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THE BELOW PLACE
"Let us discuss the matter like civilized humans beings. And by 'discuss' I mean, of course, I talk and you listen."
- Samuel Sterns
"We approach life not just to be able to think about it and talk about it and discover its truths, but also to enjoy it. And so a healthy life really isn't about abstinence or asceticism, it's about enjoying your time on this earth."
- Tim Blake Nelson





































































































The Nerd Zone
Microbloging about my finds and whatever is too short for a blog post, via my personal instagram
The Blog Below
This is my personal corner, where I share about my struggles as an artist, as a disabled person who try to recover but also where I drop very random Sam Sterns analyzis in between two arts!
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Introducing checkup (January 2026) Check Up
This year I decided to take better care of myself, meaning work less. Or rather work differently. Instead of spending all my time drawing and working on my orders, I'll spend more time developing my critical mind by just taking my time. Taking the time to think, taking the time to watch, to read, to understand and to enjoy other people's works. I've been also highly avoiding doomscrolling on social media and while I still use 'em I stick to one hour a day (which I tend to sca
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il y a 7 jours


Comics and Fascism
Little disclaimer, I'll talk about mainstream comics here (Marvel and DC, mostly). Everyone can publish a comics and yes, that include literal fascists so nazi comics do exist, that's not the point of this post. Lately there's a lot of "this hero would support ICE" "no they wouldn't, if you think comics is for alt right you can't fu cking read" discourse and they're both terribly wrong, no, there's not a single hero who would support ICE and no, being alt right and into comic
lirhyapetitpain
30 janv.


Would Hulk support ICE ?
Today I saw people debating if the green guy whose OG story is about him vs the US army and cops would actually support ICE and you might be surprised but the answer is No.
lirhyapetitpain
30 janv.


What to expect for Sam in 2026 ?
I'd love to say Happy New Year but we all know it will be a shit clown show again as we fall deeper into fascism everyday and everywhere so I'll just say hi folks. 2025 gave us MCU Sam and I thought it would bring me a lot of Sam stuff (let it be his presence in games or merch or comics), but things didn't go as planned. The boy was heavily censored, making him flat and boring to the audience (unless you're absolutly insane like me and look for all the very details about him
lirhyapetitpain
26 janv.


November and December Art Summary 2025
I didn't draw much in December and November 'cause I've been extra busy with opening my business and administrative shit so I decided to wait to post the November art summary to fuse them. Bruce Banner / The Hulk & Samuel Sterns / The Leader (Marvel) Believe it or not but this one is a COMMISSION (and I'm very grateful for it). I don't draw much comics Sam lately, MCU Sam took over my one braincell (I think I did say that already) and even less comics Samuce. This commission
lirhyapetitpain
11 janv.


How to start drawing
How to start drawing. The easy answer would be "just draw" and it's true. But when we enjoy a hobby, it's only natural to want to get better and to look for tips and advices. The thing with Art and the reason it's so hard to learn is because it takes A LOT of time. No matter how much you practice, it will take you YEARS to properly improve. There's no such things as gifted or shortcuts. The other reason is because Art is a very personal thing, intimate, so we all have our ve
lirhyapetitpain
30 déc. 2025


Little Reac : The Art of Captain America Brave New World
I'm so so ecstatic right now you have no idea. The reason I wanted Sam (Sterns) back in the MCU wasn't just to have him on screen, it's because I wanted to see a new story but mostly a new design for him. So when they announced a Captain America Brave New World artbook, it made me so happy and fuck, it didn't disappoint. I wasn't expecting so many Sam arts. Of course I got it day one, I wanted to make this post sooner but if you follow my BlueSky you know this Summer has been
lirhyapetitpain
4 déc. 2025


October Art Summary 2025
Sometimes I have a lot to say about something I drew. Sometimes I don't. It's hard to explain my art process because like I often say, it's reflex. You draw this like that because it reinforce this and you pick this color because it has this meaning and you take this compo because it means that etc... It's common sense to you so it feels irrelevant to talk about it and sometimes you don't even think about it at all. It's like explaining why you crossed the road to go to the g
lirhyapetitpain
28 nov. 2025


Art Post - The beauty of violence and the violent normality
Whore - In This Moment Samuel Sterns / The Leader - Marvel Studio If you're a minor I'll ask you to leave. Hop hop, leave, go play Fortnite, do your homework, whatever, just leave. Very strong CW for abuses (sexual, psychological, physical). Alright, today I wanna use this art as an excuse to talk about two matters, abuses and dark erotism. I completly rewrote this post because it was too clumsy and not focusing on the initial matter enough to me so feel free to read again
lirhyapetitpain
16 oct. 2025


