#assistant andy art

[nodonmai]

[notearsnora]

Wicked set plans and photos with concept art via @setcircle on Instagram. Post caption:

Featuring the wonderful land of Oz by production designer Nathan Crowley and his team, along with some of the sets from the film's first half (Part 2 of this post coming tomorrow).

There's so much visual eye candy and good old-fashioned practical sets (our favorite) in every frame of this film, from the nine million real tulips planted in Norfolk for Munchkinland to the massive backlot constructions of Shiz University, with an elevation of 55 feet, for example!

Production Designer - Nathan Crowley

Supervising Art Director - Ben Collins

Senior Art Directors - Rod Mclean, Gavin Fitch Art Directors - Jenne Lee, Roxi Alexandru, Luke Sanders, Chris Peters, Sarah Ginn, Quinn Robinson, Jo Finkel, Hugh Mcclelland, Rhys Ifan, Gordan Champ, Peter James

Assistant Art Directors - Michael Pybus, Julia Tonetti, Sonia Kasparian, Trin Valvas, Claire Peerless, Greig Cockburn, Will Smith, Andy Young, Teri Fairhurst

Set Designers - Jack Leather, Tessa Flanagan, Jason Houssein, Alice La Trobe, Emma Savill, Jordan Muir, Charlotte Anthony, Grace Taylor, Shalina Bhamra, Melissa Wood, Emily Beswarick, Harry Taylor, Holly Cleaver, Angelica Sacrepaye, Imogen Dhesi, Nina Carroll, Martin Nice, Cayti Crozier, Noela Salvatierra

[adventure-time-news]

The Adventure Time 15th anniversary exhibition opened yesterday at Gallery Nucleus in Alhambra, California. From today all of the artwork is available to view online as well! It will run until 15 June 2025.

Dozens of artists from across Adventure Time and Fionna & Cake's production history have participated in the exhibition. All of the art is for sale if you're interested in picking up a piece of that history. I'll be sharing more of these pieces here on the blog as they get shared to social media.

A full list of participating artists is below the cut.

Oliver Akuin, animatic timer.

Benjamin Anders, character designer.

Chad Bennett, storyboard artist.

Michael Camacho, background artist.

Alex Campos, cleanup artist.

Elizabeth Castillo, production assistant.

Ako Castuera, storyboard artist.

Young-Ji Cha, background artist.

Chun Chen, background artist.

Iggy Craig, storyboard artist.

Mira Lark Crowell, background artist.

Danny Ducker, storyboard artist.

Ashley Eriksson, songwriter.

Efrain Farias, background artist.

Jackie Files, storyboard artist.

Ala Flora, background artist.

Matthew Forsythe, character designer.

Joseph "Chogrin" Game, cleanup artist.

Ridge Hirano, storyboard artist.

Shelby Jackson.

Amber Blade Jones, storyboard artist. (though I can't see their piece on the website)

Marissa Kao, prop artist.

Nooree Kim, character designer.

Lucyola Langi, storyboard artist.

Doyung Lee, storyboard artist.

Jackie Lee, storyboard artist.

Nichols Maniquis, background artist.

Lynn Martinez, production assistant.

Patrick McHale, creative director.

Cynthia McIntosh, color artist.

Kris Mukai, storyboard artist.

Lyle Partridge, storyboard artist.

Jack Pendarvis, writer.

Maya Petersen, storyboard artist.

Jarrod Prince, background artist.

Carolyn Ramirez, background/color artist.

Monty Ray, storyboard artist?

Christina Raygoza, background artist.

Guinevere Reilly, character designer.

Andy Ristaino, storyboard artist.

Nicole Rodriguez, storyboard artist.

Aleth Romanillos, storyboard artist.

Dorian Scar, storyboard artist.

Ryann Shannon, supervising director.

David C. Smith, storyboard artist.

Julia Srednicki, storyboard artist.

Rebecca Sugar, storyboard artist/songwriter.

Sonja von Marensdorff, storyboard artist.

Pendleton Ward, creator and showrunner.

Sarah Webb, background artist.

Michelle Xin, character designer.

Sophie Yanow, storyboard artist.

Jenny Yu, background artist.

Louis Zong, guest animator.

