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Salvator Mundi
from Leonardo da Vinci
I tried...(btw thank you Leonardo da Vinci😀
#guilty gear#guilty gear fanart#ggst#guilty gear strive#happy chaos#ggst fanart#historical art references#javkart
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putrid air
#reference photo/inspo is by brendan burton (@burtoo on twt)#original character#digital painting#surrealism#oc artist#queer artist#digital art#trans artist#lgbt art#oc#oc artwork#cowboy oc#historical oc#western oc#historical fiction#character design#cowboys#rosie#horror art#creepy art#unsettling art
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See how easily they bleed
#I’m on an evil mom Gil kick sorry for this#I don’t know if I’d call this generational trauma#it probably is but I’m calling it generational bloodlust#hws prussia#hws germany#hetalia fanart#hetalia#I like how I looked up a historical reference for Gil’s uniform but then did fuck all for lud#put him in some rich boy frilly thing#wooow look at me posting at a time that is not precisely 11:32 on the spot#digital art#my art#experimenting with more messy sketch pieces as warmups#I’m trying to do warmups but then I draw them and my brain is like welp that’s our daily quota done!#he probably wouldn’t have coddled young Ludwig like this at this time period#but I’m channeling mother gothel for him rn
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Amandoi ne-am intins dupa tragaci 🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥
#histoire#history#19th century history#history inspired#new art dropped#xix century#19th century#historical figures#napoleon#napoleon bonaparte#alexander i of russia#tsar alexander i#alexander i#napoleonic era#history fanart#history art#history fandom#historical art#historical references#noapte buna#we both reached for the gun#chicago movie#chicago 2002#movie reference
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100 FREE DOUBLET REFERENCES FOR ARTISTS
Download the free pack on my Patreon
#art reference#art references#art resource#pose reference#pose references#clothing references#not 100% historically accurate but hopefully still useful!
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all those guilty of loving this man too much say "aye"
#amrev#alexander hamilton#historical lams#john laurens#american revolution#historical john laurens#historical alexander hamilton#historical hamilton#hamilton#lams#hamliza#historical hamliza#used a reference#what did i say about freddie fox being a great hamilton??#cause i used photos of him to reference#my art#american history#amrev fandom#historical hamilton art#historical lams art#edited to darken background
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psuedo-medieval fantasy AU ✌️✌️✌️
everyone give it up for ronan's great kilt i had to google so many diagrams to try and figure out how they worked. also big thank you to my mom for gansey's dumb hat btw she was like 'you HAVE to keep the dumb hat'
#trc#my excuse for any historical inaccuracy here is that they're all actually just at a REALLY pretentious renfaire#i DID use references though blue's hiked skirts have historical precedent for peasant women as long as there were hose beneath#i will say the exposed stays are Inexcusable and Not Period but w/e. also she should not be showing that much hair.#also ronan's not wearing black bc black clothing was really hard to produce in the 1400s or whenever the fuck bc it took so much dye#ronan lynch#adam parrish#blue sargent#richard gansey#my art
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Fitzjames reference sheet
#james fitzjames#og james fitzjames#my drawings#photos#historical james fitzjames#artifacts#polar exploration#polar explorers#the franklin expedition#the Euphrates expedition#the terror fanart#the terror adjacent#art ref#drawing reference#polar history#i’ve been trying to work on my og fitzjames design lately#he’s a very difficult guy to draw#accurately that is#put this together so i can refer back to it
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Oh my gah.. Princess Fred Jones...
Inspired by this post from my friend @tubapun
#scooby doo#fred jones#fred scooby doo#the sword and the scoob#my art#art#digital art#artwork#fan art#double ascot action hooyah#nobody come for me if this isnt historically accurate i looked at like 2 reference photos and thats it HAHAHA
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New guy except he's basically just me if the Catholicism wasn't a bit. I'm dangerously deep in the self indulgence on this one. Even gave him my stupid ass forehead mole and fucked up teeth.
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sword misconceptions pt 1: longsword
Post series: shortsword | rapier | buckler | dagger | spear
so as I'm getting back into fantasy lit as a historical fencer, there are a lot of things I am noticing cropping up in swordfights that are inaccurate or flat out wrong. So i wanted to write a post for my fellow writers putting down a few things I've learned in 2.5 years of swinging the actual weapons around!
Disclaimer: i am not an expert. Additionally, many of the historical terms for weapons were not standardized (there was no "one" longsword/rapier/shortsword etc when we're talking about a weapon that existed for hundreds of years across an entire continent) so what I'm discussing under the cut is specific to the late medieval/early Renaissance European two-handed weapon with a simple hilt/crossguard and with a blade length around 3 feet -- what D&D calls the longsword, or in older editions the bastard sword (although if we want to get picky about it, bastard swords should have shorter handles than longswords -- but I wrote this post as a writing reference so names are beside the point. you can call the swords whatever you want in your story, anyway).
Misconception 1: longswords are heavy.
Older editions of D&D had these weapons at 6 pounds, which is about 2x too heavy. 5e has them at 3 pounds, which is exactly right. Your average longsword is between 2 and 4 pounds, and a well-made one will be balanced such that you barely feel it. Pound for pound, they are heavier than almost all one handed weapons (except some rapiers but we'll talk about that later), but between their balance and the fact you wield them in both hands, their weight is likely not going to be a prohibiting factor for most characters. Everyone who can pick up a wooden baseball bat can pick a longsword up and swing it. A weak or out of shape character will struggle for wielding it for lengths of time, though.
