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Jack Gooden

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✹ Open for commissions ✹ l like rich, character-driven worlds and bringing them to life via paper and pixels. Website: goodenguy.wixsite.com/goodenguy Instagram: instagram.com/goodenguy/

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Jack Gooden @goodenguy.bsky.social · Jul 5

Feeling a bit lost? Has a seminar got you feeling a little out of place? Stanzyck's got your back! New T-Shirt available at Cat in Crackowes: catincrackowes.etsy.com #medievalart #illustration #medievalists

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The Folklore Podcast @folklorepod.bsky.social · Jul 19

We do big high profile events and small local events alike and enjoy meeting people at both.

Today, the latter, at our local village market which is just a short walk from home. Conveniently set up next to the cake stall :)

If you can’t get to a live event, everything is at thefolklorepodcast.com

A table with a black tablecloth displaying books

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Jack Gooden @goodenguy.bsky.social · Jul 14

Been reading The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler and just felt compelled to capture something from it #inkdrawing #illustration

Jack Gooden @goodenguy.bsky.social · Jul 14

Gotta love that classic taboo trope:
"I'll be the best spouse you've ever known, just don't do X"
*proceeds to do X*
"A'ight, imma peace out, yo"

The Godyssey Podcast @godysseypodcast.com · Jul 14

Was he a beast? A monster? An evil spirit? Psyche's sisters chided her about having never seen her mysterious new (very rich) husband until she could take no more and shone a light on his face. She discovered he was Cupid, but she had broken his one rule: he fled #MythologyMonday

James Woods' depiction of Psyche shining a glowing censure on Cupid in bed, the handsome man with curled blond locks prostrate on their bed while holding his bow, his wings covered in roses. Oddly enough, their bedroom is a forest in this depiction. Pscyhe herself is nude from the waist up, wearing a pink skirt, while Cupid is implied to be nude beneath his blanket.

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Medievalist.net @medievalists.bsky.social · Jul 14

Top 10 Strangest Deaths in the Middle Ages www.medievalists.net/2023/07/stra... #Medieval

Top 10 Strangest Deaths in the Middle Ages - Medievalists.net

Our list of unusual and strange deaths during the Middle Ages, including being bitten by a severed head and falling out of the Tower of London.

www.medievalists.net

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Jack Gooden @goodenguy.bsky.social · Jul 5

Of course I'd misspell Stańczyk! 😅

Jack Gooden @goodenguy.bsky.social · Jul 5

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Charm City Art Spice @rahnealexander.com · Jun 27

keeping your kids from reading gay books isn't going to stop them from being gay

happy pride!

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Jack Gooden @goodenguy.bsky.social · Jun 27

🏳️‍🌈Happy Pride Month!🏳️‍🌈 Today's #medievalart #illustration is inspired by 'Le Roman de Silence', a literary piece that depicts a girl raised a boy who name themselves 'Silence'. They are accosted by both Nature and Nurture (and Reason), who argue over whether Silence should remain a man. Find yourself!

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Jack Gooden @goodenguy.bsky.social · Jun 22

Another #medievalart #illustration. This time, thinking about the time they dug up a corpse and put it on trial.😅
📜Pope Formosus was a pope that sided with a duke over the king of Italy, leading to the next pope to put his rotting corpse on trial! They mocked his silence and 'grinning' throughout📜

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Jack Gooden @goodenguy.bsky.social · Jun 14

Posting an #inkwork #illustration of Bossk from #starwars I did a while back before I got bogged down with my new 'Cat in crackowes' store and studying!

Jack Gooden @goodenguy.bsky.social · Jun 4

The Cat in Crackowes now has some new wares! Check out my #etsy shop at catincrackowes.etsy.com/!
You've heard of puss in boots? Well meet his medievalist moniker donning some very fashionable, pointy shoes.
#medieval #medievalists #illustrations #merchandise

Jack Gooden @goodenguy.bsky.social · May 31

I've just beaten #death'sdoor, a fantastic game I would highly recommend. Such a beautiful world and style! Still haven't finished it entirely, and I intend to dive back in to complete it. For now, here’s a #watercolor #illustration I did of the Reaper / crow.

Jack Gooden @goodenguy.bsky.social · May 29

Tried my hand at another #Pokémon #ukiyo-e style #watercolor #illustration, this time of another of my favourites, Gastly!

Jack Gooden @goodenguy.bsky.social · May 25

Feel I'm getting there with #watercolour, starting with it first before #inking. Another #ukiyo-e inspired #pokémon #illustration of Treecko, the grass starter and lizard-dinosaur thing from Hoenn!

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · May 24

Eadweard Muybridge did this cat motion study in 1887. Just posting it for everyone who thinks Edwardian and late Victorian cats had to sit still for 5 minutes to be photographed. ☺️ www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/oeuvres/c...

$Series of black and white photos in four rows of six, each one capturing a fraction of a second of a shorthaired mackerel tabby cat running. It resembled the frames of a film.$

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Jack Gooden @goodenguy.bsky.social · May 25

Still practising with #watercolours. It's a messy medium, and I'm still making a few mistakes here and there, but it sure is fun creating these cute little #pokémon #illustrations!

Jack Gooden @goodenguy.bsky.social · May 24

My business cards are finally here! ✹ Open for commissions, be it #medievalart, #illustrations, #animation, #modelpainting, or more! ✹

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Jack Gooden @goodenguy.bsky.social · May 24

It's #japan day today here in Düsseldorf. Celebrating by watching Dandadan and #watercolour #illustration of Weezing in a mix of #ukiyo-e style and Ken Sugimori's Pokémon watercolours.

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SOVKA ✶ @monstersovka.bsky.social · May 18

wolf 🌘🌗🌕🌓🌒

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Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · May 17

Belfast today: March for Trans Rights; 12.30 Writer’s Square.

Stand up for human rights & dignity!

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Jack Gooden @goodenguy.bsky.social · May 16

Thought I'd try my hand at #animation again for a quick project. So I turned my #medievalart #illustration of a jackalope atop an arachas into a gif using #moho
(and yes, that's pronounced gif, not jif)!

Jack Gooden @goodenguy.bsky.social · May 14

This art sends Shivers up my streets.

Marie Enger @soengery.bsky.social · May 14

Disco

Jack Gooden @goodenguy.bsky.social · May 14

The Witch (or VVitch?) is an excellent film, I highly recommend it, especially if you're into #history or #witchcraft!

That's my afternoon at the café, all wrapped up in the evening.
#inkdrawing #illustration

Jack Gooden @goodenguy.bsky.social · May 13

Tried using #watercolour for the first time this week, what better than Ken Sugimori's #pokemon #illustration style to emulate starting out?

Jack Gooden @goodenguy.bsky.social · May 13

Made another #inkdrawing #illustration, this time of Deckard from #bladerunner. Classic film, with some beautiful cinematography!