Latest Posts by afoxofcosmicproportions - Page 5

i feel so normal about them

character designs based on @nicecrumbart (lizzie’s) and @applestruda (joel’s) !

“face the truth as it is instead” disintegrated him

These men just stole the personal information of everyone in America AND control the Treasury. Link to article.

Akash Bobba

Edward Coristine

Luke Farritor

Gautier Cole Killian

Gavin Kliger

Ethan Shaotran

Spread their names!

u know ur fucked when u skip every song

Anyone who's ever done anything creative needs to fucking see this.

I was telling my partner about how sometimes I look at my own art tag to remind myself that I, like, did that & am in fact capable of creating things, & how I love that for me & how I love that for everyone else, because they get to see the things I make.

Me: "I've just gotta get all Joel Smallishbeans about it, y'know, what Marina & the Diamonds said, 'I feel like I'm the worst, so I act like I'm the best.'"

Them: "That's definitely a Joel song."

Me: "Yeah, it really is."

Them: "You know who else I associate that song with?"

Them: "Vriska."

Me: "Oh yeah totally, it's a very Vriska song. I've actually seen quite a few po-"

Them: "Ergo Joel Smallishbeans is Vriska coded."

Me:

Anyways

future archaeologists will know you were (not) a boy

Spin this wheel of ~300 AO3 tags three times.

“Nobody’s going to want to sit on high-speed rail for fifteen hours to get from New York City to LA.”

Me. I will sit on high-speed rail for fifteen hours. I’ll sit on it for days. I’ll write and read and nap and eat and then do it all over again. I’ll stare out the windows and see America from ground level and not have to drive. I’ll see the Rockies and the deserts and cornfields and the Mississippi River and your house and yours and yours too. I’ll make up stories in my head about the small towns I see as we go along. I’ll see the states I’ve yet to see because driving or flying there is a fucking slog and expensive to boot. I’ll enjoy the ride as much as the destination. And then I’ll do it all over again to come the fuck home.

4 shades of blue captured in a single image in Antarctica

Chai tea bag + lil but of brown sugar + apple cider packet + 16 oz. mug of hot but not quite boiling water

it will not Fix You but like. maybe. maybe.

Orange yin and yang

(via)

my watery friend... are you too brushed with the pattern of the dappled light...?

isn’t it weird how it’s already february but it’s also only february

Guys, let's make a sandwich. I'll start:

Bread

the name "theresa" is so funny like. theres a what

the way my jaw dropped at this bit

Am I the only one who immediately got this reference?

what is it they put in the hardware store to make it smell so good

Caution! Wild Life in this area!

This is a dumping ground of models I've made while watching the newest season of Life Series... Could've done more, even had ideas, but struggled with motivation... Still, wanted to share what I've got, before the end of the year...

Our newest winner! Yes, Gem has a gun, she deserves it... Based on this poster for the first Fast & Furious...

Oh, Bamboozlers, your fate has been sealed from the start, and yet, I still rooted for you... Rivals the Clockers as my favorite teamup of all time... Based on Ink-ghoul skins and renders... Shame, we didn't see Lizzie in this dress in the finale...

These aren't hawks, what are you talking about? These are clearly parrots, and Lizzie is training them to sit together and look pretty... I've completely remodeled Lizzie's face to more align with this art by eydilily which is to me the Ideal Lizzie design, exactly how I see her in my head...

Tuff Guys taste-test... WHAT MY CLOCK AND BELLS TASTE LIKE?! Bdubs, you heathen... I tried making models specifically referencing Wild Cards, but dropped the idea, once I couldn't make a convincing snail...

Cleo the Arsonist and the Enabler... She is only happy then stuff burns...

It's the Creaking Neighbour! To be completely honest, this new Rimeweaver's bodice was the push, that made me finally format this post... It just looks so much like a tree bark, perfect fit, instantly made this model 10 times more coherent... Unimportant stuff under the cut...

Alternative Bamboozler placement, they were made to work together...

Different angle of the Scar's model... Yep, there's a whole diamond sword tucked behind his back...

I might muster another post with unfinished WIPs, just to put them behind me... We'll see if I do... Oh, and that google spreadsheet with links to all of my models I keep promising? Still unfinished, I'm as unorganised as ever...

spin the wheel for a genre!

