This is a classic that's been in my favorites for ages.

In 1981, HBO hired Liberty Studios to produce a new program opener. The result was "HBO in Space". The original and variations of it were used by HBO in varying degrees for over a decade.

"A Closer Look: Inside HBO's City" is a 10 min behind-the-scenes look at the months long endeavor that gives a glimpse of the whole process: storyboarding the idea, designing a cardboard mockup to run the camera through and see what needed work, creating the city diorama, constructing and animating the HBO logo itself—both physically and with effects, and the final filming.

I always loved behind-the-scenes stuff growing up and still do today. I'm pretty sure getting the occasional peak at this kind of thing played a part in getting me into design.

plus its got that 80s vibe from the clothes to the clunky computers and a delightfully cheesy sounding 80's soundtrack 😎

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/6944684

> Morgott was one of the Demigods born of Godfrey, First Elden Lord, and Queen Marika. However, he and his brother Mohg were both cursed as Omens and hidden deep beneath Leyndell in the Shunning Grounds. When the Shattering occurred, his Demigod kin scattered to the winds, absconding with the fragments of the Elden Ring. Only he stood stalwart in Leyndell, repelling invading forces that sought the ancient city and the Elden Ring within the Erdtree's holy sanctum. For Morgott, cursed as he was, had unshaking faith, and a righteousness to hold firm against any adversity, whether by demigod or by ambitious tarnished. > > You can find the rest of the cards here! > > https://beehaw.org/post/6727795 > > If you are interested in acquiring some of your own or in my other work, feel free to message me or email me at art.zuron@gmail.com

I make collages and word posters from vintage and retro illustrations and images in the public domain. Here's my latest piece, 'J is for Journey'.

Had a lot of fun making this one, a lot of good words that begin with J 😊

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/6925676

> The nomadic merchants once roamed widely in the Lands Between as the "Great Caravan." However, long ago, they were accused of Heresy. Their clan, far and wide, was rounded up and buried alive deep below the earth. In their terror and sorrow, they chanted a fateful curse of despair, one that conjured forth the Frenzied Flame. A prophesy self-fulfilled perhaps. Now, only those few merchants far flung and hidden away from the prying eyes of the Golden Order live on, day by day, doing what they have to to survive after the Shattering. > > You can find the rest of the cards here! > > https://beehaw.org/post/6727795 > > If you are interested in acquiring some of your own or in my other work, feel free to message me or email me at art.zuron@gmail.com**___**

Content for the Fediverse God: throwback to some early experimentation with watercolor stains and reverse coloring book style drawing way back before it was cool 😜

I’m reading Demon Copperhead and I’ve only just realised that it’s based on David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. Somehow, I feel cheated. I hated Dickens in school - melodramatic claptrap - but it does explain the ‘serial’ feel of the book. It’s a clever book, the characters are credible, going beyond characterisation (another of my pet Dickens’ peeves.) And the writing is beautiful, wonderful imagery etc.

I know there’s nothing new under the sun and all tales are variations on a theme. This book, though, barely even changes the characters’ names.

I’m so disappointed. I don’t know what to think. And I’ve lost interest in finishing the book. Have you read it? What are your thoughts? #books #PulitzerPrize #lazywriting #writers

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/6904940

> Miquella was cursed with eternal childhood. Perhaps immortality might be a boon for others, but it was a burden for the Empyrean. Perhaps thanks to his curse, however, Miquella learned well how to compel affection, and to lead others. His ambitions would lead him to look outside the Golden Order to cure his sister Malenia, and to found an Erdtree of his own, the Haligtree, where those outcast from the Order could find unity. Through the Haligtree, he would rebirth himself into a new body, circumventing his curse. But, alas, before his metamorphosis was complete, he was stolen away by Mohg, who sought to use his Empyrean blood to found a dynasty under the Formless Mother. > > You can find the rest of the cards here! > > https://beehaw.org/post/6727795 > > If you are interested in acquiring some of your own or in my other work, feel free to message me or email me at art.zuron@gmail.com

New portrait drawing. This was a fun angle to draw. #art #drawing #mastoart #digitalart

I finished my tunic over the weekend!

The pattern is Men's Tunic from Wardrobe By Me. The fabric is an extremely thin linen rayon blend my local fabric store called Blueberry Dreams. The fabric weight is surrealistically thin, and the drape is extremely fluid.

I've legitimately never had a shirt that felt this luxurious. It should be a welcome addition in the broiling weather.

