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SMOOCHES HII MY CUTIE PIE!!! ૮꒰ ˶• ༝ •˶꒱ა ʚ🍓ɞ

HAVE YOU SEEN THE LEAKS OF DOTTORE AND ARELCCHINO??? SHE BEAT THE DEAD ALLEGATIONS AND APPARENTLY BOTH HER AND DOTTORE MAY ACTUALLY BE PLAYABLE 😭!!!! I HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT EVERY CONCEPT ART ON TWITTER JUST HYPING MYSELF UP FOR FONTAINE. My motivation to finally finish exploring the desert just went up so much !!! I’m not sure if you’ve seen but there’s a Dottore concept art of him wearing different colored masks! (Which is most likely to differentiate the clones to Prime) AND THERE WAS EVEN A LEAKED CONCEPT OF ALL THE HARBINGERS STANDING SIDE BY SIDE AND PIERRO LOOKS SOOOOO!!! AND CAPITANO TOO AHHH !!!! AND PANTALONE WEARS PANTS LMAOO (I’m sorry I’m literally frothing at the mouth I’m such a simp for all the Fatui Harbinger men. Yes I love all of them not just Dottore) N I THINK PANTALONE HAS A CANE TOO ALTHOUGH IM NOT SURE IF UTS PART OF SIGNORA’S DRESS OR SMTH either way even if he’s a grandpa I’ll still love him. And don’t get me STARTED on Fontaine’s concepts for the map it’s so blue n vibrant n green!!! It’s honestly giving monstadt vibes n reminding me of when I first started playing genshin back during launch 😭 I’m so excited for Fontaine i really hope it lives up to its hype since sumeru disappointed me a lil but seeing Omega made it 10/10

But I hope you have an amazing week/year!! I give you many many chu chus n kisses n hugs n cuddles!!! I’m sorry I haven’t sent any brainrots I’ll try to come up with some tonight!! (I unfortunately didn’t sleep well last night since there was a roach and it went up my foot and I’ve been traumatized since!! I DONT know if it’s still in my room or not waaa) ໒꒰ྀི ◞ ◟꒱ྀིა

From your very excited boo boo bear 🎐 anon ♡︎૮꒰ ˶• ༝ •˶꒱ა ♡

YES BRO OMFGGGGG 😭😭😭

NO CUZ SAME. I literally sat on twitter and reddit just scrolling and refreshing at all of these leaks cuz WTF HAPPENED ON JUNE 19 2023?? like MY GOSH IT WAS SHOCKING AND AMAZINg. ALL OF THE DESIGNS LOOK SO GORGEOUSSSSSS AHHH AND EVEN OLD CONCEPT ART OF THE OTHER CHARACTERS?? we were robbed.

AND YES I'VE SEEN THE DOTTORE MASK LEAK... he looks so fine i love him😭💖 I NEED TO SEE OMEGA AND PRIME ON SCREEN AT THE SAME TIME I WANT TO SEE THEM TALKING TO EACH OTHER??? I NEED INTERACTIONS NOWWW . AND YESS THAT IMAGE OF THE HARBINGERS TOGETHER IS KEEPING ME ALIVE THIS IS THE MOST WE'VE SEEN THEM TOGETHER SINCE THE TRAILER 😭 and ACTUALLY I THINK I SEE THE CANE THING UR TALKING ABOUT?!! IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE PART OF HER DRESS SINCE ITS TOO FAR AWAY OMG NONNIE I DIDNT NOTICE THAT AT ALLLL 😭💖 PANTALONE HAVING A CANE ACTUALLY SUITS HIM OMFG

I'm super excited for Fontaine 🥰🥰 And i feel you with the desert exploration! Really wish we had more forest than desert in Sumeru. Good luck on it 🎐 anon!! Dottore mains us soon 🥰

#smooches talks #🎐 anon #leak.content #MY LOVE DW ABT BRAINROTS I GET HAPPY JUST BY LOOKING AT UR WORDS...#AND UM IS UR FOOT OK..??#IM SO SORRY THAT HAPPENED TO U 😭😭😭 STAY SAFE

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kynimdraws · 7 years

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A little PSA: An explanation of Ovewatch Ana’s “Tal/탈” skin

I am getting tired of people hating on Ana’s Tal skin and while I have expressed my discontent over this unnecessary discourse on twitter I might as well crosspost on tumblr because of non-Koreans trying to spread misinformation about my home country’s culture.

