#red-yellow-blue-crayon original art

[srcepiksla]

finally posting this zine i made at a trans oriented art workshop thing, its abt identity and like transitional periods.

english translation in alt

(id w english translation under the cut)

[ID:

first image: a zine cover with the title made up of different sized magazine cutout letters, some black and some red, saying "inter-states"; and a subtitle saying "a museum of transition"

second image: first two pages of the zine. the page on the left has vertically aligned text that says "white dot; grey dot; black dot" with appropriately coloured circles next to each line of text. the page on the right has a magazine cutout of a white shirt scribbled over with red pen, the text in the top left says "bloody shirts" and has blood dripping drawn under it.

third image: the middle two pages of the zine. the page on the left has a collage with a photo a person in a yellow raincoat lying face-down surrounded by cartoon-style hands holding microphones, the text under the person says "how do you see the future?". the page on the right has a collage of two women in black and white, one has short hair, a coat and is looking behind her; while the other one has long hair, a tight dress and is holding a gun pointed in the first woman's direction. the title on that page says: "communism" in all caps, and under it are various magazine cutouts saying "is there communism here in the 21st century?", "yugoslavia 2.0", "communism", "renaissance", "old and new: life and the universe", "communism" (again), and "a secret life".

fourth image: the last two pages of the zine. the page on the left features a blue quarter circle of a painting in the left corner; under it two ancient greek female figures lounging, with a question mark next to the one on the left and the female and male symbols added next to the one on the right; in the right corner there is a guy in a suit with his arms crossed and a scribbled on mushroom cloud replacing his head, on the left hand side is a blue cartoonishly drawn woman with something dripping from her mouth and a vacant stare. the text on the page says "artists and muses", "creative solutions", and "kill the original". the page on the right has the text "accepting yourself" and "emotional landscape / here's an emotional landscape", under the text are three cutout figures falling down and in distress, the background is scribbled on with black fineliner and red crayon.

/end of ID.]

[rangarlamamicado]

Deltarune CH3 & 4 (+5) Predictions (UPDATED)

Ch3:

* Two Rooks (Mike and Tenna, a duo who run the station/dark world)

* Bonus: Mike is the voice of the two, but Tenna is the brains behind the operation.

* Secret Boss: A cowboy from a canceled show. Potentially elements of missing green crayon?

* Bonus: Uses a pan (green soul weapon, in tradition w/ jevilKNIFE (red) and Big SHOT (yellow)) and maybe pans for gold? To make money and strike it rich since his cancelation likely ruined his life.

* Inverse of green's kindness, anger and hatred. (Jevil was hopeless ('undetermined') to continue and gave up. Spamton experienced and doles out injustice, scamming people for no good reason.)

* Somewhat hotland-esque? (If Ch1's DW was New Home (castles and traditional layout) and Ch2's was Core (Cybernetic/electric) it could be going in reverse order)

* Undyne is wrapped up in it (a la Berdly) with Toriel as the party member. Weird route could expand on brief part in UT where Undyne needs water due to metal armor in hotland.

Ch4:

* Dark world in Holiday House. Thus, two Bishops (can involve Alvin in some way as antagonistic?). As for main villain this chapter... unsure! Likely two new original ones.

* Power outage, whether by weather or by Kris, leads Kris & Susie to the dark world with Noelle.

* Despite wintry theme, will have elements of Waterfall. Likely due to an official or sombre atmosphere of the house thanks to Mayor Holiday (and absence of Dess?).

* Secret Boss: Ice-E, maybe related to the pizza box Dess burned in the sweepstakes?

* Bonus: Cyan soul, inverse of patience (anticipation/longing), as if waiting for this moment and obsessing over it with insanity. Incorporates toy knife as weapon, like an ice-pick?

* Bonus: Weird route likely involves Alvin or Mayor Holiday in some way? Details unclear.

Ch5:

* Dragon-Blazers Dark World. A 'dark world within a dark world,' even. Hence, rudimentary, simplistic art style paralleling classic JRPGs (reality becomes more avante-garde the further down you go until complete darkness).

* Skies Forever Blue was actually Dragon Blazers all along! Reveals two 'knights,' the MC from Dragon Blazers likely being the antagonist for the chapter (sees party as 'enemies/invaders of the kingdom'), and Kris (though maybe not said deliberately or at the start).

* Bonus: Revelation of existence of multiple knights/beings who can create dark worlds? Two light knights maybe being Alvis and Dess, and two dark knights being Dragon Blazers MC and Kris' Soul. (Dragon Blazers MC is the other dark knight because they too are a player surrogate character, albeit for their own game. Can add some interesting meta-commentary?).

* Wintery elements paralleling Snowdin, likely leading to the Glacial Palace mentioned in the Spamton Sweepstakes.

* Secret Boss: Dess/Dragon Blazers Princess. Represents inverse integrity - deception, deceit. Likely regarding their true identity? Due to being princess and blue soul, incorporates dancing?

* Bonus: Likely sealed within Glacial Palace, being the chapters' final area (as with all secret bosses). Thus, glitch usage and potential deep-darkness delving?

* Weird route may expose Kris as the Knight, and represent a turning point for the story as a whole with Susie and Kris.

Complete Chess Theory:

Light world -

* King: Asgore

* Queen: Toriel

* Rook: Undyne, Alphys

* Bishop: Mayor Holiday, Rudy?

* Knight: Alvin, Dess

* Pawn: Susie, Berdly, Noelle, Monster Kid, Jockington, Temmie, Snowy, Catti

* Player: Chara (Us, the player, the puppet master of those from the realm of the 'real')

Dark world -

* King: Spade King

* Queen: Q5U4EX7YY2E9N (Queen)

* Rook: Mike n' Tenna

* Bishop: Two new characters, most likely

* Knight: DB Protag, Kris' Soul

* Pawn: Ralsei, The 7 Vessels

* Player: W.D.Gaster (The puppet master of the origin of the dark world and its denizens)

[itzme-thefaust]

ok so hi tumblr legion time

all legion members serve under the command of Great King Olly and have superhuman qualities granted to them by him. some have characteristics all to themselves but all have absurdly large size, towering over regular people, and also the ability to morph between their regular form and their stationery equivalent. all have one eye the colour of the streamer they protect and the other ollys signature purple, and all also have tattoos of ollys insignia somewhere on their bodies, which is where they get their magical superhuman abilities from. all legion members have 2 names - their original name, and their olly-given name. the olly-given names are just their names in their original languages. they also go by their stationery object in english and have their unique too

underneath this is information about the members individually!!

copen/jean/crayon

•red streamer guardian

•french

•he/him

-the legion’s pretty boy representative

-vampire who drains colour instead of drinking blood!!

-can draw using his nails like actual pencils

-only got into art galleries through ollys help

-has to feel like he’s better then others bc he’s insecure

-olly insignia on hand

rubber band/nicoleta/banda de cauciuc

•blue streamer guardian

•romanian

•she/they

-one of the older los members

-lives to impress unless she doesn’t like you. then you die

-reminds the other members to. brush their teeth

-very reliable but has a fickle mood

-copes with her problems by laying down dramatically on the ground in the rain

-olly insignia on chest

hole punch/bes/lakmat hafra

•yellow streamer guardian

•egyptian

•he/him

-an absolute menace

-nervous and awkward around new people, very reserved actually

-room is soundproof bc he keeps blasting very loud music

-when not able to use his giant speakers he uses headphones instead. yeah he has horrible hearing

-shows appreciation for his friends by biting their arms

-olly insignia on hip

tape/captain/nastro

•purple streamer guardian

•italian

•he/him

-gets hired to commit crime, very efficient too

-lives to be violent and that’s it

-above average strength

-he made his jobs more exciting by learning to do stunts

-adhesive hair. basically he can grow it longer on command and the new hair acts like actual tape

-olly insignia on knee

scissors/samael/hasami

•green streamer guardian

•japanese

•he/it

-a literal lab experiment

-eats his kitkats sideways. knows your address

-has a smaller handaconda attached to itself, uses it for cool ways to move around

-only has one arm, the other is a Sword

-forked tongue like a snake

-olly insignia on elbow

stapler/coeus/syrraptiko

•not a streamer guardian. lol

•greek

•he/him

-werewolf with full control of his lycanthropy

-ollys right hand man, kind of his butler really

-very big fluffy hair

-angry man full of spite

-looks very funny when his hair is wet. gets sprayed down with a hose sometimes

-olly insignia on mouth

i do have los ocs so maybe sometime i’ll make a separate post for those but for now have my goofies!!! :3

[krcdgamedev]

Schizoposting about the Palworld models situation

As I've worked my way through the absolute basics of making a mons game, I've of course dabbled in the art of creating 3D models for original mons. I'm by no means an expert, but I think I know my way around a 3D model by now. So basically,

This post by Byo got my attention:

Basically, if the end points of each spike have the same geometry, then the geometry that "flows" from/into them should be the same as well.

Scribbling on the Lycanroc model for a second, you can see that each edge of the decahedron has its own "strip" of polygons proceeding fairly clearly from it down the spike:

In a big cluster of spikes like that, those strips will meet with each other at various places, end up running alongside each other, etc. This reveals the underlying shape of the spikes, and if that arrangement of "strips" is the same on both models, that would be evidence it's more than a coincidence.

So I got out my crayons and started coloring.

As you can already see there's... concerning similarities. The central spike starting from the middle has two strips that reach the main body alone. The yellow strip on the middle spike and the purple strip on the first spike over run alongside each other. They then meet in the middle for another strip before parting, both cyan:

Now there is a slight difference with the yellow and purple strips- on Lycanroc they end together while on not-Lycanroc they continue on to the body. I think that's easily a result of edits to remove Lycanroc's rock spikes, possibly by just removing this whole chunk of the mane and extruding the remaining geometry out:

The end of the yellow and purple strips is basically right above the row of polygons where the rock spike starts.

