Note for next full moon.
#bonfire #thanksgiving #ritual https://bit.ly/3fgvEWt https://bit.ly/2UupR5Z
November 16, 2020 at 10:22AM
Best deleted scene from the aquaman movie.
#tusky #classiccartoons #aquaman https://bit.ly/3lBBNPd https://bit.ly/3pwncH7
November 15, 2020 at 08:41PM
James Ensor, Skeletons Fighting over a Pickled Herring, 1891
Meet James ensor… Belgium’s famous painter…
#vintageillustration #skeleton #snacktime #pickledherring https://instagr.am/p/CHojIdhgbIs/
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November 15, 2020 at 10:38AM
William Blake’s engravings were typically ultra-serious, but I can’t look at his illustration for William Hayley’s Ballads (1805) without laughing! Is this the tragic finale of a nude game of catch-the-frisbee-with-Fido that went terribly wrong?
#vintageillustration #wtfblake #williamblake #thefool https://instagr.am/p/CHneGNGAMif/
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November 14, 2020 at 08:59PM
Cover of Curses, Hexes, & Spells by Daniel Cohen
I remember shelving this book dozens of times when I worked at the BBCL, and the cover stood out every time. The tome was disappointingly thin but it made for great curiosity browsing at the time.
#vintageillustration #memories #abracadabra https://instagr.am/p/CHmAZAaAb7L/
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November 14, 2020 at 11:00AM
Raccoon with a hobby horse from Hollow Tree Nights and Days by Albert Bigelow Paine and illustrated by J. M. Condé, 1916.
#vintageillustration #hobbyhorse #raccoon https://instagr.am/p/CHk7x2QAd-k/
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November 13, 2020 at 05:15PM
milk of magnesia with universal indicator + HCL
Science! https://bit.ly/3kBLVq0 https://bit.ly/3nfr39E
November 13, 2020 at 10:38AM
Lest we forget, there are many strawberries growing in the sea as red herrings grow in the wood. From Nursery Rhymes, illustrated by Claud Lovat Fraser, 1922
#vintageillustration #strawberryfishing https://instagr.am/p/CHiUcNwgnoh/
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Bjarndýrakóngur
Variations: King of the Bears, Einhyrningur (Unicorn)
The Bjarndýrakóngur, the “King of the Bears”, is the undisputed monarch of the polar bears of Iceland. It is born from a female polar bear and a walrus or a bull.
A bjarndýrakóngur has red cheeks and a single horn on its forehead. The horn, which is its scepter of authority, has a sharp end and is tipped with a platinum globe. It emits a bright light in all directions such that the bjarndýrakóngur can always see its way through the darkness.
The king of the bears is as wise and noble as it is powerful. It understands human speech and demands loyalty and obeisance from other polar bears. While easily capable of killing with its horn, it only does so in self-defense or in judgment on wayward subjects.
It is said that, on a Whitsun church service in the 18th century, a procession of 12 or 13 polar bears was seen ambling from the outer parts of Iceland. They were led by a stately and benevolent bjarndýrakóngur. The clergyman greeting them in full regalia, as did the congregation, and bowed to the king, who returned the bow. The bjarndýrakóngur continued to lead his subjects through southern Iceland. At Borgamór the last bear in the line killed and ate a sheep, whereupon the king ran the offending bear through with his horn. Eventually the royal cortège reached Grenivík where they disappeared into the sea.
The only animal that will dare challenge the king of the bears is a redcheek or redjowl. This is a highly aggressive polar bear with distinctive reddish pink coloration on one cheek. Redcheeks will attack any beast or man that it encounters – but against the king of bears they meet their match.
References
Hlidberg, J. B. and Aegisson, S.; McQueen, F. J. M. and Kjartansson, R., trans. (2011) Meeting with Monsters. JPV utgafa, Reykjavik.
November 12, 2020 at 10:22PM
Ut! #flamingcarrot #greatscott #vintageillustration #1984isvintage #artlessdodger #highschoolmemeories https://instagr.am/p/CHhAQjdgIg0/
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November 12, 2020 at 06:13PM
Squirrel attack… pumpkin carnage. Those beasts must’ve had teeth like Walton Goggins.
#sincerepumpkinpatch #squirrelmassacre #sorrywalton https://instagr.am/p/CHgjwwVBXgc/
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November 12, 2020 at 06:11PM
November 11, 2020 at 08:48PM
A blink dog. From Wizardry: The Return of Werdna: The Fourth Scenario handbook #vintageillustration #videogames #blinkdog https://instagr.am/p/CHeQvGfgtgC/
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November 11, 2020 at 04:31PM
Grape Soda Carl shows off his ventriloquism skills with Li’l Beeper.
GSCarl is not the most skilled but cheats a bit with an AUX audio plug stashed in Beep’s base.
Hecklers should beware his second set of arms in a fiddler crab formation. (specifically the huge boxing glove haymaker available on a swivel)
#glyos #toyphotography
#onelldesign #modulartoys #glyosbuildchallenge #gendronealliance #purpleandsilver https://instagr.am/p/CHdzSoBgVjL/
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November 11, 2020 at 12:32PM
Through the haze of black smoke came a mocking laugh ‘I’ll see you again!'” From Weird Tales, 1942
#phantom #ghost #gangster #vintageillustration https://instagr.am/p/CHdX_hwgguS/
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