#tec art

[techiebrots]

My last post was them tired so I drew team B resting instead now

[explodingcelebi]

i've got many characters, some i haven't posted (or can't post)

here's a smol version of one of em, a jirachi named jeanie

the first time she's drawn as being smol, in fact

[piedpencil]

When you need to make a quick exit, try Plan D

This format and pose is ripped off an old cigarette ad

[falloutconceptart]

Pip-Boy

Concept art for Fallout 3

Art by Adam Adamowicz

[baihujun]

Will you draw harvey dent again 👀👀👀 (gnawing at the bars of my enclosure for ur art)

Ooh Mister Dent

[bowerzinsides]

Yaoi or somethin.

Idk why they just can’t look grimey in my art style. It makes me mad.

[j-allen-art-design]

"Deep into the darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing."

A little late for Fallout Day but I fancied making a Nick Valentine artwork, embracing the Noir style for the synth detective. Enjoy!

[lesliemeyers]

doing Mysterion art inspired by a Batman cover just seemed... right

+ closeups under the cut ↴

[alicewav]

Favorite commissions I’ve done lately, these are still open and at a cheap price!

[mitrimisha]

PeteJer content! (Sorry I can't draw Jerry)

Close-ups under cut

[techiebrots]

Usually I draw them when I’m tired so boom team b waking up together

[piedpencil]

Another vintage ad ripoff! Hope y’all like it 🖤☢️

[tiffpixies]

I thought this was hilarious

[falloutconceptart]

Former Vault Dweller

Concept art for Fallout 3

Art by Adam Adamowicz

[casscainmainly]

What I find interesting about Cass and ballet in Tynion's Detective Comics (2016) is not so much the communication or artistic expression aspect, but what it means for Cass' relationships to women.

From the beginning, Cass + ballet is heavily tied to her relationships with women. In Batman & Robin: Eternal #7, she first watches the ballet with Harper Row:

Ballet isn't just about "understand[ing] everything" (as Harper says), but about the physical and emotional connection Cass forges with Harper in this moment. The way their hands grasp onto each other symbolises the potential for ballet to form women-to-women bonds. Since this is N52, Cass' relationships with Babs and Steph have been sadly obliterated, so this is her very first connection to another woman.

Then, in Detective Comics #950, we meet Christine Montclair:

Christine is a ballerina who has been "handed" a key to the main stage by "the late Elaine Torsky," and who hopes to hand "that key to another young girl." Ballet becomes linked with a feminine legacy, one tied to "know[ing] exactly who she wants to become." The ideas of a female legacy and coming into one's identity strongly echo Cass' relationship to the Batgirl mantle, and the importance of female relationships to Cass' sense of self.

Ballet is, also, a storytelling medium - Tynion emphasises the importance of storytelling through #955's scene between Christine and Cass, where Christine reads her a story. She mentions that her mom used to read this to her. This is clearly an allusion to Shiva (since this arc is about Shiva), but more broadly this scene points to matrilineal connection through stories, something that Babs and Cass actually do in DC First: Batgirl/Joker. In that issue, Babs tells the story of her first encounter with Joker, which inspires Cass to do the same. Cass' mimicry - something she also does with Christine, copying her movements in the ballet school - showcase her desire for connection with other women.

(The book is also written by Carolyn Wu-San, another connection between women, stories, and family.)

And it's this connection to women that allows Cass to say her name, harkening back to Babs giving her her name in NML. This scene is also funny to me because Tynion created Orphan but he's aware the name is not something Cass actually likes - if anything, 'Orphan' feels like a punishment Cass imposed upon herself (especially in this arc, which doesn't reference that Orphan came from her dad).

It's just interesting that ballet and storytelling are mediums in which Cass finds an expression of herself, but it's not because of the communicative aspect - she never actually performs in front of anyone. Instead, it's the feminine community and legacy that allows Cass to discover herself beyond Orphan.

All this to say it's a shame Cass couldn't be Batgirl here because I really like the parallel of female legacy between ballet and Batgirl, but it gets lost without acknowledging Batgirl (2000) and DC First: Batgirl/Joker. But conceptually, Cass and ballet is about so much more than her 'communicating' via dance, and the role women and stories play in her love for ballet should be acknowledged more.

[abraxo-official]

*shoves this at you*