#the details here are amazing

[zuzu-draws]

["....And there is a certain Hunger within him, that is difficult to satiate.."]

#ryomen sukuna #sukuna #true form sukuna #og sukuna #heian era #jjk sukuna #jujutsu kaisen #jjk #fan art #my art #painting #jjk art #I honestly dunno what exactly i've done here but i've done it #kinda got a lil inspired by amazing jjk artists that render detailed paintings and decided i should try and slowly improve my coloring too #throw him a piece of meat and he'll be satiated for the moment don't take the caption too seriously lol #He's such a big foodie he's just like me fr frr #anywhos i hope you like my rendering! :D Because im idk bout it heh

[kaeyachi]

Kaeyappreciation post!

Kaeya is wonderful in a sense that he:

Has a penmanship described as "Beautiful Handwriting". He for sure worked on that.

Willingly spends his time making sure his outfit looks perfect

Is well-loved by Mondstadt and the Dawn Winery staff

Is described to like a prince, both in looks and in actions

Is shown to be gentle and caring to children and elderly, most seen with Klee and the staff from Dawn Winery

Is a great listener and, therefore, also knows what gifts to buy based off of something someone said in passing

Is predominantly kind- unafraid to help out and defend someone in need. His first reaction is always kindness, and worry about covering up that kindness later on

But Kaeya also has his moments where he:

Says things out of pocket with enough alcohol in his system. Things that usually lead to shame and regret.

Would rather give others the credit for his hard work if he could help it

Intentionally makes himself look suspicious by withholding information and only throwing tidbits that are not of substance

Has sadist tendencies, which affects how he treats both his (cavalry) company and his enemies

Can and will use underhanded tactics to gain the upper hand

Rarely ever says what he truly wants to say

Has a fake smile. Usually lies or only deals with half truths.

He is such a complex character. I really do want people to appreciate him and his intricacies more. The fact that his entire personality and story is done so well and continues to actually grow and expand as the story progresses is something that genuinely makes me want to keep watch of him. I have never, in all my fandoms, stuck to a character as long as I did with Kaeya, and honestly? I know I'm not alone with this.

Look at how well they made our boy!

#the longest other characters have lasted with me is 6 months at most but kaeya has been eating my brain for YEARS #kaeyachi randoms #kaeya #kaeya alberich #note: everything listed here is from the kaeya hangout/limited events/character stories. None of these are HCs #but no seriously look at how much we have of him and yet all of this is still barely scratching the surface augh #im gonna keep digging #HIS FLAWS ARE APPRECIATED IN THIS HOUSE #room for growth and error? thats very cool. give me more pls #give kaeya the dan heng treatment 🙏 #bro's character is legit getting more and more detailed its amazing like ayo why is genshin leaving other characters in the dust?! #look at how they made kaeya and compare it with others who have lower lore relevance... #some characters stopped growing after they were introduced :( #tbh the fact that genshin released a starter character this amazing made several of us stick to the game #thats amazing tbh...

[observerkaine]

It Spreads is a lovely comic created by the legendary @foxxology and in celebration of its 1 year anniversary they did a dtiys that I absolutely had to participate in!

Go check out the comic if you haven’t! Seriously, it’s a really good read with great art, go read it! (I linked it twice for further emphasis!!)

#ItSpreadsiversary #it spreads fanart #grian fanart #rendog fanart #kaine’s creative oddities #seriously. this comic and the lore Foxx put into it is amazing. The building tension is amazing and the details that you can find when #rereading the comic are great. I know it’s a joke that I’ve been predicting a lot of what happens but it’s because of Foxx’s storytelling #that I even was able to find or notice things. go give Foxx the love and recognition they deserves and not only stick around for the comic #but for the rest of their amazing art as well! they’re extremely talented and I cannot wait to see the awesome stuff they have next in store #Love ya Foxx. You deserve the best! Keep being LEGENDARY as Mr. Mythical himself declared! #yes I will not let you forget that. he said it not me. I’m just here to remind you of that and Ren calling you amazing.

