wind him up and watch him go.

nutty concept artist/illustrator wannabe. The woods are lovely, dark and deep, but i have promises to keep and miles to go before i sleep, and miles to go before i sleep. I reblog the stuff i love, from films, poetry, art, architecture or photo compositions and whatever else strikes my fancy. "All that matters to me is the work." Semper vincit.

[topshotpicks]

[charmory]

this is the most romantic thing i’ve seen all day

[jali-jali]

No shit. That tom cat was like:

“This thorn invested wall means nothing.”

“I will gladly walk on it a thousand times over, if that means I could be with you, my lady.”

and the lady cat was all:

“My brave darling.”

OOOPS MY HAND SLIPPED!!

Suddenly my muse insisted me to draw the personification version of the last pic, and who am I to reject inspiration when it comes so willingly to me? At least this will help with the artblock issue I currently have to deal with.

Russian imperial era inspired because hot damn.

Note: I tried google reverse image (and other reverse image search engines) those photos and came up with nothing. I wish I knew the original photographer because I want to love hug him/her so hard for capturing such inspiring moments.

[youkofujima]

OMG that’s the cutest thing ever and the best courtly love ah so brilliant.

[forthegothicheroine]

Few romantic heroes could do better.

[stoneandbloodandwater]

I don’t post cats often but that illustration.

[acquaintedwithrask]

that ILLUSTRATION

[heretic-madlad]

I LOVE THISSS

[fauxboy-deactivated20180609]

$100 is a lot of money for a single page.

how much is a loaf of bread? hm? $3? $5? 

At my local grocery store, bread is about $4.50 for a decent size italian loaf. If I make $7.25 and hour, that means I’d have to work 37 and a half minutes for a Loaf of bread.

but hey, that’s not so bad right? Work two hours and you’ll have a sandwich, eh?

Oh hey, turns out I also need toilet paper, rice, chicken, some veggies, a can of soup, and some cereal. (to name a few basic groceries one might need on a budget) we’ll round those things down to $25 just to make the math easier.

at $7.25 an hour I’ll have to work about 3 and a half hours for basic groceries.

That doesn’t include bills or gas or all the other groceries I need, That’s ONE quick trip to the store and I already have to work half a day just for that.

You don’t understand Anon, my pages could take HOURS if not DAYS. Between the sketching, inking, colouring, lettering, and finishing it’s taken at least a full two day’s work if not longer for each page.

I have a job that pays me beans, I cannot afford to post more pages a week without compensation. I literally cannot afford to do that. Not to mention the idea that art is only worth minimum wage cheapens the amount of work and effort that goes into producing it. I should be making WELL ABOVE minimum wage for my art via page count and commissions but it’s this damn “deviant art” mindset that makes people feel like they’re being swindled for paying a livable wage to artists. It’s rude and childish and I ask that you please stop considering artists as less worthy of affording a normal life.

You can either pay me what I ask for what you want or stop complaining about what I already give you for free.

[katyfarina-deactivated20210104]

[iron-sunrise]

I cannot fucking stand people who tell illustrators that something they produce is too expensive. Yall motherfuckers want cheap? Go get some paper, get a fucking pencil and then draw it your motherfucking selves because nobody freelancing on the internet who hasn’t even half made it in the illustration world is charging you ANYTHING close to industry pricing even when some of us are as good if not better. Why? Because of people like Anon. Your name must be out there and known to charge anything close to what your time and skill is worth. Yet still? You are paying for my effort, my time, my blood, sweat and tears and a lifetime of learning my trade. A cheap page for yo ass is a piece of paper I haven’t touched yet.

/rant

(As a freelancer I cannot staaaaaaaaaaaaaand people who pull this dogshit.)

[mooncalfe-deactivated20231020]

$100 is pretty cheap for a page.

[postcardsfromspace]

Basic math, for Anon up there: Break that $100 down into an hourly rate. Factor in materials. Factor in skill and schooling and experience. Bear in mind that a page rate *at all* means there’s a good chance it’s work-for-hire, which means that $100 a page might be all the artist gets, ever.

And then, when you’ve done that math, think about what that means in terms of how few comics artists make a living hourly wage.

Want a pro artist, anon? Pay them like a fucking pro.

[jamaligle]

I’d like to add the a professional of any stripe has the duty to themselves, and the right to charge a rate based on his skill level and the work he or she puts in.

[emengel]

I can’t get enough the fan made family dynamics of Overwatch. Dad 76 and Mercy Mom. Bonus: grandpa reinhardt and nANA.

(work has been busy and this is the best i could put out after weeks of nothing? forgive me, friends.)

[jothelion]

clothing ref

[sweetconformity]

Hannibal, “Mizumono”

[ruinedchildhood]

[phobs-heh]

‘’Ramayana: Divine Loophole’’ by Sanjay Patel

[markocomics]

Please let reaper be happy :<

Only in his dreams he’s happy. Sleep tight, reap tight.

[teemode-blog]

[becausebirds]

When you’re trying to do homework but you can’t because birds

[rnoonpie]

LOUD INDIGNANT BEEPING

[spiftynifty]

@megneato why isn’t this your life yet

[lindentreeisle]

OMG THE BEEPING

[zealous4fashion]

Tony Ward Couture Fall 2016 Collection 3/3

[prostheticknowledge]

Virtual Actors in Chinese Opera

Project by Tobias Gremmler visualizes motion capture of Chinese Opera actors with 3D renderings of intricate and abstracted graphics to great effect:

https://safe.txmblr.com/svc/embed/inline/https%3A%2F%2Fvimeo.com%2F173139879#embed-577d6cfa473bc668354667

Created for a theatre production that fuses Chinese Opera with New Media, the virtual actors are inspired by shapes, colors and motions of traditional Chinese costumes and dance. 

Link

[art-of-swords-deactivated201705]

Ceremonial Zoomorphic Dagger

Dated: mid-16th century

Culture: Indian, Vijayanagar or Deccan

Medium: steel, bronze, rubies

Measurements: overall length 42 cm

In an elegant, flowing style the hilt consists on one side of a rather large lion holding a small elephant between his front paws and a phoenix bird and a dragon with a long tail on the other side. The base of the hilt consists of two phoenixes with their heads facing the steel blade.

Source: Copyright © 2016 The David Collection

[bibidebabideboo]

“お題04 マニアックすぎるポーチ 【投票受付中】洒ポーチ土偶　デザイナー：松本ジュンイチロー

「洒ポーチ土偶」 遮光器土偶の形のお洒落ポーチ、洒ポーチ土偶。

胴体と頭がポーチになっていて、ちょっとした小物を分別して入れておけます。 さらに、手足はそれぞれ小物入れになっているので、小銭やアクセサリーなど、大事なものを入れて。

ショルダーストラップつきで、お出かけ時はいつも一緒。 お洒落縄文人の必須アイテムです。”

(【投票受付中】洒ポーチ土偶 - 妄想商品化道場 by YOU+MORE!（ユーモア）から)

松本ジュンイチロー ロマン快道

[pastelbeau]

when someone picks ur fav before you have a chance to pick them.

[localrose-deactivated20170126]

[cupcakelogic]

i tried to make  a horror comic once at like 4 am