Dreams, Zombies and Art Nouveau

[skepticalboffin]

EPIC DREAMS, EPIC FAIL

My dreams are sometimes a better source of entertainment than shows on TV. The recurring themes are: war, gunfights, chases, the occasional mystery. Of course, since I'm an action game freak (who, as a child, wanted to be - among other things - in Special Forces), and since I'm usually very much aware of the fact that I'm

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[coloneldespard]

OoooOOOOooooOOOOO! Yes, that is certainly my sort of scene setting - futuristic noire deco! Gorgeous...

As is your exquisite Art Nouveau work! I'm loving the symbolism of the flowers - there are hints of Rossetti's "Venus Verticordia" in the honeysuckle (which reminds me of Ruskin grumbling about their wantonness) and the passionflower is a nice touch as well. I'm getting the sun halo and feeling dense because I can't recall the name of the shape in the smoke above the honeysuckle. Also seeing shapes in the harp design, like the rx...

[skepticalboffin]

You'd probably dig the music as well: the soundtrack features the likes of Noel Coward, Bobby Darin, Benny Goodman and Billie Holliday (among others). Though you've no idea how disturbing it is, running through the ruins of a once-magnificent art deco city killing insane enemies as Patti Page sings "How Much is That Doggie in the Window?" in the background.

(I still want to do that retro SF flapper picture sometime in the near future...)

And thanks! the flowers are all "Fibonacci" plants (and are arranged in groups of Fibonacci numbers); if there's any other symbology to them, then my subconsciousness was probably responsible for their selection! haha. The harp backbone itself is an AN-ised integration symbol...