Troubled Artist

[assdare]

[themarchingbeetle]

alcides aruus

[bagofbonesmp3]

there's something about morticia and gomez, miss piggy and kermit, howl and sophie that is not at all cishet. at their core they're for gay people

[bcnnibeau-deactivated20200330]

we really devolved as a society when we stopped using fully painted pictures on romance novels and started using cheap photoshop instead 

[bcnnibeau-deactivated20200330]

case in point

this is a Hell of a downgrade 

[garbage-empress]

worst crime capitalism ever committed was eliminating Horny Oil Painter as a viable career option.

[higglety]

I went down a rabbit hole this summer researching romance novel covers and painting fanart in this style and

this is an EXTREMELY fun style to work in, and also

many of the most iconic romance novel covers you’re probably picturing when you think “classic painted romance novel cover” were produced by one prolific, masterful artist

Her name was Elaine Duillo, and she had a long and extremely productive career spanning from the mid 60’s to her retirement in 2003. She worked mainly in acrylics.

She did illustration work in other genres as well, but she really found her niche in romance novels. She pretty much redefined the aesthetic conventions of the genre, popularizing male models and male nudity and sexualizing men to cater to the female gaze in a way that simply wasn’t the norm before her work. You know Fabio? she’s the one who started using him as a model, and essentially launched his career. And honestly, just look at her work:

magnificent

[sindri42]

Wait shit, she retired in 2003? I think that’s exactly when I started seeing shitty photoshops on all the new romance novel covers.

She was literally carrying the entire industry single-handed and then they just did not replace her.

[kelgrid]

I’m at my dog sitting job in a pretty old countryside farm and the lady who does the cleaning up here told me this morning that there are old tunnels (now closed up) running from the house to the church (1km) and I did not want to know that

[kelgrid]

Imagine what could come from there? Ghouls, ghosts, vampires?

[kelgrid]

[mysharona1987]

I’m on the photographer’s side here.

[kimmykun]

The original Reddit post

Tl;dr version: The groom asked a friend, the (not professional) photographer, to do his wedding for $250. The photographer then spent 8 hours without food or drink in 110º heat. After not being served anything, they asked to groom to take a break to get some damn food, and the groom said they were fired if they left. So, they deleted the photos and left. 

Team photographer all the way. 

[wannacuppatealuv]

Still trying to come to terms with the fact I’ll never be a librarian who can speak a dead language and be recruited by a ruggish but handsome explorer for a quest to lift the curse and save the world

[lustformcgrath]

because of the pandemic travel restrictions?

[brawltogethernow]

Because of the pandemic travel restrictions.

[dashumankapital]

Dude…

[claire-luna-deactivated20191013]

Whoever wrote this is in on the joke.

[mrspider-deactivated20221213]

victorian children ghosts are fucked up because british people are just like that if a ghost child was from like wyoming theyd just ask for craft mac and cheese all the time british children just crave viscera and violence

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

[pictures-of-dogs]

about to post something really great

[pictures-of-dogs]

[mollyjames]

Wait wait hang on I gotta find something

[mollyjames]

FOUND IT

[angelfrommontgomery]

Anybody else got like,, rlly random connections to famous ppl?? Like my older brothers were friends w Jennifer Lawrence when they were like 12 and I just found out I’m friends w the cousin of the girl who voiced honey lemon in big hero six like, idk what I’m supposed to do with either of these tid bits I feel like I was supposed to live my life in ignorance of them

[beepbeepboopbeepboopbeepbeepbee]

the tags on this are so funny because they range from “my neighbor went to school with tom cruise” to “my dad is best friends with macklemore”

[sonicrainbooms]

[memewhore]

[gengarpng]

You know what? Fuck you.

*unshrinkies your dinks*

[gengarpng]

[internetwes]

no..... my dinks....

[unclefather]

you ever notice how covid cases have spiked since the cock destroyers split up? can’t be a coincidence 

[dangerousturkey]

since the what

[unclefather]

come here and sit down right now

[dangerousturkey]

Oh i’ve seen this before witch you wont get me

[str0kethebigtree-deactivated202]

Cock

Based on your likes!

[thedorkdionysia]

I swear y'all are just typing "Based on your likes!" and putting it in green text

[str0kethebigtree-deactivated202]

that's the joke

[thedorkdionysia]

[keitheaverage]

I just learned yesterday that Pikachu, my favorite Pokemon, was originally designed not by Ken Sugimori (he only finalized the design), but by a female graphic designer named Atsuko Nishida. 

Also after googling her, I found out that she’s also designed Sylveon–another favorite PKMN of mine. She’s also illustrated some very pretty Pokemon cards!!

Thank you Ms. Nishida! :-) May you get more credit and love for your contribution to the Pokemon franchise.

[bluekeaton]

as a camera shy person myself, knowing she hides behind plushies is just amazing

[cat-harman92]

Her and Yoko Taro are legends at hiding from cameras. xD 

[mizulyn]

Here’s some other Pokemon she’s designed, for anyone curious:

source: x

and not to derail this post into anything overtly political, but: If it weren’t for a woman in the gaming industry, we wouldn’t have freakin’ Charizard. I feel like that’s something more people should know about!