TBF I think the song kinda implies they only combust if they won’t deal with their stuff?
Also it’s cause when they wrote the script they forgot till very end they didn’t mention how he was summoned so they just picked Xander lol
Posts by Babe&Oak
Corvus & Crater - Black and white depicting the myth of Corvus and Crater. The entire background is black with grain shading and a star map showing the constellations Corvus and Crater in the southern sky. In the top left is an outline of a sun representing Apollo with a glowing black water serpent winding in and around it. In the middle sweeping down from the top right is a large crow in profile. In the middle in a double handle crater with Apollo’s laurel leaf on it. In the bottom right is a black lyre and in the bottom left is a large fig tree with one fig cut in half. Behind in the bottom half are swirling white lines representing water.
Swatch card for the gourmand bandana repeat pattern l created for author ldris Grey. Swatch card is a rectangle with the title and Babe&Oak stamp logo on the lower right side. Inside thers, frame is the pattern large scalea The swatch card is on top of the pattern at a smaller scale. Pattern is in tones of muted deep lavender, dark navy, warm blue and creamy beige taupe. The pattern is a mosaics of tiles in alternating colours with vignettes of abstract botanics and fruit illustrations. Fruit illustrations include a pear, a strawberry, a pair of cherries and a pair of peaches. The botanic abstracts are symmetrical and inspired by tin tile ceilings and florals including daisies. The tiles create a ion border along and diamond within a secondary light creamy white and pale blue fruit and botanic floral pattern. Together they form a 90s inspired bandana pattern.
Black line art minimal design for an Eki Stamp of the fictional Kisaragi Station from the urban legend in Japan. It is done in a stylized minimal monoline art style with ominous details hidden. Stamp is a circle. The border is divided into empty space and thick black sections. The bottom third is filled into black with "如月駅 Kisaragi Sta." On top. On the left is a branching tree outline with black leaves. Hanging from the tree are four (representing death Japanese bells and stylized fog is cutting over top. Next to the tree is a retro style pay phone with the phone line cut and disconnected. Beyond the phone are track tracks and a small train station surrounded by overgrown greenery with mountains and power lines behind it. The station is a shingled a line pavilion an entrance to the left that's overgrown with plants and abandoned. To, the right is a small bench with overgrown plants and a framed signed with a symbol that combines a a play on a version of the Mitsudomoe (3 commas) and a Shinto spirit mirror. At the apex or the pavilion is a decoration inspired by hanya masks. Fog rolls in over top of the station and large bushes and a gradient half tone is on the mountains behind
Altar prayer card for the goddess Diana. A rectangular card has a black border with parts of the Orphic hymn for Diana surrounding it as a border in white text. In the bottom right are twin arrows over a crescent moon representing her and Apollo. In the bottom left and top right are white outlined 8 point stars. Inside the border is a marble shockwave black and grey pattern with white outlining that forms an arch at the top with lining to look like columns on both sides. In the middle is a stag skull with painted antlers of a diamond and star pattern. Behind the skull are smaller 8 point stars and cloud ripples. Above the skull is a scraggly branch of queen Anne’s lace with small dots above. In the top corners are two constellations for Sirius as her hunting dogs and Roman numerals for 13 and 8 for the date of the Nemoralia festival.
Hi #PortfolioDay
I'm Élle • Toronto based freelance illustrator & surface pattern designer
Passionate about detail work, lush patterns, occult history & symbolism
Open for projects in publishing, tarot end-pages, merch, commercial & private commissions
✉️babeandoak@gmail.com
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Wow! Oh I LOVE seeing the progression. Brilliant work
Me when I’m giving my design notes to clients -
Oh amazing! You know I’ve seen this piece many times and never knew the name.
He’s so fluid with his line work. Must be a treat if you get to seem them in Vienna. Austria is so beautiful
The colour of pomegranates has been on my watchlist forever!
That’s so kind of you to say! tysm 🙂💛👻
The way you do faces is everything
Oh that must have been magic. What was your fav piece you saw?
Ooo I’ve never heard of Félix Vallotton - gotta add to my list
Aw I’m glad to hear 💛
💛💛💛
Oh wow the lithograph is beautiful
I love how I can see the threads of all of these in your work 💕
It’s so spectacular. It was so hard picking just one from him but I love when the characters integrate with his backgrounds. It’s pure magic then. Plus auroras little bodice dress is just about my fav thing ever
I’m so obsessed. Like somehow he uses basically patterns but for landscapes? Like how? And those colours 💕✨
Artists, show what built your style!
- Not sure what built it but these are the 4 I always think of
You were on pro mode I wish I had thought of to put those 😩
Ahh I didn’t even think of putting shows or quotes 😩
Also that Ophelia is one of my favs 💕
That’s so kind! Tysm 🥰
Awesome 👏
Guaranteed to help
And moving! Like they’re alive
Also that blush on her cheeks is so cheeky. I can’t believe he made these all for the church
I think about those Bosch strawberries all the time
Right?? Eyvind Earle is a wizard and I don’t even want to talk about how good Bernini is or how young he was lol
Awe thank you so much for sharing Laura - very sweet of you 💕
Who does not love tentacles and skulls?! Who, I ask you?!😃🦑💀🐦⬛💜💜💜💜💜😍😍😍😍
Artists, show what built your style!
- Not sure what built it but these are the 4 I always think of
Ahh I love you’re a big Klimt fan too
Oh thank you so much Laura! 💕