I've scouted around and found paint/ink/canvas are still available but a little costly- Ellie started working as a bouncer in a bar live-music bar, which presumably doesn't pay super well. How out-of-budget would this stuff be for her?
Additionally, she'd ask around about any community groups that might be into this sort of thing, for the purposes of supply-sharing and if she can get in on the local gossip about the creepy murals around town, all the better for... reasons.
As for the questions she'd ask, she'd try to keep it very vague and open ended and frame it as an art-based curiosity/interest in it, since it seems like it's what's "popular" these days and Ellie herself has a genuine interest in painting/art. But she'd try to get these particular pieces of info:
1. She'd first look into online blogs to see if she can find the information, before she asks in person. What's the subject matter? When did they start showing up? Are they increasing in frequency? Have there been any notable fluctuations in frequency? Are there any blogs that have compiled pictures of the murals/noted locations? Are there particular members of the Displaced that show up in the art? Any repeat appearances? 2. In person she'd comment offhand about private collectors taking bits of the shrines/murals for themselves, and have the genuine opinion of that being a shitty thing to do with street art. Any notable people/organizations taking those pieces? 3. She would try not to seem too overly into it/excited about it, just interested in 1. the art itself and the quality of it (how'd they do it? what materials?) and 2. how crazy it is that they did it without getting caught (and if she leans into the teenagery aspect of admiring some light vandalism for the sake of art, that's genuine) 4. She'd be interested in the wild mass guessing and conspiracy theories but mostly not try to stoke that, just listen/lurk online where she could. 5. Has the city tried to remove any of the murals/graffiti? How'd that go?
I realize that this is kinda broad in scope, but I'm still kinda catching up setting-wise, so hopefully this isn't retreading too much old ground.
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I've scouted around and found paint/ink/canvas are still available but a little costly- Ellie started working as a bouncer in a bar live-music bar, which presumably doesn't pay super well. How out-of-budget would this stuff be for her?
Additionally, she'd ask around about any community groups that might be into this sort of thing, for the purposes of supply-sharing
and if she can get in on the local gossip about the creepy murals around town, all the better for... reasons.As for the questions she'd ask, she'd try to keep it very vague and open ended and frame it as an art-based curiosity/interest in it, since it seems like it's what's "popular" these days and Ellie herself has a genuine interest in painting/art. But she'd try to get these particular pieces of info:
1. She'd first look into online blogs to see if she can find the information, before she asks in person. What's the subject matter? When did they start showing up? Are they increasing in frequency? Have there been any notable fluctuations in frequency? Are there any blogs that have compiled pictures of the murals/noted locations? Are there particular members of the Displaced that show up in the art? Any repeat appearances?
2. In person she'd comment offhand about private collectors taking bits of the shrines/murals for themselves, and have the genuine opinion of that being a shitty thing to do with street art. Any notable people/organizations taking those pieces?
3. She would try not to seem too overly into it/excited about it, just interested in 1. the art itself and the quality of it (how'd they do it? what materials?) and 2. how crazy it is that they did it without getting caught (and if she leans into the teenagery aspect of admiring some light vandalism for the sake of art, that's genuine)
4. She'd be interested in the wild mass guessing and conspiracy theories but mostly not try to stoke that, just listen/lurk online where she could.
5. Has the city tried to remove any of the murals/graffiti? How'd that go?
I realize that this is kinda broad in scope, but I'm still kinda catching up setting-wise, so hopefully this isn't retreading too much old ground.