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[culturedcanary]

FanArt - JUSTICE can prevail!

UNDERTALE (c) Toby Fox

JUSTICE can prevail when backed by BRAVE SOULS, clasping a gem of DETERMINATION and everyone is wrapped in KINDNESS.

JUSTICE needs support from BRAVE, DETERMINED individuals and KIND souls to combat CORRUPTION, COWARDICE, UNWILLINGNESS and CRUELTY that plagues humankind. TRUE JUSTICE can be attained, but sometimes OPPRESSION is its greatest foe. Tough choices must be made for the greater good, and not all solutions can be remedied with gold. Always aim for a peaceful outcome, because the opposite is unthinkable. Violence is never an excuse to get what you want, because corrupted SOULS will never be satisfied until the world is nothing but a void in space-time.

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This image was drawn in HB pencil and painted in watercolour paints on the 9th June 2021. It was digitally enhanced in GIMP Image Editor on the 9th June 2021. Paper type = 130 gsm 

Artist’s Note: This didn’t quite start as ‘Undertale’ FanArt, but the inspiration was too closely linked to the game that I felt the need to credit it and morph the design closer to it. This art was inspired by real events, a need to express these anxieties and a willpower to share a burst of HOPE in fellow good human beings. Please stay safe and remember than not all that glitters is gold.

Disclaimer: This art is purely a product of my creative muse expressing emotions related to things not necessarily linked to the inspirational source. It does not hold any endorsement or affiliation with ‘Undertale’ or the game’s creator in any form. The artwork and flavour text is purely storytelling and personal opinionated ramblings from an inspired fan that can be interpreted artistically or emotionally however one views it, although I do hope it has a positive, peaceful influence overall. :)

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[Mythical Canary Info]

[iris-of-the-lambs]

I've been spending far too much of my time trying to learn medieval illumination techniques

one of my first semi-successful attempts at fore edge painting! done on an old paperback of aesop's fables.

+ some glamour shots:

[life-of-architecture]

WESOŁEGO DNIA ZIEMI! :)

Kraków Wawel Milin amerykański (Campsis radicans) pod Basztą Sandomierską. foto z 18 listopada 2017

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HAPPY EARTH DAY! :)

Kraków, Poland The Wawel Hill Trumpet vine (Campsis radicans) climbing the Sandomierz Tower. taken on 18 November 2017

[featheredadora]

Your mental health is more important than your grades!

[paganimagevault]

Cippus Perusinus 3rd-2nd C. BCE. National Archeological Museum of Perugia.

"The Cippus Perusinus is a stone tablet discovered on the hill of San Marco, near Perugia, Italy, in 1822. The tablet bears 46 lines of incised Etruscan text. The cippus is assumed to be a text dedicating a legal contract between the Etruscan families of Velthina (from Perugia) and Afuna (from Chiusi), regarding the sharing or use of a property upon which there was a tomb belonging to the noble Velthinas.

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The Etruscan inscription is written in the alphabet used in northern inland Etruria, and particularly in Perugia, in the 3rd-2nd centuries BC. It reads from right to left, covering 24 lines on the front face and continuing for another 22 lines on the left side (following the right-to-left Etruscan writing system).

At least four paragraphs can be identified on the front face, with "breaks" after lines 8, 11 and 19.

Line 1 stands out by being centered and having larger letters.

Line 12, characterized on the right by a pause in the writing, is the completion of line 13: the stonecutter continued line 13 in line 12, shifting it toward the left, following a known customary expedient (seen in the inscriptions on the wrappings of the Mummy of Zagreb); he foresaw this to maintain the original unity of the sentence.

On the left side, line 9 has an error correction (anticipating of a letter of the next line: è abraded, then t at the head of the line, in anticipation of è at the head of line 16), a sign that the stonecutter had to copy a text but followed different rules than those used for writing the original document.

On the left side the words are separated by a dot, whereas on the front this seems to have been done only to emphasize parts of the text (peoples’ names, formulas, etc.). A symmetry in the placing of similar or assonant words suggest a poetry-like rhetorical structure.

The text is the transcription of an archive document: a legal deed between the two families of the Velthina (already known in Perugia) and the Afuna (from the Chiusi area) regarding the sharing or use of a property upon which there was a tomb belonging to the noble Velthinas.