(Ana voice): SHHHHHHHHHHHH calm down kids it’s grandma

Disclaimer: I am Korean. My mother is a Korean teacher who has taught me Korean history/culture. My uncle teaches in a University about Korean history. Chinese cultural appropriation topics will not be mentioned here, because I am not Chinese. Someone with better knowledge about that than make their own posts elsewhere (please).

A quick googling of “tal” or “탈” will give you the following definition (lifted from the all-accessible wikipedia page). I bolded the most relevant parts of this excerpt since I will go into more detail about it in the next paragraphs:

Korean masks have a long tradition with the use in a variety of contexts. Masks are called tal (Hangul: 탈) in Korean, but they are also known by many others names such as gamyeon, gwangdae, chorani, talbak and talbagaji. Korean Mask come with black cloth attached to the sides of the mask designed to cover the back of the head and also to simulate black hair.

They were used in war, on both soldiers and their horses; ceremonially, for burial rites in jade and bronze and for shamanistic ceremonies to drive away evil spirits; to remember the faces of great historical figures in death masks; and in the arts, particularly in ritual dances, courtly, and theatrical plays. The present uses are as miniature masks for tourist souvenirs, or on cell-phones where they hang as good-luck talismans.

The one Ana is specifically wearing is a type of 하회탈 (hahoetal), which describes a type of mask used during theatre (하회별신굿탈놀이) and dance (탈춤) since the 12th century. These performances consist of a cast of character archetypes, which are depicted by the masks. Many of the features in the masks are exaggerated for humorous and dramatic effect. Here are a general list of masks that commonly seen.

Fun fact, Ana’s mask is a hybrid of the Kaksi/각시 and Yangban/양반 mask. And maybe a little bit of the Halmo/할미 depending on the mask design.

These mask plays were performed in villages to ward off evil spirits and to convince the local gods to protect them and bring prosperity. A certain aspect of these performances are also comedic, and a chance for performers to poke fun of the ruling class and taboo subjects like sex. While this is not tied to the Lunar New Year specifically, such performances were done during special occasions like those holidays.

Now you may be asking “this is part of a religious thing! Isn’t that disrespectful??” And trust me, this depiction is FAR from being offensive to most Koreans.

Yes the tal was used for shamanistic rituals, specifically associated with “muism” (무교/신교). However, muism is not a popular Korean religion. While there has a recent uprise in people practicing it/being interested in it, Muism has always faced discrimination in Korean history. Confucianism, Christianity, and even Japanese colonialism has demonized this religion and it was nearly forgotten/eradicated. The most known incident of this is called the misin tapa undong (미신 타파 운동) describes a period from 19th century to the 1980s where various parties (both outside and inside Korea) tried to eradicate muism through various means, including burning down local shrines and villages that were known to practice them. People had to be in hiding so avoid persecution.

Fortunately the Korean government has indirectly protected Muism by making several aspects of their religious traditions as national Korean treasures, including the 탈 among other things. But it is important to note that whole 탈 culture is secularized now. It does not have the religious connotations that it was known for. Hell, the masks are one of the most recognizable features of Korean culture (and seen in many souvenirs). There are places in Korea that preserve this tradition and perform it to the public to spread awareness of its history (the 안동 village every September has an arts festival for all traditional Korean performing arts). FYI, Koreans who appreciate this are not muists themselves, and no one requires you to be one. Lunar New Year is largely a secular holiday, after all.

