hi!! I’m going to (FOOLISHLY) attempt to revive my tumblr! I don’t know if anyone following me still uses this site, but here we go! I’ve been working on painting fairies lately - I’m going to do a big poster of the little guys in the style of a vintage scientific poster. I hope you like them! I’m going to try to update daily until I catch up with the other socials I actually use haha. enjoy!
hello, i was wondering in anarchisma are red and zim queer-platonic partners, or something akin to such?
hi!! at this current point in time, red and zim are just friends, sadly :( i'll drop some spoilers and say that in the past they did have a friends-with-benefits relationship, but they didn't call themselves "mates" in the defective sense due to red's own hangups about the word cuz hes emotionally constipated and all that
BUT!
later down the line, there actually are queerplatonic relationships in anarchisma! and i have absolutely nothing against people seeing red and zim's relationship as QPPs if they so choose! their relationship does blur the line between platonic and romantic so if u see them as QPPs thats an absolutely valid interpretation of it!
I began assigning colours to the values by using a limited palette to create a monochrome effect. By keeping the colouring cohesive I expected it to create a sort of calming atmosphere, but ran into some issues. I originally chose a soft lilac-blue palette inspired by the last line of the poem “the silence of the sands when tides are low”. However, the colours fell flat and made it hard to distinguish details. I experimented with a more vibrant teal, but it resulted in an eerie tonality that didnt suit the theme.
I revisted a blue colour palette, adjusting the contrast between the values to pull some deeper tones from the background. To do this I created a wider gradient in the sky, providing a clear outline for the horizon. The richness of the blue tied the elements of the foreground together nicely without becoming too messy. However, I was still concerned that the monochrome palette would make it hard for the audience to differentiate the time of day shown in the panels.
more bug thoughts 🪲💭