#victorian circus

[kastsol]

WELCOME TO THE CIRCUS 🎪

[circslai]

[tadc-harlequin-au]

Fun fact! This was my very first attempt at making a Harlequin Pomni design! I'm still kinda proud of it, but not so much on how long it took me to do it lmfao

[spitinsideme]

demon ragatha trying to seduce nun pomni (the first tine ever esrly on in their relationship)

[dontmixpaintinyourcoffee]

I really love the Lodgers, their designs are so varied and fun. I'm planning on drawing the rest of them as well, they're really good as a warm-up. Cantilupe is probably my favorite here, out of everyone we see she gives me the biggest Classic Mad Scientist vibe (barring Frankenstein and Hyde I think)

Misc thoughts under the cut because I love this comic

I love thinking about what the Lodgers are doing while all the primary plot is happening. Like, Jasper would probably hang out with Lavender and Cantilupe a lot for work stuff since they're cryptozoologists as well. Which is a delightful image to me, because he is an extremely mild-mannered werewolf kid hanging out with two very nice women who have the most deranged job in the world. Lavender is very sweet and all, but I don't believe for a second that you become the caretaker of Cthulus and Leviathans without being a little bit terrifying yourself. If not in personality certainly in skill.

Drawing so many of these guys in a row really made me appreciate some of the subtler design features of the whole cast. Like, almost all of the lodgers I've seen have some sort of protective eyewear on their person. The only one here who doesn't is Helsby, but he wouldn't need them, all of his research would be conducted through other types of equipment that you can't exactly carry around (like the diving suit we see him in just before the exhibition!) All the scientists that work with chemicals or other dangerous substances have rubber or leather gloves. Then, when I was looking at the icon of Arythusa's blog, I realized that we haven't seen Jekyll wear those goggles in the comic. Which makes perfect sense. During the events of the story Jekyll is so preoccupied with the social navigation of keeping the Society running that he doesn't have time to do his own experiments. The only times we see him actively brewing something are spur of the moment, like the cough suppressant, or when he's incredibly sleep deprived like in the flashbacks. That missing element from his design also visually aligns him with Lanyon more than any of the lodgers, which is very neat to me. I don't even know if all of this was on purpose, but it's cool regardless.

[commanderbuffy]

Done with the Compass

A Tanthamore fic by pirateygoodness (@swashbucklery) and rochke11 (@commanderbuffy)

coming this fall….

[timecapsuleprintscie]

The Trapeze Aerialist Vintage Circus Wall Art, Circus Retro Cabinet Card, Freakshow, Sideshow Print, Oddities & Curiosities, Carnival Poster

Madame Zoya, a vision of grace and daring, is the embodiment of elegance in motion. Suspended high above the crowd, she performs breathtaking aerial feats that seem to defy the very laws of gravity. Her performance, a mesmerizing blend of beauty and bravery, leaves the audience spellbound as she hovers between earth and space.

[nyxofdemons]

stolas in his formal attire but with his cape down appreciation post

[stripedmarionette]

i’m malice, 22, non-binary (he/him). living between the worlds of victorian gothic, dollete elegance, and twee imagination. i have a passion for spirals, stripes, and all things circus. horror gaming is my escape — alice: madness returns, the path, alisa, and many more inspire me.

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[ghw-archive]

Mantle, Early 1870s,

[roansragdolls]

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[circslai]

[tadc-harlequin-au]

Can we get some art of the city itself?

If not art can get a bit of description? I know you said it was heavily based off of lies of P and other souls like but I’m kinda curious what the city itself looks like.

If you're looking for City art, I'm afraid there's not much I can give you, since my main focus right now are the characters. I also did not say that Lies of P heavily inspired this AU, I said that it was used as a base inspiration. Aside from that, the AU takes A LOT of creative liberty.

Main street test - concept sketch

The city's look itself is going to be fantasy-esque victorian, taking inspiration from various medias such as The City of Metronome, Little Nightmares 2, We Happy Few, Shadow of the Colossus, Bioshock: Infinite, Dark Deception's Deadly Decadence level, and more. This sketch is a test run of how I want the city to be themed.

Caine's mansion - concept art

This is also an unfinished beta sketch of the mansion that the rest of the gang stays in, Obviously a modified version of the Circus tent from OG TADC. (Z is there for size comparison lmfao, I still need to extend it)

And of course, not only will the City be a former busy, and bustling location (almost china-town like in terms of just how crowded it used to be), it's also going to be filled with dead Puppets.

"Guiding Figure" - concept art

Lots, and LOTS. Of Dead Puppets.

"Puppet Graveyard" - concept art

[usakofashion]

Sailor Moon Episode 156 - Don’t Lose Your Dreams! The Truth-Reflecting Mirror

[dontmixpaintinyourcoffee]

I came in making some REAL confident statements about the Lodger designs and these guys are just proving me so wrong lmao. I still love them though

I still stand by some of my points about the goggles and gloves? In that it makes the Lodgers uniquely science-y. I also still think that the various states of protective wear tells you something about how each of the Lodgers works. But I don't think it's as important as I had previously thought. Still, in the interest of overanalyzing for fun and because this is just how my brain works, on with the show! I have to remind myself that I'm doing this for fun and because I love this comic and art, not because I'm any sort of expert in design philosophy. Which to be clear, I am extremely not. I'm just a massive nerd. I'm overthinking this

Having gotten farther into the cast, I'm noticing three rough categories that you can put the Lodgers into:

Goggles/Gloves. At least partially geared up for their work.

Aprons! They maybe don't have any specialized equipment on them at the moment, but they do have some coverage.

None of the above! Helsby, Bryson, Flowers, and Luckett apply here. Helsby and Bryson make sense, their work doesn't happen within the Society itself, so they don't need to have any of their gear on them, if it's attached to their person at all. Bryson also has the consideration of being a parody of a pre-existing person, and you don't really want to change up the iconic look too much at risk of losing the joke. Luckett is kind of the same way I think, in that he's a homeopathic scientist. Literally the point is to use as little as possible. Though he should probably invest in some fireproof duds. Not entirely sure about an in-universe reason for Flowers, I think just putting in more detail would've made her feel overstuffed and busy. Sometimes you just gotta go with what looks best on the page!

I keep giving the female Lodgers really fun dynamic poses and then remembering that I have to cover it with their massive skirts lmao

I don't think Luckett is as irresponsible as him flicking fire into who-knows-where implies but I thought the pose was cute, alright? Also the thumbs up is definitely in response to someone asking what he was doing. He did not hear the question, his ears are still ringing. This will continue for at least the next 15 minutes.

Between the umbrella and the rosy cheeks and the candy I feel like Doddle is what would happen if Mary Poppins took over for Willy Wonka. Step 1 is implementing a billion child safety measures and making this madhouse OSHA compliant. But like, in a fun way

[commanderbuffy]

happy circus week!

Surprise, every week is circus week for the next 7 weeks. (it's been circus week every week since january 2024 for us)

FIRST SURPRISE: Since we shifted our posting schedule a bit, @swashbucklery and I would like to share the new schedule alongside a reveal of the chapter titles through the whole fic.

SECOND SURPRISE: A sneak peek at the emoji calendar for the first week of July 1891 aka chapter 4 (coming this thursday). get ready for 🕊️, 🌕, ⚾, 🇺🇸, 😘, 🦇, and 🩱. OH...also....the color mauve.