#artacademia

[wordsbystardust]

He loves me better than I love myself

In his world, I am woven

like his most cherished poem.

[leralyba]

Reflections

65x45 cm

2022

[coldeyesandredlips]

"The smile on your face speaks to me in languages your soul fails to utter, Consequences be damned, I will find you in the very depths of hell if I have to. "

—//love with all you have, love with your bloodstained teeth and bruised knuckles.//

@coldeyesandredlips on Tumblr // @bleedingthornsinthesnow on Instagram.

[engraved-scripture]

The pleasures of the imagination are as it were only drawings and models which are played with by poor people who cannot afford the real thing.

- Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

[artacademia]

i feel like the dark academia aesthetic emphasises so much on the ‘quality’ of being pretentious, people who pursue the aesthetic become arrogant and egocentrical. like, come on, wearing a tweed blazer and having read some classics doesn’t make you a better person than someone who enjoys listening to beyoncé. in short, don’t be like henry winter; we all know where that gets you.

[doomerette]

[fineartillustrator-blog]

Traditional Woman . . . #dibujosalapiz #lavidaendibujo #arte #artstudio #artcollective #artlovers #penonpaper #penonpaperart #urbansketchers #inks #prismacolor #coloredpencils #thesketchbookproject #sketchbooks #skintones #artacademia #inkedjunkies #tonedpaper #texturedpaper #trekellproteam #trekellbrushes #juxtaposition #juxtapoz #lowriderarte #lowriderartemagazine #teenangels #teenangelsmagazine #thebeatwithin #artphotograph #canonphotos (at Long Beach, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvBMMRJlIfR/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=18oqq586tta4o

[kenyatta]

“Core” aesthetics, however, are just the tip of the iceberg. Many TikTok style tribes are amalgamations of past musical subcultures, like #EBoy which marries grunge and emo fashion with anime and video game influences. The look, which typically includes black nail polish, mismatched earrings, split-dyed hair, and black and white striped clothing, inspired Celine’s SS21 campaign last year. Other groups are inspired by nostalgia for specific time periods, like the Ed Hardy, Von Dutch and Oakley clad members of the #McBling community, who recreate the bedazzled, flip-phone fashion days of the early aughts. Subcultural styles that were once unique to specific countries, like Japanese #Decora (a childlike and cartoonish aesthetic based on excessive “decoration,” in the form of layered, rainbow accessories and jewelry), are thriving in the digital sphere, where national borders are obsolete.

These communities, which manifest as a “channel” of themed videos united by a hashtag, are not only readily accessible to all TikTok users, but also dramatically inclusive. Many include helpful tutorials, which explain how to style or align yourself with the aesthetic of your choice. A search for #Darkacademia, a subset of fashion inspired by Harry Potter and the mid-century collegiate style of prestigious universities, yields videos of literature students who advise viewers on where to find vintage earth-toned turtlenecks, sweater vests, and loafers. And inclusivity has lent itself to unending specificity. If dark colors aren’t your thing, there’s always #Lightacademia. If you’re studious, but also creative, there’s #Artacademia. And given the popularity of hilariously precise subsects like #Pastelgoth and #Birate (short for bisexual pirate) there’s clearly no such thing as too niche on TikTok. “What makes TikTok so special is the ability for people to discover, interact with and even join niche communities they didn’t know about before they joined the app,” said CeCe Vu, who leads TikTok’s fashion and beauty partnerships.

These style tribes are more than entertaining cultural curios. Their global reach, youth appeal (Gen Z makes up 60% of the platform’s usership), and rapid innovation have helped make them some of the fashion industry’s most powerful trendsetters. “Just a few hashtags that demonstrate the reach of niche communities include #Cottagecore (5.8 billion views), #Altgirl (1.3 billion views) and #Femboy (779 million views.),” Vu said. These popular style tribes aren’t only changing the way people dress, but also inspiring a broader cultural shift in our perception of the value (and acceptability) of alternative style.