Lines 1-2: these mention a judge or witness ([t]eurat) named Larth Rezu, in whose presence a pact (vachr) is made (ame) between the two families.

Line 5:  contains the concept of "Etruscan" or "public" (rasnes), in connection with the source of the right to which reference is made.

Lines 5-6: the word "naper" before the numeral XII probably indicates a square measure.

Line 8: explicitly mentions the boundaries (tularu).

Lines 20-21: refer to the Velthina tomb (Velthinathuras thaura).

The inscription ends on the left side of the cippus with the expression "it is written" (zichuche), in ratification of the transcription of the pact."

-taken from Wikipedia and archeopg.arti.beniculturali.it

https://paganimagevault.blogspot.com/2020/04/cippus-perusinus-3rd-2nd-c-bce.html

[dresshistorynerd]

An Introductory Timeline of Western Women's Fashion

I think a good place to start to get into dress history is general overview of the whole timeline. Understanding especially how the silhouettes change is really important ground knowledge to build the rest of the information on.

I'll start the timeline from Middle Ages and go till the first world war. I'll focus on upper class England/French sector, so keep in mind that before 17th century there were huge regional differences in fashion inside Europe and class differences too. There is a lot variance, changes and nuance inside any century and decade I'm about to discuss, but I'll try to keep this short and introductory and very simplified. I used a very scientific method of basically what makes most sense to me to divide the periods. I've made sketches what I would consider to be the basic silhouette of the period stripped mostly out of the detail and then I give couple of primary source examples.

12th century (Middle Ages)

Dress was simple one or more tunics over a chemise. They were overly long for upper classes, made out of straight lines. There were loose tunics often worn over another tunic, and tunics with laced bodice called biaut. In France bliaut sleeves often widened from the elbow, in England they often widened in frists.

13th century (Middle Ages)

Clothing was mostly very similar as in the previous century, though bliaut was mostly gone and new popular style was a loose sleeves surcoat.

14th century (Middle Ages)

Tailoring basically revolutionized clothing production, since clothes weren't made out of rectangles anymore and could be better made to fit form. Also functional buttons and lacing was popularized resulting in very fitted styles. The underlayer tunic, kirtle, became a fitted supporting layer.

15th century (Middle Ages)

Improvements in weaving technology and trade and growing prosperity in Europe showed in clothing as excess of fabric and variety of trends. Houppelande, a loose A-lined overdress lined with fur and fastened with a wide belt under chest, became a very popular clothing item, and in later decades developed into the iconic Burgundian dress (the red dress). Fitted overdress continued to be popular alongside the warmer houppelandes.

1500s-1550s (Tudor period)

In the renaissance era clothing became increasingly structured and elaborate. The bodice was heavily boned and the skirt was also structured.

1560s-1610s (Elizabethan Era)

Both structuring and elaborate decoration reach it's peak during Queen Elizabeth's reign. She became the defining fashion icon of the late renaissance.

1620s-1670s (Baroque)

In baroque era the bodice was still heavily structured, but more curved than the conical Elizabethan bodice. Otherwise though structuring was replaces with dramatic excess of fabric.

1680s-1710s (Baroque)

In the late 17th century there was a huge shift in the clothing industry as mantua, a loose open robe inspired by Japanese kimono, came to dominate fashion. Rigid bodice was replaces by structured under layer, stays. Stays brought back the conical silhouette of Elizabethan era.

1720s-1780s (Rococo)

Mantua developed into the iconic Rococo dress in France, robe à la francaise (first example picture), and in England robe à la anglaise with closed bodice. Rococo fashion was characterized by the wide silhouette of the skirt.

Since Tumblr won't accept more than 10 pictures per a post I'll have to continue in a reblog. So to be continued!

[todaysbird]

CELEBRATE HIM!!!

[culturedcanary]

Fires and Floods

For those suffering the extreme wrath of Mother Nature right now, you’re in my thoughts. Please stay safe!

