u/Chaitywatt

I'm a big fan or dioramas, models, sets, miniatures, etc. And one of my favorites definitely has to be dioramas of towns in the 1950s.

You can see this kind of look in stuff like Wallace & Gromit, Moral Orel, Thomas the Tank Engine, Fireman Sam, & also in real world examples like dioramas & model train sets.

It's core components & themes are small towns set in primarily America or Britain, period pieces, classic car models & this Rockwellian ideal & image of the past.

So, if we can cook up a cool name for this aesthetic, that would be greatly appreciated. Have a great day & week!

So I’m trying to build settings based on one of the 7 Deadly Sins. If you guys know Little Nightmares, you’ll know what the Maw is, & in case you don’t, it’s basically a setting which revolves around gluttony. What I’m trying to do, is to build settings somewhat similar to the Maw but revolving around other sins. I have a few good ideas, but I just want to see what others come up with.

I’m looking for more “official?” (IDK if that’s the right word to describe it) Aesthetics, like ones seen in art, adverts, graphic design & architecture. So no subcultures or personal aesthetics.

I have a good idea for Greed & Pride, not so much for the others. With greed I imagined stuff like Art Deco, because that aesthetic is overtly gaudy & overgarished & really screams decadence. Combined with a lot of Old Money aesthetics like large classic luxury cars like Lincolns or Cadillacs.

Pride, I envisioned a lot of aristocratic & imperial styles. Stuff like neoclassicalism, but maybe also Soviet Classicism & also the aesthetics of large dictatorships & empires like the British Empire, Nazi Germany or the USSR, & their large compensating monuments & boulevards. Like the ones in cities like Moscow & Pyongyang. Also a lot of military aspects like nationalism & large military parades. 

Gluttony I imagined, for some reason, Global Village Coffeehouse. I mean, it’s an aesthetic which revolves around food & uses a lot of warm colors like orange, which is associated with Gluttony. But I got nothing there. Same with Envy, Lust & Wrath.

So, if you guys have any ideas, please share them in the comments! I cannot wait to see them! Help would be greatly appreciated! Have a great day & week!

So in a lot of dystopian movies from between the 1960s-80s. They all have this look, which is pretty similar to 1960s Mod, Mid-century Modern & Ultramodern Supergraphics. But sci-fi & dystopian.

Good examples of this are movies like Logan's Run, Soylent Green, A Clockwork Orange, & though not from the 1970s, but greatly pays tribute to the aesthetics of the time period, the upcoming Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping movie. Also that one depressing 1970s sci-fi movie ending gag from Family Guy.

So I'm curious to see what you guys think, if it has a proper name, & if there are other examples of this aesthetic. Anyways, have a great day & week!

So, roughly a month ago. I asked: "What would you do if you were in charge of Rapture?" Now, after a month of procrastinating, I ask the same, but for Columbia.

The premise is the same. You're free to do whatever you want, rule however you want, change as much as you want. But I think I wasn't clear last time. When I said "it must still be Rapture & under the sea." I meant that it must remain an Art Deco city under the ocean. So no, changing it to an atompunk aesthetic & sending it to the clouds.

So in this case, Columbia must remain a colonial-styled city in the clouds.

So! Would you kindly share what you'd do in the comments & have a great day & week!

Personally, since Ragatha was 30 in either 2008 or 2017, that would mean she was born sometime between the 1970s-80s. If her mother was somewhere between her mid-20s to 30s when she had her. That would put her birth sometime around, during, & after WWII. Sometime during at earliest, the late-1930s, or the 1940s-50s. Making her a part of the late Greatest Generation or the early Boomers.

So I believe that she was raised by very 'Joseph Sugerman' from Bojack Horseman types. (Heads up, I haven't actually seen Bojack Horseman yet, I just wanted a 20 minute essay about it so sorry if I got somethings wrong. Also I want to clarify I'm not trying to defend an abuser or anything. Abuse leading to more abuse is a true tragedy. I just wanted to voice an idea of mine. Again, not trying to justify or defend anything bad, whatsoever).

Parents who were awful, abhorrent, & downright abusive, but not outright malicious or did so intentionally, because they were really products of their time. A time when tapeworms were a common treatment for weight loss, where lobotomies were a actual mental health treatment, where men were told to suck up their emotions & provide for the family & women were told to raise kids & care for the house.

I also imagine that they were, like most people in the early-mid 20th century. Extremely bigoted. Racist, homophobic, sexist, misogynistic, etc. I bet her father was a Dixiecrat who supported George Wallace back in the 1960s. Plus also extremely religious as well. A lot of things which would probably get passed down to Ragatha's mother. I also imagined they had a relative who died back in WWII & they just didn't stop mourning him.

