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Mosster Meets Marimo! Like meeting a mermaid! Yes, marimo are algae not moss balls but that won't stop them from being friends! Prints in my shop now!

It's wild blueberry season in Sweden and I've been picking and eating my fill everyday from the forest behind my house! The entire forest floor is covered in wild blueberry bushes and the tangy taste is so cosmic, I had to paint them✨ Photos of the berries I picked!

Painting process~

Comic Bats (Yatsuatari dōke kōmori), Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1846.

Japanese, Edo period ukiyo-e.

Polychrome woodblock print (nishiki-e), chūban format

In the early 1840s, the Tokugawa shogunate enacted strict laws known as the Tenpō Reforms to curb luxury spending across society. These reforms deprived ukiyo-e artists of one of their most lucrative subjects: kabuki theater actors. Depicting actors was strictly outlawed, and the woodblocks of anyone who violated the decree were destroyed. Kuniyoshi found a solution through humor. He began illustrating the banned actors as cats, frogs, and bats; the citizens of Edo, meanwhile, instantly recognized their favorite stars from the specific garments and textile patterns these animals wore. This print is a parody of Sukeroku Yukari no Edo Zakura, one of the most celebrated kabuki plays of the era. The cherry blossoms in the background serve as a direct nod to the phrase "Edo Cherry Blossoms" in the play's title. On the left, the dark bat sporting a purple headband portrays the protagonist, Sukeroku. On the right, the white-bearded figure assumes the role of the story's primary antagonist, the elderly samurai Ikyū

I made a Room Building tutorial! Lemme know if it helps! 🧡

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