#trau's art

[cavidtrau098]

hes Lookin

[technorealm]

It is already 15th of August in Russia so I'd like to wish a happy birthday to our beloved BIONICLE AU, Technorealm

It's been 15 years. Fifteen years! I have hard time believing it's been this long since me and my husband created this - quite literal - lovechild.

If you're new to Technorealm, it's a divergent LEGO BIONICLE Alternate Universe where a lot of things have changed to cater to our tastes and interests, creating something amazing and unique.

If you wanna know more, there's a masterpost for the "Journey of Takanuva: Technorealm", which is a great entrypoint for the AU!

For those of you who's been following this blog for a while, thank you so very much for sticking around! <3

Here's to 15 more!

— TheMugbearer

[milkydraws8]

[traumagician]

I painted a super quick lil spider today! Based on a photo by @tenderheliotrope .

[nihilityart]

Some quick Legoshi x Haru stuff from my Tragic Reincarnation AU.

This AU is incredibly sad at the beginning so I want to show some married life fluff between my favorite Supreme God and Rabbit!

(Also he didn’t lose his powers when he got a kid, you know, since he’s Omnipotent.)

Also, Haru is harder to draw than I thought, smh.

Fun Fact: I drew this listening to “Accidentally in Love” from Shrek 2 :)

[traumxrei-archive]

LILIA VON FUCKING ROUGE ???? IM GOING TOT RHOW UP

I AM SO WEAK, I AM SO FRAIL WAHT IS THIS ARE THEY TRYING TO MURDER ME ? ARE THEY TRYING TO KILL ME ?

[leoxxiiart]

guy that i unload all my problems onto

[wrathwritten]

Excerpt from a journal entry, 2022

[traumxrei-chatters]

i forget sometimes that people can like. read my tags. especially the original posters.

[cavidtrau098]

what the fuck is this blue shit!

[traumaticmagic]

Could it be? Are we doing... a SHOW?????? In SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH? Where we're FROM?

[milkydraws8]

workin on thaal

[traumagician]

I just wanted to say thanks for being one of the few people actually be positive about alot of us returning to tumblr. I used to be ridiculously active on here back in like 2013-2019, and decided to make the return because twitter is just not a very artist friendly place for my work. I was kinda hoping it'd be a little more welcoming here but i was surprised to see how gatekeepy people were being here, so it was nice seeing someone be nice for once lol

I’m sorry to hear people have been rude! I am absolutely ecstatic to see other artists starting to return here.

The art scene has been rough here the last few years. There was the NSFW ban, of course, but a lot of people have also seemingly forgotten how to reblog and comment on what they enjoy, and that lack of positive interaction has made even more artists leave. For ages, almost every art post I’d see would be ancient, getting reblogged in circles from artists who hadn’t touched their blog in years. And what little new work there was received no attention compared to the old.

Don’t get me wrong; I LOVE that old ghost posts continue to circulate here. But it’s also been so, so nice to start seeing more new stuff again. Makes the place feel like less of a graveyard. I know Twitter was more active, but I just couldn’t handle the algorithmic pressure to post constantly—this site has become my home, and I’m glad to start having neighbors again.

[nihilityart]

"Do you honestly think...that I'd listen to anything YOU have to say?!"

(Spoilers for TRAU below)

Legoshi visiting an old man Melon after returning to his world. Melon tries to talk to Legoshi about his mother's hybrid nature but is immediately shot down by a furious Legoshi. Since Melon has secretly from prison making his friends lives a living hell for 40 years.

[pwlanier]

An absolutely wonderful advertising poster for Trau's Thee dating from 1910.

Carl Trau traveled to Europe before starting working as a druggist in Vienna in 1834. In 1850, he founded the first and oldest specialized tea shop in Austria, the "K.u.K. Hof-Thee-Handlung C. Trau", which quickly became an esteemed establishment and an official supplier to the imperial and royal court. Trau first imported tea from London and Hanseatic cities, but quickly began sourcing directly from China, becoming one of the first companies to sell Chinese tea in Europe.

In 1868, his son Franz took over the tea trade and developed it even further. Direct imports of Chinese tea received a new impetus thanks to the 1873 Universal Exhibition held in Vienna.

The amazing advertising poster depicts Chinese from the Qing dynasty enjoying their tea in a luxurious setting, suggesting that it is the best product of this exotic origin. The creator of the poster is the Austrian artist Adolf Karpellus (1869-1919), who studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and Paris, where he became a manufacturer of posters, postcards and prints.

Courtesy Alain Truong

[traumxrei-archive]

also brb im abt to go through the leona kingscholar hashtag n rb some stuff