But hey, you know how the first sign of trouble was the same vert counts at the end? There is another:

And another:

That's right, the other two pairs of main mane spikes have the same tip vert count.

(Full disclosure, I merged some overlapping vertices on the Palword model to show the actual vertice count without duplicates, thus the different total vertice counts. It doesn't change the model, there's just some parts that're disconnected on the Palworld model. So don't start bitching about fabricating evidence)

The polygon flow continues to be suspiciously similar.

The second spike flows into the third spike at exactly the same part (orange/yellow and blue/cyan). The red and green strips run alongside each other:

Unfortunately(?) after this it finally breaks down. The last spike doesn't seem to line up the same. I've highlighted that blue strip as the first one continuing onto the body, and the next strips back from that are misaligned compared to the other model.

On not-Lycanroc the orange strip connects to the next spike:

While on Lycanroc the orange strip goes towards the body, alongside the blue strip.

Still pretty sus though.

And now I'm going to go have nightmares about dogs in clown wigs, thank you very much.

On another note, I decided to replicate this guy's finding, because I was curious about a few things in Azurobe's model anyway-

So Serperior has this collar that's like a banana peel. The neck inside of that collar is narrower than the outer body and doesn't connect directly. You remove the collar and it looks like so:

Azurobe doesn't have any obvious discontinuity where that gap is, but I did find something interesting...

Like Gogo demonstrated, moving Azurobe's spine bones to match Serperior's causes the edge loops to line up almost exactly (these aren't lined up absolutely perfectly but you get the picture):

What I noticed was, the point where it stops lining up is just about exactly where Serperior's collar gap is:

Almost like there's semi-original geometry above but not that point huh?? Sussy wussy!!

Since I happened to be moving Azurobe's bones instead of Serperior's, I happened to make another discovery. Just moving Serperior's bones straight up and down leaves the edge loops flat, but Azurobe gets all wonky:

As it happens, if you look at a cross-section of both models, Azurobe pinches outward at the front and back, where the deformation issues basically are:

I think back to all the Palword defenders going "NOOO U CAN'T CHANGE ONE SINGLE VERTEX ON A MODEL IT'LL BREAK THE ANIMATIONS!! IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO EDIT A MODEL!!!!!" and think to myself... did their edits to the model break the animations (by way of breaking the weightpainting/rigging)?

This issue is very visually similar to that of not-Lycanroc's legs, which have wonky edge loops by default (ie without moving any bones), which some see as a sign of editing:

I don't think that's necessarily the case, they could have started with their own fresh cylinder and just did a shit job of making legs out of that, but still, there it is.

[yashkhanna2042-blog]

Importance of Creative play; learning and development.

Importance of Creative play; learning and development.

Modern play:

Are you amongst the ones who think creative play is a mere source of keeping a child hooked? Or do you feel it is a medium of passing time? Maybe it is time to give it a new outlook. With the evolving era, modern-day toys and games have seen a dynamic paradigm shift. These creative play toys, being a part of this digital era, contribute a lot to the holistic development of a child. The article below helps you get a brief understanding of how these modern-day toys not only stimulate learning but also feed creativity, imagination, and self-expression!

What is creative play?

This type of play is often associated with high standards of imagination. Therefore, it is also known as imaginative play. Any type of play that stimulates or invokes creativity and imagination among kids can be termed Creative play. Some of these include:

Art.

Craft.

Pretend play.

These are some common types. Modern-day toys comprise a diverse range of creative play toys. Despite the type, the ultimate motive of these is to nurture the creative side of a child!

Importance and Benefits of creative play:

1. Emotional Development: Creative play encourages social and emotional growth by fusing emotions with objectives. To express their feelings, ask your youngster to paint, draw, or tell a tale. Children who cannot verbally communicate their sentiments can do so through these kinds of activities. With practice, kids will develop safe, original ways to communicate their emotions, which will help them fit in with others and better control their behavior.

2. Cognitive Development: Children can develop critical problem-solving abilities through creative play, which fosters intellectual growth. Children can use their imaginations and explore a world other than their own when they read, paint or craft. With creative play activities, kids can explore a world full of new possibilities and affirmations!

3. Social Connect: Are you worried about your child being isolated? As parents, you can make the best use of this type of play to increase their social bonds. Children can learn and improve fundamental communication and social interaction skills through play in a variety of contexts, including art and craft toys, singing, dancing, dressing up, and other imaginative activities.

Tips to encourage creative play among your young minds:

•Accessible supplies: The urge to create something has no perfect time. Therefore, it is important to be well-stocked with accessible supplies that help implement your child’s ideas. Do not go all out and fancy. Just simple mindful toys like art and craft kits, dolls, etc. Remember to stay relevant to your child’s age and capacity while picking up these mindful supplies.

•Support boredom: Boredom often triggers creativity. When you child is more likely to be entertained with diverse distractions, creativity gets hampered. Make sure you give them ample time when they are exposed to no means of entertainment.

Top art and craft set for kids:

 Now that we have a whiff of what creative play is and its corresponding benefits, here are some of our recommendations that might help your children indulge in such imaginative and creative activities:

1. Explore my candle-making lab:

Art kits for 6+-year-old kids: Discover the physics of candles and candle burning. With the help of this DIY activity toy, you may create your own perfumed, vibrant, and a variety of shaped candles at home! INCLUDES: Silicon molds, wax crayons, red, blue, and yellow candle colors, decorative items, two fragrances, wooden and plastic spatulas, large measuring beakers, paraffin wax Ribbons, wrapping paper, the candle gift package

2. Metallic crayons:

Art kits for 3+-year-old kids: Highlights Crayola metallic-shaded 24 crayons on colored or dark paper, sketch and draw using these chic metallic crayons. Organized conveniently in a reusable tuck box The 24 metallic-colored crayons are double wrapped for increased durability. On black paper, the 16 Metallic FX Regular Size Crayons produce fantastic effects! Allow children to embellish their creations and coloring pages. Excellent addition to your child's arts and crafts supplies. This is the best art and craft kit to ignite your children’s inner artist!

3. Shimmer and Sparkle magical unicorn:

Art kits for 5+-year-old kids: Paint your wonderful unicorn with shimmer and dazzle; it measures 5. 5 inches long by 6. 25 inches tall inside the box. Paint your wonderful unicorn with shimmer and dazzle; it measures 5. 5 inches long by 6. 25 inches tall inside the box. With Cra-Z-Art Shimmer 'N Sparkles Paint Your Own Magical Unicorn, take coloring to a new level. This creative play activity can help you get ahold of your own distinctive decorating style.

[su-nlt]

Things Confirmed In The Future

New Song: Being Human (Full Version). Cookie Cat Rap (Reprise) 

New Location: Providence Island (mentioned)

The is the final episode of Steven Universe Future, and the final episode of the series overall

Steven now has a workout routine

A few months has passed since the events of I Am My Monster

Shep and Sadie will be having a concert in Charm City

Connie is planning on touring several schools, one of which is near or in Providence Island

There is a search engine in the Steven Universe Universe called Boogle (Likely a combination of Bing and Google)

Steven is moving away from Beach City for his own personal growth

Everyone in Beach City and the Gems have been told about Steven leaving 

Garnet and Pearl have now been seen eating food

There is a silhouette drawing of Pearl and a picture of Steven Jr on one of Steven’s wall

There are 39 states in the United States in the Steven Universe universe. Steven plans to tour them all before finding a place to settle down

Steven is now seeing a therapist, who he plans to video chat while on the road

Steven plans to leave Beach City for a unspecified amount of time

Steven has learned how to make his own cookie cats

Steven has given several gifts to all of the main gems before he left Beach City. These gifts include..

One of Stevens old red t-shirts for Peridot A 142 art set for Lapis ( At least 28 colored pencils, 60 crayons, 24 oil pastels, 24 watercolors, and more!) (Lapis plans to paint with her tears to make a watercolor painting of Steven) The original Crystal Gem flag for Bismuth All of Steven’s old video games and consoles for Amethyst (She’ll never delete his save files) Stevens old ukulele for Pearl (She loves it and never plans to play anything else Stevens wedding planner for Garnet (She overjoyed to plan it, and his already planned 663 versions of it)

Steven considers Bismuth to be the most Crystal gem of Crystal gems 

Jasper is now in Little Homeworld

Jasper has offered to join Steven on his travels as protection

Jasper still considers Steven her Diamond

Only one save file can be made for Golf Quest Mini

Peridot has been stealing parts of of the washer and dryer at Steven’s house (A sign had to be put up to deter her)

Steven consider it amazing to be able to plan Ruby and Sapphires wedding

Stevens wants Garnet to plan his wedding in the future

Steven has packed up most of his room in preparation for his move. A few of the items his is bringing with him include

A picture of himself Some Fish Stew Pizza merch A Vote For My Dad shirt A ship in a bottle A Copy of Keep Beach City Weird A batarang A Ranger GUY

Steven is bring several suitcases full of stuff with him

Greg is moving into Steven’s old room

Steven found a Kerry Moonbeam poster for Greg

Some of the items being left in the room are

Some glow-in-the-dark stars The new Crystal Gem emblem A reading a light

Greg likes Steven’s bed

Connie and Steven have now kissed on the lips

Steven and Connie plan to meet up at a bed and breakfast 

Steven is taking the Dondai Supremo with him 

Garnet saw a potential future where the gems crying over Steven leaving may cause him to stay

The Gems will see Steven in the future

Steven will pass through a desert on his journeys

Steven will need to check his left rear tire before he hits the desert (not serious, but could be trouble if left unchecked) 

Several gourds bearing a resemblance to Pumpkin can be seen in Beach City

The orange and blue gems fixed by Yellow Diamond are now on Earth, and can be seen getting their picture taken by Volleyball

Beach City has a Bike Shop

Onion is now in possession of Steven’s cheeseburger backpack 

[lofeinstructor]

Chakras are refined energy centres on the spine (think yoga) that manage each part of our lives. we tend to every have one major chakra through that our true temperament expresses. By applying the lines, colours, and textures that relate to your strongest chakra, you'll be able to style and build a sacred house that actually reflects your inner self.

