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[simplydnp]

WAD: Cover Art

dan is still working on selling the distribution rights for We're All Doomed! so i decided to make some DVD/Blu-ray disc jacket art!

this is my attempt at a traditional jacket design! none of the images used are mine, but i did create the concept and design:

as i was making the first one for myself, i was struck by the fact that 'well, it's for me, so it doesn't have to look like a stereotypical jacket cover' which led me to be more artsy in my approach for the next one:

i was really enjoying the creativity and space to explore, so i went looking for more inspiration for a third design. this led me to dan's favourite Muse album: Origin of Symmetry, which i paid homage to:

after the first Muse album, i looked at their catalogue to see if there was more inspiration there. i was just thankful dan's favourite was easy stylistically to mimic, unlike say, 2009's The Resistance...

thank you @danielhowell for the inspiration!

nerdy stuff & reference pics below the cut!

General notes

i don't know how to use photoshop! i entirely brute-forced my way through the whole project, and the only tutorial i looked up was for the gradient text in the 4th cover

this wasn't even the original project i was working on! you'll eventually get to see that though

and this one also inspired art for the disc itself so stay tuned 👀

i will do anything for authenticity so these are Full of intentional details

matching fonts is a nightmare

the traditional cover

took the longest, as it was the first.

the barcode numbers are the date of the first video he uploaded on dinof, and the last tour show date (in m/d/y)

i changed 'iceland' to 'poland' on the front cover, as he never actually went to iceland, and poland wasn't ever on the list even though he did go there

the orange may look a little off-center in the front, but these designs need to include space for a spine between the front and back cover, i promise it's right 😂

the black and white cover

inspired by the 'i want to believe' aliens poster

the cover art comes from his metal band merch shirt design

i had to manually shrink the text, line by line, and ensure it all lined up on the back!

i even made the logos on the back greyscale

the Muse: Origin of Symmetry cover

a shockingly perfect style for a WAD cover. i'm so glad i used the cubes, even if they couldn't be orange.

there's some versions of the art online where the sky is even more orange and it baffles me how i haven't seen any parallels like this before

the Muse: The Resistance cover

this cover was never supposed to see the light of day! i meant it when i said i was grateful i didn't have to try to adapt this complex design... and yet, i tried anyway.

i did all the grid lines by hand, including the jagged/broken edge parts, shading each section, and then drawing every star.

the hardest part was getting the gradient on the back text to cooperate. photoshop's gradient settings are surprisingly limited

gotta shout out @amazingphil for being the reason i knew what this cover looked like--it's the only muse album i knew the art of before embarking on this quest!

obligatory sob story:

i've been extremely and suddenly ill for 6 months. it is difficult to function moment to moment, but especially in doing little things just for me. this is the first and only art project i've been able to feel inspired to not only work on, but to finish, and despite the pain and long hours, i enjoyed every minute of it. thank you, dan, for creating this space for me to explore, and thank you, everyone here, for being wonderful support during this time 💞

[sunriseverse]

women :)

[nickclosefoster]

d.a.d.d.i.e.s. hq after hours

[celebregol]

[ID: the first image is a digital drawing divided into three vertical sections. In the leftmost section, Maedhros is positioned as if falling from a great height into fire. He is shown from the side view. In his right hand, he holds a barely glowing Silmaril. His eyes are barely open. In the middle column, at the top, is Earendil steering a ship and Elwing behind him, holding a Silmaril to where his heart is. Her eyes are closed and his are open but unseeing. Below them are Elros and Elrond. Elros faces the left, eyes closed. Elrond faces the right and his eyes are open. Both twins have colored lighting on them, Elros red/orange and Elrond blue. In the rightmost column is Maglor, who is throwing a Silmaril into the sea, though his face and lower half are obscured by ocean waves. The second image is a close up of Elros and Elrond’s faces. End ID]

remember, tolkien vibes pt 4/?

additional notes and closeups below the cut

[ID: the first image is a close up of Maedhros falling, focused on his head and torso area. The second is a closeup of Earendil and Elwing at the steering wheel. The last image is a close up of Maglor’s head (obscured by a wave) and torso as he throws the Silmaril. End ID]

maedhros’s face is shown because we know his end fate. maglor’s face is obscured because we don’t know if he still wanders, if he chose to cross or what.

earendil is on the left, because he wanted to have the fate of man (death) and maedhros, who is on the left, dies. elros is the twin on the left side for this reason.

elwing is on the right side because she chose immortality, same as elrond and maglor.

she holds the silmaril over earendil’s heart because he becomes the vessel for the silm, essentially.

additionally, the wheel has eight pegs to simulate the eight-pointed star of the feanorians---it was because of the feanorians that the two met their fate.

elros has his eyes closed compared to earendil and maedhros because his ultimate fate is unknown.

while maglor’s eyes aren’t seen, they are covered and elwing’s eyes are closed. Elrond on the other hand has his eyes open, because he’s the testament to everything that’s happened. He’s watched and learned whereas elwings fate was fixed for her the moment she picked up and wouldn’t let go of the silmaril and maglor has cut off most other fates from his path.

earendil’s clothes are hues of blue because he lives forever (like maglor) and elwing’s are red/pink tinted because i personally think that she had her first death when she jumped and turned into a bird. at any rate, both she and maedhros fell off high surfaces.

elrond and elros are greatly colored by the light of the waves/fire, to show that as children, they were sort of the recipients of what happened to them (aka mae and mags).

maedhros’s silm is the least bright because it is dying alongside him; earendil and elwing’s is steady because it’s found a new life, and idk how to describe maglor’s other than surviving.