Niche aesthetic communities are not unique to TikTok, but their power and popularity on the app do feel unprecedented. The staff of the Aesthetics Wiki, a digital “encyclopedia of online and offline aesthetics” said that although niche aesthetic communities tend to do better on image-sharing websites (given that video creation is far more time-consuming), fashion aesthetics are a notable exception. “TikTok actually tends to be one of the better hubs of aesthetic fashion on the internet,” the Wiki staff said.

So why do style tribes thrive on TikTok in particular? As is the case with any TikTok phenomenon, all roads point to the algorithm. The app’s crown jewel is its For You page, which inverts the typical user-selected feed building process that happens on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. On the “FYP,” users are shown an endless stream of recommended videos based on their individual preferences and past activity. With the ultimate aim of increasing watch time, the app is constantly linking users with like-minded creators, who make content that viewers are expected to enjoy. For this reason, TikTok has become an incredibly “safe” digital landscape for sartorial experimentation. By only showing users content to people that (typically) share their interests and values, the algorithm allows TikTok users to bypass the gawking and ridicule that countercultural looks can often incite in the analog world.

The algorithm does more than just create a risk-free environment for non-normative dress—it actually incentivizes it. The For You page is dictated by an internal rating system, which is based on a video’s ability to command and hold attention. In fashion, this is best done with eye-catching and extreme looks. “Instagram created and rewarded visual homogeny,” Napoli said. “And while that does still exist within aesthetic communities on TikTok, the users that break through and achieve viral fame tend to have a unique creative perspective.” 

[wordsbystardust]

As long as your ocean waves

will crash upon me,

I will love you .... fireheartedly.

[leralyba]

“Chrysanthemum”

Oil, canvas on cardboard

25x25 cm

September 2022

Midnight etude in 3 colors. Simplified and almost monochrome. Somehow it makes me happier that flowers bloom longer on the canvas than in real life.

[coldeyesandredlips]

And tonight, I am sinking.

Sinking in my own sea of repressed emotions, caged within the confinement of my glass heart that feels cool to touch, bleeding fingers of forlorn lovers that drip with scarlet as they wish to caress my ragged heart.

So tonight, be the villain who saved me.

Save me from my own fall, for I am damned. You cannot say you love a rose and shy away from its thorns, you can't flash me a smile worth a million glimmering stars and strip me of mine.

Tonight, tell me you hate me.

As our fingers entwine and lips meet in a frenzy, breathe into me that you feel the same way as me. That you wish I didn't exist, that your heart didn't beat faster just because I walked into the room, that the stars seemed dimmer when I smiled, that you didn't give me your heart only for me to crush it with my bare hands.

Tonight, lie to me.

Lie to me that your hands are clean, that your guarded eyes are because of what we left behind, that the slithering coldness around your heart is because you fell for the cold in my veins when all you knew was the warmth of summer.

Tonight, confess that it hurts.

Lie to me because you love me. As much as your love for me hurts, I couldn't help but wish it were you holding me as the world faded to grey and my vision went black.

Because regardless of anything, the key to the glass box of your secrets laid in my tainted hands.

Because tonight, you said you hated me solely because love didn't exist in your dictionary.

— coldeyedandredlips.

And we all knew, there was a thin line between love and hate.

[artacademia]

look how gorgeous these editions of pride&prejudice and crime&punishment that my friends got me for my birthday are!!

[titamirra]

“Música é o solo elétrico em que o espírito vive, pensa e inventa.” — Ludwig van Beethoven. Há exatos 250 anos nascia um dos maiores gênios da música (sim, é um busto do Lud, mesmo não parecendo muito com ele, e sim, minha estante está empoeirada 😬). #beethoven #ludwigvanbeethoven #musicaclassica #classicalmusic #artacademia #romanticacademia https://www.instagram.com/p/CI4Zw4eDcjG/?igshid=31tfrbo4lidw