#symbols and ciphers
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au fanfic art dump yaaaay
i'm almost at 30k words who knows when i'm gonna start posting it lol
#gravity falls#gf theseus’ guide#billford#bill cipher#stanford pines#comic#illustration#stump art#right now it's just really fun writing it#working out details . going back & editing things as i figure it out#i wasn't originally planning on going full wizard cowboy but here's the thing#it's fucking epic#the idea being that he's etched various runes & symbols all throughout his duster#i wish i knew ANYTHING about occult shit . that would make this more fun
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Handyman Bill AU but make it yuri 🙌🌼✨
#daisy symbolism everybody#I was supposed to be studying today but the brainrot got me#my yurification quest continues#gravity falls#billford#billford yuri#handyman bill au#human bill design#human bill cipher#bill cipher#stanford pines#mabel pines#my art <3
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lmfaooo imagine eating bugs what a loser
the line art bc im really happy w how it turned out!!
#bill cipher#billford#stanford pines#ford pines#this is ship art <3 in my heart <3#eyestrain#like its really bad#guys the perspective is so bad please ignore it#is it symbolism? was i too lazy to fix an obvious mistake? the world may never know#edit : also bc no one has mentioned it. the bottom of the sink is a tree <3#i really should redo some of this and fix his hands
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Decided to redraw that lovely Bill Cipher Circle (does it have a proper name?) to act as a cover image for my Bill Cipher playlist…
+ sticker-friendly colored version! ↓
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#yes the symbols are codes#yes they’re decodable#this took quite a while to make actually#my fucking drawing program crashed so many times#and the file is so damn big I can’t even send it to my friends on discord. FUCKED UP!#aria draws#digital art#digital drawing#fanart#gravity falls#gravity falls fanart#book of bill#the book of bill#<- I reference some of the codes within TBOB in the codes here#bill cipher#lmk if any of you want the playlist ig#I think it’s good
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a little human bill doodle sheet this evening based off the wonderful fanfic A Human Condition by @sapphosscribe!! this is really one of my favorite fics at the moment and I wanted to show my love for it by doing some art :DD
now on my way to read the most recent update 🏃♀️🏃♀️
aaaaand close ups!
#exorcizing some demons while drawing these fr#what can I say I connected to parts of this fic just a little too much!!#the urge to draw bill singing drunk by the living tombstone was very strong I LOVE that song#anyways gravity falls fans please please read this fic!#*stefon voice* this fic has everything. angst. in character writing. bill cipher eating a bath bomb. hedge mazes#no but seriously it's fantastic#gravity falls#gravity falls au#bill cipher#ford pines#stanford pines#a human condition#sapphosscribe#gravity falls fanart#human bill cipher#human bill au#billford#billford fanart#my art#faded kat#tw self h4rm#tw blood#tw implied sh#UHHHHH BILL MAY ACCIDENTALLY HAVE SIX FINGERS IN ONE OF THESE DRAWINGS BC I'VE BEEN DRAWING FORD SO MUCH IT'S BECOME A HABIT#UUHHHHHH WHOOOPS. SYMBOLISM I GUESS????#PLEASE IGNORE THAT LMAO
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there’s a couple posts where you draw bill with a bright blue iris - was there an official art drop? is it based on pyramid steve? his fire? something else?
mostly his fire, but there's canon backing for a blue-eyed Bill



^ obviously, we didn't have TBOB yet when I first alluded to a blue-eyed Bill, but it's still good supporting evidence.
But we also have canon-backing for a red-eyed Bill