Find Your Chakra Select whichever list best describes your temperament.

a) Sensual, expressive, carefree, emotive, fluid. perpetually innovating and connecting. Supersized feelings.

b) Romantic, heart-based, kind, accepting. Into healing, forgiving, caregiving.

c) Visionary, aesthetic, strategic, perceptive. Lover of originality, colours, second sight.

d) Intellectual, mental, organized, scholarly. enamoured with ideas, power, success.

e) religious, peaceful, meditative, harmonious. dedicated to a cause and better pursuit.

f) Organic, physical, dynamic, passionate. continuously doing, moving, manifesting.

g) Philosophical, learner, teacher. All regarding writing/singing/musing/speaking/verbally achieving a goal.

What Is Your Chakra? See the solution key below to see your major chakra. Then match that chakra with its corresponding aesthetic to search out the planning vogue that best reflects your inner self.

a) The second chakra. This orange chakra, primarily based within the abdomen, is that the chakra zodiac centre for emotions and creativeness. Go you—the most innovative of chakra sorts.

b) The fourth chakra. This chest-anchored chakra is inexperienced and describes the foremost romantic and relational-based of the chakra sorts. If it makes your heartbeat, you’re there.

c) The sixth chakra. Nothing sort of an image instead of words, right? This purple centre, settled within the brow, describes the foremost visual and strategic of chakra-ologists. Use your second sight, or clear seeing, once creating selections.

d) The third chakra. You’re all regarding thoughts and facts and ar terribly organized. The third chakra, which is yellow and within the nerve plexus, supports you in establishing structure.

e) The seventh chakra. The purity of white during this top-of-the-head chakra illuminates your religious lightweight. That’s you, the fan to the best of all lights.

f) the primary chakra. Rocket red and within the hips, this energy centre is all regarding flame-on energy. because the manifesting specialist of the chakra system, you’re dedicated to physical reality.

g) The fifth chakra. If it will be thought, you’ll say it; noted, you’ll sign it. focused within the blue chakra within the throat, your communication experience causes you to all regarding expression.

Chakra One = Rustic and trendy You are an Associate in Nursing extreme individual. You’re organic, natural, and everyone regarding the rugged outdoors—but conjointly pay time painful up success. Your muse should marry the raw and unrefined with clean and easy.

To keep your soul shining, assure that the natural daylight (and moonlight) streams in, and close to that wild, in all probability flame-red up to date seat, use a soft material shade with a full-spectrum bulb. suspend plants everyplace and fill your corners with rocks and stones from mountains and riverbeds. Then once stressed, activate that sleek equipment to surround yourself with the sounds of waterfalls, birds, whales. contemplate Tree of Life and sacred pure mathematics icons to anchor your altar house, at the side of earthy-scented incense and beeswax candles set in funky vintage bowls.

Chakra 2 = Bohemian Carefree, fuss-free, and sensual. Eclectic. What else explains the second chakra creative? Your expansive spirit can alight underneath sacred lighting. attempt feathery, tasselled, or colourfully beaded chandeliers and a dance hall ball pick-me-up once you’re down. Fountains ar your thing; indulge your comedic self by bobbing a couple of yellow duckies within the water, and once you’re able to spiritually connect, enter that sacred house jam-packed with treasures. There’s the jute or multi-coloured furnishings, icons from numerous cultures, and a crayon box to specific all of your feelings together with your burnt-orange, aromatic candle burning bright. Not for you, the yoga posture on the ground. You’ll sink into joy on your over-stuffed rainbow-hued stuffed chair.

Chakra 3 = Industrial The thinking-based third chakra person is all regarding practicality. Schedules, body details, with a touch of funky. Get conscious underneath a chic-steel dome or lamp on a meditation chair (yellow, your chakra colour) you'll be able to fold up and place away. therefore organized you are! Keep the remainder of your altar house clean and neat, mixing wood and steampunk, however, indulge your air-element soul with pictures of birds or icons reflective of the quiet mind, like Buddha, Kwan Yin, or Jesus of Nazareth reflective from a mountain prime. Aromatic scents like lemongrass and pine can soften away your stress, and you’ll go zen tending to your one, single, and beloved plant.

Chakra Four = Mediterranean Ahhh … The romantic soul of the heart-based therapist. Your home should be your haven, a respite from your over-busy relationships, therefore begin by transfer within the colours of the sky, ocean, and sun: turquoise, emerald, and rose-yellow.

Stained glass with pictures of saints, gurus, and mystics figuration love will be anywhere: lampshades, wall hangings, as image windows. You’ll feel reinvigorated by their dotty smiles, even additional by wind bells placed simply outside your windows. which special altar space? Fill it with photos of your special someones and white dedicated candles to lightweight once you pray for them. attempt putting in place a mood board you'll be able to draw or indite. Scents ar a-ok with you, as long as they evoke flowers and love. Crystals, anyone? Pink quartz hearts will be besprent concerning anyplace, as will a couple of angel cards.

Chakra 5 = recent World If your soul may choose the right era to measure in, it'd be the sixteenth or seventeenth centuries. recent Europe and therefore the Renaissance … suppose made, intelligent, bookish. Indulge your inner Rembrandt van Ryn with ochres, deep browns, dark blues, and burgundies and spirit-pieces mixing aura and therefore the ancient.

Comb antique stores for statues of crumbling or distressed angels, rusty bell chains, and perhaps Associate in Nursing old school fountain to fill with stones. Your quiet corner should feature a minimum of one plain-woven tapestry, and perhaps a medieval candelabra to make smoky privacy. What’s a sacred web site while not retro-shelves and lots of written language, perhaps a hymnal? Incense remindful of books, like occasional, vanilla, or sandalwood? It’s okay to sneak in school to assist together with your mantras or Gregorian chants.

Chakra Six = Hollywood Regency Who says spirituality can’t be fun and picturesque, even Art Deco? Hold your home within the chakra zodiac by going unchanged, glamorous, and upbeat. mix soul and magnificence with metallike and jewel tones and a mixture of materials throughout your house, however, settle your nerves with a sacred house set except the everyday. You’ll want a non-public area or splashy area divider to fit your aesthetic self—and go luxurious. It’s okay to stare into a mirror once meditating, your multi-coloured candles and array of incense on a lacquer receptacle close. attempt starburst motif for your lighting—after all, you're a star—and bright and glossy objects placed in sundry spots. Your pillows or bench? Go to recent Hollywood. What would Garbo or thespian select?

Chakra Seven = Scandinavian Of all chakra sorts, you embody spirituality, and you don’t even have to be Swedish or Norwegian to instil the clean, crisp, and pure Scandinavian style into your surroundings.

Don’t prohibit yourself; your entire surroundings ought to invite contemplation. suppose white and light-weight, with a touch of grey and hint of black—the reminder of your chakra. Then go individualistic with a touch of colour, perhaps crystals of each chakra hue placed all around. Stands of incense ought to encourage you to remove darkness from mystical scents in each area, say olibanum and myrrh, and it’s even okay to own prayer mats in many areas. everyone will be watched over by a special icon in sculpture or image kind, all enjoying the sounds of silence that talk to your soul. Okay, choose a special altar spot, however, perhaps go a bit wild? suppose yoga-like on Associate in Nursing animal print.

To know more about chakra click here

[unmaskedagain]

His Name was...

Okay, I got a ask a about a minuete ago from someone who wanted to know what else do i write. I love writing. I’ve been writing since I was twelve. Because of this ask, I decided to post my most recent short story. I haven’t really edited it yet. Its very short. This will be the first piece of originally I post on here

           Her name was Princess Sparkle Ranger Moon. Only I get to call her Princess Sparkle though. She loved glitter, and cheese pizza, and ice cream, and she liked pink, and yellow, but not icky red, but her favorite color was blue.  She colors all her drawings in blue, even the ones on the wall. She had a magic wand, and was superhero queen of the world.

           We met just after she turned three, and instantly came the best, best friends ever. We went everywhere together; to the movies, to the park, outer space. We even get to be mermaids whenever we want. She tells me everything, and I tell her everything. It’s the best.

“Happy Birthday to you,” The small crowd sang around the little curly haired girl with a crown on her head and the biggest smile on her face. “Make a wish, princess.”

           She’s turned four today. And she saved me a spot right next to her. She wouldn’t even let anyone sit there. I was her best friend, and she swore she couldn’t turn four without me. We were gonna be best friends forever.

           Princess Sparkle turned six today. She has lots of new friends because she’s a big girl now, and is in the first grade. We play together at recess. The other kids call her ‘Rina. But not me. She’s still Princess Sparkle to me. Princess Sparkle likes unicorn stickers now, and chocolate chips cookies. Her favorite color is still blue though. She called dibs. Because blue is the prettiest color in the world. My eyes are blue, and she says that’s why she likes me the best.

The birthday party was really fun. I played with a lot of the other kids. One of them, Lena, even brought a friend like me; her name was Daisy. And Princess Sparkle told them I’m her best friend forever and ever. She let me help her blow out her birthday candles too.

I liked Daisy. We played together when the other kids were busy playing pretend. Daisy said Lena was her fourth kid. She said she’d have another soon. Lena was growing up, and that she didn’t need Daisy that much anymore. Daisy said it happened with every kid, and even that Princess Sparkle would grow up too.

She turned seven today, and had the best party ever. There were games and superheroes. And Princess Sparkle was Supergirl. Because Supergirl gets to dress in blue and blue was the best color ever. I got to be her sidekick. There was a piñata that looked like a bat. We didn’t play together a lot though. It was fine though. Princess Sparkle was having so much fun. And we planned a deep sea diving trip soon. Princess Sparkle said she was going to invite her new friend Melony. I can’t wait. And then after that, she promised we’d go dancing on Jupiter.

We’re going to have the best time ever. No matter what Daisy said. Princess Sparkle wouldn’t just stop being my friend. Or stop playing with me. Princess Sparkle was my best friend forever.

