#poster watercolor images

[lindenwalker-studios]

Hey all, it's been a minute since I last posted but I'm looking to get back at it, thanks for sticking around and keep your eyes peeled for all the stuff I've been up to since last I was logged in :)

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[An arial watercolor painting of a fluffy grey petrel chick. The top text says "ILL" while the bottom text reads "I Love Lint."

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[sillyboysinc]

more... my output is crazy recently its WILD. uhmm.... i can’t think of a title for this right now so Please humor me by listening to glorious by the breeders and pretend i choose a line from that to title this.

[wheresmypencil]

Here's my illustration for the November Mailies ! You can join the mailing list until November 1st to receive a mini print of this image next month!

Pluie de novembre / November rain 🍂 ✨ - Voilà enfin mon illustration pour les Mailies du mois de Novembre ! Vous avez jusqu'au premier novembre pour rejoindre la mailing list sur Patreon et recevoir ce petit print chez vous le mois prochain ! Materials : Poster Color paint and color pencil on watercolor paper.

[lydiahosek]

[Image ID: A traditional pen and watercolor drawing of Carla McCorkle from Gravity Falls. She stands with her back to the viewer, looking at an advertisement for StanCo. The advertisement is a large poster on a wall and features a close-up of Stan. He has shoulder-length hair and a mustache. He looks over his shoulder, winks, smiles widely, and gives a thumbs-up. Carla says, "Stan?..." /.End ID]

Sorry, another one

[fagboyfriend]

the five peices i did for one of my finals- centering around the theme of transness in the home. I’ve been really getting into the concept of domesticity, privacy and intimacy and how these are experienced in trans bodies.You may recognize the characters if you follow my work hehe ^_^

all are 22x30, watercolor, colored ink, acrylic gouache and various other things like gel pen, colored pencil, paint pen- and of course- stickers!

[Image Description:

5 traditional paintings.

The first is of a fat south asian trans man lying nude reclined on a bed inside of a van. His eyes are closed and he is somewhat falling off the bed, his head and arm draped towards the ground. Visable in the van are snacks, a record player, fastfood containers, condoms, a vibrator, and several posters on his walls.

The Second is of two characters, a fat east asian trans woman, who is nude, and a mid-size white nonbinary person, who is shirtless but wearing boxers. They sit on a bed together, smiling and surrounded by pinkish light.

The third is of a thin white transfeminine nonbinary person lying on the floor of a bathroom nude, with her legs propped up on the edge of a bathtub. They’re also making a phone call, and looking absentmindedly into a mirror that is reflecting them.

the fourth is of a chubby trans man with dark curly hair wearing a binder with his laptop propped up on his lap. You can see the rest of his bedroom, including someone watching tv in the far distance.

The fifth is of a thin white man standing in a room, looking down at a mirror that lies at his feet. You can see the rest of his room, including a teal ladder and a stained glass window in the kitchen.

All five paintings are very colorful, covered in stickers and have colorful borders.

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[mossy-rainfrog]

hii for the spotify wrapping thing .... 24 and martin klackwood blackwood

[ID: A traditional drawing with watercolor colors showing Martin Blackwood from the back. He is standing in a hospital room with an unconscious Jon, who is hooked up to several medical devices. A chair near the foreground has a tape sitting on it, and a poster against the wall shows a scene from Jordan Peele's Nope. The scene is colored in vivid pinks and reds, except for Martin, who is entirely cool blues. Text on the image reads: "is there a word for a bad miracle?" End ID.]

24. Heartbreak Feels So Good - Fall Out Boy

thank you bestie!!! :D long time no best boy, I've missed him. Here's some post season 3 angst :)

Trying something different and more traditional art based with the spotify recs this year and I am having a whole lot of fun :3 also peep the Nope reference bc I fucking love that movie/the reference to it in this songgg

[vertigoartgore]

The Fury (Captain Britain's foe) by British artist Alan Davis (1982).

https://comics.ha.com/itm/original-comic-art/alan-davis-daredevils-10-the-fury-poster-pin-up-original-art-marvel-uk-1982-/a/7246-97099.s?ic4=GalleryView-ShortDescription-071515#

Heritage Auctions : "Alan Davis Daredevils #10 "The Fury" Poster Pin-Up Original Art (Marvel UK, 1982). This insert poster featured the villain from the Captain Britain story of this issue... "The Sound and the Fury"! Rich colors and gorgeous shadows make this a fine example of Alan Davis' work. The image was also featured as an inset image on the lower left of the issue's cover. Produced in opaque watercolor on illustration board with an image area of 12.25" x 17.5". There is a clear plastic overlay taped over the piece. Signed in the image area and in Excellent condition."