[andypantsx3]

andie's wips for gaza — ˖˚˳⊹

hi all! i'm not sure if this is something anyone would be interested in but i'm giving it a shot. i have a little capacity to contribute to fics for gaza's option to sponsor a wip. below are a couple of my wips i think i can realistically deliver all or most of before end of year, divided into current wips + a few smutty one shots i hope you might be interested in. if any more of my time clears up i can add more & let y'all know!!

i'm setting the threshold at the standard rate of $1 donation per 100 words, any extra would be sooo incredibly appreciated but obviously not at all required! notes on how this will all work below my wips.

update 5/29 — ˖˚˳⊹

All of my WIPs have been fully funded! I am so deeply grateful to everyone who donated and/or helped spread the word. I promise to work hard and write fics that live up to just how much this means to me. If you still have capacity to donate, I encourage you to check out the other authors participating and help fund their WIPs too. Thank you so much; your generosity means the entire world to me.

current wips — ˖˚˳⊹

something in the water : todoroki shouto x reader

As a future marine biologist, you’ve scored big on your final internship: a summer in the tropics, researching the waters off the coast of a lush, sunny island. But what you thought would be all beach days and piña coladas turns out to be the revelation of a lifetime when you haul in a handsome merprince, and discover not everything in these waters is quite as it seems. — estimated remaining wc: 3 chapters @ 3k each (9,000 total words) — donated wc: 9,000/9,000 words fully sponsored! — progress tracker: 3,800/9,000 words

ready or knot : todoroki shouto x reader

Todoroki Shouto is so unsettlingly beautiful, you’re certain he has to be an omega. That is, until a chance encounter with a pushy alpha reveals you were incredibly mistaken—and the surprises don’t stop there. Shouto's suddenly mystifying behavior adds another layer of complexity to an already confusing inter-agency investigation. It would be so much easier to figure things out—and suppress your growing feelings—if only Shouto would stop being so strangely attentive to you... — estimated remaining wc: 5 chapters @ 2.5k each (12,500 words) — donated wc: 12,600/12,500 words fully sponsored! — progress tracker: 200/12,500 words

new wips (smutty one shots) — ˖˚˳⊹

by the book : midoriya izuku x reader

When your pro hero boyfriend comes home to find you studying, he suddenly takes a great interest in helping out. You find his methods... questionable. contents: nsft, hysterical literature (reading out loud while sexually stimulated), pro hero deku, slight intelligence kink, gn + afab reader, cunnilingus, established relationship, fluff — estimated wc: 2,500 words — donated wc: 2,500/2,500 words fully sponsored! — progress tracker: 3,000/2,500 words completed!

loads of fun : todoroki shouto x reader

After moving into your first apartment together, Shouto seems more amorous than ever. You're not sure why—but when he catches you doing a load of laundry, more than your clothes are about to get tumbled. contents: nsft, pro hero au, domesticity kink, gn + afab reader established relationship, fluff, emotional sex — estimated wc: 2,500 words — donated wc: 2,500/2,500 words fully sponsored! — progress tracker: 2,800/2,500 words completed!

filling in : bakugou katsuki x reader

A production assistant for an erotic arts studio, you think you've seen every ridiculous plot line under the sun. But not even porn tropes can compare to the absurd reality you find yourself in when the on-screen talent goes missing, and you're asked to fill in opposite the studio's number one star Bakugou Katsuki. contents: thee classic oh-no-the-porn-talent-has-gone-missing-let's-sub-a-rando-in trope, no quirks au, pornstar bakugou, soft dom bakugou, gn + afab reader, unrequited-requited crush — estimated wc: 3,000 words — donated wc: 3,000/3,000 words fully sponsored! — progress tracker: 8,200/3,000 words completed!

notes — ˖˚˳⊹

rate: $1 (USD) donation per 100 words, any extra would be sooo incredibly appreciated but obviously not at all required!

how it works (you): send me an ask with the wip you're donating towards and a screenshot of your donation to any fund from this list, a charity of your choice (please make sure it's verified), or my preferred one here! please do not send the same screenshot to multiple authors, and please make sure any personal information is scrubbed from your screenshot as i will be supplying @ficsforgaza with the proof of your donation!! i will aim to update the donated wc section of each wip in this post so there's not overlap in what people are donating for.

how it works (me): i will log my progress below each wip (the progress tracker section of each) & will commit to updating that count weekly. i will work in the rough order of donations received, by adding that number of words to each wip. this also means that for $5 i could add 500 words but not publish until the chapter or oneshot is completed, so please be aware of that!! my goal is to at least publish every single word people have donated for by end of year, but obviously things can happen & i will provide updates if anything gets in the way of that!

if you have any further questions please let me know!! i've never done something like this and it's very probable i've left something unclear lol.

lastly i'd like to thank you in advance for helping out if you can, but no worries if not! i also know times are tough and money is tight, and i'd encourage you to check out the other writers on @ficsforgaza's list of participants when published to see if you'd rather spend your money on one of their wips (or their custom requests!) before selecting mine!! the money goes towards a good cause either way.

