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I'm raiding my archives again....this was taken in Oregon.
I was out in the back yard looking for something to shoot, when I saw this dried Japanese maple leaf, holding down a bird feather. There's something anthropomorphic about this to me :)
Something opens our wings.
Something makes boredom and hurt disappear.
Someone fills the cup in front of us: We taste only sacredness.
Rumi
"Don't make me do this..."
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ʜᴀɴᴅɢᴜɴ: ꜱᴀᴄ
ɢʟᴏᴠᴇꜱ: ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴀᴘᴛɪᴏɴ
At Joshua Tree National Park.
Anthropomorphic interpretations are fun but what is really amazing is that these were born more than 100 million years ago. These say the oldest are around 1 billion years old!
I know I am being anthropomorphic but it did appear that the peacock was admiring the roses. Taken at the David Austin rose gardens and nursery, Albrighton, Shropshire, England.
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Los Barruecos-Extremadura, Spain
Los Barruecos is a natural monument in Malpartida de Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain. The area features granitic formations with landscape interest, together with artificial ponds, used in the past as wool washers. The area also features a number of archaeological remains such as rock art in granite shelters and anthropomorphic tombs carved in granite.
An anthropomorphic pig cartoon character created by the Hong Kong cartoonist Alice Mak and Brian Tse.
@ the renovated Avenue of Stars, Victoria Harbour waterfront, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong.
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This pleasant couple of anthropomorphic pawns welcome us when travelers arrive driving to Vatnsnes Peninsula in the north of Iceland.
Posted for the Smile on Saturday theme "Pawns".
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Chorrera
(900 – 300 a.C.)
Chorrera is the most widespread culture in Ecuador. It represents the antecedent of later culture that flourished during the Period of Regional Development.
It was a markedly hierarchical society with specific specialization’s as evidenced by the extraordinary technical and artistical quality of Chorrera pottery. Fruits, animals and human beings were represented with numberless details, which makes this ceramic tradition unique in the native archaeology of Ecuador.
The most interesting piece is the whistle-bottle that reproduces the sounds of different animals when water is poured into it and the air contained in the bottle moves through a resonant box. Not less extraordinary is the decorative technique of iridescence whose quality has not been surpassed by any other native culture in Ecuador.
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Loved these anthropomorphic figures from the Temple (c.1250-1180 BC), Museum at Mycenae, Mikines, Peloponnese, Greece so moved them outside to the royal cemetery and gave them a bit of nightlife.
The Monolito Ponce is a 3 meters high anthropomorphic sculpture of a single block of andesite representing a figure in a vertical position and covered with abundant iconography in low relief. The figure is represented barefoot, and wears a skirt with 5 bands, 4 of which are decorated with geometric figures. His eyes are square and his nose in the shape of a "T", with ears carved in high relief. Tears flow from his eyes and end in a fish head.
Another pair of Japanese cultural icons on the wall of the passageway.
In the right is Hatsune Miku (初音ミク). It was originally the name given to a vocal synthesiser application first released in 2007 by Crypton Future Media Inc.
Later, its anthropomorphic mascot character was promoted as a virtual singer and became an icon of the Japanese Otaku (おたく 御宅) culture that is associated with Manga, Anime, computer games, cosplay and pop idols.
In the centre is a partial copy of the famous woodblock printing in the 19th century by Toushuusai Sharaku (東洲斎写楽) of Segawa Kikunojou III (三代目瀬川菊之丞), a Kabuki “actor” playing the wife of a Samurai. Kabuki is a classical theatre play performed only by men.
Kabuki used to be a negative word for outlaws, rogues, punks etc.
A woman named Izumono Okuni (出雲阿国) invented a dance performance that incorporated their fashions and styles in the early 17th century. It was originally performed by women and became a popular entertainment for the commoners. I suppose it was like cabaret shows in the beginning.
Kabuki was drastically transformed by the government ban in 1629 on women’s performance in Kabuki as the Confucius government thought it was against the public morals. The Kabuki business tried to survive by replacing women with boys, which was also banned.
The present form is their desperate last resort, with which they barely survived.