You know, I kinda, no, really wished we got to see more of Ragatha & her backstory. It's a damn shame that we barely got to see her past & see her flaws & imperfections properly developed. I kinda wish we saw how bad Ragatha's family was so we could understand her better.

Anyways, those were my ideas, please share me yours & have a great day & week!

Like, I suppose it's a sort of noir? Definitely a more comical version of noir. It's greatly inspired by comic books from the 1930s-50s.

If it has a proper name, an answer would be greatly appreciated! So have a great day & week!

Personally, I love it!

Personally, I hate Corporate Memphis, or Alegria, because it feels so smug, so self-righteous & so fake, artificial & insincere. It feels like a middle finger. A middle finger from a scummy dirt bag corporation. It just screams: "Own nothing & you'll be happy". It feels like a cheap mask or a veil from a evil, evil corporation. " Oh look at us! We're sooo inclusive & caring! It doesn't matter that we're making the world worse by raising rent, cutting wages, adding onto global warming or laying off workers. It doesn't matter that we're making life unlivable, raising the price of health insurance, replacing human labor with AI. Look at the art we use in our ads! We're so inclusive!" That's how it reads to me.

Like, admittedly, Alegria, doesn't look all that bad. Really! Personally it looks too clean & corporate for my tastes. But ignore that, & you have a genuinely colorful & kinda nice aesthetic.

But how come Alegria feels this way, compared to other, somewhat similar looking, & sometimes insincere aesthetics?

Is it just that Alegria looks bad? Compare it to the artwork of Fatinha Ramos. They both have similar appearances. Large, geometric, & over exaggerated bodies, & a inclusive look. But, what Alegria lacks that the art of Fatinha Ramos possesses, is depth, is soul. Her artwork has shading, has depth, has darker shades & greater sense of humanity in her work. Especially in the book she illustrated, Love around the World.

This also applies to art movements like the Avant-garde art movement or the Bauhaus art movement of the 1920s, mid-century modern & the minimalism of the 1960s. There's a depth or a soul to them which seperates them from Alegria, despite them all having similar aesthetic principles. There's freedom in Bauhaus & Futurism.

But if it's because Alegria feels soulless & insincere. Then how come aesthetics like Global Village Coffeehouse or Frutiger Aero, feel so appealing, so nostalgic, so warm & fuzzy, & soulful. Because as pretty as these aesthetics are, don't get me wrong, they really are nice. It's admittedly just as inauthentic & insincere as Alegria. It's a mask which corporations use to appear nicer. But Frutiger Aero & Global Village Coffeehouse, do look good. They look soulful. You get a positive & warm vibe from them.

Is it just nostalgia or anemoia speaking? Old is gold? Is it just that we had a better perception of big corporations in 2000 than we do today? That we felt that Apple & Microsoft were actually making the world better? That Starbucks & Panera were here to give us comfort?

So those are my ideas for now. Please tell me what you guys think & have a great day & week!

Right now I'm calling it Bureaucracy-core or Apparatchik-core. And it's basically this dystopian retro aesthetic which revolves around bureaucracy, with a focus on the 1940s-70s.

It's main tropes are paper work, a dark monochromatic color scheme, business formal suits & ties, computers, pneumatic tubes, totalitarianism, militarism, a retro mid century look & dystopian themes.

It's poster child & best example is the 1985 Terry Gillman movie Brazil. It's also prominent in video games like Papers Please, Beholder (more specifically Beholder 2), We Happy Few, & it's most recent example, Phonopolis.

So if anybody has more examples of this aesthetic, either it be more movies, media, images, music, games etc. It'd be greatly appreciated. Also maybe some name ideas?

Anyways, have a great day & week!

So recently, I went to this new shopping mall called 1981 in Bangkok, Thailand. It was a very fun experience! A very cool atmosphere, cool vibes. Good food, took home a box of nice greasy Vietnamese sausages. Had a great time! If you're in Bangkok I highly recommend it.

But anyways, what I really liked was the aesthetic, this glorification or admiration of vintage Western/American culture. I see it a lot in Thailand, especially at night markets & stuff. So I'm wondering if it had a name.

I'm also curious to see if this is just a Thailand thing, I wonder if other countries in Southeast Asia, or Asia in general have places with a similar vibe.

If anyone could help, that'd be greatly appreciated, & have a great day & week!

On a scale of 1-10, with 10 being absolutely & 1 being absolutely not. Would you walk in this city? Reminder that there are 10 lane roads, with the first 4 pictures there are what you’ll be up against.