[achronalart]

A PSA about art materials and longevity: If you intend your art to last, you should use archival lightfast art materials made for artists, NOT paints or markers made for hobbyists or designers (Looking at you, Copic markers). Know your materials!

Whether it’s old fashioned gouache paints or modern markers, designer’s art materials WILL fade and change or even destroy your artworks, no matter how strong or bright their colors may look at first.

An example: This is the cover of the “New Yorker” magazine dated March 12, 1938, made from a color photograph of a gouache painting by illustrator Garrett Price.

(The pale greyish splotches on the 1938 magazine cover are age spots on the paper and not part of the original artwork.

This is called "foxing" in the antiquarian book collecting world.)

This is a photo of Garrett Price's original gouache painting — in the condition it was in at a 1999 auction.

Haunting!

What happened? Over the years daylight or maybe just even time passing faded the colors of the gouache paint Price used … Because designers’ gouache paint is not a permanent artist’s material. It’s not MADE to last.

When you put the two images side by side it’s even more stark. The central woman's deep rose pink dress has faded to a barely-there ghost-beige.

The rich green cornucopia looks completely different.

Most of the blue ribbons and pink flowers are completely gone, leaving the purple parts as faint mauve ghosts hanging in the air.

Even the nice black outlines are gone. Black should be a permanent color!

The pretzels have faded to a pale doughy mass.

Gouache paints are made to be bright for ephemeral advertising art and posters. They really are not suitable for any art that is meant to last. Any artist interested in the longevity of their hard work should use archival materials such as artist’s watercolors or professional acrylic paints instead of designers' gouache or markers, no matter how attractive the colors.

And don't think that because this was from 1938 things have changed that much. They were still selling designer gouache with fugitive pigments when I was an art student and art supply stores are still selling them now. And those markers are modern.

Know your materials!

[creations-by-chaosfay]

I'm most known for my quilts, but I'm also a painter. Well, when I have paint. Currently, I have none. I do, however, have several original paintings available for purchase! My logo is only on the digital image, not on the original nor on any prints.

You can purchase these here:

You can purchase prints here:

Thank you for your support!

[dragpinkman]

I made this watercolor art for a collage I donated to a local pop-up, but feel free anyone to use this on posters, fliers, etc. I give full permission to use also for fundraising images <3

[tomoleary]

Bob Zoell Earth Magazine Original Art (Earth, 1971) Source

“New subscribers to Earth magazine in 1971 received a fine poster reproduction of this artwork, as a premium. It also appeared as a magazine centerfold. Zoell's over-sized, two-layered painting features exaggerated versions of such familiar cartoon characters as Mickey Mouse, Felix the Cat, and R. Crumb's Mr. Natural. A lesser Disney character, Bucky Bug, appears at lower right above the signature. Designed like an animation cel, with the principal images painted on a transparent overlay, and the painted background on textured watercolor stock.”

[silvershadow1711]

My paper is bigger than my scanner, so I had to scan this twice to get sharp copies of both sides.

Back when I finished The Road Not Trekked: The Ephemeral Equinox (my FE Fates Revelation rewrite), I planned for this to be... not a "cover", but kind of like a movie poster? Featuring all the "bosses" Nerr and the gang encountered in Valla, specifically to show how their designs... let's say "differed" from how they're portrayed in-game (in case you can't tell, my rewrite leans heavily into horror).

I must have spent weeks inking this behemoth (it's 9x12 inches- all my watercolor paintings are that size, while the inkwas paintings are 9x6), and scanned it for posterity... only to have to original heavily damaged by a freakish bout of humidity that hurricane season (it also damaged several electronics). So I can't paint it traditionally like I'd planned/hoped. There's always the option for digital painting, but I'm bad at digital painting and given the blurring on either side, I'd have to cobble both images together, and that would probably look horrible and... it's just so much work... and for what? That fic absolutely bombed on AO3 (it did surprisingly well on FFN, tho).

So, I guess just enjoy the body horror. It is... much worse in text form, I promise you~💖

[open-hearth-rpg]

#RPGCovers Week Ten Ryuutama (2015) Ayoko Nagamori (art) Mariko Kobayashi (book design)

Final Fantasy Tactics was the first video game rpg I played for more than an hour. I’d tried Ultima, Wizardry, even Lunar on the Sega, but none of them interested me. But FFT, that we sunk 100s of hours into. Sherri and I loved it– and we specifically tracked down a copy of the Japanese version of the soundtrack because that had a poster with images of all the classes on it. 

