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"...They call me Hermes, I'm your local psychopomp..." 🌿 ig | twitter | print 🌿 some color process below!

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The Horai were the goddesses of seasons and natural portions of time.

Chose to portray them as triplets this time. Of course, It would be fun to depict them as more "elemental", but I went with simple human designs for this. I plan to have them printed on my new thank-you cards soon. ✨

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#ancient greek mythology #the seasons #spring #summer #fall #medusa's peach #greek goddess

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I love you “unlikeable” female characters I love you rude girls I love you mean women I love you girl interpretations of the “Asshole with a Heart of Gold” trope I love you women who get labeled Cold and Unfeeling I love you girls who lash out I love you women who lie I love you female characters who make people mad just by existing

#💅 #I can’t help it

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The babies

#personal

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Just curious, what inspired the designs of the tattoos Artemis has? Was she depicted with them in ancient art or described as so? Love her design btw

Thank you. <3 I haven't seen her in ancient art or anything with tattoos, I've just taken some creative liberty with her design. They are based on Thracian tattoos I've seen depicted on Thracian women greek artists drew on pottery. Generally, from what I've read so far, tattoos were seen as a barbaric custom among ancient Greeks and were implemented on prisoners and slaves. Kind of interesting how these kinds of attitudes about tattoos are still prevailing to this day among more conservative groups.

#askbox #i have tattoos on my arms #one time working as waitress #a woman saw them #gave me a pitying look #and told me she would pray for me #lol

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Zeus x Hera concept sketches

Somewhere out there a mortal is about to have the worst day of their life.

#ancient greek mythology #zeus #hera #sketch dump #zeus look like he belong in a hair commercial #let's just say its static #character exploration #medusa's peach

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Who are the gods behind Zeus in your Dialogues comic panel? I think I distinguish Hera and Aphrodite but I don't know the other two

You are right about Aphrodite, the one that looks like Hera... I made her look similar to her for ~reasons~ lol. (But perhaps I should have differentiated her a bit more) Regarding the man with the horns, I didn't have anything specific in mind, just that he was a river god of some sort, one of the Potamoi. The older woman is low-key a first pass at Rhea.

#askbox #dotg

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Very this, but that’s part of the appeal.

I strongly believe that in all Greco-Roman mythology no one has a weirder or more hilarious alternative origin story than Orion in the version in which he has Zeus, Poseidon and Hermes as fathers: „… that huge giant born of no marriage-bed, threefather Orion, sprang up from his mother earth, after a shower of piss from three gods grew in generative fruitfulness to the selfmade shape of a child, having impregnated a wrinkled of fruitful oxhide.” (Nonnos, Dionysiaca)

I wanna know what the person who came up with this idea was smoking.

#greek mythology

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The Empress

Based on the famous Theodora mosaic from the Basilica of San Vitale.

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#byzantine #drawing #illustration #medusa's peach #art study #medieval #just something a tad different maybe #eye contact

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I updated my patreon tier cover images, just wanted to share them. 🧡

#patreon #just thangs #ancient greek mythology

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*Notes: I love making comics but find the writing process difficult, this is something I need to work on, as I have so many ideas but struggle to write them out. I stumbled upon Lucian's Dialogues on Tumblr and thought his charming, tongue-in-cheek style would be a good way for me to practice my comic-making. :')

"Lucian of Samosata was a Greek satirist who flourished in the region of Commagene near Syria in the C2nd A.D. He was the author of numerous works, which include: The Dialogues of the Gods, Dialogues of the Sea Gods, and Dialogues of the Dead."

I opted for a simple color scheme because as much as I love full-color comics, it would take me so much longer to get this done.

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I just read your Dialogues of the Gods and HAJZNANSNX it's so fun!!! I love the dynamics, the writing and Aphrodite being Aphrodite! The tidbit of Artemis only thinking about the wilderness and the forests makes me giggle every time. I love it so much! I love your designs for Ares, Eros and Aphrodite too!!

Hehe, I'm happy you enjoyed it :D and thank you sm! <333

#askbox #ya'll are seriously so sweet <333

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LOVED the comic, utterly delightful! You might also like the Heroides by Ovid, they are a series of imagined letters written by mostly women from Greek myth to male heroes.

Thank you so much! <3 I'll check it out, that sounds intriguing.

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R u gonna do more comics of the dialogues of the gods?

I plan to. I have the next one in mind already.

#askbox

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Hey, I just found your comics Lucian's Dialogues. That was incredible. Thank you for sharing with us on Tumblr. It was so nice to read.

I'm so happy you liked it! <3 it was challenging, but fun to do.

#askbox #a labor of love

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*Notes: I love making comics but find the writing process difficult, this is something I need to work on, as I have so many ideas but struggle to write them out. I stumbled upon Lucian's Dialogues on Tumblr and thought his charming, tongue-in-cheek style would be a good way for me to practice my comic-making. :')

"Lucian of Samosata was a Greek satirist who flourished in the region of Commagene near Syria in the C2nd A.D. He was the author of numerous works, which include: The Dialogues of the Gods, Dialogues of the Sea Gods, and Dialogues of the Dead."

I opted for a simple color scheme because as much as I love full-color comics, it would take me so much longer to get this done.

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Support my work: Get early access to art, comics, and digital downloads by joining my Patreon! ✨🌿

I also have an Etsy where you can purchase stickers and prints.

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#ancient greek mythology #comic #webcomic #medusa's peach #greek gods #DotG #aphrodite #eros deity

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Preview of some panels from a comic feat. Eros and Aphrodite that I'll be posting this weekend.

It's currently up on my Patreon. ✨

#greek mythology #eros deity #aphrodite #ares #athena #zeus #the muses #dotG #medusa's peach #comic