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ok so, I approached my local library with a proposal to donate a mural as a way to A: build portfolio/gain practical experience and B: give back to a beloved public institution. The director was very enthusiastic about it and i've been working on it since the beginning of March. Come with me as I endeavor to paint what is in all honesty an excessive amount of birds
I wanted the birds to look like they were actually in the space so first thing after doing the draft was to do a lighting study
after that I covered the walls in letters in lieu of a projector/vr headset bc i have neither of those :) Then i take a picture of the section of wall and superimpose the lineart over top of it so I can pencil in the lines
et voila
and that was a whole week on it's own so next comes the paintin' >:)
and now, the birds
Birds 1 and 2/14: Red Winged Blackbird, Male and female, Agelaius phoeniceus
Bird 3/14, American Robin, Turdus migratorius
hoo boy, ok *out of breath*
GIVE IT UP FOR BIRD NUMBUH 5, THE CANADIAN GOOSE, Branta canadensis!!!!
this guy took me about 4 days to completely finish, all of those freakingk coverts were a bear to render
speaking of obnoxious coverts:
bird 5/14, Bluejay, Cyanocitta cristata
the friggin stripes almost got me chat, i may not make it
Madam....
birds 6 and 7: American Goldfinch, Spinus tristis, male and female
pleasantly simple to paint! next is the flickerrrrr
*melts into goo*
BIRD NUMBER 8, (yellow shafted) NORTHERN FLICKERRRRR, Colaptes auratus
genuinely made me start questioning my sanity around day 3, it's half the size the of the goose, WHY did it take me 4 days to finish??
nothing but pain and suffering, i'm sure hope the next bird will be much easier and with FAR less barring :)
in other news, I am losing my mind hairline
SHE'S DONE!!
Bird number 9: Red-tailed hawk, Buteo jamaicensis
my chains are broken i am FREE. although i did have a great deal of fun with this, the barring on the wings itself took me like four days and i am READY to move on
this was a week and a half of continuous work so please excuse me for getting a little emotional in the bg 🙏
*does a little jig*
BIRD NUMBER 10!!! The Male Mallard Duck, Anas platyrhynchos
the male and female ones are gonna be posted separately bc they're taking a lot longer lol but yea! super happy i was able to capture the iridescent green of the head, i found metallic green and blue paint at a craft store that really made his head POP. it looks better in person i promise
ALSO!! As this is the 10th one, BIG announcement. The end is in sight!!!!! I plan to finish within the next 3 weeks and there will be a small dedication ceremony/ unveiling happening at the library to commemorate its completion on the 16th of May. If you live in the Western New York region and want to check it out for yourself shoot me a dm!
Also thank you everyone for your kind words and support throughout this whole process, it's been a genuine treat thinking there are potentially thousands of you out there cheering me on while I paint this 🥹
aaaand another one bites the duck,
we're movin right along with bird numero 11!! The lady Mallard!! Anas platyrhyncos
the 16th is looming in the distance so i'm trying to get thru these as quickly as i can so i can have as much time for the GBH as possible. i still need to do the names next to all of them so i've got about a week and a half to finish everything which is GREAT because i have adhd and nothing gets my ass in gear like a fuckin deadline, let me tell you
power couple that they are, here's bird number 12 and 13,
the Northern Cardinals, Cardinalis cardinalis
and NOW that they are complete, ITS GO TIME, in the next five days (library's closed for mother's day 😭😭) i need to have the GBH fully rendered, the names of the birds vectored, weeded, masked, applied to the wall, and then painted, plus additional cattails throughout. I may be able to get away with just getting the GBH done in time for the unveiling and then just have the names and cattails added later, but i'm gonna really try to get it all done in time. BUT, i have a plan. Part of why i take so long on these is because i really am just figuring it out as I do it lmao. there have been many a time where i am sitting on top of the ladder googling "how to paint birds" but I think if i take the time tomorro to do all that figuring out how to approach it beforehand, this will go a lot faster. I may also recruit some of my artist friends to help with the placing of the names... hrmm we'll see.
Anyways, shout out to the librarian who tracked down exactly the thing i needed so i could figure out where to place the highlights in my birds eyes, ur the real mvp
thanks for the reminder, kid
at long last, we've reached the end...
