely you can see the basis of faces though behind the cloth; but only the vague shapes #because smth obscurity + inhumanness// cassian is the only one i gave a mouth though. that stems from melliot's post about the saints and #st cassian as spokesperson (<- did research teehee!) that's also how i found out which costume = which saint. speaking of which.#left to right: 'st lucy take my hand' // 'st lawrence give me strength' (presses quincy forward; but hand on shoulder connotates guidance)#/'st cassian help me smile' (quincy's mouth is btwn a grimace and a smile; tilts up at side. also no direct touch bc added insidiousness.)#//'st jude [...] i hope your causes burn' (jude's hand is in two places to show movement- nearing the flame and then snatching back; burnt)#other notes: at the midst of the flame the core is shaped like a human heart /the saints and their wax are all melting like the candle for #fun visual effect and also this way they are even less tangible <real>. perks of painting as a medium i guess. // also insp from icarus?#wax and burning imagery; looking at the halo and rays as parallel to sun that burns. too close to the sun; melting; hurting; hurtling //#candles at bottom are a nod to the frankly gorgeous set// also the entire composition kind of stems from the lyric <what use is a candle if #both ends aren't burning>; the two sides between the concepts of catholic guilt and academic perfection that spur quincy #the halo above (saints and guilt; litanyofthemartyrs) and the 'halo' below (academic papers; insp from choreo for perfect at school)#the papers were originally supposed to be more glowy. but i like the idea of it now being a reflection of how quincy's priorities shift #also of note is that <candle> in centre = quincy; w burning candle + aforementioned heart in flame -> most human; idea of love + passion #last thoughts: kneeling + hands close tgt = prayer //wax dripping onto the red As make an effect that looks like blood. because i like #hiding that within the adamandi pieces :OO continuity!! // i've run out of tags but yeah! had fun with this one! every so often i go a #little insane in making art and the final result astounds even me. ngl i'm quite proud of this one. pretty colours <3333

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toyastales · 4 months ago

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Come on baby light my fire 🔥

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an-au-blog · 11 months ago

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Oh, your love is sunlight

Happy (late) Valentine's Day (version without text ↓ +description in tags)

#east blue asylum wing au #zosan #zoro x sanji #zs #first off if its bad quality - it's a huge canvas and it's more pixelated if i try to export the picture than if I screenshot so... :/#I sometimes like assigning songs to different dynamics and or characters I play around with and I've been recently listening to #a lot of Hozier again and I'd like to think that Sunlight is how Zoro sees Sanji - he is Icarus flying to the sun and he is willing to get #burned if only to reach the sunlight - it's a deathtrap... because of course it is... all attachments are but Sanji's love is the death tra #that he welcomes like a moth to a flame because even Icarus felt the bliss and freedom before his wax melted #I haven't depicted it here but Sanji's Hozier song for Zoro would probably be NFWMB because in his eyes Zoro is this untouchable force #that would watch the world go up in flames and when the time Sanji wouldn't mind being a tree just to fuel his fire (im well aware how #cheesy that sounds just bare with me... or better yet listen to the song its really good trust me ok?)#the world starts and ends with him and where they lay #and their shared Hozier song is Francesca because if anything in this au zosan are two lovers stuck in Dante's inferno and sprinting back i #only for the chance to get back to their lover and if that meant going back into hell to look for each other then so be it #there's a part of the song that goes “My life was a storm / Since I was born / How could I fear any hurricane?” which is pretty fitting imo #op #fan art #my art

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aidens-ocean-galaxy · 1 month ago

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I have way too much fun with candles

#like yk how when a candle burns the wax melts and it’s a liquid for a while?#yeah so I pour that liquid wax onto another candle #a candle that I don’t/can’t use anymore #and then I scoop it out and wait until there’s more liquid wax from my other candles #aiden rants

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youngpeachenthusiast · 1 year ago

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date idea: i am icarus and you are the sun

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standardfarelife · 3 days ago

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What's the silliest thing you've done to make your candles fit?

#tin foil wax cups #chanukaproject #chanukah project #ignore that the candles themselves are crooked #we're broke and they're from goodwill #i think someone thought they were those big tapers that burn for a few hours because #there were only four missing from my box #and they were slightly melted #like they sat in someone's car

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sketchyandsketches · 1 year ago

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What if Icarus was a tiefling trying to escape Avernus

#icarus as a tiefling #man collected candle wax from every corner he could #the tragedy is that the hell fires will melt the wings anyway and man will literally burn in lava #tiefling art #tiefling oc #tiefling #dnd tiefling #dnd character #dnd art #dnd oc #digital art #illustration #art #oc art #oc art dump #bg3 art #bg3 oc #bg3 tav

