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[–] ArbitraryValue 57 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

One thing I love about art deco is that it is not self-conscious. That's how you can get stuff like this:

(A beard to impress any dwarf! Also, when I first saw it I thought he was zapping the viewer with two lightning bolts but he's actually holding a compass.)

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Zeus if he was a jojo character

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Isn’t Jesus canonically a Jojo?

[–] [email protected] 35 points 10 months ago

Both of these are my favorite art movements, so apparently I'm playing for both teams.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago (1 children)

An important distinction is this is Machine Age Art Deco. Earlier Art Deco was more like tidier Art Nouveau.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

supposedly the latter is more specifically called streamline moderne

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

This is a fantastic perspective I hadn't considered

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't really know much about art but aren't dwarves more like brutalism?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Dwarves still have decoration, both in their craft and in their style. Braids, carving, etc. Brutalism does not have the intricate design dwarves seem to. It’s all big and blocky.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It depends a lot on your setting, obviously, but dwarves are specifically known for going above and beyond on craftsmanship.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

Yeah, at least for the dwarves that I imagine they’re not just about efficiency and quality but they really want things to look interesting and intricate. (Not that brutalism can’t be interesting but it is not finely detailed/intricate like dwarf work.)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Who's jugendstil

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Why that n looks like R?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Come to the elven undergrounds!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Kobolds are the Monster Hunter aesthetic

[–] Abird1620 1 points 10 months ago

I love the dwarf esthetic