#mossy art

[mossy-rainfrog]

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strolling in fashionably late to the two year anniversary of the greatest musical adaptation of Moby Dick of all time, Caleb Hayashida's 'Moby Dick or the Whale'. I've been thoroughly enamored with this album for over a year now and it only felt right to do a tribute for its birthday :)

now, go do yourself a favor and listen to Sea Fever 💙💙

some notes about the details I added under the cut!

Some notes on this as a tribute!

Firstly, as always, my Ishmael design is stolen from the beloved @pocketsizedquasar :3

Secondly, the primary songs captured by this piece are meant to be 'Interpretation', 'Whiteness of the Whale', and 'Whaleman's Hymn'. Interpretation is primary, since that song refers directly to the painting at Spouter Inn, and Ishmael's attempts to interpret it. (Aside: it's a brilliant song that foreshadows chords repeated during the chase, it confuses and delights the listener much like book Ishmael's ramblings do, and it odes to the album itself being an interpretation of a novel. also it's a bop. I fucking love it.) The whale in the picture is, you guessed it, the whale song. That one I felt was important to center as Hayashida himself intentionally put that song at the center of the album as a focal point for the rest to follow around (and for the narrative to break inside - give it a listen, the end is incredible). It's literally the centerpiece. And finally, the lyrics are from Whaleman's Hymn, the gorgeous ode at the end of the album.

Ishmael is also posed as both moving and stagnant in the center as a reference to the cyclical nature of Hayashida's album. It ends with the same lyrics it begins with ("I must be out to sea"), and so here, Ishmael meant to be caught in the space between both of those songs. Moving and yet unable to move from where he is.

The watery effect was particularly inspired by Drifting, as that song fills me with an immense sense of peace and gives me the feeling of laying down at an aquarium watching the light of the water dance around. It also helps make the mood of the piece a bit more dynamic, as the looming painting, dissonant colors, and heavy shading all feel a bit foreboding, and the water effect both enhances that by giving an unnatural feel, and subdues that by communicating a semblance of peace and muting the colors.

The oil effect and jagged colors of the piece itself are references to the official album cover art! The flaming harpoon's colors are mimicked in the red light at the top of the painting, and the bright teal/white is mimicked in the whale at the bottom. They're also positioned over each other, just like on the album cover.

The painting itself is also supposed to be reminiscent of The Chase, in all its chaotic glory. Hayashida has an INSANE stroke of genius with that song where, at a certain point, two different time signatures overlap to show the whale opposing the crew/Ahab. The blend is so smooth that it's easy to miss if you aren't looking for it, and yet so brilliant that it makes you anxious for the buildup and final clash. The saturated opposing colors are supposed to be something of a nod to that, as well as the nature of the painting being a sinking ship and a white whale lol

So, yeah those are my notes! :D thank you for reading and definitely give this masterpiece a listen!! 💙💙

[sludgewolf]

Contributing to his yassification

[mossy-box]

Random turtle doodles

[vvamolian]

🌱Mossy fairy wings🌱

📸: carolinemoorenc on ig.

[earthjournalbyawildrose]

fōrest spīrīt .:. @earthjournalbyawildrose

source

[shaybaysroom]

🎃🎃🎃

[mossyinkynebulous]

So, I know don't do sanscest often, but like guys. Is Cult of Dionysus not them. How does the song not fit them

Killer belongs to rahafwabas, Nightmare belongs to Joku, Horror belongs to Sour-Apple-Studios, and Dust belongs to Ask-Dusttale.

[creepbryophyta]

Art dumb time :boom:

had to fight with Tumblr for a sec to let me upload these

These were drawn on my school ipad

[whisperofherbs]

While I was following you, my shoes turned into moss 🍃👞✨

[mossy-rainfuck]

mary/starbuck - praise kink

YIPPEEEEEEEEE first attempt at drawing m/f smut lets go 🏃

[full version in RB]

mary deserves to get GOOD goddamn head and starb deserves to get told he's a good boy about it. who said that

[funselkram]

[mossy-rainfrog]

[ID: A doodle page for the Malevolent podcast, featuring several sketches of Arthur, John, Kayne, The King in Yellow, and Yellow. More detailed description in ALT Text.]

Bringing y'all my mid-season 3 Malevolent arts because this podcast has a grip on me. Featuring my Kayne design because I have SOOO many thoughts about that freak <3 his voice sounds a bit similar to Arthur to me and so I thought it might be fun if he was mocking the lads by wearing Arthur's face. As of s3 we have no idea wtf Kayne is supposed to be, anyways, but altering his form doesn't seem to be a power that's off the table. Also the concept of John not recognizing Arthur's face on a happier, less scarred form makes me want to throw up :) hope this helps!

[sludgewolf]

Ngl they were my favorites to make and it shows

[mossy-box]

Gee whizz I love yuri!!

[mossyace]

The Answer: Part 6.2: the end of part 6.

FIRST || PREVIOUS || NEXT

[mosstro]

This is part of my tarot card series around Nijisanji EN, I originally posted these on a twitter thread, and along those you guys can also see some post drawing notes I did on each drawing!  I originally planned to post all these together in one post, but decided to post the first 5!