Bird number 14 out of 14,
The Great blue heron, Ardea herodius
thank you to everyone who reached out or got excited about this project, it genuinely gave me the fuel i needed to keep going. In total, the 480+ total hrs it took me to cover this wall pales in comparison to how long its expected to spend on there, hopefully imparting a sense of beauty and love for the natural world to the next generation and here's hoping i'm only getting started with these.
i'll see y'all soon :')
i just finished book 6 ch 67 this week actually, talk to me abt your strategy + cards + where you're running into trouble, i'll give it my best shot!! 🫡
YES thank you so much your help even if it doesn’t work as we want is ten billion times appreciated
ok actual stuff below
ALRIGHT WELCOME TO THE YAP ZONE. this got long as fuck bc there's a few options and i'd rather give you a bunch of choices and let you mess around with them in case i'm wrong about something. hopefully it's still legible. feel free to ask follow ups lmao
also bear in mind i've only been playing this game for like six months alksdjflkasjdf
500 MILES - Riddle Rosehearts AMV 🌹
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Have you ever been told something about a TWST character before you saw them in a main chapter / vignette / event, only to realize how untrue that was? I'm curious! By the way, please mark spoilers regardless of how early the story content appears!
I'll go first! ( Book 5 Spoilers Below )
YOU GOTTA BE BUTT FUCKING ME, ONE POINT??????
i'm free
writers when they interrogate a character's motivation in-text and then realize even they don't know the answer anyway this post is about Ace Trappola re: how Ace feels about Riddle vs the Queen of Hearts AKA : a crash out disguised as an analysis. help me.
so for context, i've been writing one of those fairly standard "stuff an oc / sona into the twst player character and rewrite it" longfics (privately), and i have been stuck in book 1 hell for like. months. as is also standard for such fics. the problem i am facing at the current moment this:
my protag would absolutely point out the hypocrisy inherent in Ace saying "yeah the Queen of Hearts beheaded people for stepping out of line, she's so cool" and then turning around not 24 hours later complaining about Riddle doing the exact same thing. and i have NO IDEA how Ace would respond. (like, canonically)
sorry you can ignore me but the thing this actually make me think a lot about is how some people will ignore/deny certain things about history and historical figures because it doesn't fit their comfortable understanding of The Way Things Are. This isn't going to be well written but I'd like to take a crack at explaining what I mean
Icl the first thing I thought about in focusing on this is how people view MLK and non violent protest, especially when they find out he had socialist leanings. Though tbh I dont see this happening as much anymore, as there's been a spike in openness to anticapitalism, but this is a social blind spot I grew up with both in myself at first and then having to see reflected in people around me.
Another thing this makes me think of is how we try to fit historical figures into modern understanding. Specifically in terms of queerness, though that's just because of what I've been studying/reading.
Here's where things get tricky though. Because, for my Yuu, they still struggle with coming from our world and the full knowledge that the figures this society seems to uphold aren't just fictional characters, but are specifically the villains of a parable/story for children, and would also be looking at things through that bias.
And I think that's important. While there are some historical figures upheld that I, and I think most, view as objectively evil, most historical figures are not perfect and have their legacies whitewashed for simplicity. And I think that's something toyed with here, at least by player's meta knowledge on the original Disney film characters.
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(Sorry also as a side note, I do not remember exactly but I think it's in someone's cards that actually interrogates the rules somewhat, that while some seem ridiculous, many have practical application. The example I think of boils down to an overspecific rule that, if applied broadly, equates to not consuming caffeine past a certain time to encourage better sleep. Though tbh my memory is hazy, I think it's from someone's card vignettes, and I think it's one of the heartsabyul students, but theres every chance that was from a fic and I've just internalized it, so take this with a grain of salt. Also sorry this is just me writing stream of consciousness in a break from the previous line of thought.)
Back to the original line of thought though. So 1) if we are to take seriously that the Queen of Hearts is a historical figure, which I think we must, we also are likely meant to assume her legacy has been whitewashed and simplified. 2) because of this, it's likely there's massive cultural blindspots instigated on purpose by those who write the history. And no, I do not mean as specifically conspiracy, this happens a lot in real life and that's. Honestly thats a whole other can of worms to get into, but tldr I'm not saying I think twst endgame is social revolution. 3) (and also as a slight aside) there's also probably reasonable argument that times were genuinely just different in the Queen of Hearts' life. That isn't to handwave everything, but I think could be reasonable argument in this discourse for the twst universe.
