the witch is dead but the spell remains

i hurt, therefore i am 𓃡 h

[bubblegumkitkat]

im really late to the joke but im love him

[sovietpostcards]

Vladimir Chaplya. Illustrations for Yuri Mogutin’s “A Song for the Merry Chipmunk” (1987)

[branfraser]

Susan Sarandon in THE HUNGER (1983) dir. Tony Scott

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i disappear sometimes. that’s my thing

[toytheatre]

some well-dressed cats by ami Yoshie OHKUBO

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we really devolved as a society when we stopped using fully painted pictures on romance novels and started using cheap photoshop instead 

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case in point

this is a Hell of a downgrade 

[garbage-empress]

worst crime capitalism ever committed was eliminating Horny Oil Painter as a viable career option.

[higglety]

I went down a rabbit hole this summer researching romance novel covers and painting fanart in this style and

this is an EXTREMELY fun style to work in, and also

many of the most iconic romance novel covers you’re probably picturing when you think “classic painted romance novel cover” were produced by one prolific, masterful artist

Her name was Elaine Duillo, and she had a long and extremely productive career spanning from the mid 60’s to her retirement in 2003. She worked mainly in acrylics.

She did illustration work in other genres as well, but she really found her niche in romance novels. She pretty much redefined the aesthetic conventions of the genre, popularizing male models and male nudity and sexualizing men to cater to the female gaze in a way that simply wasn’t the norm before her work. You know Fabio? she’s the one who started using him as a model, and essentially launched his career. And honestly, just look at her work:

magnificent

[yuirhapsody]

[animalcrossingmemes]

[seravph]

watching a movie and it’s like. oh this has chronic made by a man syndrome

[canadianbeerandpostmodernism]

More from Luo Yang, chronicler of modern Chinese youth, depicting a generation of women that don’t ascribe to Western stereotypes or the expectations of their elders.

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i disappear sometimes. that’s my thing

[burgerscraps]

[mobylace]

thinking about them..,,,,,,, clown kitties 

[heaveninawildflower]

‘Tiger and Cub’ (18th century) by Tomotada (Japan, active before 1781).

Ivory with staining, sumi, inlays.

Image and text information courtesy LACMA.

[una-lady-italiana]

Hazel Brooks. April 1948 - Photo by Peter Stackpole for LIFE

[roanyoke-deactivated20220717]

female desire to rip things apart with your teeth

[etoranze]

margaret magazine, 1984