#but the modern media landscape

[coldgoldlazarus]

It's the MCUification of media.

[janasojka]

Spring landscapes.

[cultoftheswag]

Fandom hierarchies are so fucking stupid. Can't believe whole ass adults are trying to measure dicks with each other over getting autistic with media in ways that under no circumstance would you ever feel comfortable sharing with irl people. Getting competitive over who has the best fluff furry ship or trying to establish yourself in a cliche as if it's highschool hoping you make it in the table with the "popular" kids , when every single one of us here most likely got bullied in school .

Anyway, other people aren't better than you nor are you better than them for having more followers/more interactions. The moment we kill the subconscious expectation of a certain fic or certain art being the holy grail of fan creation , the better it is for everyone.

[zehpeh]

"SUBSISTENCE" - acrylics/ink on watercolour paper, A4 - October 2024 I'll add the physical version of this one to the shop soon - just needs some varnish to bring out the contrast.

[icewindandboringhorror]

I have a big google doc thing where I keep track of media and stuff (putting everything in loosely ranked categories), which is mostly just for my own reference so I know what tv shows I've already seen before, etc. and I never really look back through it, typically just a quick "okay, watched two movie in the past 8 months, need to quickly slap them somewhere in the lists. okay. done. save document. exit". But today I was actually reading through some of the old notes and there are like... MULTIPLE places where my comment is basically "It would have been good if it were about elves" or "I wish there was a fantasy show made in this same style" or "It's well made, but I just keep thinking about how I would like it more if everyone was an elf or was in old 1700s costumes" or etc like...... lol.... Most biased media ranking system on earth blatantly made by someone with an extremely hyperspecific range of narrow interests. It'd be like if a food reviewer only had 5 foods they actually liked, so they'd just go to a pizza place and be like "eh, the pizza was okay, but I just think it would be better if it was cereal instead. :/ ...2 out of 10"

[loreleis-art]

•A4 Mixed Media painting on Canvas

Decoupage, acrylic paint, paint pouring

Instagram @loreleis.a.r.t

[jollycryptid]

Since Tumblr is getting on my god damn nerves, I made a furaffinity.

I don't trust the clowns running this shitshow to not tank it in a year so, this is exit plan.

[chiropteracupola]

tagged in this thing by @gniew777! thanks!

last song: abigail by chatham rabbits - I'm still hunting down songs to compile a playlist that specifically evokes oak savanna summertimes* and every time I find a song that I think will be perfect it turns out to be textually about kentucky or something. it's still a good song though.

currently watching: finished castlevania recently and haven't decided where I'd like to go next. maybe hilda??

currently reading: still working through my ridiculous quest to download all of mainseries animorphs into my head at painful speeds (we are partway into book 35 at the moment) and also idly picking at rosemary sutcliff's 'the sword and the circle' since it's nicely pocket-sized and thus portable.

current obsession: as previously stated, you may have noticed my animorphs problem. and also the flintlock fortress project is still chewing at the inner walls of my skull like unto a squirrel trapped in my braincase. so there's that.

and I shall tag... @dxppercxdxver, @natdrinkstea, @sailorpants, @graveyardrabbit, @cytocutie, @what-even-is-sleep, @fluentisonus, @cedarboots, if you'd like to share?

[francishodgson]

Viral Landscape by Helen Chadwick

Helen Chadwick from the Viral Landscapes,1989 I don’t remember when I first saw Helen Chadwick’s Viral Landscapes – I suspect I went to the Museum of Modern Art in Oxford and saw them there in 1989 – but I do know that I have never forgotten them.   I think there were only five of these extraordinary pictures in the series, although I surprise myself now by finding what seem to be variants…

[gothwizardmagic]

What did the creators of Red Dwarf do that was bad?

not really thinking of a specific incident at all as much as the general vibe - while theres a lot of queercoded content in the show its generally intended as jokes/mocking, and the cast have said some shitty stuff about it in the past (though theres no way to know if they would stand by any of that nowadays - you have to take everything im saying here with a grain of 'this show started in the 80s')

the show has definitely eased off substantially on the jokes about queerness, and the trans joke in tpl was fucking hilarious honestly, but the intention back in the early seasons was definitely to mock. when i made that post i was thinking in particular about the stuff kaylin mentioned in her tags here - djj using the t slur to describe low rimmer, and craig charles complaining about tongue tied being gay. usually i just dont think about that stuff because the show as it is is so easy to read through a queer lens unironically, but its definitely a bummer to actually think about. the best remedy for that ultimately is the newer seasons, its obvious that the cast and writers have evolved their views and arent leaning into that stuff in the same way but its still hurtful to know that content that was integral to my growth as a queer youth was designed to mock and hurt me.

[doggerell]

I really have to figure out how to be a cool and nice and normal person before all my concerts this month forreal because Im kinda also supposed to be socializing. or something. the problem is Im terrified of teenagers and also most queer people in my age range.

[zehpeh]

"IT STIRS" - ink/acrylics/digital - May 2024

Another blithe, dystopian impression!

[eynoxart]

Alpha #13

[warner-york]

Less is more...

[tmarshconnors]

Photography Capturing Time

Photography has always felt like a little slice of magic to me. I first encountered it more seriously when I studied media in college, and I was instantly hooked. There’s something so powerful about freezing a moment in time, capturing it in a frame, and preserving it forever.

The act of taking a photograph felt like an art form all its own whether it was the vibrant colours of a sunset over the horizon or the minute details in the veins of a leaf under the lens of macro photography. 

While I was in college, I immersed myself in different techniques and styles. But my heart was often drawn to landscapes and macro shots. The vastness of a wide open sky or the intricate beauty in something as small as a dewdrop on a blade of grass it’s these details that speak to the essence of photography. It’s about taking something fleeting and making it permanent, giving it a story and a life beyond the present moment.

But here’s where my love for photography faces a bit of a dilemma in modern times: the advancement of phone cameras. Don’t get me wrong there’s something to admire about the capabilities of the new iPhone 16 Pro, for instance. Its ability to capture professional-grade photos with just the tap of a button is impressive, but I can’t help but feel like it takes some of the work, and even the soul, out of photography. In the past, you had to think more deeply about the process of focusing the lens just right, balancing light and shadow, and choosing the right angle to capture the perfect shot. 

With modern smartphones, much of that thought process is automated. Sure, the convenience is there, but the art of photography seems to get lost in the race for the most advanced technology. It’s not just about snapping a picture but being part of the scene, composing it with intent and care.

At the end of the day, photography is about more than the gear you use. It’s the feeling you get when you frame that perfect shot the sense that you’ve captured a moment that might otherwise be lost to time. And no matter how advanced technology gets, that magical feeling will never go away.

One more thing. I adore black-and-white photography too.

[ajmishra]

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