It was her eighth birthday, and everyone called her Sabrina now. She wore glasses, and didn’t always like them. But they were blue, and she liked blue. We haven’t talked in a while. Princess Sparkle was always really busy these days. She was in girl scouts, and in ballet. She was always dancing. She loved dancing. It was why the party was a Dance Party. All her friends were there. But none of them said hi to me. It made me feel bad. I didn’t mind too much because Princess Sparkle was really happy all day. I was in the back but I got to see her blow out her candles. Melony sat next to her. She’s Princess Sparkle’s other best friend. I like to think I’m still her best, best friend though. She still smiled at me sometimes when she’s alone in her room. She draws pictures of me and her going on adventures. She likes to draw now, not just color.

I hope we play together again soon. I miss her. I miss Daisy too. We don’t see each other that often anymore. She has a new kid. He just turned five. He was really nice.

Her tenth birthday was a blast. It was a pool party. And everyone came. Even kids I never met before. Princess Sparkle was a really good swimmer. Everyone said so. Especially after she showed how brave she was and jumped off the highest board. I knew she was brave though. We used to fight pirates and evil space mummies. One time, we even dove into a volcano to rescue a giant diamond.

We don’t play together anymore though. She hadn’t even said hi in forever. It was like she couldn’t even see me. Daisy said something like this would happen. But I didn’t want to believe it. Princess Sparkle and me were the best, best friends, forever and ever. Even if we don’t play anymore. Or go on adventures. Even if she never said hi to me again. She was my best friend. Though I’m not her’s anymore. Melony and Sam was her best friends. They did everything together. They had the most fun ever. They even wore matching swim suit.

Princess Sparkle wore a blue one because blue is still the best color ever. I’m happy she still liked blue.

She was eleven now. She didn’t want a little kid party, she said. She wanted to go play mini golf with her friends. Maybe laser tag. Or go to the movies. I think it was because Melony moved a little while go. Princess Sparkle cried a lot. I heard her telling Melony on the phone that she didn’t want to have a party without her best friend.

I told her that she had lots of friends still. They all really liked her. Princess Sparkle could still have a party. She should still have a party. But she couldn’t hear me. She hasn’t been able to hear me for a long time. It was fine though. Her mom told her the same thing. Melony told her the same thing. She didn’t listen to them either. She just cried harder when she had to get off the phone

I wish I could comfort her like I used to, like whenever she fell down or got an owie.  I’d cry with her and hug her and then she’d feel better. I can’t hug her anymore though. I hadn’t been able to for a long time. She hadn’t been able to see me for a long time. I still cross her mind a lot whenever she looks at her old drawings. It’s why I’m still here. Daisy said I should’ve faded and moved on a long time ago. But I don’t want to.

Princess Sparkle decided to go play Laser tag after all. She was on the blue team. The blue still made her smile.

I hadn’t seen Princess Sparkle smile so big since the time we rescued Peter Pan from zombie Captain Hook, and he declared her leader of the Lost Boys. But I guess turning thirteen was a pretty big deal too. She did a slumber party for her birthday and all the cool girls got invited. Most of them were cheerleaders like her. Or on the dance team like her. Or on the swim team like her. Or were from the art club because they liked to draw and paint like her. She was still really busy. So busy she only thought of me once every now and then. And the time between the two was very long.

So long that sometimes, I don’t even see myself when she does. It was like I was there but not really. Was this fading? Or maybe fading was when one second I was there and then I’m gone, and when I come back months had gone by.

I’ll have to ask Daisy, she has a new kid. Princess Sparkle’s little neighbor Callie. Callie was really nice and loved to play.

Princess Sparkle wore red pajamas. I wonder why she didn’t wear her blue ones. She still liked blue, right? She had dips.

She thought about me today. I can’t believe it. She thought about me today. Her mom had brought me up, I guess, which made Princess Sparkle laugh.

She was wearing a red dress, and was saying something about junior prom. I wonder what day it is. Princess Sparkle looked a lot older. Taller. Her hair was longer. Did I miss her birthday? I hope I didn’t.

Princess Sparkle laugh again, “God, I can’t believe I used to tell everyone I was best friends with a dragon.”

           Why not? Why couldn’t she believe it? I was right here. If she just tried, she could see me. She could see me and we’d be best friends again. We’d go on adventures. I’d take her back to mermaid land. All the mermaids miss her. They ask about her a lot.

“A dragon with blue eyes,” Her mom corrected, “And who was never, ever bigger than you. Oh god, what was its name?” Her mom told Captain Sparkles to pose so she could take pictures. “You were a kid. Little kids do that.”

           They took more pictures. And I wished more than anything for her just to look at me. But I can already feel myself going again.

“You look amazing, sweetie.”

           Princess Sparkled squealed, “I know! When I saw this dress, I knew I had to have it. The cut is amazing. Plus I love red. It’s my favorite.”

           Red? What about blue? When did her favorite color become red? I still remember when it was blue.

           She was leaving today. She had packed up her boxes in the car and was going to away to school. It was a good school, but it was far away, which was why she had to leave. Princess Sparkle wanted to fix people’s hearts. I think she’ll be really good at it. She could always make anyone feel better. Princess Sparkle would be the greatest doctor ever. Though, I think she only wanted to be to a Doctor because then she could become really good at fixing kid’s owies. So they would never be sad like she was when she learned her ankle didn’t heal as well as it should. She’d never be a professional dancer.

           I’m happy she decided that being a doctor is good toon. Even if she has to pack up all her things and probably leave forever. But at least I got to see her one last time. She came across an old drawing of a polka dotted dragon with blue and eyes, and tried to remember why she drew. Or when she drew it. It was the first drawing she ever did of me. She had been excited about her new crayons. I told her it was the best picture ever.

           She didn’t remember. She threw away the picture.

           It was fine. She hadn’t been able to see me for a very long, long time. Or talk to me. Or hear me. And now she couldn’t remember me. She only knew the stories her parents told her about when she was small and had a pretend friend. Princess Sparkle was too old. Her hair was short and straight and a bright purple. Her favorite color was purple now.

           I think this is it. I think this is the last time. When she thought of me now, I didn’t come back like I used to. I was more like a ghost from the scary stories Princess Sparkle used to hear whenever her Girl Scout troop went camping.

           I’m less than a ghost though. I’m less than a memory. And if she’s not here, there was no longer a reason for me to stay, to hang around her room on the edges where her childhood was still visible to see.

           I know I can’t go with her. I’ve known that for a while. I think I’m going to move on too. Find a new… friend.

Still, she would always be Princess Sparkles to me. Princess Sparkles who liked glitter, and ice cream, and blue. She really liked blue.

“What in the world,” Sabrina uttered as came across yet another of crazy, rainbow mess, of a drawing. It was clearly a dragon, she realized. With gold horns and the bluest, blue eyes she could ever imagine. There was a scribbled name next to it, and she could just barely make out what it read. “Sir… Bonkers?”

           I smiled, bright and big, and puffed my chest out. “Princess Sparkle Ranger Moon.” I saluted her like I did whenever she was about to lead us on another adventure. Only this time, we would be going on two separate ones. It was be fun. We’d both have the best time ever.

“We never did go dancing on Jupiter,” I thought as I faded away for what I knew would be the last time. “I hope you gets there one day.” She would, I knew.

           Princess Sparkles could do anything.

           I knew that because she was my best friend. Even if I was just her imaginary one.

           I hoped she’d be happy. I hoped she lived happily ever after. I hope she always remembered that she was brave and liked to dance and color. I hoped she’d remember her favorite color used to be blue…

           …His name was Eric, and he turned four a few days ago. He was the greatest ever, like of all time.

[uraharabyakuya]

Rant: ChenQingLing is a disgrace.

Disclaimer: this is a rant, and it’s antiCQL. So those who like it, pls ignore and refrain from posting your counter arguments to me. I just want to vent my displeasure of this live action and only welcome those who agree with me to comment and share.

Being a massive fan of MDZS, I just have to get this off my chest. I am sick of all these brainwashing and gaslighting by so called “fans” of the original work who are singing high praises for this shambles of an adaptation.

The live action series should be ashamed of themselves because they’re simply using the popularity and following from the franchise and totally disrespecting the core of the story and characters. Before these nincompoops come and wax lyrical about adaptations being different from the source material, there is an obvious difference between a genuine adapatation to screen whereby the major plot lines are maintained, the core stories are maintained, the character histories are maintained and superfluous or extrapolated materials are minimised, also where there are obvious gaps of non-explained or non-elaborated space only is where things are created and imagined. Whereas a rubbish excuse of an adaptation is what CQL has done. Because what it did was to use the characters names, take the fantasy world setting and cool elements, and then totally walk over the storyline by completely meshing and mixing and stirring everything and everyone into a big pot of dog poo. And testament to them just using the franchise’s popularity to milk money and attention is by completely unashamedly BL-bait with all the WangXian interactions including many that are either not in the book or extras, or not in the right context or scene, or completely nonexistent and made up. And then the shameless tag that it’s just a platonic bromance since censorship in China wouldn’t allow this. Right.

