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And like the fourth horseman of the apocalypse, I’ve been reminded,

there’s always a fourth, purple one, to round it all out.

Making a realization rn

first we saw the revival of Alastor’s popularity from the new Hazbin show

Then illumination, in the year 2024, granted us a green, failboy, villain that tumblr has now grappled onto and made into a twink

The hype before and after the Book of Bill has granted artists the oppurtunity to draw many a human cipher (both the canon look and not) as well as pines x bill yaoi (thank god this time doesn’t involve a minor)

what I’m saying is

We’re in the middle of a Tumblr Sexyman Renaissance, huh?

am I the only one who doesn’t particularly love modern Mario graphics? Like so much of it feels too clean and rubbery like a bathtub toy

biggest reason I didn’t like Mario Wonder was because it felt like that issue x5. Like it looks like if someone remembered super Mario bros Wii and it was more colorful than it actually was. I do like some of the new enemies and stuff but to me I just did not get the hype around wonder and I do not care for it really. If they killed off Wonder I’d be uncaring and unfeeling.

The recent Mario Parties have the same issue, like I straight up can’t differentiate between Mario Party Jamboree and Superstars and super Mario party like if you put a gun to my head and told me which is which I’d die.

the only games in recent times I think aren’t as bad in this super squeaky clean aspect is the Mario RPG remake (it feels like there’s texture on buildings and streets and whatnot, it’s less like I’m looking at a fisher price toy), Princess Peach Showtime, the Paper Mario Remake and Luigi’s Mansion 3

that’s all to say I really like the art style of the OG super Mario RPG, and the Mario and Luigi games, and we should embrace grit, texture, and pixels once more.

Artfight attack for @panstarry

I technically already posted this on my Artfight a few days ago and just procrastinated buuut, here it is now! The colors were real fun with this one, very nice purples and pinks.

So I see you all are exhausted by streaming services effectively recreating cable. I see you’re all tired of ads. Pirating is a great alternative, but I have another fantastic option for you all!

I live in Seattle. And in Seattle we have America’s largest physical media store, Scarecrow Video. They are a non-profit that has pretty much any film or tv show you can imagine. Like, everything. So much so that one of our local cinemas does a program with them called “Unstreamable” where they show a film from Scarecrow’a archive that you can’t access anywhere online. It’s a bit overwhelming to go to their store, which is two levels of every program under the sun.

ANYWAY, I bring this up because they recently started a Rent-by-Mail program. It’s pretty similar to what Netflix used to do. You can rent up to six titles (barring their super rare stuff and pornos) and they will ship it to you, then you return it in the included pre-paid envelope.

Why does this rock? Sure, you still have to pay money, BUT you are supporting a non-profit that is dedicated to preserving media instead of some corporation looking for endless profit. They can also expand your palette with their vast selection. And if you have a favorite piece of media, you never have to worry about it disappearing! All their stuff is there in perpetuity.

So this is all to say, now that Scarecrow has expanded their reach beyond the Greater Seattle Area, I implore you to check them out. If you don’t want to rent right now, the could always use donations to keep them afloat.

You can check out their catalogue HERE!

“Lots of artists can fill their work with aching homosexual tension, but no one else can make the impending sodomy look quite as classy and exquisitely dressed as Leyendecker can.” - source

Before Rockwell, a Gay Artist Defined the Perfect American Male “Nobody had to tell J.C. Leyendecker that sex sells. Before the conservative backlash of the mid-20th century, the American public celebrated his images of sleek muscle-men, whose glistening homo-eroticism adorned endless magazine covers. Yet Leyendecker’s name is almost forgotten, whitewashed over by Norman Rockwell’s legacy of tame, small-town Americana.

“Rockwell was just an 11-year old kid when Leyendecker created the legendary “Arrow Collar Man” in 1905, used to advertise the clothing company’s miraculous detachable collars. One of America’s first recognizable sex symbols, this icon of masculinity was defined by his poise and perfection, whether on the sports field or at the dinner table. Like the Gibson Girl, the Arrow Collar Man developed a singular identity, equal parts jock and dandy, who supposedly received more fan letters than silent film heartthrob Rudolph Valentino. To top things off, Leyendecker’s men were often modeled after his lover and lifetime companion, Charles Beach, making their secret romance a front-page feature across the U.S.”

- continue reading this article by Hunter Oatman-Stanford in Collectors Weekly.

Additional reading can be found at one of my favorite sites: Gay Influence.

hey who wants to play monopoly with me

this shit is going to go on over days btw so be prepared

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mars color palette tut thingy for a tiktok i did today to explain why a base color palette is a suggestion, not a law and the relationships between colors in that base palette

conceptualizing a story about a school delinquent named Peachi-Keen who has to keep up a reputation as a Tough Guy while also trying to secretly grapple with the fact that he's a genius player at a game called "Cool Chess"