[shrimpcolour]

ill show yall their cutie little art i guess😁

not to Be Like That but the preschool i work at hosted an art show and ive been working real hard to make everything look nice and literally none of my parents came

[kimmipettie]

9/5/24 - A recent Christeen Classic

11/22/23- 2339 - After years of petticoating and growing up as a girl, along with graduating from Mademoiselle, Chris has mastered the art of dolling up as a Miss. Of course, it did take our now pretty girl some time to adjust to her now gorgeous breasts.

Debuted 11/17/23 on Andy Latex. Thanks Andy and Christeen. Visit Andy at SMOOTHSLICKNSHINY.BLOGSPOT.COM

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Aunt Julia remains enthralled spending time with Chris as a pretty Miss. It's so much fun to assist in her transformation into a lovely young lady.

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[offender42085]

Post 1447

Harpreet Singh, Arizona inmate 376868, born 1992, incarceration intake July 2025 at age 33, scheduled for release August 2028

Theft

In July 2025, a man caught midway through a burglary at a Scottsdale Arizona art gallery was sentenced to five years in prison with a following probation period upon his release.

The Judge acknowledged that the defendant, Harpreet Singh, had been struggling with mental health issues and drug addiction at the time of the attempted burglary. 

Singh was also given time served for the roughly 400 days that he had already been in the Maricopa County jail in pre-trial custody. He was charged with one count of theft.

In January 2024, Scottsdale police officers responded to a report of an in-progress burglary at the high-end American Fine Art Gallery, near the intersection of Main Street and Scottsdale Road. An employee at the gallery reported hearing someone inside and had "self-extracted" from inside, police said.

The responding officers set a perimeter, called in the K9 unit and the police air surveillance unit and established an "overwatch position." The officers later located Singh on the roof, police said.

With the assistance of a patrol drone, Singh was taken into custody without incident by a patrol officer and a K9 unit (police dog), police said.

The gallery's director told local media that an employee arrived at the gallery first after the alarm was tripped. In total, 7 pieces were taken from throughout the gallery. 

Court records show that the seven pieces of art removed from the gallery were collectively valued at $250,000. Some of the pieces were reportedly by famous artists like Pablo Picasso and Andy Warhol. 

Police needed to call in assistance from the local fire department to safely move the hand-cuffed Singh off the room to the street level.

Singh has previously been convicted of burglary and theft offenses, court records show.

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[twopoppies]

On a recent London outing, Styles dressed down in black Under Armour shorts, tortoiseshell Jacques Marie Mage aviators, worn-in Adidas Sambas, and a JW Anderson crossbody bag that Vogue suggested could be a token of interpersonal goodwill, given Russell’s ambassadorship at Anderson’s Loewe. Interestingly, the musician also wore a maroon crewneck printed with the small serif-font logo of Cadogan Tate, a London fine art logistics firm that specializes in transporting valuable objects.

Eagle-eyed Styles fans quickly surmised that the sweatshirt, which is not publicly available for purchase, must be part of the firm’s staff kit. And while an art-handling company like Cadogan would typically assist dealers and auction houses, it seems Styles may too have had some valuables that needed moving.

In an email to GQ, a Cadogan Tate representative confirmed the musician’s maroon sweatshirt “is part of our team-member uniform program. Mr. Styles acquired the garment after a recent project that our team completed with him.”

The rep declined to comment further on the specifics of the project.

Harry Styles is a big art guy. He posed for David Hockney. He gallery hops. He’s been collecting since he was in his early 20s, when his personal holdings reportedly included a small museum’s worth of taxidermy, gun sculptures, and paintings such as an Andy Warhol–style print of Kate Moss. According to UK tabloid the Daily Star, he once tried to commission the covert British street artists Bambi and Banksy to paint frescoes in his home, but was thwarted by the fact that going to a famous singer’s house would have revealed their identities.

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Given that Harry moved at least some of his belongs out of Erskine last year prior to the renovation that happened there, perhaps it was the art from that house that they helped him with. But, who knows? I’m here for art collector Harry wearing random merch, though.

[femalechibiblogger]

More Underrated Indie Horror Games

1. Andy's Apple Farm

Andy's Apple Farm is a 2021 indie horror game developed by M36games. The game was first released on Itch.io and Game Jolt on August 22, 2021, and was later released on Steam on November 26, 2021.

