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"IF YOU ARE LOST, ANY PATH MAY LOOK LIKE THE RIGHT ONE. BEWARE"

Accidenttly redesigned an old OC

Ironic, considering on which character they are based on.

Twitter and No Effects versions

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Early concept art for the Death Star…

From a 15th-century catalogue of designs for a variety of fantastic and often impossible inventions. More here: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/the-dreams-of-an-inventor-in-1420 #MayThe4thBeWithYou #MayThe4th

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Volcanic Eruption: Wild Horses

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The first person to discover a link between increased levels of CO2 and #globalwarming was a New Yorker named Eunice Newton Foote. Read her 1856 paper, and how she went unacknowledged for more than a century, here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/first-paper-to-link-co2-and-global-warming-by-eunice-foote-1856 #earthday #climatechange

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Total Eclipse of the Sun, 1882. Chromolithograph after a pastel drawing by astronomer, artist, and amateur entomologist Étienne Léopold Trouvelot, who died on this day in 1895.

More on his life and stunning astronomical art here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-trouvelot-astronomical-drawings-1882

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“As if an angel dropped down from the clouds”, William Blake’s 1809 illustration to Henry IV by a certain William Shakespeare whose birthday is celebrated #onthisday in 1564 (also his death day in 1616).

See our collection of art inspired by his plays: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/shakespeare-in-art

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Operas Nihil (9-11) by Paulo Leodrákon

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Night Stories: Leah Dorion ~ Métis

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Ancient Roman mosaic floor at Villa Romana del Casale, Sicily, Italy, depicts mythical creatures and characters from Greek mythology.

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sometimes it's very easy to deceive.

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A few of the 28 spectacular “pattern poems” produced by the Frankish Benedictine monk Rabanus Maurus in his 9th-century work De laudibus sanctae crucis (In Praise of the Holy Cross). More examples, and an explanation of how they work, here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/medieval-pattern-poems-of-rabanus-maurus-9th-century

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Jaroslav Serpan (1922-1976) — Borcomiagtool [oil on canvas, 1963]

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Yvonne: Unknown Pleasures

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Bathhouse Blues by David Dubnitskiy

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The Outlaw: Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

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The Coy Mistress Series