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^ Wow, I didn't know you followed the Celtic religion! I don't usually meet "pagan" believers on the Internet.


Hatshepsut (left) and Cleopatra VII (right) shaded

Well nice to meet you!

Here is my new piece, Basil!

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Good Ol' Jack

Nightmare Before Christmas is one of my favorite films, and this time of year you get to start seeing new items like socks and notebooks and costumes and the movie gets restocked on the shelves. Jack is a very lovable character and this is my tribute. The character and any other material belongs exclusively to their respective owners. This is a fan art piece.

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Caesar and Cleopatra

Everyone always pairs up Cleopatra VII with Mark Antony, but being the contrarian that I am, I drew her with her other famous Roman boyfriend. As a matter of fact, Cleopatra actually had Julius Caesar's baby, whom she named Caesarion (the kid ultimately died at Octavian's orders).

The skin tone contrast between my Caesar and Cleopatra is less sharp than the other interracial couples I've drawn. Caesar's meant to have an olive Italian complexion whereas Cleo's is caramel brown (I envision her as a Macedonian/native Egyptian mix).

Cleopatra was actually part Egyptian and part Greek, to my memory. She was also very ugly, according to ancient coins.

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/6235

Thanksgiving may not be the holiday everyone has on their minds right now, but November is arriving this week, and I never cared for Halloween anyway (I hate spiders and vampires).

Most Americans interpret Thanksgiving as a holiday of feasting and football, and maybe thanking some deity for the good things in life, but I prefer to think of it as a moment for different cultures to come together and bond with each other. We've all heard the old myth of the Wampanoag people saving the Puritans from starvation by sharing their food, and whatever that story's historical accuracy, for me it epitomizes the liberal American ideal of multicultural, multiracial harmony. America may have fell far short of that ideal throughout its history, and it's still far from perfect today, but at least now we recognize it as something to live up to.

For this drawing I wanted to represent each of the three major populations of America's colonial period: Natives, Europeans, and Africans. Of course it's not meant to represent a particular moment in real history, but rather illustrate what should have been and what should happen now. It illustrates what Americans today should work for.

Happy Thanksgiving!

I love Samhain, but I think its because it mean something different to me. Its the end of the pagan year and when we honor our ancestors (this is what my grove does, a pagan is as individual as a human is an individual! =) ). Ancestor worship is important to me.

We already had our version of thanksgiving! which was the autumn equinox.

I will say, however, that I LOVE the shading work on the thanksgiving piece.

I really wanted to make another portrait-esque piece and I have been thinking about fire a great deal. I think this piece is lovely!

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Violin



Specter Keys

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Did this one this morning before I went to bed.

Wolf

The Sacrifice

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Lost in the Bar

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I don't understand what message you're trying to communicate here, but nice smooth highlights!


A lusty princess beckons you to her bedchamber.

In hindsight I swear the perspective on the architecture is off, but I am proud of how the princess’s backside came out. The setting is technically fantasy but draws influences from various West African cultures.