The story revolves around the player Beta-testing an 80's retro game created by Thomas Eastwood called Andy's Apple Farm and discovering the hidden truth in the seemingly innocent game. You play as the titular protagonist, Andy the Apple, who in Chapter 1, had his keys stolen by his friends, and he must complete minigames and earn Bonus Stickers to get them back. As the player progresses the game, they uncover dark secrets about the creator's family and a strange dark Entity that stalked them.

2. Bonnie's Bakery

Bonnie's Bakery is a horror and cooking game created in 2022. It is being made by a group of 7 under the name Melty Clown Studio, under the publisher aislebsoupid on itch.io.

"A game where you serve customers delicious food as Bonnie! Yes, that's all it is! A game where you serve customers delicious food...

Nothing else."

3. Shipwrecked 64

Broadside Beach: SHIPWRECKED 64, known as SHIPWRECKED 64 in-universe, is the third of a three part mockumentary series dedicated to Broadside Animation, uploaded by Squeaks D'corgeh. Previously, the game had a legacy release before its official release on January 1st, 2024. 

Bucky and his gang are in danger and they need your help!!With this brand new 3D platformer, Bucky and his friends are going to be taken on a wild ride through an island they had crashed upon. Help out your pals and get the ship back up and running so you can go home once again!

4. The Bunny Graveyard

The Bunny Graveyard is an episodic horror adventure about a bunny who seeks to find the horrifying truth behind her existence. Immerse yourself in a world of pixel art inspired by GBA and NDS graphics, while unraveling an enthralling story that keeps you hooked!

Begin your journey as... a cursor? Your job is to find Skye, the bunny! But there seems to be some kind of strange entity inside the computer that doesn't want you to leave... can you complete your task and survive?

5. Happy's Humble Burger Farm

Happy's Humble Burger Farm is a restaurant simulation horror game series developed by Scythe Dev Team and published by TinyBuild.

As the series sets in the urban city, the player takes the job as the employee of the fast-food restaurant Happy's Humble Burger Farm where they must do their absolute best to satisfy the customers by serving their correct orders as swift as possible, while surviving from nightmare-fueled versions of the restaurant's beloved mascots.

Congrats, you're hired! Serve customers and maintain the Happy's Humble Burger Farm restaurant alone on the overnight. But be careful; things fall apart if you mess up! After work, head home and keep your eyes open for a way to escape the Barnyard Buds and their fast food fever-dream.

6. Garten of BanBan

Garten of Banban is a game made by the Euphoric Brothers. It is part of the controversial t mascot horror genre and is the Euphoric Brothers' 8th game. Upon release the game was met with a very ftff reception from gamers and critics alike, It received a lot of popularity on the internet as well as a lot of criticism and hate.

Enter Banban's Kindergarten, and you're sure to make some friends. Explore the mysterious establishment and don't lose your life and sanity. Uncover the horrifying truth behind the place, but be careful, as you are far from alone…

7. The Mortuary Assistant

The Mortuary Assistant is a 2022 horror game developed by DarkStone Digital and published by DreadXP. Set in 1998 in a small town in Connecticut, players control a newly hired assistant at a haunted mortuary.

Alone with the dead... Embalm corpses, banish demons, save your soul.

[mirandyficlists]

Hi! I'm looking for a fic I read some time ago and can't find now.

The premise goes something like this: Miranda has to travel somewhere for work, Andy is still her assistant and works with her from home. They videocall, and Miranda (without Andy's knowledge at first) ends up witnessing a fight between Andy and Nate, and also Andy having sexy times with herself lol.

Thanks in advance!! Long-time lurker first time asking 😅

Hello Lurkus Nonnie. :)

I believe the fic you're looking for is the art of seeing by ubiquitousmixie. It's still up on AO3 Let me know if this isn't the right fic. Happy reading.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/731106

[notearsnora]

Emerald City Set plans, photos and concept art via @setcircle on Instagram. Full post caption:

Did you know the Emerald City Express weighed 58 tons? (That's about 127,868 pounds.)

