#gigu

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Gigus Maximus’ new little apprentice, Mini Minus

He is very orange

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EARTHBOUND X DRAGONQUEST (II)

Hello, here is some new art I did of the original Earthbound Beginnings/ Mother 1 as Dragon Quest characters!

Yes, Gigue/ Giygas looks like Frieza because DQ characters were designed by Akira Toriyama and I couldn't help myself LMAO

I think my favrotie one is probably Ninten or Teddie, but Lloyd's design is always gonna do it for me!

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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) - Partita No. 2 for Solo Viola in g-minor, after BWV 1004, IV. Giga. Performed by Pierre Franck, baroque viola.

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I keep trying to write down my au but really all I can say about it is "former alien and eltrich horror gets amnesia and now he's accidentally the son of two gay British nerds"

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Last night I was like I want to draw giygas. So I did, exactly how I pictured him in my head.

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J.S. Bach - Orchestral Suite no.3 in D Major, BWV 1068 (c.1730)

I want to say I was listening to this one in my rocking chair next to my books on music. Or with wine and cheese at someone's party. No, I put this on while I washed the dishes. I thought I'd share my old post on this same piece but realized that I'd never written about this suite. And I don't have anything profound or introspective to say about it. It made taking down this mountain if dirty dishes feel like a grand accomplishment. It's a reminder that this music was written for the audience to enjoy. It doesn't have to be treated like music theory homework. That being said, I do like looking at the history of the orchestral suite, which would develop into the symphony. What can we hear from Bach's Proto-Symphony no.3? The Orchestral Suite was a carryover from France's Ouvertures. It would start with a slow section to draw in the audience, and then a lively counterpunctual exercise. After the "heavier" opening movement, the rest of the pieces are light dances, galanteries (minuets, bourrées, courantes, sarabandes, gavottes, allemandes, gigues, etc.). Because the German political elite had a taste for French art, they would have music played during their banquets and parties. Bach had no real interest in this kind of music (which would be a decent income source) because he was already dedicated to writing church music. But what few he did leave behind (we only have four Orchestral Suites attributed to him) sounds like great party music. The Suite in D Major is scored for 3 trumpets, timpani, oboes, violins, viola, basso continuo, giving it a louder sound than the others. The Ouverture starts with the slower grand statement announced by the trumpets and timpani. As you'd expect from Bach, this opens into a counterpunctual explorations of the melodies that developed out of the opening, but with the vibrancy of Vivaldi's fast paced concertos. The ending section cuts back and ends with a more subdued coda. The Air of this suite has stuck in our culture through films and TV, popular for its beautiful melodies. I remember first hearing it in the most ironic example I know; played during the library scene in Seven (or "Se7en") from the 1995 film. The ugliness and depraved misanthropy in the film is contrasted for a moment by the idealized "beautiful music" by an idealized "Great Composer". I thought it was showing the spectrum of human minds, that the "greatest" Baroque composer comes from the same human family as a lunatic serial killer using the Christian "Seven Deadly Sins" for gruesome punishments against his victims. Listening to it now I think it's fascinating that someone could have been touched or moved by the gorgeous Aria without words Bach wrote for whatever party or occasion, and she would have no idea that the same music would be heard again as so many of these festival pieces were back then. The latter dances show off the trumpets to make each one boisterous and lively. Two Gavottes with heavy emphasis on the beat, an upbeat Bourrée, and ending on the always fun and swaying Gigue. Of these dances I think I love Bach's gigues the most because they're always densely woven with his long waves of counterpoint across each instrument to create a dance that makes me think of old pub drinking songs or sailors dancing and drinking at sea. Another reminder that this music is supposed to be fun and enjoyable for anyone, and you can turn your own living room into an 18th century court for fun.

Movements:

Ouverture

Air

Gavotte I/II

Bourrée

Gigue

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GIYGAS!!!!!!!!

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Those Gigi vibes

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Reign 2013-17

Toby Finn Regbo as Francis Valois

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Things I drew on the board

I drew all of these by memory

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I had the storyboard for this for like a year or something damn.

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EarthBound - Snowman

Artist: Keiichi Suzuki, Hirokazu Tanaka

Original Composers: Keiichi Suzuki, Hirokazu Tanaka

Original Work: EarthBound Beginnings - Snowman

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Johann Paul von Westhoff (1656-1705) - Partita No. 2 for Solo Violin in A-Major, IV. Gigue. Performed by Gunar Letzbor, baroque violin.

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Y'all seen my freaky ass (morally gray) cat

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▶️ Group-Forty Orchestra (1960)

1. Short Prelude; 2. Fantasia; 3. Gigue

Source: Internet Archive

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Some snippets from weeks 11-13 of the scrap sketchbook

I've been really quite off this month, unfortunately. Output hasn't been as much as before. I still think of ideas, its just been more difficult to put them down.

The arms were studies from watching this video one night. I need to revisit it again.

I had the idea of doing different little idol style statues, but I only got as far as that Instar and a random made-up statue.

That dude in the frills ain't Blerol, but is inspired by him.