#Brian Slade

[curtwildseyeliner]

"the world is changed because you are made of ivory and gold. the curves of your lips rewrite history." ݁ ˖ִ ࣪✩₊ ⊹˚

[zanephillips]

Velvet Goldmine (1998) dir. Todd Haynes

[appallingblu]

[starboystudios]

my piece for @placebopilled for the velvet goldmine secret fairy event!! we haven't really spoken but i saw that you liked the manic street preachers and i thought that taking their lyrics with the context of shots from the film would be interesting. i've been listening to this is my truth tell me yours a lot, so i ended up pairing lyrics from you're tender and you're tired with the dynamic between brian and curt.

this ended up being a triptych because i had several ideas i felt worked best together - the idea for the first one started with the "sand and sea" line, the rest of which reflects brian's allowance for curt to use him as a support, as well as the poetic tragedy of their relationship. The latter two, with the repetitive lyrics at the end of the song, reflect the end of their relationship and brian's denial of that support he once offered to curt, defined by his silent exit.

these were also an interesting experience to draw, as they allowed me to flex some technical skill muscles - rather than drawing from observation, i mapped out the tonal values semi-blindly and only after that did i add colour. each one was executed differently depending on what worked best with each image. the text is also a very technical element, it allowed me to work with the remaining space and create lettering with both consistency and difference, as well as with a visual flow. this is also a style of writing i used in another piece inspired by glam rock.

thank you @gayalienwilde and @placebopilled for this opportunity!! and to the latter, i hope you enjoy this work!!!

[satanfemme]

[ID: A photo of a silver sequined dress, focused on the chest and midsection. On the left of the chest is a fake gunshot wound, with blood dripping down. The blood is made of paint, as well as sparkly red beads of many sizes and hues. End ID]

My recreation of Brian Slade's "gunshot wound". I took some creative liberties of course, choosing the spirit of glam over accuracy <3

[haunted4ever]

anyone else very normal about this movie?

IG

[gayalienwilde]

POV: You are Shannon

[alicetassara]

[belpheg0r-luna]

Needed to be said

[curtwildseyeliner]

velvet goldmine (1998)

[zanephillips]

Velvet Goldmine (1998) dir. Todd Haynes

[ben-sisko]

Velvet Goldmine (1998) Directed by Todd Haynes

[appallingblu]

It makes me so upset that Ballad of Maxwell demon, whole shebang, and hot stuff are not on STREAMING PLATFORMS!!! PLEASE I JUST WANNA PUT IT ON MY PLAYLISTS!

[art--harridan]

[Image description: A digital painting based on the film Velvet Goldmine. The background is a blurry image of a gradient between gold and blue glitter. Near the top, there's a drawing of Brian Slade's eye with a beauty mark painted near it. It's turned on its side, a circled with a few different coloured shaky lines. Below that, there's a rectangular panel that depicts Curt Wild's eyes from a three-quarter view, his eyebrows slightly furrowed. Further down, there's another panel, showing instead a close up of one of Arthur Stuart's eyes, covered with bold light blue eyeshadow. All of these eyes are making contact with the viewer, and they all have a bright dot in the middle of them. Their borders are highlighted with a light blue. Next to them, there's a panel with the dark blue silhouette of Brian's impassive lips, and the shadow cast by his nose. Further left, there's a silhouette of Brian standing with his legs wide and arms by his side. It's turned upside down, and repeated in the colours of the rainbow. At the top of the piece it says "velvet", and at the bottom "goldmine". They're in a red cursive font that's distorted and outlined in a pale yellow. A bunch of multicoloured stars litter the piece.]

Inktober - Day 28 (Sparkle)

Film - Velvet Goldmine (Todd Haynes, 1998)

[didntyoubelieveinme]

this MIGHT be brian slade

[satanfemme]

[ID: two selfies of a Val Satanfemme dressed as Brian Slade from Velvet Goldmine. She's wearing a silver sequined dress, and an ornate rhinestone choker. On her shoulders and behind her head are many white feathers. some feathers are longer and striped. Her make-up is done like Brian Slade's when he performs as Maxwell Demon. Her hair is blue from hair chalk and pulled back into a ponytail. She's wearing a green stone earring in one ear. In the second photo, she holds a cigarette in a long cigarette holder up to her lips, and rolls her eyes. End ID]

He thought he was Maxwell Demon in the end, and Maxwell Demon thought he was god // my Halloween costume for 2023 :-)