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I think I already know the answer to this, but I might as well ask: Since you did the cover for illumicrates limited edition City of Brass on commission, there is no chance you'll be selling that print on your shop right?

Love your work!

Thank you, cutie! I'll be honest, I never really checked my rights of distribution for that piece, but that's the exact reason I have kept that particular illustration out of my print shop, just to be sure. I have seen people selling the print on ebay before, so if you're lucky you might be able to grab one, gold-foiled frame and all.

#answered #if you're the sweet person who left all those kind tags under their reblogs #please know that you saved my hellish week

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Prints available now, including art cards! 💌🐦 (just in time for the side-wide print sale, too)

💌 Souvenir de Smyrne 💌

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💌 Souvenir de Smyrne 💌

#hades #persephone #ocs #interpretations: greek mythology #greek history au: phlegethon #Smyrna #Izmir #idk what other tags to add #creative outbreaks #ANYWAY this kicked my ass #but I needed to finish something in time for Valentine's Day #soon to be available on inprnt #yes also in greeting card format

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Like every January, I was able to donate last year's earnings from print sales and ko-fi tips to charity, once again choosing Doctors Without Borders, who have been offering their help in Gaza and all over the world - thanks to everyone who supported me in 2023! 🩺💕

That being said, this time I had to round up the amount quite a bit, because I made much less through my print shop than in previous years - so I'm going to figure out why that is and change things up a bit. 🏃‍♀️

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entering my barely sfw era

#hades #persephone #ocs #interpretations: greek mythology #greek history au: phlegethon #creative outbreaks #relations online do not interact #the way I was sweating over posting this #and there isn't even a nipple showing #why am I like this

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Maslow's hierarchy of needs, but it's just OCs kissing

#hades #persephone #ocs #interpretations: greek mythology #greek history au: phlegethon #I go on about how goth they are #and this is the palette I choose #creative outbreaks

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What if my OCs were a debut actress and a grumpy producer in the Golden Age of Greek Cinema during the 1960s? Fake dating for the publicity? And her momager is against it?

#hades #persephone #historical au #interpretations: greek mythology #ocs #another silly little non-canonical Hades & Persephone AU #you're welcome #though no one asked for this #they're so Barbie #creative outbreaks

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some of the sketches I made during my first life drawing session in Berlin last week, organized by @ barsketcher on ig 💃❤ our gorgeous model and burlesque dancer was Lolita Va Voom ❤💃

#creative outbreaks #love love love the whole concept #The Age of Innocence (1993) playing in the background for those who are curious #sketches

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Would love to know more about Fani and her mom. What’s their relationship like pre and post fire?

You guys really love the family drama, huh!

To keep it vague, Faní's mother Dimitra is an extremely sensitive person whose mental illness is aggravated by her negative experiences of getting married too young, being abandoned by her philandering husband, and taking on his trading business to raise her daughter as a single mom. She tries to protect Faní from repeating her own mistakes (namely, getting involved with any man), but ends up isolating both of them from family and friends the older Faní gets. The Greco-Turkish War is only the last straw that makes her turn increasingly violent against her child.

Faní consequently has been brought up as a people pleaser who does everything in her power to preserve her ailing mother's better moods and health. Their relationship before the fire is certainly one of co-dependency - a dysfunctional family dynamic if you will - although they genuinely love each other.

Now, Alki's entrance during the Great Fire of Smyrna is probably Dimitra's worst case scenario. They were acquainted on a business level before, in fact, and hated each other's guts. Reuniting after 6+ months of separation, Dimitra is positively delusional, and doesn't seriously acknowledge Faní's marriage or, later, the existence of Faní's children. In practice, Faní becomes her caretaker for part of the year, and only stays with Alki for the rest.

#I cannot stress Faní's self-sacrifice enough #OC lore #answered #I have to keep reminding myself #Faní's mom is only like 4-5 years older than Alki #(melting face emoji)

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have you / would you consider posting a time lapse of your art?

Yes, and now I have the necessary tools for it! Considering how long it takes me to finish a single illustration, it might yet be a while until you get a time lapse, but it's in the works.

#answered #of course I need the right project for it too #once the stars align we'll see

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I love that your two Hades x Persephone AUs are named after rivers of the Underworld (Styx and Phlegethon). If you were to continue this trend, what kind of AUs would you apply to Lethe, Acheron, and Cocytus?

I have all my historical Hades & Persephone AUs long planned out, and they are, in chronological order:

Lethe, Forgetfulness - Minoan Crete Acheron, Misery - Byzantine Empire Styx, Hatred - Venetocracy Crete Phlegethon, Fire - Catastrophe of Smyrna Cocytus, Lamentation - Axis Occupation

#answered #reblog #my favourite reaction image

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Saw your recent art on Twitter and it's beautiful as always but the Twitter showing the views had me shocked because your post got 300k views but only has 1.000 likes??

The math ain't mathing here 😂

That's just how twitter works! 🤷

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Byzantium!? Ooooh, tell me more!

It really is mostly *vibes* at this point, but that Hades & Persephone AU is heavily inspired by the epic of Digenis Akritas - and they elope!

#answered #love elopement as a trope #in Greek 'stealing each other' means eloping #my parents actually eloped so perhaps that's why #OC lore

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I love that your two Hades x Persephone AUs are named after rivers of the Underworld (Styx and Phlegethon). If you were to continue this trend, what kind of AUs would you apply to Lethe, Acheron, and Cocytus?

I have all my historical Hades & Persephone AUs long planned out, and they are, in chronological order:

Lethe, Forgetfulness - Minoan Crete Acheron, Misery - Byzantine Empire Styx, Hatred - Venetocracy Crete Phlegethon, Fire - Catastrophe of Smyrna Cocytus, Lamentation - Axis Occupation

#answered #OC lore #iykyk #Phlegethon just happens to be the AU that I developed the most #but I thought of these simultaneously

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Hi there! I came across your wonderful Phlegethon AU and I'm really impressed with what you've created thus far! As someone who clearly does their research, I was wondering if you could direct me to links on Greek history and culture, particularly naming conventions? I have a story I'm working on that partially takes place in Greece c. 1900, and I want to get the details right.

Thank you for your kinds words! As unsatisfying as this reply will be, I am simply familiar with most of the cultural background because I am Greek myself - and things I did not grow up with (e.g. cultural details pertaining to other Greek minorities), I passively absorbed through years of being a voracious reader, watching period dramas, and being obsessed with a specific historical subject.

Not to mention that most of that content is only available in Greek. Any accessible sources I could give you right now would be the ones I can google in the next few minutes, so maybe that should be a first step for you (just had a look at the wikipedia page on Greek names, and it doesn't look bad). If you are ever in need of an accuracy check of what you have come up with, send me a DM and I'll gladly help out.

#answered #I'm just an onomastics nerd #not that I get everything right #being diaspora I keep learning cultural details almost daily

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Hidden Ones

#hades #persephone #interpretations: greek pantheon #greek history au: phlegethon #OCs #OC artwork #creative outbreaks #can you believe I started this years ago #but never liked the rendering and started over 283523 times #well I decided to just post it with (relatively) flat colours

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tbh i followed you because you were one of the few people making art about lesser known mythological figures in a really beautiful style (also i vaguely remember goth versions of verdi operas??? did i make that up in my head orrr)

That's really sweet...! Most of my favourite artists post original content, whether it's creative reimaginings of pre-existing characters or entirely new stories, and I just love learning about things that are new to me.

(You did not make that up, even though this is fanart of a specific staging of "Il Trovatore", haha!)

#answered #some of you guys have really been around for a loooong time #thank you for sticking with me