#historical

[lilchamomil]

ISOLDE SET

The Isolde Set is a Regency-era (or Regency-inspired) collection. It includes a hairstyle, bonnet, dress, two styles of shoes, and gloves! Everything has been tested in the game.

You can get it there at patreon [free]

[prinz-vassago]

Himari is a 17 y.o teenager who is part of the secret occult club called "Mugen no Kagi" (夢幻の鍵) or just "Fantastic Dream Key" that investigates the entity Akumu during Shōwa period. She comes from a Shinto family and, from a very young age, learned to perform rituals and appease gods and spirits. However, she always harbored a hidden desire to "punish" those she considers the scum of society. Because of this, she secretly began practicing black magic, eventually becoming a master occultist and founding her own club.

Her main abilities include casting curses and enchantments, breaking spells, and controlling or summoning malevolent spirits (since she dreams of having a harem of spirits). She spends most of her time observing people and judging their behavior, only to curse them later by performing her favorite rituals, such as Ushi no Toki Mairi, Kodoku, or leaving cursed objects on their floors.

Himari is highly calculating and becomes extremely frustrated when things don’t go as planned, which is why she constantly loses her patience with the club members when something gets out of control.

She has an unusual passion for Akumu, having made it her main goal to free her soul from suffering and uncover the culprit behind her death. She fantasizes about romantic scenarios with Akumu, forcing summonings and contact, something that has nearly gotten her killed multiple times. Still, she believes the thrill is worth it. TRIVIA - She has voodoo dolls of every club member, just in case they act up. - She is Mio's childhood best friend. - She has a love-hate friendship with Gou. She thinks his devotion to the Emperor and romanticization of war is stupid. On the other hand, she is deeply fascinated by his spirit study notebook, and together, they make a dynamic duo.

[maked-art]

So, I saw this image on Facebook, and it was supposedly showing what Queen Nefertiti would have looked like in real life:

Now, I thought this AI generated garbage was just truly terrible on a number of levels; first off, she looks wayyyyyy too modern - her makeup is very “Hollywood glamour”, she looks airbrushed and de-aged, and as far as I’m aware, Ancient Egyptians didn’t have mascara, glitter-based eyeshadows and lip gloss. Secondly, her features are exceptionally whitewashed in every sense - this is pretty standard for AI as racial bias is prevalent in feeding AI algorithms, but I genuinely thought a depiction of such a known individual would not exhibit such euro-centric features. Thirdly, the outfit was massively desaturated and didn’t take pigment loss into consideration, and while I *do* like the look of the neck attire, it's not at all accurate (plus, again, AI confusion on the detailing is evident).

So, this inspired me to alter the image on the left to be more accurate based off the sculpture’s features. I looked into Ancient Egyptian makeup and looked at references for kohl eyeliner and clay-based facial pigment (rouge was used on cheeks, charcoal-based powder/paste was used to darken and elongate eyebrows), and I looked at pre-existing images of Nefertiti (namely other reconstructions). While doing this, I found photos of a 3D scanned sculpture made by scientists at the University of Bristol and chose to collage the neck jewellery over the painting (and edited the lighting and shadows as best as I could).

Something I see a lot of in facial recreations of mummies is maintaining the elongated and skinny facial features as seen on preserved bodies - however, fat, muscle and cartilage shrink/disappear post mortem, regardless of preservation quality; Queen Nefertiti had art created of her in life, and these pieces are invaluable to developing an accurate portrayal of her, whether stylistic or realistic in nature.

And hey, while I don't think my adjustments are perfect (especially the neck area), I *do* believe it is a huge improvement to the original image I chose to work on top of.

I really liked working on this project for the last few days, and I think I may continue to work on it further to perfect it. But, until then, I hope you enjoy!

Remember, likes don't help artists but reblogs do!

[purexenophilia]

Sumerian/Mesopotamian Amulet Seal in the Form of a Bull, c. 3250 BCE.

[useless-catalanfacts]

Masculine cape made of green silk velvet with golden embroidery. Years 1651-1675.

Source: Museu Virtual de la Moda de Catalunya [Fashion Virtual Museum of Catalonia]. Kept in Museu del Disseny [Design Museum] in Barcelona, Catalonia.

[runawayandhide]

[alittlewoozyhere]

My great grandma, Violet Leib. It runs in the family.

[snailspng]

16th century flower illustration PNGs.

(source: Book of Flower Studies, ca. 1510–1515)

[lackadaisycal-art]

The Blue Man of the Minch

[389]

Statue of Princess and Priestess Takushit at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens

[elk64]

I'm more active on Insta, but here are some drawing done as anatomical training... INSTAGRAM BLUESKY

[666candies]

adam and eve apple. quote translates to “I am your half”

[rosencrantzsguildenstern]

all period typical nicknames are free reign

[memesonnets]

Hi my name is Don Quixote of La Mancha the Knight of the Rueful Figure and I have a rueful figure (that's how I got my name) with purple bruised ribs and tall stature and gaunt features and hair turning gray and a rather hooked aquiline nose and large black drooping mustaches and a lot of people tell me I look like Amadís of Gaul (AN: if u don’t know who he is begone!). I’m not related to Lady Oriana but I wish I was because she’s an incomparable flowering beauty. I’m a knight errant but some of my teeth and grinders are missing. I have long lank limbs. I’m also a defender of damsels, protector of orphans, succourer of the needy, righter of wrongs, undoer of injustice, and I wander a magic countryside called the mountains of Spain where I’m in my first year of knighthood (I’m forty-nine). I’m a gentleman (in case you couldn’t tell) and I wear mostly armor. I love my great-grandfather's forgotten corner of the house and I cobble together all my clothes from there. For example today I was wearing a doublet of fine cloth with matching shoes and velvet breeches and a helmet, morion, visor, breastplate and backpiece. I was riding outside La Mancha. It was early morning so the rays of the sun fell obliquely and the heat did not distress me, which I was very happy about. A lot of giants stared at me. I put up my pasteboard visor at them.

[heritagebrowser]

The crypt of the Basilica-Cathedral of Saint-Denis, north of Paris serves as the birthplace of the divine light of gothic stained glass windows and is the main necropolis of French royalty.

This medieval crypt has the remains among many others from Louis XIV and Marie-Antoinette.