Misconception 2: longswords are slow.
You're 1) thinking of a zweihander and 2)zweihanders aren't slow, either, but we'll get to that later. Longswords, wielded properly in both hands, are lightning fast, with a skilled fencer that's opened their opponent's defense often able to land 2-4 hits before a director even registers the first hit and calls "halt". And there are two components to speed: actual velocity, and distance. Longswords are -- well, long. Even if you can't swing it as fast as a little knife, the fact that it's three feet long means you're closing to target much faster compared with a shorter weapon, because you don't have to do as much footwork to get into, or out of, striking range.
Misconception 3: you can wield a longsword in one or both hands.
I mean, you could. But a one-handed wield robs a longsword of a lot of its dexterity, grace, precision, and yes -- power. You want two hands on this thing. Your dominant hand goes closer to the crossguard and it's what generates your power and edge alignment. Your offhand on or near the pommel is where your dexterity and fine steering is. Switching or removing either of these hands feels weird and you are also way more likely to get disarmed just by trying to parry with one hand.
Misconception 4: swordfights are about dodging.
You have two realistic options when someone is swinging a longsword at you: parry or step out of range. You do not duck. You do not jump. You do not sway, roll, or do backbends. All of these things will 1) rob you of necessary structure to riposte, 2) leave you wide open for a renewed attack or remise, and 3) leave your most important tool for not getting hit -- your SWORD -- too far off target to help you. Yes, all of these things look super cool and may fit depending on your style and setting. But if you're going for realism, YOU PARRY.
Misconception 5: you can be fast or strong but not both.
Ok, this is more a pet peeve about martial arts in general but: you cannot be fast without a certain base amount of muscle. You CANNOT. Small people with no muscle are slow. They have to take huge, looping cuts to compensate for their lack of muscle and leave huge openings while they do it. Small people who do well at the sport are often very quick because they have to train the heck out of footwork to outwork bigger opponents, but that only comes with TRAINING. It's not a "small people are automatically dex builds" thing. And while big muscly guys are often slower, they also 1) have less distance to move to close to target, which makes them "faster" even if they are moving a tad slower and 2) they're also often fast as balls, so you can judge virtually nothing about an opponent based on their body type except for their reach. A good, big longsword fencer will often have really fast handwork because most don't do well in longsword fencing without speed.
Let me know if there are any lingering questions I missed! I may think of more later, but I hope this was helpful for now :)
#writing reference#writing#swordfighting#swords#historical fencing#fantasy writing#writing fiction#creative writing#longsword#hema#historical european martial arts#Martial arts reference#Sword reference
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Finally finished up all my OC ref sheets!
#original character#oc reference#ref sheet#oc#oc artist#historical oc#cowboy oc#digital art#trans artist#digital painting#historical fiction#wild west oc#ghost oc#character design#oc lore#cw blood#Dolly#Quentin#Mariah#Rosie#Emmett
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play it by ear s2 scribbling
#my art#play it by ear#i have no idea what the falconers outfits are supposed to be#i think i was intending to use a historical reference but then zoned out when i actually started drawing oops#that one baseball song is still in my head#🎵another great question boss man are there bugs on the field🎵#my interpretation of shortcake stack packaging is that it has a pop tab and you peel back the top like it’s a can of tuna#i feel bad i didn’t get a little bit for each ep this time around but ill get to it. sometime
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cuvinte de duh
#histoire#history#19th century#19th century history#napoleonic era#xix century#history fandom#historical figures#historical art#napoléon#napoleon#napoleon bonaparte#napoleon ii#historical figure#historical references#modern au#history art#history inspired#new art dropped#new artwork#new drawing#early 1800s#early 19th century#notes art#mob psycho memes
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I’ve been thinking nonstop about a post @nouverx made on March 3rd where Alastor asks “what country” the ace aro flag was, and my brain naturally made a meme about it.
Rosie jump-scared him with it one night in the December of 2016, and he said yes for the sake of his sanity (post 1933 world maps are hard, okay)
#AceAro Alastor but the flavour where he dosent actually know what that means#based on a true story#FOR A BRIEF TIME (MINUTES) I THOUGHT ACE ARO WAS A FUNNY WAY OF SAYING ENGLISH#AS IN ANGLOSAXEON#i was a fool#a friendly neighbourhood Ace Aro blogger channeling myself through the evil-adjacent deer man#ft a reference to the ORIGINAL AceAro flag post#and some historical references for 1930’s flavour#tumblr has assassinated my quality so click for clearer text#everyone be quiet about the line art— I drew with my hand on my phone#hazbin hotel#hazbin hotel fanart#hazbin hotel alastor#hazbin hotel season 1#hazbin#alastor#hazbin hotel rosie#alastor and rosie#hazbin rosie#platonic#asexual memes#aromantic memes#acearo#asexual aromantic#asexual#aromantic#asexual alastor#f
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been having brutus thoughts recently
#i usually hate the way ppl just straight up lie abt caesar and brutus but i’m adding some flavour to them in my project#still don’t have a tag for my rome project#fyi this is not a reference to the shakespeare play#i am a very autistic ancient history student this is literally just straight up history fanart#but people will tag this as the play so that’s ok lmao#also i know the clothes aren’t historically accurate don’t eat me#brutus#marcus junius brutus#julius caesar#my art#rome
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