So let’s talk about the plot. So WWX is not some grandmaster of demonic cultivation since it has already been going on behind the scenes with Xue Yang casually helping WRH practise some hardcore demonic cultivation and the fact that the Tiger Stygian Amulet is just some relic that’s been around for ages. Nothing to do with WWX’s ingenuity and talent for harnessing the resentful energy stored in that sword found at the TuLuXuanWu cave. Then apparently the TianNu statue that comes to life was already something that he and LWJ had encountered before in their youth whilst they go along to hunt for the Amulet pieces. And then WQ apparently is able to influence the zombified with a flute like instrument anyway. And then apparently Lan Yi and WWX’s mum knew each other cos nothing spells more destined love than when your respective previous generation also had some sort of bond and connection. And the bunnies were really reared by her so not a sweet little homage of the Wangxian love. And the forehead ribbon is not just ugly aesthetics wise but LWJ can’t decide if he’s steadfast about it or he is nonchalant about taking it off and tying it onto WWX’s wrist even when he was not intoxicated. And then WWX was already using some unexplained paper puppet powers which was apparently not seen as demonic cultivation in his youth to mess about, and he apparently could manipulate LWJ quite easily to get him drunk. And when things that are not canon like LXC and JGY they just had to make their first meeting so obviously charged with innuendo. And then WQ since the actress invested in the series, had to be important, so she is given some all so noble duty of being the good guy in the bad camp who is doing stuff that she doesn’t want to but she is still good and should be liked though she’s still a bad guy nonsense trope. So she goes to GuSu to get the amulet piece for WRH, because only when he gets the piece will she be able to somehow bring WN away. And WN was a great enough character both alive and dead as the Ghost General with his design from the source material, but no, they want to embellish it that he’s afflicted with some condition that makes him susceptible to being possessed and taken over by evil spirits. Wtf. And naturally, WQ should somehow capture JC’s eye, because why would JC want to be infatuated with a Wen person when eventually they cause the demise of his parents and his clan. But hey maybe he’d be so selective thinking WQ didn’t do it though so that’s okay. Like wtf.

Let’s talk about the actors. I like WWX’s look, the actor has a good face, he “looks” like a WWX, but damn his acting is bad. And damn, he cannot do the duality of WWX, because he does not exude that dangerous aura and the strength and power that WWX naturally possess because of his natural abilities, evident even before he was a Yiling Patriarch, much less if this guy wants to play a convincing Patriarch. He does all these ogling of LWJ from the get go since they met, cue all the cheap BL baiting. And he pouts and stomps his feet and acts cute the whole time. WWX is cheeky, naughty, devious, mischievous, but not girly, not a sissy. Wtf. Then we move onto LWJ. So that guy is some boy and heartthrob, but damn he has neither r looks nor the presence nor the acting skills to touch LWJ. WTF. The moment he appeared he made me want to slap LWJ, want to cry for his ru8ning of his whole imagery. The action sequence is so wooden, and the expressions are so constipated or dead. Everybody else looked bad. The actors I think chosen right for their looks were WWX, WN (alive version, the ghost general version has such awful make up it makes me cringe), NHS, JGY, XY (he apparently got to get a good looking dude to play him who also looks kind of evil and yet looks like an anime character walked out of the anime) and maybe JC (that’s because aesthetically he actually can be considered good looking and that is ridiculous because he’s better looking than the Twin Jades of Lan in this). LXC and his butt chin hurts my eyes. WRH looking like some voodoo witch doctor gone drag in his evil volcanic dungeon lair makes me want to throw an encyclopaedia at someone’s head violently. NMJ looking like a complete perverted uncle complete with hentai stache is just blasphemous. JZX just looks weird, no better way to put it.

So onto the make up, costumes and props. Make up is so shit that you can see up close where spots are done smoothed over or powdered down, the gore or the effects of veins and wounds are so fake and so obviously drawn on it looked like a 6yo went to arts class and took some marker pen and crayon and created these outcomes. The props are so cheap that the ghost hand looks like a rubber Halloween glove you get from the prop shop around the corner, the deity binding ropes look exactly like rough ropes. The Emperor Smile bottles look so tiny and white that it looks more like medicine bottles on ancient times than an expensive alcohol bottle. Where’s the YunMeng silver bell, the jade piece on LWJ’s robe. The forehead ribbon looks so cheap because it’s too thin and the stupid metallic piece in the middle is ridiculous. Why can’t they just stick with the original to have the silk cloth with the cloud patterns embroidered on the cloth. And the clothes, Lan sect is supposed to be ethereal, so why are they dressed in such plain white and tight clothes. They should have the flowing sleeves, the light blue tones, and the cloud embroidery. YunMeng needs to have their original violet colour, the Wen Sect does not need to be full body red like they’re getting married (see WQ), and the Jin sect needs their golden robes with the centrepiece of the JinXinXueLang peony, not some watered down white with yellow hues and nothing else to show for it. And what is with LWJ’s hair do and hair piece, it has such a disgusting look to it and it doesn’t look right. Do the bun properly and the accessory properly, not some weird plop of hair right in front on top of his head and then put a flat piece of elaborate metal on top of it.

I had been looking forward to seeing the epic ness of MDZS brought to the small screen. I had been completely prepared for changes in terms of the romance line being cut, but I fully expected the main storylines to be followed and perhaps elaborated on. Not to be chopped and changed and meshed up and violated like they’ve done so. And with the ability to get some really lovely natural scenery and some of the sets that actually look good eg the Lotus seat in Yun Meng was elaborate and intricate. So why won’t they invest in the right places like making the make up perfect, getting the costumes and looks correct, getting actual actors who can act cos even if they don’t look aesthetically good enough but if they’re solid actors it would flow so much better, and more vitally, why don’t they retell and elaborate on the existing epic storyline as it is! That’s the core of it, the MDZS storyline and major scenes are so awesome wit( their backstories, no changes need to be made, but merely elaborated and extrapolated on, not to be comepltely vandalised and violated. My heart breaks as for the sake of my love for MDZS, I’ve watched 8 eps and had to stop and restart so many times because of how jarring, unnatural, awkward, infuriating, irritating and frustrating the factors above contribute to my viewing. And now the greatness of MDZS as an original source material will forever be tainted by the sacrilege that is the Untamed.

[curlyq-art]

Sanders Sides Theory Time

TW: Deceit is mentioned, there are some inverted images so it looks hella creepy so if you’re not into that just be warned, and caps warning. Also I’m going to be mentioning the Crayon Theory (dun dun DUNNN) for a part of it so look out for that.

This is a very long post about my predictions on possible future sides.... so go grab some popcorn, make yourself comfy, get ready to comment on how I’m wrong or how it’s flawed or how someone already did this (but seriously if someone already proposed this theory than pls tell me).

You all comfy cozy and ready to go? Good.

ALRIGHT KIDDOS, BUCKLE DOWN CAUSE I HAVE A THEORY WHICH I’M CALLING THE “INVERSION THEORY”.

Now some of y’all may remember a while back I drew my interpretation of Pride!Roman (see below)

and I explained that the reason I didn’t use the typical red, gold, and black that others associate with Pride!Roman is because I inverted the colors using the “exclusion/difference” tool on my art program to symbolize his “opposite personality”.

Now this got me thinking about doing the other sides in inverted colors, but while I was working on them I came across an idea.

What if the dark sides (or at least any new sides) were the inverted colors of our main 4 characters?

So then I went straight into testing out the inverses of the main color schemes of the outfits the Sides wear.

Below is the inverted reference pictures (they’re a little creepy so if you don’t wanna see that just scroll on past:

Here is the Roman one that started it all:

Then there’s Patton:

Here’s Virgil:

And finally Logan:

Now the Logan one is where I ran into a problem.

His inverted color is mainly yellows, and that’s the color most associate Deceit with (especially with the infamous “Crayon theory” but more on that later). Of course there’s a huge amount of white since white inverted is black, and I know Deceit doesn’t wear white (though wouldn’t that be nifty since there’s the saying with “little white lies”?), but other than that the yellow is very similar to Dee. So then I decided to invert Deceit and lo and behold:

It’s dark blue, which is what we all associate with Logan.

AND THEN I REALLY STARTED THROWING THINGS INTO A MESSY THEORY.

So originally before I came up with all this I thought that Deceit is like the opposite to Patton, cause lying goes against Thomas’s morality (which makes a lot of sense in my opinion), and so I thought “oh, the dark side of Patton is Deceit”. And while that does seem fitting and makes perfectly good sense, I raise you this:

Deceit isn’t Patton’s dark side, but Logan’s.

Think about it! A lie is literally defined as “a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood.” (Thanks dictionary.com) Logan’s whole being as Thomas’s logic is about strictly the facts and what makes sense logically, and a lie is literally the exact opposite of the truth or facts. The inverted color of dark blue to yellow just further pushes my point.

So now at this point (hope you’re staying with me I know it’s weird) we have the following colors and their inversions, which I did by color sampling the original image, applying the difference/exclusion layer, and then seeing how it matched with the inversion of the original picture (the last step was just for accuracy sake, it all matched up)

Logan and Deceit’s colors match up pretty similarly, with Logan’s inversion being just a bit duller, but granted Dee’s gloves produced a brighter blue, so I think it’s just due to the saturation of both of their outfits) but that leaves Roman, Virgil, and Patton.

Now Roman I got nothing (sorry boy, let’s hope in the future there’s more evidence towards yours) however (mini theory inside of a theory... theory-seption) I will say Logan and Roman tend to fight and go against each other quite often, and Roman’s inverted color scheme also includes dark blue (due to both Dee and Roman having yellow in their schemes) so maybe that could be some weird reason they don’t get along (look man it’s not a perfect theory but it’s there)

BUT I DO have something for PATTON and VIRGIL.

Remember when I said I’d get back to the Crayon theory? Well, here it is.

SO LONG STORY SHORT SINCE THE CRAYON THEORY IS A WHOLE THING IN ITSELF AND IS A VERY CONFLICTED CONCEPT IN THE FANDOM, I’M JUST QUICKLY SUMMARIZE IT.

So the Crayon theory happened after the Sanders Sides posters came out, with Patton’s including some crayons in the background, and the whole theory focuses on how the blue crayon on the left is broken so the fanders though it meant either Patton or Logan was gonna snap or something but that’s now what I’m using the Crayon theory for. 

Another thing that came out of the Crayon theory (a while layer) was the ultimate prediction of Deceit as a side. 

As you can see we have the red, the purple, and the (broken) blue crayon, each possibly representing Roman, Virgil, and Logan/Patton There is also a yellow crayon with those 3, which when Deceit was revealed as a character, people went back to the Crayon theory and thought it was foreshadowing.