Raven being Desi

Hello, hello again, I'm back with another tirade! This whole thing started with seeing a fanartist post a drawing of Raven (a DC Teen Titans character created by George Perez) as dark skinned with a Desi associated hooked nose. One commentor began to complain saying 'Raven isn't a dark skinned Indian, she isn't Indian at all'. When the artist pointed out that they were referring to the fact that Raven's original design was based of an Indian model, the astute commentor acknowledged that Ravens 'style' was Indian but was influenced by other models of other nationalities as well, so lets break it down.

Raven's style

I assume you're talking about the red dot on her forehead. It's called a Bindi and it's not a part of Indian culture, it's a part of Hindu culture. Traditionally, the west has not cared about the difference, assuming any part of Hinduism is just spiritual hokum and using it in art and pop culture without consideration. But no, the Bindi is worn by Hindu women and yes, it is cultural appropriation for the Bindi to be worn by non-Hindus for aesthetic. More of Raven's character involves Hinduism too. Meditation, and chakras also frequently appear in Raven's magic and were also Hindu practices. Then there is the topic of Ravens model.

Her name was Persis Khambatta. She won Miss India and is the model that George Perez named as the original influence for Raven's character design. But that isn't definitive, I hear you cry. White people can be Hindu too! And the same quote that lists Persis as an influence also lists a Fran MacGregor as a later influence! And that is true, but also like...

That, dear reader, is Raven in New Teen Titans wearing a Sari, which is one of the traditional styles of clothing for Indian women. All of this combined methinks makes Raven being Desi a pretty decent possibility, right? Well, apparently not, according to some people on Reddit, since there is still the issue of

Raven's Ancestry

Raven's mom is white. She Elizabeth Roth, by both her Germanic last name and her blonde haired character design, is definitely one white lady. And Raven's father is Trigon, aka the devil from the bible. And like, there is no way that there is a historical precedent of Christianity associating Hindu culture with evil (just ignore Indiana Jones the Temple of Doom and the demonisation of Kali and Lord Sheev from Star Trek and Lady fucking Shiva and that time Tim Drake fought an actual Indian god for some fucking reason). I mean there is no way that the bible says anything negative about 'Idol worship' (cough cough Romans 1:21–23, Exodus 20:3–6, 1 Corinthians 10:14 cough). Is it really that much of a stretch to say that the devil, as far as DC is concerned, may have some Indian traits. Or that Raven's home of Azarath, steeped in spiritualism and mysticism and definitely-not-Hinduism, may have had some Indian culture there too? But I feel like all this pedantic behavior is kind of missing the point.

What is the point of representation anyway?

Why does Raven being Indian coded matter?

Well, it matters because if we include her in the Indian coded bucket, there is a total of 4 desi coded characters in DC, three of those 4 being the Al Ghul family. The sum total of all actual canonical Desi characters in both DC and Marvel combined, is one. Just one. Kamala Khan from the Marvel universe.

Representation, specifically changing the ethnicity of pre-existing characters in later adaptations is done to better reflect the audience diaspora, so that the audience can see themselves in those character. Little Desi girls want to believe that they can be superheroes, just like anybody else. And if we don't have that in cannon, we will make it in fannon.

Accuracy be damned.

If I tell you this is a horror dance number it still won't prepare you. That last move was so terrifying even the judge was like "Let go! Let go!" If you told me they're actually possessed I'd believe you.

The music is a remix of the song Mere Dholna from the Bollywood movie Bhool Bhulaiyya, a remake of the classic Malayalam horror-comedy Manichitrathazhu. It's about a young bride that seemingly becomes possessed of Manjulika, a dancer of the ancient royal court whose tragic death has turned her into a vengeful spirit, one who evokes the wrath of the goddess Durga Kali. In the iconic scene that is repeated across remakes, the groom and his family discover his bride dancing in the dead of night in a manic, disassociative fugue, wearing a moth-eaten dancer's costume and a face smeared in kohl, ash and vermilion. She's hallucinating that she's Manjulika dancing carefree for the court with her lover. The upbeat music is deliberately incongruous with the pathos and creepiness of the scene in reality, especially as it crescendos in the bride's head to the moment when the king decapitates Manjulika's beloved in a fit of jealous rage.

This specific number is by the all-male troupe B Unique, performed for the Indian reality talent contest Hunabaarz. It's a modern fusion based on Bharatnatyam that turns up the creep factor by 200% and is basically a showcase of contortionism and synchronicity. One of the most perfectly choreographed and executed dances I have ever seen. Truly incredible!

The group is still taking their work across the world's talent shows. And yes, that guy is hypermobile enough to do that with his neck. XD

Tried to pour myself a glass of water, ended up drinking wine....

Art by Tasia M S