#macabre mayhem

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I thought it would be just a doodle in the Aubrey Beardsley's style… but a year later something has changed. Especially my style of drawing.

So, maybe I'll do this diptych again. As an actual diptych. Truly in the style of Aubrey Beardsley, as I had planned. Also, I think there was too much Alphonse Mucha in my references. My bad, my bad. :D

"I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valley".

© Song of songs 2:1

Details:

Let me remind you that I don't even have a headcanon – it's more like a strong conviction. The conviction is that Valdemar is of Egyptian origin, which, by the way, is quite reasonable given the history of Tarot, no matter how mythologized it is. At least it's clear that the original developers were building upon such a history of Tarot, and the fact that they did not have time to properly work out the world and its history is, of course, a significant omission. However, as a historian, I can perfectly well supplement everything myself. At least it’s fun. Although in my version it looks something like this:

/© Lunatic Sun/

P.S. Yes, I am a HUGE fan of dark and muted colors. I can't help it, and probably won't.✨

P.P.S. I planned this artwork as a diptych. But… obviously, this turned out much different than intended for a diptych.

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[macabremayhem]

"If you put a noose outside your window at night, you'll harvest three Devoraks by morning!" ©

Citation from Apostle Jay

[macabremayhem]

Here's my birthday /L.S./, and here's... some kind of gift for me, because I love my artists and I love this picture.

Sketch/line: ChilleOutBeast

Coloring: WasteOfPlace

"Is that score for vielle? Such a good transcription."

"Did you..?"

"I can read music. Nothing more, if you want to ask."

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I got into WIPs, but there are finished drawings, so in this case my conscience is clear. :D

So, how it started:

How it's going:

(The "Sketch>Finished Art" team, I'm with you guys. Seriously, I really think that coloring is not my strong suit. However, I myself love the dark palette more than the bright one, but I just appreciate the contrasts that WasteOfPlace usually adds.

Like here.

Or here.

However, this is no reason to stop drawing on my own. I don't like to bother my team with my own petty whims. :D /L. S./)

And I hope Anon with the "Valdemar x Julian playlist" request is still here. Someday I will drop the whole playlist, I promise.🫀

(I am synaesthete and I love the dark-blue palette of early Apocalyptica so much. "Not strong enough" is not "the early Apocalyptica™ era", but indeed the Julian POV.)

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Something behind the scenes.

Me and my co-author:

*see this magnificent tea set*.

Apostle Jay:

- This is the tea set that Valdemar and Nadia drink tea from on Fridays*.

/*HC based on the comic "Valdemar Schedule" from the Nix Hydra era and, in fact, the scene in PSL where Valdemar drinks tea/

Me:

- And Nadia periodically asks to borrow the tea set for, say, unpleasant conversations with unpleasant ambassadors.

Apostle Jay:

- And now I imagined Julian like this:

Me:

– "Quaestor, tell me, is there really cyanide in my cup?" asks Doctor №069 with a sly glance over the cup.

"Don't flatter yourself, young man. You've just pulled on the marzipan too hard," answers Valdemar with a calm expression and sets the cup on the saucer with a thin, light clink.

Julian's reaction:

Apostle Jay:

- HOW DID YOU GUESS I LOVE MARZIPAN?!

Me:

- Oh, really, how did I guess that? :}