#Hands-on Real Projects
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That was... wonderful... to just hear it done for real, after... what? Four years of thinking about it? Wondering whether it would work, wondering if I'd written bits too fast, or too slow, or... to actually sort of... hear it done by real, professional people and the singers. It's... there isn't a word for it, actually.
Standing Stone, by Paul McCartney
Royal Albert Hall Performance (x)
Making Of Documentary (x)
Standing Stone is a 74 minute long classical piece of music, which Paul worked on for four years. It premiered at the Royal Albert Hall on 14 October 1997 with the London Symphony Orchestra and London Symphony Chorus, conducted by Lawrence Foster.
After his success with his first classical piece, The Liverpool Oratorio, Paul was commissioned to create some music to celebrate EMI's centenary. He came up with the idea of exploring "the way a Celtic man might have wondered about the origins of life and the mystery of human existence" and tied this in the with standing stones which to him symbolised something mystical and long lasting.
Photos by Linda McCartney, included on the album.
Paul wrote a poem to assist in getting the story he was trying to convey straight in his head, and it was printed in the booklet of the album. However, Paul wanted the music to work without the listener necessarily knowing the story, for the music to speak for itself, and so wanted to create a piece that "relies entirely on colours and effects drawn from orchestral and choral forces".
He also created two paintings to go alongside it:


I really recommend watching the documentary, Paul is absolutely delightful throughout the whole thing. It's the first time he'd used a computer and software to help him compose and he seems so excited to talk about it (and he has a Wallace & Gromit mouse mat!).
What's also interesting is how the rest of the team spoke about him. They all make a point that this was Paul's creation, and although David Matthews, John Harle, and Richard Rodney Bennet were brought in to assist with the composition, they all talk about Paul's talent, hard work, and the freshness of approach he brought. (The words 'benevolent dictator' may get used at some point, but they also speak of his kindness and generosity.)
It amazes me that someone with no formal music training could make a leap for pop/rock to classical. Composing for an entire 80 piece orchestra and 120 member choir is a completely different skillset to writing a song for the radio (and I'm not saying that's a lesser thing to be able to do, just different). The fact Paul was not only willing to take on the challenge and push himself, but created something so magical speaks to the sheer creative force that he is.
#paul mccartney#standing stone#the beatles#<- sorry i know it's not beatles but i'm here to spread the word of all of paul's other cool projects to you#that documentary is my new favourite paul thing#it's 50ish mins and you'll just have the best time watching him put this amazing thing together#he just continually astounds me while being the silliest little guy#like imagine having no formal music training#not being able to notate music#but being able to compose THAT long a piece for a whole orchestra and choir#like obviously he got lots of hands on experience with music#but for real how many people could actually make that leap#and the whole time just dancing and singing and getting excited about your shirt having musical instruments on it 😭#and also we need more 90s paul appreciation#and please listen to the music!!#none of this 'classical music is boring' bullshit#because it isn't and you can still hear so much of paul in this!!#mine#paul#97
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theme park date
#dont let the tshirts or nenes rbf fool u they are both having fun#i wanted to colour this properly or even line it better but i'm in my carpal tunnel era APPARENTLY#nenekasa#tsukasa tenma#nene kusanagi#project sekai#my art#anyway who remembers the matching tshirt memes i still think theyre so funny#off to rest my hand now so i can draw more wxs later.. polysho is real...
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their kind eyes have captivated me. I love you bunny boys
#precure#wonderful precure#daifuku toyama#satoru toyama#my stuff#i! wish theyd become real cures!! but i will take what has been given because Help at least they got something!!!#im at least so glad theyre not movie exclusive#at least we have episode 49. they were on screen at max like two minutes but what a blissful two minutes they were#in our hearts theyre real cures. i kinda wanna try my hand at designing full outfits but thats another project for another time#what we got was still super cute thouugh n.n#the ribbons being a symbol of their bond..... daifuku keeping his little blue bow........#ruined over a fictional duo for the nth time#this boy and his rabbit......... helpm e
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Quilt!!!
