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no. 189 the cottonweed pokémon
April's character design challenge!
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Hi! So me and @blancamz are publishing a book with @andrewsmcmeelbooks later this year based on our Dungeons & Drawings art blog! We got some proof copies through recently and I’m here to tell you: they look amazing.
You might be familiar with our three self-published volumes we’ve put out over the last few years: this is a much fancier beast entirely!
It features:
277 pages (120+ monster illustrations, each with beginner-friendly stats)
Extensively researched folkloric background on each creature (we’ve basically completely rewritten and expanded the creature descriptions we did in the previous volumes - this was SO MUCH WORK haha)
over 20 either BRAND NEW or updated illustrations (because we drew some of these back in like 2011 y'all!!)
10" x 10" dimensions (almost twice as big as our other books but still fits nicely on a shelf or coffee table)
Hardcover (a first for either of us!)
✨Gold foil emboss on the cover illustration✨
In-depth reference section and some pages of rough sketchbook work
Basically, it’s great and we’re super proud of it.
You’ll be able to pick it up at all good bookstores (Andrews McMeel have great distribution internationally) or from us directly at any conventions we’re tabling at, but if you’re feeling impatient you can preorder it at these links directly:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/…/1131424510;jsessionid=5D87…
https://www.waterstones.com/book/dungeons-and-drawings-an-illustrated-compendium-of-creatures/blanca-marta-nez-de-rituerto/joe-sparrow/9781524852016
I can’t overstate how much work went into this book! We hope you enjoy it!
The King in Yellow.
A character for the D&D 5e Homebrew game I run. His name is Dandy(lion) and he’s a moss construct
Second of three maidens I drew this days 🔥
Revivify and the Value of Magic
The “Diamond Spells” (e.g. Clone, Mighty Fortress, Raise Dead, Resurrection, Glyph of Warding, Greater Restoration, Nondetection, Stoneskin, Symbol, Revivify, True Resurrection) are an interesting case study in the economics of Magic.
In an age of antiquity, Mages used to measure out their material components by weight. Of course, back then, the science of recording and teaching spells was still being worked out. Many spells needed multiple casting attempts, requiring a great deal of luck and finesse – so it wasn’t unusual for “Diamond Spells” to fail inexplicably.
Naturally, many mages sought out to improve the replicability of magic. Clerics, Wizards, Warlocks, and other trades-persons would travel the world and record the different techniques different mages would use to create the same magical effect. Among these sages and pilgrims was the unnamed Monk of Ilmater – a veritable “Johnny Appleseed” of healing magic.
This Monk helped perform healing rituals across the world: In impoverished towns where clear-cut diamonds were unheard of, or even in Dwarvish cathedrals were diamonds were a dime-a-dozen. The diamonds used to fuel magic were wildly different, but one thing remained constant: the price of magic.
No matter how scarce or common diamonds were in these communities, the “diamond spells” were just as costly. So as soon as the material components were measured in cost instead of weight, the replicability improved ten-fold. But more than that, it re-framed magic as a philosophy rather than a science.
“Why does magic have a price tag?” many sages have wondered. Some hypothesized answers are as follows:
>Perhaps the qualities that make diamonds, herbs, and other components valuable to us are coincidentally the qualities that make them magical. >Perhaps the value we put on things like diamonds is what makes them magical. >Perhaps this is apart of a cosmic scheme that will reveal itself when the material plane is depleted of diamonds. >Perhaps Mystra, the god of magic, is a filthy capitalist.
Many different ideologies have their own ideas on why magic works the way it does, but since the value of diamonds are so important to magic, many societies try to regulate it. The world’s (technically) richest temple is planted in the heart of Olympus Mons – a tremendous treasury dedicated to storing the world’s surplus of diamonds. Because diamonds are (almost) worthless within the walls of this temple, spells like revivify are practically impossible to cast there.
The monks of this temple only work to hoard diamonds and slowly release them into the world at the same rate at which diamonds are consumed. Every-so-often, a “treasurer” monk is dispatched with a sack of jewels to spread them were they’re most needed. As much good as these monks spread in the world, many bandits treat traveling monks as pinatas because of them.
This is an interesting idea and would definitely make it more difficult for players who rely too heavily on diamond spells.
Traveling monk handing out a diamond or two to a cleric? Sounds like a dope NPC to me, or an interesting combat encounter with bandits
Definitely for both cases and if you really wanted to throw a twist at the players you could have a villain take control of the monastery and cut off all diamond traffic for a time until the players decide they need to take care of it.
Excellent Ideas! Or on the other end, if the PCs discover a long-lost diamond mine, a treasurer monk may show up to make an offer they can’t refuse…
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if you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to live in the midwest, this is it.
You missed some of the best ones
the best part about it is that the art installation isn’t actually called the Bean. It’s called Cloud Gate, and artist Anish Kapoor (yes, THAT Anish Kapoor) hates that we call it the Bean.
But i mean, look at it. It’s a bean.
How could you forget this one though
I HAD NO FUCKING IDEA THAT THE BEAN WAS CREATED BY ANISH KAPOOR.
someone help me why is anish kapoor important what did he do?
Alright sit down for some Art World Drama bcause this is what I live for.
So, sometime last year (?) science invented Vantablack, which is the darkest possible shade of black. Art world got incredibly excited. But as it needs to be very carefully made in a lab, it’s hard to get a hold of, and is extremely expensive. Enter Anish Kapoor, aka FuckFace McGee. Anish Kapoor buys the rights to Vantablack. He is the only human being on the planet that can legally use it, and he’s kind of a prick about it.
