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trudlejack · 9 months ago

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nicodrawings · 9 months ago

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Black history month isn’t just about celebrating the people we know, but uplifting the people whom we might not know.

This was truly a labor of love as I spent that past few weeks learning about Tina Bell’s life and the impact she and BAM BAM in general had on the Seattle grunge scene.

I would love it if you read about her story and share this with others who are passionate about music and black history, I want her to be just as much of a household name as Kurt Cobain.

Also please listen to their album! Its incredible!

Happy Black History Month to all my Black grunge guys gals and pals!!!! We were always here!!!

#my drawings #artist on tumblr #black artists on tumblr #black history month #grunge #rock music #tina bell #art #drawing #illustration #digital art #if only one of my posts ever get to 10k #I want it to be this one #you don’t have to follow me #you don’t have to look at the rest of my drawings #I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW HER NAME #wether you like rock or not #know who she is

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entropyvoid · 7 months ago

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Golden Hour (+ lineart below cut)

I took a picture of the lines for once and did some basic crappy photo editing on my phone, so you could probably print this out and use it as a coloring page or something if you so wish lol. Do with it what you will.

#honkai star rail #dr ratio #veritas ratio #aventurine #aventurine hsr #cherallart #as you can see i forgor i wanted to draw his glasses til like. last second #i can’t believe it’s been like 2 whole months since I last did a whole like. watercolor illustration #part of that’s been bc I’ve been having a bit of a rough semester bc adhd med issues (which are resolved now)#but I really wanted to draw aventurine and ratio. my boys #i’ve been LOVING penacony so far so I needed to get something nice out #anyway I did this while my s/o and I alternated between reading a 500 pg long history book out lout to each other #it’s called ‘the inheritance of rome’ and kinda covers what happened after the collapse of the western roman empire #and tries to identify and explain all the cultural echoes and reverberations and transformations that rose from its ashes #throughout europe north africa and the middle east. anyway it’s super interesting and I highly recommend it #the late antique period is not something often covered/talked abt in public ed hist classes. at least not when I was goin through em #or the transitory period between it and the early medieval period at least #i still got 150 pages left and a final paper due on it in like 4 days but it’s only a 5 pg minimum and I’m a wordy bitch so #i think i can make it #anyway back to that I go

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asterwild · 1 year ago

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Flame-breasted Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus marchei) from the Philippines.

#id in alt #avianaugust #avianaugust2023 #birds #dove #animals #animal art #nature #going for a soft scribbly style yet evocative of old nat history illustrations #really should have experimented before august actually started but i did not so i guess we're just going with this :')#anyway! only 3 posts a week + will switch to doggust later but eventually the whole list will be drawn & viewable on patreon #and then publicly bit by bit

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sketchyandsketches · 1 month ago

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Oops uni started and i forgor to post some things I did over the month :')

Have Obba in the version who raised Luke :D

#i kept it all in the typical colours for the region and culture but I feel like I need to add smth so her eyes-#-aren't the only bright warm-coloured thingy standing out #but I love the rest #like I love the dress man #also Luke wears a very similar coat and Anya wears her hair similarly (as in like hair to the back with pearls and then middle length hair #i also wrote a 40 page doc on the oc verse I started 12 years ago #and it contains culture history and info on the pantheon #and then also Luke's bg #i didnt even write it out like a story i just summarised #weird to put all that down on paper like i realised it's such a complex world #anyway #my queen obba #digital art #illustration #art #oc art #oc art dump

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lemongogo · 18 days ago

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college … wasted on the youth (me)

