#buwan's sort-of art

[s0fti3w1tch]

Human Tentative Devotee Leonardo (ft. Human True Colors Leonardo) drawn over Alien Stage screenshots. I entirely blame @v-albion because of this.

Anyways, this is called: Lee purposefully trying to give his dear friend, Trainee, a panic attack so he fumbles during the [if you lose the singing competition you die] stage.

ID: Digital art. 2 Images. Image 1: Human versions of Rise of The TMNT Leonardo drawn over a screencap from Alien Stage - FINAL ROUND. Trainee (left) from Tentative Devotee AU is drawn over Till, with Cerulean a.k.a. Lee (right) from True Colors AU is drawn over Luka. Image 2: Human Trainee drawn over a screencap from Alien Stage - Round 6. Trainee is drawn over Till, who is singing into the mic with a tired, devastated face. /End ID

Original

ID: Screenshot from VIVINOS's Alien Stage FINAL ROUND video where Luka goes up to Till during the 2nd pre-chorus, grabbing his arm and reaching out to touch his neck, to intimidate him. /End ID.

ID: Screenshot of Till in Round 6 of VIVINOS's Alien Stage web series. Close up of Till sadly singing. /End ID

[apollotronica]

happy valentines day apolloooo !!!!!!!! im curious whatre your ocs doing for valentines day nd what would their route be like in a tropey visual novel !!!!!

OMG HI HAPPY VALENTINES I JUST SAW THIS

my boyfriend and i's fursonas are Kissing and Probably getting down and dirty i did a little doodle for us

its not my best work But i just wanted to get something out .

Cross is celebrating his birthday ! i have no recenr art of him but i do have a wip. that was supposed to be for his birthday. (by celebrating i mean hes totally sulking alone in his room . He probably doesnt like his birthday very much because Its valentines day and for most of his life he felt very devoid of any sort of love . so . But during his time with check he probably gets up off his ass and . well. is worse.)

buwan def tries to get as much chocolate as he can out of everyone . He also probably tries to make his own to give to people but i doubt that goes well

the majority of my ocs are loser bums who dont do anything for any holiday at all because their lives are miserabke so i cant really think of anytbing else. Berry and the other girls probably go out to bakeries (kokoes suggestion) to try their specials and berry eats herself into a coma

[theresivy]

Ruby Rose wearing a Maria Clara dress and Oscar Pine wearing Barong Tagalog

[fantasticworldspod]

Get to know our characters! Reign of Winter Edition

Abraxas Hillrunner (he/him) - His name isn’t the only thing about him that’s sick as hell. This werewolf is a powerful druid, a fighter of great skill, and a gourmet chef. Likes: thick men, dragon murder, protecting nature by any means necessary >:) Dislikes: heat, cities, rigid rules.

Andromeda (she/her) - A goofy, child-like human oracle of REDACTED, born and raised in the Hoarwood Forest of Irrisen. Likes: drinking blood, shapeshifting, draining enemies of their lifeforce uwu. Dislikes: overly serious people.

Bayani Mavros (he/him) - Our resident himbo, an oread kineticist with memory loss, he’s still a mystery to us all. Likes: taking care of children, working out, you know... ;) Dislikes: prying into his past, death :(

Buwan (he/him) - Smart, thoughtful, hiding a dark past and a darker power, he’s a half-elf summoner with a gigantic psychopomp bunny wearing an Orville Peck mask for an Eidolon. What’s not to love? Likes: death positivity, reading and learning, good manners. Dislikes: absurdity.

Menet Serbanea (she/her) - A commie Varisian hailing from Osirion, with big biceps and a bigger heart, Menet is a human paladin of Khepri, and follows only her scarab-God’s law. And he hath commanded: ACAB, eat the rich, and keep that clown nose firmly upon thy face. Likes: funny people, studying all sorts of martial arts, revelry. Dislikes: nobility, greed.

Odessa Grenadé (she/her) - A suave ladykiller with a sentient teddybear friend named Jim, a gun that she inherited from her father, and an abundance of secrets. Likes: sliding over cars while she shoots, drinking, carousing, merrymaking. Dislikes: being confronted.

Pippa Locksley (she/her) - Robin Hood but with way more swag and a slicker tongue, our luxury-loving rogue-sorcerer often takes the lead in our diplomatic ventures. Oh yeah, and she has a Sphynx cat familiar that shares her face named Argentea. No big deal. Likes: redistribution of wealth (after she gets her cut, of course), good food and fluffy beds, Calisitrian decadence ;) Dislikes: dirt, discomfort, rudeness.

