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BARBENHEIMER (2023)

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It's my 7 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳

Wow... I can't believe it. I know I haven't posted a lot on tumblr on principle, but I do love to check up on the blogs I love, the fanfics I read, the fanart I admire, the meta posts I learn a lot from, and the aesthetics that give beauty to everything. Maybe at some point, I'll try to be more proactive on my own blog and actually increase my content.

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Heads Up 7 Up

Rules: Post 7 lines from a work of yours (I think).

Thanks for the tag, @darthnell! ♥️ I rarely post my writing, let alone my fanfics here compared to fanfiction.net, but here’s a taste of what I’m working on lately!

Squeee…

Wait, hold on-

Eek, eek, eek…

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Was it just him, or was that a squeaking noise?

Squeak, eek, eek, eek, squeak, eek, squeak, squeak, sque-kkkkkk?!?!

Those kinds of squeaks didn’t sound like something out of rusty metal, nails on a chalkboard, finicky wheels, or even a mouse. But the way the sound suddenly got cut off, the disruption reminded him of a car suddenly drifting on a road after being cut off by the brakes.

Tagging @americanpi and @water-writings

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I know it's not much and this is only part of a sketch than a whole drawing, but here's a sneak peek of drawing study I started on August 2020 last year, but didn't finish this section until yesterday at Christmas. For now, this particular drawing is a (slightly late) Christmas present for @prophetic-duck-drawings. It's my rebel OC from her current SYOT, Sons of Light: The 128th Hunger Games.

I think Celtic will know who this is, even if I only the tags as the only hints (for now). But I'm sure the other readers and submitters from Sons of Light will soon learn more about him, what his deal is, his role in the rebellion and war, and his own secrets that'll make shit hit the fan. I won't give out the full details yet until I'm done with the whole drawing study or something.

Sure, since it's pretty much barebones right now, but I think I did a pretty good job with what I drew so far.

Merry Christmas, Celtic. 💗🎄

The combat outfit is based on this: https://www.instagram.com/p/CSUyI3-r_0L/, https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ3Myn4DMKG/, and https://www.darkincloset.com/gothic-outfits/3666-black-gothic-punk-mask-outfit-set-for-women.html, while the detachable wings on his back and sides are based on this super beautiful dress from Linda Friesen, which I found from this tumblr post by @evermore-fashion: https://evermore-fashion.tumblr.com/post/631675913043673088/linda-friesen-the-dark-angel-the-angel-haute.

The mediums I used are pencil crayons, finerliner pens, black pen, white gel pen, silver pen, a brush pen, and white acrylic marker on stonehenge paper.

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I HAVE WAITED ALL YEAR TO POST THIS

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What the fuck is going on? What. The fuck. IS GOING ON?

Johnny Mnemonic (1995) dir. Robert Longo

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This is a Christmas gift for @crop-stomper / @prophetic-duck-drawings! This is one of her characters, Helen Bethel, one of the Victors/mentors in her many SYOTs! Helen is the Victor of the 120th Hunger Games, and she ends up dating the escort in my story, Anakyn Skyavich. Seriously though, she’s a fun, energetic, and very intriguing character to read and draw by herself, so she gets her own drawing!

Helen was first featured in Danzon: The 125th Hunger Games (yes, the same fanfic I did my escort drawing from: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12245444/1/Danzón-The-125th-Hunger-Games), but I’m showing her current appearance in Whims of Fate: The 127th Hunger Games (https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13034535/1/Whims-of-Fate-The-127th-Hunger-Games), wearing her Pre-Games Party outfit that I picked out for her in that story. It took me like... 2 months to do the drawing, I think (started in September and finished in October)? But I didn’t get to upload it here or in deviantArt until today, so that’s why it’s a Christmas present.

The mediums I used are pencil crayons, fineliners, a black pen, markers, a white pen for the lace (you can only see it close-up though because of the scanner), a blue pencil (sketch only; my cousin let me borrow it), and acrylic paint for the background.

This is what the 2-piece dress looks like! It’s from an Italian wedding dress designer brand called Maura Brandino. It consists of a white crop top with scalloped edges and a lace overlay, while the dusky pink skirt is made of tulle. You can also see the lace overlay in the crop top since it didn’t fully show up while the drawing was being scanned:

https://fialleril.tumblr.com/post/178935418666/andantegrazioso-pink-haze

https://www.instagram.com/p/BdKm3DWAsep/

https://www.instagram.com/p/BFR7isMLEYB/

https://www.instagram.com/p/B3b2njto7Ra/

And this is what the hairstyle actually looks like on the back, which has hair turned into flowers at the back (plus, you can do this on your own hair!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d77vjtnZEXc&t=17s

Helen Bethel doesn’t belong to me; she belongs to @crop-stomper / @prophetic-duck-drawings (also known as CelticGames4 on fanfiction.net). If you scroll down long enough, you can learn about her here: http://just-let-lux-eat-pastries.blogspot.com/p/the-mentors.html and here: http://lux-still-wants-pastries.blogspot.com/p/mentors.html

This is drawn by me, @sakura-soldier. Please don’t remove credit.

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Selected outfits from Legend (2017), designed by Guo Pei. (Part 2)

Displayed at the Guo Pei: Couture Beyond exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Pictures taken by @sakura-soldier. Please don’t remove credit.

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Selected outfits from Legend (2017), designed by Guo Pei. (Part 1)

Displayed at the Guo Pei: Couture Beyond exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Pictures taken by @sakura-soldier. Please don’t remove credit.

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Selected outfits from Encounter (2016), designed by Guo Pei.

Displayed at the Guo Pei: Couture Beyond exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Pictures taken by @sakura-soldier. Please don’t remove credit.

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Selected outfits from Legend of the Dragon (2012), designed by Guo Pei.

Displayed at the Guo Pei: Couture Beyond exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Pictures taken by @sakura-soldier. Please don’t remove credit.

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Selected outfits from Chinese Bride (Ongoing), designed by Guo Pei.

Displayed at the Guo Pei: Couture Beyond exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Pictures taken by @sakura-soldier. Please don’t remove credit.

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Selected outfits from Garden of the Soul (2015), designed by Guo Pei.

Displayed at the Guo Pei: Couture Beyond exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Pictures taken by @sakura-soldier. Please don’t remove credit.

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Selected outfits from 1002 Nights (2009), designed by Guo Pei. (Part 2)

Displayed at the Guo Pei: Couture Beyond exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Pictures taken by @sakura-soldier. Please don’t remove credit.

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Selected outfits from 1002 Nights (2009), designed by Guo Pei. (Part 1)

Displayed at the Guo Pei: Couture Beyond exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Pictures taken by @sakura-soldier. Please don't remove credit.

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Selected outfits from An Amazing Journey in a Childhood Dream (2008), designed by Guo Pei.

Displayed at the Guo Pei: Couture Beyond exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Pictures taken by @sakura-soldier. Please don't remove credit.