Now, as for I think Ace would react. I think at first he'd be like, "no way, that's totally different!" Though not be able to express exactly why. However, I think ultimately this would end up being for Ace what it is to a lot of kids who grew up thinking MLK NEVER endorsed or entertained violent protest or resistance. He'd be somewhat radicalized, and more likely to question popular history. This could potentially lead to headaches of massive changes/developments to Ace's character, but I mean. That depends on how you want to grow his character I suppose. I think there is a way to leave him at a place where he continues to question, but in the moreso— forgive me I don't know how else to put this— generalized teenage boy angsty contrarian way. However, this is why I brought up that sidenote about justification for the rules.
This is where my chosen comparison starts to break down. I know there are better examples, I am again not taking as much time to think through and structure as I could. But. Radicalizing myself and understanding more of MLK as a historical figure led me to a much more extreme conclusion I think than is necessary. I decided "the narrative I was taught is wrong, and violent resistance is sometimes necessary." Also, "capitalism is bad, actually." And went even further than that, actually. And I don't think that'd be the same takeaway for Ace, nor do I think it would make sense to narratively speaking. Unlike this real world example, there's (probably) not really a need to throw the baby out with the bath water, so to speak. Even if Ace decides maybe the Queen of Hearts isn't this paragon he's been taught to believe, I think he could still justify the whole while being more critical of the details. Overall, the Queen of Hearts represents a kind of stability. Whether or not I or my Yuu or anyone else agrees that that kind of stability is good in the long run is, I think, beyond this conversation. (Another side note, a lot of my twst yuusona's story also involves a few other ocs who are the sort of radicals who would question the fundamentals of the historical narratives they've been indoctrinated with, because that's what it is and thats something I find interesting to engage with.)
So how does he change? As much as you want to write, honestly. Though that probably isn't satisfying. I think there's also something to say that is also interesting/relevant here, as yet another side note, that most of these characters are specifically at an age where they are interrogating their moral compasses like specifically in terms of social development, so there is a lot of interesting what-if's there for me.
But! I think Ace doesn't have to change much at all, outwardly speaking. Sorry for the long rant and ultimately probably a not very satisfying reply but 😭 this has been making me think thoughts and been in my drafts. Again I hope you don't mind OP.
YOU GOTTA BE BUTT FUCKING ME, ONE POINT??????
writers when they interrogate a character's motivation in-text and then realize even they don't know the answer anyway this post is about Ace Trappola re: how Ace feels about Riddle vs the Queen of Hearts AKA : a crash out disguised as an analysis. help me.
so for context, i've been writing one of those fairly standard "stuff an oc / sona into the twst player character and rewrite it" longfics (privately), and i have been stuck in book 1 hell for like. months. as is also standard for such fics. the problem i am facing at the current moment this:
my protag would absolutely point out the hypocrisy inherent in Ace saying "yeah the Queen of Hearts beheaded people for stepping out of line, she's so cool" and then turning around not 24 hours later complaining about Riddle doing the exact same thing. and i have NO IDEA how Ace would respond. (like, canonically)
can't stop thinking about the fact that overblot wasn't described as something that happens only once in a mage's lifetime
like, blot is just a natural byproduct of using magic; doesn't matter what kinda mage you are or what spells you use. overblot is when a mage goes past their limits. phantoms form not only from overblot, but "mage's negative energy" as well - and imo, if any mage is in a situation where they go past their limit, there's bound to be something negative in them. soon as a phantom forms, a mage is on a fast track to dying unless someone intervenes.
but being brought back from the overblot state doesn't seem to grant you overblot immunity like, you're still a mage. you're still accumulating blot when you're using magic. you still need to put in the work not to go past your limit and overblot again. but potentially, you could
Idia mentioned that one of STYX research topics is whether blot can be used for energy or whatever. I wonder if someone tried making blot/blot crystal farms in the past.
also, i wonder why weaker mages don't need to worry about overblot as much? i mean, i know why from a gameplay/story perspective it's more satisfying to deal with a few strong guys rather than a bunch of mooks
but like? a weaker mage would have less magic to cast spells, meaning they'd burn through their reserves faster, meaning they'd hit their limit faster as well; wouldn't it make sense that they're more likely to overblot?
