Vision de Flora

This is art that I make, art that I love, and tips to make art

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Nahualism is present in Mesoamerican art from its earliest examples. In works belonging to the Olmec culture, which flourished around 4000 years ago, we can find depictions of people protected by their spirit animals, as well as scenes of transformation, in which individuals in metamorphosis start to show features of the animal they are transforming into. In Teotihuacan art, nahualism is found in human-like animals, which preside over ceremonies, give speeches and go to war. In Mayan and Zapotec art, we can find characters which emerge from the mouth of their spirit animal, whose body is made of smoke, and human characters with bat faces, the nahual of darkness. Another form of nahualism depiction among the Toltec and Mexica, as well as other cultures, is the face of the person emerging from the mouth or beak of the animal that protects and characterizes their heart.

You can find exclusive content on Mesoamerican thought and art on my Patreon site!

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Portrait of a Young Woman, Jean-Etienne Liotard 

Girl with a Pearl Earring, Johannes Vermeer 

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#they look like theyve been having a chat about u and u just walked in

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I’m on mobile, somebody edit them into this please

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Y'all take too long

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Same energy

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No worries guys, they’re there too

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Kevin Lenaghan, “Stairway”, “Glass Palace”, and “Crystal Stairway” (2021)

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Circa | 2021

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A Homage to Sappho | Norman Lindsay (C.1928)

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The OG lesbian

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Xoloitzcuintle, raza ancestral mexicana

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enchanted ;)

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My kind of love story.

Photographer: @Chuyphoto

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Decomposition of a female corpse by Kobayashi Eitaku, 1870s

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art tips post

for all the artist following me

Have two sketchbooks: One for finished and high-quality art (stuff made with Prismacolor or Copic if you use that or art for your portfolio) and the other sketchbook for more messy doodles. This way you have a place to try new things and mess up as much as you need. When I only had one sketchbook I was scared to draw in it because I didn't want to mess it up

Do studies. I cant tell you how much I've improved just by doing studies of shoes, hands, noses, and all that. This works for when you have art block too since you’re not really making stuff up and just learning how real things work.

Learn from others. I’ve never taken a real art class because 1. I can’t afford it and 2. there’s no good art classes/programs at my school. I’ve been following several artists and learning from them over the years and they’ve helped me tremendously. Just please do not steal art because that is never okay.

Break down concepts. If you notice there’s something wrong with your piece then figure out why. You can’t get better if you leave mistakes and don't try to understand whats going on. If the color is weird figure out if the values look right or maybe its the saturation of the color.

Watch youtube tutorials. Here are some youtubers I think are pretty good art teaching all things art: Draw with Jazza |  DrawingWiffWaffles |  Proko |  Baylee Jae

Have an inspiration folder/blog. Sometimes you just need a collection of starry nights or a misty forest or even a French bakery. All of those things can help you get inspired to draw. It could even be completely unrelated to what you plan to draw.

There are no dumb ideas in the creative process. If you want to draw a lizard in a dress go for it! If you want to draw various pastries with faces do it! Don’t let the thought of it being too dumb stop you because if I’ve learned anything in my several years of drawing it’s that an idea can lead to another and another and another and you may get a really good idea just from doodling dumb things.

Here’s a few things that can get you started on drawing better:

Dynamic poses | Dynamic clothes | Dynamic figure drawing

COMPOSITION | PERSPECTIVE | CONSTRUCTION

Anatomy:

Legs

Arms

Hands

Heads

Body (Female) (Male

Color Theory

Improving your sketchbook

Most importantly, don’t give up! You may not immediately get notes or followers but it’s more important you get better than to have popularity. How do you think those popular artists got to where they are now? To be good you’ve got to work at it.

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what I really like about all these vintage couple’s portraits is that there is a very certain romatic decorum kept up – certain themes and poses – which, while of course being the mainstream preferred view of couples repeated throughout many studios, are just… so nice to look at. 

this staged affection, a mix of theatricality and intimacy, the couple holding still for a couple of moments and now immortalised in a very set sequence of embraces and kisses. there is a charm to it even when I can’t tell whether this was a genuine couple portait or just actors hired by the photographer.

the kiss on the bare shoulder (eyes perfectly averted), the cheek caress, the piano and the violin, the interrupted embrace, the woman tilted back as in a half-stopped dance…

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I simply must torment you a bit with these, let us see some of my personal favourites! (part one due to the image limit)

let us start with the kiss on the cheek (eyes averted! oh the pose! these were taken between 1910-1940)

or the nearly opposite energy (how daring!) of the kiss or caress with direct eye contact (1910-1930)

and then the innocent – yet so flirty – classic of the park encounter! (1890-1920)

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and then the famed kiss on the bare shoulder – what an idea, what a vibe, such intimacy! (1910-1930)

and oh, I am not done, look at this – the adoration of the woman! look at this expression, this pose, this decorum! (1910-1940)

and then some of my favourites from the more playful or direct category, enjoy (1910-1930):

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and, at last (thank you for still being here and witnessing my recent fascination with vintage polish photography) my three absolute favourites outside of any particular categories (1910-1930)

just look at her. just look.

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Gabriele Pennacchioli  -  https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabriele-pennacchioli-6251472  -  http://pennacchioli.tumblr.com  -  https://www.instagram.com/gabrielepennacchioli  -  https://www.facebook.com/gabriele.pennacchioli  -  https://vimeo.com/user17473475

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I fucking love this.

Not only because hell yeah fat girl heroes and awesomely executed art and animation

But also because I know there are hundreds of assholes SEETHING over it

Everything about these pictures is PERFECTION.

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I love how there are people who are pissed off about the depiction of *fictional* fat people being active. These aren’t even real people, but the very idea of a fat person being active (or you know, living while being fat) and being depicted in a positive light is enough to bother some? 

Please.

These are beautiful and skilfully done. The ugliness of those others has no place here.