That pencil-sketch style endures as one of my favorites, and it makes Ryuutama sing for me.  I love the colors here– watercolor? colored pencils? ink tinting? I backed the Kickstarter just on the strength of it, kind of later checking out what the game actually was. 

It combines a simplicity of elements (the manga-like characters) with a rich complexity you can easily miss. The center circle contains our characters– they’re happy and excited to be on the road. They have a dog with a scarf. The road rises up behind them, marked by the signposts in all directions. It;s easy to miss the figure laden down with a pack coming up behind them. 

That center circle is a window, and we see elements emerging out of it (feet, staff) that gives it depth. But notice that the circle is at the center of a map— looking like old orbis terratis style cartography, with the key element in a circle and marginalia surrounding here. 

Here that ornamentation is a figure looking down holding a book and a pile of equipment below. But we also have dragons at most of the compass rose points– all looking towards the characters. They’re not threatening, instead they’re watching their progress and cheering for them to continue on.  

[globalworship]

The 'O' Antiphon Songs, Paintings, Poems

Elise Massa is a friend and part of United Adoration in the UK. https://www.facebook.com/EliseMassaMusic

She wrote,

 I thought I'd share with you a little project that I put together this year. In 2023, I engaged in a personal creative prayer practice, meditating on the O Antiphons and writing a musical response for each one. The O Antiphons are ancient refrains, typically sung at evening prayer from December 17-23. Each one is a title of Christ as found in Old Testament prophecies. My responses are more contemplative, less congregational, tapping into my singer-songwriter roots before I wrote for church congregations. This short album (<20 minutes) is just me, my instrument, and a little reverb for spice. It's available for listening and purchase through Bandcamp. https://elisemassa.bandcamp.com/album/o-antiphon-series

May Wisdom of God speak steadily in times of confusion. May the Lord draw you to his Kingdom. May the Root of Jesse anchor you to his life sustaining vine. May the Key of David release you from heavy burdens. May the Morning Star guide you to his Kingdom. May the King of the Nations bring peace to the wars outside and within. And may Emmanuel, God with us, be ever so tangible to you and those you love. 

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The O Antiphons are a series of seven verses dating from the sixth century and prayed during vespers during the last week of Advent. Each antiphon is a name of Jesus taken from Scripture, and they are the basis for the popular Advent hymn, “O Come, O Come Emmanuel.”

Here are 4 paintings from the series by Sister Ansgar Holmberg, C.S.J. that arer based on the 'O' Antiphons.

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Here are excerpts from a (2020) interview with her:

Sister Ansgar Holmberg, C.S.J., 86, didn’t paint her O Antiphon series to edify or instruct anyone. They were meant only for herself.

Ansgar (she likes to be called by her first name) has been with the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet for 67 years, and although she has spent time teaching children and offering spiritual direction, she created these seven paintings over the course of three years as a personal way to contemplate Scripture.

“I had read what other people had said, but I decided to paint them for myself, for me to understand them better. That’s one of the ways I learn,” Ansgar said.

Now the seven paintings, done in brilliant gouache (a kind of opaque watercolor), are gathered in a small book, Praying the Advent Names of God, paired with poems composed by another sister in the community, Joan Mitchell, C.S.J.

Read more at https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2020/12/22/advent-o-antiphon-paintings-239567

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Here are some of the images with poems available in the book and as posters:

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Read the artist's thoughts about these paintings and poems at https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2020/12/22/advent-o-antiphon-paintings-239567

Buy the 20-page book at https://goodgroundpress.com/product/advent-names-of-god/

Buy the posters at https://goodgroundpress.com/product/o-antiphons-posters/

[degenderates]

ok fuck it. ranking covers of a home at the end of the world by michael cunningham because guys some of these covers slap and some of them are the ugliest shit i've ever seen. this is the kind of post i would have used to make back in my tiktok days but there's no way im opening that app by my own will again. so mutuals read this post.

last place/ugliest cover first.

the stock photo. literally what is going on here. the font is practically unreadable and makes no sense. the image itself looks like someone pulled it right off shutterstock. its giving my middle school vsco account. why are there three women on the front? the story is primarily about two guys and one girl. i mean there is a second female pov but she's not part of the polycule. font is clean but ugly. bye.