[timdrakeflipzine]

 🦆🦇Contributor Spotlights🦇🦆

Page Artist - C.Art

ao3: c_art

Fave unhinged Tim moment? faking breaking his legs for months? year? (weeks? however time passes in DC xD)

[apollos-boyfriend]

[chocolatefilledcat]

I'm not dead I prommy!!!! big floatzel as proof

[simplydnp]

in honour of the eclipse today here's the cover art for the We're All Doomed! cd that i made!

link to the playlist on spotify

[senzaamore]

"Yeah I bet every last penny is put in the production, well it'll all be worth it soon." Paola smiled. "It reminds me of old school plays, I would usually be a background characters - a tree or like a branch." she laughed thinking about it, she seemed to fade in the background when she was younger and then later always only stood out for the wrong reasons. Paola frowned at his words, "Gossip column?" she grinned, "You've been doing something worth of aunty G's attention?" she raised her brows encouraging him to share. "Care to share? Not like I'll find the paper at the moment."

“I’ll pretend I never heard that in case some bully’s house strangely catches on fire,” Art said with a chuckle. He knew kids could be awful. Hell, adults could be awful. So yeah, he was joking, but there was a little bit of truth to it at the moment. “Sweet, I need that discount.” With how much the theatre and production was costing, he was running on nothing. “Eh. Check out the gossip column and get ready to laugh… Otherwise, nothing but helping out here and Ciara’s booth.”

[sunriseverse]

the lesbian agenda strikes again (he/him for xiao hua)

(edited to fix some issues in the original piece because i forgot hxz needs glasses like an idiot.)

[naruto-fantasy-zine]

☀️ Please join us as The Naruto Fantasy AU Zine welcomes OUR CONTRIBUTORS!!! 🌒

These amazing artists, authors, and poets are going to blow you away with their sheer, unbridled creativity! The amount of talent and skill in this project is out of this world, and we’re all so happy to be able to share our love of fantasy with you in such a big way.   (Follow the page break below to check out their socials!)

Akihikotaru- Twitter: akiihiko_kun | Tumblr: @tarutaruga Astray- AO3: astray | Tumblr: @geniusporcupine AtlassArts- Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr: @atlassarts AWintersRose- AO3: awintersrose | Twitter: awintersrosered | Tumblr, Pillowfort: @awintersrose Azuzel23-  Twitter: Azuzel23 | Tumblr: @azuzeldraws Banbansparkly- Tumblr: @banbansparkly Beemo- Tumblr: @beemosketches Beluageist-  Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr: @beluageist Birdiepuh- Twitter: birdiepuh | Tumblr: @birdiepuh c.art-  AO3: c_art Codedredalert- AO3: codedredalert | Tumblr: @codedredalert Cynni- Twitter: Cynniminnii | Tumblr: @cynniminni Eliddz- Twitter: eliddz; Tumblr: @eliddz Firefly- Twitter: art_of_firefly | Instagram: art_of_firefly  | Tumblr: @art-of-firefly Good_Grief-  AO3: Good_Grief | Tumblr: @good-grievance Hkzv- Instagram: hkzvarts | Tumblr: @hkzv Honks- Tumblr: @hashiramashonkers Jade- Tumblr: @silicate-draws Ji- Twitter: Mirarasol | Tumblr: @mirarasol Kalira- AO3: Kalira | Tumblr: @kalira | Dreamwidth: Kalira Kanekolinkk-  Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr: @kanekolinkk   Kinomiakai- AO3: Kinomiakai | Twitter: Kinomiakai | Tumblr: @kinomiakai Kokodraws- Twitter: kokodraws01 | Instagram: kokodraws01  | Tumblr: @kokodrawings Laïka- Tumblr: @laiikastears   Leilyprince- Twitter: Headlessfox | Tumblr: @leilyprince Loonelybird- Twitter, Tumblr: @loonelybird Malignedaffairs-  AO3, Twitter, and Tumblr: @malignedaffairs Maphel- AO3: maphel | Tumblr: @maphel-n-doodles Marosar- Twitter: Marosar_art | Instagram: Marosar_art  | Tumblr: @marosar97​ Miabobriha- Twitter: Mia_bobriha | Tumblr: @miaabobriha Milkcee- Twitter: Milkcee12 | Instagram: Milkcee12  Morita- Twitter: _Morita_art_ | Tumblr: @fire-eyed-raven NMA_nekro- Twitter: nma_nekronauta | Instagram: nma_nekronauta  | Tumblr: @nma-nekro Nurinuri- Twitter: nuri1000na  Octodraws- Tumblr: @octodraws OfficerJamie- AO3: Officer_Jennie | Tumblr: @officerjennie Ofredandgold- AO3: ofredandgold | Tumblr: @ofredandgold Paperglazenet- Twitter: paperglazenet | Instagram: paperglaze_net  Quirkred- Twitter: Quirkred | Instagram: Quirkred RaeGunBlast-  Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr: @raegunblastart Saz- Twitter: sazhimii Shiaroo- Twitter: shiaroo_ | Instagram: shiaroo SilverUtahraptor- AO3: SilverUtahraptor | Tumblr: @silverutahraptor Swiftfrost- Twitter: Swiftfrost542 |  Instagram, Tumblr: @swiftfrost Tbh_logic-  Twitter: Cuninvited | Tumblr: @tbh-logic​ Twitchi-  AO3: dahtwitchi | Tumblr: @twitchi2​ Uintuva- Twitter: uintuva | Tumblr: @uintuva​ WBY- AO3: Writhingbeneathyou and Tumblr: @writhingbeneathyou