[linkedin-offficial]

♟️ unholy

#:3 .... we love chess metaphors over here #more in the “hero playing kinger for a fool underneath his own nose” saga #or. more or less just the “hero fucking hates the monarchy” saga #same thing #(insert tf2 spy gif) #thats literally pretty much whats going on with him and i love every second of it #the amazing digital circus #tadc hero #the amazing digital carnival #carnival au #MY ASS AINT IGNORING THE FACT THAT SM TOLD ME IM RIGHT BTW. IM RUNNING WITH THIS SHIT BOYYYYYY #MORE HERO STUFF ON THE HORIZON REGICIDE CRUSADE MY BELOVEDSSS‼️‼️‼️‼️ #so far goose is the only one whos mentioned and found the symbolic details :3 #see if you can too viewer<3 #if you can ill give you a cookie🪤

[tarnussy]

Godrick the Grafted for Soulstober by Charoncreates Artist's Twitter & Carrd permission to share was granted by the artist

#elden ring #godrick the grafted #godrick the golden #godrick #soulstober #soulstober2023 #ink art #traditional art #soulsborne #fromsoftware #illustration #art #curated #following up from yesterday: I got permission to share yay! We can enjoy this gorgeous piece of art now on here too #i love how the skin texture is done on his chest that's an awesome observation #he has really unique texture there in game too #and overall i just love ink pieces let alone if it's him #hair is beautifully done too #attention to detail is amazing #hands are gorgeous

[writeouswriter]

Reading a fic that's so well written I wish I could close my eyes and just let the descriptions and atmosphere wash over me, but the dilemma with closing my eyes is, well, I then would not be able to continue reading this fic, now would I.

#fanfiction #fanfic #reading #i don't read longform fic very often but this one is so good wow i'm in awe and clicking next chapter next chapter #the movie it's for I'm not even a particular major fan of itself but I am a fan of the character and the ideas and oh my god #they perfect it to a tee in every way even better than the movie could and yet keep their characterization spot on in line with the og #it's amazing the way they balance the humour and banter with the suspense/tension and drama/horror #and their descriptions are gorgeous/pick out just the right details #their follow-up is more canonical to me as a sequel than the actual official sequel which is wrong in so many ways #and I am in love with their writing style so much my god #i'll say the fic if asked probably will honestly make a rec post for it when I'm done just because wow but here i'm just vague posting #i mean it's 10 yrs old and I've been reading fic for 8-9 yrs and it is truly one of the best I've read in all of that #from all my tags I mean you can labour a guess for the fandom or fic and if you were to guess it wow good job I'd be impressed #but anyway !!! love finding masterpieces I hope this person decided to become an author in those 10 yrs almost *sobs* #I'm gonna say the fic anyway whatever it's From Out the Ocean Risen by Bluestar god it's good (for p/acific r/im)

[soapcan18]

EVERYONE I JUST NOTICED SOMETHING REALLY COOL

So these are the Anemoi album covers, right? Do you notice a similarity between all of them?

Yes, they all have animals surrounded by a gold ring on them. Obviously there is a lot of symbolism involved with these specific animals and their respective albums, but that’s a whole other conversation.

Right now I want to point out the gold ring— more importantly, how is it changing as the albums progress?

In Notos, the thicker portion of the ring is in the bottom right corner.

In Eurus, that portion is in the top right corner.

In Boreas, it’s in the top left corner.

And in Zephyrus, it’s in the bottom left corner.

THE RING IS GOING IN A CIRCUIT!!!

The thick portion of the ring is moving counterclockwise with each album! And if you go back to Notos after Zephyrus, it’ll be right back at where it started!

This is yet another symbol of the Anemoi albums’ themes of change, cycles, etc. AND IT’S HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT!

How COOL is that??? I just noticed!!

This is even crazier when you add on the fact that the final song you listen to, after going through all the albums, is Rounds.

And what is the ring doing? MAKING ROUNDS!! Going around and around as you keep replaying the albums, repeating the cycle of summer to fall to winter to spring to summer over and over again just as The Oh Hellos intended to convey :)

#I LOVE THE ATTENTION TO DETAIL HERE CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS #so much care is put into their music ugh I love them #you could also interpret the ring moving counterclockwise as the nonlinear path of change! bc it’s not going in the traditional direction! #the oh hellos #oh hellos #ttddv #through the deep dark valley #dear wormwood #the oh hellos ep #the oh hellos lyrics #the oh hellos are amazing #notos #eurus #boreas #zephyrus #anemoi albums #four winds albums #folk music #indie music #indie folk #folk rock #music stuff #music to listen to #songs to listen to #song recs

[fcb-mv33]

He’s so precious around children🥺🥺

#like it’s just the little details #the way he watches to see how she reacts to him playing #keeping eye contact with her and not Vlad 😭 #even just being on here level to interact #he’s just amazing with children♥️ #he’s the sweetest #max verstappen #rambles #f1 #formula 1 #red bull racing

[mettywiththenotes]

Going insane over the way AFO lifts the sword out of his shoulder because it’s so. He doesn’t even use his hand, his palm, to grab it. He uses the back of his hand to lift it up and away

