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dr. sharp angles and dr. soft curves
(hidden angst explained in tags)
#the pitt#frank langdon#melissa king#kingdon#melfrank#fanart#back to my natural habitat#one line and symbolism#the fact that i learnt how to read ecg for drawing this#i'm impressed by my own dedication tbh#so basically i gave mel sinus tach#increased heart rate which can be caused by#stress anxiety dehydration burnout in general#and for frank v tach#which is basically first stage code blue#aka patient in crisis in need of immediate medical attention#also i just wanna say i had a lot of fun drawing patrick's face#it's a very handsome one#my
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The modern prometheus
#as someone who’s a huge fan of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein I loved seeing the parallels in arcane#whether it was intended or not lol#while Viktor matches Victor Frankenstein’s pursuit of knowledge in spite of his own hubris to leave behind some sort of legacy kinda arc#it really is Jayce who symbolically embodies that role in the end#realizing your mistake way too late and going on a wild chase after your own crime against nature#very on brand#especially with the whole man of progress thing god the symbolism is everywhere#basically act one Frankenstein is Viktor and act two is Jayce#which coincidentally lines up with the show lmao#my art#art#digital art#fanart#sketch#procreate#illustration#haliai art#jayvik#arcane#jayce talis#arcane jayce#viktor arcane#also technically the hex goo thing is supposed to be bigger but I didn’t feel like widening my canvas
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Figuring her out a lil bit
#oc: rat king#even though he aint even here....#idk if I think this thing should even breach its very much a 'do my dirty work' kinda freak#but i was thinking about how dragons are a symbol of greed/hoarding wealth and was like lets play with that#but dragon is just kinda an inherently generic creature to invoke#also whereas rat king rats are like#'one' with rat king where they arent separate things and actively share (most) of each others mind#scav queen aint like that the skeleton is the boss and the crows are just decor#stragglers are punished for stepping out of line and failing to keeping up#inverse of rat king this is a girlboss#scribbles
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I'm leaving you alone
You can tend the garden, it's yours
You know that thing where you take a single snippet of a song and force it to fit The Character? Yeah......
~~ (★my Ko-fi) | (★commission info)
#my art#trolls band together#trolls fanart#trolls john dory#trolls brozone#dreamworks trolls#his ass is NOT nailing that tempo fgfgfgg#anyway. i almost went with ''i'm the hitch / i'm what no one believes'' for the caption#buuuuuut i liked the symbolism of the garden line better for jd#anyway anyway. i've been repeating this snippet so much i have it down *perfectly*#trolls
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i found you in the future
#robin#HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOVE.................#a TINY bit late but pls forgive me#egghead spoilers#isn't it so romantic that she learned about ohara's survival on the island of the future .............#one piece#some added commentary: the little white bits can be seen as bubbles of air escaping the books#to symbolize that the lives poured into them continue to breathe on#and also the ashes of ohara thrown into the sea#so the water around robin holds death life knowledge and flowers#(callback in a way to the 'scattered in the sea are the world's grief / the world's secrets' line from my last robi drawinf)#ah and also her tears! which contain those multitudes as well#good things lay in wait 4 ohara :#'-)))
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prince of rails
thinking about the railroad/wheel imagery of oktavia von seckendorf. supplemental texts include this piece by junkworldusa, super catgirl tapeworm pg 113, and this essay on nietzche + madoka magica rebellion. all of which i recommend :)
#sayaka miki#puella magi madoka magica#pmmm#oktavia von seckendorf#madoka magica#madoka magica fanart#sayaka miki fanart#pmmm fanart#pmmm sayaka#the attached essay had a line about the railroad track + wheel imagery of ocktavia von seckendorf as symbolizing an immovable fate. smiles.#yes her torso looks weird i knoww. this is because she;s not a real girl in this one so jot that down#if i was sicker and twisteder with it i wwouldve brought out the madoka magica witch font but i didnt want to write anything for this one.#and yes i have an addiction to the green ribbon iconography. sayaka's a lot like rei ayanami in wways.
