mrwormgear
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okay bear with me while i try to organize all of these thoughts.
even in arcadia is such an interesting album to me because it seems to simultaneously be the most AND the least lore-heavy album compared to all their other work. i've always been of the mind that very few, if any, of their songs are actually about sleep. vessel sings about his own personal struggles, a lot of those having to do with what was an obviously very toxic and potentially abusive past relationship, but i've never really thought he was singing about sleep for a good 99% of their discography. the songs themselves are the offerings. "here's all of my pain. i offer if to you" (in penance??? 👀). however, at the same time, the kind of metaphors and language he uses puts all of that pain behind a certain kind of... barrier, i suppose? that makes it seem like "maybe it could all just be a story". and then he comes into this album with songs like past self, caramel, provider, damocles, and gethsemane where it feels like he's being even more brutally honest and vulnerable than he's ever been before (which is saying something because dear god does vessel spill his guts and bare his heart through the project). he's talking directly to the audience in a way that's unfamiliar and new and gut-wrenching on a whole new level. it's like he's testing the waters of stepping out from behind the smoke screen he's been singing through in the past.
and yet. you get songs like look to windward, emergence, dangerous (this one to a slightly less degree than the others) even in arcadia, and infinite baths. he's saying things that almost don't seem like they'd be said to or about an actual person. they have these incredibly fantasy-battle-esque sounds and lyrics to them. and there are a million and one theories about what sleep is, but this album in particular has me feeling like sleep is a personification of vessel's demons and in this album he's fighting them like he hasn't ever before. he's not bowing down, he's actively out for blood. that's who/what he's talking to this time, as opposed to the person(s) he's usually addressing in his songs.
so that brings me to the house divide. "the house must endure" / "the cycle must end". house veridian and feathered host. and then you get the line "you know i live by the feather and die by the sword". like obviously this is the house divide, but the more i think about that line (especially with feathered host potentially being a nod to feathered quills and that suggesting the houses are actually the pen vs the sword) the more i keep thinking that like... this album is the inner battle between the poet who loves music and chose this project as the outlet vs the man behind the mask dying at the sword of that project. realizing he's gotten himself into this corner of constantly replaying his darkest moments ("i play discordant days on repeat") so he can make this music ("until they look like harmony") and realizing it's hurting him more than it's serving as catharsis anymore. and it all comes together in an album where he's both allowing himself to be what is potentially the most vulnerable he's ever been--ditching some of the metaphors to say things more point blank, addressing the audience directly, getting to be goofy and vulnerable in a lighter way through "provider"--while also giving us songs that are direct conflicts with this deity he's made himself vessel to and also building on that story in a way that has previously been incredibly vague and sparse in terms of actual canon.
it's an incredible dichotomy and i think this separation of the houses was a really clever way to do it. but it also makes me think that the album isn't as cut down the middle in the divide as i think a lot of us initially thought. it's also interesting to catch the lyrics in this album that reference each other across the aisle. (the one coming to mind rn is "war of attrition" being in both look to windward and caramel when they both have different themes to them).
all this to say, vessel is a genius and continues to achieve incredible and mind-boggling things in his music, and this album has really (in my opinion) been a gift.
I know we are focusing on the new look for Vessel but we also had a little guy in the video so.. i took my best shot as deciphering all of it's 8 pixels (high res screenshot under the cut)
i don't have one when it's dead because it is seems kind clipped into the ground so isn't really helpful
Hello may I share with you all another round of misc character sketches from the last little while?
(First set here)
My first book bind done!! Sleep Token Lyrics 2016-2023. Typset was one by Erin.Escapisms. The bind itself is kinda a mess, lol. I made so many mistakes. But I'm so proud of it. 🙂
your illustrations are inspiring! the thick lines, the impactful-ness! Its something Ive been trying to incorporate into my own art. When it comes to illustrations like the recent Mob one, who/what inspired you? What did you study in creating that look? I want to look at more art for more inspiration
aww thank you! one of my inspirations for that one, and most of my artworks, is b0_nesaw on twitter. check him out!
other than that, i just look stuff up on pinterest or whatever. i don't really do studies so it's just a combination of whatever i've seen and blasting music so hard into my ears that i can't hear my own thoughts. 👍
PARTNERS IN CRIME - Stevinel SU Fan Comic Chapter 3: Tools for Trade Page No. 12
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Someone needs to tell her how pointy her pigtails are. Dammit Spinel, you're not as stealthy as you think you are. Maybe it's a good thing no one is here to see your stupid pointy hair sticking through the gate!!!
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(Made in FireAlpaca and Sketchbook on iPad) Steven Universe is owned by Rebecca Sugar
I forgot about this too I forget about a lot of things evidently.
GETTING SICK ？？that's right.👅
"Revenant: Prologue" is a 3-part indie animated project that is currently in production!
It's about cyborgs, vampires, and otherwise normal people in a world recovering from catastrophe. It's inspired by the likes of Metal Gear Solid, Death Stranding, Berserk, Final Fantasy, Cowboy Bebop, Trigun, and much much more, with visuals inspired by the PS1
If you like what you see, please consider helping us fund it! We're hard at work putting this thing together, and we could really use some support! Patreon ko-fi
You'll be able to find it and stuff related to it on: Twitter Youtube
Meet our main cast!
@/LaurenKong_ as Nova | @/BenjiTopaz as Tristan | @/starring_indigo as Vita | @/funnywes as Quinn | @/TarooiMono as Raul | @/LetourneauVA as Dunham | @/aferalsunflower as Pike | @/philinthebooth as Renfeld
Meet the crew!
@/GregorSullivan | @/caffeinatedArt1 | @/_carnagequeen_ | @/lepidoptrix | @/BongFishWriter | @/DomRomArt | @/PG__Animation | @reaper-luster | @/CicadaSirens | @daikaijumz
Part 1, "Raptor", is currently in production, keep an eye out!
It will star @/LaurenKong_, @/wickerpest, @/TomStheVoice, @/HeatherNichols, and @/GregorSullivan
Writing and recording for the pilot has concluded, and we're far into storyboarding!
More details about the full project, "Revenant", will be given at a later date!
Dark Souls 3 One of my old drawings of my own character
My friend told me to make this I think it turns out alright ;)
Thanks for all the appreciation of the worm knight!
Some sketches for you
Ludo
Sugar
Both available in my shop
Tip jar
Prince Armory
Untitled by Livid3lirium
Worm Knight OC
@naffeclipse 's cryptid au. Can never get enough of Naff's writing. Funnily enough, I used to be, and in some ways still am, an absolute scaredy cat. I made my big brother play Kirby for me, because I was terrified of the wolf enemies, and especially King Dedede. I had a ds Viva Pináta game that I would play, until a snail that'd eat your pinatas would turn up with a "scary" music prompt, and I'd turn it off and not play for weeks, then restart it and shut it back down when I got to the snail. I feel like I've come a long way in that regard, not that it says much that I'm no longer scared of King Dedede...
Ever since October of 2020, Ive been working on a project called Lifeless Singers Club(and or Shut Up! You’re Dead. Still working on the title), it’s something that is very much inspired by Beetlejuice(( Having only watching it for the first time last year. Don’t come after me cause of that.)) It is still in its early stages but I am planning on telling this story in a somewhat of a comic-book style, instead of writing out everything like how I usually do. I’ll be posting some of the art I’ve done already for these characters and try explain a little bit more about the story.
*In all honesty, I’m not sure when or if I’ll post any more of my art here like this but I’ll try to in the future.
is the cannibalism a joke……
The Red Knight by Ami Thompson
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