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AI Art Attempt: Slavicism
Tried out an AI image prompt thing and it turned out much better that I expected.
Favorite soviet movies (and where to find them)
The general opinion about the soviet union varies from person to person, but I think many can agree that the movies that came from this time period were phenomenal. Here are my top favorite movies that I recommend, which also have generally good english subtitles.
Hussar Ballad
A rare musical-comedy gem that I absolutely adore. Shura Azarova, a 17 year old girl joins the army to fight against Napoleon. Plot twist: She's pretending to be a guy and starts falling for a fellow soldier, who she actually engaged to but he has no idea that his new friend is actually a girl (she doesn't like him in the beginning and no wonder lmao). Has a lot of catchy numbers, especially давным давно/ a long time ago/ davnim davno. It may seem a little weird, but watch the first 10 minutes, I guarantee that it will not be a waste of your time.
2. Ivan Vassilvveich changes profession/Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future.
A scientist successfully creates a time-machine but accidentally sends his building's manager and a thief all the way back in time to Ivan IV The Terrible's reign, whilst sending the actual Tsar to the modern decade. Chaos ensues for all.
3. Prisoner of the Caucasus/Shurik's New Adventures/Kidnapping, Caucasian Style (I had no idea this movie had this many translations lol) A kind but naive student named Shurik goes to the Caucasus on vacation where he meets a young woman named Nina, who he ends up accidentally kidnapping (yes, he's that much of a dumbass but he was told that bride kidnapping is a tradition that Nina follows and God forbid that anyone uses this thing called communication). It works out in the end just as chaotically as it started.
4. The Garage A cooperative is planning on buliding a garage for its members except for it now has to be reduced and there won't be enough space for everyone so someone's going to be left out. The comitee ignores said members objections, so someone locks them in for the night leading to them spending the night locked inside the museum which is also the meeting spot. It's actually quite funny, despite the odd description, but I am writing it whilst extremely caffeinated so bear with me here.
5. Unbelievable Adventures of Italians in Russia (Невероятные приключения итальянцев в России). A fantastic comedy. An elderly lady of soviet origin reveals to her grandaughter that there's a treasure buried in Leningrad. However, the wrong people hear about it, so they try to outwit each other in their race to Russia. Pretty funny, especially when the actual treasure hunting commences.
6. The Bremen Town Musicians An animated movie, but nonetheless deserving a mention. The troubadour with his gang of friends made from a donkey, a dog, a cat and a rooster travel around singing, until he meets a princess but the king doesn't approve of them etc. Pretty standard story, but the singing is amazing, especially Troubadours song "Luch solntsa zolotovo/Луч солнца золотого/ Beam of the Golden Sun" with the translation here sung by Muslim Magomayev who honestly deserves a separate post dedicated because his voice is amazing. The english subtitles are a bit iffy here, but nonethless it's worth a watch as it's only 20 or so minutes long.
7. The Mystery of the Third Planet Also an sci-fi animated movie, but the staple of my childhood. Captain Zelyoniy and Professor Seleznyoviy with his daughter go around various planets collecting new species for the zoo. However, on one of the planets they end up discovering something odd and before they know it, they're right in the middle of a conspiracy and a famous missing captain. Fantastic soundtrack and great animation.
There are many more movies that I'd definitely recommend, so this list will be updated sometime in the future.
My all time favourite artwork by Konstantin Makovsky: 1. Русская красавица (Russian Beauty in Summer Garland) 2. Portrait 3. Девушка в венке (Girl wearing a crown) 4. Боярышня (Boyarishna) 1890 5. Русская красавица (Russian Beauty) circa 1900 6. Девушка в жемчужном ожерелье (The girl in pearl necklace) c.1880 - c.1890
My favourite works by Andrey Shishkin: 1. Берегиня/Bereginya (2017) 2. Уральский сказ/ Ural tale (2016) 3. Среча/Srecha (2017) 4. Ярило/Yarilo (2016) 5. Архистратиг/ Archistratig (2018) 6. Девана/ Devana (2013) 7. Ларец/ Casket (2013)
Just felt like painting a girl in a vyshyvanka (a type of embroidered shirt).
Hello,
It's been a while since I last posted something on here. As someone with close family in Ukraine (although luckily all of them are currently safe) the last month has been rather emotionally taxing on me. Because of that I am afraid that my posts might continue to be quite sparse in the coming weeks. I hope you understand and have a nice day/night 💙💛
The Gamayun is a creature in Slavic folklore – a bird with the head of a woman and a symbol of wisdom.
Inktober day 25
Can we just appreciate for a minute how beautiful slavic fantasy is? Saw a bunch of Eastern Europe memes yesterday, got hit by sudden patriotic feelings (it happens once in a hundred years bc mostly I hate my country) and couldn't not to draw my characters Snezhanna and Agnieszka. Snezhanna was inspired by Russian fairy tale character Snegurochka and for Agnieszka I used Polish szlachta's costumes as references.
Let me believe im a slavic model, im just a girl.
xoxo
slavic dolls are my only wl motivation rn
xoxo
Imagine you live there every year from October to April
So.
A while back during an Erasmus exchange an organiser had made a grave mistake of making me present my home country to the unsuspecting victims.
And whilst searching for appropriate foods to introduce those sweet sweet foreigners to our fever dream cuisine I have stumbled upon the greatest dish any of you will ever see
I genuinely believe the sickle should be a valid combat weapon because
1. Look at the aesthetic???
2. I own one of these and oh my lord the power. You do not expect a sickle to be as sharp as it is. In summer when there's tall grass I'll make a followup and present my point.
Also can all of us Slavics gather round and reclaim the symbol of the sickle from those Russian fucks? Thank you.
(OLD ART !) My collection of Ukraine folk dress I draw years ago
One of the country that sparked my love for folk dress of European. Huge love !
me: goes downstairs in a head scarf couse bad hair day
mother: you look like a slav
???? WE ARE FUCKING SLAVIC WHAT ARE YOU ON!!!??
The Scarlet Flower, dir. Irina Povolotskaya (USSR, 1978)
The Scarlet Flower (Alenkiy Tsvetochek) is based on the story of the same name by Sergei Aksakov (1791-1859), which is an adaptation of the traditional story ‘Beauty and the Beast’
thorin in kontusz
more on my patreon / get a print here
Like can we make Lily Evans Slavic? HEAR ME OUT!!!! She has the attitude and the brains. Don't care where from. Just make her Slavic. All I do is imagine her singing on a Russian song and insulting people in her native language. LIKE I WANT. NO, I NEED. IN MY HEAD IT LOOKS SO HOT, DUDE.
And little Harry (after jily broke up) will go to his mother and speak in Lily's native language. And when he's with his father he'll speak in Spanish.
(Reggie and Mary will have to learn the languages)