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The Melancholy of Andromeda
This Greco-African lady is suffering a bout of pensive sadness on a starry night. Maybe she's pining for her hubby who is away at war?

In Greek mythology, Andromeda was a beautiful princess of Aethiopia (known today as Nubia or Sudan) whom the demigod Perseus married after rescuing her from a sea monster. This isn't necessarily meant to represent her in particular, but I do believe ancient Greece had a minority of black people living there given its long history of trade and intercourse with African countries.


Come Back With Your Shield
Queen Gorgo of Sparta bids her husband Leonidas farewell by telling him, "Come back with your shield or on it".

Of course there's no evidence that Queen Gorgo was Black African or otherwise different in appearance from the Mediterranean Greek norm, but I do believe there was a black minority in ancient Greece and wanted to portray that. Besides, it can't be any more egregious an historical error than making half the Persian characters black people in certain Hollywood films.

Delirium
Drawn with Aquarelle pencils and a .5 mechanical pencil.

They Shall Dine with Hades
Spartan hoplites form a single-file line on the Laconic plain in southern Greece, ready to do battle at Thermopylae. I wanted to make the phalanx even bigger by adding more Spartans behind the front line, but wasn't sure how to pull that off. Nonetheless I am proud that I managed to draw a scene with multiple soldiers in it for once.

Can you tell I've been on an ancient Greek kick lately?


Queen Gorgo of Sparta
My interpretation of Queen Gorgo of Sparta, the clever and influential wife of the famous King Leonidas who fought at Thermopylae. This is actually the second time I drew this historical queen, but I was so fond of my first design for her that I wanted to draw her again. The scene of course draws from the movie 300, but I wanted her costume and general appearance to differ a lot from the Hollywood version.


Socrates and Plato
The famous Athenian philosopher Socrates has a thoughtful conversation with his student Plato. In this picture Socrates is the black dude in purple whereas Plato is the Mediterranean-looking guy in yellow. Of course their poses were drawn from Raphael's famous painting of these two characters.

Sammie,

I saw your artwork on the link that you published [[[a couple of pages back.]]]

Nice .... very nice abstract work.

For those who haven't seen some of her work, let me help. There's no point in being shy about it. I showed it to someone else, and they were impressed too.

Did anyone inspire you for this type of abstract work, generally?

Thanks for sharing,



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Mabel Pines Riding Fluttershy


This is a gift for my niece. I highly suspect that she is on the spectrum, and she has been very upset by the birth of her younger brother. This is my way of reaching out to her - by drawing two of her favorite cartoon characters together.

There is a glaring mistake on Mabel's face, which I surprisingly didn't notice until after I had already scanned the picture. But as long as it doesn't detract from my niece's enjoyment of the picture, I don't really care.

i was laying on the couch sick and bored yesterday. meanwhile my partner was playing Pikman 3 on the wiiU. I decided to sketch him in ink.

I am not very good at art and drawing and stuff.

FICTIONAL DVD COVER I MADE

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AND THEN

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Alaunaer

Drawn with a .7 Mechanical pencil.

[quote="SecretSavant"]Sammie,

I saw your artwork on the link that you published [[[a couple of pages back.]]]


Did anyone inspire you for this type of abstract work, generally?

Thanks for sharing,


That's the way I've always drawn - kind of a combination of both my parents' drawing styles.
Glad you like them...I have some more in the works. I'll post them soon.

:)

Face of Socrates
Quick facial portrait of Socrates, one of the most famous philosophers that Classical Athens produced. Unfortunately he remains an enigmatic figure in Greek history since all our knowledge of his beliefs and teachings come from his students' writings rather than his own. Nonetheless his pioneering methods of inquiry have influenced not only modern Western philosophy but also the scientific method.

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I love cyborgs. I have cyborgs in the brain. Will prob be drawing a lot of this genre for a while, as such obsessions tend to go. Used a .7 mechanical pencil.

Vodou Priestess of Love
The opening lyrics of the Ricky Martin song "Livin' La Vida Loca" briefly invoke Vodou, so after listening to it I felt inspired to draw this charming Vodou priestess. Whether or not she possesses any actual magical power, this lovely mambo can certainly cast a spell over any man who comes to her shrine.

BTW that idol she's resting her hands on is a Congolese-style nkisi figurine believed to contain special spiritual power.

Almost Human

Nathbryn

Autistic Mode
"Aware . . . Disconnected . . . Searching for connection . . . Searching . . . "

This is partly ghost in the shell fan work part surrealist imagery for autism. Being on the spectrum the idea behind ghost in the shell's autistic mode holds a degree of morbid fascination. It is not exactly drawn animen style (I try to avoid that style to be honest) but I did get the idea from the show and thus want to make sure I give it credit.