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[achillesinhighheels]

[cognitohazardous]

my luminous mama

[spekterjester]

i was so moved by this picture i had to draw it

[heyrockee]

A Man of the Moth Men's T-Shirt | heyrockee's Artist Shop

A Man of the Moth on Men's T-Shirt – A country roads local boy!

A Man of the Moth

I added this design to my Threadless store!

[thecollectibles]

Liminal Dreams - Destination by Artur Sadlos

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[thecollectibles]

Bluebeard by Marjolaine Roller

[iridessence]

edit of judelbi

[wheatormeat]

I made a little zine!

You can download and print it yourself here

[sincerely-sofie]

Crying Screaming Shouting this from the housetops

[1percentcharge]

Pirate jokes

[heyrockee]

strawberry merm

[characterdesignreferences]

Art by Arkk Melai

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[heyrockee]

2nd valentine I made this year, front & back 

[yesterdaysprint]

Arizona Republic, Phoenix, September 20, 1942

[holy-terror-tomboy-deactivated2]

glad to see that absolutely fucking nothing has changed since september 20, 1942

[20aliens-deactivated20200625]

WARDROBE SNACKS   photography: Kelsey McClellan styling: Michelle Maguire

[cy-lindric]

Character stuff for skoöl

[blogging-at-your-funeral]

[lessdanthree]

what drugs were they on when they made this

[meanmisscharles]

Cab Calloway rotascoped!

[badgyal-k-deactivated20190901]

Whoever thought of this was drinking absinthe

[protectblkwomen]

Thanks, Now I have nightmares

[brunhiddensmusings]

this was long before cartoons were ever thought of as ‘for kids’, the target audience of this one was roughly 20-40 betty boop cartoons featuring cab calloway singing, yes, but slang has changed so much you dont realize he was singing about opium, sugar daddies, death, weed, sex, booze, and gambling back when gambling was nearly as tabboo as sex and drugs. ‘minnie the moocher’ where cab calloway is a dancing walrus is specifically about someone who does literally everything on that list but die

most of the animation studios had their ‘thing’ to make their animation stand out, disney had fluid motion linked with quality music, warner brothers had top notch dialogue with carefully crafted facial expressions, MGM had comedic timing down to the individual frame that no live action comedian could dream of achieving, terrytoons had the budget of a ham sandwitch and a fistfull of nickels fleischer studios however had authentic jazz and heavy toned subject matter, often crossing the line of what we think of as ‘cartoon violence’ into realistic

[peathefeary]

idk why this is making me so emotional???

[mcloveleigh]

I love this. I’ve always had a love for cartoons

[melaninondeck-deactivated201907]

Cab Calloway, he was a legend performer and entertainer, although he’s listed as a jazz singer he did much more with his voice, his singing style and delivery was very unique. Cab (with his band) was the first black artist to sell over a million copies of a single record and he paved the way for many artists to come. Happy Black History Month.

[juliancallos]

I’ve always admired the mascot of the Burrito King restaurant on Sunset in LA so I did a couple of my own interpretations of him. The first one is more in line with the original pose, while in the second one he’s wrapped up like a burrito in a regal robe while carrying a sceptre with golden ends shaped like an onion, cilantro, and a tomato.

I was trying to channel a bit of Chuck Jones with these, so in keeping with the classic cartoon feel I didn’t render too much and I left the colors relatively flat.

I’d like to think the Burrito King is a fair if somewhat smug and aloof ruler. But don’t you dare cross him or he’ll throw you in a dungeon like he did the Sunset Foot Clinic mascot.

[almanemes]