October 5, 2018
There is a saying that goes, “Amor y muerte, nada más fuerte,” that is to say, “Nothing stronger than death and love.” The cover is an homage to Leonora Carrington’s The Ancestor. I’m really excited to show you the next chapter!
Author: stanstanley
Arc 2: As Above, So Below
Fanart: Glitter lapels
September 18, 2018
Well. Someone has done something terrible, and by terrible I mean wonderful, and by someone I mean Erin Ptah of Leif and Thorne. Inspired by the description of the outfit Catparo wore to Iolanthe’s graduation.
September 18, 2018
You Don’t Own Me is a very Juliana song, honestly.
Lose Your Soul is Fawn going about their daily routine.
La Malagueña – explicitly when sung by Gaby Moreno – is Fawn’s attraction to Juliana, their sad friend who is nowhere near as hard as she tries to be.
Interlude is what dawning skywhite sounds like
Seven Nation Army – go Team Bright World
Oye Mi Amor is that song that seems to always be playing in a bar. It (or something like it) is probably always playing at Mimí’s before it opens/when it’s just opened and no one’s really there yet except Juliana and the Paolas, setting up
If I Had a Heart is the tension you feel when you know you’re about to pay for a mistake you made, your heartbeat in your throat and shivers down your spine.
La Bruja is there for Doña Blanca, the Seamstress.
This version of La Llorona is a bit more melancholy than creepy, the sort of thing that would play after you might’ve killed a guy, you don’t know, and you’ve been trying not to cry but oh no you’re crying
Rabbit Heart encompasses the determination and hope at the end of Arc 1. Things are dire… but Fawn’s going to face ’em head on.
Nothing strange about the scratched out faces right?
September 18, 2018
Cuando estoy entre tus brazos
Siempre me pregunto yo
Cuanto me debia el destino
Que contigo me pagó
Por eso que ya mi vida
Toda te la entrego a ti
Tu que me diste en un beso
Lo que nunca te pedí
Yo se que no hay en el mundo
Amor como que el me das
Y se que noche con noche
Va creciendo más y más
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A lovely day on Coney Island
Amor del bueno
September 7, 2018
Is it just me, or is there something familiar about this young man who is not missing any fingers? (Rafael.) (It’s Rafael.)
- If I had to translate it, I’d say “amor del bueno” sounds like “that good good love.”
- With those tribal tattoos and the kind of patches on the vest (Molotov, Café Tacvba), seems like I’m implying a certain decade, eh?
- I know you’re thinking of a certain question. Worry not, I am here to answer it. Yes, Rafael is slightly nearsighted.
Aug 31, 2018
I wanted to draw Iolanthe hanging out in her new apartment, quiet and tired and probably before the whole thing with Amparo disappearing happened.
I promise you now that Iolanthe gets a happy ending. In Arc 2, she’s going to have to deal with a lot. She’ll meet ghosts, travel to the land of the dead, learn about Bright World, deal with grief, and have to make some hard decisions.
I promise, though, by the end of this story, she’ll not only get a happy ending: she’ll be triumphant.
[Filler 1/8] Let’s go to the beach!
Aug 28, 2018
Dip your toes in. B)
I’m taking a little break between arcs, and I’m using that as a chance to drop some pinups, bits of lore, soundtrack, so on and so forth. For now, here we are: Death and her three dogs. One from our world to the land of the dead, one from the land of the dead to Bright World, and one from our world to Bright World.
That’s how dogs work, right?