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“I am this ocean’s only god. I do not care for your verbal prayers. If you want my attention, all you need do is scream.” is a quote from the same game where THIS is the main character

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surprised they didnt let him say this

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so i unlocked heavy weapons. this game is so funny

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Elizabeth is darkness, I am light.

ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE (2007)

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CATE BLANCHETT and JOSEPH FIENNES as ELIZABETH TUDOR and ROBERT DUDLEY in ELIZABETH (1998) dir. SHEKHAR KAPUR

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Elizabeth (1998) dir.: Shekhar Kapur

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If there is no uniformity of religious belief here, then there can only be fragmentation, dispute and quarrel. Surely, my lords, it is better to have a single church of England. A single church of England! With a common prayer book, and a.. common purpose

ELIZABETH 

(1998)

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I have to say its becoming quite vivid, quite quickly, which is very nice!

Also colour theory is once again bullshit, the dark sections look blue on my screen but I am actually painting in dark grey, but there is so much yellow in it, that yeah sure of course it looks like that???

Anyway this is being very stressful because I have so many layers because I want to preserve my process as best I can but I usually merge constantly when something comes out right and AHHHH dont like looking at my layer profile right now.

(and inb4: yes I know the anatomy is off right now, I will fix soon, but mid way through paintings always looks garbage)

So in an act of self-delusion, I am trying to see if I can achieve a digital version of Sfumato, the technique Da Vinci pioneered which involves layering washes of paint and soft and light shadows repeatedly to achieve the softly blurred effect you see in pieces like the Mona Lisa (which is considered the peak use of it). Granted he carried that thing around for 15 years to do it, so we will see how we go in my one day of painting.

WISH ME LUCK. May my (Italian) Ancestors guide me!!!!

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So in an act of self-delusion, I am trying to see if I can achieve a digital version of Sfumato, the technique Da Vinci pioneered which involves layering washes of paint and soft and light shadows repeatedly to achieve the softly blurred effect you see in pieces like the Mona Lisa (which is considered the peak use of it). Granted he carried that thing around for 15 years to do it, so we will see how we go in my one day of painting.

WISH ME LUCK. May my (Italian) Ancestors guide me!!!!

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it really frustrates me to think about how people are inevitably going to take Remmick’s one (1) singular statement about how much he resents the way the Irish were colonized and forcibly converted to Christianity and use it as fuel for “actually he had a point” and “he was right actually” and “he’s not really the villain here” posts, when the whole point is that Remmick is, through the vampiric hive mind he’s creating, forcibly assimilating people into yet another manipulative and parasitical system. he doesn't value the cultures of the people he assimilates—notice how all the vampires he turns dance to his culture's music using his culture's dances, and how he only uses the languages or knowledge other vampires have to offer when he needs to manipulate someone. Remmick is extremely transparent about the way he sees the people he turns as resources to exploit.

he’s perpetuating a cycle that he claims to hate and resent, and I think the movie is pretty damn clear about the fact that he doesn’t see anybody as valuable or useful to him except as prey and as pawns—otherwise he would just, you know, focus solely on people who actually consent to being turned. but he looked sad in that one scene and he’s an apparently attractive white cis man so people are gonna bend over backwards justifying all the harm he did.

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Jayme Lawson as Pearline Sinners (2025) dir. Ryan Coogler

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SINNERS 2025, dir. Ryan Coogler

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"There are legends of people born with the gift of making music so true, it can pierce the veil between life and death. Conjuring spirits from the past and the future." SINNERS (2025) dir. Ryan Coogler

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Blue Moonlight on Red. 15+ hours. Clip Studio Paint.

Study from reference, fighting against colour theory. First piece on new computer!

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Diljit Dosanjh is wearing aPrabal Gurung sherwani at the Met Gala 2025

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Succession

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1.

"This is how you become a crow." "You take its hide for your own," "and bury its soul in your heart."

2.

Eileen's predecessor was a kind man. A rare friendly face to an outsider new to Yharnam.

3.

"This is a sky burial." "We become crows, so that their souls may rest in the dream."

"How does one become a crow?"

4.

5.

"This is how you become a crow." "You take its hide for your own," "and bury its soul in your heart."

6.

Lately, though, Eileen likens herself to the carrion crows.

7.

Far too burdened by the past to take flight. Her glory days are long gone now.

From an outsider, to an outsider.

8.

Any day now.

9.

"This is how you become a crow."

10.

"You take its hide for your own," "and bury its soul in your heart."