cryptomnesia:

my favourite Bernini statue isn’t a real statue, but the damaged clay and straw angel that was the model for the bronze statue.

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theveryworstthing:

Anoki wanted me to think up some ‘tiny things that live in cracks’ on patreon, and so Coin Wyrms were born.

These very tiny oddly constructed dragons resemble frayed bits of string or old rubber bands at first glance, but they’re actually sassy little thieves who swipe any coin close enough to a crack, grate, or couch cushion and take it back to their tiny lairs for their tiny hordes. The coins are used as home decoration as well as sort of interchangeable skeletons. A Wyrm wrapped around a coin is a lot less vulnerable. They’re very strong (scary strong for their size) but real floppy and without a coin they either have to drag or flip flap themselves everywhere. Certain metals also give Coin Wyrms enhanced magical abilities and sometimes they’ll even nibble on them a bit for tasty remnants from the hands of whoever dropped the coin. people leave a lot of salt and skin and food and drugs on money and the Coin Wyrms find it exquisite.  

Fun facts:

Babies of this species start small, wrapping themselves around soft balls of lint that their parents make for them and then graduating to small pebbles and buttons before moving up to coins.

Males have beautiful plumage that looks like colorful lint pom-poms. They stick any pretty hairs or bits of string they find in their fluff to make it seem grander which are all held in place by tiny defensive spikes.

Territorial disputes are settled with what can only be called ‘floppy jousting’. Keeping your coin in while jousting is a coward’s act.

Females can emit what is to them a sonic boom of sound/deadly electric shock to warn off predators. For humans this would sound and feel like a tiny angry “ba!” followed by a bit of static shock. However, a female with a copper coin magical power-up can make your ears ring for hours and cause severe nerve damage if you make her angry enough.

Single males build elaborate colorful bowers at the entrance to their lairs to attract mates.  These bowers have an array of treats and their shiniest coin. Males must be careful though because other males are all too ready to steal bigger prettier coins the minute their neighbor’s back is turned and replace it with their inferior one.

They are not the only dragons that steal your stuff.

They are among the smallest dragons but are not The Smallest dragons.

driflloon:

londone myers

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silenthillcoffeebeans:

quatermasspitt:

Salzburg Perchten, Austria, 18th century

“The mask represents the head of a horned animal with a long, pointy beak and thorn-like teeth; the lower half of the beak is articulated. Small hands are attached in front of the wing-shaped ears. Perchten roam the villages during the so-called ‘Rauhnächte’ period, i.e. the twelve days between Christmas and Epiphany on January 6, in order to chase away the “evils and darkness”.”

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medievalpoc:

Anonymous German Artist

Altarpiece with Saint Maurice

Germany (1499)

Attached Ronde-Bosse, Gilded Wood, 132 cm.

Bitterfeld, Stadtkirche St. Antonius.

The Image of the Black in Western Art Research Project and Photo Archive, W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research, Harvard University

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moongloss:

Adeam Spring 2018 Ready-to-Wear

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hifructosemag:

With Crystal Morey‘s newest handmade porcelain sculptures, the artist takes influence from 18th century European art history. “Lush Anthesis,” a body of work in a new show at Modern Eden Gallery in San Francisco, contains hybrid creations made from humans, flora, and fauna. See more on HiFructose.com.

oli-foster:

The bagh naka (Marathi: वाघनख / वाघनख्या, Hindi: बाघ नख, Urdu: باگھ نکھ‎) is a claw-like weapon from India designed to fit over the knuckles or be concealed under and against the palm. It consists of four or five curved blades affixed to a crossbar or glove, and is designed to slash through skin and muscle. It is believed to have been inspired by the armature of big cats, and the term bagh naka itself means tiger’s claw in Hindi.

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dehvron:

valentino, s/s 2016 haute couture.

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