Now a couple people have noticed the 3 other crayons on the right side of the poster (a pink one, a green one, and an orange one) and have made their own theories about possible dark sides/new characters (which I am all for) However if we’re basing this off of my color inversion chart/ the inverted pictures, we see that Patton’s inversion is mainly orange, and that Virgil’s inversion is mainly green. This being said, I think that perhaps the next sides (either good or bad) may be represented by those colors.

Of course I could also be totally wrong and overthinking things like I usually do, but hey man, ya never know.

Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.

If you have any thoughts/ ideas/ additions you wanna make, feel free!

Also if any part of this theory is wrong/contradicts something/ I messed up somewhere, please let me know!!! 

Anyways this is just a theory

A SANDERS SIDES THEORY.

THANKS FOR READING.

~ Ari

[popurikat]

Re-Imagining the Crayon Theory and introducing the Highlighter Theory

Hello Fanders! With the new video that came out “Dealing with Intrusive thoughts” we have a clear grasp that the color wheel theory is coming into fruition; but I feel that with this in mind we might have to rethink the meaning of the crayon theory going beyond the simplicity of “breaking” Logan (aka Logic). It is becoming clear that Deceit isn’t just here to mess with Thomas’ head, he has an alternate goal and that’s to bring Virgil back to the dark side. But why? What can he possibly need from anxiety? Is he trying to just make anxiety return to further his own ploys? Well, with this thought process in mind, this is how I came upon the following idea:  Highlighter Theory: Translucent, bright, and a constant reminder; highlighter ink is meant to be not only an eye sore, but purposefully meant to point out main ideas or mistakes. Guess which sides do that? That is right, the dark sides. It is no coincidence that Deceit is the first to make his entrance as the main dark side. Yellow is the original highlighter color.

Now I know what you’re thinking, “Popurikat, what does the history of highlighters have to do with the Sanders sides? So what if blue, yellow, pink, and orange were the original highlighter colors?” Well, that’s where I tie it all into the aforementioned crayon theory! Observe:

The fandom has thought the crayon theory to derive from this piece of art that was found in the merch website. Looking innocent enough from a broad perspective, but upon closer inspection you notice that the crayons on either side of Patton are purposefully placed in such a unique way. Red, blue, purple, and yellow in one side and the other pink, green, and orange. The fandom has speculated that this is done intentionally to demonstrate the dark sides  separated from the regular sides; with Patton being there as a distraction/self representation. “but then why is yellow (deceit) with the sander sides?” Well, many have theorized that deceit having already engaged with the sides is now going to be the catalyst to break the blue crayon, aka Logan. My only thing with this is that why would Deceit want to break logic? Sure throwing Logic out the metaphoric window can cause an over reliance on emotions and nostalgia as shown in “Moving on”; but why would that image allude to the breakdown of Logic when we already had a video where he takes a leave from the situation. Even with Logan feeling like he’s mad or overcome by a bout of anger, he will always have a semblance to Thomas’ state of mind. And I quote: Logan: “Finally coming to your senses I see?” Virgil: “Hey! What the heck was that? Disappearing on us? Don’t you DARE try that stunt again.” Logan: “Did you honestly think that I was fully out of the conversation? I’m not a feeling, I’m the physical representation of something deeply embedded within you. Even if it seems like I’m gone, I’ll always be there to a degree.” - “Moving On” Pt. 2 (Timestamp 13:50 - 14:15) Logan can never be truly gone, he’s deep within Thomas and will always be there, even after an emotional turmoil. He’s the type of side that wants Thomas to learn by expressing himself and not repressing his feelings/ putting them to the side. Even if his judgment gets clouded by emotions, Thomas essentially can’t get rid of his knowledge toward a certain situation. He will always bounce back and in doing so, will gain new experience. Essentially, this is ensuring that Logan can’t be destroyed, miffed or distracted? sure. But he can’t be erased. So what do I think the broken blue crayon means? I mean it has been alluded to when Roman brought up how he “broke the blue crayon” in one of the videos. Well lets see, there’s two colors with blue and when teamed up together, they help to keep Thomas’ morals and reasoning at bay. They tend to bicker from time to time in the same way Roman and Virgil do; but we’ve never seen them outright stop working together. I think that’s Deceit’s plan. By taking over Patton the first time in “Can Lying be Good?” he was trying to cause a separation of ideals and a sense of self. He didn’t succeed because Virgil outed him. Deceit went for Patton as his puppet of choice because Patton is the heart of the sides. He is the literal glue that keeps them all together! Why wouldn’t Deceit go for that? Patton is the easiest to control in this sense, he is naive and imaginative, always wanting to see the good in people. Thus, Deceit would make it easy to take his place by bringing down his self esteem as shown in the previously mentioned episode. By ruining the balance of morality and logic, all the other sides fall out of order. Deceit can also plainly need light blue to make the other dark sides come to light. As mentioned in the photo above with the way highlighters are made, blue is mixed with yellow to make green and pink to make purple. More on color mixing to come. Color Wheel Theory:

So as stated in the beginning, the color wheel theory has been going strong. This theory simply states that each side will have their dark side be the color opposing them on the color wheel. We saw this with Roman (Red) who had Remus (Green) as his opposite. Patton (electric blue) has Deceit (yellow), which yes is not the opposite of blue, and many have tried to clear this up by saying Patton and Virgil simply switched dark sides because of how close their colors are. My highlighter theory helps to make amends to why this truly happens. To make certain ink colors for highlighters, the primary colors mixed are yellow, blue, and pink. As mentioned before, Deceit needed some blue to awaken Remus. In a way, it is like Remus’ song states in these following lines from “Dealing with Intrusive Thoughts” Duke: “Adam and Eve bought knowledge for the small price of a little sin. They also lost eternal life, but whats fruit without the pits? [...]  Speaking of honesty, recently a snake offered me a morsel from the tree of knowledge~ He said you’re wanting to be more honest and be direct dealing with your issues? No longer will you deceive yourself with the ugliness within you.”  Basically, its a reference to the creation of life in the Bible. Deceit takes color (life) from Patton, and recreates the dark sides. In doing so, he is able to be bring them forth to the light (aka, the surface to where the other sides keep Thomas functioning). Meaning, the next color to be created will most likely be Pink. Why? Well for one if we started with Patton and went next with Roman, the next side to deal with their opposite will be Virgil. Except, we know he isn’t a regular side, he was once a dark side. He inherited the color purple due to the “love” of family from Roman, Logan, and Patton (Blue+red=purple). But remember, Virgil didn’t always have color! In the beginning he’d appear as fully black, a shade. Shades absorb COLOR! He absorbed the colors of those who willingly gave him some and thus made purple. However going by the highlighter theory, we know that Virgil being originally a dark side would mean he’d have to be either pink or orange. And we can rule out orange because it opposes blue on the color wheel. Pink makes the most sense because its opposing color on the wheel is light green (aka a mix of green and yellow) and when mixed with yellow when making highlighter ink will make PURPLE. What I’m saying is, Virgil had to take the place of the original Sander side that belonged there. Pink makes sense also if you think about how Patton is a hue to Logan’s color, while pink or even fuchsia would make sense bouncing off of Roman as a hue of red (and because pink literally is what you get when you mix white and red, two colors Roman prominently wears). This is where I want to make one last, bold claim. Anxiety isn’t really anxiety, no no fanders. I have a better theory. Virgil either took the position of anxiety OR replaced the original anxiety; but the reality is, he used to be paranoia.   Virgil: “BUT WHAT IF HE’S LYING!” Logan: “I can assure you he’s not. You’re just being para--“ Virgil: O_O -  Dealing with Intrusive Thoughts (Timestamp 21:30 - 21:37) Remus: “Of course I did Doctor Seuss! I wouldn’t hide anything from you~ *looks over at Virgil with judgment on his face*” Virgil: >_> - Dealing with Intrusive Thoughts (Timestamp 26:26 - 26:34)  I have a feeling that in the next sanders sides video we will be dissecting more on this pink side of Virgil. Weather that be because he used to be pink, or if the new pink side will bring out Virgil’s true colors. Either way, it is no mistake why Deceit and Remus are using things like guilt, fear, and doubt toward Virgil since these are symptoms of a Paranoia disorder. They’re trying to bring the paranoia out of Virgil.  Hopefully I managed to be eloquent enough with my ideas and please, feel free to add any of your own thoughts or evidence to this! :)

[askiisoft]

FAN ART FRIDAY: Just Like That

(Banner art by Matowaar)

One of the best parts of browsing fan art is seeing different artists’ interpretations of a singular character or image, and how they add elements the original might have been missing...or the artist was too lazy to add.

Those of you I’ve spoken to probably know I don’t consider myself a superb artist, but boys and girls, this week it’s time for some unbridled narcissism! We’re going to take look at some of the fan art that references my promotional artwork for Katana ZERO. 

by @chikinuggies

chikinuggies captures the terror of a swift, silent assassin emerging from utter darkness, bathed in lowlights and blood. Stop and consider, viewer, the plight of the New Meccan bouncer: guarding drunk Second District partygoers every night, enduring flashing lasers and earsplittingly loud club tunes until, one night, a glint of Nippon steel in the shadows...

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by @artzono

Since I doubt I’ll still be doing these by the time October rolls around for a cosplay-themed FAF, here’s one of my personal favorites. 

Artzono has recreated my messy lineart style perfectly, even layering solid colors with hatched shading and transitioning from adding lines in front of colors to erasing shapes out of solid black, just like I do. In fact, he actually does hair textures better than mine, using actually legible lines and solid outlines instead of blobs of black with eraser scribbles. Kudos!

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by @PRimeExplorer

When I redrew the Katana ZERO album cover, I darkened the crowd and removed a lot of the detailed characters in the background, as I felt they muddled the image from a distance drew attention away from Zero in the center.  PRimeExplorer seems to have followed a similar philosophy—even off-center, Zero remains the center of attention thanks to huge patches of teal on him. While the bright green of the crowd is eye-catching, when it’s the same shade as the background, the eye instinctively conglomerates it into a singular background object instead of a distraction.

