#the sandman art nouveau

[notallsandmen]

Dream of the Endless

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Alphonse Mucha: Poster for Victorien Sardou's Gismonda starring Sarah Bernhardt at the Théâtre de la Renaissance in Paris (1894)

[densewentz]

Sleep of the Just | Inspired by Mucha's "The Times of the Day: Night’s Rest"

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Delirium of the Endless

Commission for the lovely @notallsandmen 💛 thank you

Edit: Original: Absinthe Robette (1895) by Henri Privat-Livemont

[milfzatannaz]

keeper of my heart

[ink-bunny-blue]

My own interpretation of Morpheus. He ended up being some kind of Art Nouveau nightmare fairy (but that's essentially what he is anyway)

[zeichart]

Soon, you be adorned in color, very soon. You graceful gorgeous mothertrucker you.  It is impossible to find someone better than this angel to play desire. 

[elissespieces]

I did it, I caved. No one is surprised.

I don’t hate it, but it feels like I can’t finish. Like I’m sabotaging myself somehow.

It is SO CLOSE to being done, but I need to fill those gaps. (Art nouveau is so lovely and forgiving when it comes to structure, but unless it’s a gap that is pleasing to the eye, you have to anchor it.)

Also: Dream’s mask is ridic to draw.

[notallsandmen]

“Sleep of the Just”, Sam Keith & Mike Dringenberg (1989)

Aubrey Beardsley, “The Peacock Skirt” (1893)

Alphonse Mucha, “The Arts: Poetry & Painting” (1898)

Alphonse Mucha, “Times of the Day: Night’s Rest” (1899)

The Sandman (2022)

[illregretgettingthisusername]

Art Noveau references in the Sandman comics !

The posters were made by Alfons Mucha for the Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt and the Théâtre de la Renaissance. The first is for a performance of Hamlet and the second for Gismonda. Both of these panels are in issue 24

(i made two oopsies in my last reblog)

Anyways, a detail i love about the second reference is how the artist for this issue (Kelly Jones, i believe) changed the pattern of Dream’s robe a bit but kept the animals from the original design and put them on the ‘coat’ instead of the middle part. They’re not exactly the same but close enough to be one more reference (og is some kind of capricorn and comic version is a bird)

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The Moon and Stars series - Part 1

Dream of the Endless as Claire de Lune (1902) by Alfons Mucha

[bobbole]

The Corinthian - art by Garry Brown

[lady-wallace]

Here are the art pieces I did for the Fateful Prospects Zine. I really enjoyed working on this zine with everyone and had such a good time designing these pieces.

You can still download the zines HERE for free

And also the cover art I did for Peregrin, the Diego themed zine.

You can find me on Instagram for more art content, and I also have commissions open currently with 2 more slots left for March

[necrotori]

New Dream/Morpheus Art 🖤 start of a new art nouveau series I’m working on ^^

• art & music by me

Sandman Characters by @neil-gaiman

[lcdrarry]

LCDrarry 2023 Round-Up Post | Week 4

We won't post new works till Draco's birthday on 5 June to give our amazing creators a bit more time to finish their works - which in turns gives you more time to catch up on the works that posted during the fest and hopefully leave lovely comments for our creators.

Happy reading, commenting and sharing! ;)

~Your LCDrarry Mods

PS: Please have a look at the author notes and tags on AO3 for additional information. Thank you!

PPS: Please share far and wide! Thank you!

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Art

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Pretty

Prompt: "Pretty Woman", 1990, Gary Marshall Prompted by: @ladderofyears Artist: Anonymous Art Medium: Digital Art Rating: Mature Warnings: None

Summary: Pretty Woman but Drarry.

View it now on AO3.

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Before daybreak [ART]

Prompt: "The Sandman", 2022, TV Show Prompted by: Anonymous Artist: Anonymous Art Medium: Digital Art Rating: Teen and Up Audiences Warnings: Mild nudity, Mild body horror

Summary: Harry as the master of Dreams helps his little nightmare clear up his concerns about his role in the dreaming. Draco does not have much of a choice in the matter.

Read and view it now on AO3.

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25 May | LCDrarry Double Feature | Art

afternoon snooze

Prompt: “How to Train Your Dragon”, 2010, Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois Prompted by: Rrruuchi Artist: Anonymous Art Medium: Digital Art Rating: General Audiences Warnings: None

Summary: Harry and Draco relax with their little friend.

View it now on AO3.