#didnt help that 2/4 yrs was covid telezoom but man.. MANNN #forgetting how impossible it is to pursue rhe degree plan u actually want (advising hell) i feel like . theres just #so many diff things i want to learn now Knowing that im more solidified in my interests and who i am and what i would be interested in doing #and like.😭RGAAAAAQH TEARING MYHAIR OUTTT every other week i have a night where im sititng there like damn i couldve been sm1 completely dif #dgmw i still rly enjoy some of the upper div classes i Did take but what if i took x and liked it more or minored in y and it led me to z #bc i do feel rly set in where i am rn which . i DO ! like it but im never gna be in that environment where u have the flexibility to explore #ykwim . i wish i had taken physics and calc srsly . i always thought i hated that shit but i like it. i like it quite a lot actually😟#or more geology .. urrghh.. sprinkle in sme extra art history . no bc thats what actu pissed me off ab school #i rmbr wanting to dual major and they straight up told me no i cant . but then i was like maybe an arts major bio minor when i wanted to do #science illustration but sry we dont offer bio minor . ok bio major arh or studio art minor . no sry not enough open spots we rly only #reserve it for when we have extra openings post admission❤️#and then even late into sophomore year u would still be last in registration so all the cool classes would be closed #and then bc of covid half that shit was cancelled bc they couldnt transfer labs online (rip comparative vertebrate anatomy)#and then by senior yr an additional collection of classes were unavailable bc u dont have the prereqs bc the prereqs were cancelled during #covid and u dont have enough semesters left to actually take it . like it was gen such an awful experience so ik why i couldnt ever do what #i wanted but .😭 AND LIKE the classes i DID enjoy like genomics or molecular genetics were closed by registration and i had to email and beg #for access . thts crazy .literally crazy .#anyways . i think i want 2 start reading textbooks bc i think thats the closest ill get LMAOO #i remember seeing my coworker read a textbook for fun one time and idk why i just didnt understand why bc it seemed so dry but i Get it now #like yeah .. u knew what was up ..#sad too that like . i could theoretically audit a course but i Work..during the day .. so sad . so sad #guys wht if i just said yes to grad school (<the devil talking.dont agree)

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violet-moonstone · 5 months ago

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remembering a little scene from "age of bronze" by eric shanower (which i highly suggest anyone who likes greek mythology and especially mycenaean history should read -- if you can handle how fucked up the story is) where agamemnon is annoyed by how heartbroken menelaus is over helen, and he turns to his bestie odysseus and says something like "let me give you some advice, odysseus: never fall in love with your wife" (gods know agamemnon doesnt love -- or deserve -- clytemnestra) and odysseus is just like...."uhh yeah...it's a bit late for that"

#this scene tickled me #one of the lighthearted moments in the deep darkness that is age of bronze #its beautifully illustrated #and meticulously researched #the only graphic novel ive ever read with a works cited section in the back #but dear god is it dark #which makes sense because...greek mythology and bronze age history #age of bronze #eric shanower #greek mythology #the iliad #the odyssey #odysseus

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morninkim · 6 months ago

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"Years of fighting. Bots and Cons falling left and right. Dying on our behalf. No more. We settle this now, Megatron." "Just the two of us then? To the death? Ahh, brings me back to the pits all those centuries ago. Very well then, today will be the day the great Optimus Prime finally falls by my hand." "Only one of us is walking away from this rock functional, old friend. It will not be you."

~ Audio from Optimus Prime's remains at the sight of his final confrontation with Megatron that ended the Great War. circa 2003.

Audio encoded by Soundwave, Memory bank recovered by Ratchet

#transformers #maccadam #transformers fan design #optimus prime #megatron #tf reconstruction #had to design them bc i have such a clear idea for an illustration i wanna do for my au and needed ref for when i get around to it #i think their history is Interesting and Cool in this universe #like its standard fair kinda except at one point they were both freedom fighters on the same side against cybertron's oppressive government #(after optimus initially served as a propagandized captain america figure against the growing uprising)#but disagreement's in how to handle everything once cybertron was liberated #(and decepticon generals like starscream and shockwave whispering into megatron's audio processors over the years)#lead to escalations and eventually all-out civil war which spread across the sector and the galaxy #i'm thinking the initial disagreement was like. optimus wanted freedom and self determination free from any corrupt governing body #with the belief that reestablishing the council would only lead to further corruption and therefore another uprising #while megatron at first wanted a better government that actually looked after the people it was supposed to provide for #but that got distorted from ''we need what's best for cybertron'' to ''I'M what's best for cybertron'' over time #idk if that's all that revolutionary or unique but it was what felt right to me

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yellowplumfruit · 1 year ago

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this is gonna be a long one so bare with me as i ramble

i’ve realized fairly recently that doing art as a job is never going to be sustainable for me. while my hands being injured absolutely sucks and i hate it, it’s made me realize i was actually really stressed out, especially since art has been my single source of income. being a working artist means that there will be very little structure and it’s all on me to create my schedule. i can’t do that very well! and not it a “woe is me i cant do it”, but more of a “i understand my limits”.