and yellow eyed, and black eyed


So if you choose to give him an iris you can interpret it any way you want depending on what kind of color symbolism you want to emphasize.
I personally tend to headcanon him as not naturally having a (visible, colored) iris as a triangle. So when I draw him with one, it's the effect of magic rather than a part of his anatomy—and Bill's magic is bright blue.
#anonymous#ask#(i can't mention color symbolism without thinking about children's hospitals)#bill cipher
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In which Ford struggles so badly to relate to other people that he wonders if he’s really human at all. The more isolated he becomes, the harder it is to reconcile with his own humanity.
#my art#gravity falls#Stanford pines#ford pines#bill cipher#comic#eye strain#TIME TO DUMP EVERY ONE OF THE 27483949 THOUGHTS IVE HAD INTO THE TAGS BABY#OK!! SO!!!!#I feel like Ford would wonder why he and Stan (being identical twins) aren’t. yk. identical. shouldn’t Stan have polydactyly too?#as a kid he would dream about secretly being nonhuman and being whisked away to a fantastical world full of people like him#finally free of new jersey‚ finally somewhere he belongs#a lot of this disconnect from humanity came from utterly failing at social interactions while others (including stan) navigated them easily#the feeling waned after Stan was kicked out and he didn't have that direct comparison but it never left#then out in the wilderness of gravity falls‚ his isolation and immersion in Weirdness dragged it back up to the forefront#he deserves to have a breakdown over questioning his own nature. as a treat <3#color symbolism time bc I have a problem and use it at every available moment!!! blue and yellow get more vivid#the further from humanity the subject is#bill is entirely made w pure rgb blue and yellow (+ approximately 2674835 textures/layers/blending modes. I reached 150+ layers. help)#I like the idea that he would appear to ford like pure math considering hes a geometrical motherfucker and how the rest of the mindscape wa#I tried to mostly use trigonometry and related stuff for the Math Greebling. as well as fractals i love you forever fractals#MORE SYMBOLISM:#the grid-ish diamond pattern in all of the mindscape bgs (and elsewhere) is a penrose diagram of spacetime#which shows other universes on the other sides of black holes#SOMEONE ASK ME ABOUT MY EUCLYDIA HEADCANON LATER. IVE DUMPED ENOUGH DUMB HCS IN THESE TAGS ALREADY#BUT I THINK ITS VERY FUN#anyways. fuckt up guys n their egos influencing how they view humanity. bill tells ford hes as human as they come bc he was so easily foole#ford cant reconcile with his humanity bc of a failure to perform in one area#and then the immense guilt and shame over what hes done <3#I have So many ford characterization thoughts. no man nor god can stop me
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The Great Curve
Happy Pi Day! And happy late birthday to @harvscarf/@thedandy-detective Funny how my falling back into love with Gravity Falls almost coincided with your birthday! But hey! It all worked out since I was to fit a thematically appropriate holiday into the piece instead!
As a bonus here's an alt and the clean sketch that somehow became the finished piece in less than a day!
Happy late birthday you Dandy. And happy late birthday to one of the best character reveals of all time.
#gravity falls#ford pines#bill cipher#pi day 2025#my art#the computer does a draw#fanart#gravity falls fanart#standford pines#billford#If you squint#Something about chasing toward the infinite and ending up consumed by your pursuit#Dipper Pines#Mable Pines#They're referenced via their Zodiac Symbols in the corners#And how Fords “Muse” ended up isolating him from his future family. Aka the only people who could stop Bill.#Man I put a lot of symbolism in what was meant to be a silly birthday doodle.#Also crazy how it's been over 10 years since Not Who He Seems and 10 years since 3.14.15 funny coincidence#Talking Heads#Remain in Light#The Great Curve#That refrains Sometimes the world has a load of questions Seems like the world knows nothing at all#And World of Light She's going to open our eyes up#Are such Ford talking about Bill type lyrics to me
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Was looking for reference images on Pinterest and found this fuckin gem

It's a canon event, babe
Original from Pinterest
#new fanart template?#serendipity there is no way this was a gf post on pinterest#the look on his sweet little face#gravity falls#gravity falls axolotl#frilliam#but like for real#bill cipher#theraprism#ford pines#fiddleford mcgucket#fiddauthor#kind of i mean i feel the axolotl has enough association and symbolism for their relationship to tag it
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Wait. Wait.
#gravity falls#bill cipher#idk if this is an actual symbol but I saw it and went to that pointing meme#nico rambles
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Common Billford W (Wheat Field Symbolism and Billford)
@lobotomu5 and I were pondering what the wheat field symbolism meant in Ford's dream in The Last Mabelcorn, Season 2.
Wheat is traditionally recognized as representative for love and is often signified as such throughout the Bible.
In this scene, we see a lot of symbolism for love. We see a broken swing set, a ship, and a portal.
The broken swing set and ship represents Ford's once loving and healthy relationship with his brother, which is now strained.
The portal serves as a metaphor for Ford's yearning for recognition and success. Ford's journal reveals that he views the portal as his ticket to riches and fame, an achievement that would grant him the acknowledgement and success he craves. His desire for this acknowledgment stems from his strained relationship with his father and his quest to earn his approval. The portal's broken state symbolizes the collapse of Ford's dreams and his lost life as he spent 30 years trapped in the multiverse.
Additionally, the portal also symbolizes the relationship between Ford and Bill. The portal was the catalyst that brought Bill and Ford together, as the pursuit of opening the portal led to their fateful encounter. It also embodies Ford's trust in Bill, as he relinquished control of his mind and body to Bill to work on the portal while he slept. The broken portal also signifies the end of their relationship, marking the start of their animosity, rivalry, and broken trust.
Ford stands on wheat field that has an image of Bill cut under his feet. He stands in the center of Bill's eye. Then, the wheat field bursts into flames. In this symbolism, the wheat field represents both love and destruction. The wheat field can be seen as a representation of Ford's feelings for Bill Cipher, as he stands in the center of Bill's eye, signifying a deep connection. However, the field bursting into flames can symbolize the intense passion and turmoil that existed in their relationship. The burning wheat field may also symbolize the destruction that came as a result of their relationship, as Bill Cipher's manipulation and betrayal ultimately led to the destruction of their bond.
A field in a dream represents freedom, openness, and potential. It may symbolize a desire for a fresh start or a new beginning.
Freedom: Bill describes the destruction of dimensions are "liberating."
Potential: Bill Cipher wants Ford to join him in the destruction of the world. He says it in the show and he says it in the Book of Bill.
He sees the potential of him and Ford taking glee in liberating the dimension.
It is implied that he must have saw Ford joining him in the multiple futures he can see.

