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Trippin' Through Time

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I had to go down the rabbit hole..

This, it turns out, is a modern illustration to a childrens book from the early 00s written by Madonna. Yeah that Madonna.. the singer who sang "Like a Virgin" and so many other bangers!

From wikipedia

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

psst, don't tell the mods!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It'll be OK. The 00's were a quarter of a century ago.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Parking fees?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

It's a sign of a painter that knows their strengths and limitations to replace what would've been a horrible looking cat with the armor that fits a cat.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

The illustrators who worked on this book are Olga Dugina and Andrej Dugin

Both can draw cats perfectly fine

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Jeff de Boer is living this dream.

Mainly for Cats, but also for Mice. I love his “Black Night Jousting Mouse" armor:

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

![](direct link to the image)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

thanks - i tried:

![](https://ibb.co/j9MvZtyy)

but now no image appears...

i never get it working in the browser

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

because it's an URL of a page displaying the image, not the direct URL of the image itself.

![](https://i.ibb.co/qLsMF6NN/MM10049-221116-00768.png)

gives you

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

thanks! edited my comment <<<

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

我想给猫穿盔甲!

me too my friend, me too.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

The long sabatons always get me by the bubu with this one.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

TThheenn tthhee wwiinnggeedd hhuussssaarrss aarrrriivveedd

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

It's called fashion sweaty

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

My cat would tear shit up in some armor.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

Did I S T U T T E R?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

I dont understand, why did they protest

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

GC, BWR, NW Princess Donut the Queen Anne Chonk

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Surely it's a frog!