For someone like AFO who we know has a Big Thing with his hands - not just with his quirk but the way he uses them, the way he Offers and gestures, the way they trap and cover - seeing him not even care to properly lift the sword but, instead, lift it with the back of his hand; it’s so clear the attack is nothing to him. The object is nothing to him. By extension, Hawks’ efforts are nothing to him

And the thing is like. This is such a specific gesture. It means so much body language-wise for a character like AFO, but ESPECIALLY because it was drawn by Horikoshi, who has said that “hands are the body part most capable of showing expression and character”

Personally I would have been talking about stuff like this anyway but what gives it more weight and appeal for me is that I know Hori likes drawing hands. That means he puts a lot of care into how hands are drawn. So the fact that I can look at this panel and know that this gesture was drawn with care for how and why the character would do it, that it FITS the character so well, is just really good

#amazing detail to notice #its like he's saying 'oh this little thing here? in my shoulder? you didn't expect it to wound me did you? oh you poor thing' #it fits him so well #GAH #like if it was any other artist i would have been like 'oh hey this is cool look at this' #but because i know that detail about how hori likes drawing hands #im like 'LOOK AT THIS IT MEANS SO MUCH' #bnha #bnha 385 #bnha manga spoilers #bnha spoilers #all for one #horikoshi kohei #mettys posts #metty posts

[moonlitdark]

Jamie as Marlowe is a whole mood. 💀🖤

#jamie campbell bower #jamie bower #kit marlowe my beloved <3 #christopher marlowe #will tnt #does anyone know any history/details about these pics? #an original source would be amazing #jamie IS marlowe here.....

[evelynpr]

Arlecchino Demo Music Analysis

DISCLAIMER: I am no musical expert in any way, just a massive fan of the Genshin soundtrack and learned music theory as a hobby.

One of my favorite things about Genshin is its music. It is not just that it sounds amazing, but each element, style, and motif has meaning and purpose- while being orchestrated and mixed to create a truly magnificent and unique musical experience. It is no exaggeration that this soundtrack is one of a kind.

Arlecchino's Character Demo has just been released, so I want to make a musical breakdown of it because I think it is a stellar example of how Genshin uses music to signify its themes and present its story. Before we get into that, there are ideas that I must detail for you to get the full picture, so I hope you enjoy!

Genshin uses musical elements to signify certain ideas (places, characters, elements, etc.). For example, Chinese and Japanese instrumentation signify Liyue and Fontaine respectively, but it goes beyond this.

"Travelers' Reverie" — Behind the Scenes of the Music of Sumeru | Genshin Impact

You may have noticed that a majority of Genshin's environmental music consists of real world instruments. There are even videos showcasing the orchestras and instruments of each nation (Mondstadt, Liyue, Inazuma, Sumeru, Fontaine), and using orchestral/live instruments even applies to other regions such as Enkanomiya, The Chasm, Golden Apple Archipelago, and etc. This gives each region a distinct musical identity, but all together it establishes them as places that are grounded and real.

During the final act of Fontaine's archon quest, we have been introduced to a new musical identity. This is Genshin's dubstep, and it has been used to signify otherworldly power. This genre not made by a real orchestra or real instruments, but through sampling (using existing sounds/music) and technology.

This is the identity in its most blatant form: (Shadow phase of the All Devouring Narwal boss fight)

This entire track symbolizes this. No other track within Genshin's world sounds remotely like it, symbolizing its otherworldly nature. It does not belong here- not with the live orchestras and melodic symphonies of Genshin's world.

Simply put, hardcore dubstep = otherworldly

Note: I am aware that many character demos and other tracks also use dubstep/EDM, but for the purposes of this post I think it should be left separate. Only if someone openly disputes this conclusion then I would happily oblige in presenting more evidence to this thru a reply or rb. Essentially, dubstep IS used in other tracks, but only in Silhouette of Catastrophe and Arlecchino's demo is the dubstep used as a"main idea", while also accompanied by heavy bass and "smaller intricate" sounds. This specific form of dubstep is what signifies being otherworldly.

Another musical element is children's singing!

In terms of the in-game ost, children's singing is used most prominently in Dragonspine's soundtrack in Genshin's world- and I will admit that I am not sure why that is. Perhaps Dragonspine has themes relating to innocence? Childhood? Tranquility? Whatever it is, I am not sure of. (If you have an idea, I would love to know!)

Instead, we can look at a certain character demo:

Nahida's! The beatdrop of her demo begins with children's singing. I believe this represents her innocent nature, status as a young archon, and the children of the forest that surround her- the Aranara.