also? none of this isn't widely taught?? Ace and Deuce needed to be pulled aside by Crowley to explain what blot is and why it's so dangerous??? when it makes all the sense to be the very first mandatory lecture every budding mage gets on their first day of magic school????? "blot bad, blot deadly bad; pay close attention to your magestones, and learn to pace yourself"???????
wrt "wouldn't weaker mages ob faster" i think it's mentioned in Book 2 when crowley first explains blot as a concept that while not every mage has the same magical reserves, they all have the same blot capacity. so, say everyone can safely generate up to a gallon of blot without ob'ing, but most people can't even generate a pint without exhausting their reserves... at least that's how i'm understanding it.
(1 gallon = 8 pints btw; the exact numbers don't really matter, the point is a pint is smaller lmao)
it's definitely p weird that ace+deuce don't know about it, like on a meta level i understand the choice so that the player has someone to ask all the questions they want to without needing the mostly silent protagonist to speak, but like. that's grim's role lmao. honestly even an exchange from them during the meeting with crowley (like deuce chiding ace for not paying attention during some orientation class, and ace shooting back abt how deuce didn't remember it either) could have gone a long way for that lol at least it would be explicit fault on the part of our boys and not the school. though i don't mind so much if blot/overblot isn't common knowledge outside magic schools if it's supposed to be super rare (and it's possible that styx has been using the lethe program to erase all previous incidents from the public consciousness so it might be more common than the public actually realizes....... but that's getting into headcanon territory lol)
magestone tangent under the cut lmfao
you ever think about how the camp vargas events imply that the people who got caught during the final challenge weren't told anything until sunrise. like they just got knocked out by some unknown shadow monster and then woke up tied to a tree and nobody explained anything until dawn. like, did anybody try to escape?? were the ghosts there like "no guys just chill it's fine we'll explain later" or did they just leave them there? did it trigger kalim's ptsd? no seriously did it trigger kalim's ptsd? DID IT TRIGGER KALIM'S-
holy shit what is with the new fucking bot surge. open the comments on any piece of art and there's like three comments like "do you take commissions? dm me" or "i tried to message you about your account but i can't and idk whyy" (always with two y's lol??) like jesus. my sincerest condolences for my art posting friends because if those make up the entirety of your post's engagement.... like. man. that's almost worse than getting nothing. idek how to report an account for having been hacked lmao.
anyway while i'm complaining:
I have something important to tell you its about to your account, but i cant message you idk whyy?? please send me a message
"please send me a message" is new, but the entire rest of the message has been the same since the scam's inception. don't reply, do not message, and if someone tells you they accidentally reported your account it's a scam. remember that tumblr staff will never contact you through discord or tumblr dms. please don't lose your account lol i haven't seen many people falling victim recently but since they haven't given up it's probably still working at least a little.
compiling the references to disney stories and disney characters in the history of twisted wonderland is an exercise in futility but baby call me sisyphus because i'm rolling the damn boulder
A while ago, I put my roommates through a "Real or Fake TWST Event?" Kahoot. I'm light on new art since finals are consuming all my time and my hand is still healing, so here are some of my personal favorite fake events I came up with, all based on various Disney movies.
Pomefiore as Whose Line is it Anyway Prompts
The two later prompts popped up in my head one day and I'm like, "this is SO THEM" so yea enjoy this XD
"No way... Sniff sniff"
[A quick translation of Jamil's R Vignette from the Little Big Adventure event]
[Outside Clock Tower]
Jamil: We defeated the "Evil Emperor" and rescued the kidnapped mice. All that's left is...
Epel: Preparing a neutralizing agent so we can go back to normal, right!
Silver: Yes. Let's go retrieve the materials we left in the ceiling of the cafeteria when we went to save Grim and Yuu.
Jamil: Yeah. Though it'd be inefficient if we all went there.
I'll go to the alchemy workshop first to prepare what we need for the mixing.
Silver: It's dangerous to go alone. I'll go with you, Jamil.
Epel: Understood. Then, I'll go with Trey-san and the others to get the ingredients. Be careful you two!
All roads lead to death