the movie poster one. i have so much beef with this cover, even as a movie poster. they literally took three screenshots of the movie and overlayed them into a weird collage type thingy. why is colin farrell standing like that?? why is the character jonathan in the back?? it's giving disney channel. it's giving early 00s--in a bad way. no rights at all. 🍅🍅🍅

the perks of being a wallflower one. i guess there was a craze for late 90s books to have typewriter font in the middle of a minimalistic cover?? i hate minimalistic, abstract covers. you could choose to tell us something about the book but no. here is an orange circle and a black circle. okay.

the modern cover (i assume). i like the watercolor and how it's not too busy but there's still a discernable image (unlike a CERTAIN cover i just discussed...🙄). the font kind of fucks up the whole thing though. it doesn't match the vibes of the book at all. it's very new-adult-romance and just feels off. because yeah technically the book is about new adults and their relationship drama but it's not this...cute.

the uk cover (?). the quality of this image sucks but i literally could only find it on abebooks.co.uk so. it's not bad, just really busy. the font has a shadow so it can be readable but that makes it feel even more cluttered. i like how the angel statue makes an appearance, but all the colors and how bright it is just makes it feel like a little too much.

the color burned one. honestly while i like the vibes i'm not quite sure who this lady is supposed to be. that looks like a wing so she's probably the white angel statue, but she looks too human. and angels aren't different colors like that. i like how this is simple and black, very classy. but ultimately it doesn't really make a lot of sense.

the grey one. this is simple, but nice. it's dark but with light shining behind the house--a nice balance of hardships but also hope, which fits the story. there's a swingset, which makes sense given the story is about growing up, in a sense. and there might have been a swingset at the actual house in the book. can't remember. the font is clean. a little sci-fi/futuristic for my taste but that's alright i guess. this is the cover i have. i guess i should be lucky it's not one of the previous ones but i really wish i had the next one...

the first edition. look it's classy. it's gothic. the angel is there. the sky looks like it could be ohio or nyc. there's powerlines. the font is stylish but not over the top. it's not too bright. it's slaying. one of my favorite things about this cover is how it emphasizes the angel, because the book itself was written around michael cunningham's seminal short story "white angel" which i have talked about a lot on this blog. it also is in a similar pose to the actual angel statue it was based on, the black angel of iowa city (shown below). i'm a fan. i wish i had this cover soooo bad<333

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overall thoughts: most of these covers are kind of shitty lol. this book deserves better</3 if one of y'all live in the US, dont care much about covers, and want a free copy of this book i'll send my copy (the grey cover) to you for free just so i can buy the top ranked one on ebay lol. anyways if u got to the end and found this at all entertaining, tell me so. this was fun to do except when tumblr deleted the whole thing and i had to remake the entire post!!! lol!!!! and y'all should read this book because it's very good and very messy queer and i adore it deeply. <3

[grumfield]

paint tool sai veterans rise up 🫡

have you posted/talked about your current visual art process here before or would you mind talking about it? i love learning about how other people go about their creative work

Paint tool sai blending tool STILL reigns supreme I miss it waaaah

And I haven’t really! I very much consider myself a hobbyist so I think this is the first time anyone’s asked haha But happy to ESPECIALLY since sometimes people think my temple one is ai generated (it is not!!!!!!!) I have chronic cubital tunnel so a lot of my art process is designed around allowing me to make something I like for minimal pain, which means I use a lot of techniques concept artists use—mainly A LOT of custom photoshop brushes I port into procreate.

I also employ the use of blender a lot for detailed backgrounds if I’m doing something more painterly so I can get the structure and use (royalty free!) textures and photoshop brushes to photobash a basic structure. Here’s a before and after

I mainly use procreate with occasional dips into CSP. For post processing I use photoshop, and I haven’t changed how I do this in like, maybe 9 years now.

I make duplicates of the base image and put them through multiple filters, usually posterize, watercolor, and cutout, with the original one on top, and then erase sections of the top layer to add some texture dimension in certain areas, then flatten, and do the same with other stylized layers until you like the end result. Here’s an example of some of the posterization effect, (grainy pillar) then the watercolor (blurry plants to the left)

Anyways, then I use the field blur effect in photoshop to add more dimension and give it a sense of depth and Realism which you can see here

Anyways that’s it! I also use a particle brush on basically everything I make, make it yellow/orange, set the layer to add, then Gaussian blur it to add some dreamy vibes