The legend of the Sicilian anthropomorphic vases refers to the time of the monarchy when the queen betrayed the king with a dark young man who had both heads cut and exposed it as a warning of future betrayals.
Hungry? Don't feel like cooking? Well, just hop in the car and head on over to Superdawg. It's a place where you can still pull into one of the carports and get your food delivered by a carhop, 1950s style; the grub comes on a tray that hooks on to your half-open car window.
The original Superdawg drive-in was founded in 1948 by Maurie and Flaurie Berman in Chicago's Norwood Park neighborhood, where it is still in owned and operated by their family, I believe. The one shown here is a second unit that opened in 2010 in Wheeling, a Chicago suburb. Not surprisingly, perhaps, the anthropomorphic hot dogs up top are named Maurie and Flaurie.
I'm not certain how the place is doing these days, but according to one story that I read, its business had hardly been affected by Covid-19 restrictions in March during the early days of the virus, while most other restaurants were suffering.
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### 🎥 Prompt (FR)
Petit **souriceau anthropomorphe** au pelage doux et réaliste, assis sur un tronc moussu dans une forêt enchantée, tenant un **livre ancien richement ornementé en or**, ouvert et émettant une lumière magique chaude.
Le regard est émerveillé, grands yeux brillants avec reflets détaillés, expression douce et captivée.
**Ambiance cinématographique féerique**, éclairage volumétrique doré type *golden hour*, particules lumineuses flottantes (poussières magiques, lucioles), bokeh organique en arrière-plan.
Forêt dense en arrière-plan, légèrement floue (profondeur de champ faible), champignons, feuillage humide, textures ultra détaillées (mousse, écorce, feuilles).
**Lumière principale provenant du livre**, illuminant le visage et les oreilles translucides de la souris (subsurface scattering réaliste).
Contraste subtil entre lumière chaude et ombres fraîches verdâtres de la forêt.
Style **hyperréaliste + fantasy cinématographique**, rendu proche d’un film Pixar ultra réaliste ou d’un plan de long-métrage fantasy haut budget.
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### 🎥 Prompt (EN)
A small **anthropomorphic mouse** with ultra-realistic soft fur, sitting on a moss-covered log in an enchanted forest, holding an **ancient ornate golden book**, open and radiating a warm magical glow.
The mouse has a look of wonder, with large glossy eyes featuring detailed reflections, and a gentle, captivated expression.
**Cinematic fantasy atmosphere**, golden hour volumetric lighting, floating glowing particles (magic dust, fireflies), organic bokeh in the background.
Dense forest environment in the background, slightly blurred (shallow depth of field), with mushrooms, damp foliage, and highly detailed textures (moss, bark, leaves).
**Primary light source comes from the book**, illuminating the mouse’s face and its translucent ears (realistic subsurface scattering).
Subtle contrast between warm golden light and cooler green forest shadows.
Style: **hyperrealistic + cinematic fantasy**, resembling a high-budget feature film shot or ultra-realistic Pixar-inspired rendering.
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If you've just arrived and can't wait for your first encounter with the moai (large anthropomorphic statues), head straight to Ahu Tautira.
This site overlooks Caleta Hanga Roa, the fishing port in Hanga Roa at the foot of Av Te Pito o Te Henua.
The small harbors of Hanga Piko and Hanga Roa Otai are located in Hanga Roa town and they are the most important of the island.
Here I found a single ahu (ceremonial platform) with two superb moai.
The other moai:
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In front of the soccer field:
The Municipal Stadium is located on the coastal border of Hanga Roa, on Policarpo Toro Street opposite Ahu Tautira and Hanga Roa Otai, on the corner of Te Pito o Te Henua Street. This modern court is the main stage of the island for the practice of football, rugby as well as other sporting activities.
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Pelé, who was accompanied by former Chilean player Elías Figueroa, Sports Minister Gabriel Ruiz Tagle and Mayor Pedro Edmunds Paoa, starred in the serve of honor of the renovated venue, which invested more than 600 million pesos per share of the National Sports Institute (IND) and the Glosa Insular of the Regional Government of Valparaiso.