#seems I like cross-posting my creative stuff here#so. yeah!#for any Real Quilters who may stumble across this#the pattern is called ‘I made it up as I went along please don’t look too closely’#patent pending#but yeah machine pieced and hand quilted#the only new materials were the muslin for the backing#and I guess technically the linocut patches#the rest are all scraps from different projects over the years#very excited to do more of this#first person
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Mustachioed David Tennant
#david tennant#and a mustache#some are real#some are very much not#fright night#good omens#around the world in 80 days#atwi80d#the real inspector hound#biting the hands#the last september#friday night project#bright young things#staged#accepting comedy award for staged#bless the tashe#stuff i posted#that one from real inspector hound is something else isn't it?
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Happy "it wasn't christmas yet!" to those who celebrate 🥳
#ace attorney#miles edgeworth#what do i tag this as aaaa#turnabout goodbyes#manfred von karma#almost christmas#hii i worked real hard on this one -twirls hair-#while discovering the ins and outs of procreate dsjhfkjdfh#i almost gave up the entire project bc i couldn't get VK's hand right#but it worked out in the end#i always think about Von Karma's plan in 1-4 it drives me nuts#he planned this for 15 years and had a plan A and B just in case they'd get the real killer#all to make sure the Edgeworth family dies in the most agonising way possible#amazing. sublime. aa1 is still my favorite game by far#and 1-4 is still my favorite case. it blew me away. stellar game design and insane storytelling#i showed this drawing to my dad and tried to explain the symbolism and that was. hard without the full context HAHA
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wonderlust stuff :]
#jrwi fanart#jrwi wonderlust#jrwi wonderlust spoilers#jrwi spoilers#<- hopefully i’ll remember to take those tags off later but for now it dropped yesterday so still spoiler territory prolly#three episodes in is usually when i start properly doodling for these so i’m right on schedule lmao#i think three or four episodes in was about when i started fixating on the suckening#might upload another version of the colored later! it’s just flats rn obviously but i need to color my shit more so hopefully i’ll finish#that one later :)#the 🤨🤨 is me projecting cause they did Not Notice but to be fair he says bullshit all the time so i wouldn’t either lol#but i was like 🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨 *vine boom* PAUSE#i love how they were making fun of how chat freaks out every time anything can be remotely considered sus but i know that means chat is#about to do it even more now lol#also real troy drawings this time lol not a fucked up hand drawn joke sprite
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What is the other plush? What medium are you using to make it? And most imporantly, can we see pictures of when its done?
I don't have a lot to show yet because it's still extremely WIP (just cutting out all the fabric pieces took nine and a half hours aaa) but this is the tag for my progress on my sideblog if ur interested
this is the 3D model I made to create the sewing patterns tho, so he's hopefully gonna look something like this when he's done
(he won't stand though, he's taller than the ceilings in my house. he's just gonna be floppy)
most of his body is gonna be minky, but his socks and wristband are gonna be terry cloth, his shoes are canvas and the rubber part of his shoes are pleather. I also have some really huge foam inserts for his shoes because stuffing them with regular stuffing would make the bottoms bulge out and I want them to be flat. might also put a bit of pool noodle in his neck to support his giant head too. we'll see how that goes
but yeah if enough people are interested I can reblog the final thing here, or you can follow @wiltenjoyer for progress pics. the queue only posts three times a day so it won't clog up your dash lmao
#this is. I guess technically my fourth plush ever?#made a cat when I was 8 with my mom's help (it was mostly my mom doing everything lmao)#ice cream cone in home ec class in like. 2009#two years ago I did a hand sewn frog for my aunt. you might've seen that frog sewing pattern post on tumblr I think it was popular for a bi#but this is like my first *real* sewing project
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Ya ever find it weird that Bahamut barely has his role talked about in game? How strange his role really is?
Bahamut, the bladekeeper
Bahamut, the draconian
Bahamut, the keeper of prophecies and creator of the crystal
Bahamut, the god of war
Bahamut, the god who never provided a real reason for why so much blood had to be spilled for his prophecy to come true
Bahamut, who misled Ardyn and Somnus both into petty violence
Bahamut, who told Ardyn to spread the scourge upon the world for decades
Bahamut, who let Ardyn go on a vengeful killing spree just long enough to really hate Lucis- but not get his revenge- and then let him go back on his merry way to Nifilheim and Verstael Besithia who had ambitions of war and tin soldiers powered by scourge
Bahamut, who enabled a war that killed nearly everyone on both sides not to mention those who were caught in the crossfire- a war that would not have been so bloody had Ardyn not had such a hand in it
Bahamut, who demanded a blood price 2,000 years in the making- who really demanded two sacrifices- Ardyn and Noctis- who did not need both for there is a world where Noctis at least lives and the sun rises and no one else needed to die for it.