Production Designer - Nathan Crowley

Supervising Art Director - Ben Collins

Senior Art Directors - Rod Mclean, Gavin Fitch Art Directors - Jenne Lee, Roxi Alexandru, Luke Sanders, Chris Peters, Sarah Ginn, Quinn Robinson, Jo Finkel, Hugh Mcclelland, Rhys Ifan, Gordan Champ, Peter James

Assistant Art Directors - Michael Pybus, Julia Tonetti, Sonia Kasparian, Triin Valvas, Claire Peerless, Greig Cockburn, Will Smith, Andy Young, Teri Fairhurst

Set Designers - Jack Leather, Tessa Flanagan, Jason Houssein, Alice La Trobe, Emma Savill, Jordan Muir, Charlotte Anthony, Grace Taylor, Shalina Bhamra, Melissa Wood, Emily Beswarick, Harry Taylor, Holly Cleaver, Angelica Sacrepaye, Imogen Dhesi, Nina Carroll, Martin Nice, Cayti Crozier, Noela Salvatierra

Model Makers - Jack Cave, Conrad Aryling, Colin Armitage, Emily Bates, Jacob Riley, Duncan Mude, Andy Fordham, Claudia Dance-Wells, Andy Baker, Roy Bell, Sidorela Shabi

Storyboard Artists - Giles Asbury, Tracey Wilson, John Coleburn, Kurt Van Der Basch, David Allcock

Concept Artists - Gerard Dunleavy, Vilius Petrauskas, Adam Leary, Oliver Beck, Saiful Haque

Concept Illustrator - Phillis Lehmer

Graphic Designers - Dan Burke, Anthony Noble, Esmeralda Power, Annabel Gibb

Assistant Graphic Designers - Aoife Reed, Laurine Cornuejols

(Of course, there are too many wonderful art department crew members to include in the list above. Please visit IMDB - Wicked (2024) - Full Cast and Crew!)

[miss-conner3]

Excuse me miss.

May I ask, What did Ando thoughts were about their relation with Andy?

Cause, come on! They even slept together, something had to be there.

Anyways, the comic was so cute (Most of it, cause the last part just increased my wishes of seeing that sheep served as lambchops) and I love Andy even more now, that dog deserves something better.

Love ur art, drink water.

I'm glad to know that, I've been working on that comic for weeks and I'm happy that a lot of people liked it (>u<)

And of course, I love questions (ouo)

Let's see...

According to Ando, Andy was his spouse.

Andy proposed marriage and he accepted. They celebrated the wedding. He fulfilled.

But on the other hand, Andy was, at best, a friend. A friendly face that managed to console him from his long and tedious crusades. A reliable companion to whom he could delegate difficult tasks such as gathering supplies or pleasantly integrating new followers.

Andy was a good support and a good listener. Loyal and obedient.

Andy was a good follower.

That's why Ando couldn't reject him.

Ando began the cult with a small mare and the intermittent assistance of Ratau. Thanks to him he learned to work in the large territory that the odious deity deigned to give him, but he was given nothing more than that.

With most of the Red Crown's power blocked and a mouth to feed, Ando was forced to go out, facing the hateful death that seemed to lurk around every corner. Bringing barely enough so that his only follower could survive.

Each journey was accompanied by the constant threat of low faith, disloyalty, and dissatisfaction with the few comforts Ando could barely provide.

Like a bed of leaves under the night sky and a kitchen whose only function paled in the absence of food.

The temple had barely begun its construction.

Ando needed help and support, but at the same time, he could not afford to bring more people.

The disappointment of the previous bearer made him know that he could not count on him either, beyond occasional help and some practical advice.

And Ando couldn't blame him. No.

If he had had the option... he too...

Anyway.

His cult was not in a position to accept more people.

At least, for a while.

His second follower was the first boss of the Chaos Bishop; things calmed down a bit, and Ando achieved enough stability within the cult to consider bringing in a new follower.

And he found Andy.

He saved him from being sacrificed by heretics, took him by the hand, and told him that everything would be okay. And Andy believed him, despite his tired look and his multiple wounds, and agreed to be sent to the cult.

He disappeared behind the teleportation portal, and when Ando returned, Andy was the first to greet him. With praise and happiness.

It was the best thing he had brought to the cult after all Ando had been dealing with.

Andy was a comfort.

But if Ando is honest, if he had the option to do things differently, he would have done so.

Because, despite his actions, Ando never intended to hurt Andy. Or anyone.

Except, of course… Narinder.

This doesn't justify it, but I hope I've given some context to your question (ouo)

There's a lot more I want to say about this, but I'll leave it at that for now.

¡Thanks for asking!

[elwenyere]

More Like Misery (The Old Guard: Booker/Andy, past Andy/Quynh, pre Booker/Andy/Quynh)

Word Count: 1.4k

Rating: M

Tags: Canon-Typical Temporary Deaths, Post-Canon, Torture, Exile, Sex, Drowning, The Mortifying Ordeal of Being Known Biblically

Author’s Note: I recently rewatched The Old Guard and was left yearning for the sequel and for this flavor in particular. Thank you to @paulmezcal for the French assist, thank you to everyone who's made gorgeous art and fic and gif sets for this fandom, and thanks to everyone who takes the time to read.