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by @EisAntares

Whoa. Not only did @EisAntares actually take the time to draw the right side of the picture, but the thick hatches that comprise the buildings, thick marker strokes, and Zero’s fiery gold/pink palette create an intensity wholly absent in the original. It gives the impression of an action camera, crash-zooming towards Zero the moment he draws his weapon.

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by artofivan

Anyone who’s tried to shade an entire background using crayon or colored pencil owes respect to artofivan for these pieces. He uses a variety of tools to achieve different line widths that, in real life, is harder than simply dragging a slider around. 

The blues, yellows, and reds never muddle or mix even right next to each other, and creative choices like applying ink with a wide paintbrush to emulate the texture of rocky cliffs shows an extra level of dedication. My only critique would be the blimp’s spotlight in the last picture, which intersects with Zero’s path and color such that it appears he’s being launched from the airship like a cannonball.

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by Matowaar

Not only is this just an awesome picture on its own, but it heralds the announcement of The Dragon Mod, a fan-made effort to make Fifteen, a.k.a. The Dragon, playable throughout the whole game! 

Matowaar shows us just how devastating that would be, with digitized after-images tracing the trajectory from a distant rooftop to right in our face, minus one helicopter and Shield SWAT. The flowing shapes in his hair and and colored folds of his suit are simply gorgeous, and that piercing stare conveys the mind of someone much more composed than the Chronos-addled Zero in my original picture.

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I think that’s enough ego-stroking for one post. Kudos to all the artists for these flattering tributes, and I’ll see you all next week!

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[trans-luana-nebula]

Hey, the definition for ineffigender is as follows Ineffigender- a gender that is too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words.

Here's the flag I came up with: @azelmainblog

Ineffigender - a gender that is too great or extreme for words.

The blue-purple is confidence and power, the orange is loud, standing out, endurance and confidence, the grey-black is power, mysterious, bold, strength, and timelessness, the green is growth, balance and freedom, the pinky-yellow is originality, perception, energy and abundance, and the red speech bubble is the unspeakable part. That last bit is optional on it.

My apologies that it's on paper with crayon, I'm saving up for an art tablet, and once I get one I'll re-do it.

[effigistkim]

Water soluble graphite advice

So you art kids on my lawn know, that Derwent Graphitint or tinted graphite paint or what ever they call it is just Graphitint pencils in pan form. Much of what I say will probably carry over to the water soluble Shade and Tone and charcoal paint sets.

First off always use mixed media or watercolor paper.

Then don't be afraid to treat any of this like a watercolor or guache. Mix colors, push it around, glaze, lift. It will all rewet (Inktense doesn't) so you can go back and work on it more.

Pretty damn sure this one's a Graphitint because of that particular shade of purple but yeah, it comes in pencil form in 24 colors if you find out you really like it.

If you're used to watercolor pencils you'll find Graphitint, Graphitone, and Sketch and Wash to be familiar. Spectrum Noir makes tinted graphite pencils that compliment the Derwent colors. Artgraf makes a selection of water soluble graphite.

And there's a company called Artgraph which makes what they call "tailor's chalks" in earth tones, black and white, and red, yellow, and blue which are just big cakes of water soluble graphite you can draw with. If you want a white their tailor chalk is nice and thick.

If you get the woodless Graphitone pencils or Lyra crayons use a sharpener with a container to save the woodless graphite shavings, only use it for them, because you can dip a wet brush into the shavings or sprinkle them on your art and wet them.

And remember the key word is water so treat it like watercolors and lift and glaze.

A big thing is not to overwork the original sketch. If it's 50% grey or darker I'll draw it in dry. Maybe I'll do light sketching here or there for other places but I tend to push the tones around like a juicy watercolor.

If you can't lift a boo boo when it's wet wait until it's completely dry and just erase it.

Definitely wait until it's completely dry before drawing details on top if you're using a pencil.

[mei-be]

My therapist suggested that I write the narrative of what I’d like my childhood to have looked like. I started to do so, and then decided to base this dream in reality. The following absolutely true, and focuses on the most formative moments in my childhood. I removed the abuse and trauma from the narrative, and finished with a broad strokes synopsis of the adult I grew into; in the format of a dating profile.

Mei was born April 15th, 1985, at 6:49 AM, in Elmhurst, Illinois. Her father was a naturopath, acupuncturist and chiropractor. Her mother had been a teacher, now turned homemaker. Her father named her Shin-Mei, which meant “Beautiful Heart” in Mandarin-Chinese. He wanted her to be beautiful on the inside, rather than the outside. They lived in a white, split level house in the suburbs, with a large, wild and grassy lot, a garden, and a mulberry tree. Mei was a dreamy child who loved the outdoors. She’d wade through the deep grass in the east yard, even though her mom warned her of snakes. She found a snake egg, and caught a snake in the basement, but she never got bitten by one. She loved the carpet of creeping Charlie that surrounded the garden plot, and would lay with her head close by the tiny purple blossoms, smelling their earthy and spicy fragrance, wondering how they got there. There was a chain link fence that separated her from the neighbors, and she’d walk the boundary, staring at the needle pointed tips of nightshade flowers. She smelled the tomato-but-in-a-bad-way scent of the green and red berries that grew on the vine, but never tasted. She picked baskets of purple-black mulberries in the summers, dunking them in water to watch them become electroplated with silvery bubbles. There was a wild rose bush hugging a wall of the house, and she would collect the petals, and throw them into the air. She was alone, an only child, but she wasn’t lonely. She had books, she had dreams in her head, and would spend hours sitting in the window, watching the clouds and feeling the sun, until she fell in a trance, a quiet, glorious, meditation. She would go to work with her father, who worked science and art into the broken bodies of other people. He healed them with hands, with heat, with electricity, sound waves, and the secret medicine of plants. He’d turn on the light box, and a blue-hued light would shine through x-ray film, showing the insides of human bodies. He pointed out vertebrae, and showed her how they looked like Scottie-dogs. He could read these pictures like written language, while she only saw Scottie-dogs. He would take her to a forest, and walk her through the leaf litter. She discovered fairy circles, and mossy stumps, and one folded, yellowed, dollar bill tucked into the splintered limb of a tree. She ran through fields of dandelions, sowing wishes in her wake. It meant everything to her.

At home, she was taught many things. When she learned to use scissors, and cut out pictures from magazines, she imagined that she was freeing the creatures from a two dimensional life. The quicker she got them out, the less their suffering. But she had to be very careful not to make mistakes or cut into them, because they needed to be whole in the next world, and she didn’t want to hurt them. She could feel them calling. She had many coloring books, and quickly learned that black outlines made colors pop. Instead of filling spaces with the appropriate colors, she added thick, black crayon to bright neon colors, making mosaics within the pictures. All the illustrations looked like stained glass, violently vibrant. She learned to read at an early age, staring at picture books with their accompanying symbols until one day, the picture of a giraffe made its symbol come to life. GIRAFFE. She felt like she had set the symbol free, and with that movement, she set all the symbols free. She’d read for hours and hours, unlocking worlds with her mind. In the cooling warmth of twilight hours, her mom would give her a piece of watermelon candy, and with perfumed breath floating in the honeyed light of late afternoon, they would walk to the park.

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As she grew up, Mei learned some important lessons. One day, her father found her stepping on ants as they milled around their anthill, made on the edge of the black topped driveway. She saw seriousness in his face, as he told her to stop, but wait there, next to the anthill. He went inside the house, as she nervously stood next to the scene of her crime. He came back out with a small handful of translucent white rice. He poured some of the grains into her hand, and directed her to scatter the rice around the anthill. Immediately, the shiny black hoard, previously in a mass of crisis in reaction to her foot smashing down on them, organized. They gathered into small groups around each pearly grain of rice, and began pushing and pulling the rice into their gritty mountain dome. He showed her that no matter how small, every creature had purpose, every creature wanted to live. Her eyes widened and her heart broke as the monochromatic, light saturated, scene cemented into her mind. She immediately understood the preciousness of life. He barely spoke a word. Years in the future, she would become a young woman, being courted by a young man. She would bring him a lovely, jewel-green grasshopper. In the spirit of rowdy jest, he would knock the grasshopper out of her hand and smear it along the sidewalk. She would stare at the mortally wounded grasshopper in horror, it’s perfection ruined, yellow eggs and viscera extending out of it’s thorax, delicate crystal-veined wings bent and broken. It was the very worst thing he could do. She never spoke to him again. Men would come in and out of her life, each with their unique set of shadows, but that was the very worst thing.

When Mei was about 4 years old, a patient of her fathers was a piano teacher. He looked at the little girls hands, and told her parents that she had piano hands. Long, nimble, sensitive, fingers. She began lessons immediately, under the watchful eye of her mother. She had a natural talent for music, being that music is an intersect between intense technicality and the fluidity of art. She grasped that abstraction very well, causing her to progress quickly and quite far. Though she practiced piano into early adulthood, she never did fall in love. She loved the language of it, the magical ability to read music like words, but it never struck her soul. Not like the ants did, or the books, or the creeping Charlie. She would open the sliding glass door when she practiced, and make a little concert for the neighbors as they lounged by their newly installed above ground pool. Sometimes they would cheer and clap. She liked that. Sometimes they would invite her over to swim. She liked that a lot. Eventually though, the runoff from the pool would seep into her backyard and kill the raspberry bushes that had grown there for years. She would touch the yellowing leaves and feel powerless. She wanted them to live so badly, and didn’t know how to make that happen. She would tear up, she would try praying. She would learn that you can’t pray away chlorine.