Not only that, but the only other people in her demo are all children. Suffice to say, Genshin pays very close attention to using their music to reflect the themes and attributes of their characters in their demos (I could make more posts about this- breaking down more demo music...I think that'd be fun)

It's fairly straightforward, but essentially children's singing = children, innocence, and childhood

Now let's (finally) look at Arlecchino's demo

Let's first review each of the main musical elements and what they represent:

Dubstep and distortion: Otherworldly power. For Arlecchino: her curse, power, and dominance. "A spark cannot shatter all shadows until it sets all ablaze"

Children's voices and music box: Children. For Arlecchino: a lullaby; possibly protectiveness/care or tainted innocence (depending on how you interpret how she sees her children)

The music begins with a solo piano- lonely, melancholic, and mysterious. This is how she is after the death of Clervie and the rest of the children of the HotH.

Afterwards, the piano gets distorted- then replaced with harsh artificial beats and musical turmoil. This may be reflected on how she defeated her "mother" using her otherworldly power- her curse.

Following this is the anticipated beatdrop. Fascinatingly, it is not actually lead by dubstep, but by a distorted music box with a creeping melody. Not only that, but it is accompanied by a children's choir and a drum beat together.

The dubstep then ramps up- completely overtaking the track. But one it has reached its height, it is interrupted by the music box and singing children.

One can interpret this as her children holding her back from unleashing her true power. When she is most ruthless and violent, she is reminded of their playfulness and innocence.

The choir ends abruptly- but afterwards, the children's voices and music box lead the melody, while the dubstep and distortions accompany it harmoniously to create one whole piece.

This is who Arlecchino is. A Father and Harbringer defined by "caring" for her children and her otherworldly power. A love that nurtures and neglects- a power that frees and destroys. A wolf in sheep's clothing, or a sheep in wolf's clothing?

However the demo doesn't end there- the solo piano returns once again.

"Its flame is no longer needed, for you have the strength to defend yourselves"

This is going into speculative territory, but perhaps after she passes on her title as "king", she is once again lonely, left without a family. After all, she may no longer be needed or wanted at all- not after all that she has done, not after all that she has failed to do.

Conclusion

I love Genshin's music from the bottom of my heart. One reason why is the attention, detail, and beauty put into each track. Each piece is not only an experience, but also a story, an idea, a character, a place, whatever the artists wish to portray.

Arlecchino's Character Demo is one but many pieces that showcase this. In this track, we are able to discern Arlecchino's two core ideas, her relationship with her children and otherworldly power, through an incredible combination of singing, a music box, and dubstep. One can even theorize the course of her story through its visuals and music, in the end creating a beautiful and encompassing display of "Arlecchino".

#this does not even talk about the VISUAL details. just the music ALONE is so much #holy shit this i really did all this in one day #dear god arlecchino is truly amazing #i hope u guys like a music analysis im gonna hope this does not flop alkdjfalsdjls #its also really damn long whahhaha #also I am ofc open to criticism im not exactly an expert here #i love love genshins music so much #its amt of motifs and recurring themes could rival undertale #i am not joking #evelynpr genshin #genshin #genshin impact #arlecchino #the knave #music analysis #nahida #peruere #house of the hearth

[tina-rocket]

The changes introduced in the TGCF donghua may not seem like much considering the story is still very much following the books, but they’re genius & add so much to the story considering they’re all fairly minor.

* The flashback to 17 y/o Xie Lian defeating a demon not only serves to immediately estabilish him as a strong, skilled warrior, it’s a great narrative shortcut from having someone else inform the audience that despite appearances, he’s in fact a bad bitch. Show not tell!

* In that same scene, Jun Wu appears for a whole of 10 seconds and half of that is him looming ominously in the background, with his face never shown. Animators, I see you and I love you.

* On the foreshadowing note, Ming Yi’s power glows blue :)

* Pei Xiu’s backstory serves to both humanize him and estabilish his motives more clearly than the books did. It also never felt like a way of excusing his actions, and the scene where he only barely fails to save Banyue and sees her body is a punch to the gut.

* The recontextualisation of the forest walk is wonderful. It’s romantic despite the mystery surrounding the ‘groom in red’ and clues in the audience that this isn’t just dark fantasy, there’s gonna be romance down the line! Xie Lian is still clearly distrustful but the way this scene is framed immediately hints that whoever Hua Cheng is, he’s not a bad guy, while the book keeps the mystery and possibility he may be a villain.

#tgcf #tian guan ci fu #yes i need to point out the Details & it's amazing how much the crew clearly cares #<3 i love it here #tina rambles #hua cheng #xie lian #hualian

[trippygalaxy]

I did a panel redraw for @vaathnaos ‘s comic, Shifting Sands!!! And to spice it up a bit, i decided to only use my pencil crayons!!

I hope you like it!!

#trippy’s art #linked universe #linked universe au #shifting sands au #lu sky #lu wind #lu legend #lu time #i doubt they’ll look in the tags so imma just ramble about the creator of the comic for a minute #THEY’RE SUCH AN AMAZING ARTIST AND ITS SO INSPIRING TO SEE SUCH PASSION AND DETAIL IN THEIR ART #AND THE COMIC IF FULLY TRADITIONAL?! DO YOU KNOW HOW AMAZING THAT IS??? A FULL BLOWN COMIC AND ITS ALL TRADITIONAL!!! NO DIGITAL ART!!- #OR ANYTHING!! (well they are also getting into digital art but the main comic is all traditionally done!) #AND IM SO SHOCKED THAT IM THEIR MOOT??? THEYRE SO COOL AND TALENTED AND IM JUST HERE LIKE ‘._. ello’ #AND ITS EVEN CRAZIER THAT THEY LIKE MY ART?!?! MY ART! MINE!!! THATS SUCH A HUGE COMPLIMENT CAUSE OMFG THEY ARE AMAZING?!? BUT THEY LIKE MY- #STUFFF?!? #anyways- thats all!!

[enchantedchocolatebars]

I have a theory that the old wooden mask merged with Philip and that's why in his monster form he has horns. Philip once became a monster when he was wearing a mask, and then a mixture of cursed magic, palisman’s magic and glyph’s magic soaked into it and made it part of Phillip.

I looked through the portraits from Hollow Mind. In one of them, Philip absorbs a palisman and at this time he wears a wooden mask in which he played with Caleb. Just in case, I compared the depicted mask with the one that was in other portraits. This is the same mask, slightly more affected by time, but it is the same. And by the way, it looks like Philip had several masks as a child. So, I think that since the mask was little that was left of Caleb, Philip carefully kept it. And after getting to the Boiling isles, this mask helped him to keep himself together.

Sometimes he absorbed the palismans with a mask on his face and it ended badly - the mask accumulated some energy and when the palismans rebelled once again, they accidentally fused the mask with the monster's face. And there are huge cracks on the mask from that portrait, I think this resulted in the fact that Philip tore off the lower part of the mask when he tried to take it off

AMAZING THEORY, ANON! 👀 👀 👀

#(NEVER thought about that) #(anon out here puttin' in work) #(i really love how detailed this is) #(and you double checked) #(amazing!) #ask #asks #anon #anonymous #the owl house #owl house #toh #emperor belos #belos #philip wittebane #headcanon #headcanons #writing #not my writing

[dj-wayback]

Great to see you again NWB!!!! Here's a doodle I made as a welcome back present!!!

A welcome back present, that’s so nice! Thank you lots!!!

#i’ve been so normal about this image ever since you sent it to me. I lied i kept just staring at it #UWAUGHHHH HUWAHHHHHH BURSTS INTO TEARS ON THE SPOT UWAAAEEUUEEEUE UEUEE #FAUX ART???? tumblr user fauxbia art? from tumblr? The Fauxbia!!? for me ?!?!?!?? my little guy?? #FOR ME????? !??!?!?!?!?!?! UEUEEEE UEEUE #my day was already good but this just made it ten billion times better oh my god #i literally love this so much it’s so fucking amazing (through tears) I LOVE YOUR ART SO MUCH UEEE UEUEEHGG #i fucking love the pose i love that he’s doing his signature peace sign i love how you drew the cloth folds i love all the little details #i’m obsessed with the glow and the lighting you have such a pretty style of shading Im Literally Exploding #me?? for me??? this? for me this are you sure? for me #flops on the ground pathetically like a fish out of land #nobody look at me i need to go stare at this some more #is for me tag #no way back is here

[chronicowboy]

the problem with creating an absolute banger of a playlist to write to is that it's an absolute banger of a playlist

#sami rambles #out here lipsyncing and performing detailed choreography instead of writing #tbf i normally let it shuffle but i queued up all the slappiest of the bangers which means my productivity has been reduced to naught #hozier noah kahan the crane wives the amazing devils gang of youths boygenius phoebe bridgers.... #how am i supposed to work under these conditions #eat your young just started 4 more minutes of no writing !!!