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This image was drawn in HB pencil and painted in watercolour paints on the 6th September 2021. It  was digitally enhanced in GIMP Image Editor on the 7th September 2021. Paper type = 130 gsm  

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[culturedcanary]

Vorrei un caffè

[ITALIAN] Vorrei un caffè. = I would like a coffee. [ENGLISH]

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This image was drawn in HB pencil and painted in watercolour paints on the 5th September 2021. It was digitally enhanced in GIMP Image Editor on the 7th September 2021. Paper type = 130 gsm  

Further Reading (References):

Guarnieri, M. and Sturani, F. (2012) Teach Yourself GET TALKING ITALIAN IN TEN DAYS AUDIO COURSE. UK: Hodder Education.

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[chucksrus84]

These tweets are from Dara Kass. She’s an MD. Please take her advice on how to deal with this current situation. Read. Take notes. Memorize it. And protect yourselves.

All of you.

[alphaflyer]

She forgot the long term thing:  REGISTER TO VOTE AND THEN ACTUALLY DO IT!!!!

[kiriska]

Even more cat-safe plants!

🡆 Part I 🡆 Prints & etc

Calathea and Maranta have a lot of varieties that can look pretty different, so you have lots of options there!

NOTE: Some cat-toxic plants look very similar to some cat-safe plants. Some plants also have similar common names, so be sure to always check for scientific names if possible. 

Dracaena Lemon Lime (toxic!) looks similar to a spider plant (OK).

Snake plants (genus Sansevieria) are toxic! Rattlesnake plants (genus Calathea/Goeppertia) are OK! 

Rubber trees (genus Ficus) are toxic! American rubber plants (genus Peperomia) are OK!

[culturedcanary]

Mi sento freddo Ho i brividi

[ITALIAN] Mi sento freddo. Ho i brividi. = I feel cold. I am shivering. [ENGLISH]

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This image was drawn in HB pencil and painted in watercolour paints on the 28th July 2021. It was digitally enhanced in GIMP Image Editor on the 24th August 2021. Paper type = 130 gsm  

Further Reading (References):

Guarnieri, M. and Sturani, F. (2012) Teach Yourself GET TALKING ITALIAN IN TEN DAYS AUDIO COURSE. UK: Hodder Education.

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[culturedcanary]

Mi Sento Stanco

[ITALIAN] Mi sento stanco. = I feel tired. [ENGLISH]

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This image was drawn in HB pencil and painted in watercolour paints on the 27th July 2021. It was digitally enhanced in GIMP Image Editor on the 24th August 2021. Paper type = 130 gsm  

Further Reading (References):

Guarnieri, M. and Sturani, F. (2012) Teach Yourself GET TALKING ITALIAN IN TEN DAYS AUDIO COURSE. UK: Hodder Education.

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[paleolithic-art]

Frieze of the Small Horses, Axial Gallery, Lascaux cave

Magdalenian, 15,500 ybp

[thecollectibles]

Art by Raphaëlle Deslandes

[featheredadora]

Bird positivity! You deserve to be loved, exactly as you are right now

[flyingiseasy-landingnotsomuch]

[blondebrainpower]

A British wildlife sanctuary has been forced to separate five parrots who wouldn't stop swearing at visitors. Keepers say the birds encouraged each other to keep cursing, and had to be moved from the main outdoor aviary.  

Billy, Eric, Tyson, Jade and Elsie were removed from view this week, The Associated Press reports. They recently joined the Lincolnshire Wildlife Centre's colony of 200 African gray parrots in August, were put in quarantine together and quickly overwhelmed the staff with their naughty language.  

"We are quite used to parrots swearing, but we've never had five at the same time," the center's chief executive, Steve Nichols, told AP. "Most parrots clam up outside, but for some reason these five relish it."

According to Nichols, none of the zoo's visitors complained about the parrots, and most found them amusing.

"When a parrot tells you to 'f*** off' it amuses people very highly," he said. "It's brought a big smile to a really hard year."

Still, keepers thought it would be best to keep them away from children so not to ruffle any feathers. They were separated and moved to various different areas of the wildlife center so they are unable to provoke each other,

Nichols told BBC News that the parrots "swear to trigger reaction or a response," so seeing people shocked or laughing only encourages the birds to curse more.

"With the five, one would swear and another would laugh and that would carry on," he said.

"I'm hoping they learn different words within colonies," Nichols added. "But if they teach the others bad language and I end up with 250 swearing birds, I don't know what we'll do."

First published on September 30, 2020 

[datcreolebitch-deactivated20230]

That is how civilisations begin.