“Islands are metaphors of the heart, no matter what poet says otherwise.”
― Jeanette Winterson

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Being obsessed with visual metaphors for years, I've slowly developed this brainstorming process to help come up with them faster for illustration, and infographic projects: https://t.co/fSqamgzIXX

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I am continuing my series of Elements.
Today I published my art the Element of Air.

💧Water is an inward dive.
🔥Fire is an outward impulse.
🌬Air is a two-way interaction.
Just feel these metaphors.

Take a look here:

https://t.co/dynORFxoaF

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... Truth

Digital Art
Created 27 januari 2019

Shift and distort
magic metaphors
to make them contort
to what I believe
is a truth
others need to see.
© Graff1980

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117. "What a curious feeling..." Rebecca says. "It's like being a cloud or an ice cream...".

"Curious and original metaphors" Helen admits. "But now stay very still: I don't want to cut you by accident".

"Yes, of course".

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Emerson made reflection the most important metaphor in 19thC American culture: in a republic, the government reflects the electorate.

Accordingly, Church, Gifford, and Watkins all made reflection metaphors primary in their work.

So too Wayne Thiebaud, over and over.

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...toned it back a bit from the early stages to the final, though, because I didn't dare piss off WotC. Just some PG-13 metaphors, because this piece calls for a sense of humor. Also, I sketched out an alien life-cycle that bridges the gap between flora and fauna!

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I think haven't posted 2020 and 2021 planets I use on other site as yearly album thumbnails.

The more I move move forward the less interested I am in making parts of the planet represent something.

But there are some superficial metaphors still

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... Truth

Digital Art
Created 27 januari 2019

Shift and distort
magic metaphors
to make them contort
to what I believe
is a truth
others need to see.
© Graff1980

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Many of these old Weegie comics were just thinly veiled metaphors for my own existential angst. This one especially. From the archives: It Sucks To Be Weegie “Propeller”

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nationwidedornermoment:

rider-waite:

pastel-hutt:

tally-art:

Only the subtlest metaphors on this Tumblr.

This works as a metaphor for children but also it works perfectly well when played totally straight because horse people are actually like this
https://t.co/laRHdvhoUk

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One "Araki-ism" I've picked up on lately is strange and/or gross similes and metaphors.

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My next book will be on ‘Victorian Sugar’ & how increased sugar intake in 19thC makes its way into the language, aesthetics,& metaphors that continue to shape our cultural discussions. So I’m totally fascinated by how that language/imagery gets fed back through the wombo ai😍🍭🍬

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Albedo highkey reminds me of the main character, Yaha-kui zaShunina. Their voice textures and ways of speaking in metaphors are very similar

anyway PLEASE GO WATCH KADO

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... Truth

Digital Art
Created 27 januari 2019

Shift and distort
magic metaphors
to make them contort
to what I believe
is a truth
others need to see.
© Graff1980

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on the nature of time, and other metaphors

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Here's a new Trivial Pursuit (Pan & Syrinx, apologies to Rubens) 12" x 18" That dude pan made his flute out of the reeds into which Syrinx was reincarnated. metaphors that are up for grabs, no pun intended

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Shout-out to for the amazing portraits of my D&D Firbolg, Aago Dbois. Aago's a good boy who loves soup, is easily flustered, and doesn't understand metaphors. He also invented snowboarding 🏂

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... Truth

Digital Art
Created 27 januari 2019

Shift and distort
magic metaphors
to make them contort
to what I believe
is a truth
others need to see.
© Graff1980

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"Kai Lee"
Commission artwork for SmilesAndMetaphors
Original character belongs to the owner.

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