Jinx & Tonic

Harlem Renaissance + Prohibition + Urban Fantasy In the heyday of the Prohibition Era and the Roaring Twenties, the government has outlawed magic and the supernatural, declaring them to be wild, dangerous vices no longer acceptable in decent society. Driven underground into speakeasies that cater to all things occult, vampires pick off bums and hide from cops; witches sell gin and bourbon laced with spells in seedy bars, exclusive clubs, and everything in between; and werewolves hold fight clubs in crowded, damp basements, trying to make rent money. [An ongoing thesis project by Myisha Haynes.] ||Concept Art|| ||Character Design|| ||Reference Pictures|| ||Art Inspiration||

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I am so excited by absolutely everything about this!

Thank you! They were a lot of fun to work on; I may have to revisit them someday in the future!

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I love this with all of my soul and I will be first in line to buy it. You are amazing and your work is inspired, beautiful, and revelatory. <3 Thank you.

Thank you so much! ❤️

[fuckyeahcostumedramas]

Costume Porn + 1920s

[veryfemmeandantifascist]

T’Ain’t Nobody’s Bizness: Queer Blues Divas of the 1920s

just posted on frameline, currently watching

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I forgot that I had made these individual layout pages for my portfolio (and then never ended up using them since I felt it'd be redundant since I already had my book), so I thought I'd post them separately up here.

The first image is Sweetpea's living room, and the second is the Nightshade Club. I still would like to do a color treatment eventually, but that'll be in the distant future.

[postmodernjukebox]

The amazing Miche Braden channels Bessie Smith as we turn Guns n’ Roses’ “Sweet Child O Mine” into a bluesy New Orleans stomp.  That last note shook the walls of my apartment, and will probably shake your laptop / smartphone speakers.

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Lazy Sunday afternoon with Virgil and Santiago.

[lostsplendor]

Jazz Age Cover of Iggy Azalea’s Fancy by Postmodern Jukebox via youtube

Arguably better than the original.

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It's finished...!

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Some of my final cinematic moments, to varying degrees of completion. I still see a number of things I want to fix, but at some point I need to send this book to the printers, so...

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When my thesis is over and done a week from today, part of me just wants to spin-off with these two.

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~wooooah, we're halfway there

woooah, living on a prayer~

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Finally worked on the border for my book (that I've been meaning to do for weeks). Might need a little final tweaking, but at least it's mostly done.

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It's reached the point where I'm now just working on multiple paintings at once in an effort to get everything finished (or at least less messy-looking) on time.

Ahh, time management...

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Thanks for your feedback on my font choices, guys! I've narrowed them down to these three and used a few different treatments on them to see how they'd look. I'm leaning towards either the top left or the top right. 

Thoughts?

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Fonts fonts fonts...and I still have more I want to explore.

Any favorites?

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The beginnings of a new header and book cover.