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I guess I wasn’t alone in wanting to see the Nygmobble-family doing Christmas together <3 Aaaah they’re so cute! Their happiness is just so precious. I love the flashing lights, and all the little hats they’re wearing--Martin even has one of those little crown things like British people wear for Christmas (which I only know from the Doctor Who Christmas specials, haha). Hehe and the antlers on Ed and the little origami penguins on the tree and... ugh it’s too cute and sweet. I love it so much. I just want them to be happy and together as a family, and whether or not it turns out that way in the show, I’m grateful that that future exists in the fandom.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! :D
Nygmobblepot decorating the Christmas tree it is! 🎄🎅🎁🎄
I love how palpable the emotion is in this drawing. You can feel Ed’s anger melting away into confusion, regret, and sadness; you can feel Oswald’s deep hurt (emotional as well as physical) but you can also feel how his love for Ed overpowers it and turns it to forgiveness. It’s like a summary of the twists and turns of their relationship all in one art piece, dark but surprisingly hopeful. It’s painful and beautiful and lovely and definitely among my favorites; this is one of those drawings I’ve just stared at for an extended period of time while listening to music.
Here to deliver more angst. Really hope we at least get a kiss out of the disaster that is going to unfold in the next few episodes.
Hey, so, is it just me, or does that actually look like Selena disguising herself as Ecco/Harley? Her hair looks curly and like it’s shaped more like Selena’s than Ecco’s is in the other scenes in the new trailer. And I’m not actually the best with faces, but I’m pretty sure the nose looks more like Selena’s than Ecco’s--the latter’s nose is sharper and narrower.
Theory: Camren said at NY Comic Con that Selena would be coming after Jeremiah for shooting and paralyzing her. Perhaps she disguises herself as Ecco in order to get close to him? It would be easy if Ecco takes to wearing that mask; in that case, Selena’s getting discovered and her plan is going very much awry in this scene.
Alternate theory: as Jeremiah slips further into madness, he gets paranoid. He know Selena’s coming after him, and so he starts seeing her face everywhere--even in place of Ecco’s. This could also be why he’s strangling Ecco in that other scene in the trailer.
It’s possible I’m wrong, but that looks like Selena to me.
So much cute fluffiness!!
Also this one works quite well as a laptop screensaver :)
Just some happy family time 💜💚
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So I know it’s late November and everyone has pretty much moved on to Christmas and such, but I’m somewhat slow with processing things and I still wanted to share my Gotham-themed trunk that I did for my church’s Trunk-or-Treat this Halloween. It’s the first year I’ve gone so specific with a theme, but I got so obsessed with Gotham over the summer that I couldn’t help myself. So, I decided to make my trunk into the Iceberg Lounge (circa early season 4, though my Penguin costume is more season 3-inspired).
I’ll probably do a few separate posts, actually, just to break down all the different parts and how I made them, but here are some general pictures of my trunk and myself in costume. For anyone who doesn’t know, Trunk-or-Treat is a thing some churches, and other organizations, do where a bunch of people line up their cars in a parking lot and decorate their trunks. It provides a shorter, safer trick-or-treating route for parents with young children or anyone who doesn’t want to go house to house, and it’s also a way for people like me who live way out in the country to get trick-or-treaters. (Speaking of living out in the country, I did wash my car the day before this, but living on a gravel road, the dust always comes back...)
My Iceberg Lounge trunk, in brief, included purple umbrella lights fixtures, a frozen Ed-berg, penguin statues, and Oswald’s shiny orange bar counter. For my costume, I wore a fancy suit (obviously, haha. I also learned it’s really fun to shop for menswear). I even found a wing-collared shirt like Oswald wears in late season 2/season 3. I knew I would never be able to get a wig into proper disco vampire form, so I decided to wear Oswald’s bowler cap; I still probably didn’t get the wig trimmed short enough on the sides (I bought a basic black bob wig at Walmart and trimmed it) but I’m pretty pleased with how the spiky bangs turned out. Naturally, I also found myself a nice long, black umbrella to complete the look :)
I was really hoping that at least one Gotham fan would come through and get it, and I could point to my icy Ed and go “look! I even have Ed!”, but alas, no one did. One family did a Batman-themed trunk and I strolled over, as in character as I could manage, to introduce myself, but I did have to explain my costume to them. I was fairly happy, though, that at least a couple of people did get that I was the Penguin (”let’s see, purple parasols and birds... you must be... the Penguin?” guessed one gentleman). Anyways, now I’m posting it here, so hopefully some Gotham fans will see it and appreciate my theme!
I just love all the art of these three as a family so much <3 They have their flaws, but they take care of each other. After all, even slightly murderous children get scared of monsters sometimes :)
Martin making Oswald check under the bed for monsters and Oswald checking even though it hurts his knee?
Ed’s joining in to give his opinion on the matter as a man of science!
This is still one of the most heartwarming Martin edits I’ve ever seen. The trouble is that I saw it before I saw season 4, so it actually set my expectations for Oswald’s skill as a dad unrealistically high. Not that I’m saying he’s not a good dad (nor am I saying he’s not not a good dad in canon... I mean... it’s complicated), it’s just that I didn’t actually realize this was an incorrect quote the first time I saw it (despite how clearly labeled I now see it is) and I was really hoping this was actually going to be canon. It’s just so perfect, the misfit mobster comforting his misfit son, and it really fits with the emotion in their eyes, the passion and the sadness and the hurt. And after all, Oswald already compared himself to a Roman ruler in Augustus Caesar; it’s not that much of stretch for him to compare himself (and Martin) to a Greek philosopher.