Art Post - Beauty in Imperfections
Phantom Manor Graveyard Jazz - Disneyland Paris MCU Samuel Sterns / The Leader It's Spooky Month, so have a ghoul-ish vampire! This art didn't necessarly desserved a whole post and it will be very short, but I loved it so much I wanted to talk about it. I can already tell it's gonna be one of my fav art of the year (and one of my fav overall). I really like the vibe I gave him. At first I corrected all the mistakes. The too long feet, the too bended thigh, the broken left w
lirhyapetitpain
3 oct. 2025


Censorship of porn and violence
There's a very concerning rise of fascism and so all kind of censorship lately, so let's talk about that. I'm not gonna talk about the Jimmy Kimmel kind of censorship because why you shouldn't censor satire is obvious enough for everyone (including fascists, that's why they censor it). (if something is clumsy, poorly worded or if you have questions about something I'm talking about feel free to send a DM on the place you found this post). I wanna talk about the "ok to censor
lirhyapetitpain
21 sept. 2025


Let's talk genders
Felix Hardy - Fiti I will use this fanart of Fiti 's male Black Cat design Felix to talk about that. I like his haircut and it was enough of a reason to draw him lol, I really wasn't expecting him to become one of my most popular art ever. I made this fanart over a year ago, but I felt like talking about it here. I've been reading every comments on every plateform people shared him and I saw a lot of folks praising the chest surgery scars, being genuinely happy about it. To
lirhyapetitpain
18 sept. 2025


MCU Sam, disability and ableism
Nathan Wagner - Paranoia (Remaster) It's not really a theory post, it's rather another very personal one. But anyway. MCU Sam truly touched my heart. Not just because it's Tim Blake Nelson behind him, not just because it's Sam and not just because of all the Hell I've been through to see it. There's something about him that is just way too familiar, in a bitter-sweet way. So today let's talk about that, let's talk about how MCU Sam reasonate in the heart of a disabled person
lirhyapetitpain
3 août 2025


Let's Talk : MCU Sam redesign and comics accuracy
I wrote this post under another name on my old blog, that's why it will look familair. But I totally rewrote it, adding new stuff, making it more complet. So feel free to re-read! I've been a fan of the Leader for so long I can't even remember when it started. But unfortunatly for me, while he was popular in the 90s, he became quite unknown and unpopular afterward, even if he's the main antagonist of one of the main Avengers. And yet, ever since Captain America Brave New Worl
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10 juil. 2025


Art Post : A bit of Angst
Forsaken (live) - Skillet MCU Samuel Sterns / The Leader (Captain America Brave New World) New art post, a lil' bit of angst with this one haha. Honestly the main reason I drew this was because I wanted to draw his morphology and his arm (in my imagination his right arm is burnt by gamma injections). So let's dive in and talk about it a lil bit! I tried to be kind of respectful to Tim's body but it's complicated 'cause unlike Mark Ruffalo there's barely any pic of him shirtle
lirhyapetitpain
6 avr. 2025


Art Post - To shed those tears
Broken Crown - Mumford and Sons Samuel Sterns / The Leader (Marvel Cinematic Universe) He got carried away by the song he was playing, don't judge him. I am OBSESS with that picture of Tim Blake Nelson playing guitar on the set of Captain America Brave New World. I was obsessed with it before it even comes out in fact. In comics (in the 90s during Peter David's run), Sam throw very casually that thanks to the connexion he accidentally created with Rick Jones he can play gui
lirhyapetitpain
3 avr. 2025


Art Post - Let's learn to draw MCU Sam
Everytime We Touch - Electric Callboy Samuel Sterns / The Leader & Bruce Banner (MCU version) It started very simple. I asked on BlueSky...
lirhyapetitpain
26 mars 2025


Art Post : Sun and Moon (and how to draw Tim Blake Nelson)
Hollywood Undead - Paradise Lost "We're the heart for the heartless The thoughts for the thoughtless The lies for the honest We're the...
lirhyapetitpain
18 mars 2025


Big Brain Time : It's the little things... (MCU Sam Sterns analyzis)
In my small Captain America Brave New World review I said I didn't want to talk about MCU Sam (Sterns) too much because I wanted to keep that for a whole post. You'll soon understand, through the length of this post, why I kept that for later There's a lot of problems with MCU Sam's writing. His screentime and writing were both very and painfully obviously reduced. But it's still here, if you pay a good attention you can see all the care they initially gave to this character.
lirhyapetitpain
15 mars 2025


Little Reac : Captain America Brave New World
There it is! It feels like an ETERNITY, I can't believe it happened lol I'm still shaking in my narwhal sleepers! Little disclaimer : I'm...
lirhyapetitpain
14 févr. 2025
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