.....

Around the seventy-third time Booker drowns, he has a vision of Ajaccio - a hallucination, probably, or a memory oversaturated by hypoxia. 

He sees the sand-graded hues of the water: turquoise, cerulean, lapis, all pebbled with sunlit crescents in the breeze. For the moments between gasping and dying, he’s there. Not the first time, in 1811 - that last warm stretch before Russia - and not the uprising in 1943, but the June week in 1996, when he’d lured Andy to Corsica with a story about the French prefect and then worn down her annoyance with fresh strawberries and a third edition Les Fleurs du Mal and sex on the thick woven rug of an ocean-view apartment. 

“Asshole,” Andy had said, when Booker rolled over to press his lips to her palm and nibble at the tendons of her wrist. “You told me there was trouble.”

“Il y a toujours quelqu'un qui va foutre la merde,” Booker had replied. “Just give it time.”

Two years later, the French prefect had been assassinated on his way to a concert.

Twelve years after that, Booker comes back to himself as his kneecaps hit the deck of Quynh’s yacht.

Read the rest on AO3

[navybrat817]

I'm sorry, Navy! What do the readers do that are paired with the silly toys?

Hi, nonnie! Do you mean their jobs? I believe I touched on these, but I realize there are lots of posts to go through. Here's a breakdown of each reader's profession:

Bucky with a mechanic

Steve with an interior designer (has been an art model)

Nick with a self-defense instructor

Ari with a thief

Hal with an artisan

Curtis with a florist

Scott with an assistant

Andy with a philanthropist

Jefferson with a tea shop and cakery owner

Ransom with a publisher

Raymond with a photographer

Jake with a teacher

I don't even know where to start with nicknames and may cry a little.

Love and thanks! ❤️

[santoschristos]

Rehael - 3 Swords Shem Angel 39 Rehael is the Shem HaMemphorash whose name sounds like Reh-Heh-Ah. The name means God Who Forgives, Quickly Forgiving God or God Who Receives Sinners. The corresponding Angelic Choir is Powers, under the rulership of Archangel Camael aka Chamuel. Rehael is the Angel of Healing and Submission. He helps us turn negative energy into positive and transmutes any wonky power dynamics, especially in relationships between children and fathers. The crystal to invoke this Angel is rose quartz. Rehael rules the time between 12:40 and 13:00 but you can invoke him whenever you need his assistance. He primarily rules the dates 4-8 October, corresponding with the 3 of Swords covering the first five days of the second decan of Libra. Yeiazel is the angel corresponding with the final five days of the second decan of Libra. Secondary rulership for Reahel covers 15 February, 29 April, 9 July, 26 September, and 7 December. Rehael and the 3 of Swords Reh-Heh-Ah Mantra

The Protector art by Andi Soto

[kiki-de-la-petite-flaque]

Andy Warhol at Gristede’s on 2nd Avenue in NYC, taken by Bob Adelman for Esquire, 1964.

“When I photographed Andy for Esquire, I’d only been making a living as a professional photographer for a year or two. I took him into Gristede’s on 47th & 2nd Avenue, this tiny bodega around the corner from the silver studio, his first Factory. It was not a large supermarket. It was poorly lit with fluorescent lights. I asked Andy to fill up the cart with his things. He walked around [picking up Campbell’s soup cans and Brillo boxes| saying, ‘Beautiful... beautiful!’ in this grim place. I guess he was putting me on.

As a journalist, I’d wander over to The Factory and hang out there. It was the Sixties and people were off the charts. I went to parties with Andy. I have like 50-60 rolls of him, mostly candids. Andy’s first studio was a big loft, a big workplace with silver foil on the walls to give it the allure of glamour. I photographed Andy and Gerard, his assistant, in the silver bathroom. I don’t think there was anything going on [between them]; Gerard was heterosexual.

I first met Andy in the Sixties at Leo Castelli’s townhouse apartment on Madison & 78th, when Leo was selling art on the first floor. I lived on 72nd. Leo had openings on Saturday afternoons and all sorts of people would turn up, especially his artists. I saw Andy’s importance immediately, but I never found him someone who magnetized me. He seemed like a very strange human being.”

— Bob Adelman via “Warhol: Dylan to Duchamp.”