Now, do you want to see some of the reactions KOREAN FANS had about the Ana skin? Here are few I got off from twitter, with translations from yours truly:

BTW that Ana tal skin is my aesthetic - (x)

That Ana skin is really good ㅇㅁㅇ....tal is really making my heart flutter* - (x)

*간지뿅뿅 is not a really easy thing to translate since it’s a combo of a sound effect and an emotion??? It’s a positive response either way

Ana skin ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠtal is so good ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ - (x)

OMG Ana’s skin is tal LOL that is exciting - (x)

Many of these really are happy their culture is seen! And it’s not depicted in a mocking manner and the overall design is quite lovely, with Korean-design motifs in her clothes. The few relatively negative tweets about her skin are how the cloth may be too bright/gaudy compared to the mask, which is sort of true. The mask is supposed to be seen clearly to show what character the performer is playing out. But the color scheme really looks like those worn for the Bongsan talchum (봉산탈춤), another variety of tal (they are all within the same province btw). And a lot of Korean traditional color schemes are pretty gaudy too.

Alright, so I have told you all I can about the tal culture. Now the you may be asking the following question, summarized well by this tweet:

I think Ana looks awesome in general but what was the concept behind her new skin ???? She’s Egyptian so why wear a Tal? - (x)

To be fair, I was also fairly surprised by the choice for having Ana have the Korean-style skin before I became super ecstatic to see my culture be represented. I do agree it is odd to see a Muslim/Egyptian/Arabic character (two groups that don’t really celebrate Lunar New Year from what I can gather) to be chosen for a Korean skin, but that matter sort of falls into the “Muslim/Egyptian/Arabic culture is underrepresented in Overwatch and gaming media in general” topic and I am not knowledgeable enough to discuss that in detail. A Muslim Overwatch fan has written about this matter here if you want to check it out.

But back on point, is this skin an example of YELLOW FACE or CULTURAL APPROPRIATION? No! When did being Muslim/Arabic/Egyptian =/= you can’t celebrate/appreciate other cultures and their traditions? Did you only want Koreans to get the skin? I am all for D.Va getting more skins (and MAYBE more KOREAN OVERWATCH HEROES) but why restrict the Korean theme onto just one character? Cultural appropriation is when people INAPPROPRIATELY disrespect a culture by mocking them and disregarding the traditions of said culture. Ana is not doing any of this. Besides, Korean tal culture is not closed off to non-Koreans, and there are Korean cultural socities that are willing to offer classes on this and will even teach you how to do the dance/plays (i.e. Sejong University has a site for it).

FYI because I am Korean, I cannot say how Egyptian/Muslim/Arab fans feel about Ana wearing Korean attire for Lunar New Year. I have talked to a few Muslim OW fans/friends about this and given their differing opinions on the matter (including the OP of the muslim underrepresentation post I linked earlier), I cannot really make a confident assumption on how these people generally feel about the skin. On Korean fandom’s end though, we love the skin! It’s great Blizzard took the time to research Korean culture and make a skin that isn’t mocking Koreans. And Blizzard does have some ties with Korea itself due to its HUGE gaming culture/fanbase, so it is possible BlizzKorea has gotten input there for this event. Being between two BIG Asian countries (Japan and China), Korea is often left out and this event was a really nice breath of fresh air. We are represented!! We are not some invisible culture between the big two!!!

And if you are not part of this culture, just PLEASE let other people speak out about the matter before getting on your moral high horse to talk about appropriation.

Now, does that mean the Korean fandom thinks Blizzard is a perfect company? NO! Honestly the entire event is MOSTLY about Chinese culture (with some Korean stuff squeezed in between). Other Asian countries that celebrate Lunar New Year have been ignored (i.e. Southeast Asian cultures and some Indian cultures celebrate Lunar New Year and they are not included despite Symmetra being Indian, etc). These discrepancies are good starting points to discuss underrepresentation in media that Blizzard can learn about and hopefully include in their future updates. From what I can see, the Overwatch developers have been receptive to this feedback so it would be good to have that convo in their official forums too.

FYI, I personally feel like there could have been more Korean stuff for this event period. In America at least, it really sucks that Lunar New Year is ALWAYS called Chinese New Year despite other countries also celebrating it...RIP. But I appreciate that this game has made Korean culture more visible. Here’s hope to more visible Korean stuff in gaming and elsewhere! Where is my “새해 복 많이 받으세요” voice line for D.Va? I demand answers Blizzard!!!

