#mesoftheram

Your art is enchanting, ethereal. I love the way you use colours and play around with the different textures of your brushes. For some reason i am always reminded of Bauhaus posters when I see your art. You are like Bauhaus, but very ethereal and elegant xD if that makes any sense. I literally came for Alastor and stayed for your badass OC Mesarthim and for your marvellous Terry art! You even inspired me to watch Soul!

I was wondering what your inspirations are, how you come up with the themes for your drawings and for your poses. Do you use any references?

(Sry for the long text I could gush over your art for hours) have a nice day!! ✨❤️

Hi there!

First of all, this makes me So Happy, oh my goodness. The fact that you mentioned Mesarthim, who only appeared in one post I made about my book, is the nicest thing. I haven't talked about the book like at all here on Tumblr because it's in Italian, so like, none of my followers (or just one or two? How many Italian speaking followers do I even have?) would be able to read the story.

Have a random Mes from my Mes folder.

(And here's the book, just in case! Although I'm not sure they ship internationally from this website).

Moving on to the rest: being compared to Bauhaus is such an honor I don't deserve and knowing that you wanted to watch Soul after seeing my art of Terry is... the best feeling ever. You're not the first one telling me this and I love getting people to like Terry (and the whole Pixar masterpiece she's featured in!) through what I have to say about her, which is hardly relatable for most people, I guess. When it comes to my inspiration, I must admit I don't have any specific visual artists I draw inspiration from (consciously at least), with the only (meaningful) exception of Escher, who is more or less present in all of my Terry art. Some Piet Mondrian is there as well, for sure. I am also very inspired by sacred art, Art déco, Art Nouveau, and space art. Or space itself.

However, as a general rule, I'm more likely to draw direct inspiration from music. I could probably name a song or two for each of my drawings, at least when it comes to Terry, and to Alastor to a lesser extent. My inspo playlist includes Aurora, Juniper Vale, Vian Izak, Kwiat Jabłoni, + something by Sonohra and OMAM, for Terry; and it used to be OMAM, Omnia, Faun, and NFWMB by Hozier for Alastor. For Mesarthim (the whole book) I'd say Light in Babylon, Blackmore's Night, Mike Oldfield, Aurora, David Bowie, and some niche cosmic metal band named Mesarthim I stumbled upon by accident while doing some google search. They're neat.

About the themes: that is not really a conscious thing. I draw to express what I feel, so what I feel is the theme, kind of. I like to use symbols that become leitmotifs but this is definitely too big of a topic to tackle here. It's also easy when you are really into someone to just find them worthy of art for who they are, so the characters I draw, in a way, are the theme. It is all about them. And the way I feel about them.

I do use references, I usually take pictures of myself if I need a specific pose, or I ask my sister to pose for me xD when it comes to Terry I often snap pictures of my own hands to get hers right. Ofc I also have entire folders of screenshots I take on purpose to use as references for the character I'm drawing.

You made my day so you deserve an extra Mes, thank you so much

Fanart of “Mesarthim l’Arietide”/“Mesarthim of the Ram” by @asymptoticway