Shit, this movie. Love.
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(his) Noodly Appendage
Robyn Seale draws the comic The Watcher of Yaathagggu
Always reblog dinosaurs.
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Okay so I followed this video about foreshortening and…
Sycra. I love you so much for making this video.
YOU GOTTA BE FUCKING SHITTING ME
literally a minute in and I have to reblog it already.
Siren Song series by Victor Nizovtsev
I FUCKIN LOVE MERMAIDS I JUST WANNA SHOUT IT FROM THE ROOFTOPS PLEASE LET ME BE ONE OF YOU
ahh I love it, her scales look like pretty coins
I want all of these as prints so I can hang them up in my room
Aw hey internet, I missed you.
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laser ferret
Pandora (Process)
Johnny Dombrowski
First of all, hello to new followers! I can’t tell you how happy it makes me that people are digging my work. Now on to business…
I’ve been thinking about posting more of my process on here, but with reblogs possible, I never wanted to cram posts with too much writing or images. So I figured I’ll post the final illustration and then a second post with more info about the piece later on. I’ll post whatever stages I have, so you can learn a little more about how I work.
With the urge to experiment more, I’ve started this year playing around with my technique a bit along with working on more concept. First with Chump and now this. I’m not sure what initially caused it, but I got this craving to draw Pandora. While reading through my copy of Bulfinch’s Mythology *pushes up glasses* and I came across an interesting take on her story…
Pandora was created by Zeus, not as a punishment to Prometheus for stealing fire, but as a blessing towards man. Every god in heaven contributed something to perfect her. Aphrodite gave her beauty, Hermes persuasion, Apollo music, etc. And instead of evils, each god also placed a blessing into a jar. Eager with curiosity, Pandora slipped off the cover to look inside, when all of the blessings started to escape. She tried to close the lid as quickly as possible, but was only able to keep hope from escaping. That’s why, whatever evils we come across, we’ll always have a sense of hope in our lives.
Reading through her story, I didn’t see a box ever mentioned- only the jar. Turns out that box is a mistranslation! The original greek mentions it as a “pithos” or jar. But that was later translated to “pyxis” or box, by Eramus of Rotterdam in the 16th century. THANKS ERAMUS.
With the evils of the box gone, I tried my best to instead capture her curiosity. To try and get that peeking look, I used Alphonse Mucha’s photography as reference. Bending her back down, eye level with the jar, taking a quick look at the wonders waiting inside.
And now that I’ve talked your ears off, I’ll wait to see if you all want more of this. If you’d like to share just the image without all of this rambling, you can go to the original post
And now whenever someone uses the phrase “It’s like opening Pandora’s Box” you can slap them across the face with a white glove. Even challenging them to a duel, if you’d like. I don’t care. It’s your glove- do what you want with it. It’s in your hands. Or should I say ON your hands! Do you get it? Because it’s a glove? You wear them on your h- ok I’m gonna get going.
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Your comic is absolutely wonderful, and it inspired me to recently undertake to read all of Lovecraft’s prose, quite an undertaking that was. I also enjoy that Pieta eschews gender norms and just is Pieta, without bowing down to society’s standards.
Pieta reminds me of some people I know - some trans, others just very independent without much regard for gender norms. My question is, how much of her character reflects yourself, or the personality you consider ideal for yourself?
Ooh awesome! I’m glad you’re undertaking it! Rule of thumb: avoid all of his collaborative work. It’s just… not good.
In terms of how much Pieta is like me: There’s a lot of unintentional similarities. Re: gender norms - I don’t have much regard to them. I don’t, in fact, have a lot of regard for most things traditional unless there’s a significantly practical reason for it. However, Pieta serves a larger purpose - the everyman, so to speak. As a queer person, I wanted to read about LGBTQ individuals where sexuality and gender wasn’t the main issue.
I think it also provide another benefit to people that prefer working within a system that already exists. Without the limitations of a society that cares deeply about gender, does it really matter? It’s easier to think about if the playground of the story is neutral.
Personality-wise, she’s very much a reflection of where I was at 4 years ago when I started the comic. Nice, good person, but not assertive enough to forge her own happiness. This flaw was not an intentional choice, but it’s been a good learning experience and it’s a fun mental exercise. If someone is weak-willed, and makes poor life decisions that unintentionally causes suffering to others, are they a bad person? What if they don’t learn from their lessons and keep unintentionally harming others? If they start standing up for themselves, but then cause harm by proxy does this make them a bad person? Where’s the line?
I made a series of Calming Bunnies (based off of the Calming Manatee meme) for my friend Gab, who isn’t a huge fan of manatees!
We can always use more bunnies, I think.
I think I needed to see this
Oh my gosh, this has been such a hard week. Thank you, Internet.
Can I take a moment to brag? This photo was taken by Dani Jennings, and awesomely sweet and lurvely photographer that was at my bestie’s wedding last week. She’s also doing my engagement photos! If you’re in Missouri, you should check her out.
