Lord Magnificent Bastard

omgthatartifact:

Food Vessel 

Shang Dynasty, 1300-1050 BC

The Asian Art Museum

chirart:

I forgot I capped a step-by-step of the drawing process of this page for The Fox Sister.

For those interested in my process, from thumb-to-finished-lines:

Basically, there’s the thumbnail, which is a mess of lines that basically only I can interpret (for the benefit of the writers I work with I basically have to narrate what’s actually happening). The thumbnail sketch really is important simply because of composition layouting and making sure my writers—in this case, Christina—approve of what I’ll draw. Afterward I lay out the perspective grids, to which I use to make a secondary sketch layer where I lay down the lines I’ll trace.

Then, voila, finished lineart and then colors!

god i am so tired

so

so tired

omgthatartifact:

Ritual Vessel

Shang Dynasty, 11th century BC

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

thelastdogfighter:

chirart:

Gotta appreciate on some level that, to this day, Vagrant Story is the only piece of media—and I mean the only one—that has the male character doing the Strong Female Character Pose. Totally unironically.

In general the men are less clothed than the women in this game, too. Which is saying something.

You get designs like this.

And this: (yes for those of you just joining us he is wrapped in wire)

With loving shots like this:

And sultry over the shoulder shots like this:

And this:

  and btw yes, that line is what you think it is. Sadly this is the only readily available back-shot of Hardin I could find on short notice but YES. That is his ass. That is his ass hanging out of his costume. That’s right, Yoshida gave a male character a design similar to Sakuya in Okami, and those who have played Okami know precisely what I am talking about.

To say nothing of how often our brave hero goes to battle:

What actually isn’t clear from these screenshots is the fact that Sydney? That fellow up there who’s somewhat shirt-impaired? His pants are extremely low slung. They are so low slung that the developers must have taken pains. Great, great pains to be sure that you could see his visible happy trail even in the limited PS1 graphics of the day. 

This is the one example I can think of a game that is this equal opportunity with how the camera chooses to follow the male and female body. Yes, Merlose’ outfit is skin tight and bares her thighs, and yes, her first intro is a shot of her behind, but considering the whole game is literally an extended shot of Ashley, the male MC’s, finely sculpted bum I would say we’re not dealing with a strictly male-gaze.

Hell, even in that cover shot, Ashley’s the one really rocking the Strong Female Character pose.

In conclusion, Vagrant Story is available for $6 bucks on the PSN and everyone should buy it.

But.

Use a walkthrough when you get to the Snowfly Forest.

For the love of all that is good, use a walkthrough.

(via chirart)

omgthatartifact:

Mask

Shang Dynasty, 1300-1050 BC

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art

dilfosaur:

supernatural valentines!

i have

no shame

kissu kissu

Oh Sam.

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GENDERSWAP: Dean/Castiel
↳Amber Heard as Deanna Winchester // Katie McGrath as Castielle

angelics:

kuma-la-la:

Inspired by THIS POST.

And dedicated to Miggu; CHEER UP, KIDDO <3

Oh my fucking god, Someone drew fan art for my genderswap idea OH My GoD THANk You Oh GoD!!!!!!!!

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megageek:

Of Science and Magic by ~343GuiltySpark

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omgthatartifact:

Ear Ornaments (Batling)

The Philippines (Ilongot Peoples)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

cakesama:

osgood-schlatter:

mewmewgorawr:

oraldiarrhea:

 #did i leave the sink running

This is clearly more of a “Did I leave the oven on?” face.

DID I FEED MY NEOPET?

“Aha, I put the cereal in the fridge. Silly m… THE MILK!”

MY CROPS IN FARMVILLE

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ivori:

sassy-gay-karkat:

when your art gets more than four notes

every time