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How would you redesign Headmaster Magneto? Just out pf curiousity because while he served it didn’t feel like… Erik.
i have to keep it 100 i have no idea without just. rerunning his original design but with a palette swap LOL but we try around here
#xmen#xmen comics#magneto#erik lehnsherr#snap sketches#CAUSE LIIIKEE i want to keep SOMEE elements of the headmaster look obviously#i like its design intent. or how i see its design anyway idfk .... idk what im sayin im sleepy#just gotta. throw a few more things on there .... maybe... again i dont know 😔#the bigass M just makes me think of megaman gigamix i cant even lie#having/wanting to keep this as a one piece/leotard with that big ass m is probablyl whats stumping me if im so tbh#for some reason the lack of 'underwear' and helmet really is doing a lot for it Not feeling like magneto#the helmet i get Thats His Symbol ATP but the underwear ..... girl idk Strong Man or something like that#its just awkward because headmaster magneto is Supposed to be more tame or . 'domesticated' i guess vjALKE#not less powerful but he shouldnt be as intimidating/outwardly powerful if. that makes sense???#the first thought seeing him shouldnt be 'hes going to stomp me to death' it should be. Not That LKVJAEKj#BUT AT LEAAASSST in the back of the mind being likek 'he could probably stomp me to death'#SOME power but not to a threatening degree idfk what im saying my TUMMY IS RUMBLIGN AGAIN#what did i eat todasy. i ate like five hot pockets today thats what i ate. and some grapes#idk im tired. maybe ill try this again down the line#anyway enjoy if you can. saturday is upon us which means i can DOODLE AGAIN
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My page for @destinytriofanzine! I drew something about kids always dreaming of far off places
[id in alt!]
#kingdom hearts#kh#ahh this one was so hard to draw; i never know how to combine a bunch of scenes in one picture without it looking cheesy#just threw a bunch of waves and leaves and birds on top and called it a day haha. it might be a bit too busy though#the white line going up the center is supposed to be a trail left behind by the gummi ship! it connects to the ship in the bg at the top#it's kinda meant to evoke little kids dreaming of other places-> getting older and earnestly making the raft to try to reach the dream#->the gummi ship as a premonition of how they'd actually reach the dream in the future. i guess? idk how to explain#and i really wanted to have kairi's expressions be really similar but changing subtly from wonder to worry when she's older#the boys are just max enthusiasm the whole time#but yeah. something something Symbolism and hopefully it's at least kinda pretty if it doesn't make sense#i'm just super proud to have been part of this project! everyone's work is just amazing#the destiny kids give me this soft feeling of kinda lonely nostalgia. it's nice to have a book full of that#very wistful looking through it#fan art#my art#project stuff
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eve and the serpent 🐍 (1/5)
(5/5)
#zai’s art#art#whnoc#claire elford#witch's heart#ashe bradley#wh#the asheclaire is not romantic but see it how you wish#i thought i was sooo funny for the ‘but the symbolism is so on the nose’ line#sorry if this is lazy or incoherent i just wanted to get this idea out tbh <3#i need to post more stuff to tumblerererer#i would do the thing where i point out details but there r way too many in this one#but just know i put a lot of thought into it LOL
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“I’ve been watching you for some time now. I saw the way you wielded that sword. It’s a good fit for you. Did you enjoy tearing up poor Kuma?” “Not especially.” Zoro says flatly. "Don’t act like you’re so above it all. I think that you feel excited when you see blood. You don't have to be ashamed of it.” Zoro glares at him, watching him pace back and forth. “Did you become a homicide investigator because you get a kick out of seeing shattered bone and mutilated corpses? It’s not something we in polite society discuss very often." —Ch. 10, Tiger by the Tail by Vandereer (@dandunn)
obsessed that they had their confrontation in a crumbling cathedral so i had to illustrate it (close-ups under the cut)
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6
#one piece#roronoa zoro#dracule mihawk#modern aru#tiger by the tail#tbtt art#ok umm lazy religious symbolism explanation for ppl who managed to escape catholic/christian upbringing#mihawk is standing in front of a stained glass depicting the annunciation (the angel gabriel tells mary she has to bear jesus)#mihawk is the angel of death etc (stole this from a line in ch. 20)#yoru's hilt is blocking mary's face (she's commonly seen as symbol of mercy). make of that what you will#umm what else. red crosses on either side of mihawk is st george's cross#there r also red dragons curling up the crosses on the door which alludes to the legend of st george defeating a dragon#(you probably have to squint bc i turned the brightness down a lot)#i was referencing the interior of calvary-st.george's parish in nyc which is where daredevil season 3's church fight was shot#ok i think that's it. anyway i'm surprised that i managed to make a whole illustration. this was intense n the background killed me#but dramatic and bloody church confrontations ft stained glass is my weakness!!!#oh yeah i added the votive candles bc i remember it was such a good detail when zoro came into the church and was like#wtf there are still ppl here???#also needed an alt source of lighting. but not going to lie drawing them was scary but it turned out well#illustration#my art
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an unforeseen joy, an unforeseen heartache
daughter
#hollow knight#the pale king#pale wyrm#what other names does he have???#pk#hollow knight fanart#got inspired to do a little companion piece to the first one!#only details to note is i made his cape/wings tattered at the end like when he’s dead on the throne#made him the light source and brightest thing in the scene to harken back to the reason he’s not a ‘father’ is bc he chose to be ‘king’#however hornet’s threads both floating and around her needle are the same white bc of her parentage#they’re swaying towards him for a want of connection; whether to symbolize her or him making it up is up to interpretation#could be both <3#placed him outside the scene like hornet for same reason; the disconnect from both of them#my art#'unforeseen joy' is a line from hit and dearly beloved television show interview with the vampire btw
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Happy [depending on your timezone belated-] 2nd birthday CCCC!!
