Close-up Of A Fresnel Lens

Mia Bergeron (American, b. 1980, New York City, NY, USA) - Stop Running (detail), 2021, Paintings: Oil on Panel, Private Collection

17th- and 18th-century tiles decorated with representations of disabled people. From Barcelona, Catalonia. Museu d'Història de Barcelona: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

This tiles are "rajoles d'ofici" (meaning "job tiles" in Catalan language), a typical kind of decorated tiles that were very common in Catalonia between the 16th and 19th centuries, and which have become one of the most iconic examples of Catalan folk art. "Job tiles" are called this way because very often they represented people working, but they also represent people taking part in festivities, hobbies, or many other activities from daily life, as well as animals and workplaces. Thousands of these tiles have been preserved, and thanks to them we can see snippets of life a few centuries ago. (You can find more information and examples of these tiles in this previous post.)

I thought I would make something visually explaining my process when taking a basic base to a more alternative look

musca the fly joins the eternal ant war

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27. Any OCs that were inspired by a certain song?

the glass animals zaba album was extremely influential on jaspers character, especially black mambo and walla walla. a long while ago i made a playlist for jasper, but i could never get it to feel Right because i couldn't find other songs like the zaba album...

40. Any fond memories linked to your characters? Feel free to share!

honestly just everyday i get to talk about them with my friends since i am able to connect with people a lot easier using art <:] but one fond memory with heidi is that i got to meet one of my best friends lucio through her (though thats the case for any of my characters for how to ascend the tower... shes just my main one!)

44. Something you like about your OCs in general

a bit difficult to answer because of personal events in this past week, but i suppose i like that they all force me to read and engage with art more. research is really important to me, so i'm constantly trying to find new stories and subjects to learn about :]

Peter Falk / Columbo

Art by Peter Falk

Trapped Family in Gaza Appeals for Help to Survive

A Plea for Help from Gaza: A Family Seeking Safety

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4. A character you rarely talk about?

i feel like i don't talk about ashiri's husband ray a lot... part of this is because he's not particularly fun to talk about on his own, and i cant really talk about his plot relevance without giving spoilers.

where's what i can share: hes an influential member of the harbour boys, a notorious gang run by dockworkers. the war between the lebub crime family and acelle corp has rattled the economics of montross, and as a result the recruitment and hostility of the harbour boys has been up.

32. Which one of your OCs would be the most suitable horror game protagonist and why?

kid is actually already written with the intention of making her a horror game protagonist! montross is a place thats really weird and unsettling, but all of its inhabitants are used to it being like that. all of that horror just becomes part of the mundane everyday life for them. kid on the other hand hasn't spent much time in montross at all. in fact she hasn't spent much time in any big city at all since shes used to working on a rural farm.

this makes her trip to montross terrifying because its such an unfamiliar environment: first, because its an urban space, and second, because its haunted and diseased. but she has to keep traversing this place if she wants to find what she needs to find :)

50. Give me the good ol’ OC talk here. Talk about anything you want

i've been trying to find a way to introduce people more to wtas without giving away too much... one of my problems is that i rewrite and revamp my stories Constantly so its a bit difficult to imagine as a finished product right now. AND the characters that i introduce now wont necessarily take that exact form in the story.

one thing i've been thinking about doing is creating smaller stories or something dedicated entirely to open worldbuilding, so that the change is part of the project. i've had this magic/alchemy story on the backburner for a few months but i've been thinking if i should share more info about it publicly ^.^

CURRENTLY i'm still in the preliminary research stage though, so anything i share would just be my initial concepts. i'm trying to find more stuff on alchemy... one video i've been meaning to sit down and watch for it is this one: I learned Alchemy from Medieval Manuscripts. Here's how it works