Get to know them better by checking out our show, Fantastic Worlds: A Pathfinder Podcast. All 100+ episodes (along with our other shows Far Beyond the Stars and Fairytale Fix) are available now on iTunes, Spotify, and anywhere else you might get your podcasts :) 

Art by arabird (@AraArt6 on Twitter, arabird_art on Instagram)

[just-another-obsessed-fangirl]

Thank you @bittenfingers13 for tagging me! I know this is like over a month late but end of semester was rly crazy

Nickname: Rosie, my family also calls me Sunshine Sign: 🌞 Sagittarius 🌜Pisces ⬆️ Sagittarius Height: 4'10 or 4'11? i swear it alternates each visit at the doctors. Apparently it depends on the time of day but idk what is considered my "true" height Last thing I googled: "baby head proportions" - I am broke and the only thing I can think to give to my godson on his first Christmas is a drawing of him, I was wondering if there were major differences in the proportion of facial features on babies than on adults and if I was starting this drawing out correctly Song stuck in my head: Headfirst Slide Into Cooperstown On A Bad Bet by Fall Out Boy Amount of sleep: this semester really fucked up my sleep schedule, ive been on break for a couple days and I still cant fall asleep earlier than 4 am Lucky #'s: 7, 17, 77 Dream Job: :)))) idk, most likely some sort of job in visual or performing arts, but somehow without being exploited Wearing: my high school filipino club shirt and costco pajama pants with the print as things that are sold at costco Movies/Books that summarize you: Les Miserables (unfortunately I cant find my book and cant say whose translation I read), Romeo & Juliet (NOT in THAT way. Im not going to say the way it summarizes me is more intellectual or would make anyone think better of me but at least know it is not specifically That Way.), Kiki's Delivery Service, Everything Everywhere All At Once, The Half of It Favorite song: of course this changes all the time, but the song ive been playing the most on repeat lately is Curses by The Crane Wives Aesthetic: basically kinda what baz luhrmann had going on in Romeo + Juliet, intricate details and opulence mixed with modernity and urban lights to the point of almost being garrish, or actually garrish Favorite Authors: this is so bad, but ive been in a reading drought and i cant think of an author that ive read multiple books from that wasn’t because they made kids/young adult book series besides Jane Austen. Favorite of the YA authors I've read is Laurie Halse Anderson Favorite animal noise: certainly not the sound of these fucking ducks quacking at 5 in the morning every day that's for sure. My dog is very silent in his old age, I havent heard him bark in years. Most sound I hear from him is him crying to be let into a room. Random: ive been very homesick this holiday season, and by that I mean since september, because fun fact: that is when the christmas season starts in the Philippines. Here's some filipino songs I listen to when I really miss my culture:

Tuwing Umuulan - Regine Velasquez

Sumayaw Sumunod - The Boyfriends

Habang Buhay - Zack Tabuldo

Lunod - Ben&Ben

Ngayon at Kailanman - Basil Valdez

Bakit Pa? - Jessa Zaragoza

Buwan - Juan Karlos

Tags: @wasithard @queer-lavender @awsydawnarts and anyone else that wants to do so!

[myelocin]

Can you please do all? Only if you want to though!

ofc! i highlighted the parts i’ll translate :D i’ll post it under the cut so i won’t take up the dash cjdndj

“half the time their adviser was a bitch about it because it wasnt “for psychology students” ........ “daming arte” is a phrase that’s sort of like “what a drama queen”

1. “they want new topics...”

2. “yeah, :// they say new topics but if they don’t get it then it’s an automatic veto”

3.”...in the sense that i relate to but bc fanfiction is automatically dismissed/disregarded as “writing”

4. only “kase” is in tagalog but “kase” means “because”

5. “regardless, whatever your topic is i hope it’s one that you’ll enjoy looking into”

6. (the tags) : “but smh is your prof cute hahaha” “if he isn’t im fighting him hmph”

1. “but that anon was rude”

2. “not our fault that they can’t understand our chicka ((note: chicka is like gossip but we use that term loosely so here it just means “conversation”))

2. (cont) feel free to speak in tagalog!! “buwan ng wika” is august right? ((note: buwan ng wika is a month of celebration for the fil language/culture))

3. “better yet let’s type in baybayin (old fil writing system)” “they’ll get pissed off for sure” “but i rlly like the idea of what u wanna study,,if u do end up doing it pls tell me bc im interested to read what ur final output will be”

[greenpapayaartprojects]

MATERIALISM IS A EUPHEMISM: Excerpts from the first Kalampag Tracking Agency screening, UPFI Videotheque, 2014

The Kalampag Tracking Agency was initially started as “a screening program in the form of an initiative.” An organizational collaboration between Shireen Seno of Los Otros and Merv Espina of Green Papaya under its Generation Loss (GEN_LOSS) program, Kalampag sought to present some of the most singular, fragile, and striking moving image works by Filipinos over the past 30 years. The initiative was launched by two screenings and discussions, the first of which took place on 20 August 2014 at the University of the Philippines Film Institute (UPFI) Videotheque.

