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atomic-chronoscaph

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Circus performers (1940s, 1950s)

neil-gaiman

There's an essay I've never written about the relationship between superheroes in American Comics and costumed performers in American Circuses of the same period, and how the comics characters were the circus performers, and I will probably never get around to writing it. But then I see photos like this and wish I'd written it 30 years ago.

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goodomenshq

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We promised more when we hit £1,000,000, so here's one for starters: you asked for pins, you've got pins!

Two brand new sets, in fact, designed by Carl Sutton and available as add ons at the Good Omens graphic novel Kickstarter!

Get yours here.

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inkcurlsandknives

Sewing bi colored Filipiniana/terno/butterfly sleeves! This project was something of a personal treat to myself after turning my first round of revisions into my editor for Saints of Storm and Sorrow my Filipino epic fantasy, I really wanted to have something fun and bi and Filipino for author events and book promo type stuff. I'm also working on a version that's book themed 🦪⛈️🇵🇭

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sleepnoises

Red sharpie sketches on pink rubber: a creature that's like three creatures in a stack, a beast with big ears and little horns and a bow, a little imp with a flower growing from its head, and a stylized wizardALT
Same sketches, redone in black (a neater layer on top of the red lines)ALT
The beast, cut out of the block. its outline is carved with a delicate line, as well as its face and bowALT
the beast, now with all the space around it carved outALT
Stamping of beast carving in dark teal next to stamp; there are small differences, e.g. the bow has been carved chunkierALT
Another slightly neater stampingALT

Lil stamp sequence

1. Sketch

2. Better sketch

3. Cut out & outline & fiddly bits (using very small blade)

4. Deeper carving with bigger blade, cut out more

5. Stamp test and tweaks

6. Basically good enough (lie. i tweaked at least two details after this photo)