beloved sex clown

[two missions later]

happy late pride

I’ve been having this idea in my head of a Hunter/guild knight with a gunlance as an arm prosthetic. I finally got a design I’m starting to like, I kinda have an idea of how a gunlance arm would probably function albeit very clunky but gunlance is a very clunky weapon to begin with so, fuck it, you know! She does have a regular arm prosthetic that she wears for non hunting purposes but is more attached to gunlance(she doesn’t want to admit that it’s difficult to take off without help) she’s able to change the gunlance itself with other types of gunlances for more variety, I’m just using the iron gunlance as a default(the revolver design is really cool).

She’s a Wyverian guild knight, I’m still thinking of a name for her(I’m horrible with naming my ocs lol)

she’s has a weird obsession with elder dragons, probably the most knowledgeable hunter in the guild/academy when it comes to elder dragons. She studies elder dragons and has made plenty of in-depth papers and notes about them. She’s tried to have them published in the past but the academy/guild won’t let that happen. (Has a personal theory that drinking the blood of elder dragons can make you stronger or something like that, don’t listen to her she’s got a few lose screws tbh)

and EVEN WHEN things were more muted/neutral, the neutrality was OFFSET by ACCENT COLORS and HIGH CONTRAST between the wood tones and everything ELSE

ALSO AMERICAN COLONIAL INTERIORS POPPED OFF, Y'ALL (IN TERMS OF COLOR/COZINESS)

PEOPLE USED WHITEWASH AND COLORFUL TRIM OR EVEN JUST COLORFUL FURNITURE IF THEY COULD AFFORD TO DO SO

AND DON'T GET ME STARTED ON FRENCH AND BRITISH AND AMERICAN WALLPAPERS

"ELIZABETH" YOU CRY, "WHY ARE YOU BEING SO EXTRA THIS MORNING?! IT'S MONDAY"

Because, my friend, my war on GREIGE will NEVER end.

Historic interiors were filled with LIFE and LIGHT and COLOR. ALWAYS HAVE BEEN.

Part of the reason we don't see a lot of textile art is because, frankly, textiles tend to degrade over time - especially ones that had utility! And yes, pigments and weaving and dying all boosted the expense of things, when we were finally reliably block-printing fabrics and broad reams of paper, it was no longer just the wealthy who could afford pretty patterns!

In the Americas, a far wider variety of pigments also became available because of the abundance of... well, a shitton of flora and minerals, some of which weren't as common in Europe.

WHY THE HIGHLIGHTER COLORS? you ask.

CANDLES.

Those colors reflect candlelight and natural sunlight REALLY WELL.

Humans LOVE bright colors, it's NOT just a thing for kids. We live in a brilliant, vibrant, multifaceted world. We ALWAYS have.

(If ever you have the opportunity to visit the Stencil House at the Shelburne Museum in Vermont (pictured above at 3, 4, and 5), I highly recommend.)

And that's before you get into American painted murals: