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purplealmonds · 10 months

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This is my tribute to the late Technoblade. I'm well over a week late to the anniversary of his passing, but I think it was worth the wait. I wanted to get this right.

The story I want to tell is of time's passage after his passing, and the set dressing of this space is a symbolic amalgamation of various aspects of his life depicting that concept.

I have a lot more to say about this painting - three pages just for the symbolism alone. If you're interested, please let me know and I'll share my analysis on a separate post! Edit: I caved. Aight, prepare for a massive info dump below the cut!

DISCLAIMERS:

Although I put a lot of research into this piece, my knowledge is likely flawed and incomplete. If I missed or misinterpreted a reference, it’s because I’m new to the Technoblade community. If I got a symbolism thing wrong, it’s because I relied on Google search for answers. I fact checked where I could. And with this analysis, I hope I can clear up any misinterpretations!

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OVERVIEW:

There’s lots of imagery to unpack so I’ll try parsing it in a structured manner. Let’s first examine it holistically.

The story I want to tell here is of time’s passage after Technoblade’s passing. As such,the set dressing of this space is a symbolic amalgamation of that concept.

Prominently featured are the various medical equipments - a nod to the grim reality of his cancer. But let’s not linger upon that aspect of his story.

Of equal importance are the more mundane objects - his gaming setup, the couch and pillow which Floof sat upon in that one photo, the plethora of paraphernalia of branded merchandise, and references to his exploits in Minecraft. These are relics and mementos of his legacy.

All of these elements intermingle in flooded, lushly overgrown room looking out to a rose-tinted exterior. Is it dawn? Dusk? I’ll leave that interpretation up to the viewers.

The third and final component is the plant life representing his community -us. We beautify this metaphorical space with where it was once laden with tragedy. Yet, despite these riotous blooms, we never quite encroach on the bed - the empty space left behind by him.

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SET DRESSING:

Much care was taken in selecting the blossoms and placing them in symbolically significant locations. And this neatly transitions us into the analysis individual details.

Foreground:

In the foreground, ivy crawls through a lamp and white clovers thrive atop a pile of pillboxes. The lamp base, once a shining bronze-like finish, is heavily tarnished. The lampshade is overgrown with moss and ivy. Even if the greenery has yet to damage the electric wiring, the damp surely has finished the job. Even if the bulb is replaced, the body is too far gone. The light’s never coming on again.

I was initially put out that my painstakingly 3D modeled pillboxes became entirely obscured, but I think it works in favor of the piece’s overarching theme: the beautiful wilds overtaking a space that once reeked of the desperate fight to prolong life.

White clover blossoms meaning “thinking of you” is paired with the ivy meaning “everlasting devotion”. It’s an apt combination. It has been over a year since his passing, and we still remember and carry on his legacy.

Nestled amongst the foliage is Techno’s compass. It was once used to hunt him down in the Dream SMP. But now, it’s an odd comfort. Even though he’s no longer with us, he’s still somewhere far, far away– or is he? The original idea was for the needle to point heavenwards, but it is currently pointing…sideways? I’ll get to the reasoning a bit later.

The Flood:

Moving deeper into the space, we hit the floodwaters. These once turbulent currents are now tranquil enough to nourish this verdant place. The thriving plant life hides much of this darkness. It is beautiful, hopeful, even. But always bittersweet, because everything that grows here is laced with an old sorrow.

White lotus rise from the murky depths. That is us, overcoming our grief. Breaching the surface, we gain a new vantage point to contemplate this loss. Perhaps we can also find a more comforting perspective of it.

Submerged amongst the blossoms is a rusted oxygen machine. I wanted to decorate the machine with stickers, much like one would personalize a plaster cast for a broken limb. It is deliberate that the “Technoblade Never Dies” sticker is in shadow, while the “So Long, Nerds" is in light.

Immediately to the right was meant to be a box of assorted Technoblade apparel. But then I flooded the space for narrative reasons, rendering that idea unusable. I eventually converted it into a Welch’s Fruit Snacks box, because apparently Technoblade liked them? It’s one of the shallower references here but it is what it is.

And finally, there is a little cameo floating somewhere in the waters. An Easter egg, if you will. I wonder if you can find it?

Furnishings from Home:

I found the couch and Technoblade’s gaming setup during my trawl through the Technoblade Reddit page for reference photos. Balancing this space full of impersonal medical equipment with more personalized belongings is grounding. These areas insert familiarity in this strange environment.