So here are some more pictures of The Capitol! The same bureaucratic district as last time. I also added photos of the interiors of a few of the clubs & shops, & one of the luxury apartments here.

The interiors I’ve included are of Club Avant-Garde, or Club Cohen, the Lassiter-Eckhart Dealership, a dealership specializing in luxury cars. And of Hotel Aquila, a luxury hotel. I’ve also included a few storefronts as well.

I was greatly inspired by large & opulent dystopian cities, like the Capitol from the Hunger Games, more specifically Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, the planned reconstruction of Berlin, Germania, & many real world cities like Pyongyang, Astana, Dubai, Moscow, & Ashgabat. Hence, the giant, show-offy, compensating roads. Like, after all, this is a dystopian city, a good city, a utopian city, would have good public transport & be walkable.

I’m also open to getting some more ideas for what else I could add to this city. I’m just finishing up the bureaucratic/governmental district now, I’m planning on adding more offices & the presidential mansion. But I’m not sure what else I could add or how I could expand the city. So some ideas, & opinions, would be greatly appreciated!

Anyways, have a great day & week! Please do share your opinions & ideas! Bye!👋

On a scale of 1-10, with 10 being absolutely & 1 being absolutely not. Would you walk in this city? Reminder that there are 10 lane roads, with the first 4 pictures there are what you’ll be up against.

So here are some more pictures of The Capitol! The same bureaucratic district as last time. I also added photos of the interiors of a few of the clubs & shops, & one of the luxury apartments here.

The interiors I’ve included are of Club Avant-Garde, or Club Cohen, the Lassiter-Eckhart Dealership, a dealership specializing in luxury cars. And of Hotel Aquila, a luxury hotel. I’ve also included a few storefronts as well.

I was greatly inspired by large & opulent dystopian cities, like the Capitol from the Hunger Games, more specifically Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, the planned reconstruction of Berlin, Germania, & many real world cities like Pyongyang, Astana, Dubai, Moscow, & Ashgabat. Hence, the giant, show-offy, compensating roads. Like, after all, this is a dystopian city, a good city, a utopian city, would have good public transport & be walkable.

I’m also open to getting some more ideas for what else I could add to this city. I’m just finishing up the bureaucratic/governmental district now, I’m planning on adding more offices & the presidential mansion. But I’m not sure what else I could add or how I could expand the city. So some ideas, & opinions, would be greatly appreciated!

Anyways, have a great day & week! Please do share your opinions & ideas! Bye!👋

On a scale of 1-10, with 10 being absolutely & 1 being absolutely not. Would you walk in this city?

So, this is an incredibly ambitious venture I’m still working on, & I’m starting to feel the weight of the true scale of the project. Right now, what you’re seeing is the main bureaucratic & governmental district. It’s filled with luxurious apartments, a few clubs, restaurants, & shops. With 10 lane roads & the Capitol building, which is the big white one.

This project was greatly inspired by the Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, & how the Capitol looked in the movie. It’s also inspired by Soviet Classicism, the main architectural style of the Stalin-era. Also by major US cities in the 1920s-30. I also intend for the whole thing to have a retro-futuristic aesthetic, similar to Bioshock, Fallout, & Atomic Heart. I’m planning on building up some more Neo-classical & Art Deco inspired buildings, & I intend to get more photos for all of you!

I’m also planning on expanding into the rich suburban areas, the cultural districts, the industrial areas & the poorer lower income areas as well.

Please tell me what you thinks, maybe give me some ideas, & have a great day & week!

On a scale of 1-10, with 10 being absolutely & 1 being absolutely not. Would you walk in this city?

So, this is an incredibly ambitious venture I’m still working on, & I’m starting to feel the weight of the true scale of the project. Right now, what you’re seeing is the main bureaucratic & governmental district. It’s filled with luxurious apartments, a few clubs, restaurants, & shops. With 10 lane roads & the Capitol building, which is the big white one.

This project was greatly inspired by the Hunger Games: Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, & how the Capitol looked in the movie. It’s also inspired by Soviet Classicism, the main architectural style of the Stalin-era. Also by major US cities in the 1920s-30. I also intend for the whole thing to have a retro-futuristic aesthetic, similar to Bioshock, Fallout, & Atomic Heart. I’m planning on building up some more Neo-classical & Art Deco inspired buildings, & I intend to get more photos for all of you!

I’m also planning on expanding into the rich suburban areas, the cultural districts, the industrial areas & the poorer lower income areas as well.

Please tell me what you thinks, maybe give me some ideas, & have a great day & week!