eolian

listening to the winds of change

[shousetsubangbang]

Issue 100: Theme Free

cover by cerine, floremipsum_, Iron Eater, melanofly, Nero Villagallos O’Reilly, RunnyCrusty, serenityfails, Sparrow, and Tamago

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The longest night of the year, by Hyakunichisou 13 (百日草 十三)

Some of Us Are Looking at the Stars, by Togi Kayako (土宜草子)

All I Want, by stills

Unearthed Substratum, by Iron Eater *

Made of Triangles, by Yūdoku Fukuronezumi (有毒 袋鼠) *

The Hard Place, by beautifulduckweed

How to Write Haiku, by H.P. Lovecock (力。下。愛ちんちん) *

Childhood Friends, by juou no zan (女王のザン)

The Man Of My Dreams, by Cowboy Rider

All That Rises, by shukyou (主教)

*illustrated

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The Incubus, by Sparrow

A New Bride of the Night, by Viy Sitante

Puppy, by The Winter Cynic

Issue 100 Cover, by cerine

Issue 100 Cover, by floremipsum_

Issue 100 Cover, by Iron Eater

Issue 100 Cover, by melanofly

Issue 100 Cover, by Nero Villagallos O’Reilly

Issue 100 Cover, by RunnyCrusty

Issue 100 Cover, by serenity_winner

Issue 100 Cover, by Sparrow

Issue 100 Cover, by Tamago

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17 years, 3 months and 8 days

1,219 stories

13 of which are technically novels

206 standalone images and comics

11,870,962 words

127 total issues, including special issues

537 contributors

no corporate partnerships

no shareholders

no ad revenue

nothing but what you love, because you love it

Thank you for all that we’ve accomplished together, and for helping us continue to be the queer smut we want to see in the world.

Happy 100th issue, Shousetsu Bang*Bang.

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(For summaries, creators’ notes, and more, we would usually tell you to see this issue’s entry on the Shousetsu Bang*Bang wiki. In the interim, however, please visit the relevant Google Doc of contributor commentary for similar content.)

[itscolossal]

Neural Networks Create a Disturbing Record of Natural History in AI-Generated Illustrations by Sofia Crespo

[shredsandpatches]

For reference: colors produced using dyes available in the Middle Ages. [source]

[bidonica]

Ok so I went and ran these trough a palette generator for maximum ease of use! The choice is more limited because coolors defaults to 5-color palettes, but it’s a good starting point for some quick eyedropping

[van-loons-geography]

Textile history!! Woo! For an archaeology class I took I wrote a giant paper on all the natural dyes used in the Ancient Near East, the Levant, and Egypt since they all influenced each other, and these palettes are only a fraction of what could’ve been done. Some of it looks like kermes, def madder and maybe some safflower, and there were a tons of lichens and mosses to use especially in Scotland that I’ve only just started covering. Greys were brobably a mixture of tannins from oak galls and Ferrous sulphate/acetate/iron, since black is not a natural color produced by plants. Black walnuts get pretty close when the FE percentage is upped, but when logwood started coming out of America people jumped on it because it gave a natural purple-black (though it is not lightfast at all, and faded to a violet like the next day. People would dye their cloth with a dark indigo and then dye it with logwood for a more lightfast color, but it still faded to a purplish color relatively quickly). Woad (isatis tinctoria) was the primary blue dye used at the time because of its abundance in Europe, I’d be interested to see the trade routes at the time to see if Indigo (indigofera tinctoria) was used as well at the time since cotton and other materials were being traded with India as early as 700 BCE by the Persians and Phoenicians. Natural dyes are so beautiful and harmonic, the color varieties are endless with the multitudes of combinations and the strength of the dye.

[florem-ipsum]

TRIPLE GODDESS

This elegant vector design combines the image of a beautiful woman with the lunar symbol of the Triple Goddess (the waxing, full, and waning moon) above her head.

I made it in three colour variants based on the three colours of the Goddess: white (the maiden), red (the mother), and black (the crone). Each design has a unique character but each includes all three colours to indicate that a woman can find all aspects of the Goddess within her at any stage of life.

🌒

WHITE - The Beginning

A pale, fresh-faced girl with fiery hair, enchanting and full of promise.

The symbol above her head is black: it is the darkness of the new moon, just before a new cycle begins.

🌕

RED - The Plenitude

A powerful and vibrant black woman with black hair, confident, mature, and full of life.

The symbol above her head is white, representing the bright light of the full moon.

🌘

BLACK - The Withdrawal

A wise brown woman, her hair white with age or experience, pensive and composed.

The lunar symbol above her head is red: the moon is setting; it is the end of a cycle.

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You can get prints of these beautiful ladies from my online shops:

society6.com/floremipsum

floremipsum.redbubble.com

[eolian-n]

Happy Equinox ✨

(Florem Ipsum is where I post my art. Check it out on Instagram @ floremipsum_ or on Facebook @ floremipsumart. Thanks!)

[awesome-picz]

Artist  Jon Foreman Arranges Stones In Stunning Patterns On The Beach, Finds It Very Therapeutic

[psikonauti]

Nesting in the crown of Mary at St. Ottilien Archabbey, Oberbayern, Germany.

[design-is-fine]

Backgammon and Chess Board, 1590. Plum wood, invory inlay, painted in indian ink. Southern Germany. Via imm.hu

[florem-ipsum]

to celebrate the first full moon of the year, here's a drawing I made last year and never posted. there will be more of those coming soon.

[unsubconscious]

Chauve-souris lantern, France, ca.1930s 

[escapekit]

The Colours of Istanbul  Istanbul-based photographer Yener Torun has captured the colourful architecture of his home town of Istanbul. Given the graphic quality of his work, it should come as no surprise that Torun had an interest in design long before he picked up a camera. By merging all of his interests, he’s seen his work progress and his Instagram following explode—he now has nearly 200,000 followers watching his every move.

[thecollectibles]

Art by Betty Jiang

[n-th-cards]

birthday card for a pokemon fan

(lemme tell you, shimmery blank and white on super pale blue is not the easiest colour combination to capture properly on photo)

[n-th-cards]

a card for a friend whose birthday has coincided with a Star Wars premiere (again)

may the Force be with her :)

[n-th-cards]

This is a goodbye card I made for my team at the company I've been working for for the last few years and which I am now quitting (tomorrow is my last day)

The inside panels slide out when you pull the ribbon; I wrote goodbye wishes on one side and my contact details on the other

[sixpenceee]

The following is the dragonhead caterpillar. Found in the temperate regions of North America, Europe, China and southern Australia, they form a gorgeous head capsule. 

[sixpenceee]

Girl buried with a crown of ceramic flowers. Patras, 300-400 B.C. From the Museum of Patras.

[sesiondemadrugada]

Hasui Kawase.