The impulse of Kalampag led to ongoing research and archiving of Philippine artists' moving image that branched off into other projects, such as the ongoing Light Leaks series currently hosted by the Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (MCAD).

Advancements and ongoing experimentation with digital technologies and artists’ moving image creation and distribution are ever accelerating at breakneck speeds, perhaps even more so now because of the conditions set about by the pandemic. Who could have imagined that in less than a decade since the first Kalampag screening that watching videos from our smartphones would become normal behaviour? Most of the artists, collaborators, and curators had no smartphones during the preparation work for the Kalampag in 2014.

Below is an excerpt from a lengthy post-screening discussion between Alice Sarmiento, Raya Martin, John Torres, Nick Deocampo, and Merv Espina. Shireen Seno, Kidlat Tahimik, Kidlat de Guia, Teddy Co, Jon Lazam, Martha Atienza, Malay Javier, and many others were in attendance and actively contributed to the discussion. What follows is an example of the performative and participatory nature of the screening program and the post-screening discussion that further enriches the materials and informs ongoing research.

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Alice Sarmiento (AS): To append to what Nick [Deocampo] and Raya [Martin] were talking about earlier, I think one of the interesting things I noticed from the second half was this element of decay that was present in almost all the films. I know it has to do with bad prints or whatever, but the fact that it’s present in these films from the past, if you look at the current visual vocabulary especially with something like Instagram, you’ll notice that decay is something we simulate now using technology.

The thing with technology now is that we’re coming from a place of abundance where it’s super easy to flatten everything, but everything is also infinitely reproducible so we’re talking of a very different garbage pit altogether. We’re not talking about the dumpster behind LVN Pictures or Mowelfund, we’re talking about how to work and sift through a different pile of garbage. We now have concepts like infinite reproducibility, flattening, and simulating decay and the fact that there is no limit to what you can upload to YouTube. These really change the potential for what film is going to be in the future or what we’re experimenting with.

I have a really horrible example right now. I saw the trailer for Sex Tape (2014) earlier, starring Jason Segel and Cameron Diaz. One of the things there is that they have an iPad and they filmed themselves having sex for three hours which accidentally got uploaded to the cloud. So, we’re talking about a generation that’s born into this concept of the cloud.

To add to what Teddy Co was saying about communities earlier, we’re not even talking about forming communities. We’re talking about a population that’s literally native to this idea of filming themselves and publicizing everything they do. I think those are the things that are completely beyond our grasp right now. The fact that the common, the public sphere, and the act of disseminating something have all changed.

Of course, you have technology as the culprit for all of that but I think that, rather than feel nostalgic or like you’re being displaced, just understand that technology never really displaced or displaces us, but more like it adds to what is present. Thank you, Raya, for laughing.

Raya Martin (RM): No, I think I kind of understand it…

Merv Espina (ME): Well, I agree.

RM: Sorry, just a footnote, but what you said about that certain aesthetic of bringing together the older and newer works, of course we still don’t see it yet, but what if this sort of cinema from the ‘70s is now in this one big app or  website?

AS: Well, yeah. Because if we think about it, the people who are using Instagram now are the people who have access to smartphones. Who are these people who have access to smartphones? It’s people who were born in the ‘70s and ‘80s. So, there will still be that hampering that, “When I was a kid, it was like this.” We’re still the generation that can recognize that kind of frame. I’m sure that if I show it to my nieces, they’re not gonna have any idea what celluloid and those frames are. They’re gonna think, “Oh, that’s the thing they have on Instagram right?” It has now become a filter. It’s another way of co-opting that language from the past, but that is something that came up. It’s something that they’re going to translate in their own hands.

RM: In the same way, I’d like to say that experimental cinema turned into a music video aesthetic.

AS: Yeah, that’s what I recognized also. I’m sure that Nick sees something else when he sees the videos of Roxlee, but I was like, “It’s like that Peter Gabriel video.”