Bahamut, the god of war, the creator of the crystal
It’s a strange pairing when taken with the story of ff15. That’s all.
#if I were a war god I sure as shit would have ulterior motives while writing prophecies#like I’m just saying it’s weird right#that Bahamut of all people is the one dishing out prophetic visions#that Bahamut is the one with both hands in the bloody bloody tragedy#despite the fact that literally any of the other gods could have been the figurehead#or they could have made it a group project#but it very clearly appears to be Bahamut’s work that the other gods just need to sign off on#which like- again that’s weird right#there’s no reason for the war god to have prophetic powers#there’s no real reason for Bahamut specifically to even be part of the game#he doesn’t even- far as I know- have a history of being prophetic#his history in the series is largely defined by being big and scary and smiting with megaflare#why not swap his and Ifrit’s places in the narrative?#after all Ifrit has better reasons to be messing around with kingdoms and prophecies#and Bahamut has better reasons to be driven mad with scourge#or go one step further in the tomfoolery#and have Shiva Bahamut and Ifrit trade roles (in that order)#my point here is that I stopped and thought about the prophecy and stopped taking it as the word of god truth#and it gets really weird really fast when you realize that the consequences of the prophecy are awful convenient for a war god#*insert that image of the guy with his conspiracy board*#nyx rambles#ffxv#ff15#final fantasy 15#final fantasy xv#bahamut#ffxv bahamut
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im not immune to drawing overdramatic lesbians
#girls when they have a minor disagreement#they had to make that 5 minute divorce everyones problem#but im not complaining cause the cards are gorgeous and the song is such a banger ive been looping it#and theyre getting famous ahhhh im so excited#l/n debut is real!! they have come so far#pjsk#project sekai#project sekai fanart#prsk fa#prsk gl#art#ichika hoshino#saki tenma#ichisaki#leo/need#leoneed#digital art#procreate#btw their hands are reached out like in the mv#they were so insane for that
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A few protest signs.
#no kings#politics#fuck trump#resist trump#fuck musk#stop project 2025#political art#protest#snail#resist#hands off#pen and ink#real art#digital art#drawing#ink drawing#art#artists on tumblr#female artist#tye dye
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I rewatched Gravity Falls with my sister and holy crap being an adult and watching everything Stan goes through is insane.
I’ve been working through some stuff in therapy and like, this man has made some mistakes but definitely did not deserve what the narrative did to him.
Screws up his brothers machine on accident? Homeless at 17 and doesn’t speak to his twin for 10 years. Sees his brother again when they’re both at the end of their respective ropes and in their worst places mentally? Gets in a fight that lands his brother trapped for 30 years while he takes his death and tries to open the technical monstrosity his brother built when this man hasn’t even finished high school. Gets his brother back after 30 years? Doesn’t get a scrap of acknowledgement and is told to move out and leave him alone. Has spent 40 years trying to fix and atone for his mistakes? Not even a thank you and gets emotional about it such that the spell against Bill doesn’t work.
What’s left? Oh I don’t know, how about losing all of your memories and sense of self, letting the narrative boil you down to nothing more than a mistake and the only way you’re capable of rectifying it is by ceasing to be yourself, as literally as possible.
Like, I’m sorry, but if Ford really was so unreceptive to actually talking/working through things, I think Stan had more than atoned for his mistakes. I don’t think he was a fuck up or that his takeaway from everything should be that he wasn’t worth it. That his sacrifice was what he owed the world for everything he did.
Because he didn’t do any of it alone.
And boo fucking hoo that Ford had to shoot his brother. If their places had been reversed I doubt Stan could have done the same.
I’m sorry, you trusted an inter dimensional demon, kept secrets because you were too prideful to ask for help or admit to your failings, and again too prideful to say thank you to your younger brother who spent 3 decades doing everything he could to get you back? Stop throwing such a tantrum and get off your high horse.
Sure Stan made mistakes, but Ford never seemed to learn from his.
Rewatching it I was actually angry at the ending, at the idea that when Stan is facing Bill he’s not even upset at the hand he’s been dealt. At the unfairness of it.
Because it was unfair.
