#death imagery

[zkyeline]

Good morning Elysium, today I bring you the sequel to the Rad Cop animatic… COMRADE Cop animatic.

[lordoftablecloths]

In which the Town is left orphaned.

27: Hell

I think, in the worst possible end of all of their routes, they all die in their own special way. As morbidly hilarious that sounds, it's fitting. Explanation/headcanons under cut

So, first, Daniil: He jumps off the Polyhedron. This could be for a number of reasons. Mainly being that he feels that he has nothing left for him, particularly in reference to Thanatica. All his life work destroyed, so even if he does deal with this damned town, he has nothing to show for it. He comes to the decision as rationally as a man like him could. He weighs out his other options, realizes that he would find no particular satisfaction in them, so once the meeting in the cathedral is over, he climbs to the top of the Polyhedron and simply lets himself fall. Perhaps he remembers Eva, or perhaps he wanted to, like her, add something to such a hallowed piece of architecture.

Artemy (and Clara) are relatively simpler: He dies either in the fight with Oyun or dies to his "trials."

Clara in some way or another succumbs to the earth. I don't completely know how this would work out story-wise, but it felt like thematically. Do note that I haven't finished her route yet, haha.

anyway, this took fucking forever to finish, so despite having said I was going to do one more pathofest after this, i dont think i have the life in me to do so, ,, it was going to be for the prompt "our home" but i really want to work on and just do other stuff, NAMELY goretober !!!!

also scream fortress

i love you pathologic but i want to be free

[circusballoon]

Unknown Grave

I'm still working on @darlnyan's ISaT-ober prompt list every day in my sketchbook. It's.. it's mostly Loop and Siffrin because I'm predictible and love them.

This one was inspired by "Emptiness" (I couldn't think of a title with that in it though)

Anyway I think about Loop calling themself a ghost and the tree their grave a bit, and wanted to channel that because... it felt right to me for a feeling of emptiness. Also tried to make their chest star seem like a hole but I have no idea if that communicated

[emiuli]

Hello

[dead-man-stimming]

The Flesh

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[tanuki-kimono]

Hi! First off your blog is such an important resource for me in kimono patterns, thank you for keeping it! Secondly, a question. What patterns are associated with death? I know of spider lilies, and pure black kimono accessories for funeral wear, but otherwise not much else. I suspect that kind of pattern would be more of a novelty item print than an estabilished and used pattern.

Hi and thanks for your kinds words! Off the top of my head, they are several patterns associated with death, mostly linked to Buddhism.

Tbh, mourning attire for women are for me more an affair of colors (black/muted) and discreet not-celebratory patterns (it also depends of ones means). Novelty "death-themed"patterns are more and more present in modern kimono, yet you can also find "traditional" ones - even if they are on the rarer side.

Formal mourning garb, as you note, asks for mofuku (black kimono and obi with a few white accessories). Obi usually have very traditional woven ground patterns - for example ryuusui (running water) which kinda symbolize "the flow of life".

For the Buddhist anniversary of one's death and rememberance services, ladies would (when they can afford it) go from all black to half-mourning dress in muted colors like dull greys or ashen purple. For such occasions, you can find Buddhist patterns like sutra (Heart sutra especially), lotus flowers, gorintô (stylized stupa), etc.

More seasonal items could reference Buddhist Obon (festival of the dead) or Higan (more especially autumn equinox Shûbun), but such patterns for very specific events are on the rarer side, and more a matter of taste and style.

Patterns can include higanbana (spider lilies) for Higan, and for Obon: lanterns, cucumber or eggplant "spirit horse", hozuki (ground cherry), nod to Kyoto’s Daimonji kanji, or memento mori-themed motifs (like skeletons, nozarashi or graveplates).

As a step further into morbid imagery, another pattern which can sometimes be found, especially on men juban or haori lining, are decaying corpses (referencing Buddhist meditation on kusôzu or "nine stages of decay"). This was a subject in Japanese art, you can find an example here (cw: corpse depiction).

Hinting at Buddhist concept of impermanence and search for enlightment, Hell courtesan (jigoku dayû) with uchikake coats depicting hellish torments could also enter the death patterns category. Same goes for Buddhist hell imagery of Hell king Enma, or Hell guardians Gozu and Mezu (I believe I saw them on men juban/haori linings + on netsuke).

Finally, because we are talking of death, have a look at this super unsual and puzzling kimono depicting butsunehan (death of Buddha). Becky Mitsui's article is a wild ride xD

[thegirlwholikesstims]

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with death imagery stims

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divider by @elryisia

[conflitdecanard]

Gobril 2023 part 2 !

Prompt list of gobril 2023

Day 11: Musical Goblin

Day 12: Child Goblin

Day 13: Hungry Goblin

Day 14: Romantic Goblin

Day 15: Bugbear

Day 16: Pyro Goblin

( I have nothing in queue and I’m extremely tired/sleep a lot so I dunno if I will finish it, that’s why I post a short one - Also for day 17 I did two pics instead of one ^^” )

[mackerel08]

21.09.14

[jamesandnina6389]

[bea-beast2007]

[higher-noon-art]

Another edition to the soul eater au! Introducing Eri as a baby shinigami... kind of ;)

[evildadstims]

Took some pics in the cemetery today. @monkie-deej edited it. 'Babyland' section of the graveyard, for newborns that had passed.

[sphinxstalker]

How many licks to the center of my tootsie corpse? the worms will find me a delicious confectionary, when they find the Love. when the janitorial staff come to breach my sweet flesh they come upon it lifelike. i grieve to think about it despite no funeral. as if the Love will have no where to go, when you give it no hospice in life. and all i feel is the grief and the grief and the grief. curling up in my long dead ribs , Love curls its tail over its paws and waits for you.

[kiralamouse]

Hey. Listen. Random Dude Who Is Not The Personification Of Death is going to have to work to remove my soul from my body with a wrench. And work harder still to do it using it as a wrench and not just a hunk of improvised club.

Random Dude Who Is Not The Personification Of Death could probably remove my soul from my body with a scythe fairly easily. Given a generous bit of extra height, they could probably do so with perfectly normal scythelike motions.

I feel like the proper modernization would be more like the Lumberjack of Shades carrying a chainsaw, or even a handsaw. It's not really less intimidating.

the grim reaper being armed with an enormous razor sharp scythe becomes a lot less intimidating when you understand just how common a tool scythes actually were in the pre industrial era of agriculture. it's like if we invented a personification of death called "the dark handyman" who takes souls by loosening them from the body with his wrench.

[dead-man-stimming]

The Corruption

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