Gaming Setup:

The gaming setup is bare bones - just the monitor, keyboard, and mouse. There was no space to add more iconic elements like his Blue Yeti microphone or the steering wheel from that Minecraft challenge. Hanging above but heavily obscured by overgrowth are two framed pictures of Technoblade’s cabin and a potato minion. It is a blink-and-you-miss-it detail, placed in a dim space and requiring close examining to notice. Without the context of the rest of this environment, it is easily mistaken as generic set dressing.

That’s the point, though. This was a space where he streamed and created videos much beloved by his community. This space was the means of creation, not the creations themselves. Without the creator at the helm, this setup becomes insignificant. Does one dote over the easel on which paintings were created, or the paintings themselves? So now it sits in darkness, a footnote of Technoblade’s legacy.

Nostalgia Corner:

On the other end, we have the sold out Youtooz plushies and the Agro Pig plush from the recent merch drop sat atop the couch. If you look closely, you’ll see a Skeppy coin leaning against one of the plushies. Behind the couch is a shelf. A generic shelf, but the important bits here are the sellout bell, Youtube plaque, and vinyl figurines.

This corner of the room is nostalgic and soft. Everything is bathed in rosy pink light, and it is filled with things that are comfortingly familiar. All across the world, people in his community have these pieces of merch to remember him by.

The red poppies that also grow here have multiple meanings. It represents the battle - one against sarcoma - which was fought here. It symbolizes death, but also resilience in the face of grueling conditions. It is said that they grow in former battlefields where of fallen warriors. I believe of all the flowers here, this one best represents Technoblade.

The Hanging Mobile:

Strung up above it is a rather last minute addition to the environment - a hanging mobile fabricated from totems representing each member of the Sleepy Bois Inc. friend group. First and foremost is Technoblade’s iconic MCC crown, aptly placed at the top. Although it is untouched by the greenery, the gold and jewelry are somewhat muted and tarnished by time.

This is not the case for the objects below. TommyInnit’s music disc shines iridiscent green and purple - Cat and Mellohi merged into one. To is right is a sky-blue guitar pick with the LoveJoy logo engraved onto it for Wilbur Soot. And finally, below it all is Philza’s Friendship Emerald - sparkling and refracting light - with Elytra feathers fastened at the bottom. They, suspended and isolated from everything, maintain a pristine vibrancy which strongly contrasts against everything else in this space.

IV Stand:

Next to the computer setup is the IV stand. It sustains life which is incapable of continuing on without intervention. The butterfly milkweed growing on it, in contrast, says “let me go.” The latter, overtaking the tangle of tubes and powered off patient monitor, is victorious. The hooks stand rusted, and the IV bag empty from disuse.

Sat atop the patient monitor but almost blending into the walls is a pig figurine featured in Dream’s latest music video. It stands on a high perch, yet is unassuming as to direct focus on Technoblade, or rather, his absence.

Hanging from the wired basket is an air freshener tag. If you look on the official website, this is one of the only products which has what I can only call interesting flavor text. Most are merely descriptions and specs of the product. To quote it verbatim:

“Yes, this is a real product. And no, this ‘air freshener’ has no discernible fragrance. ‘Why’ you ask? Because Mr. Technodad and our team agreed this was exactly the sort of air freshener Alex would have found hilarious.”

As morbid as it sounds, I feel like this air freshener tag would not have existed before Technoblade’s passing. It is so unlike any other merchandise I’ve seen in any other branded merchandise store. It’s like an inside joke, secretly shared within the descriptions for the world to eventually discover.

Window:

Unlit candles line the window sill - the aftermath of a candlelight vigil. It is a versatile symbol. It raises awareness of a disease or illness. It pays tribute the dead. Judging from the melted wax dribbling down the candle shafts and the wall below (the opacity was reduced so it looks less like bloodstains), this has been done many times over. But there is so much more candle to burn, representing the people still continuing this ceremony, albeit in the privacy of their own homes.

Above the candles are some broken blinds. When grieving, it would have been so easy for Mr. Technodad to hide away from the world in his grief. It’s understandable, to give into that primal urge to flee from prying eyes when he’s at his most vulnerable. He had the difficult task of reading out his son’s final farewell to us. This barrier between him and us dismantled by this gesture so we can remember Technoblade together.

