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I miss the lake.

Oh boy for once I did some reasearch

I’m keepin this in read more because it’s going to be a lot of text but hello, the cape design, the pause and much of the patterns are not mine. I also want to disclaim that I’m not a fashion historian, so I might get a lot wrong, don’t hesitate to tell me and to point me to more source. I like fashion, but I felt very very unprepared to know what a Russian woman would wear in 1910, and I wasn’t vibing with the concept art that much so I did some research. I selected this garment :

It was made by the Mbryor house in France in 1925. I’m putting a link here there more pictures on the met museum’s webpage : https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/158225?searchField=All&sortBy=Relevance&when=A.D.+1900-present&ft=L%c3%a9on+Bakst&offset=0&rpp=80&pos=61

Even though the house was French, it was actually a collaboration between multiple designers, and I’m not too sure who exactly worked on this cape but I based myself on who worked at the couture house : “ Leon Bakst, Natalia Goncharova, a Russian Futurist artist, and Sarah Lipska, of Polish origins, were among the house's coterie of artists. “ Leon Baskt designed a lot of costumes, and I actually wanted to base the design on one of his pieces at first. The two women mentioned worked in embroidery, and have designed the pattern that is seen on the coat, which has a lot of cubist influence (which, yeah it makes sense, but I still think it’s really neat in 1925 to see cubist motifs on garments). I reworked the pattern to fit the colors style I wanted the designs to have and added some simple steppe alphabet letters, which can be seen on the edge of the pattern. Nina is supposed to have died probably close to 1905 - 1910 I believe her wearing this is anachronistic. From what I’ve seen while doing my research elite at that time seemed to be influenced by european designers, and generally had a cosmopolitan style (which is why having the cape being made in France by people of different designers), but much of the fashion was closely fitted with corsetier, which wasn’t the vibe I was going with Nina. (I should also mention a lot of costume design at the time were “”exotic””,which I definitely don’t feel comfortable to tackle, but should still be mentioned, as europe wasn’t at all the sole influence..)  Also most of the references I could find had hair tied up in updos, generally with a headbands or pearls keeping it up, so that made its way in the original design. I thought going for something futuristic would fit Nina, since, you know, we have a character who can predict the future.

Also, a lot of patterns during the 1920s had more of this loose style, with an emphasis on embroidery, which I thought was closer to her general art style. It was also somewhat important for me to have something that was designed by women, given the game interesting choice of having a town seemingly ruled first and foremost by women. (In general, during the 1920s, a lot of attention was put on what people were to wear, with restrictions on textile. But I also want to point out that there also seemed to be a certain concern with ‘liberating’ women’s bodies and fashion standards. There’s different influences and trends in that period, and also a gap between what was pushed by the government and what was done in practice, so don’t take my word for it)

I’m adding this https://www.rbth.com/arts/2017/05/10/fashion-and-the-russian-revolution-how-sackcloth-replaced-lace_760091 which I did read and goes more in depth in the evolution of clothing in between 1900 and 1920s

201something - now / draw again

this was a nice little thing to work in btw big projects. On the left is one of my oldest saved digital drawings, but really not one of the worst. It was a couple years ago, to be honest I draw very irregularily, so it’s impressive to me that I even got better since then. I definetly feel more confident in my linework (obviously my style changed but it stays changing). I still hate my colors because I have barely ever worked in colors while I was practicing. I try to nearly sstematically color now, but it feels very unnatural for now. This was just after season three of rwby if I remember well, so the prototype for the arm wasn’t decided yet. I remember my vision was probably more what I did today, but to be honest I probably didn’t know how to do it at the time. I tried to stick as close to the original idea as possible (I would draw completely another pause and not keep that arm I think now). I did change the outfit because I uh. I will not draw cleavage if I can avoid it. 

warmups.

music tag meme for quarantine tunes 🎵

rules: you can usually tell a lot about a person by the type of music they listen to. put your music on shuffle and list the first ten songs, then tag ten people. no skipping!

ty @ladynoblesong​ for tagging me ! I was really lucky bc I like all the songs that were on my shuffle so I included my favorite lyrics to each woops.

1. Madame Klaude – Therapie Taxi “Regarde-moi tendrement dans les yeux Je suis le garçon de la fille que tu veux. ”

2. Tilted – Chris tine and the queens “I match them with my euphoria When they said, "Je suis plus folle que toi."” 3.Oxford Blood – Autoheart “We need a lot of love to combat the evil Lying in a bathtub hoping for a miracle”

4.Murder on the dancefloor - Sophie Ellis-Bextor “If you think your gettin' away I will prove you wrong”

5. J’entends – Angèle “Je rêve de pouvoir rêver comme toi, et l'œil se ferme mais pas l'oreille, elle m'empêche de rêver, aide-moi.”

