Origins:

Based on 'The Three Living and the Three Dead', a popular medieval morality tale and art motif - warning that wealth and power cannot escape death.

Related is the Latin phrase 'Memento Mori' (Remember you must die) as a warning to appreciate life whilst you have it, as death is inescapable.

Medieval art was often symbolic, and especially in a manuscript page, meant to tell an entire story maybe expressed as a sage morsel of wisdom or an oral tale. Here the 3 Dead Kings can convey their message entirely in a single image.

Details/Symbols:

1. Poppy flowers border (Remembrance & Death motif)

2. Central Lily flower growing (Flower of death)

3. Border Raven (death), Border Sword (war, might and status)

4. Skulls flanking a shield with a half spent hourglass, mounted on 2 Scythes (classic Grim Reaper motif)

5. The golden frame peaks in a silhouette of a skull with 2 rounded sockets and a protruding nose as a subtle death nod.

6. 3 Kings in sequence of varying levels of extravagance (fabrics, armour).

7. 3 Dead, in varying stages of decay to show the process of death, with the right-most skelly being freshly dead and skin intact, moving to the final, maggot-ridden skelly in more discomposure.

8. The crowns of the Kings match those of the Skeletons, reinforcing the mirror they are looking into.

9. Above either's heads is the phrase Memento Mori in scrolls, and a motif of a blazing Sun and crescent Moon, representing the passing of time and life/death motif.

10. Artists of medieval times often self-inserted their portraits, and so I'm here as the 3rd king in line directly opposite and toe-to-toe with my skeleton.

Also included is my image references with real medieval art, my sketch, and a Black&Gold alternative version.

More of my work here: https://www.instagram.com/picturesidrawn

Origins:

Based on 'The Three Living and the Three Dead', a popular medieval morality tale and art motif - warning that wealth and power cannot escape death.

Related is the Latin phrase 'Memento Mori' (Remember you must die) as a warning to appreciate life whilst you have it, as death is inescapable.

Medieval art was often symbolic, and especially in a manuscript page, meant to tell an entire story maybe expressed as a sage morsel of wisdom or an oral tale. Here the 3 Dead Kings can convey their message entirely in a single image.

Details/Symbols:

1. Poppy flowers border (Remembrance & Death motif)

2. Central Lily flower growing (Flower of death)

3. Border Raven (death), Border Sword (war, might and status)

4. Skulls flanking a shield with a half spent hourglass, mounted on 2 Scythes (classic Grim Reaper motif)

5. The golden frame peaks in a silhouette of a skull with 2 rounded sockets and a protruding nose as a subtle death nod.

6. 3 Kings in sequence of varying levels of extravagance (fabrics, armour).

7. 3 Dead, in varying stages of decay to show the process of death, with the right-most skelly being freshly dead and skin intact, moving to the final, maggot-ridden skelly in more discomposure.

8. The crowns of the Kings match those of the Skeletons, reinforcing the mirror they are looking into.

9. Above either's heads is the phrase Memento Mori in scrolls, and a motif of a blazing Sun and crescent Moon, representing the passing of time and life/death motif.

10. Artists of medieval times often self-inserted their portraits, and so I'm here as the 3rd king in line directly opposite and toe-to-toe with my skeleton.

Also included is my image references with real medieval art, my sketch, and a Black&Gold alternative version.

More of my work here: https://www.instagram.com/picturesidrawn

All done with a mouse and despite appearances, all heavily researched

I am a Medieval enthusiast and artist. I primarily use MS Paint and love mixing a 90/00s nostalgia into this historic often silly yet prestigious art and culture.

Porygon: As a Pokemon made of totally low poly digital code - translating him into a medieval style was challenging. Medieval art frequently avoids realism in favour of symbolic ideas (like turtles with shield backs, showing their defensive ability). Porygon being a blocky and flat thing lead me to consider him being made of other man-made objects, like bricks or metal ingots. But ultimately I chose shields as they also can show bright colourful designs with symbols (great for his 2 eyes). But that's just a theory - a medieval theory

Gengar: Inspired by the medieval myths of Blemmyae (headless humans with faces on their chests). Blemmyae are now by modern theory thought to represent either Orangutan, or certain peoples of Africa that wore large elaborate head-dresses/masks.