the timing of this sucks though because i literally have one more semester left until i finish my art degree :’) but after the initial panic im actually kind of excited! i’ve actually decided that once i finish my degree, im going to get my prerequisites out of the way and then major in marine biology (nobody saw this coming)!!! i’ve always had a tough time seeing my future as a professional artist. it’s much clearer now with this new potential job:)

so once my hands get better (please please please be soon oh my god), i’m going to take less commissions and draw for myself more often 💕

#if u read this thanks for reading! i needed to get it off my chest #only thing i’m not excited for is math 😀 but i’m determined to get thru it!!#also this doesn’t mean commissions are off the table i will still be taking those lol #tbh i flip flopped between orthinology and marine biology but the b1 orcas won me over #maybe i’ll major in wildlife biology idk #my current major is illustration and sequential art!#it was supposed be to be 2 years but uh. covid #i don’t regret it at all tbh i really enjoyed all my art classes (especially art history and sketching comics)#and life drawing!!!! but the professor was kinda. rude lol #okay i’m done rambling

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tankgotstuckinthecircusgate · 3 months ago

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this but carlo & moretti😔🤨 thats all thank you

#i caaaaaaaaaaaaant find the whole piece bc apparently they deleted this book from the public domain🙄🙄🙄fuckers #but context: john torrio is in the hospital after an attempted murder #1931-32 idk failed murder attempt on moretti real hashtag canon now hashtag in my head #carlo & moretti #m2 #also whatever funny thing: this is capone's biography written by one rus author and #they released this book as part of the “lives of wonderful people” series(😭)#and fucked it up badly bc it caused an outcry and the book had to be reissued (tho stalin's biography is in this series like fr tf🙄)#<- and ok i was googling this book & turns out that in the 1st edition contained a shit ton of photos #i took reprinted ver in the library & w like 1 photo in it #fuck now i regret it sm 😔 but it was like the only available choice in the nearest libraries #i mean no this is actually ridiculous to print capone's biography in this series but ehh it's always so good #in terms of illustrative material so its upsetting #also second funny thing: was takin another books in the library today and GOD SEES american history sections are always so fucking funny #“the shameful history of america” ”rotten capitalism” and other such titles #dear god “u wanna fuck me so bad it makes u look stupid” situation. sorry its a n1 red flag to me when history books have such titles #no u dont do it this way. not “our gloriously prosperous country” vs “these disgusting other countries"#funny stuff. top 10 epic fail moments 0 swag 0 respect when this grandpa will finally die

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al-norton · 2 years ago

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Some people to turn your friend group into murderous cults with

#the secret history #francis abernathy #henry winters #camilla macaulay #I'm cleaning out my sketch folder lol #had a couple illustrations on my mind when I read the book so I tried to work out kids designs #unfortunately I only with I was the type of artist to illustrate dark academia books lol

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secret--history · 9 months ago

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I know that 'The Secret History is a satire' is an extremly prevalent take, and I think it came about as a response to the idea that tsh "romanticises" things like classist ideas/substance abuse/murder, but like. It can be unsupportive or critical of the characters without being a satire. Satire is not the word you're looking for here

#tsh #the secret history #And frankly in my opinion it is also an incredibly boring and reductive interpretation anyway #Like. There's so much else to chew on here.#Fate. the ancient vs modern digression vs obsession dichotomy happening. Identity/loss of self.#The immortality/death/ghost/memory thing. The unreliable narration.#The way their paths notably shape them but remain illusory. Fate.#You're missing out on so much if you only interpret it as a satire.#And frankly. Satire is a specific thing that is not this.#Like you can argue that ONE of the things happening is an intentional criticsim of the characters but #a. That's not automatically the same as satire b. That's not the only thing happening #c. You could debate whether 'criticsim' is really the word to use here anyway #As opposed to like. Being self aware of and intentional about the characters flaws and #using them to further illustrate and exlore the stories themes.#Like. You wouldn't call blood meridian a 'satire' just because the narrative is 'critical' of the judge.#That's not how anything works. Having flawed/amoral characters does not mean #you have to make the entire point of the work into a denunciation of them.

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helshades · 1 year ago

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When I have issues with historians, I ask: ‘Excuse me, mate, were you there? No? Well, shut the fuck up then.’