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Fic

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0 + 0 = 1

Prompt: "Taskmaster", 2015, TV Show Prompted by: @crazybutgood Author: Anonymous Word Count: 2,895 words Rating: General audiences Warnings: None

Summary: Harry and Draco go on Taskmaster. That's it. That's the plot.

Read it now on AO3.

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A Boesky, A Jim Brown, and the biggest Leon Spinks ever.

Prompt: "Ocean's Eleven", 2001, Steven Soderbergh Prompted by: @waterfalls-moon Author: Anonymous Word Count: 12,030 words Rating: Teen and up Warnings: None

Summary: Harry and his group of friends formulate a rather ambitious plan to re-acquire a rare diamond from the clutches of an old enemy—Theo Nott. Along the way, he's hoping to catch the attention of his ex—Draco Malfoy—who is now dating Theo. “What have you heard?” Harry half-whispered. “Rumours are going around that it’s the Starlight Diamond.” The guest half-whispered in reply, excitement practically vibrating out of the man’s pores. “Starlight Diamond?” He feigned ignorance, flicking his glance between the guest and Ginny. “Oh, right, I’m so sorry Mr. Potter. I often forget you didn’t grow up in our world.” Harry twitched, fist clenched. In another life, he probably would have decked the guy for being a prick, but that was the kind of person this sort of event attracted. The old money and the nouveau riche, both looking to flaunt their means and gossip.

Read it now on AO3.

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Welcome to Kerb

Prompt: “How to Train Your Dragon”, 2010, Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois Prompted by: Rrruuchi Author: Anonymous Word Count: 24,037 words Rating: Mature Warnings: injuries, broken bones, vomiting, killing

Summary: Harry had always been obsessed with dragons. It was one of the reason he had studied them. And when the opportunity came to study draconic creatures in the wild on a deserted magical island with his mentor Charlie Weasley and his friend Neville Longbottom, why wouldn't he take it? If only he knew what he would encounter on his journey...

Read it now on AO3.

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Creator reveals are on 15 June.

[swanandphoenixsong]

Off hiatus...?

So! it's been a loooong year, but it it's time to finally look back and review a little about what I've been doing...

It's officially been a year since I made these posts about my stroke (back then, I had not made any reblogs since the 23rd of June, I was hospitalized on the 26th, and I had entered rehab on July 6th. As you may note, I've been back on tumblr long since my hiatus explanation.

(However, now I look back and see I hadn't actually posted any creations - writing, art, edits, or otherwise since April of 2023. 😬Yeesh. I hope to change that during July or August. Before my stroke, I was coming home from spring semester on campus, and I was already planning to take a break from my studies for at least the summer and fall, and had hoped my writer's block would relieve itself after Father's Day and I had adapted to being home again.)

Anyway! What's been up more recently/how am I feeling? — Pretty good. Started feeling much more like myself partway in April this year, when I felt I could tap into the 'flow' of creative thoughts, for writing, and they were coming easier, and I was getting excited about getting back into it, and art, and other media. However, I decided to wait til I had some ideas planned, and to get more medical stuff handled.

I still have a lot to do over the latter half of this year, but I thought the anniversary of the hiatus post would be the best time to make an update. I'll be making other posts as well, including something to pin on my blog, until I have some new media posted.

Plans! — Of course, I’ve played various amounts of Animal Crossing, Pokémon, and other games over the past year, so I hope to share some edits/vids/experiences from them.

Art! — I eventually want to migrate my art either to Ao3, or here on tumblr, or on my own website, but basically just get it off DeviantArt or Instagram, since AI art generators are running rampant on them and other various websites. Not that my art is <that> good, but I don’t want to support websites like DA or Insta as much.

Speaking of, I will eventually be making my own website, and ‘locking’ my Ao3 to only logged in users, so that it will be less likely to be scanned by AI generators. I haven’t done it yet, but expect posts about that soon.

Writing — On the smallest scale of update, I’d revisit my first fic, Inhibitions, that I originally began in Spring of 2013 (I had forgotten I had started it in HS, 😅 sheesh!) I think I’ll be making my own comments on some of the chapters, and I’ll post about them on here as well. It’s still so important to me, as it was cathartic as I dealt with my own depression and anxiety over the near dozen years since, and I want to share part of the writing process, research, or my thoughts now.

Following that, I hope to update Aspirations soon too! Finally I’m figuring out some writer’s block, and wanted to show something for it.

Alongside, I may also have an update for my Star Wars Nouveau AU, on fanfics Aliit or Jedi Scholar soon, but am still figuring out some things on the back-burner.

