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Local Bi Disaster
@barjonabombers
My name is Andy. I'm a guy in my 30s from the the USA, though one day I hope to travel the entire world.
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>> Television Junkie
Fan of Doctor Who, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Merlin, Interview with the Vampire, Bridgerton, Heated Rivalry & Supernatural
>> Anime Addict
Fan of Jujutsu Kaisen, Sailor Moon, Hetalia, Kuroko's Basketball, The Summer Hikaru Died, Digimon, Osomatsu, Big Windup! & Spice and Wolf
>> I Like Movies?
Fan of Promare, Venom, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Nope, Friday the 13th & Halloween
>> Video Games?
Fan of Genshin Impact, Honkai: Star Rail, Love Live!, Wuthering Waves, Pokémon & Animal Crossing
>> My Fandometrics <<
i haven't used tumblr as a primary social media/posting site in almost ten years (switched to twitter and livejournal - now bluesky and dreamwidth) and have used this account to queue posts as essentially a scrapbook, and while I'm going to continue doing that I also wanna do random text posts again like i used to back in the day
also i'm in my 30s and just way gayer now, in case my reblogs over the past couple of years haven't made that obvious
open to talking to people but also happy enough to just keep vibing
also made a new about page for people that wanna know more about me
my piece for the Hemisphere: a Witch Hat Atelier seasons themed zine! thank you for having me! they're having a leftovers sale until stock runs out 🖋🍀🌷🍁❄🌧 WIPs + inspiration board + symbolism under the cut!
got some requests to put this on my inprnt! the site has sales very often & you can grab it as a small or big size print.
I had a pretty good idea of the composition from the get-go. I took inspiration from art nouveau (primarily Alphonse Mucha), German fairy tales, and some 1920s perfume ads. I wanted the girls to look like fairies, akin to The Root Children by Sibylle von Olfers.
Olly just didn't work out in this drawing due to time restraints. I do love him very much though.
I actually kinda stopped making illustrations like these (including the TGAA/DGS tarot card + TGAA/DGS zine pieces a while back) because they were starting to get very hard on my arm, as I had an RSI (repetitive strain injury) a few years back during school. (Not putting the onus on the zines at all ofc! I genuinely love working with zine projects! it's def a me thing WAHAHAHA. my style was getting too anime and too detailed for my liking and everything was just taking forever to finish ngl. but I didn't have time to experiment with a more simple style outside of all of my deadlines)
I think that realizing you need to stop is okay. It's something that Shirahama teaches us in her story and I want to learn to take it to heart.
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MILD SPOILERS AHEAD
(for those who havent read the story I guess)
each character's symbolism:
- Coco - spring, clovers - Coco is the quintessential spring girl, and I wanted her to symbolize new beginnings, and oh boy did Coco bring a big one. The four leaf clover in particular symbolizes luck and good fortune - to some characters, Coco may have brought fortune, to others her presence brings misfortune, take that as you will.
- Tetia - summer, gladiolus - the name "gladiolus" comes from the Latin word "gladius", meaning "sword", based on the shape of the flower. you can interpret it as "you pierce my heart", perfect for a girl like Tetia, who has a contagious energy, with a romantic and grandiose nature.
- Agott - autumn, marigold - I read somewhere marigolds symbolize strength and power, perfect for our little magical powerhouse Agott. They can also symbolize jealousy (yellow flowers in particular have this association), which reflects on her rivalry with Coco in the beginning.
- Riche - winter, snowdrop - The white color of snowdrops has a strong connotation to innocence, which reflects on Riche's wish to stay a child forever. It can also symbolize rebirth and new beginnings (like Coco's clovers), as the snowdrop is the first flower to bloom in the spring, when the snow has not yet melted. I wanted the concept of "rebirth" to associate with Riche's friendship with Euini, and of his sort of "rebirth" into a new being.
- Qifrey - he does not have a flower per se, but as the caregiver and educator of the four girls, he represents the rainy season - precipitation being the one thing that binds all of these seasons together. (Note some areas of the world do not have a rainy season like where I live). I think somewhere along the line I wanted to put hydrangeas behind him, to really bring out the "rainy" theme, but the thought probably got lost somewhere in translation...
- bg flowers - honestly I just picked whatever. white lily, daffodil, hydrangea, zinnia, tulip