[thequiver]

“Howard Hill Once Said”

Realizing that I never actually posted the full comic I did with the incredible c.art for the 3 of a Kind Zine!

So here is what is still one of my favorite fanworks I’ve ever worked on!

[celebregol]

[ID: monochrome digital art of finarfin. at his scalp, his hair is in braids. at the base of his head, his hair is curly. he is shown from the front view, from about his knees up. he’s young, perhaps still a teenager, and looking down softly at his hands, which are open. hovering above his hands are three stars, which have light surrounding and beams spreading outwards. End ID]

I spent my evenings pulling stars out of the sky / And I'd arrange them on the lawn where I would lie /  And in the wind I'd taste the dreams of distant lives / And I would dress myself up in them through the night / While my folks would sleep in separate beds... and wonder why  tolkien vibes pt 3/?

[hashimada-week]

HashiMada Week Sneak Peek is here! 

Our merch designs are revealed along with two additional surprises! 

🔥🍃 Merch🍃🔥

Seven unique 3-inch matte stickers based on a prompt from each day of the week.

A 4-inch wooden coaster available to anyone who completes all seven prompts. The wood is sealed so it can be hung up as an art piece or used as an actual heat and water resistant coaster!

🍃🔥Surprises🔥🍃

1. As seen above, there are now SEVEN sticker designs in addition to our wooden coaster grand prize item. Now for every prompt you complete, you get a sticker! Everything but duties/VATS/tariffs are free for participants (includes shipping!)

2. We will have a big cartel shop open July 9th-31st so everyone who doesn’t have time to make content can still get some hashimada merch! Everything will be sold at production costs, no profit will be made.

For participants who make content but don’t complete all seven days (or want sticker duplicates), you can buy individual stickers and still qualify for free shipping since you are a participant. Russian buyers will have their own form to fill out since paypal doesn’t work in-country. If Ukrainian residents/refugees DM us during the open shop period, they will be provided with a special discount code. A separate post will be made to go over the various forms, don’t worry!

The FAQ/Sicker FAQ forms will be updated with the new information!

Our amazingly talented artists! Please follow them on their socials and support their work!

C.art ✧⁺˖𖤓˖⁺✧ Ao3

Grim Malkyn ✧⁺˖𖤓˖⁺✧ @grimmalkyn ✧ Linktree

Mia Bobriha ✧⁺˖𖤓˖⁺✧ @miabobriha ✧ Twitter

Morita ✧⁺˖𖤓˖⁺✧ @fire-eyed-raven ✧ Twitter

.🍃🔥.

Reblogs are much appreciated!

Please @ us and/or use the #hashimadaweeksneakpeek2023 tag to show us your own sneak peeks!

[conanredraw]

🔎 CONTRIBUTOR LINEUP - PART 3 🔎

Introducing today our team of artists who have been put in charge of redrawing chapter 2!

Check the links to their accounts below ⬇️

Scribblry (Tumblr - Youtube)

Ota-chan (Tumblr - Deviantart)

Doll (Twitter - Tumblr)

Mer

STOCK

Comickergirl (Twitter - Tumblr)

Amber

Liv (Instagram - Tumblr)

Cap

tokimaeki (Twitter - Tumblr)

Kuro Shiruba (Twitter - Tumblr)

Kiki

Jude (Instagram - Twitter)

Boo

Violet

ellie (Tumblr - Twitter)

ConeEdogawa

c.art

teallicht (Tumblr - Twitter)

sunny

Chibs (Twitter - Tumblr)

MJ (Tumblr - Instagram)

Soh (Tumblr - Twitter)

eden (Tumblr - Instagram)

[gothamhorrorzine]

Introducing our maniacal Merch Artists!

Marvel at the terrifying trinkets, calamitous colouring pages, and petrifying prints designed by Elle, C.Art, Grinding Sugar, Váli, and Bunn.

@elle-arts @c_art @grindingsugar @magpie-murder @bunnvoid