#nopupils

[lunar-en]

Luna Moth<3

[immortalzoddo]

working on coasters . . . . #darkart #darkartists #lowbrowart #art #acrylicpainting #artsandcrafts #smallart #visualart #instapic #surrealart #nopupils #traditionalartwork #fineart #goldenpaints #traditionalart #surrealismart #artsupplies #ghosts #artistsoninstagram #eyes #portrait #painting #darksurrealism #coasters #traditionalart #artlovers #expressionismart #expressionism #artwork #artprints (at Canada) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwkjn8TB92-/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=xe2zm38aarcv

[joancomics]

She has seen all #sketchbook #oracle #demon #whatisandwhatwillbe #curlyhair #nopupils #horns #wip #joancomics

[autumnjen]

This is one of those I liked it till I took a picture of it pages. 😜 That's okay though. I think I'll call her Zuzu. #artjournal #artjournaling #artjournalingfaces #practice #makearttoday #evenifitsucks #nopupils #skeery #layers #layersofpaint #chitchatstickers #beauthenticallyyou #yesthereisamissingl #faces #mermaidmarkers

[mochuang4916]

An eye without pupil is an eye that sees everything!!! I don’t know why, I just feel like saying that... 😅😅😅 #copicmarkers #soulless #nopupil #createdonaplane https://www.instagram.com/p/BvxY8fcg9Wx/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1hcqirkhj3j9i

[vowel-in-thug]

i was so afraid of reading 'silver gets his tongue cut off' fic because it really sounds like something satan would have written but then! oh man, oh my god dude it was so GOOD and also amazing and it gave me ideas and also 10/10 amazing you turned the worst thing ever into something great

oh my GOSH thank you so much!! yay ideas!!!!!!

funnily enough, “turning the worst thing ever into something great” is how i describe my make-up routine

[lets-cook-some-meth]

Twisted af

[jsmntr]

Soooo I’ve been playing around with some old art to get my mind back on track. I want to do something like old school jsmntr, but having I’m some artist block(obviously with all the horror art I’ve been pushing lately). Oh well, check out my artist block in motion(starting with the face I’m happiest with and ending with what it started out as... I might turn it in to something in the background of another picture because of how lifeless it is). . . . . #horrorart #monsterrmn #jsmntr #horrormovie #horror #drawing #darkart #darkartist #darkartists #contemporaryart #monsterart #lowbrowart #lowbrow #scaryart #monster #monsterart #manbat #theprocess #artprocess #artistblock #badart #digitalart #bat #nopupils #batears # (at Austin, Texas)

[holt5-blog]

I saw some awesome spooky/creepy art the other day from a certain Mr. Mead (definitely check him out) and decided to try my hand at some similar work. I've actually already started four different ones - of which this is one. I reeeaaally love the aesthetic of his work: almost has a sort of Nightmare Before Christmas vibe to it. #drawing #markerart #spooky #spookyart #creepy #stylizedart #creepystyle #stylized #fox #foxart #grin #creepygrin #creepysmile #toothy #toothygrin #blehblehbleh #stipling #wristpain #hunched #hunchedover #bigoleeyes #nopupils

[lordnochybaty]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Black Sails Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Captain Flint/John Silver Characters: Captain Flint (Black Sails), John Silver, Miranda Barlow, Abigail Ashe Additional Tags: Past Flint/Thomas - Freeform, background Flint/Miranda, Supernatural AU - Freeform, Bloody Mary - Freeform, retelling of the episode, Hunter!Flint, Hunter!Silver, canon character death, Ghosts, SilverFlint bigbang, Pre-Slash Summary:

„You got a curse potentially stuck on you and you want to just jump the wagon and become a hunter?”

„Oh, god, absolutely not,” Silver protested vehemently before quickly assuring: „Don't get me wrong! You wear it very well! It simply doesn't seem like a thing for me. Creepy job, crappy conditions and even worse pay. Thanks but no thanks. I do however need a way out of here, and I'm painfully out of options and funds. I figured I can help you out for a while. Get a ride to a different state, earn some cash on the way...”

When Miranda learns that Peter Ashe died in very unusual circumstances, she asks James to make sure her goddaughter is safe.

Be sure to also check out the awesome art by @nopupil !

