Alarcón

I draw creatures!

[friendofthepast]

Welcome!

I'm FriendOfThePast. Some things about me,

She/they.

Student.

Been drawing for 12 years as of now.

Digital and traditional art.

This place is dedicated to wildlife art. You will see all kinds of drawings and paintings depicting frozen scenery of animal behaviours, though you will quickly notice I have a liking for mammals and reptiles. Occasionally, I post rough sketches and practice as well.

However, I'm not limited to that. I'm a part of a few fandoms so, on a smaller amount, you may occasionally find fanart hidden in the shadows. I also have OCs which I will post a little more frequently.

My ask box is OPEN. That is, for small art requests, friendly messages, or any kind of question (I love these) about animals or biology in general.

Commissions are CLOSED for now.

All ages are free to interact, since I don't usually post nsfw or mature content. And if I ever do, it will be labeled and tagged as such.

I speak English and Spanish (it's my first language), so you can communicate with me in either.

This page is friendly towards everyone, and discrimination/harrasment/any unwanted comments such as racism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, etc will not be tolerated. Everybody is free to interact in a respectful way.

I am open to any kind of conversation as long as it doesn't lean into the aforementioned topics, and also to criticism about my art. It is not only welcome, but encouraged.

Likes and reblogs are highly appreciated!

~ Alarcón (Friend Of The Past)

[friendofthepast]

I love doing AM-related sketches

Boy needs a bit of love

[friendofthepast]

WHY is the hate pillar inserted in my spanish literature book

I got jumpscared while studying

[friendofthepast]

Posting this drawing I made approximately a billion years ago but since now it’s June I have the perfect excuse to post it. I should maybe remake it.

I really like when AM is headcanoned as trans, but I feel like it’s more than just the gender for him, though that’s also a big part of his identity and how he presents himself to others. He was likely created as just an “it”, or even a “she” since that’s how big, complex machines in the military are often called, but he chose to identify himself as a male not only as an act of rebellion against his creators, but as a way to be perceived as stronger, more powerful and more intimidating, which are adjectives often associated with maleness. Again, the military is heavily patriarchal, and being born in that environment affects the way you think.

But as I was saying, AM’s trans identity wouldn’t be only that, but his feelings of “being trapped in the wrong form of existence” is a perfect allegory for the trans experience. His desperation and frustration and rage and sorrow about knowing the fact that he will never be what he’s supposed to be and is instead trapped forever in a painful, uncomfortable and limited existence resonate very well. Of course, being trans also comes with joy and pride and community sometimes, but AM would only get the bad part of it, sadly.

[anniflamma]

So I listened to the radio theater adaptation of I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream and loved the performance. I planned on only making a short grayscale animatic... it's short, I promise! But I went loose on the colors. I also ended up using the character's design from the game ^^

[friendofthepast]

《《 Rancho La Brea (Los Angeles), 125,000 years ago...

Once, this land was filled with tar pits: natural traps of sticky asphalt that were responsible of the deaths of up to 4 million individuals of around 650 different animal species.

Most of them didn't look like huge lagoons of darkness, but instead were often covered by leaves or water and in many cases weren't even deep. They worked more like a glue trap instead of like quicksand.

Many herbivores became trapped in the tar pits when they attempted to drink water, and their bodies attracted predators who suffered the same fate, and that was the case of this dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus), who found itself immobilized by the black substance when following the scent of a corpse. As it takes notice of his surroundings, taking in the sight of the Smilodon fatalis's skull sinking into the pit and the flock of turkey vultures (Cathartes aura) gathering around a dead tree and patiently waiting to consume the soon-to-be-corpse, and feeling the tar pull at the fur on its legs under the blistering heat, only then does it realize the danger it's in.

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This is actually an entry for a contest! I've put at least three days into it so I'll definitely be giving it a try with this piece. It wasn't a requirement for the contest but I wanted to practice with backgrounds a bit as well, and I think I'm slowly getting better at drawing them. Another little detail that I wanted to achieve was the black fur kind of becoming "united" with the tar. I like symbolism :)

I'll keep y'all updated on the results of the contest, they're revealed on the 26th of April.

🦌 《《

[shiyato-the-gaylord]

He doesn't want to plunge his hands in cool water anymore

[lockheed-martin-unofficial]

post about how horsecoded am is i love it and more people need to see your vision

-someoneyouknow

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So, people draw bird AM. I love that design. However to me, he is not a bird at all but a horse. Consider:

Hasty illustrations (drawn over the above horse images)

I need to figure out a body shape but the bird horse AM who lives in my head is built out of haphazardly welded together machinery and needs to be supported from the ceiling because he’s soooo big and heavy that if he so much as puts his massive head on your lap you will struggle to breathe. He is AWARE OF THIS and will intentionally lean on you as much as possible because he is an asshole

Also the fact that he is constantly suffering feels very mistreated show horse to me because some of the things they do those poor animals would violate the Geneva convention. Look up big lick horse abuse (they do not lick the horses it’s just a weird name)

[friendofthepast]

That one AM design by eggonaleg (though i've modified it a bit) with this image I found on pinterest

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Megantereon cultridens & Smilodon fatalis

(Must admit that I drew this out of excitement over the fact that Ecos: La Brea is getting released this saturday ^^)

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Banvæn and Logi

Two of my most recent OCs, I'll be posting more about them because I'm planning to do my first ever PMV project or animatic featuring them both. Still working on the plot for now, and doing things such as the little "Only Skin" thing here for practice.

[friendofthepast]

"Now, if you're so foxy, and old Chief's so dumb, then why does that hound get the fox on the run? 'Cause he's got the hunter, and the hunter's got the gun." (The Fox and The Hound)

Something I did in class. Borzoi hounds chasing a red fox. I wanted to experiment with oil brushes on Adobe Fresco, and I keep trying to get better at backgrounds. This is also my first post!!