Koffing: He felt so much like the head of a Morningstar mace, I couldn't refuse a spiky boi

Thanks!!!!

You can see more of my art here: https://www.instagram.com/picturesidrawn/

This map gets me so nostalgic

I spent my teens in the mid 00's playing this constantly, so I wanted to celebrate it in my art style

MS Paint is my usual tool, and feels suitable 00s enough, while adding a touch of silliness - quite characterful of the way I played and servers I was on. We were always talking about memes, blasting dance music, giving each other console powers and messing around.

cs_office in Counter Strike: Source was almost a second home.

I do other MS Paint art, usually medieval inspired here: https://www.instagram.com/picturesidrawn/

thank you very muchly

if you like this, I have more art here: https://www.instagram.com/picturesidrawn/

FREE ENTRY - Tomorrow

@Trafalgar House 10am-6pm, Saturday 11th July

Alternative vendors, artists, makers and more

Check it out and find more details on their instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/steelcityalternative

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I'm not involved in organising this event, I'm just sharing it

However I am trading there as an artist as Picturesidrawn

https://www.instagram.com/picturesidrawn

Hi I'm an MS Paint artist and very influenced by medieval art. Here is my attempt to turn some iconic LOTR moments into fancy manuscripts.

Some nice little details and movie references within these artworks, and I decided to gild them digitally with some metallic gold finish.

Image 1: A quote of Frodo for his hesitance with the responsibility of the One Ring, circling him entirely in a portrait as if trapping him as he stands symbolically removed from the Shire below him.

Image 2: The council sit around the ring, lead by Elrond facing across from Frodo, with the central ring and it's looming presence of Sauron within it. The weapons below are pictographic in the quotes: "You have my sword." "And my bow." "and my axe!" from Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli.

Image 3 shows Gandalf facing off the Balrog with his iconic quote. Backed in elaborate gold and a spiky violent red frame to show the significant danger of the scene.

Image 4: Potatoes

Image 5: Frodo and Sam over the edge of Mount Doom ready to destroy the ring, Frodo stands guard, yet to know of Gollum approaching. Gollum sits in the marginalia of the page here with a golden saint-like hero to represent his martyrdom sacrifice he made in destroying the ring.

Image 6: Barad-dûr, The Dark Tower, The Tower of Sauron.

You can follow my work here: https://www.instagram.com/picturesidrawn

Hi, I'm Picturesidrawn, a Sheffield born artist and just starting my journey into being a professional working artist. So far I've just done my 2nd Art Market at Fairly Odd Market this weekend.

A few people told me they recognised me from here which was fantastic! It was so nice to see people get excited about my art and pick up some pieces.

Sold 24 prints and nearly 80 stickers among other things and made £569 on the day. Maybe one day I could pursue this as a career? I'm working full-time currently still and just doing this around my job, so I'm very busy and not getting much time the past couple of weeks but it was all incredibly rewarding.

I'm very keen to have my work exhibited and commissioned beyond this current work, and still keeping an eye out on how to approach local businesses or the council for public mural work to add some colourful medieval fun to the sights of Sheffield.

Thanks to everyone from Reddit that stopped by!

You can follow my instagram: https://www.instagram.com/picturesidrawn

Or my website: https://picturesidrawn.carrd.co/

Did my first art market! I was very nervous but I set things up reasonably in the end and other artists and shoppers were all very friendly.

Biggest lesson

I felt so scared to do this because I didnt feel ready or prepared or perfect enough, but you never get good without doing the thing. Ultimately things could have been set up better, but I still had a great time, made some sales, and learned a lot of things I wouldn't know until I actually did the thing!

Top tips

* It was most valuable meeting people face to face and talking about my art. Seeing what people reacted to more or pointed at with excitement, and what products people asked for. (Pro tip, people LOVE stickers)

* This totally absolutely flew by and it didn't feel like 5 hours at all!

* I only had to do a last minute panic shop of display supplies, but here is what I learned, from having 0 experience:

* Bring clips, blu tack, glue dots and other things to mount and secure things to your table. Not just against the wind if outdoors, but if people knock things over.