Anyway, hope that has taught you something new, and Happy Lunar New Year to everyone!

#a psa #overwatch #d.va #korean culture #ana #ana amari #korea #lunar new year #year of the rooster overwatch

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artstartart · 6 years

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Artist Spotlight: Erin Branscum

Get to know one of our University of Texas at Austin artists from the June 2018 Sale on ArtStartArt.

To get things started, share a little bit more about yourself and your artwork.

I have always been interested in fine arts, and all throughout grade school I have practiced art. I knew I wanted to continue taking art classes past high school, which is how I decided to go to art school. I always have painted—mostly watercolor and acrylics—and drawn, but since coming to college I really got into oil painting and photography, which are now my two main mediums I work with.

I have always been interested in painting from photographs in which I have taken, mostly drawing from places I have traveled. I have always been interested in the environment and people. My work today has evolved from that, and although I still paint environmental scenes, I am now influenced by more personal feelings and am painting more from experience and less from photographs. I enjoy rocks and the ambiguous forms they can take on, which is what most of my most recent work shows.

Tell us about your first experience creating.

I’m not sure when my first experience creating exactly was. I always made hand-made cards when I was little, birthday cards or Mother’s or Father’s Day cards, and I would draw or create fun things and give them to my family. I remember always being innovative in my creating, not limited only to drawn and painted pictures but also making 3-D cards and using all sorts of materials.

What has been your favorite part of art school so far?

My favorite part so far has been the resources provided through the fine arts school at UT that has allowed me to explore so many different processes and types of art making. UT has been great because I did not have to choose a specific focus for my undergrad years, so it has allowed me to explore and take so many different classes I am interested in. You really take your own role in art making at UT, which has been great for personal exploration and finding out what it is that I truly enjoy making.

What are you currently exploring in your work?

I am currently exploring the human relationship with the environment. Through my own personal connections and feelings, I have been most recently painting rocks and exploring their form and color and textures. I am interested in the ambiguity many rock forms can take, which is something I have been trying to create and emphasize in my paintings. I have been using my own experiences in environments and trying to create slightly abstract and ambiguous images.

What excites you about ArtStartArt?

It is my first chance to get my work out in the public and sell some of my own work. ArtStartArt is there to help me with the process too while also teaching us along the way.

If you had to choose another major besides art, what would it be, and why?

I would choose photo journalism or architecture. I have always been interested in photography and have always been interested in traveling. I would love to combine these two things and be a traveling photojournalist. I also love math and physics and architecture seems like a good balance between math and art.

Tell us about your creative process, from the beginning phases of conception all the way to completion.

I don’t consider myself much of a planner. I’m definitely more of a type B person and jump right into a work without thinking too much about it. I always am thinking, and I usually think of ideas while I’m doing things like driving, walking to class, or other activities.

Once I have a slight idea in my head I usually just start painting, or I’ll sketch a really fast rough layout of a painting and then get started. I find that I always am changing things as I paint, so I usually let my paintings evolve as I make them and see how they change each day I work on them.

Who, or what, is currently inspiring you?

Mostly the environment and my own experiences. I travel a lot, and I also spend lots of time outdoors, which I usually draw my inspiration from. I don’t have any current artists I am drawn to specifically, I am constantly searching for new artists and looking at different works, processes, etc.

RAPID FIRE QUESTIONS FOR ERIN

Favorite movie: National Treasures

Next place you’d like to travel: Alaska to see the northern lights

Guilty pleasure: Ice cream

Last TV show you watched: New Girl

Your superpower: Transporting places at the snap of my finger

BEHIND THE SCENES WITH ERIN

We asked Erin to share a few of images that encapsulated her and her creative process, so enjoy taking a peek inside her studio. You may even recognize some of the pieces!

VIEW ALL OF ERIN’S WORK CURRENTLY FOR SALE.

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