One time, when Mei was still very small, she was in a shopping cart pushed by her father. Unbeknownst to him, the shopping cart was on an slope and started rolling away with Mei in it. She witnessed the scene as if it were in slow motion, watching her father chase the cart, but growing ever-increasingly far away. She could feel the inertia of the cart moving, gaining momentum in the busy parking lot. She started trying to think of what she would do to stop the cart and save herself. She came up with nothing. Her father eventually caught the cart, but for a few minutes, Mei learned that she could be harmed, and that there are some things her father couldn’t do. As time went on, she began ruminating on her helplessness, and brainstorming emergancy scenarios. She began testing the parameters of her perceived security. One time, when Mei’s absentminded Aunt Carol took her to the playground, she crept away and hid in a structure made of rubber tires. She wanted to see how long it would be for her aunt to discover that she was missing. She hid for a very long time. Her absence was never realized, and she brought herself out of hiding when she got painfully, miserably bored. Gravel had ground into her knees from the extended crouching.

Every year, on her birthday, her mother would lead her to recite a chant. It’s origins in the culture of Chinese filial piety, she would kneel and vernerate her parents for giving her life and taking care of her. They would eat long life noodles for dinner. One year, her father brought her Boston Market for her birthday dinner. One year, she had an ice cream cake. One year, she got a spinning world globe. Mei and her cousin would send the globe spinning, and then bring their finger down onto it. That was where they would travel to. What is Lesotho like? Sometimes their fingers would fall very close to where they already lived. They would groan, and yell, “Boring! Do over!” For her tenth birthday, her mom gave her a birthday party. It ended up being a really wonderful time, it went off better than she could have hoped for, and she got many lovely gifts, some that she would keep for the rest of her life. As she got older, Mei would look at the pictures from that birthday, 6 beautiful, smiling girls. She would realize that even though they had a good time, those girls weren’t actually her friends. They were the friends she wanted to have. For a week afterwards, the girls would smile and wave at Mei, make small allowances to include her. But soon enough, everyone went back to their own groups. This experience would stay with Mei for a very long time, confusing her and making her wonder very hard about the functionality of social relationships. She wondered if they ever knew the extent of the part they played in her childhood. She suspected they barely even registered the event. She wondered if she ever played a part like that, and if she would know it if she did. One to the world, the world to one.

When Mei was a teenager, she had a friend who was running for student council. He was not a popular person, a bit awkward, a bit odd, a bit beta. He threw himself into the campaign like a fever, with a sense of purpose and optimism that she had never known. A sense of admiration grew in her, one fueled by hope, goodness, perseverance. She watched his light grow brighter and brighter, as he turned the social tide with pure determination. She started to understand that the impossible could become possible if you worked hard enough. As the Election Day crept closer, she could see support for him growing and growing. People who had never looked twice at him became active supporters. She was moved. She felt electrified. It was actually going to be a close race. Her heart swelled with pride for him, she saw him become a symbol. The evening of the election, she stood, waiting to cast her ballot. Groups of students were milling around, talking. The one that included her started critizing him, laughing at his antics, poking holes in his identity. She didn’t know where it came from, but she found herself participating, telling them stories of his ineptitude, losing control in the chorus of laughter. She told herself that it was okay, what she shared weren’t secrets, and anyways, she was still going to vote for him. She thought it was all harmless, and was intoxicated by the power of her insider information. But when it came time to check a square, she found herself voting against him. He lost the election by a handful of votes. When his friends were consoling him, he told them that it wasn’t the loss that really upset him. He had prepared for that. He just couldn’t understand the numbers. You see, he had tallied up the votes he knew he had. Friends that he KNEW were going to vote for him. Others who had promised they would. That number was off. Mei made her eyes wide and her indignation wider as she poured sympathy onto him. She feigned disbelief, but she knew why. It would sit heavy in her heart for the rest of her life, as the worst thing she had ever done. She would eventually confess it to him, and he would not even remember the election at all. He would brush it off, and forgive her, wish her well, because at that point, they hadn’t seen each other or spoken in ten years, and he really didn’t care. She would sit with his nonchalance, shaking with the shame of it all. She would never know how to make it up to him, because there wasn’t any way to do so.

I am: Mei Li, 35 yo female. Bachelor of Arts in English and Journalism. Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, Poetry. Forager, herbalist, yogi, hiker.

Loves: books and looks, foods and woods. Weird dancing, found art, studying in cozy cafes.

My occupation: Bartender, server

Religion: An atheist who is hopeful that she is wrong

Looking for: A curious person to go on adventures with. Open mindedness, a kind heart, and a sense of humor go a long way.

I’m really good at: Hyperfixation and reading preternaturally fast.

My weirdest quirk: I am really literal and have a tough time with lying, colloquialisms and verbal humor, but it doesn’t stop me from being sarcastic as hell.

Six things I could never do without: My body and it’s 5 senses, the natural world, diverse and always changing experiences, coffee, imagination.

Six things I hate: prolonged skin to skin cuddling, repetition, the cold, Donald Trump, my food touching, social disparity based injustice.

My perfect day: Coffee, yoga, an exhilarating hike to a secluded but shallow body of water (I’m have a love/scared shitless relationship with water). Lunch in the sun, followed by a bike ride back. Study session identifying the plants we had discovered, followed by a lovely massage. Later, an expertly curated dinner, finish with an evening bonfire and lively conversation.

My dream life: is ever-changing, but for now, looks like this: To live on a small farm on a wild property that includes wooded flood plains, marshland and prairie. I would raise goats, chickens and have a dog. I would make herbal products, cheeses, cured meats, and lead foraging tours throughout the property. There would be goat yoga. I would do a lot of cooking, and have a long wooden picnic bench to host many family-style gatherings. I’d love to learn metal-working, but would probably lose life and limbs to some sort of smelting accident, so maybe not that thing. See? Ever changing...

Virtues:

I’d rather do right than be right.

May all living things be happy and free.

A man was telling his friend about hunting rhino in Africa. It had been a long hunt, and he had finally come to meet his prey. The rhino was a dense, black, death machine of a beast. He fired, but missed. His second shot jammed the rifle. Panicked, he looked around, there was nothing but grass in every direction. No weapon, no tree, no rocks to climb. Just grass, heat, and angry rhino. He could hear the rhino’s approach like thunder, he could very nearly feel the animals hot breath on his neck. Entranced in the tale, his friend asked, “So what did you do?” “I climbed a tree right in the nick of time!” He said. “What tree?”, the friend asked, “You said there was no tree!” “Don’t you see?”, answered the man, “There has to be a tree, there is always a tree, you have to look for it, but that is the point of my story. There is always a tree. Find the tree.”

You have to make mistakes in life. You have to trespass a little, so you can discover what should not be trespassed against. But the lesson isn’t without price, so you must always learn something.

[drawingfann]

Three Most Popular Pastel Paintings

Pastel is an extremely versatile medium that can quickly be made use of by beginners. Oil pastels and soft pastels can be used in the normal drawing method Check This Out

Oil Pastels may be shaped like crayons, but the top quality brand names are made of pure pigment. They are less most likely to discolor or yellow than the oil paintings. Soft pastels are sometimes called "chalk pastels" yet they do not have chalk.

Widely Recognized Pastel Paintings

1. "The Scream" Pastel version - Edward Munch, 1893

Did you know that Edward Munch in fact made 4 variations of his legendary painting?

The pastel variation was just recently cost a monstrous $120 million.

It was the most pricey piece of art ever sold in a public auction when it was offered at Sotheby's in 2012. It was viewed as a triumph by a lot of pastel musicians all over the world given that oil paintings normally sell greater than oil paintings.

While the major reason "The Scream" fetched a high cost is as a result of Munch's popularity, Sotheby's did acknowledge that the pastel version is "the most vivid and also vivid" of the four versions.

It shows the benefit of using pastel over oil or acrylic.

The pastel version is likewise the only version which has the original frame hand-painted by the artist and also includes his rhyme detailing the job's inspiration. If you would contrast, it is also the only version in where among the two figures in the background is looking away onto the cityscape.

In the writer's own words discovered in his journal, he shared the motivation for The Scream:

"I was strolling along the roadway with two pals-- the sunlight was setting-- suddenly the sky transformed blood red-- I stopped, feeling exhausted, as well as leaned on the fence-- there was blood and also tongues of fire over the blue-black fjord as well as the city-- my friends strolled on, as well as I stood there shivering with stress and anxiety-- and also I picked up an infinite scream passing through nature."

2. Flower Clouds - Odilon Redon, 1905

Odilon Redon was a French painter who went far for himself with charcoal as well as lithographs. He began to explore colors and also shielding with pastels, since they employ the exact same drawing design https://www.domestika.org/en/courses/154-modern-watercolor-techniques

As you can see, Redon still remained to use his style on charcoal as well as lithograph with hazy, dreamlike results.

As opposed to his "Noirs" lithographs, the visibility of colors made Blossom Clouds more of a fantasy-based dream than the mournful, often scary appearance from Noirs.

In this paint, there is a sailboat with two figures. If the figures on Noirs depicted dark characters, the figures appear like "saintly" women. They are looking in the direction of the vibrant horizon. Redon is a symbolist, definition, the figures on his paints are symbols of his real life. If an artist changes from black and white paintings to vivid pastels, what could be the factor?

"Flower Clouds" could be the change in Redon's expectation, from darkness to light, from anguish to really hope. It is likewise the outcome of creating close friendships his close relationships with Paul Gauguin as well as Maurice Denis.

Most of his most recent works were pastel and eventually oil paintings showing blossoms in vases, which suggests his new disposition and also expectation in life.

3. The Green Dancer - Edgar Degas, 1879

This painting is part of a series of pastel paintings which showed ballerinas. "The Eco-friendly Professional dancer" was one of the most renowned among them even if "Professional dancers in Repose," a pastel and charcoal work had reached $27.9 million in a public auction.

Oil Pastels might be formed like pastels, but the top notch brand names are made of pure pigment. They are less most likely to fade or yellow than the oil paintings. Soft pastels are occasionally called "chalk pastels" but they do not consist of chalk.

In this painting, there is a sailing boat with 2 figures. If the figures on Noirs portrayed dark characters, the figures look like "saintly" ladies.