6.Some Nights (Intro) – Fun.  “Oh my God! Have you listened to me lately? Lately, I've been fucking crazy...”

7. People, I’ve been sad – Christ ine and the Queens “Adolescence contrariée par une solitude folle Maintenant quand je suis dehors, le soleil me brûle encore »

8.Don't Lose Ur Head - Original West End Cast of Six “Ooo, I wanna dance and sing Politics, not my thing”

9. Hope in the air – Laura Marling “And give us your strength world, and your food and your water, oh, I am your saviour, your last serving daughter.”

10.Luck – American Authors “Please forgive me I can't remember/ Please forgive me, no one is calling/ Please forgive me, I can't believe it, No.”

i also make playlists on spotify, if that’s your thing at all!

I don’t like tagging people, maybe someday... But anyone feel free to do this if u want I guess :)

As frightened as you, of being alive

And they lived happily ever after. And horribly ever before.

I nearly forgot here are clara’s in fucky mondern (?) outfits

Tagged by @artemiyburakhlovemail

Thank you so much I haven’t done one of those in so long

Top 3 ships:

Artemy/ a bed and some food : he deserves little rest (pathologic)

Me/ good mental health

(this is jokey I’m sorry I don’t actually have strong favorite ships, I just really like dynamics btw ppl, clashes of ideals and values and so on. So I don’t really have favorites but I have favorite dynamics)

Lipstick or chapstick Lipstick is the only makeup item I fuck with (with nailpolish) but I love chapstick so it wins.

Last song Either Francis Forever or Strawberry Blonde (both by Mitski. i’m extra piney because of the quarantine and it shows.)

Last movie The Dawn wall. I wanted something sporty and it was actually not too bad. I don’t know much about the actual protagonist but everyone was likeable enough. Idk I’d recommend it but like, it’s a sports semi documentary. It’s a specific type of movie to watch. But it’s nice.

Reading Technically some book about management in NGOs, it’s pretty dry and I’ve been lacking motivation. I’m not a huge reader, I’ve been reading even less this year which isn’t great all around.

I’m not taggign anyone but if anyone wants to do this pls feel free. But this was sweet to do.

warmups, warmups, warmups

I just want to point out that yes, you should stick to paracetamol if you can.

But if you are currently taking ibuprofen, check with your doctor before stopping it, if it's for a reason unrelated to the Covid-19. Basically you shouldn’t self medicate anti-inflammatory drugs if you get the disease, this should be your main takeaway from this.

I’m no doctor, but here’s a BBC article that states that : “Prof Parastou Donyai at the University of Reading says: "There are many studies that suggest ibuprofen use during a respiratory infection can result in worsening of the disease or other complications." But, she says, "I have not seen any scientific evidence that clearly shows a totally healthy 25 year old taking ibuprofen for symptoms of COVID-19 is putting themselves at additional risk of complications."“ (https://www.bbc.com/news/51929628 ) Here’s a fact checking site saying the same thing :”https://www.channel4.com/news/factcheck/factcheck-paracetamol-is-recommended-for-coronavirus“ and also busting some myths/false stories that have been floating around. here’s a third source just to make sure : https://www.france24.com/fr/20200317-coronavirus-pas-d-ibuprof%C3%A8ne-en-autom%C3%A9dication-recommande-l-oms (this is french news and a very legit website) Also The Guardian is not being misleading here, but I want to point out that this is “it may” as in “we don’t know yet, we don’t have enough evidence”.

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Also in the New York Times and the Guardian. Article with no paywall here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/14/anti-inflammatory-drugs-may-aggravate-coronavirus-infection.

the Guardian

Anti-inflammatories may aggravate Covid-19, France advises

French minister says patients should take paracetamol rather than ibuprofen or cortisone

Sparse - Novelty daughter

feral coolking

I can tilt it but it’s just not the same.

All ur ideas are good.... as the saying goes, “ur sexy as hell and ur meat is huge”

Ahhhhhh thank you oof. I can now say I was called sexy as hell on valentine s day my power will be unstoppable (no but really thank you so much this makes me very happy)

My piece for the valentine’s day event on the pathologic discord! gfs on their first date…

Happy Valentine’s day Everyone ;) I was a secret valentine for @cultoficarus

Happy february 2nd guys