ᶻ 𝗓 𐰁 .ᐟ @lichenbite - Tumblr Blog

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likes: video games, the colour green (wwoaw), bugs, dnd

ⓘ freakish & scared in nature but yaps like a dog ⓘ

tags system:

#lichyap.txt ⤷ personal posts

#brainitch ⤷ posts that scratch the brain (aesthetics)

#lichscrawls ⤷ art tag

#?lichen?responds ⤷ ask tag

#thats about it i think o7

cosmos-kitty

Bug Crossing 🐛

I got the idea for this piece on a sunny day a while ago after seeing a beetle in the park struggle to get across the hot tarmac path, just a silly visual to explore the question of how much we should be mindful of the wildlife we share a habitat with - they live here too!

#bugs

second-impact

saildraws

oc / little walkcycle for my game

#this is what i wish i looked like

Beetle bread, 2023-08-13

#brainitch

capncaprisun

Eraserhead baby labubu

tikvin

Little animation made as a part of ref a sheet commission 🔥

Made for @gottawritesomething

#this is so good im rngnnrngnngn #[positive]

juunipupu

Knight falling out of Love

juunipupu

in-depth discussion under cut

inspiration: “Miri it is while sumer ilast with fugheles song, oc nu neheth windes blast and weder strong” This is part of this amazing rendition by Ensemble belladonna, Susanne Ansorg & Miriam Andersén. It’s an old lament for how short and sweet summer is – I also like to read it as lament for romantic love, and the disappointments in it. Lempo is an old Finnish god – often depicted as a malevolent spirit and later with Christianity connected with Satan. There’s reason to believe that Lempo was actually also a god of love – although the depictions in details vary a lot. Sometimes love could turn into devilish Lempo inside a person, or that love itself is unpredictable, violent, and somewhat scary like Lempo.

Arrow: Wreg is pulling out an arrow out of his chest – often spirits/gods of love are depicted to have some sort of hunting equipment. Cupid famously, but some texts suggest Lempo also having arrows (evil ones lol – I wonder how much of the demonization is due to Christian mysticism of old religion). Wounds: Only one is clearly visible, but Wreg actually has two fresh ones and three fading scars around his ribs. As a man who loves love and gives his affections freely, I thought he’d also be expert in feelings of disappointment. Especially as a queer guy, who falls in love often with people who’ll never know of his affections. It’s up him alone to tend to wounds no one even knew where there in the first place. It’s also up to him pull the arrows out himself, no one else can help him. Leaves: Those are broadleaf plantain! They are commonly known to be used for treating various ailments, but especially wounds. In the zoom it’s more visible, but they are stained with blood, or rather that the wounds they are covering are bleeding through the delicate leaves.

Hunting horn: In media and religion love is often depicted with theme around hunter and prey, and the person falling in love being completely lacking agency and power to do anything about it. Here I wanted to include a detail that twist that narrative a little. There’s an element of powerlessness yes, Wreg is clearly in pain – HOWEVER he is the one holding a hunting horn. He himself willingly calls shots on himself, willingly takes the arrows, and willingly takes them out and heals then wounds when the time comes. He’s a man who wants to love, even if that means suffering and pain. codpiece: idk I really like codpieces