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**Prompt :**
Un chat roux majestueux, au pelage dense et finement texturé, se tient debout sur ses pattes arrière au centre d’une clairière enchantée, jouant du violon avec une précision presque humaine. Son regard vert émeraude capte la lumière des étoiles, reflétant une intelligence calme et mystérieuse. La scène se déroule dans une forêt nocturne baignée d’une lueur céleste, où un ciel profond, saturé de constellations scintillantes et de nébuleuses colorées, semble descendre jusqu’aux arbres.
Des rayons lumineux volumétriques traversent la canopée, révélant des particules dorées flottant dans l’air, comme de la poussière d’étoiles. Autour du chat, une assemblée d’animaux anthropomorphes forme un orchestre féerique : des cerfs élancés jouent de la harpe, des renards tiennent des flûtes, des lapins manipulent de petits instruments à cordes. Leurs mouvements sont gracieux, synchronisés, presque chorégraphiés.
De petites créatures lumineuses, semblables à des fées, virevoltent en laissant derrière elles des traînées de lumière pastel. Le sol est couvert de mousse bioluminescente et de racines anciennes, légèrement humides, capturant les reflets ambiants. Une douce brume s’élève, ajoutant de la profondeur atmosphérique.
Style hyperréaliste, rendu 8K ultra détaillé, textures photoréalistes, éclairage cinématographique avec contraste élevé, profondeur de champ maîtrisée (bokeh subtil en arrière-plan), colorimétrie riche oscillant entre tons chauds (or, ambre) et froids (bleu nuit, violet cosmique). Composition centrée avec perspective immersive, légère contre-plongée pour accentuer la grandeur du sujet. Inspiration visuelle mêlant fantasy épique, photographie animalière haut de gamme et esthétique de film orchestral magique.
Ambiance : poétique, onirique, grandiose, comme une symphonie visuelle suspendue dans le temps.
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**Prompt:**
A majestic ginger cat, with dense, finely detailed fur, stands upright on its hind legs at the center of an enchanted forest clearing, playing a violin with almost human precision. Its emerald-green eyes catch and reflect the starlight, conveying a calm, mysterious intelligence. The scene unfolds at night beneath a deep celestial sky, overflowing with shimmering constellations and vibrant nebulae that seem to descend into the treetops.
Volumetric light rays pierce through the canopy, illuminating countless floating golden particles like drifting stardust. Surrounding the cat, an orchestra of anthropomorphic animals performs in harmony: elegant deer pluck glowing harps, foxes play flutes, and rabbits handle delicate string instruments. Their movements are graceful, synchronized, almost choreographed.
Small luminous creatures, resembling fairies, flutter through the air, leaving soft pastel light trails behind them. The forest floor is covered in bioluminescent moss and ancient, slightly damp roots that reflect the ambient glow. A gentle mist rises, enhancing depth and atmosphere.
Hyperrealistic style, ultra-detailed 8K rendering, photorealistic textures, cinematic lighting with high contrast, carefully controlled depth of field (subtle background bokeh), rich color grading blending warm tones (gold, amber) with cool hues (midnight blue, cosmic violet). Centered composition with immersive perspective, slight low-angle shot to emphasize the subject’s grandeur. Visual inspiration blending epic fantasy, high-end wildlife photography, and the aesthetic of a magical orchestral film.
Mood: poetic, dreamlike, grand, like a visual symphony suspended in time.
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Street portrait from Glasgow, Scotland.
Previously unpublished spontaneous street portrait captured during one of my street photography workshops in the city. I don't recall seeing any other kind of cosplay going on so assume it was a FurCon.
They all looked to be having an awesome time with their anthropomorphic roleplay and brought their characters to life.
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Jama-Coaque
(350 a.C. – 1532 d.C.)
This culture extended over northern Manabí and inhabited an environment characterized by wooded hills close to the beach. The power was held by a wealthy and powerful minority. Like neighbouring ethnic groups, the people of Jama-Coaque culture practiced a terrestrial and maritime long-distance trade.
