#graveyard book art

[tsyvia48]

Author & Mensch: Reflections on the impact of @neil-gaiman on my life, in essay and doodle

As a woman of a certain age, I am a well-practiced overthinker. Nerd, geek, know-it-all, intellectual, the names have been biting or praise depending on who wielded them. They’re all true, and I embrace them. 

In the early days of adulthood, when I was a wee 20-something overthinking nerd, geek, know-it-all, intellectual (20+ years ago), I became deeply interested in image and text and text-as-image. While friends were watching and arguing over Survivor, I was obsessing over Peter Greenaway’s The Pillowbook and Prospero's Books and Neil Gaiman’s Sandman. (To this day my copies of the Sandman graphic novels and the English translation of The Pillowbook of Sei Shonagon are proudly displayed on the good bookshelves—you know, the ones I want people to peruse.)

Sandman isn't merely good storytelling and good art, it teases at some of the fundamental questions to which my religion-major heart was consistently and reliably drawn. It modeled a way of rendering the questions—and suggested answers—I would never have imagined on my own.

In those days, I created an artist's book: an altered gift edition of Hamlet. I explored Ophelia’s femininity and the inevitability of her break with her mental health, caught as she is between Hamlet and her father. I imagined her story if she’d had true agency. I investigated the way art (fan art?!) had shaped my understanding of the play and my relationship to it. I layered in my story—my resonance and dissonance with hers—and my art, along with images of famous and not-so-famous paintings of Ophelia. I proudly named Greenaway and Gaiman as influences. 

I imagined myself an artist. And, truthfully, I suppose I was one. 

I read Good Omens back then, too, delighting over the religious tropes and subversions, the humor, and the fundamental faith in humanity that shone through. 

In the two decades since then, below the din of “responsible” choices (that have mostly moved me away from imagining myself an artist) there has been a melody quietly bringing me comfort, shifting my perspective, and reminding me who I want to be. When I stop to listen for and name the music, I realize much of it generates from Neil Gaiman. 

The Graveyard Book gave me comfort and hope as a new parent. 

Ocean at the End of the Lane reminded me of the layers and the depths⏤the archetypes and metaphors⏤present in everything around me, if I am willing to seek them.

Neil’s anecdote about meeting Neil Armstrong has been a talisman against imposter syndrome. Or, more precisely, it has been a permission slip for forgiving myself when the imposter syndrome inevitably surfaces.

The episode of Dr Who he wrote (“the Doctor’s Wife”) changed the way I understand the entire Dr Who experience before and since. 

Lucifer (tv), which his work inspired, gave me joy, comfort and distraction through a tough time in my life. 

When, a few years ago, I realized he is Jewish, I had that swelling of pride and resonance that I always get when someone I admire shares that identity with me.

And now there’s the Good Omens tv series. It has opened something in me I didn’t realize was closed. Crowley and Aziraphale are helping me better understand myself, and love, and gender, and storytelling, and, believe it or not, Torah. I am writing again for the first time in ages. I'm drawing more often and with more joy than I’ve known maybe since childhood.

I’ve been getting back into my gratidoodle practice, drawing and writing what I’m grateful for. And when I decided to add Neil Gaiman’s face and some words about my appreciation for his work to my sketchbook, I realized he’s brought me full circle.

Text and image and text-as-image + Neil Gaiman + story is an old constellation for me. And once again, I find my thoughts dancing, shifting, blossoming to the quiet melody of (one of?) the greatest storyteller(s) of this generation. 

And now that I am actively engaging with other Gaiman fans, I see how responsive and kind and encouraging he is to those of us who love his work, and his name is permanently etched on my heart: a benefactor, a teacher, a role model.

How satisfying and fitting that such a powerful and resonant voice, miraculously, thankfully, beautifully, also seems to be a genuine mensch. 

B”H (thanks to God) that I am alive at the same time as such a one.

#I didn't realize I was going to write AND draw when I started this #but I felt I needed both #I wish I had a flatbed scanner #this photo doesn't do it justice #there's greater nuance in the color in person #Stories matter #Art matters #like, really matters #Neil Gaiman is a gift to this world #Good Omens #Crowley and Aziraphale #Ocean at the End of the Lane #The Graveyard Book #Neil Armstrong and imposter syndrome #The Doctor's Wife #So grateful for tumblr

#crowley x aziraphale #good omens #neil gaiman #david tennant #michael sheen #ineffable husbands #jewish good omens #aziracrow #jumblr #my art #ocean at the end of the lane #the graveyard book #the doctor's wife

[eggdrawsthings]

Really excited to post this one cuz he's my fav character, my first brainrot, my crush when I was just a wee lad. He's Bod's guardian and to me, he's even more like a father to Bod than Bod's adopted parents themselves. I have a serious obsession w him ngl askjdhalsd. I do wanna draw more of him soon when I have the time :3

#my art #i type cast Mads as his voice actor btw so yeah i really have a huge brainrot for him :3 #the graveyard book #neil gaiman #nobody owens #silas #character design #characterillustration #character development #visual development #animation #art #artists on tumblr

[natuart]

Happy Birthday Neil Gaiman! ♡

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@neil-gaiman If you see this I hope you have a beautiful day!! ♡

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I share this sketch that I did in 2019 because I didn't have time to make a drawing today hahahaha

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So after waking up, I was drinking tea and enjoying the rain. I left the house to walk through the garden, soon joined by my cat, Vampi, although it wasn't long before he ran to hide when the rain came back a little harder. At that moment, for some reason I remembered that it was November 10th and I hadn't done the birthday drawing as I had planned. Luckily, I remembered drawing Neil in a sketchbook back in 2019. And here he is. I present to you a drawing that I made before the pandemic, it is strange that those drawings come to light.