[immortalzoddo]

Here’s a few newest coasters pair of eyes, pair of a dead couple and an eye.. possibly a cat hybrid dragon like eye 👁 . . #darkart #darkartists #lowbrowart #art #acrylicpainting #inprogress #smallart #visualart #instapic #surrealart #nopupils #traditionalartwork #fineart #demon #traditionalart #surrealismart #cataracts #macabre #artistsoninstagram #eyes #portrait #painting #darksurrelism #canadian #traditionalart #artcollectorsofig #expressionismart #expressionism #artwork #originalart (at Canada) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvYN7SMjujT/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=buf19romn78e

[westernyokai]

"Scythe lifting". . Eu apaguei a outra postagem pq não curti o resultado final das cores, então decidi recolorir e adicionar alguns outros detalhes. . Nanquim no papel, colorido no Artweaver e o acabamento no Photoshop. . . .  #artworking #digitalartwork #weirdart #strangeart #darkart#darksurrealism #popsurrealism #lowbrowart #surreal#surrealart #abstractart #abstract #sketching#characterillustration #characterart #blockcolor #creepyart#drawgirl #drawing #occult #occultart #darkartist#improving#nopupils #girlpainting #humanfigure #yokaiart#bluehairedgirl #bluehair https://www.instagram.com/p/BngqDbngmQY/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1opxo9jscopkt

[lethesomething]

Question

Furious speculation and spoilers incoming from season 3 and 4 of Voltron Legendary Defender. Also just... so many pictures of Lotor.

So guys. Serious question.

How friggin old is Lotor?

I have many questions about Lotor (and at least one of those is 'Can we get him out of that armor?") but the most prominent that comes to mind right now is how old is he supposed to be? Because a lot of things don't add up.

Let’s do the speculative math. Lotor is half Galra, half Altean. Altean lifespan seems to be roughly a thousand years, if we go by Coran standards. (he's 600 years old but seems to look and act middle-aged by human standards). Galra natural lifespan is unknown but personally I don't think it's as long as Altean. If the Alteans are space elfs, then the Galra are space orcs. They're more militaristic, they throw themselves at their death with surprising ease, giving me the feeling that life is considered less precious, and therefore the toll of years lost should be lower. If a human dies at forty, that’s a toll of thirty years they could have had. If you have a thousand years to live, it feels Very Wasteful to kamikaze yourself at nineteen. But that might just be me. The main takeaway, however, is that neither Galra nor Alteans live 10.000 years. That is, for pretty much anyone in the galaxy, an unnaturally long lifespan. The reason Zarkon and Haggar manage, is because they use quintessence to prolong their 'life' way past what is normal or even preferable.

Puting this under a cut because I overdid it again.

So. On to Lotor.

His natural lifespan should be about 1.000 years. Tops. He looks and acts fairly young. Like early twenties, by human standards. So 200? Thereabouts? But when the frig was this guy born? And how? There’s a few things that are just really off about the Zarkon family.

1. From what we see in their interactions, his parents don't seem to remember that they were married at some point. Whatever love or connection they had, seems to have been lost when they 'turned'. They certainly don't act like a married couple and in a very real way, I'm just having trouble picturing them in bed together, ok? Their power dynamic is just too weird at this point.

2.Lotor doesn't treat Haggar as his mother. He doesn't call her that, even though he addresses Zarkon as 'father'. He doesn't even acknowledge who she is. In the same way, Haggar talks to Zarkon about 'your son', not 'our son'. To Lotor, his mother is Honerva, Altean scientist. And he respects Honerva deeply. It's her work he's trying to continue by building the rift. He seems to care a lot more about that than the empire his father (and Haggar) are so desperately trying to preserve. But Honerva, at least that part of her identity, died 10.000 years ago.

So what the hell is going on.

Option one: he's like, so old

Consider Lotor being born 10.000 years ago, to Honerva, before the whole mess that destroyed the Galra home planet. That would give him 10.000 years to start hating his dad.

But. For him to still be alive in the series, he'd have to be given quintessence. His lifespan must have been expanded way past what was natural, in a manner similar to Zarkon and Haggar.

I don't buy that. Why? For one, it’s in his eyes.

Lotor, while being a Complete Asshat and just, the best kind of villain, has pupils. This is surprisingly significant.

Voltron tends to use eyes as a way into the soul. It’s a sort of way to show a person’s... for want of a better word, humanity. That’s why Haggar has yellow slits, Zarkon has purple slits.

#NoPupils. But that’s not how it used to be.

Lotor has his father's eyes, from back when his father wasn't fully evil. So what has changed? For Zarkon and Honerva, it was a trip to an alternate reality. But most modern day Galra have no pupils. Even the good guys, like Kolivan. That’s weird, innit? Now this may be some gene evolution thing, but I personally believe it has to do with quintessence. The purple evil stuff, and the use thereof. The Galra empire uses that stuff for Everything, it's like their electricity, but we've been shown quite vividly that it corrupts.

Meanwhile Lotor is 'the outcast brat'. He may have Altean blood to keep some of that corruption off, but he’s also staying as far away from headquarters with its druids and its massive stores of quintessence as possible. He's the rebel son traipsing around the outskirts of the galaxy with his pack of badass lady generals, all of whom have pupils, btw.