Coincidentally, the window frame itself somewhat resembles the kitchen window featured in Technoblade and Technodad's cooking videos. Completely unintentional on my end, but fitting in a way since in both those videos they're pulling back the metaphorical curtains for the audience to peer into a small aspect of their private lives.

To the right of the window is a nondescript clock, forever stopped at the 6:30 as a nod to the date when the "So Long, Nerds" video was published. The minute hand is accidentally left out removed to signify that time will no longer move forward for Technoblade. In contrast, the rest of the world - represented by this space - continues to grow and change around his absence.

A wind chime hangs just outside the window. It is said that the soothing sounds produced by them is a healing balm during tumultuous times. Where there is wind there is stirred up emotions, but it is motionless on this calm, breezeless day. A rare respite, where remembrance overrides grief.

On a more amusing note, there is an interesting looking moth perched on the window glass. Upon closer inspection, the wing pattern may look somewhat familiar. In Chinese culture, when a huge moth visiting your home is the embodiment of your recently deceased loved one checking on you. Remember the compass in the foreground? Well, here’s why it is pointed sideways instead of upwards. This idea came up rather organically during a VC session in the R/Technoblade Discord server. My handful of viewers and myself affectionately dubbed this doofy looking moth TechnoMoff!

Venturing further beyond the windows, ferns grow with wild abandon. They represent eternal youth, and from a certain point of view, he will remain youthful forever at the age of 23. He lives on through us carrying on his legacy and spreading his story.

Everything outside is tinged with pink. After someone dies, we start seeing them less as a person and more as a legacy. It is the natural course of things to start seeing the deceased through rose-tinted lenses - hence the artificially pink hue of the outside contrasting with the more grounded color palette of the inside.

Bed:

And now we circle back to the centerpiece of this entire composition: the bed and the things that surround it.

In front of the bed is an over-bed table with a single object: an incense bowl filled to the brim with burnt sticks of incense. A simple shrine for Technoblade. In Chinese culture, we light incense at the altar to honor our loved ones. We may live separate lives and not cross paths often, but we all come together to leave our marks through this ritual. It is proof that he is still very much loved and missed by us all.

The bariatric bed frame is typically seen in hospitals. It allows the patient to comfortably sit up or recline without expending valuable energy. Encased in this frame is something more personal - the mattress and cushions which Technoblade laid upon in his photo with the Youtube plaque. Their unique patterning is a foil for the impersonal receptacle it is caged in. It is spotlit by the window light, emphasizing its emptiness. Not a single blossom dares to encroach upon this space, because to do so would be to erase the space where Technoblade last resided. Like I mentioned before, this is story is about the space around him as much as it is about him.

Cradling this bed frame are several flowers. Rosemary and forget-me-not’s for remembrance. Appropriate, given its proximity to the bed. Morning glories, for resilience. That’s us, again. For a while, we meander and spread in the upper walls of this space, avoiding the floodwaters which symbolize grief. But eventually, we gather the strength to meander down to the bed, where grief was the strongest.

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CONCLUSION:

There is that cheesy quote from that one Marvel TV show – “What is grief, but love persevering?” While this reframes our perception of dealing with loss, grief is not some thing that should linger. The absence of grief does not equate to the lack of love. Instead, I would like you to consider this: remembrance is love persevering. And with our combined perseverance, Technoblade will never truly die.

#technoblade #Technoblade never dies #Technoblade fanart #techno fanart #sleepy bois inc #tommyinnit #philza #wilbur soot #qsmp chayanne #skeppy #dream #mcyt #mcyt fanart #fan art #purplealmonds #2023

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almondreblogs · 10 months

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Drew @nightmargin's Sky kid, Nemo!

#thatskygame #thatskygame fanart #sky cotl #sky children of the light #thatgamecompany #fan art #purplealmonds #2023

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rooseph07 · 4 months

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Currently in the process of designing my own take on The Magnus Archives entity cards! Credits to @purplealmonds for the tma logo design I fell in love with it! The cards will be double sided so stay tuned for the reveal of the first five cards, can you guess what entities they are? :D

These are simply the drafts, I have plans of drawing digital copies ╰(*´︶`*)╯♡

#the magnus archives #tma fanart #the magnus archive fanart #fear entities #magnus archives #jonathan sims #card #art #cards #im so excited can anyone tell

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turtlecase · 2 months

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3 and 17 for the artists asks :D

3- favorite subjects to draw

As of right now im drawing a lot of q!jaiden, but usually i default on drawing my ocs, especially sunny!