Of the greatest relevance to me and to those of you in the Sandman fandom, I want to update my Sandman fic, The Nightmare of Orpheus, as again, I’m finally getting through some writer’s block, and I would like to update it before we get the “A Midsummer Night's Dream” episode (next year? Somehow sooner? Who knows?)

— as far as when I’ll actually have any updates before August, I aim to have proper goals set by my birthday, July 21st, so if I have fallen short, you can at least expect me to make a progress update then!

Thanks for reading!

[raspberryjellybrains]

Something I find interesting as I delve deeper into different mediums of The Sandman is the way that Dream's appearance is used as a literary device. I don't remember whether I've discussed it here or not, but throughout the comics, his outfits serve as an indicator of his outward emotions and attitude while the style of the artist is often used to depict some aspect of his internal, unspoken emotional turmoil/peace. This carries over to the audiobook, though without the graphic aspect inherent to the original medium, it manifests in an interesting way through narration and further solidifies this interpretation of significance.

I had to start on Volume II for *cough* reasons, and the usage of detail is quite similar to other works by Gaiman, in that they are only included where it is important. He doesn't hit you over the head with scenery at every chance, it's carefully slotted into the scene at the points where it is most necessary and poignant, with the depth of these descriptions being directly tied to the importance that you, the listener, understand. We only hear that the random park is peaceful in the soundscaping because the park itself serves no purpose beyond that, but we get a couple paragraphs of description of Hell because it is vitally important we understand the scale and intensity of the horrors found there; setting is only acknowledged when it contributes to the narrative. This is echoed in The Sandman: Annotated, where we get some notes in the script regarding artistic choices—many of which are gestural, some of which are very detailed so that the artist may understand from this where their (and by extension the reader's) attentions must be drawn, which provides a sort of visual pacing.

To draw my point in a bit, Dream's castle follows this rule as an extension of his will and selfhood. It changes often to reflect what facet of himself he wants to convey outward most directly; appearing first as a rather low set, art nouveau affair with perhaps a silly bit of phallic imagery, then a gothic castle atop a mountain, most clearly establishing things when he puts it at the needlepoint top of a physically impossible peak covered in turrets and rooflines which jab into the air forbiddingly during Season of Mists as he contemplates the Key. When Dream is settled, the Dreaming is as well, when he is tumultuous, such follows. We don't get blow by blow descriptions, only when it is necessary.

Now that the visual language has been established and connected (insofar as I really can with the allotted mental energy for a tumblr post, however much of a passion project this may be, I am tired), it can be connected to Dream himself. His character design is very intentional, it reflects the post-punk, modernist take on its themes through his incredibly goth Look—he has the big, messy hair and impossibly white skin, dark clothes and dramatic fashion sensibilities—but beyond that, it reflects what feeling we are supposed to get from him. Morpheus' sense of self is ridiculously deeply tied to expectaction and perception of others, his entire personhood is based on what they expect. Despite this, to his infinite chagrin it seems, he has a personal identity sitting at his core that we see in his "natural" versus "put on" appearance (for lack of better terms): he's quiet and withdrawn but highly passionate and caring with all of the expected emotional regulation issues we would expect of someone with these temperaments they desperately repress; What he can control (clothes and hair) are utilized similarly to the castle, conveying his outward intention—think his driving outfit in Brief Lives versus his family dinner outfit in Season of Mists versus his final outfit in the Kindly Ones—where the things he cannot consciously seem to control are disguised by him, but utilized by art or narration to make a statement on his surroundings and feelings—think again of those outfits, of what his behavior means through that lens, what is conveyed through detail and silhouette.

What these more consistent physical attributes say is quite interesting, and quite revealing: Dream is not that scary. Sure his eyes will make you feel like you've stared down the cosmos and felt god touch your soul, but beyond that? Really? He's just a dude. A beautiful and strange one, but really nothing especially imposing. He's tall, but that effect is sort of diminished by his slight build. His face is angular and ethereal, but often careworn or haggard as well in a way I would compare to a very old and very poorly maintained stone statue. What this means to me is that Dream was never meant to be this frightening and imposing figure, that this was a choice made by the active individual we know exists because he is the one telling us about this all! A choice against his own nature that is concealed as often, swiftly, and mistakenly as his internal nature. This is, to conclude my point, supported by where these aspect of his appearance are given weight through art and narration. We only hear about his stature when he's sad or scared, only hear about his inhumanly pale skin when faced against the more beautiful aspects of personhood or mortality, only hear about his eyes when he uses them to scare or comfort.

These details of appearance are as woven into the narrative as any plot point, and used as any theme; which makes sense, he is the Prince of Stories afterall.