Art world is not thrilled with that.
Enter Stuart Semple.
Stuart Semple is an artist, and also makes pigments to sell in his free time. Stuart Semple is astoundingly pissed about this Vantablack nonsense, and Anish Kapoor’s dickery. Stuart Semple makes a new pigment, the brightest shade of pink ever, called Pinkest Pink, and puts it for sale on the internet. To be bought by everybody except Anish Kapoor. Literally, to purchase, you need to confirm that you are not Anish Kapoor, do not associate with him, and will not sell or give the pigment to Anish Kapoor or his associates. Art world has a good laugh, everyone buys Pinkest Pink because it’s awesome, and damn it we deserve something.
Anish Kapoor however is a penis, and will not take this lying down, because HOW DARE he not have literally everything.
Anish Kapoor gets his London associates to buy him a thing of Pinkest Pink, and being such a classy human being, posts a picture to instagram of him with his middle finger covered in Pinkest Pink, captioned with “Up yours. #pink”
Everyone flips shit, because. Y’know. Fuck that guy. Especially Stuart Semple. For context here, Anish Kapoor is one of the richest artists on the planet, and has repeatedly been referred to as everything wrong with the art world, and the epitome of the art worlds elitism problem. He’s a giant douchebag. Meanwhile Stuart Semple makes pigments just to get them out there. He turns 0 profit from his now enourmously popular pigments.
Stuart Semple launches an investigation as to who the fuck leaked Pinkest Pink, and plans to strike back. He does so by releasing two new products. First is Diamond Dust, which is a glitter made from glass, so that a painting is still visible after it’s applied, but glitters like a mofo. It’s the most reflective glitter out there, and is available to everyone who isn’t Anish Kapoor. And it being made of glass, if you stick your finger in there, it’s going to hurt quite a bit, so that was Stuart Semple’s way of saying “shove your middle finger in this, asshole, see what happens”. Except without saying that, because he can get an insult across while still being fucking classy.
He also releases Black 2.0, created with the help of over a thousand artists worldwide.
Black 2.0 is the answer to Vantablack. Black 2.0 is a slightly less black black, but looks functionally the same to the human eye. It’s completely safe, smells like cherries, and costs four pounds. Vantablack is highly toxic, potentially explosive, needs to be applied in a special laboratory and sealed properly, can’t be moved across borders, can reach 300 degrees celsius if you’re not extremely careful, and costs thousands of dollars. Anish Kapoor is the only human being who can use Vantablack. He is the only human being who cannot use Black 2.0.
So I think we can guess who got the better deal.
And thus the feud ends, Kapoor defeated.
…But not quite.
Kapoor, in this entire afair, has made exactly two comments to the public. The first being his charming message about aquiring Pinkest Pink, the second being claiming to Buzzfeed that he and his small army of lawyers will be suing Semple, an extremely poor artist who cannot afford a lawyer.
No lawsuit has been made yet, fyi.
The point is, Kapoor is a prick, and doesn’t like talking to the lower classes. So one day in July 2017, he decides he needs another floor on his London studio apartment, and starts making arrangements to have it built. His neighbors are fucking pissed, because this will ruin the light of their apartments. They call to Semple to save them, or at the very least piss Kapoor off some more.
Semple answers to the call, and releases two new paints, Phaze and Shift, as always, banned to Kapoor. They change colours, Phaze with temperature, and Shift is just iridescent. Shift needs to be painted over Black 2.0 to work, and Phaze just works on its own.
So that’s been the art world for the last two years.
Basically, get fucked Anish Kapoor your bean sucks and so does your vantablack.
Stuart Semple is organising a bean-kissing event for Anish Kapoor’s birthday.
Reblogging for “By attending this event you confirm that you are not Anish Kapoor, you are in no way affiliated with Anish Kapoor, you are not attending on behalf of Anish Kapoor or an associate of Anish Kapoor. To the best of your knowledge, information, and belief this event will not be attended by Anish Kapoor.”
ALSO HE JUST POSTED THIS!!!!!! LIGHTEST LIGHT!
I know this isn’t my art blog but this entire post gives me life
im sorry is that man holding a real actual miniature star in his hands
Y’all missed the best part about the lightest light, called aptly ‘Lit’. This is from their product page:
Two things:
1. “Anish Kapoor is however a penis” is the best line in this post.
2. I wish to be half as petty and half as awesome as Stuart Semple
I hope Stuart Semple is making a lot of money. What a good person.
Go support him the paint’s are pretty cheap and you get the added bonus of being one of many to help piss off Anish Kapoor
He is my fucking role model for pettiness oh my god
It got better! I’m also excited because he just released biodegradable glitter in non plastic containers! How amazing is that?! Stuart Semple, good guy for the planet and artists, fighter against the rich elite artist like asshole Kapoor.
An older project, but he also did this:
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oh dude hes metal as fuck
Every addition to this post is better than the last.
Me, being gay and having my blood drawn: so…what do you need my blood for again?
Stuart Semple: gonna make an anti-government t-shirt with it.
Me:
Me: :)
After seeing this, I wanted to go look more into Stuart semple’s stuff, and I found this
With this in the description
“Anyone*” I wonder who he could want to not have any England???
Stuart semple is great and he is out here fighting with wonderful pettiness
The sound my stupid cat makes when I move him from his favourite spot (on top of my jackets)
what kind of camera are you using this is like movie quality god damn
HE SOUNDS SO SAD PUT hIM BACK
i almost fucking gagged laughing so hard