#basil hallward

[macaulaytwins]

he’s a 10 but one of his paintings keeps getting uglier and more horrific with each passing day

[ibrithir-was-here]

Sooo I wrote a…weird little thing, a certain comic by @mayhemchicken-artblog got my creative juices percolating and under the press of staying up far too late for several days this came to fruition, enjoy!

The Eye of the Beholder

Link to the Comic

[mayhemchicken-artblog]

you believe me like a god // i'll betray you like a man

credits:

Song lyrics taken from I'm Your Man by Mitski

Artworks referenced:

The Annunciation - Workshop of Fra Filippo Lippi

Last Judgment in an Initial C - Lorenzo Monaco (Piero di Giovanni)

Boy with a Greyhound - Paolo Veronese (Paolo Caliari)

Venus and Adonis - Peter Paul Rubens

[ghostdrinkssoup]

dorian only thinks his portrait is beautiful because he sees it as a depiction of his fleeting youth and identity, but the truth is the portrait is actually a reflection of basil, the artist, who put too much of himself in it. it’s not dorian who is beautiful, but rather basil’s pure love for him, which in turn is a reflection of basil’s soul and true nature. by loving dorian, and embracing his love through art without shame, basil has created the most precious thing, even if it is fleeting. much like romance, all art is quite useless, but it touches the human spirit nonetheless, and that’s important

[potato-lord-but-not]

would you be interested in some gay people plagued by horrors on this fine October evening?

[ragdolldancer]

Will I ever get over this? Nope

[rosquinn]

my take on dorian gray. hi

[thebright3ststar]

i need a friend group that consists of the narcissistic blond twink who sold his soul via a painting of himself, a miserable gay artist (dead) who is in love with said blond twink, and a corrupting nobleman who didn't get the memo that it's okay to shut the fuck up sometimes

[figuresinthehaze]

Dorian if he had an ounce of compassion left

Based on that painting of Ivan and his son

[therealrichardpapen]

[cvmcicle]

reading the picture of dorian gray rn, where my niche gang at

[billyrussoapologist]

Dorian has a great day everyday. Basil only has a great day if Dorian looks at him.

[macaulaytwins]

[c4ndyntina]

Basil: lovely weather isn't it?

Lord henry: responses with a three pages misogynistic answer

[portablegoose]

oscar wilde really spent a whole chapter yapping about perfume and cool rocks and then devoted about three sentences to the murder of one of the central characters, and honestly? i see the vision

[potato-lord-but-not]

Dorian Gray doodles but it’s mostly just Basil and Henry