Nick Deocampo (ND): This is the reason why I’m more of a historian than a filmmaker right now because the fear that I have in what we’re discussing is that you tend to efface the historical markings that are necessary to inform us of the state of technology, politics, economics, society, our mental well-being.

I’m sorry if I or some of us here may sound nostalgic because, in the end, I think it’s a kind of temporal framing. That’s also our legacy. One thing you may understand is that materialism is a euphemism of Marxism. You belong to that generation where the material reality, all of these were part of the process that we were in. That’s what I’m trying to caution ourselves; that unless you see that, it’s just a style that belongs to a certain temporal continuum, which technology enriches and adds up.

We still need to demarcate exactly that this technology in the ‘70s is different from the ‘80s. I’m sorry to be so chronological about it. Of course that kind of historical periodization can be put into a question or argument, but I feel that there’s still room for a historical nuancing for us to know what is still useful. Again, being informed is all I’m asking for and that’s why, as I’ve said, I engage in history because this country, our people primarily, tend to forget so easily.

AS: I think the fact that it’s becoming added to the argument is a result of a very interesting point that we started to realize what technology has to do with the formation of communities and how it influences aesthetic because you’re working from a place with limitations.

ME: There are still a lot of limitations with digital, so much.

ND: Codec issues.

AS: Yes, there is! I only mean to bring up how that is going to be augmented in the future especially now that you see 15-year-old filmmakers and 8-year-old app developers. I mean, those are very interesting developers right now. One of the things that concerns me at least, is how optimized it’s becoming with how people develop things. It’s becoming more convenient and more possible to just confine yourself to your room and do your own thing there without having to relate to people in this space because dissemination and screening mean something else now.

ME: We’ve all been very nostalgic about form, material, and how your works from the ‘70s and ‘80s were disseminated. Now that you’re focusing on the digital, no one has questioned or brought to attention the politics and possibilities of distribution when it comes to digital forms. There are so many ways to distribute. Cross-referencing with what you were saying about community, of course communities are developed from screenings and workshops because you literally had to be physically present in the workshops and the screenings.

ND: Now it’s all virtual.

ME: Yeah, and now, for example, some of the Marcos-era films can actually be seen online. Jon, what works do you have online? [Hindi sa Atin ang] Buwan (The Moon is Not Ours) (2011)?

Jon Lazam (JL): Yes, Buwan.

ME: You can see some of Raya’s works if you download.

RM: But I’m more old school, you have to pay for it.

John Torres (JT): I like watching in a big dark room with the others. Some people prefer to download and watch in solitude at home. Inside the cinema, I don’t have the remote so I power through a contract of continuous playback. If it were just me and the remote, I could take my sweet time and take breaks or naps. Or I could just decide not to watch altogether. I like both.

Teddy Co (TC): It’s also a discipline not to answer any phone calls!

ND: As a challenge to the curators here: why don’t you try to program something digitally? Because this actually questions the very practice of why you have to have a physical screening like this and bringing us together. Of course, we are rushing here because this is a sacred ritual as far as we’re concerned. Now, here’s the challenge: we won’t see each other. Let’s see what results you’re gonna have and inform us, maybe we’ll see each other. Again, it’s not a question of comparison of which one is better. We want to see exactly how we can move on from this old ritual of getting together, talking to each other, and trying to exchange or share some ideas. I know that on the internet, we somehow can, we can comment immediately. So, let’s move on to that.

If I sound so nostalgic, then I just want to correct one thing. It’s just an impression that maybe we sound nostalgic but personally, I’d like to say that we’re not. In fact we do recognize the materiality of video technology and that cinema has moved on. As I said before, my works right now involve digital technology and my documentaries have CGI. I’ve reconciled myself with the technology. It’s just that once again, we’re burdened by history. And don’t worry, 20 years from now, Raya, all of you will be speaking the same language when we are in the age of holograms. You know, I’m sure digital media will be over! Holograms will be here and that’s where the new masterpieces will be. We don’t even have to see each other, we’ll just be projected there.

***** #ThrowbackThursday #greenpapayaarchives #KalampagTrackingAgency #experimentalfilm #videoart #artistsmovingimage #losotros #losotrosfilms #lightleaks

This excerpt has been edited for length and clarity. Some parts were translated from FIlipino.