My English is bad, so this is all Google Translate, I hope it's not bad xD

#neil gaiman #niel gaiman #neil gaiman sandman #the sandman #sandman fanart #morpheus #death of the endless #dream of the endless #sandman overture #neil gaiman books #neil gaiman comics #the graveyard book #art #neverwhere #sketch art #digital art #drawing #sketches #doodle #sketchbook #sketch #traditional art #my artwork #illustrators on tumblr #illustration #tumblr draw #my draws #neil gaiman fanart #neil gaiman art #neil gaiman sketch

[scarletpineapple]

#school bus graveyard #sbg #school bus graveyard webtoon #aiden clark #aiden sbg #my art #i was trying to go for a comic book look

[emmbrr]

feeling the spring & the flowers & the moon, in a graveyard hangout

#my art #illustrators on tumblr #artists on tumblr #procreate #digital illustration #kidlit #childrens book #magick #graveyard #summer goth #cute art #animals #witches #witch stuff #posting this now bc i haven't yet on its own #cemetery

[damiengravehill]

Silas preparing Bod for his first day in school 🥀🦇

#the graveyard book #silas tgb #nobody owens #neil gaiman #fanart #illustration #drawing #character illustration #literature #books #lit #dark cottagecore #my art #artists on tumblr

[starlight-bread-blog]

True sorrow is when you don't get to boop Neil Gaiman.

#neil gaiman #good omens #boop o meter #boop #april fool's day #good omens fandom #aziraphale #american gods #coraline #coraline book #the graveyard book #the graveyard #gomens #good omemes #crowley #anthony j crowley #go season 2 #good omens 2 #archangel aziraphale #aziracrow #ineffable husbands #ineffable idiots #ineffable spouses #ineffable divorce #good omens book #good omens shitpost #bildad the shuhite #michael sheen #david tennant #make good art

[k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9]

#comic #comics #comic books #cemetery #grave #shadows #mystery #mysterious #vintage pulp art #relationship goals #graveyard #tombstone #tomb #Illustration #art #comic trip

[geekynerfherder]

Showcasing art from some of my favourite artists, and those that have attracted my attention, in the field of visual arts, including vintage; pulp; pop culture; books and comics; concert posters; fantastical and imaginative realism; classical; contemporary; new contemporary; pop surrealism; conceptual and illustration.

The art of P Craig Russell. 

#Art #P Craig Russell #Comics #Comic Art #The Sandman #Neil Gaiman #Norse Mythology #Epic Illustrated #Batman #Poison Ivy #Legends Of The Dark Knight #Doctor Strange #Clea #Elric #Elric Of Melnibone #The Graveyard Book #The Jungle Book #X-Men

[hellokittygothh]

#dark aesthetic #dark green #green #green goth #goth aesthetic #gothic #dark core gothique #dark academia #goth #dark gothic #spooky #books #graveyard #quotes #book quotes #alternative #spooky art #gothic art #grunge #witchcore #witch

[jooemarmay]

Made this little illustration after rereading The Graveyard Book !!

It was one of my favorite books as a child but I never had the occasion to read it since, and I forgot the whole story.

It was a joy to rediscover this magical tale 💙💜

#my art #fanart #the graveyard book #nobody owens #character design #neil gaiman

[kekwcomics]

Art: Jack Davis

#horror #horror comics #horror comicbooks #comics #comic books #horror comic #1950s comics #1950s pulp #1950s comic books #ec comics #ec #jack davis #pulp #pulps #pulp horror #pulp art #graveyard #cemetery #dead #undead #ghoul

[eggdrawsthings]

Miss Lupescu - a werewolf, or as they called themselves, the Hounds of God. She acts as Bod’s guardian when Silas is away 🐺

#my art #the graveyard book #neil gaiman #character design #characterillustration #character development #visual development #animation #art #artists on tumblr

[reedraws]

A quick doodle during lunch turned into an entire cover for my nano project, and then I made a gif about it.

I'm so close to finishing the first draft, which is so incredibly exciting. If I manage to get it fully edited, I'm going to be publishing it online, and I hope y'all like it!

Project info linked here ❃❀✿ Commissions / Ko-Fi / Store✿❀❃  

#art #artblr #artists on tumblr #my art #digital art #myart #book cover #cover art #animated art #graveyard lesbians #nano #nano 2023 #nanowrimo

[weirdlookindog]

Steve Crisp - Ghost Stories, 1984.

#steve crisp #the penguin book of ghost stories #ghost stories #cover art #ghost #cemetery #graveyard #painting #horror art

[hsorenstein]

Some characters from @neil-gaiman’s The Graveyard Book because it has a magical hold on me rn

#the graveyard book #neil gaiman #digital art #artists on tumblr