Month: September 2016

I’m back for another blog post. Though this one isn’t about my summer, or revolutions. No, this one is about something quite cool (not that my summer wasn’t awesome)

This is about steampunk

Now, for those of you reading this who may be confused, Steampunk is a style of literature and an actual subculture which started in the 1980’s, based off of books that involve a Victorian-Era based place with steam run machines. Quite a lot of gears and fancy metals

 

Thats an example of Steampunk outfits on some awesome people and a steampunk projector. As you can see, it’s a lot of gears and metal and Victorian based clothing. Pretty awesome.

**Side Note: A great example, if you’d like to see more of the clothing, would be the music video to The Ballad of Mona Lisa by Panic! At The Disco. Just click that link there, the lead singer wears some Steampunkish clothing. The song is also good

So, I had to dive deeper into this awesome style. Well, Willa The Fabulous gave me the idea.

Does the Steampunk style have anything to do with the Punk style?

And I did.

So, for this idea, I decided to look up the style of dress that Steampunk and punks wear. That’s when I realized something

The gothic style of clothing is very similar to the Steampunk style. So I added that in. I drew three different types of dresses. One Punk, one Steampunk, and one Gothic. And, if I do say so myself, they turned out awesome

(From left to right, Steampunk, Gothic, Punk)

The hair was an extra touch that I wanted to add in because otherwise they’d be bald. Not that bald girls aren’t awesome, but I like drawing hair.

So, I compared the similarities to these dresses

1: Corseted

As you’ll notice, all three have those weird strings going around the front. That’s called a corset, pretty much in the olden days it kept your waist small. In the Steampunk dress, you’ll notice that it actually is a typical corset. Since the Steampunk style is based around the Victorian era, World War I, that would probably be the purpose, to keep your waist looking thin, or to help fit into the dress. In the gothic dress, along with the Punk, I don’t think it’s there to keep your waist thin, but most likely just there for decoration because it does look cool

2: Boots

The boots on all three of these models are all about thigh or knee high, usually to protect the legs. But you’ll notice that the Steampunk one has heels. Heels were originally worn by men in old France to A) look fabulous, B) used by horse riders and C) worn by butchers to avoid stepping on blood. I’m assuming here that this model wasn’t a butcher, so probably wore them to seem taller.

3: Laces/Layers

All three of these models have quite short dresses, the gothic one being the longest at knee length. You’ll notice that they all have laces on their skirt, most likely for decoration. There are over the kinds of lace, all with different pattern. Lace doesn’t actually serve a purpose on the dress, but all three styles seem to use it for it to look interesting. The layers on the skirt tend to vary. It’s safe to say there is probably a few layers underneath the Steampunk dress to make it stick out like that, where as the Punk and gothic layers are all visible to make it look more appealing.

So, to answer my question, I think that yes, the Steampunk style does have to do with it the Punk style, in the clothing at least.

I hope you enjoyed this post, a third one will be coming up in the next week!

Read Ya Later

Ruby

So, over the past few days, we have learned about the magicness of Revolutions. This is all tied in to a large project we’re going about a Metaphor Machine. But let’s save that for another post

So there was this guy called Crane Brinton. Quite unfortunate to be named after a bird, but he made this theory about revoltutions. What if they all followed the same pattern? I have made a video that you can see down below to explain his theory:

All caught up now? Good. So, I had to ask myself a question about this theory

Do all revolutions apply to this theory?

Let’s find out.

Lets take, for instance, the American revolution. I’m going to split this into stages, to make it easier

Stage 1: 

So, the tensions between the British and the colonists have been building up. Not any violence yet, but the colonists aren’t doing so great because the British are trying to tax them

So, following it so far. Small tensions, realizing injustice.

Stage 2:

The colonists went to violence in 1770, and the British shot at a group of protestors, killing five men. In response, the colonists dumped tea into the Boston harbour

How dare they

A group of colonists, who I think included George Washington himself, denounced taxation.

But, this is where the theory slightly falls apart. Sure, there were protestors, but no one really splits up into groups about what to do with the British. And it goes to violence quite quickly….

Stage 3:

When the group with Georgey (not calling him that again) met up again, they formed an army. War broke out, and a lot of people died. The Declaration of Independence was drafted. Some people even came to Canada to run from the violence

So this gets quite violent. It makes sense for stage three.

Stage 4:

People become less violent as the British start to retreat. The Americans sign peace treaties with Spain and France. Things die down.

And this makes sense for stage four. A new ruler comes in, less violence.

In conclusion, the American Revolution doesn’t entirely fit the form of Crane Brinton’s Theory, but hey. No one is perfect.

So I hope you enjoyed another fun filled blog post

Read Ya Later

Rubes