***** Images by Neo Maestro.

If you can: https://greenpapaya.art/donation

[teawithanaccent]

Blog Post #2

Last Thursday, our class went to the Miriam College to view an art exhibit. I had not gone to an art exhibit for a long time now, so I had a good time appreciating the art on display. The building was simple and a bit plain, but I personally found that better as I could focus more on the pieces that way. The architecture was not particularly striking, but I believe that helps emphasize more on what was being exhibited.

The gallery only took up one room, though it was a bit too small for my taste. There was still room to move around well even with a lot of people, though I think it could have been better in a bigger room. The room also became very busy as the class had to move around and observe the works on display.

It was only bright right above the artworks, which made it seem like there was a spotlight on them, giving them importance.

There were about 42 pieces on display, majority of which were paintings. Several of these paintings were by women artists such as Maria Taniguchi, Angelica Verzosa, Phyllis Zaballero, Anita Magsaysay-Ho, and Anabel Velasquez Alejandrino.

Taniguchi’s featured work was “Sapul”, which shows a bright red, warm figure on a cool-toned background. This use of contrasting tones on the painting really caught my eye.

Verzosa had a lot of her works on display but the features of her “Dilaw na Buwan sa Ibabaw ng Namumula-mulang Bubong” were relatively more defined. Her style appears very abstract and almost child-like at first glance.

Zaballero demonstrates an even more abstract style while carrying an undertone of meaning. Her piece entitled “Pas de Deux Green” may be seen as a flurry of blue, green, yellow, black and white, while it may also be seen as the process of colors mixing to make a new one.

Ho, on the other hand, is a more realistic and simple artist. “Mga Tindera ng Mani” exemplifies this, as the artwork depicts exactly what its title states. The use of colors was very minimal, and it had an almost old-style feeling to it.

Alejandrino’s work “Pagkatapos ng Lahat” was my favorite piece in the exhibit. It is also more on the realistic side, and has a very homely feeling to it. It does not follow any particular color scheme besides the green room, and it has a relaxed yet triumphant sort of mood. It depicts a room of what appears to be artworks that have just been finished, with the materials still out. Although it is pretty self-explanatory, looking at it made me feel the artist’s sense of accomplishment when she would finish one of her works.

As for suggestions, I would like to see works that are not paintings more, I find them to be very original and exciting. I am glad I was able to visit, as I have not gone to an art exhibit for a long time. It was very refreshing and it really helped clear my head, which I am glad for.

[s0fti3w1tch]

I finally made some content for the ROTTMNT Sep AU crossover Bathtub Arc™

A Segment from Trainee and Red's Argument

Context: Set right after the events of @red-rover-au's fic Red Rover, RR!Leo/"Red" is recovering after the Shredder.

(further context: TL;DR, Fuller Explanation + text of the beginning part of their argument)

Red, a.k.a. bathtub boy Leo, is @red-rover-au's, and the Leo currently not bleeding out is Trainee, my Tentative Devotee AU Leo :)

Something incredibly funny about the TMNT AU competition was that it came about after the sep AU discord discussed the Bathtub Arc™ with 6 of our Leos. So basically we decided that Tentative Devotee Leo, Life Mission Leo, BloodBath Leo, The Night Leo, and SLAU Leo all went to the AU competition right after this meanwhile Red was in the tub.

[s0fti3w1tch]

"Ghost" in My Dreams

[context] Raph was the last to see Leo before he disappeared. The guilt haunts him.

[s0fti3w1tch]

Sometimes I think about how Tentative Devotee wasn't gonna to be my main fanwork, but it happened anyways.

I was like "yeah, I'll do some stuff for the side project 😌" and suddenly I just wanted to focus on TD!AU lmaoo

If you're curious about the other fanwork? It was gonna be a post-movie Ao3 fic with some illustrations. I've posted stuff for it before. I didn't scrap it, I just can only focus on one AU at a time!

[s0fti3w1tch]

and thank you for continuing to stay with me

[s0fti3w1tch]

I decided to actually finish coloring this

"Let's open your birthday gifts when you come home"

Tentative Devotee AU Masterpost

[s0fti3w1tch]

He knows how to ride mopeds btw :)

Just a cute image I had in mind.

Work has been eating me this week!

I've been managing though :)) the fellow Separated Leo Poll Gang have been really highlighting my day and I've made a couple stuff for fun. Here's one of them. I'll get back to posting story-driven AU content and answering asks (open still!) once I get my bearings.

Thank you once again for the support ♥︎

TD!AU Masterpost

[s0fti3w1tch]

The Rise boys in my outfits ✨✨✨

I needed a breather so I decided to finally do that older trend :))