Ridley Scott, director of Gladiator and Napoleon, which explains so much

#napoleon #alexandre dumas senior infamously noted that history may well plundered if only it leads to giving her beautiful children #in this particular case i would say ridley scott illustrates a different french quotation about old age being comparable to a sinking ship #personally i think he ought to be burned at the stake for expiation and a cleansing of france's collective soul #i wish we could pull the cultural appropriation card too #ridley scott #and yet the duellists was so cool

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nimblermortal · 6 months ago

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Auuuuuuugghhhhh Neil Price why must you do this to me? Why?!

(he ended the book. how dare he. and so poignantly. Sir. Do you not realize that this leaves me to read Tore Skeie. He's sensationalist TRASH by comparison. Exactly what I expected when I picked up your book, Mr. Price, sir, but now you have given me standards.)

#alas #also idk what mood it is that leads me to write Mr. X Sir but it applies to Neil Price and Peter Morwood #so that's data #I like the illustrations in The Wolf Age #and it's only 230 pages to skim in search of interesting information I don't know #but. I'm not very motivated.#particularly since this IS the sort of sensationalist trash that tells me things I know enough to not believe as written #mind I thought this about Mr. Price at first it's just that. Mr. Skeie is.#he's writing 'a history worthy of a modern television epic' according to the Financial Times #it says so on the front of the book

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lieutenant-amuel · 2 years ago

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Gray skies will chase the light away

No longer

I fought the fight, now only dark remains

Forever

Divided, I will stand

And I will let this end

~Breaking Benjamin, Angels Fall

#Was Born To Lead #My OCs #Valerio Álvarez #My edit #An absolutely random aesthetic because I accidentally came across the pictures I used for this edit in my drafts #and I was in a Valerio mood today so this is how it happened #An eagle because this is a very important symbolic element in Valerio’s story #A quote about ‘dark past’ because this is basically the core part of his story #Chess because he’s into chess #A random man putting on gloves because gloves are like Valerio’s second skin now #Damn it was so hard to find a gloves pic…#But I couldn’t not to include it so I tried to choose at least something #Anyway to assure he certainly doesn’t wear leather gloves I’d feel bad for his hands considering their climate #Now when I think about it I realize I have no idea how his gloves look like #The only thing I can say is that he wears them over the shirt sleeves because it looks fancier and he also has several pairs of gloves #An inspirational quote because Valerio is all about encouraging others and stuff #Old books to illustrate his passion to history #And something like a ‘lending a helping hand’ thing because Valerio is people-oriented #And a Breaking Benjamin song because I love this band and it has so many songs fitting Valerio #Honestly this is a very self-indulgent edit and I don’t expect it to get even a one note #but I’m posting it just because I think it turned out pretty and I adore Rio <3 #It was quite quick even though I had to play with filters a little #(which is probably noticeable)#to make the pics look better with each other #Akjandk my mom says I have a good sense for design so it probably implies I’m supposed to be good at making aesthetics :’D #There are also so many aesthetic ideas for him since I also could include the fire the scars something beach related just anything really #WAIT #I’ve just realized I can create aesthetics for my characters’ birthdays #so I can celebrate it somehow #Yoooo I love this idea

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thetreetopinn · 11 months ago

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Sources for Somerton's Plagiarism from Hbomberguy's Video (as much as I could get)

I went back through Harry's video, focused entirely on the sources James Somerton pulled from in the hopes of creating as much of a comprehensive list as I could--though my Google-Fu is not very strong. I did however find something I thought was forever lost and that made me very happy--specifically the magazine Midlands Zone containing the column by Steven Spinks that Harry poignantly used as an illustration of gay erasure... while Somerton uses it to sound like HE is waxing remorseful about the very subject.

This is not a complete list, I'm sure. For one thing, I was only able to attempt to pull sources that Harry himself mentioned in the video. Surely there's so very much more out there. I expect there to be a great deal more internet archeology to unearth just how much writing and culture Somerton has stolen like he's the British Museum of Natural History but for gay people.

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Harry's list of mentioned youtubers:

Alexander Avila - https://www.youtube.com/@alexander_avila Matt Baume - https://www.youtube.com/@MattBaume Khadija Mbowe - https://www.youtube.com/@KhadijaMbowe Lady Emily - https://www.youtube.com/@LadyEmilyPresents Shanspeare - https://www.youtube.com/@Shanspeare RickiHirsch - https://www.youtube.com/@RickiHirsch VerilyBitchie - https://www.youtube.com/@verilybitchie

Harry created a convenient playlist of videos by these and other people he wants to bring to everyone's attention.