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/6883474

> Malenia was born cursed as a vessel of the Scarlet Rot, a rotting plague that not even Golden Order Fundamentalism was unable to cure. Her brother, Miquella, sought a cure beyond the Order, while Malenia sought to serve her brother's ambitions. She learned swordsmanship from a blue-robed master, likely the same figure who had sealed the outer god of rot to begin with. And, in the end, she became one of the greatest warriors in the Lands Between, and only met her match with Radahn, which triggered her to "bloom" reducing Caelid into a wasteland and creating the Swamp of Aeonia. Then again at the Haligtree. And a third time in her fateful meeting with a wayward Tarnished. > > You can find the rest of the cards here! > > https://beehaw.org/post/6727795 > > If you are interested in acquiring some of your own or in my other work, feel free to message me or email me at art.zuron@gmail.com

A dark Sci-Fi scene made in Blender and Photoshop. I generated the silhouette of the running woman using DALL.E and then cleaned it up in Photoshop - much easier than drawing the silhouette, Googling for ages to find the right image, or just posing a character in the scene, which would have also been slower and more intensive when rendering.

Pretty happy with this one!

I've got to work on the thin lines. Model can be found here.

My attempt at playing around with vines and trying to make a photo-like scene in Blender! There are a few things I wish I tweaked but I'm mostly happy with it! And Blender didn't even crash once, which is probably the most surprising part.

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/6841577

> Renalla was one of the ancient Astrologers, and her prowess was so great that she founded a royal family, the Carians. She and the princesses of the Carians were famous for their sorcery, specifically cold and moon sorceries. With her Full Moon Sorcery, Renalla captivated the Raya Lucarian academy, and her and her family's power was so great that it could repel even the forces of the Erdtree. The stalemate was so resolute that peace could only be found through marriage between Renalla and Radagon. When Radagon returned to Leyndell to become the second Elden Lord, Renalla was left with the Amber Egg bearing the Rune of the Unborn, which she would hold so dear, to the detriment and eventual collapse of the Carians. Perhaps it was all a scheme to ruin the Carians, or perhaps it was just happenstance. > > You can find the rest of the cards here! > > https://beehaw.org/post/6727795 > > If you are interested in acquiring some of your own or in my other work, feel free to message me or email me at art.zuron@gmail.com

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/6829304

> Miriel is known as the Pastor of Vows and is a canine of great honor, wisdom, and renown. In his role as Pastor, he brought the union of the Carian royalty and the hero Radagon to fruition and brought peace, however temporarily, to the Lands Between. After all, heresy is not native to the world; it is but a contrivance. All things can be conjoined. And, to that end, he teaches wayward tarnished both sorceries and incantations, as well as absolves them of sin. For those Tarnished are the ones who will bring the the Lands Between together, whether by the light of the Moon, by maddening inferno, by Omen curse, or otherwise. All things yearn to converge. > > You can find the rest of the cards here! > > https://beehaw.org/post/6727795 > > If you are interested in acquiring some of your own or in my other work, feel free to message me or email me at art.zuron@gmail.com

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/6813826

> Hoarah Loux was a warrior unmatched, and would take Serosh upon his shoulder, to tame his bloodlust and rage, to bring himself a noble presence and name, Godfrey. Godfrey was the first Elden Lord who, in his role as consort to Queen Marika, brought the Fire Giants and their flaming god to heel. However, when he had finally succeeded, and the Fire Giants were crushed, the light in his eyes faded away. He lost the guidance of Grace and became the first Tarnished. He and the many others beside him were banished from the Lands Between only to one day return to reclaim the shattered Elden Ring millennia later. > > You can find the rest of the cards here! > > https://beehaw.org/post/6727795 > > If you are interested in acquiring some of your own or in my other work, feel free to message me or email me at art.zuron@gmail.com

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/6813726

> Finished fanart for Slay the Spire featuring the four playable characters! > > Let's continue to slay together!

