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"Annihilation - The Bear (version 2)"

Digital collage made in GIMP. Inspired by the bear(-creature) from the movie adaptation of "Annihilation" by Jeff Vandermeer. Made with stock images from pexels.com.

This is, in fact, not the same image I posted before; the photo for the bear is a different one. Very similar though. I wanted to do a more close-up version of the creature and experimented a bit by adding color to the eye. I really like how eerie it looks, and how well the images fit.

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Patterns made in GIMP, 2 of which are PNGs, with a screenshot from the videogame "Who's Lila?" by Garage Heathen.

After making some neocities stamps and such, and noticing that the Who's Lila community has a few blogs and fanpages, I wanted to make some stuff that could be used for blogs and the likes. Coupled with me discovering how to make patterns and being a bit obsessed with making them for a while, I ended up making some for Who's Lila/William.

The 2nd and third ones are pngs that can be overlaid over a background, the first one is a background in and of itself, mildly based on a color palette in the game.

Should I make some for other characters or do ones inspired by different color palettes as well?

(A working title for this post was 'behavioral patterns' btw. My brain thinks it is so clever sometimes.)

amphibizzy's comment(s) in the Kane's Facility server that made me realise something else:

In the context of TOV it makes sense to call this a burial site. The VVM, the Giant, the memories and the past are buried there. But also, at the end of TOV3 there were bodies shown - human bodies and a horse. So yeah, it makes sense to refer to this as a burial site in that context (I was coming at it from IRL too much when I first wrote this post.)

New surprise TOV(related) media let's gooooo!

Also, just my first impressions as I watch this:

"Remains" and "Burial site" are an interesting choice to describe the ruins of the VVM.

Iis it just me or is that the black-white-and-green filter from TOV for the first few frames? The sky later on certainly appears to be a much more vibrant blue than in the first few frames.

(Also considering how and when that filter is used in TOV - in relation to the past and/or death - it seems fitting to use it over the ruins of the VVM.) (something something the ghost of the VVM)

Really cool to see the remains overlaid with scenes from TOV, YT videos or images of what the shops were like before the demolition.

Especially when contrasting the scenes of TOV vs the IRL 2024 footage give such different vibes. Sunlight vs artificial light/inside vs outside, running vs walking, etc.

Is that a voice over of Scott Beck again? "We are gonna turn over a new leaf, we are not gonna talk about what happened in the past-"

Esp with the voice over it really drives home how the mall was closed down and then torn down and the place is just...lying dormant atm.

(09:10 - I bet this is unintentional, but seeing squares holes in the ground it seems like the camera is turning away like "nope! there might be stairs down there, I am not lingering on this!")

It is fascinating how much of the area has already been overtaken by nature/plants again.

(12:50 - Oh a flower! Because...Giant. With flower hands. Or just sun and sunflower. Splendid!)

19:20 THUNDER SOUNDS! THUNDER SOUNDS!

Also - I wonder if this is purely just the creator of the series having the opportunity to do some urban exploring and linking it to his work, OR if this is meant to be in-series; this could just as well be Wyatt walking through the ruins and contrasting it with his own footage. (The video appears in the TOV playlist too, which makes this even more ambiguous.)

"Eyes (Dithered)" (Stamps)

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5 digital stamps in two different dithering styles made in GIMP. Made with free stock images from pexels.com. This set focuses on eyes and uses Bayer and Floyd-Steinberg style dithering. The stamp borders are self-made/my own.

Further thoughts below the cut:

It seems I am terribly indecisive; not only do I make variations of the artpieces I make, but sometimes I cannot decide on a style for pieces either. I liked both the Floyd-Steinberg and Bayer dithering for these pieces, so I decided to make a batch with both. I am curious if anyone has a preference?

Fun and relatively quick to make, these with the previous ones also helped me figure out some tricks using templates with borders in GIMP. I like how these came out.

Any suggestions for other stamps I could be making?

"The Flower Giant"

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Digital collage made in GIMP with a picture from the Rolling Giant Archive page and various free flower stock images from pexels.com and unsplash. The Rolling Giant aka Julien Reverchon statue was made by Kevin Obregon.

(Also, yes, the background is made of forget-me-nots. They not only fit the sky color but tie in nicely with 'The Oldest View' and its themes.)

Further thoughts below the cut:

So considering the Giant has flower hands and is based on a botanist (Julien Reverchon), it makes sense I eventually got the idea to recreate the Giant in a flower collage style. While this piece is not quite the end result I was going for, it is a great first step/attempt in my opinion. Maybe one day I will try again.

I actually kept the base of the Giant and overlaid it with different flowers, sometimes recolored them, and then also kept the original image and added some shadows/highlights to keep the contours of the Giant.

Also, on a personal note, I think the statue looks even more uncanny now than it originally did. Which to me is a feature, not a bug, hehe.

amphibizzy's comment(s) in the Kane's Facility server that made me realise something else:

In the context of TOV it makes sense to call this a burial site. The VVM, the Giant, the memories and the past are buried there. But also, at the end of TOV3 there were bodies shown - human bodies and a horse. So yeah, it makes sense to refer to this as a burial site in that context (I was coming at it from IRL too much when I first wrote this post.)

New surprise TOV(related) media let's gooooo!

Also, just my first impressions as I watch this:

"Remains" and "Burial site" are an interesting choice to describe the ruins of the VVM.

Iis it just me or is that the black-white-and-green filter from TOV for the first few frames? The sky later on certainly appears to be a much more vibrant blue than in the first few frames.

(Also considering how and when that filter is used in TOV - in relation to the past and/or death - it seems fitting to use it over the ruins of the VVM.) (something something the ghost of the VVM)

Really cool to see the remains overlaid with scenes from TOV, YT videos or images of what the shops were like before the demolition.

Especially when contrasting the scenes of TOV vs the IRL 2024 footage give such different vibes. Sunlight vs artificial light/inside vs outside, running vs walking, etc.

Is that a voice over of Scott Beck again? "We are gonna turn over a new leaf, we are not gonna talk about what happened in the past-"

Esp with the voice over it really drives home how the mall was closed down and then torn down and the place is just...lying dormant atm.

(09:10 - I bet this is unintentional, but seeing squares holes in the ground it seems like the camera is turning away like "nope! there might be stairs down there, I am not lingering on this!")

It is fascinating how much of the area has already been overtaken by nature/plants again.

(12:50 - Oh a flower! Because...Giant. With flower hands. Or just sun and sunflower. Splendid!)

19:20 THUNDER SOUNDS! THUNDER SOUNDS!

Also - I wonder if this is purely just the creator of the series having the opportunity to do some urban exploring and linking it to his work, OR if this is meant to be in-series; this could just as well be Wyatt walking through the ruins and contrasting it with his own footage. (The video appears in the TOV playlist too, which makes this even more ambiguous.)