But of course, the eyes could just be part of his heritage or somesuch. Now let me add this tidbit of an argument.

He's too fabulous. No, listen. Being that old takes its toll, even if you're using eldritch magics and pure evil to prolong your lifespan. And the series shows this. Haggar and Zarkon aren't just old, they LOOK old. You can even see it in the god damned cat.

Kova went from cute fluffy pet to the galaxy's oldest feline, and while the kitty retained its pupils, it does SHOW that it's super old.

That creature is a skeleton covered in leather and ennui. Meanwhile Lotor is over here looking, well, young. Like he's in the prime of his life.

Option two: he truly is a young adult

If you consider that Lotor is like 200 years old, because he really is in the prime of his life, this opens up Many possibilities.

1. He was born the natural way.

This involves his parents getting it on, which, go you I guess. But it doesn’t account for the Very Strange family dynamic they seem to have.

2. In vitro fertilization (or whatever version of it the Voltron universe has)

Consider Lotor being Created in some way. Either as a pure test tube baby, or through some druid ritual or even using a surrogate mother (I have no clue about Galra biology and I do not wish to know). Somehow that makes So Much More sense.

It accounts for the lack of any motherly bond between Haggar and Lotor

It is certainly easier to imagine a lab working on this, than the strong but not exactly life-sustaining body of Haggar growing a baby.

You can just imagine Lotor being born and handed to a set of nannies and trainers. "Hello, you're the prince. Your father is emperor Zarkon, your mother is Honerva. Time to start playing space chess and learning to fight with a laser sword." And no one even mentions who Honerva is, because that seems to be like some kind of weird secret.

Shall we go deeper?

What if this Lotor isn't the first?

What if the original son was born and raised in the normal way, but died 10.000 years ago. What if every few centuries they try clone him, or recreate him, only for Lotor to disappoint his parents by rebelling and basically not being Zarkon.

What if the memory of her motherly instincts is what compels Haggar to keep trying? To put Lotor on the throne and to hope that he'll do it right this time?

I found Zarkon's reaction to his own son's actions very strange. This is your only son, and you're firing him like that? You're treating him with pure disdain? You're chasing him across the galaxy to kill him? The main difference between Zarkon and Lotor is that Lotor is cold and calculated, whereas Zarkon is emotional and passionate. Lotor is capable of changing sides, of scheming, of doing the rational thing for his continued survival. Zarkon, meanwhile, will drop everything to get the Black Lion, will go to alternate friggin realities to save his wife. It makes sense for Zarkon to try and reap bloody vengeance on his son for disappointing him, but not until he’s found out as a traitor.

But what if he's attempt number six? At this point he'd be nothing more than a product to Zarkon. Another failed subordinate who was given more chances than others, and who squandered them all.

Why is this important

The possibilities for Angst on all sides are just delicious in this scenario, so there’s that. But mostly, it opens up character development for our villain. It would mean Lotor is a total shit, yes, but an uncorrupted one. It would mean he does not have 10.000 years of evil juice running through his veins and like the eyes, it would mean he still has some humanity left to regain. I would personally not trust this fucker as far as I can throw him but... He could have the little redemption arc I’m sure a lot of us want. And I’m kinda hype for that.

[mahyongqest-blog]

THELMA

#anime #anime girl #girl #black #hair #blackhair #red #redeyes #eyes #no #nopupils #pupils #jacket #sitting

[jsmntr]

A study using some references that I then modified to my liking. Not super happy with it(some stuff I’d fix of course), but I haven’t posted any detailed work in a while... enjoy! . . . . . #art #horrorart #quicksketch #quickdraw #art🎨 #monsterrmn #jsmntr #horror #illustration #illustrator #drawing #darkart #darkartist #darkartists #contemporaryart #horns #snarl #sharpteeth #detail #invertedcross #inverted #nopupils #darkhair #artofday #dailyart (at Austin, Texas)

[scottsland-yard]

Drew my lovely girlfriend @chelseacrozman as a creepy clown! Being a circus artist, she gives me amazing silhouettes and flow to work with as pose references! Definitely check out her stuff if you like all things circus, pole fitness, mermaids and more! #art #artistsoninstagram #artofinstagram #drawing #inking #inkdrawing #ink #traditionalart #mechanicalpencil #sharpie #clown #creepyclown #circus #circusarts #trapeze #aerialsilks #aerialhoop #upsidedown #flexible #contortion #stripes #polkadots #blankeyes #nopupils #pompoms #bodyhorror #posereference #hangingupsidedown #dancer #flow #scorpion #scorpionpose https://www.instagram.com/scottsland_art/p/BwznkenlocF/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=100avuo0qmdwu