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@burgeaux.bsky.social
Gerald, 21↑ 🇻🇪. fantasy artist of the dark and queer variety. mature themes and whimsy abound, nonetheless!
Class assignment based on a Massive Attack song of the same name ft my ocs 👍 take a listen it's a good one!
September 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Class assignment based on a Massive Attack song of the same name ft my ocs 👍 take a listen it's a good one!
Guacamayas flying in colorful clusters, gathering on rooftops in times of abundance, heckling for food (which my elves are happy to provide even with loving annoyance)! Not often owned as 'pets' but some birds find their way to the same person over and over again as companions...
August 18, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Guacamayas flying in colorful clusters, gathering on rooftops in times of abundance, heckling for food (which my elves are happy to provide even with loving annoyance)! Not often owned as 'pets' but some birds find their way to the same person over and over again as companions...
I miss my bird guys so bad
August 18, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I miss my bird guys so bad
Details!
Emet-Selch calling the wol "eater" during Mt. Gulg never leaves my mind, and although their violence is a tipping scale, I wanted to explore it in favor of Burgeaux THROUGH Emet's perspective. Azem is a near opposite to Burg, and Emet exploits it, relishing in their pain and their guilt!
Emet-Selch calling the wol "eater" during Mt. Gulg never leaves my mind, and although their violence is a tipping scale, I wanted to explore it in favor of Burgeaux THROUGH Emet's perspective. Azem is a near opposite to Burg, and Emet exploits it, relishing in their pain and their guilt!
August 6, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Details!
Emet-Selch calling the wol "eater" during Mt. Gulg never leaves my mind, and although their violence is a tipping scale, I wanted to explore it in favor of Burgeaux THROUGH Emet's perspective. Azem is a near opposite to Burg, and Emet exploits it, relishing in their pain and their guilt!
Emet-Selch calling the wol "eater" during Mt. Gulg never leaves my mind, and although their violence is a tipping scale, I wanted to explore it in favor of Burgeaux THROUGH Emet's perspective. Azem is a near opposite to Burg, and Emet exploits it, relishing in their pain and their guilt!
I put my mouth on your name, and I swallowed
August 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I put my mouth on your name, and I swallowed
genuinely crying dude it feels like this
August 3, 2025 at 12:19 AM
genuinely crying dude it feels like this
>takes an hour to get an arm right on a serious piece
>whips this out 10 minutes no breaks no erasing
it's like I never stopped drawing
>whips this out 10 minutes no breaks no erasing
it's like I never stopped drawing
August 3, 2025 at 12:15 AM
>takes an hour to get an arm right on a serious piece
>whips this out 10 minutes no breaks no erasing
it's like I never stopped drawing
>whips this out 10 minutes no breaks no erasing
it's like I never stopped drawing
wip but I am kind of happy with how I drew him here
August 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
wip but I am kind of happy with how I drew him here
i just wanted to draw him fashionista
July 29, 2025 at 5:20 AM
i just wanted to draw him fashionista
showed these to my labubu-loving mom and I'm losing it
July 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
showed these to my labubu-loving mom and I'm losing it
I was mainly given the pose idea to sit them by a fireplace, and thought it would be neat if one of the characters (Azu'a) was reminiscing on their journey thus far up until Stormblood :)
July 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I was mainly given the pose idea to sit them by a fireplace, and thought it would be neat if one of the characters (Azu'a) was reminiscing on their journey thus far up until Stormblood :)
Commission I finished awhile back for k7tsun! thank you!
July 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Commission I finished awhile back for k7tsun! thank you!
Some stuff I was gonna post before the thread got closed
![While references to colonizers was a shared history centuries ago, indigenous people continue to experience repeated colonization efforts presently throughout the world; because colonization wasn't a single event. Needless to say YES. While the gear pieces wouldn't be as big of an issue if released within another expansion, the CONTEXT of releasing conquistador + musketeer-inspired gear in an expansion inspired by the PRE-CONTACT AMERICAS *is* offensive!
THE PROBLEM
Even as a latino person, I have my own reservations on the way Dawntrail has handled the variety of cultures across the two continents; but to take inspiration from military gear, not even really resembling Steiner (the closest comparison one could make for an FFIX example), is a poor decision especially considering the colonizing force parallels drawn from Alexandria/Solution 9 as a whole.
I had usually been impressed by FFXIV's design team to pull from different parts of history, literature, and media otherwise to create a unique blend of form and function with gear pieces. Whoever brought this up might have thought it relevant (and even impressive) considering the lack of media to come out of Japan with American influences, its anything but. Once again, these might have been welcomed if they were dropped in Heavensward or any other Eurofantasy expac! But its the CONTEXT of introduction within an expac in pre-contact Americas with danger of colonization on the horizon that makes it offensive.
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![1:1 replicas are not necessary to inflict the same wound or draw the same conclusions, as so many people in this thread already have. Replacing chesplates ith tabards still has the same connotations. We didn't get gear inspired by the British army during Endwalker while going through Thavnair, and they even had the tact to move away from SS/Nazi influence for the Garleans despite parallels of similar authoritative powers. Even Star Wars is more on the nose with its visual inspirations for the empire yet they aren't afraid to make them wholly antagonistic. Why now?
A previous poster brought up a good point with SQEX's design philosophy: "We can't use anything that has real-world religious or cultural connotations. If we want to make something that draws from religious imagery, ethnic clothing, and so on, it needs to be significantly altered."
The quote has become less and less viable overtime due to clearer parallels FFXIV has drawn to cultures for a specific narrative within its expacs. This can lead to disaster, either conflating living people to fantasy, or watering down the cultural importance of specific elements. This implies that you can't have a respectful mix of indigenous elements with OTHER fantasy/historical fashion influence throughout the world. Thus, as a product of either ignorance, lack of education, or malice, these faults will turn to repeated behavior within the community — as has been seen with the war bonnet, traditional Korean attire, and Sámi clothing. 2 out of 3 whose issues have not been rectified. [CONT'D ON NEXT SLIDE]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6k2tsinmfq2ujybxu736qziw/bafkreid45u37tzmqqgudcvdjijkwbdmaeznvelmoipdzvie2bek4xhoqd4@jpeg)
July 17, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Some stuff I was gonna post before the thread got closed
I hated hallacas for my entire life until I had some without olives 3 Christmases ago and now I love them.
July 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I hated hallacas for my entire life until I had some without olives 3 Christmases ago and now I love them.
Small introduction to some practices by my homebrew Jucani elves + a new face I've been investing a bit of time in :)
Get to know a part of Wuasakaka's morning routine!
Get to know a part of Wuasakaka's morning routine!
July 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Small introduction to some practices by my homebrew Jucani elves + a new face I've been investing a bit of time in :)
Get to know a part of Wuasakaka's morning routine!
Get to know a part of Wuasakaka's morning routine!
I'M FREE FROM FINALS AGAIN ‼️ I'm taking an additonal week to rest up and schedule, but I plan to finish owed art at the end of May. Thank you commissioners for your continued patience, it helps ease my stress and it means a lot ;_;
May 9, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I'M FREE FROM FINALS AGAIN ‼️ I'm taking an additonal week to rest up and schedule, but I plan to finish owed art at the end of May. Thank you commissioners for your continued patience, it helps ease my stress and it means a lot ;_;
