Sappho recalled to life by the charm of music (1828). Merry-Joseph Blondel (French, 1781-1853). Oil.
Blondel’s classicizing style demonstrates a degree of originality in the dramatic, almost theatrical effects of both light and gestures. The elegant and highly finished work shows the poetess stirring from the deep melancholy that befell her after she was abandoned by her lover Phaon. Interest in the Greek poetess Sappho was high in the early 19th century.
Concept: a bunch of high school Satanists get drunk in the local graveyard and try to conjure a demon, but they’re using one of those “reconstructionist” ritual books that gets its sources all mixed up, so they end up with a minor Mithraic fertility spirit that hasn’t spoken with humans in like 1700 years instead. By the terms of its binding it’s not allowed to leave until it’s ensured a successful harvest for its summoners, which is a problem, because none of these goobers have ever raised so much as a houseplant; if it wants to go home, it’s going to have to teach them how to garden – whether they want to learn or not!
“Five high school sophomores were arrested today on charges of operating an illegal pot growing business behind the Home Depot on I-95. The 200-foot-tall plants, which police could see from their station…”
“We drew a lot of inspiration from other artists and art history. What we are doing is something similar to an artist’s interpretation of something else. To change the meaning and make it our own.”
Poster for Modern Vampires of the City by Vampire Weekend, designed by Rostam Batmanglij.
“This is a record that I have at home. I wasn’t looking at this while making it, but it was in the back of my mind. These are things we all carry with us.”
Poster for Saint-Raphael La cote d’azur by Tom Morel De Tanguy.
“Sometimes we carry these things from a holiday, like when I visited in Pompeii a couple of years ago.”
Kim Chi “This level was inspired by Kim Chi from RuPaul’s Drag Race.”
London’s National Theatre, designed by Denys Lasdun.
“We drew a lot of inspiration from other artists and art history, like Bauhaus posters and Brutalist architecture.”
Video for Nicki Minaj’s “Super Bass”, directed by Sanaa Hamri.
“One of the other artists in the team (Lauren Cason) really likes Nicki Minaj music videos.”
Concept art for Walt Disney’s Peter Pan, by Mary Blair.
“This illustration by Mary Blair for Disney’s Peter Pan is one of Lauren’s favourite pieces of art and a huge inspiration throughout her career.”
Liquorice allsorts.
“This level was inspired by the colour palettes of candy.”
“We wanted everyone in the team to be immersed in the art style of the game. So we printed out loads of reference pictures and we used these foam boards with inspiration for the levels that we could carry around with us when we hot desk. We also printed out every single level. We started doing this with Monument Valley 1. This gave us a really good understanding of the overall shape of the game.”
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