The Gothic Alice

33, tattoo artist. Cinemaphile, asexual aromantic, Manic Panic dyehard and makeup junkie. Lover of gothy things, punk rock, 70s/80s music, fabulous people, vampires, horror movies, burlesque/pinup, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and art.

[thegothicalice]

thegothicalice is an independent artist creating amazing designs for great products such as t-shirts, stickers, posters, and phone cases.

Want to support my work but can’t come to me for a tattoo? I have a Redbubble!

[thegothicalice]

A little bit Buffy inspired ✨ Necklace by me, shoes American Duchess, layered Vivienne Tam mesh dress vintage, rest thrifted.

[greenishness]

i'm thinking about charlotte brontë spending her last years editing and publishing her sisters' writings and about christopher tolkien dedicating his life to the protection and meticulous reconstruction his father's life's work and about johanna van gogh publishing the letters between vincent and theo that would propel vincent van gogh into fame because she knew how much her husband had loved his brother, and about how so often art isn't just a reflection of the artist's mind and skills but a testament to the fact that they were loved

[greenishness]

My sister just quoted this post at me over dinner bc it was discussed in her philosophy class & I can't even smugly inform her of its authorship. Due to the mindhunter yaoi state of my most recent blog history.

[thegothicalice]

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[girlfailure-poetics]

who cares if you don't fully "get" the weird postmodernist novel on your first read, or if the experimental arthouse film is opaque to you on your first viewing? you are not being graded. you are not being scored. there is value in the attempt. every time i've read House of Leaves or watched Blue Velvet, I've gotten something new from it. the idea that you might not "get" something and therefore shouldn't bother with it is so silly to me

[thegothicalice]

I’ve been wanting to paint Micheline Pitt for ages and finally did it 🥀 Oil on board, 8”x10” in an antique frame— suited for that vampire witch queen vibe 🖤

[perfectday1972]

[osinthewhite]

"but physical media is worse quality and will break with time" I DON'T CARE! I WANT TO OWN THINGS I LIKE! I WANT SHELVES FULL OF DVDS, CDS, AND A LIBRARY!

[thegothicalice]

Malachite 💚 Everything secondhand/ gifted.

[spiribia]

as a writer you will have a specific deck of vocab words you like using a lot and when you read other peoples' work you will see a very clear spread of different vocab words on their end. this is why you need to read, to collect other writers' words like it's a card game

[thegothicalice]

Non-traditional OotD because sword ⚔️ Highlighting some over knee striped fishnets from Sock Dreams 🖤Chainmail belt by Miralune on Etsy, rest thrifted/secondhand.

[queerasaurus-rexx]

So, uh

Sam Neill passed away.

A lot of people know him as Dr. Grant from Jurassic Park, but Sam Neill has an incredible catalogue of film and television, stretching back to 1975 on the big screen, but he cut his teeth in university productions of Shakespearean dramas.

All this to say, Sam Neill never let himself get pigeonholed as an actor. He was an incredibly versatile actor with a plethora of roles and genres to his name.

And that's not even touching upon his interests outside of acting. He was a passionate vintner (of the Two Paddocks winery) and an outspoken environmentalist who frequently spoke out against political policy that negatively affected indigenous peoples in Australia and New Zealand.

Jurassic Park is an incredible film, and I know many people have fond memories of the original trilogy.

But Sam Neill was more than just Dr. Grant. And I think that should be remembered too.

[fantasie-improptu]

[thegothicalice]

Coming up with hot weather outfits that aren’t all skin is hard 😔 Lace capelet & hat antique, chainmail collar by VeroGuerreroMetals, earrings painted by me, rest secondhand.

[terpsikeraunos]

ancient greek word of the day: κακοθερής (kakotherēs), unfitted to endure summer heat

[aphilologicalbatman-deactivated]

this literally means “bad at summer” pass it on

[zipstick]

Reblog if you, too, are bad at summer

[worldheritagepostorganization]

World Heritage Post

[thegothicalice]

Doodled a stone face with a new pen 🖊️

[redstonedust]

'being single sucks because youll be lonely' lame and untrue. 'being single sucks because a lot of groceries are portioned to make food for more than one person and you cant really take advantage of buying in bulk because it'll go bad before you use it all' this i cannot deny.