The culture and religious core was the ceremonial center of San Isidro, where several temples were constructed on a huge pyramid surrounded by a large city.
The skill of Jama-Coaque potters is evidenced primarily by the manufacture of fine human figures represented as doing certain tasks and offices Of equal peculiarity and beauty are the ceremonial figure. The attire shows the existence of a flourishing textil industry.
The Basilica of the National Vow presents two types of anthropomorphic figures: gargoyles and acroteros. On the one hand, gargoyles are one of the main hallmarks of the Basilica, but which in turn maintain a direct relationship with the time they were conceived. They are located on the upper sides of the central nave and constitute the unprecedented contribution to the neo-Gothic style by Ecuador. This is because the animals that decorate the temple are not only mythological (like those of European temples), but are a sample of Ecuadorian endemic and exotic fauna. Thus, you can find alligators, Galapagos turtles, blue-footed boobies, armadillos, howler monkeys, pumas, among others.
Acroteros, on the other hand, differ from the previous ones because in addition to being decorative gargoyles have the function of serving as a boot-waters, while acroteros serve exclusively to decorate. It is also important to state that both anthropomorphic figures have an implicit assessment of helping to frighten evil spirits, a belief that originates in the Middle Ages and can be seen in every Gothic construction.
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**🎬 Prompt ultra détaillé (style cinématographique hyperréaliste)**
Un majestueux canard anthropomorphe, roi mystique de la forêt ancienne, se tient debout au centre d’un cercle magique gravé dans le sol, irradiant une lumière dorée pulsante. Il porte une couronne finement ouvragée en or vieilli, incrustée de motifs végétaux délicats, et une cape royale faite de feuilles vivantes, aux textures riches et organiques, oscillant doucement comme sous un souffle invisible.
Dans sa main droite, il tient un sceptre élancé surmonté d’une pointe lumineuse cristalline, émettant des particules dorées flottantes qui se dispersent dans l’air comme des lucioles enchantées. Ses pattes reposent dans deux anneaux dorés gravés de symboles anciens, légèrement en lévitation au-dessus du sol forestier.
L’environnement est une forêt dense et ancestrale, baignée de rayons de lumière volumétrique traversant une canopée épaisse. L’atmosphère est brumeuse, saturée de poussières lumineuses, avec une palette de verts profonds et d’or scintillant. En arrière-plan, des silhouettes spectrales d’animaux nobles (cerfs lumineux, oiseaux éthérés) et de figures humanoïdes translucides forment une assemblée silencieuse, observant la scène comme un rituel sacré.
Le sol est recouvert de mousse humide, de racines sinueuses et de feuilles mortes, avec des détails hyperréalistes (micro-textures, humidité, reflets). La lumière principale est douce et diffuse, contrastée par des accents lumineux dorés provenant du cercle magique et du sceptre.
**Style visuel :** hyperréalisme cinématographique, rendu 8K, profondeur de champ réduite, éclairage volumétrique, global illumination, détails extrêmes, textures ultra fines, rendu type film fantastique épique.
**Ambiance :** mystique, royale, solennelle, presque divine.
**Caméra :** plan légèrement en contre-plongée pour accentuer la majesté, focale cinématographique (35mm), flou d’arrière-plan subtil, grain léger de film.
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**🎬 Ultra-detailed cinematic prompt (hyper-realistic)**
A majestic anthropomorphic duck, the mystical king of an ancient forest, stands upright at the center of a glowing magical circle engraved into the forest floor, radiating a pulsing golden light. He wears an intricately crafted crown of aged gold, adorned with delicate organic patterns, and a royal cloak made of living leaves, rich in texture and gently flowing as if stirred by an unseen breeze.
In his right hand, he holds a slender scepter topped with a radiant crystalline tip, emitting floating golden particles that drift through the air like enchanted fireflies. His webbed feet rest within two ornate golden rings engraved with ancient symbols, slightly levitating above the moss-covered ground.