I gotta eep now, but I might add some more thoughts tomorrow ^^
For now, thank you CCCC for being my intro to Chonny Jash, and thank you cj for all the awesome community and inspiration and joy you’ve brought me and so many other people. Your music and characters will always hold a special place in my Heart [haha] <33
#chonny jash#cj mind#cj heart#cj soul#cj whole#cj harmonia#chonny’s charming chaos compendium#cccc#what who me? hide Pink Whole propaganda in my cccc anniversary artwork?? never ……#listened to the album in its entirety in order for the first time while making it and oooohhh the Thoughts about it#it was a great experience I feel bad I didn’t do it sooner lmao#anyways yayayayy !! happy birthday cccc <3333#there’s some fun details I added but I’ll probably just elaborate tmrw :]#appalling mustelid tornado#edit: adding some extra little details/thoughts because I’m rested now yay :D#I was careful to make sure to include 2 qualities from each of hms !#heart: blindfold and wings mind: crown and mechanical hands soul: mask and trident :)))#i guess this could count as a Whole/Harmonia design ??? I would call this Harmonia and Not Whole . very much just HMS combined into#one Being but like . not the thing that sings banana man and haiku and hidden in the sand n stuff yknow?#I originally had the colors more organized like . the hands and crown/head area were blue and the masked half of the face was red n stuff#but it didn’t look as good so it’s all just super liquified and blurred together now lol#Im actually pretty fond of how this turned out ^^#all of hms’s colors are included in the background with Soul being the spotlight Mind being the bottom gradient and Heart being the overall#background color#I would give some fancy symbolic explanation for this but I won’t lie . there isn’t any lol it’s just what I thought would work well :’))#if you can find meaning in it that’s great though !!!#I realized earlier today [day after I posted this] I forgot to add line weight to the trident which makes me kinda sad but WE BALL !!!#I would’ve added more symbolism in the patterns but I was super tired and had a headache when I did them 😭#oh and the trident !! it’s totally split up for epic symbolic reasons about the ending of the violence and the relationship between hms#and not because I fucked up the post real bad and couldn’t make it work properly with the trident intact dw about it trust chat
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Something is making my brain itch about this father-daughter (assuming that’s their relationship) and the lack of second parent and the beagle.
There is also the conundrum of the check shirt! Check shirts usually mean impending danger for the wearer and so it has me wondering if whatever happens to this man will be foreshadowing something happening to Eddie?!
But there is also something about this still that is giving me a throw back to Eddie’s introduction to 911 and the 118 - that they’re going to somehow parallel Buck becoming part of Eddie and Chris’s family - something around Buck introducing Eddie to Carla so that he could get Chris what he needed and build a life and a family in LA.
There’s something about the idea that the show might make this parallel at the moment Eddie is leaving the 118 - to really drive it home what Eddie is leaving by moving to Texas - because it would hit hard for both Eddie and Buck - highlighting that they’ve both built their family together at the moment it’s seemingly going to be torn apart.
But in juxtaposition to this, there’s also something about the idea of the beagle metaphorically representing Buck or Bucks abandonment issues more specifically.