And if I had a single gripe with the series at all I would wish for maybe one extra episode after Stan losing his memories and before getting them back. Just one single episode of Ford admitting how he hurt his brother, the role he played in the apocalypse, just 20 minutes of him coming to terms with his own flaws.
Because we as the audience know Ford isn’t perfect, but I need him to acknowledge that too.
There is so much fanfiction where Stan’s life is horribly lonely or traumatic in ways the show can’t cover or makes light of and I get it but also it’s clear other people relate to Stan feeling like all he’s done is make mistakes and that he deserves what he’s gone through and that is so NOT the case.
And I wish the official narrative would acknowledge that too.
#gravity falls#stanely pines#stanford pines#pines twins#grunkle ford#grunkle stan#on my rewatch stanley is my favorite character and you can pry him from my cold dead hands#no real hate about anything i love the show but like let me rant about him please#i don’t believe for a second that he deserved any of it from being kicked out to losing ford to opening the rift#ford was the prideful one who believed only he knew what was best to the detriment of other characters and actively made situations worse#by keeping secrets or projecting his trauma onto dipper and mabel and sure maybe he couldn’t forgive stan right away because they never#properly talked but that’s also! on! ford! he could have reached out or tried at all instead of sitting on his high horse judging#sure stanley isn’t perfect but he’s my favorite and deserved to be allowed to do more than make mistakes and pay for them
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it came as a revelation to me the other day that despite drawing stevepop so much I've never drawn them kissing
#which in my opinion is really fucking funny but also very telling of how antsy i am around actual romance in media 💀#when the aromanticism seeps thru even your fandom creations#I'm just a little guy who's shy of a kiss but like so are they#projecting but for them they're just a bit silly#maybe i SHOULD draw them kissing#...that actually sounds gross I don't wanna anymore#OKAY LOOK#😭😭😭#I WANNA BUT I DON'T WANNA it's real funny#stevepop holding hands is as gay as they get in terms of art#anything else and I'm like “is this allowed???”#i fear i am the person people talk about when they're like “do they know it's legal now”#no no i do not and i am scared of gay people actually /j#stevepop#rambling to self#someone tell me to hush up#maybe I'll doodle them giving each other a kiss but until then#shivers with fear /dramatic
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a wahoo girl in a wahoo world
#emu otori#project sekai#pjsk#prsk#ignore the tone of the ena i posted the other day. this s emu territory. Kyaa with me. Shalalalaaa#court mandated emu#the court in question? ME...!#birthday mandated emu actually#i havent open splat3 in literally a month sorry LAWLLLLL#My cringeflop cat is cuddled up to my side with her belly up and its taking all of my willpower#not to shove my hand into her belly because itll make her mad as fuuuck and she'll wake up#BUT SHES SOOOO CUTE. ok goodnight ^_^#OOH MY GOD MY TABLET PEN THAT I BROKE OPEN AND MELTED BACK THE WIRES TOGETHER ON ISNDOING ITS THING AGAIN#it wont recognize the pen skmetimes. UHGGGG SOLDERING IT WAS A PAIN IN THE ASSSSS I HAD TO DO IT WITH A SCREWDRIVER AND A CANDLE. FAWK OFF#huion FAAACK you and your tablet pens that break at a stiff gust of wind. I know i got this like 6 years ago but still. IT SHOULD WORK#this is so lazy injust wanted to try 800 brushes and draw emu ok. I CAN DO WHATI WANT!!#ok thats all my grievances goodnight for real#emu my scp creature very very true
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Art dump for my old b&w practice sketches
Dami has died officially four times (Batman Inc. #8, RSOB #13, Teen Titans (2016) #41, Robin (2021) #1) while on duty, during which he was introduced three potential love interests (Emiko Queen, Djinn, Flatline, in comics) before he reached 13.
These excluding those deaths from elseworld versions, and Mari Grayson (Kingdom Come, fiance), Raven (DCAU, dating), Kami Garcia (Teen Titans & Robin, kissed).
So yea there is a reason I immersed myself with DC fanon ✨
#Didnt add Maps Miyaguchi even if they hold hands all day coz i see them more as cat and dog friendship#Maya Ducard is his sister forever so also nope#Damian wayne#Dc comics#Dc robin#Platonic opposite sex friendships are real and anyone who says otherwise dont know how to treat the other gender as humans imo#or are heavilly projecting their insecurity to the general population imo#i refuse to interprete any romantic nuances when there is none so yep#Fanart
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