* Bring a meal and hydration! Something to do or someone to talk to when you get a few minutes spare is very handy.

* Use what you can! I didnt even have any fancy setup, I just brought my blanket from home, a shoe rack which I stood vertically, and some cheap folding display boxes.

I'm autistic and so knowing when to talk to people is key. This is what I learned:

I found people kept a distance sometimes to browse as a silent indicator of to not be spoken to. However, 95% of people always said hello back.

My rule for talking was:

"Hi!" If they say hello back then, ask "how are you doing?" (All polite and not too eager to talk, but friendly).

If they say "good/alright" then I leave them to browse until they notice something and lean in/touch and I give a 1 sentence explanation of my art, e.g. "I made all this with Microsoft Paint!" and leave it closed but factual.

If they respond with a more full sentence, I engage in conversation as normal, all the while exploring their interests or being sure to discuss my art in a way that naturally relates to the topic if I can.

Light jokes and sensible surface level quips can break the ice even if they're quite boring, but I think of them like Christmas jokes - not really that funny but it gets a smile.

My specific joke was about how the sun was only hitting one side of me, and that I was steadily getting a lorry driver tan, then I'd make a classic bloke voice and say "oo its hard graft", which was funny because that's not what I'm like, but I think had layers to it that 1) reminded them that I'm working by selling, and my art is a graft in a way but also 2) that I was coming from a place of grounded work attitudes and working class background (which is important to me). Maybe no one else read into the joke too much, but it worked on the day and got people smiling, and resulted in a few people having long conversations with me about all sorts!

It's inherently an awkward experience for both people, as a shopper at art markets you'll know the same nerves too.

I sensed some people didn't like 'obvious compliments' - one guy wore a funny t-shirt but it seemed like everyone there commented on it and he seemed quite deflated when I mentioned it, so that made me say like "but I bet everyone said that, and tbf it is really cool" to try and do a 'i complimented this but I meant it, I'm not just being nice to sell something as a cheap psychology hack' - again maybe something I was overthinking lol, but he did seem amused by that and stuck around to buy a modest selection.

My vibe is kinda my own and people will love it or hate it but people seemed taken aback/impressed i think mostly in a positive way. When people asked "you did this in MS Paint? How did you manage that!?" I said "well I'm just a really good artist" in quite a deadpan but friendly way. Maybe it's a British tone of humour, so if it sounds weird just imagine a Monty Python sketch way of talking. A serious sentence said seriously but in a way which is charming. I found this to be a bit disarming as it made me different from other interactions I suppose, but also suggested a confidence and assuredness in my art. I didn't want to be timid or shy in accepting compliments or behave in a way which I didn't have faith in my work - I'm selling it, I know its good.

Another thing that got a chuckle, (often awkward laugh) was saying, "have a rummage around, I've got lots of my crap here", sometimes as a follow up to the previous line, so it was juxtaposed and also invited exploration but also acknowledged that I had a lot of different stuff and I wasnt too precious.

Another instance which someone responded well to was when someone picked up an item to show a friend, was told to get it but they were unsure and looked to me somehow, I just said "hey get it if you like it but dont feel pressured to buy anything, I'm not trying to upsell you" and they were also a bit shocked but amused.

Overall my vibe and things I said and did could have been off putting but on the whole, people had a very good time. My partner was helping me run things too and always tells me if I'm being weird or rude to people but raised no concerns and had a good laugh with me too. So I think all good!

The main thing is to be bold but be yourself. You're an artist and you love what you do, let people feel that passion as they dont always buy work for work sake, but because of the person who made it too.

Whats next for future markets?

Following this art market, table displays do seem key and everyone seems to be using the cube storage modular grid panel systems for vertical display, and that was a key issue for my stuff was 1) too much, and 2) too hard to sort through quickly. Having things like stickers and badge designs clearly visible is very useful for people too anxious to rummage.

Anyway, I'm not sure if that's useful but it's useful for me!

Find my art here: https://www.instagram.com/picturesidrawn

I make medieval art inspired work in MS Paint

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You can see my other work here: https://www.instagram.com/picturesidrawn