Of Graphite and Rain

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this is the best thing i’ve ever made 

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[Five gifs from The Lord of the the Rings: The Two Towers.

First is of Theoden standing before his son’s grave, with Gandalf listening in the background. Theoden: “Simbelmyne. Ever has it grown on the grave of my forebears. Now it shall cover the grave of my son.” Second gif is of Gandalf, his eyes searching right and left for meaning in this moment.

Third gif is of Gandalf speaking. Gandalf: “You have four bears?”

Fourth shows Theoden locking eyes with Gandalf and beginning to weep. His sobbing escalates into the fifth gif where he covers his eyes in sorrow.]

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[mikejwitz]

[it8bit]

Hup! Ha! Yah! Wahoo!

Gif by Mike Horowitz

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Charming

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Inktober 16

Need I say more?

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Watching Mitchells vs the Machines brought this old Inktober of mine to mind.

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Chris Sanders’ Style Surfing, made for the production of Lilo & Stitch.

(Click pages to enlarge.)

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mixed media, pastel paper, A4

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Michael William Kaluta’s Lord of the Rings Calendar.

[ofgraphiteandrain]

A study used to familiarize myself with the ProCreate Pencil. Also, reading 40 chapters of Chainsaw Man in one day got me fired up to draw people. . . . #art #digitalart #pencildrawing #sketching #pencilart #drawing #procreate @procreate https://www.instagram.com/p/CiRKLsPLzqw/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Cuphead sketches with the three older kids today! We sketched characters from The Art of Cuphead while listening to the soundtrack. Everyone had fun! . . . #art #artists #artistsoninstagram #sketchbook #pencildrawing #pencilsketch #coloredpencil #colerase #sketch #drawing #sketchdump #cuphead #mugman #calamaria #cupheadshow #cupheadfanart #videogameart https://www.instagram.com/p/CadOjRqvWE8/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Movie review: Encanto The kids are sick, so we watched Encanto together. It was a lot of fun, but I have some things to say about Disney. https://boxd.it/2yAxbv . . . #sketchbook #movieclub #moviereview #movieclubsketches #art #pencildrawing #colerase #sketching #pencilart #drawing #encanto #disney #disneyanimation #encantomovie #linmanuelmiranda https://www.instagram.com/p/CZpzd0HPT8z/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Mini sketch dump from last year. I don’t always draw superheroes, but when I do I draw Spidey. . . . #art #artists #artistsoninstagram #sketchbook #pencildrawing #pencilsketch #coloredpencil #colerase #sketch #drawing #sketchdump #copicmarkers #copicsketch #spiderman #comics https://www.instagram.com/p/CZfaX4dPc-P/?utm_medium=tumblr

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First-ever Hump Day sketch dump! Just wrapped up a sketchbook, and some of this stuff hasn’t seen the light of day.

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Movie Club: The Electric Life of Louis Wain.
New review (finally)! https://boxd.it/2uXugd This movie was the easiest hard watch. Very beautiful, but very heavy in a hopeless, Sartrean sense. An interesting dichotomy for something that often feels like a Wes Anderson.

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Bambino at 1 month. Gettin chunky, stayin funky.

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Sleepy

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The Milky Ring : An expanse of cosmic dust, stars and nebulae along the plane of our Milky Way galaxy form a beautiful ring in this projected all-sky view. The creative panorama covers the entire galaxy visible from planet Earth, an ambitious 360 degree mosaic that took two years to complete. Northern hemisphere sites in western China and southern hemisphere sites in New Zealand were used to collect the image data. Like a glowing jewel set in the milky ring, the bulge of the galactic center, is at the very top. Bright planet Jupiter is the beacon just above the central bulge and left of red giant star Antares. Along the plane and almost 180 degrees from the galactic center, at the bottom of the ring is the area around Orion, denizen of the northern hemisphere’s evening winter skies. In this projection the ring of the Milky Way encompasses two notable galaxies in southern skies, the large and small Magellanic clouds. via NASA

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Inktober 3: Vessel Autumn always gets me thinking about the spiritual themes of death producing life. “In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, ‘This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.’” ‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭11:25‬ . . . #inktober #inktober2021 #mixedmedia #drawing #art #artistsoninstagram #eucharist #communion #bible #copicmarkers #copicmultiliner #sakurapigma #sakura #colerasepencil https://www.instagram.com/p/CVQ9IZNPW4f/?utm_medium=tumblr