It's why he's so confident that Ford will come around. He says this in the Book of Bill.

Openness: Bill desires a closeness with Ford. Bill can relate to Ford.
Bill once trusted and was able to be vulnerable with Ford.

Fresh start: By having Weirdmegeddon going on and Ford by his side, Bill hopes the two of them can have a fresh start as they learn to rekindle the closeness that was lost.
#billford#gravity falls#stanford pines#bill cipher#gravity falls symbolism#billford symbolism#book of bill
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My lazy sketch of humanoid bill ciphherrre
#HES A LOSERRR#and there’s symbolism#WHATS SYMBOLIC???#Try and find out yayayayay#YAYAY#I LOVE THIS SO MUCHHHH#EEEE#HEHEHEAHAA#gravity falls#gf bill cipher#bill cipher fanart#human bill design#humanoid bill cipher#gravity falls design#gravity falls fandom#RAJHHH#AND I FINALLY HAVE THE BOOK FOR FUCKS SAKE FINALLYYYY
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The cat meant well, she always had. It wasn’t her fault. It wasn’t her fault.
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…Yall won’t believe me but this is indeed gravity falls fanart.
#I love making fanart so symbolic it’s near incomprehensible#anyway#aria draws#digital art#digital drawing#fanart#gravity falls fanart#gravity falls#gf#gf fanart#gravity falls oc#gf oc#anti cipher society#Ramona waxstaff#mrs. waxstaff#thurburt mudget waxstaff#thurburt mudget waxstaff iii#jessamine delilah gulch#horace broadshoulder#abigale blackwing#father tinsley o’pimm#tinsley o’pimm#bill cipher
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Sometimes I’m convinced Alex has read BillFord fics cause there are certain things that ALOT of 2016 BillFord fics have that also appeared in The Book of Bill
He was waiting for the right moment
#gravity falls#the book of bill#BillFord#ford pines#bill cipher#bill x ford#ford x bill#alex hirsch#old ass fics#tattoos that symbolize Bill seemed to be a pretty main reoccurrence#I imagine Alex taking notes to add into his future Book of Gay#book of bill#tbob#stanford pines
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NO WHITE BOY THAT TRIANGLE IS NOT A GOD FIGURE FOR YOU TO DEVOTE YOURSELF TO!!!!!!!
#gravity falls stanford#gf stanford#stanford pines#gf bill cipher#gravity falls bill cipher#bill cipher#kinda#symbolism#but really obvious kinda#his ass is hypnotized#billford#if you squint#digital art#original art#art#fandom art#gf fanart#gravity falls fanart#gf bill#gravity falls
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CIPHER MANUSCRIPT [aka VOYNICH MANUSCRIPT] by Roger Bacon[?] (Central Europe, c.1401-1599) 18th -19th century binding.
‘Scientific or magical text in an unidentified language, in cipher, apparently based on Roman minuscule characters; the text is believed by some scholars to be the work of Roger Bacon since the themes as the illustrations seem to represent topics know to have interested Bacon…. A history of the numerous attempts to decipher the manuscript can be found in a volume edited by R.S Brumbaugh THE MOST MYSTERIOUS MANUSCRIPT: The Voynich “Roger Bacon” Cipher Manuscript (Carbondale, IL, 1978). Although several scholars have claimed decipherments of the manuscript, for the most part the text remains an unsolved puzzle.’ — from an abstract by the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale









source [digitized]
#beautiful books#book blog#books books books#books#incunabula#illustrated book#ciphertext#cipher#roger bacon#voynich manuscript#the voynich code#mystery#biological diversity#symbols#rare books
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