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✨Prints up✨ finally decided on the background! I think it stands out much more now😊 they’re up and listed- 8.5"x11", glossy photo paper ✨ . Also, for anyone wondering about the 3"x3" mini canvas originals, I’m hoping to go to the post office soon to get the shipping estimated so I can list them too! I’ll keep you updated 😊
❤️Sweet William Heartbeat 💐 I'm still adding some veins and washes to this, but I feel like it's close to being done and I wanted to share☺️ I've never painted this flower before so it was an interesting time, but with practice I'm sure I'll figure with out ◉‿◉ . #art #floral #sketchbook #organs #anatomystudy #drawing #traditionalart #illustration #anatomy #sheridanvca #artistsoninstagram #watercolor #watercolorpainting #heart #flowers #botanicalpainting #heart #sweetwilliam #aesthetic #painting #pastel #pastelgoth #goblincore #fairycore #darkacademia #botany #botanicalillustration #botanicalart #medicalart https://www.instagram.com/p/CTXYfQmrZUs/?utm_medium=tumblr
yes babe you’re sooo oscar wilde remus lupin black coffee vintage cups mozart art history murder classics rain latin ravenclaw henry winter type
The closer one gets to realizing his destiny the more that destiny becomes his true reason for being.
The Alchemist// Paulo Coelho
moodboard: intj, stem: computer science and math; color scheme: greyscaled; thank you!
computer science/math student/ intj aesthetic
Fantasy Sociology (what would it do to agriculture if there was dragons)
Fantasy Psychology (the mental effects of having certain patterns of thoughts that generate fireballs)
Fantasy Biology (what if u had lighting sacks in yr cheeks)
Fantasy Chemistry (these r the elements and what u can do with them)
Fantasy Physics (orbital mechanics and magical floating rocks: a guide)
Fantasy Mathematics (its just normal mathematics)
very specific types of physicists
emeritus: a well-meaning retired professor who still frequents the department. occasionally seen jogging up and down the halls of the lab. it’s how he gets his daily exercise. his field of research is obsolete and he spends most of his days making art based on physics equations. asks all of the female undergrads if they plan to teach high school physics.
star child: no one will measure up to this alumnus. they started research in high school, graduated from undergrad a year early with a few papers already under their belt, and finished their phd (at a very prestigious university) in two years. they visit occasionally to present their research and talk to the undergrad physics students. very down to earth and kind. undergrads, grad students, and professors alike are in awe.
father figure: this prof’s lectures are full of dad jokes, metaphors comparing the behaviors of particles with sugared-up three-year-olds, and digressions about something that’s more fun to talk about than the subject matter. says “i’m not angry, just disappointed” when the class does poorly on an exam. when you go to his office hours there is almost always a child or two underneath his desk or drawing on his whiteboard (the bottom third of which is always covered in stick figures and scribbles). intensely watched the construction from his office window as a new laboratory was being built.
academic rival: you were friends over the summer when you were both doing research but they became distant. small talk always turns into bickering about the importance of your respective research when you run into each other getting coffee in the common room. begrudgingly you admit to yourself, they’re really good at what they do. thank god you don’t belong to the same research group.
harsh but kind: brilliant researcher with high expectations of their students. will offer and make you tea as they grade your problem sets (with commentary) in front of you. after your semester in their class, you buy a bag of loose-leaf jasmine green tea because they got you hooked on it.
the politician: buddies with some higher-ups in university admin and the heads of other colleges. your peers derail class by bringing up current events. has a fixation on swords and genealogy. a bit of an anglophile. you took apart a transistor radio with them once. will make formal complaints to the math department on your behalf.
melancholy teaching professor: very cynical from a career in academia but here to have fun. one of the friendliest faces in the department. organizes the students and faculty to do outreach and lugs physics demos all around the tri-county area. talks to the undergrads like they are people. always kind of sad, it makes you wish you could fix all of the ills of academia for them.
Dark Academia in STEM
Blackboards full of equations and chalk on your sleeve
Rummaging through your desk to find that one paper with that one reference you need, among mountains of other papers
Looking at old photographic plates of old telescopes
Wandering through empty corridors, looking at the busts of famous scientists
Drinking hot, black coffee on cold observation nights
Forgetting the time whilst working in the lab
Reading through and correcting the thesis of a friend who works in the same field as you
Getting distracted from work by a scientific discussion next to the coffee machine
Longing to read a novel, but having no time next to all the papers you have to read
Thick, expensive books on your desk, you don’t even dare to touch
Writing with one hand behind your back, it is already dark outside but you have not noticed because the lights are on and there are still more people around, just as you, deep in thought, silently discussing different theories
Seeing two people at a blackboard, debating a problem, as more and more people join in to participate
Notebooks filled with derivations and equations
Tea stains on the pages of the paper you have to read
Prints of the most important texts for your work covered in notes and highlights, the paper looking worn out
BEING POSTED NOW!! Like any 77 year old worth her salt, this lady has character and lead a full life. "Hungry Hill" by Daphne De Maurier, published in 1944. Research has led me to believe this is the first U.S. publishing but I'm unable to confirm it. $40 (link in bio) #daphnedemaurier #rebecca #hungryhill #darkacademia #giftsforbooklovers #vintagebooks #literature https://www.instagram.com/p/CXIAwfrlgKZ/?utm_medium=tumblr
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What if we were villains, Madam? Would you think less of us? I doubt it. Like moths to a flame, you just want to come closer. Don't you?
you can justify anything if you do it poetically enough
-If We Were Villians
{dark academia men}
Dark Academia Ask Game: I was born in 1834 to a seamstress and barber in a back-alley dilapidated Victorian townhouse in Whitechapel, London. At 14, I committed my first murder, wherein I broke into my neighbor's yard and killed his prized Australian Lorikeets because the damned things sat outside my bedroom window early of a morning and chanted their irritating songs. it was not my first murder. I since regretted my poor fortune and have worked to make amends in a new secret society. Who am I?
finding eachother with bloody hands, whispering in dark alleys and running from people who aren’t really there. conversations increasing in volume and secrets stumbling out between meaningless words, considering if friendships are even worth the effort anymore. do i want to kill you or be you? should we run away or put in the work? societies either end in glory and redemption, or snapping eachothers throats to stop more birdsong from waking us up.