Hii, I'm Sophie! This blog is mainly for sharing non/original art (tag for original is #my art), obsessing over fictional characters and stuff I like, and sometimes I also ramble lol
āØ What my soul is made ofāØ
aka my obsessions/interests
~ Anything related to ancient cultures (that's the subject of my studies hehe) and media inspired by it
~ Mythology, mainly (but not only) Greek and Roman, and hellenic polytheism (I'm a beginner helpol!)
~ Classic literature, especially romanticism, aestheticism and symbolism, and related art history
~ Classical music, ballet (my beloved <3), theatre and musicals
~ Vintage/old money aesthetics and related historical periods
~ Disney, Dreamworks and Studio Ghibli movies
~ Shoujo manga/anime
~ Drawing (both traditional and digital)
~ Translating (mainly classic literature)
~ Tarot reading (thanks to The Arcana)
~ Playing the piano, singing and dancing
(more under the cut!)
āØ List of favourites!āØ
for further info about everything listed above
~ Ancient literature: The Iliad, Homeric Hymns, Sappho's poems, Plato's Symposium and Phaedrus, The Bacchae, Catullus' poems, Vergil's Eclogues, Ovid's Metamorphoses, Apuleius' Cupid and Psyche, Satyricon, Dialogue of the Gods
~ Movies: The Sound of Music, Romeo and Juliet (1968), Death in Venice, Ludwig (1973 and 2012), Nijinsky, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, The prince of Egypt, Howl's Moving Castle, Alexander, Little Women, Riot at the Rite, Tristan and Isolde, Fireworks
~ Classical composers (pieces would be too hard to choose from): Chopin, Mahler, Bach, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Wagner, Debussy
~ Ballets: absolutely ADORE them all - even the niche ones - so the list would be too long lol
~ Operas: Lohengrin, Siegfried, Gotterdammerung, Tristan und Isolde, Death in Venice
~ Historical figures (aka dead people who have taken up 90% of my brain at some point): Alexander the Great, Sappho, Antinous, Theodora, Ludwig II of Bavaria, Elizabeth of Austria, Fryderyk Chopin, Lord Byron, Oscar Wilde, Vaslav Nijinsky, Tamara Karsavina
~ Anime/manga: Kaze to ki no uta, Lady Georgie, Rose of Versailles, Love through a prism
~ Videogames: Hades 1 & 2, The Arcana, Sultan's Game, Fields of Mistria, Romance Club, Love and Deepspace (and more I don't remember lmaoš« )
I am a mosaic of everything I've ever loved āØš¹š¦¢
The Renaissance of Venus (1877) by Walter Crane (English, 1845 ā 1915), tempera on canvas, 138.4 cm (54.4 in) x 184.1 cm (72.4 in), Tate Britain, London
u ever have on mutuals whos so deep in another fandom that u know absolutely zero about and they make posts that look like they speaking another language or some shit
i really appreciate the number of mutuals who are not in any of my fandoms sharing this post. its like a little hello nod as we pass each other in the hall
WHAT I NEVER KNEW THAT? Wait you and @artandbeauty71 are moots I did NOT know that since when?!? Wait Sophie weāve been moots basically since I joined tumblr aka late May
@artandbeauty71 I thinkā¦ Iām getting the hang of this guyā¦
Itās genuinely been SO long since Iāve focused and tried to draw decently on paper (the perils of owning a nice iPad), but itās paid off and Iām really happy with the result.
u ever have on mutuals whos so deep in another fandom that u know absolutely zero about and they make posts that look like they speaking another language or some shit
i really appreciate the number of mutuals who are not in any of my fandoms sharing this post. its like a little hello nod as we pass each other in the hall
WHAT I NEVER KNEW THAT? Wait you and @artandbeauty71 are moots I did NOT know that since when?!? Wait Sophie weāve been moots basically since I joined tumblr aka late May
Yeahh we've been moots for a while now! But tbh based on the interactions I've seen so far I'm pretty sure all the mutuals I've made this year are all mutuals with each other lolol
In looking for Nijinsky reference photos (he's a bitch to draw, send help), I have discovered that there's a Nijinsky film?! I don't know how good it is, but it might be a laugh?
Safe to say, it will be added to my watch list.
ALSO I've finally reached Daphnis et Chloe on my chronological Ravel listening (I've only ever listened to the suites up until this point) and I swear to God, every new piece of Ravel's I listen to just makes me fall in love with him a little bit more.
Yours tearfully,
Lenny x
Hiya darling Lennyš«¶š»š«¶š»š«¶š»
Okay so this is funny because the very day i found out about Nijinsky's existence (through Pinterest pics, like 6ish months ago) i immediately thought "wait is there a movie about this guy I could watch?" So I found this one and watched it like twice in a row - it's very beautiful imo, except for some weird forced accents they have sometimes? only a minor detail tho, i recommend it :)
And that's where the obsession started lolol.
(also also also, he's in the movie Riot at the Rite too, which I believe I already recommended to you at some point! you NEED to watch it frfr it's very well done)
Anddd I know he's not too easy to draw but I believe in you š
(about Daphnis et Chloe YEAH ISTGšš so beautiful, it's such a pity that the original ballet has been lost to time but at least we've got the gorgeous music! :'))
u ever have on mutuals whos so deep in another fandom that u know absolutely zero about and they make posts that look like they speaking another language or some shit
i really appreciate the number of mutuals who are not in any of my fandoms sharing this post. its like a little hello nod as we pass each other in the hall
Basically it's a fantasy game inspired by tarot where there's a story to follow and you can choose a character to romance and unlock either a happy or bittersweet ending with them and the more you play the more you discover new world lore, there'd sooo much more to it I just love it! hehe
it's an app for mobile by the way, the artstyle is amazing, the characters are AWESOME and the story is super enjoyable too š„¹