17- favorite pieces of art (not made by you) i have a few so under the cut!

(By applestruda)

(By time-woods, really anything from them but this is definitely one of my favorites)

(By purplealmonds)

(By feminetomboy)

All of these are probably some of my favorite art pieces I’ve seen! I’m sure im forgetting a few, but yeah :]

#turtleasks #artist ask game

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eggdrawsthings · 2 years

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Hey, can I just say? I've only recently started watching The Mandalorian, and I'm going absolutely feral over your fan art for the series. Your style's so slick and dynamic, but what really sells it for me is the various interactions between Din and Grogu - you capture so many the facets of their relationship in those drawings! (On a tangent, it's also it's neat that you briefly worked at MBG - I'm currently helping on Disney Melee Mania on the Disney side - small world, haha!)

OMG WHAT!!! That's so cool tho!!! I felt so honored when the guys at MBG contacted me for the gig it was such a cool pj. Sad that i was so bz w my full-time job at that time i couldnt work on more stuff for them haha. It didnt even have a name at that point (or they couldnt share it cos of NDA lmao) but anw thank you so so so much!!! I'm so glad that you enjoy my Clan of Two brainworm doodles hahahah

#i dont really follow them so i didnt know the game is out alr #gotta go edit my resume and LinkedIN now that know the game's name lmao #thougths in space #purplealmonds

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pulsehldfanzine · 4 years

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Without further ado, we're excited to present the cover of our fanzine, collaboratively painted by @nightmargin and @purplealmonds!

(P.S. We are getting close to finalizing the preorder date...more on that later! 💜)

#PulseHLDFanzine #Hyper Light Drifter #hld #Pulse Fanzine #NightMargin #PurpleAlmonds #merch #cover

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aussiepineapple1st · 5 years

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@vivi-theakuneko @purplealmonds and a few others were doing some drawings..... BUT THIS IS ALL I HAVE TO SHOW BECAUSE THE FIRST PAGE WHICH WAS FANTASTIC HAD THIS ONE AUTO SAVE OVER IT SO I HOPE PURPLEALMONDS SAVED THE FIRST PAGE OR THERE IS NO TRACE OF IT!!!!!!!! I’M SO SORRY!! I’M SO UPSET!!!!!!!

#drawpile #dagnabbit #goshdarnit #FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU #aussiepineapple1st #purplealmonds #good omens #gomens #I'm so sad #the first page was amazing!!#vivi-theakuneko

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gretchenzellerbarnes · 4 years

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Guess who received this absolutely gorgeous print of Aziraphale & Crowley by the amazingly talented @whiteleyfoster in the post today (from @purplealmonds All You Need is Love… and Food)!!!

#good omens #whiteleyfoster #ineffable husbands #all you need is love... and food #purplealmonds #SQUEEEEEEEE #gzb

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goodomensbigbang · 5 years

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Another art submission question. Do we need to select all the stories want to illustrate for at once? I'm not sure how long it will take to create illustration(s) for just one fic alone. I know you guys have pinch hitters to help with this, but I don't want to overcommit on the get go! >

Hey there!

Around claims, a separate submission form for each story you want to illustrate should be sent in. Claims usually go quite fast and aren’t open indefinitely, so we suggest claiming the works you know for sure you’ll be able to work for.

If you are unsure whether or not you can handle more, however, we suggest you sign up as pinch hitter so you can take over any stories that end up without an artist if you have the time for it!

Hope that answers your question.

- The Mods

#purplealmonds #asks #ask the mods #good omens big bang #gobb2019 #gobb #good omens

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designerdollar · 3 years

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LOGO: "NCS CLOTHING" Color: Black, Golden. Theme: Men's Clothing. Category: Fashion.

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"Basically, I was focusing on the brand's name as the client wanted to highlight their brand name as typography. The brand is providing all the accessories for men's cloth." Following the brand's name "NCS" is fully organized in this logo so that people can easily recognize the industry at once.

BEHANCE: www.behance.net/designerdollar8

DRIBBLE: www.dribbble.com/DesignerDollar

LINKEDIN: www.linkedin.com/in/designerdollar

INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/designer_dollar

TWITTER: www.twitter.com/designer_dollar

REDDIT: www.reddit.com/user/designerdollar

YouTube: www.youtube.com/UC7EoQK7pf_2yk0RFrkDe4iQ

Regards.

