A snail pirate on the seven seas, and an wuxia master snail for the Snail And Art Parade! Eye contact in pic 2 (and an wuxia scene without it next week). Click on the pics to see them! You can grab a printable jpg for as little as $1 and help me through my last term of storyboard and comic studies. Pick one, print it, and put it were they least expect it!
Pirate https://ko-fi.com/s/108a219b7f
Wuxia Master Snail https://ko-fi.com/s/085c974151
Somewhere, _someone_ in production is giggling like a five year old...
I've posted my review of the 2024 #cdrama "Blossom" on the SF-Fandom Forums.
https://forums.sf-fandom.com/thread-38686.html
#blossom #mengziyi #liyunrui #cdramas #wuxia #fantasy #historical
Me *admiring the ochre tones* and beautiful lighting of the scene*: It's like a Renaissance painting!
*Bad dude of the week** is brought in.*
Me: ...a very _angry_ Renaissance painting.
(*Stupid blue filter!)
(**episode)
The drama is set in the fictional empire of "great Jin/Chin", so I guess I was correct about the Qing-ish dynasty. But those extremely long pointy "back flaps" are a real historical detail. They were part of the mandated uniform of officials for a while, as a measure to keep people from Doing Intrigues. Ie; if you try to whisper to your neighbour in court you get his back flap in your eye. Probably a Ming dynasty thing, but don't quote me on that.
I mean... it's part of the plot, but his duvet looks sooo warm and comfortable. It's also pretty DIY-able; plain coloured cloth (or with very discrete common patterning), common fabric, and straight seams. I have no idea when I'll get a chance to cosplay a bed cover, but there's a first time for everything.
When I reached middle age I noticed something that previously had flown over my head; middle aged women are set in evil roles, and their agression is directed toward younger women. If they're in main roles things may be different, but for side characters (in crime fiction for example) the statistics is nearly 100%. That's why mrs Yao is a big relief, so far she's been smack on Changyu's side. She's also one of several, which is even better.
Holy heck! The light in this sequence is Ah-May-Zing! Of course my phone put a stupid bluefilter on it, but you can see a faint glimmer still. We're also getting a supercharged example on how to put depth in a picture; the bars in the foreground are extremely dark, the main motif - the character - is mid way beyween dark and light, and the background is almost disolved in light. The straight line forward is extremely pronounced.
Martha Crimson
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