Buck rescuing the beagle from a shelter because it has seemingly been abandoned by its family in the same way Buck feels abandoned by his own family throughout his life. Buck getting attached to the beagle is a metaphor for Buck clinging to his abandonment issues because they’re safe because they’re what he knows - what he’s loved with all his life (so being abandoned by Eddie (and Chris) is fine because that’s what happens to him).
Only for him to find out the beagle actually does have a family who miss and love it and they get to be reunited - Buck can make that happen.
So reuniting dog and family is also symbolic of Buck saving himself - letting go of his abandonment issues - and by doing that - by rescuing himself - he can be reunited with his family - Eddie and Chris will come back to him - come back for him.
#I am very in my feelings about the possibilities that beagle represents#the symbolism around buck needing to deal with his abandonment issues - to let them go - is just so good#that the shelter is a temporary solution - that it is a kind of no man’s land - a limbo#and that it represents abandonment - being abandoned#but it’s also a place for lost animals - ones that weren’t actually abandoned - they were just separated from their family by circumstance#and so the shelter going up in flames is symbolic of things seemingly getting worse#of losing the semi security of limbo - of no longer being able to exist in being lost and abandoned#things seemingly having gotten even worse - but it’s darkest before the dawn#and no one was ever saved alone (thank you Athena for that line)#and out of the wreckage of limbo comes hope - and you end up being reunited with your family - the family you were separated from#I think I might#be projecting onto a dog - but I regret nothing!!!#there’s also something in the idea of the beagle being a representation of Buck and Buck looking after it temporarily before reuniting it#with its actual family and how that is a metaphor for Tommy being bucks temporary ‘home’ until he can reunited with Eddie and Chris#- his actual forever family!#but maybe that’s me clowning and taking things a step too far 😬🤡#911 spoilers#911 abc#evan buckley#buddie#metaphors and parallels#eddie diaz
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Reblog friendly chimney sweep Rozenmarine for good luck
#little goody two shoes#rozenmarine#lgts#can you believe i wrote a whole fanfic because of one line in her good ending...#sweeps are good luck symbols in germany
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Trying another painting technique! First painting in black and white and then adding color, but I also like how the black and white looks
Which one looks better?
#my art#jayvik#arcane#viktor#jayce talis#jayce x viktor#viktor arcane#arcane fanart#I wanted to do something along the line of a “death and the maiden”#So I thought aboht THAT picture#you know which one#I also was about to make Jayce look like his s2 self. because I like his long hair. but I think it makes more sense with s1 Jayce#I also thought about painting kindred. lamb more specifically. but then I realize that a skeleton would be a more universal symbol#aaaandd#I didn't want to draw a skeleton (I hate drawing ribs) so I made something like a ghost#JayVik got me so bad that I actually found the motivation to finish a painting lmao
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Okay no idea if tattoo's were a thing in ancient greece but regardless imagine penelope and odysseus having an olive branch tattoo around their hands that connects when they hold hands.
#epic the musical#The odyssey#It works for both so I'm tagging both#Odysseus#Penelope#Odypen#odysseus x penelope#Tattoos#hand tattoo#Olive tree symbolism reaching every part of their lives#Literally anybody in their lives: you know that just because you met under an olive tree#Doesn't mean you need to make it your whole personality#Odypen: no I'm going to#Literally .5 seconds of googling says tattoos were for criminals#So probably not but it's my fandom space so 🤷#Half of me wants to be like oh nvm they were actually good rulers so they probably didn't want pretty visible tattoos like that#The other half of me thinks they would want it even more due to the crime#Okay okay nope I've fleshed out this headcanon as I've rambled in the tags so#They talked about getting a interlinked matching hand tattoo before but always decided it would be worth the push back#UNTIL#odysseus has to leave for troy. And then they sat down and tattooed the interlinking olive branches onto each other#(And they took the complicated route and made it so the olive branches always line up no matter what way they hold hands)#Odysseus shows up to the war meeting with fresh tattoos marking him a criminal and his wife's dresses#This is half of why Athena had to spend half the odyssey changing odysseus's appearances was to hide the tattoos#*the dress thing came from another one of my posts#Do I think odysseus would have crossed dressed....maybe in private probably not before the whole 20 years odyssey thing#But post-canon? Absolutely
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