Please give them your support.

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Midlands Zone Magazine - Column by Steven Spinks

After a great deal of searching, I found an archive of the "Midlands Zone" magazine, where you can read through past issues dating all the way back to February 2014. I have also found the issue from which Somerton took Spinks' poignant discussion of gay erasure: Overall archive Specific Issue - Pages 16-17

It will not allow you to download it, but you can read it exactly as it appeared in print form.

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My best effort to find the exact book or article Somerton lifted from to be able to get attention to the original writers

Tinker Bells and Evil Queens By Sean Griffin

The Celluloid Closet By Vito Russo Wikipedia article about the book Wikipedia article about the documentary My weak google-fu could not find where you can access the book or documentary. Check your local municipal or university library for book or documentary, or if you know a good source for one or both, please reblog with it added

Camp and the Gay Sensibility By Jack Babuscio

The Groundbreaking Queerness of Disney's Mulan By Jes Tom Personal site with links to social media accounts

Why Rebel Without a Cause was a milestone for gay rights By Peter Howell

Why "The Craft" is still the best Halloween coming out movie By Andrew Park

Opinion: From facehuggers to phallic tails, is 'Alien' one of the queerest films ever? By Dani Leever

Women and Queerness in Horror: Jennifer's Body By Zoe Fortier

[Pride 2019] We Have Such Sights to Show You: Hellraiser and the Spectrum of Queerness By Alejandra Gonzalez

Revealing the Hellbound Heart of Clive Barker's 'Hellraiser' By Colin Arason

Queering James Cameron's Aliens (1986) By Bart Bishop

Demeter and Persephone in space: transformation, femininity, and myth in the 'Alien' films By David Greven

Fears of a millennial masculinity: Scream's queer killers By David Greven (Scholarly site, unable to access original work, offers a way to request a full copy of the text in PDF)

Queer Subtext in Stephen King's It - Part 1: 'Reddie' Character Analysis By Rachel Brands Rachel is the very unfortunate lady who found out she was being stolen from because she supported Somerton through Patreon and saw one of his videos early with her writing--lacking any form of citation or credit

How 'It: Chapter Two' Leaves Richie Tozier Behind By Joelle Monique

When Horror Becomes Strength: Queer Armor in Stephen King's 'IT' By Alex London

Why Queer People Love Witchcraft By Amanda Kohr

'The Favourite' Queers The Past And The Present By Giorgi Plys-Garzotto

(Wuko) Crush (Mako x Wu) By MoonFlower on YouTube

5 Terrible Movies With Awesome Hidden Meanings By J.F. Sargent

The Radicalization of Sexuality: The Queer Casae of Jeffrey Dahmer By Ian Barnard

Netflix's 'Dahmer' backlash highlights ethical issues in the platform's obsession with true crime By Shivani Dubey

The Possible Disturbing Dissonance Between Hajime Isayama's Beliefs and Attack on Titan's Themes Original Article by "Seldom Musings" (Author has made all posts not related to Attack On Titan private and has retired from the blog)

Everyone Loves Attack on Titan. So Why Does Everyone Hate Attack on Titan? By Gita Jackson

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The following people are otherwise named in the video. There are no direct citations of articles or books by them in said video. I am unable to guarantee that I have identified the correct individual.

Darren Elliott-Smith Michaela Barton David Church Claire Sisco King Amanda Howell Jessica Roy

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Telos announced and cancelled a film likely based on this book: The Final Girl Support Group - By Grady Hendrix

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I refrained from including certain sources.

First off only focusing on Somerton's work.

Secondly not including anything that might be visible enough to not require amplifying their voice (I cannot speak for all of those I have found links to, but journalism is frequently a thankless job).

Thirdly any source that is of a nature that is antithetical to the very existence of the queer community, such as the right-leaning source that didn't make it into Somerton's video, but Harry was able to identify as a source he had considered using.

If you feel I have missed a mentioned source--or you know of a source from material that was not covered in Harry's video--please do not hesitate to reblog with added details.

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Please share this information far and wide, and please add to it if you find more material that can be positively identified and linked to the creator/writer.

#hbomberguy #james somerton #Plagiarism #Queer #LGBT #LGBTQIA #youtube #Solidarity #gay erasure #Make them un-erased

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