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https://umbralunaelucem.carrd.co/ they/them | 18 | multimedia artist & writer | nb pansexual arospec in a qpr <3

[leghost]

Immir

comission artword for lunala9525 on tumblr

[abnormoinfo]

new ebbits! new site!

[poison-liker]

this is probably my favourite comic of all time jsyk

[sonic-gems-collection]

can someone explain this to me?

[shadeddaxion]

Sure thing! For convenience I’ll refer to the guy with his arms in his pockets as SG (shorter guy) and the one on the computer as TG (taller guy).

In the first panel, SG sees TG playing on the computer and is disappointed. SG puts a lot of value in the idea of “making things,” specifically “art,” and thinks TG is just wasting their time

So he asks them if they wouldn’t rather be “making something” instead of just playing games and listening to music, implying that TG isn’t doing anything worthwhile or creative with their time

But TG replies that “interpreting is generative,” meaning that even if they spend their time just doing fun stuff, the mere act of enjoying something is creating an experience and an interpretation. Talking about something, dancing to music or sharing a piece of art with your friends IS “making something,” and each of those can be worthwhile and artistic.

SG leaves, complaining he “can’t be an auteur of [interpretation].” Auteur is a movie term that refers to a filmmaker with artistic control and vision enough to be considered essentially the singular creator of the resulting work of art. Turns out, SG doesn’t just want to “make things,” he wants to make things he and others see as “important.” He wants to make art not for the sake of art, but for the sake of being recognized and praised for his art.

This comic really speaks to elitism within the artistic community, the idea that art needs to meet certain standards to be considered art. SG’s viewpoint is really traditionalist, that art need to be “approved” and validated in order to be considered “really art;” while TG recognizes that art can be as little as just talking about what you love.

TLDR: Art is for everyone, not just some sort of social “artistic elite.”

[abnormoinfo]

ooh i love the explanation

[trickstertime]

Rebloging for that in depth and not even a little snarky explanation. 10/10

[crikasoyyo]

The Phantom of Rock 👻

[aeroknot]

there are many young merfolk out there, so i felt the desire to create a badass elder for mermay :) she’s as much derived from as she is dedicated to the vuvalini of MMFR– i also sincerely hope she brings joy to my mutuals older than me who always delight and inspire me, and to all older women in fandom, really, who i continuously thought of while working on her

i hope it’s obvious but just in case: she’s beluga / inuit. and yes, a name and backstory eventually developed! haha

[aeroknot]

oh y’all this is my first non-fanart piece to break 1k notes and i’m SO excited it’s enthusiasm for this design in particular! thank you; i’m so relieved and encouraged by the warm responses 🙏🏻💙

[emptydragonseverywhere]

[ID: A digital painting of an older merperson underwater, staring intently at the viewer with dark eyes and a harpoon in her right hand. She has dark skin, short white hair, a bare torso with sagging breasts, and traditional Inuit tattoos on her face, chest, right hand, and left upper arm. The left arm ends just below the tattoo, at the elbow. Her tail is that of a beluga with more tattoos on the flukes. The water behind her shows light coming from above and cold darkness below. The painting is signed by the artist, accompanied by print reading “Aeroknot ‘19” /end ID]

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[krchov]

(by @mhalachai)

[degenerate-perturbation]

It is a truth universally acknowledged,

[lunala9525]

recent commision set, head base + skin shading by another artist

[lunala9525]

going through backlog of minecraft skins ive made for ppl over the last few months for a friend, head base by another skinner

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old games

old players

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wip animation that has a 20% chance of ever being finished a little more lighthearted than my other content

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we launched a dark heresy campaign and one of the players porting their ocs decided to turn her (regular 5'2 woman) into a 3 foot tall ratling on a whim

+bonus doodle

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my stupid feigling horse

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wip footmen

bonus: historically accurate erwin (19th centrury bayerische jäger uniform/late 16th century kastenbrust neo-maximilian armor/gambeson + underwear)

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nosebleed

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oh no i volunteered to kill people and now i have to kill people

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animation of a friend and i's ocs