Also, this is yet another reason purple is the best color ;)
Incorrect Gotham Quotes: The Purple Thread. 4x09: Let Them Eat Pie
There are a few very nice Nygmobblepot wedding pictures out there, but I think this one has to be my favorite--it’s so action-packed and, really, the most “them”, because can you honestly imagine these two having a wedding that doesn’t involve some form of explosions?
Funny story about this one, actually. I saw it on Pinterest once when I was clicking around, but then I clicked on something else and lost track of it, and I couldn’t find it in my history or anything because Pinterest is weird like that. I tried googling “Nygmobblepot wedding”, but sadly, it doesn’t come up (although some other very nice pictures came up which I’ll also have to share--or I guess reblog; this isn’t facebook--some time). So I spent the next couple of weeks clicking desperately through Nygmobblepot art on Pinterest trying to find this one again so I could save it. I never did find it that way. Eventually, I looked at the Nygmobblepot art I had already saved to my laptop to see if I had anything in a similar style, and as luck would have it, I did have some Spicy Watson art in my folder already, and I managed to recognize the art style and follow the watermark back here. It’s a really nice feeling to find such lovely art of your ship, but it’s even more amazing when you find it, lose it, spend weeks looking for it, and find it again! :)
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I promised to share the sources that inspired my Oswald Cobblepot nail art, so here they are. The step-by-step penguin nails came from here: http://confettiavenue.com/penguin-nail-art/
(The tutorial there says to use a ‘dotting tool’, but I just brushed polish onto the end of a toothpick. To do the stripes and the stem of the umbrella, I brushed up the side of the toothpick.)
The purple umbrella nails were both from pinterest:
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/453808099932669718/
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/453808099932638801
(Also, in case you missed my original post with my Oswald nails, here it is: https://alfhildr-the-word-weaver.tumblr.com/post/180302544865/so-i-did-some-oswald-cobblepot-inspired-nail-art )
So I did some Oswald Cobblepot-inspired nail art last month for Halloween and I thought it would be a nice way to kick off my tumblr :) The left hand features a penguin, an umbrella, and some pinstriping; the right hand’s a bit simpler since I’m right handed, but I tried to make a brocade pattern like Oswald’s ties and a glitter ombre like his glitter coat. (In case it wasn’t clear, I’m talking about the Gotham TV version of the Penguin.)
Also, yes, these are my real nails, and my left thumbnail was over an inch long (cuticle to tip) at the time. Fun fact: I changed a flat tire that month, fabulous nails and all (though I did have a few chips to patch after that).
I took a multitude of pictures--literally hundreds--but the top coat I used was so shiny a bunch of them had a glare, but I guess what I’m trying to say is, if you want to see more pictures or a close-up of any nail in particular, let me know, because I have plenty :) I should also probably share the tutorial I followed for the penguin nail and the other nail art I used for inspiration.
Jerome warm ups to get back into drawing for the first time in months (click for better res) (bottom right one is my favorite)
Been busy trying to find some Pokemon that Jonathan Crane would have if he plays on Pokemon, I think I found some good ones
You can also put your own opinion if you think he would have other Pokemons, I always find it quite hard at times to pick out a Pokemon but yeah these are what I think he would have
Oh. Well that explains it
Who Is Judeth Clayton?
I.
Will.
Eat.
You.
Alive.
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ExPOSE THE NERvE
"All you ever needed was a key."
GOTHAM REVISITED
|| All the possibilities.... ||
Designed by @reigningmonarch42
"People used to scream my name. Now, they whisper it in fear."
"All you need to do to survive is answer the question."
"They confess their sins whilst holding my hand. And in those final moments, I know them better than they ever knew themselves."
GOTHAM REVISITED
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"I think, if we work together we can make a great pair!" He exclaimed. Glitter in his eyes. That tension on the verge of breaking point so unique to his manipulative personality. And beneath that vaneer of false bravado and egomaniacal self superiority lay something deeper.
Insecurity.
His just shone that much brighter.
Fractions in Rain
It didn’t matter what was being said anymore.
He’d stopped listening a long time ago. Instead, his attention was being held by the street lamp outside the sitting room window. As it stood on the sidewalk below the restored Victorian era townhouse he’d been renting. Its metal shade had an enchanting way of dispersing the pouring rain in a perfect arc as it sheeted down in cold passes that angled slightly with the bluster of the wind. The lamp’s light caught in a shimmering halo of electric beauty that made every droplet appear a perfect gem against the backdrop of the early evening.
He didn’t relish the idea of going out in the rain.
Even so, those eyes looked back at him, reflected against the pane of glass. Catching a smile that wasn’t his. His hands refuting a tremor as he worked on thin emerald leather gloves.
Her last words revolving in the back of his mind; unsilenced by the bottle of Merlot he had swallowed in hopes of dulling the articulation of his conscience. Numbers, patterns, concussive poetry of impossible questions.
The weight of the flick knife in his coat pocket was reassuring.
It was going to cost him dearly, facing down Greek gods in the midst of a storm.
He’d make her watch, reflected in an antique mirror.
So as she might remember him.
So that he might remember himself.
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Some old designs for Pamela Isley, aka wifey of the western woods. Shes poison with a cabinet full of shrooms.
#draws #poisonivy #gothamcitysirens #pamelaisley #batman #gotham #medicinewoman #naturevsnurture #dopedealingdame
Dastardly Duo
Fusain et pastels :) Bleu ou rouge ?
Travail du moment sur le noir et blanc, dans l'univers de Batman :)
tried to draw the full police costume tiny jerome but ended up looking like angus young brahh😔
MIAH !!!!!!!
i mean the mayor got to listen to his vice right
u guys know that oswald stare he does when he knows he's gonna have the upper hand? i love that stare