Kazi Faiz Ahmed (Jeem)

Whatsapp/Call/Message : +8801624376266

E-mail: [email protected]

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neoyi · 7 years

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Happy birthday, Neo! :D

Thanks, Almond!

#purplealmonds #neoyi talks

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purplealmonds · 8 months

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My entry for the banner art contest for the Technoblade Discord server, inspired by a parenting story Technodad shared on Reddit.

More ramblings about process below the cut!

I didn't have time to document much of my process, so I'll be dropping bits of trivia as they come to me.

The contest announcement dropped 08/08, and for a few days I thought I was gonna skip out on it because I couldn't think of a decent idea. But then inspiration struck when I rewatched Tonko House's The Dam Keeper short. I also recalled Technodad's sweet parenting story, so I decided to mash the two ideas together for my entry.

Most of the time spent on this piece was on the 3D modeling in SketchUp! I started modeling on 08/11, and had several false starts before settling on the final build on 08/18. Technodad mentioned in his story that his family lived in a condo in San Francisco, so I referenced the more iconic architecture of the location's residential areas. He probably lives in more modern housing, but I'm a sucker for the old-fashioned aesthetic. Artistic-liberty!

The theme of the banner art contest was "autumn", so I roughly blocked in the location of two trees which I would paint in autumnal colors. The street lamps were recycled from another banner contest I entered around 2020 for the CrankGameplays server themed after "spring" - I think it's fitting that it's reused in another seasonal-themed contest. Everything else was modeled from scratch!

I wish I documented more of my painting process, but all of the painting was done in a span of 1.5 days while I was recovering from a bug. Normally I'd take at least a week to finesse things, but I was in a rush. I needed to submit my entry before the deadline so there was ample time for upvotes, and I also had a commission I needed to wrap up before next month. I get restless when I have more than one project on my plate, especially when both are time-sensitive!

#technoblade fanart #technoblade #technodad #technodad fanart #Technoblade never dies #mcyt #mcyt fanart #purplealmonds #fan art #2023

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mutantrenegade · 7 years

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THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYONE WHO WATCHED/DONATED/HELPED WITH THE STREAM! THIS WAS AN AMAZING 2 DAYS AND IT’S ALL THANKS TO ALL OF YOU!

WE RAISED $1120! HOLY CRAP!

@nightmargin WILL BE MAKING THE ONESHOT DATING SIM

As for the auction items here’s where all the totals ended.

2 Oneshot style Icon commissions from Nightmargin -

COMM 1 WINNER - @necessarymerchant $50

COMM 2 WINNER - @purplealmonds $30

Commission from @nightmargin -

WINNING BID - rmanreeves - $200

Commission from @purplealmonds

WINNING BID - @plasterbrain - $105

Judge Plushie from @yume-kitti. Bidding starts at $50, Plushie ships from Canada.

WINNING BID - @spiceferret - $160 (congratz siracha :P )

A 48x96 pixel character sprite from @necessarymerchant.

WINNING BID - @maybeitsavirus - $55

If you were tagged as a winner and we don’t already have your address please contact me with your info.

If you donated over $10 please contact @lumberjonathan and @spiceferret to claim your doodles.

OTHER STREAM HIGHLIGHTS

this gif that will haunt your dreams

@pseudotis and @yume-kitti nyaaing we are number one against their will

Oneshot Dating Sim

@mutantrenegade taking all the cupcakes to the face (if anyone got screen grabs of this please send me them)

@mutantrenegade actually beating OFF (lol phrasing)

@mutantrenegade dancing so smooth in the chicken mask again

@mutantrenegade somehow beating the game with 0 game overs even with the chicken mask on.

Elsa with a gun

Coming up with names for the Dating Sim (top contenders OneShot At Love and OneTooManyShots)

This gif again. LOOK AT IT.

We chose the judge ending because obviously.

A bottle of @spiceferret‘s tears.

@pseudotis and @yume-kitti doing everything they can possibly do to get out of having to nyaa We Are Number One (we are nyaamber one) and failing.

Ending the stream attempting to play Hotline Miami in a chicken mask.

Once again, I cannot thank everyone involved with the stream enough. These past 2 days have been a greater success than we ever hoped it would be and it’s all thanks to you guys. We are all at a loss for words for how wonderfully this turned out. Stay tuned to our various blogs for any further info about this stream and other charity streams for Felix.

Videos of the $1000 Events and We Are Nyaamber One will be uploaded to YouTube tomorrow.

We reached $1000, holy crap.

OneShot dating sim.