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[Before you ask, the artist IS Japanese*] *Half-Japanese half-Taiwanese, living in Tokyo
Several years ago, I stumbled upon an exceptionally beautiful yet little-known art series titled Canterlot Royal Ballet Academy. While ostensibly a fan work of My Little Pony, its uniqueness struck me as so profound that it felt almost entirely original - save for the character names. As the title suggests, the story follows the lives of anthropomorphic ponies attending a ballet academy.
I can't quite pinpoint why, but this work radiates a surreal, otherworldly aura - a uniquely captivating atmosphere unlike anything I'd encountered before. That first encounter left me immersed in its surreal experience for an entire day. When I stumbled upon it late at night, it felt eerie at first, but that sense of dissonance quickly dissolved into pure admiration. I fell into a beautiful trance, utterly captivated. I experienced an indescribable surreal, ethereal sensory journey, while also catching whiffs of a sweet, phantom scent.
The next morning, I thought it had been nothing but a dream, yet I was delighted to discover it was all real. Throughout the rest of that day, the sensation intensified, leaving me in a perpetual state of waking reverie, only ending when dusk eventually washed it away. Strangest of all, once that feeling faded, I could recall nothing of the day's events - only that serene, eternal sense of serendipitous bliss remained.
Whenever I gaze upon it, a peculiar feeling arises - as if it were something that shouldn't exist in reality, something unimaginable. Like a fragment of some magical dream miraculously transplanted into reality. Without any backstory, I could fully envision the entire series as if it truly existed. This wasn't a story I'd invented; it felt as though the sensation itself contained an inherent narrative thread. I can vividly picture the dreamlike fragmentation, imbued with a fleeting innocence. I can even precisely imagine how each character's voice should sound - those otherworldly tones seem to transcend time and space, originating nowhere in particular yet carrying an intensely intimate quality.
My fascination with CRBA has never waned over the years. I scoured the internet for every trace of it, only to discover how remarkably obscure it remains - a fact that deeply disappoints me. It seems everyone who encounters it finds it utterly brilliant, yet for some reason it never gains the recognition it deserves. AVCHonline's artistic evolution has been equally astonishing. Within just a few short years, he's leaped from rough cartoon sketches to the pinnacle of the CRBA series, yet even his earlier works have garnered more attention than his later creations.
I've made it my mission to make people find out about it and (hopefully) experience the same awe that I felt. So I've created a website to catalog all of the artwork in one place (and in the highest quality). Prior to this, it was scattered in many places across the internet, much of it only available in low resolution.
I've also created an imageboard for it.
The main site is here: crba.dedyn.io
The imageboard is here: ib.crba.dedyn.io
For an introduction to CRBA, I recommend starting with the AcademyLIVE sub-series: crba.dedyn.io/?id=181
For the absolute peak of it (all of CRBA is amazing, but I think this one in particular is probably the most detailed and stunning): crba.dedyn.io/?id=88
I also recommend checking out his music and animations for the CRBA series here: crba.dedyn.io/video
Canterlot Royal Ballet Academy
(Not spam - I am a real person who genuinely loves CRBA and wishes as many people as possible find out about this insanely underrated series)[Before you ask, the artist IS Japanese*] *Half-Japanese half-Taiwanese, living in Tokyo
Several years ago, I stumbled upon an exceptionally beautiful yet little-known art series titled Canterlot Royal Ballet Academy. While ostensibly a fan work of My Little Pony, its uniqueness struck me as so profound that it felt almost entirely original - save for the character names. As the title suggests, the story follows the lives of anthropomorphic ponies attending a ballet academy.
I can't quite pinpoint why, but this work radiates a surreal, otherworldly aura - a uniquely captivating atmosphere unlike anything I'd encountered before. That first encounter left me immersed in its surreal experience for an entire day. When I stumbled upon it late at night, it felt eerie at first, but that sense of dissonance quickly dissolved into pure admiration. I fell into a beautiful trance, utterly captivated. I experienced an indescribable surreal, ethereal sensory journey, while also catching whiffs of a sweet, phantom scent.
The next morning, I thought it had been nothing but a dream, yet I was delighted to discover it was all real. Throughout the rest of that day, the sensation intensified, leaving me in a perpetual state of waking reverie, only ending when dusk eventually washed it away. Strangest of all, once that feeling faded, I could recall nothing of the day's events - only that serene, eternal sense of serendipitous bliss remained.
Whenever I gaze upon it, a peculiar feeling arises - as if it were something that shouldn't exist in reality, something unimaginable. Like a fragment of some magical dream miraculously transplanted into reality. Without any backstory, I could fully envision the entire series as if it truly existed. This wasn't a story I'd invented; it felt as though the sensation itself contained an inherent narrative thread. I can vividly picture the dreamlike fragmentation, imbued with a fleeting innocence. I can even precisely imagine how each character's voice should sound - those otherworldly tones seem to transcend time and space, originating nowhere in particular yet carrying an intensely intimate quality.
My fascination with CRBA has never waned over the years. I scoured the internet for every trace of it, only to discover how remarkably obscure it remains - a fact that deeply disappoints me. It seems everyone who encounters it finds it utterly brilliant, yet for some reason it never gains the recognition it deserves. AVCHonline's artistic evolution has been equally astonishing. Within just a few short years, he's leaped from rough cartoon sketches to the pinnacle of the CRBA series, yet even his earlier works have garnered more attention than his later creations.
I've made it my mission to make people find out about it and (hopefully) experience the same awe that I felt. So I've created a website to catalog all of the artwork in one place (and in the highest quality). Prior to this, it was scattered in many places across the internet, much of it only available in low resolution.