The environment is a dense, primordial forest bathed in volumetric light beams piercing through a thick canopy. The atmosphere is misty and saturated with glowing dust motes, blending deep greens with shimmering gold hues. In the background, spectral silhouettes of noble animals (luminous deer, ethereal birds) and translucent humanoid figures form a silent assembly, witnessing the scene like a sacred ritual.
The forest floor is richly detailed with damp moss, winding roots, and fallen leaves, rendered with hyper-realistic micro-textures, subtle moisture, and natural reflections. The primary lighting is soft and diffused, contrasted by radiant golden highlights emanating from the magical circle and the scepter.
**Visual style:** hyper-realistic cinematic rendering, 8K resolution, shallow depth of field, volumetric lighting, global illumination, ultra-fine textures, epic fantasy film aesthetic.
**Mood:** mystical, regal, solemn, almost divine.
**Camera:** slight low-angle shot to enhance grandeur, cinematic 35mm lens, subtle background blur (bokeh), light film grain.
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The religions of the Formative Era (2000 to 500BC) created gods in human form but with the supernatural powers of the feline. The faces of these characters combine human features with those of the feline like fangs, whiskers and almond-shaped eyes.
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The works remind me Fernando Botero Angulo's sculptures.
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Chorrera
(900 – 300 a.C.)
Chorrera is the most widespread culture in Ecuador. It represents the antecedent of later culture that flourished during the Period of Regional Development.
It was a markedly hierarchical society with specific specialization’s as evidenced by the extraordinary technical and artistical quality of Chorrera pottery. Fruits, animals and human beings were represented with numberless details, which makes this ceramic tradition unique in the native archaeology of Ecuador.
The most interesting piece is the whistle-bottle that reproduces the sounds of different animals when water is poured into it and the air contained in the bottle moves through a resonant box. Not less extraordinary is the decorative technique of iridescence whose quality has not been surpassed by any other native culture in Ecuador.
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The Basilica of the National Vow presents two types of anthropomorphic figures: gargoyles and acroteros. On the one hand, gargoyles are one of the main hallmarks of the Basilica, but which in turn maintain a direct relationship with the time they were conceived. They are located on the upper sides of the central nave and constitute the unprecedented contribution to the neo-Gothic style by Ecuador. This is because the animals that decorate the temple are not only mythological (like those of European temples), but are a sample of Ecuadorian endemic and exotic fauna. Thus, you can find alligators, Galapagos turtles, blue-footed boobies, armadillos, howler monkeys, pumas, among others.
Acroteros, on the other hand, differ from the previous ones because in addition to being decorative gargoyles have the function of serving as a boot-waters, while acroteros serve exclusively to decorate. It is also important to state that both anthropomorphic figures have an implicit assessment of helping to frighten evil spirits, a belief that originates in the Middle Ages and can be seen in every Gothic construction.
Anthropomorphic owl dressed as a warrior; it is standing under a bow formed by the snake with two feline heads. It is considered one of the main gods of the Mochica culture. It is associated with the night, the occult and death.
Jama-Coaque
(350 a.C. – 1532 d.C.)
This culture extended over northern Manabí and inhabited an environment characterized by wooded hills close to the beach. The power was held by a wealthy and powerful minority. Like neighbouring ethnic groups, the people of Jama-Coaque culture practiced a terrestrial and maritime long-distance trade.
The culture and religious core was the ceremonial center of San Isidro, where several temples were constructed on a huge pyramid surrounded by a large city.
The skill of Jama-Coaque potters is evidenced primarily by the manufacture of fine human figures represented as doing certain tasks and offices Of equal peculiarity and beauty are the ceremonial figure. The attire shows the existence of a flourishing textil industry.
The cross, a ubiquitous symbol in Amerindian art, arises from the conjunction of the four cardinal points. This great La Tolita lord bears on his head a representation of the sacred spiritual centre, a circle with the centre point indicated.
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The La Tolita developed in the coastal region of Southern Colombia and Northern Ecuador between 600 BC and AD 200.
Numerous archaeological sites have been discovered that show the highly artistic nature of this culture. Artifacts are characterized by gold jewelry, beautiful anthropomorphic masks and figurines that reflect a hierarchical society with complex ceremonies.