don’t have direct links to hand right now, but the first one is from the ulysses dies at dawn album art and the second was found on the wayback machine from the now-nonexistent (i believe) dr. carmilla website’s section on the silvana
Love that this implies one of these options:
A) This is just what whoever was making the tag put on it because he always introduced himself as Gunpowder Tim and who were they to question what this dude’s deal was
B) Tim’s first name was Tim, but then he changed it to Gunpowder and made Tim his last name after he was mechanised, similar to Jonny changing his last name from Vangelis to D’Ville after meeting Carmilla
C) Tim’s parents were named Mr and Mrs Tim. They named their son Gunpowder. The penchant for explosions was just a nice surprise nineteen years down the line
to add in an option (credit to @fagcrisis for coming up w this as well)
D) Gunpowder is a totally normal first name in Britain 3000 years in the future ago. His little sisters were called Thermonuclear Missile Tim and Embezzlement Tim. He’s only called Gunpowder Tim because his Year 6 class had 3 other Gunpowders and it kind of stuck.
[ID: image 1 - digital portrait of gunpowder tim from the mechanisms. he is a young man with long curly hair, wearing a trenchcoat and a waistcoat. he is kneeling with one hand on this gun. he has a small smile and is looking off to the side. the background is a bright abstract explosion. image 2 - close crop of image 1, focused on his face, with a bright pink background.]
now that sales are closed i can finally post the full piece i did for the back cover of the aurora blackbox zine @mechanismszine! honestly this piece means a lot to me; i really put all of my love for this band and these characters into it and hopefully it shows.