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lesbicosmos · 11 months ago

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THIS SONG IS SO AGNES MONTAGUE

#the wanting to escape but knowing it wont help #also 'there is candle wax melting in my veins'??? literally her #music #the last dinner party #burn alive #prelude to ecstasy #tma #the magnus archives #agnes montague

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hunysckle · 14 days ago

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i lit a new candle =3 it's black chamomile but also smells strongly of vanilla

#i finished burning my red currant one which is my favorite scent ever ever ever #well i didn't technically finish it but i realized i cut the wick too close to the like. metal that wraps around the bottom of it to keep it #in place so it won't burn anymore =( there's not even half an inch of wax left thankfully #and i feel....uncomfortable trying to melt that down and repour it bc it's a metal container #but the new one is so yummy =3 i don't have any like. wintery scents but this one smells like subtle sugar cookies to me so!!! win!!!#i miss decorating cookies tbh. i should ask my partner if we can do that this year......#OH BUT I *AM* GOING TO MAKE NO BAKES!!!!!!!!!! love those thangs it's like the only time i like peanut butter and chocolate together bfkdbsj #trixie talks

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prismatic-skies · 1 year ago

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𝐒𝐍𝐄𝐀𝐊 𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐊 at the Joanna Angel wax melts 🪦

#art #artist #vmt #big cartel #vt #small business #goth #pastel goth #wax melts #home fragrances #joanna angel #wax melt artist #artist vanessa theodore #artist vanessa moylan theodore #vanessa moylan theodore #vanessa theodore #corn star #burning Angel #pistachio

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alastors-stim-broadcast · 10 months ago

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[Top left gif isn’t pasting into the credit properly, so just know, it was from @mike-stims ‘wax melt stimboard’!]

An Orange Stimboard!

I tried to add a lot of different types of stims, and shades of Orange. A colour is a broad category after all.

#stimboard #mod alastor #orange #VHS #citrus #slime #soap cutting #shaker #glitter #fish #koi #wax melts #wax melt #fire #burning #oranges

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nezumasa · 3 months ago

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Got addicted to wax melts

#becoming old #like obviously wax melts arent only for old people man now i just wanna burn wax melts and buy shit like socks

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death-rebirth-senshi · 4 months ago

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Tfw some dudes are coming over to do your basement windows and your basement has never ever smelled more like cat piss than it does right now despite you mopping repeatedly and deodorizing those litterboxes like your life depends on it

#they've all been recently scrubbed out! I don't know why it smells so bad down there #I did find some spray to spray the air with. I had a candle burning but I can barely smell it. Put a wax melt too #yesterday it smelled fine down there. Now? Idk

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prairieghcsts · 7 months ago

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tag drop 1

#chelsea : get what I want cause I ask for it not because I'm really that deserving of it ( musings )#chelsea : all I ever wanted was the world ( headcanon )#maria : ask for forgiveness never permission ( musings )#maria : it's in the blood and this is tradition ( headcanon )#serena : ballerina bend under the weight of it all ain't it fun to hold the world in your hands? ( musings )#serena : when I was a child I never felt like a child - I felt like an emperor with a city to burn ( headcanon )#vera : you'd have to stop the world just to stop the feeling ( musings )#vera : you;re standing face to face with I told you so ( headcanon )#rosalie : you don't own me ( musings )#rosalie : I am not a woman I'm a god ( headcanon )#didyme : I am not the girl I set out to be ( musings )#didyme : there is candle wax melting in my veins ( headcanon )

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talesfromthebandgeekmafia · 9 months ago

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One of the best investments you can make is cozy mood lighting for your room

#I’ve got fairy lights behind my headboard I have LED candles on my desk and dresser #+ a real pumpkin chai scented candle that I’ve burned down and need to replace #a wax melt lamp on my bedside table #all of these combine for optimal cozy #I’m living the dream rn #spilling the Tea

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theempireofjiaal · 2 years ago

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A special amenity of the inn; an Eguri shrine with charms hung for each earthly goddess, and sconces for oil or scented wax to burn. The marks of their great mother and father were painted onto the stone foundation, beneath a roof that provided shelter from the dripping spring rain.

#my art #my writing #Cohime #Odwalla Lorana #wip #The Lady's Rest #Eguri shrine #shrine #an Eguri shrine venerates the entire pantheon #they're found most often in farming communities because ritual burning of scented waxes is part of keeping track of the days #and thus the seasons #because the Eguri is also used as a calendar because *of course it is*#and of course time is all measured in increments of 8 or 10 #8 months a year one for each earthly goddess #so Denit is symbolic of early spring #and Gekku is symbolic of late spring #and they are both spring goddesses associated with field repair #first planting #and swelling rivers from snow melt

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