Drawing along while studying Anatomy for Artists: Drawing Form & Pose by Tom Fox

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/6793884

> Marika sought freedom from the chains of godhood that the Greater Will had placed upon her. She sought to lead the Tarnished to a different fate than that which had been placed upon them. And so, she set them off into the world, to wage war, to live, and to die, and to one day return by the mercy of grace and claim the Elden Ring for themselves when, many years later, she smashed the Elden Ring. She paid dearly for her act of defiance, both in her imprisonment and crucifixion, but also with the death of her first born son and the curses of her other four. But it would be Radagon who would meet the Tarnished within the Erdtree, who tried so desperately to repair the shattered remains of the Elden Ring, to maintain the Golden Order against the imminent flames, and not Marika who had guided them through grace. At least not at first. > > You can find the rest of the cards here! > > https://beehaw.org/post/6727795 > > If you are interested in acquiring some of your own or in my other work, feel free to message me or email me at art.zuron@gmail.com

Some experimentation in Blender that way overboard. The final render time ended up being 13 and a half hours. I wanted to add more detail to the scene and clean a few things up, but my computer simply couldn't handle any more. Oh well, I'm not entirely unhappy with the result.

Made in Blender with some touching up in Photoshop!

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/6780750

> Some more Slay the Spire fanart, this time featuring the Watcher! I like stacking a bunch of mantra cards and artifacts so that I can set off divinity every other turn or so. > > Original WIP here > > https://beehaw.org/post/6727515

cross-posted from: https://crystals.rest/post/135229

> My character that represents me is a young anime tomboyish kinda girl. > > I, obviously, am not. Closed the gap a little.

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/6772093

> Melina is associated as a so-called "Kindling Maiden," fated to burn the Erdtree and themselves of the sake of a new age, some believe. Melina, disembodied and cast away from her place of birth, sought a Tarnished who would return her to the foot of the Erdtree, Leyndell. She was well-readied to sacrifice herself. Should she be deprived of that final chance to be put to rest, however, she would take upon herself Destined Death to ensure that her Tarnished would one day meet their fate. > > You can find the rest of the cards here! > > https://beehaw.org/post/6727795 > > If you are interested in acquiring some of your own or in my other work, feel free to message me or email me at art.zuron@gmail.com > >

Quite an old drawing i did of the ghost pirate LeChuck from the Monkey Island series. Hope you like it!

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/6765303

> Some more fanart for Slay the Spire, this one featuring the Silent! > > WIP post here! > > https://beehaw.org/post/6716734

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/1163199

> I'm just learning to draw, practicing what I can, and I seem to find my style already > > Here's my previous pics from few days ago, my gf: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/pictrs/image/nOaM0Xpnqp.png > > And me: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/pictrs/image/K2Blnk9mF6.png

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/6754947

> Gideon Ofnir was a prideful man, believing himself worthy to be among the heights of the All-Knowing. To that end, he spread his eyes across the Lands Between, to watch the happenings, to locate the Demigods hidden away from plain sight. He had the makings of a lord, but he was just another of the myriad Tarnished, however wisened he may or may not have been. He was no better, nay, worse. > > You can find the rest of the cards here! > > https://beehaw.org/post/6727795 > > If you are interested in acquiring some of your own or in my other work, feel free to message me or email me at art.zuron@gmail.com

I recently finished the series, this is one of the scenes which I find most striking. I used pencil to sketch and fineliner and alcohol-based markers for the rest.

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/6740248

> Fanart of Vyke as the Fool tarot card. Vyke was featured prominently in much of Elden Ring's promotional material, and is said to have been the Tarnished that was the closest to claiming the Elden Ring. > > However, unable to access the Erdtree due to the unyielding thorns, and unwilling to allow his Maiden to burn as kindling, he disappeared beneath Leyndell to seek the Three Fingers. Whether by his own will or by the coaxing of another, though, is unclear. > > You can see the other cards if you follow the links here! > > https://beehaw.org/post/6727795

cross-posted from: https://crystals.rest/post/113230

> Here it is animated, because lemmy is TERRIBLE about uploading gifs. > > ! > > > (This is an older interpretation of Paul from the Pokemon anime)

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/6727795

> Last year, I spent several months working on these Elden Ring tarot cards! I made 22 of them, one for each of the major arcana! This is just a low res preview of cards as a whole! > > I'll probably begin posting the cards individually in the next few days! Keep an eye out for your favorite cards, or your favorite characters! > > If you'd like to see them ahead of time, you can also find them on my Deviant Art or Artstation along with my other work! > > https://www.deviantart.com/banjoker/gallery/78109959/tarot > > https://www.artstation.com/artwork/NGvlGg

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/6727515

> I've been playing StS again recently and have been doing some more fanart for the characters! This one is the WIP I currently have for the Watcher! > > Keep an eye out for other works in progress and finished pieces!

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/6727503

> Finished version for my new Ironclad fanart from Slay the Spire! I am pretty happy with how the metals turned out in this one! > > You can find the WIP here! > > https://beehaw.org/post/6701726