I've also created an imageboard for it.
The main site is here: crba.dedyn.io
The imageboard is here: ib.crba.dedyn.io
For an introduction to CRBA, I recommend starting with the AcademyLIVE sub-series: crba.dedyn.io/?id=181
For the absolute peak of it (all of CRBA is amazing, but I think this one in particular is probably the most detailed and stunning): crba.dedyn.io/?id=88
I also recommend checking out his music and animations for the CRBA series here: crba.dedyn.io/video
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I'm looking mostly for comics, but also illustrations, photography, haiku etc.
All the details and all 3 issues released so far are on the website, https://blackfogzine.org/
If you wish to submit something, contact me through email or discord (both are listed on the website)
Black Fog Zine
Hi there, I edit a free internet zine called Black Fog Zine, I just wanted to make more people aware of it, as submissions for issue #4 are open.I'm looking mostly for comics, but also illustrations, photography, haiku etc.
All the details and all 3 issues released so far are on the website, https://blackfogzine.org/
If you wish to submit something, contact me through email or discord (both are listed on the website)
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Adaptations
The written word has long been my favorite medium for storytelling specifically because of how interpretive it is. When reading I can change the style I use to visualize things and it can completely change the experience of a book. Once you see an adaptation of a book that is lost, or at least heavily damaged. Having literally scene what the characters look like and how scenes play out I find myself having to actively avoid falling back on the movie or comic or whatever for my visualization, even when they go expressly against the text. For example, here's a bunch of artwork for The Hobbit that predates any movie adaption. There were so many interpretations of things like Gollum before the movies, and now there's only one. The recent Gollum game has (among many far more valid criticisms) been widely criticized for changing Gollum's face from what the movie went with. Only the face, the rest is just a slight variation of the movie design. In addition, the nature of writing leads it to being the most detailed medium of storytelling by far. You can look into peoples heads without breaking the flow, showing an inner monologue in a movie would be criticized for telling not showing; you can explain action with all the wonderful flavor of English connotation; the difference between lumbering or striding or marching to describe somebody walking for example (this is also a very interpretive part of writing, as connotation is naturally subjective); you can go into absurd world building detail, as seen with The Silmarillion and the Lord of the Rings appendices. All of these aspects are lost when you turn a book into a movie. This isn't to disparage other mediums for storytelling, only to enumerate some of the strengths of writing and explain why it is my favorite. Some of these strengths are even shared with other forms, but never all. For this reason I am pretty against adapting books, and adaptations in general. I feel like stories should be left in their original medium, you can make connected stories across mediums, but again you should perhaps not; a movie can be a squeal to a book, but again the visualization aspect will be hurt by showing exactly how the characters look. I want to hear more thoughts and perspectives about adaptions, though I don't want this to devolve into arguing about how faithful adaptions should be and which adaptions are best; I've had that conversation plenty of times.
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How do you paint like alexross/takehiko inoue. like planning underdrawing or calculating color, for reflectionrefractiontranslusency etc until its as real or to stop.
How do you paint like alexross/takehiko inoue. like planning underdrawing or calculating color, for reflectionrefractiontranslusency etc until its as real or to stop.
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Fentanyl Embrace - Cyberpunk 2020
Fentanyl Embrace - Cyberpunk 2020
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Fly Like An Eagle
Fly Like An Eagle
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i hope you like it
hey
Hey i wanted to post my art here i know it isnt the best since my art skills are pretty umm shit but i felt like posting it herei hope you like it
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Support Cyberpunk Bridge Sanctuaries
Support Cyberpunk Bridge Sanctuaries
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Song
https://voca.ro/1geaRgJLYCop
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Music of the Wired
https://ia803208.us.archive.org/33/items/Akiroinochi-Secrets/ProjectRikuShrinkDown.mp3
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weekend nights on drugs
only mixes/mashups 20+ minutes
only one link per day/person
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_bapeWm3iE
music to glide
post music to glide when feeling it/vibing.weekend nights on drugs
only mixes/mashups 20+ minutes
only one link per day/person
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_bapeWm3iE
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i made a picture
i made a picture
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idk how this crap works
idk how this crap works
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I was wondering if anyone here has heard of this or has any takes on it as a whole? It's an english-french bilingual standalone game based on fallout tactics which takes an explicitly anarchistic approach with it's presentation…I found a single video about it on youtube and most of the discussion within the video's comments were slamming ideology more so than discussing the contents of the game. It also apparently was funded in part by the canada council for the arts. I've screwed around in the game a bit but found the UI to be confusing, going to give it another chance here soon.
The Sum / Nous Aurons
https://thesumhn.blogspot.com/I was wondering if anyone here has heard of this or has any takes on it as a whole? It's an english-french bilingual standalone game based on fallout tactics which takes an explicitly anarchistic approach with it's presentation…I found a single video about it on youtube and most of the discussion within the video's comments were slamming ideology more so than discussing the contents of the game. It also apparently was funded in part by the canada council for the arts. I've screwed around in the game a bit but found the UI to be confusing, going to give it another chance here soon.
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helping jews
picrel
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This board is for the discussion and sharing of general multimedia (images, movies, music), wallpapers, poetry, and writing.
High quality posting and original content is desired, and remember global rules are in full effect.
Requests are welcome.
Have a great one!
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Welcome to /art/
Hello!This board is for the discussion and sharing of general multimedia (images, movies, music), wallpapers, poetry, and writing.
High quality posting and original content is desired, and remember global rules are in full effect.
Requests are welcome.
Have a great one!
(Source: https://twitter.com/hekihekiz/status/1518654608050110466)