“Pasiphae” 14”x18” acrylic on wood
Daughter of Helios, mother of the Minotaur. For the Seven Deadly Sins group show at Rothick Art Haus April 14th.
Ludwig Fahrenkrog - Odin
Fascinating imaginary beings
Äbädä - a forest spirit
Allicanto - a bird with wings shining during the night with metallic colors and eyes of emit lights
Bai Ze - in Chinese mythology: talking beast which handed down knowledge on harmful spirits
Charybdis - sea monster in the form of a giant mouth
Emere - a pretty child with seductive powers who can come and go from heaven at will
Kelpie - Celtic folklore: strong, powerful, and breathtaking water horse
Mare - Slavic: disembodied spirit which brings bad dreams
Myling - Scandinavian: ghost of unbaptized children
Ōkubi - Japanese: giant heads of either men or women appearing in the sky is a sign of impending disaster
Patupaiarehe - Māori: pale nature spirit beings playing the flutes
Rusalka - Slavic: a female ghost, water nymph, succubus or mermaid-like demon that dwelled in a waterway
Tzitzimitl - Aztec: skeletal star spirit
Vrykolakas - undead wolf-human hybrid
The Obakemono Project
A list of Japanese folk monsters
October 14th - Bakeneko (化け猫) and Nekomata (猫又)
Bakeneko are cats who have come to possess supernatural powers. In some cases the bakeneko will develop a forked tail and is then called a nekomata. Sometimes kittens had their tails cut off, because it was thought that if the tail could not fork that the animal could not become a bakeneko. Bakeneko and nekomata are associated with a great deal of strange happenings. They are said to often become far larger than normal cats and gain the ability to walk on two legs. It is also believed that they can shape-shift into any form they please, and nekomata are able to manipulate corpses like puppets.
One well-know legend tells of a man named Takasu Genbei, whose pet cat went missing at about the same time his mother’s personality abruptly seemed to change. She began to avoid the company of friends and family, and spent a great deal of time shut inside her room. Curious, the family peeked into her room one day to find a bakeneko wearing the woman’s clothing. Takasu killed the creature that had taken on her appearance, and a day later the body turned back into his missing pet cat. He then pried up the floorboards in his mother’s room to find her bones, eaten clean of flesh.
Was just reading about this last night. I really love legends and mythologies.
(Source: fromthefloatingworld)
© Steele Savage
Daphne transforming into a tree while fleeing from Apollo.
An ilustration for Comus by Arthur Rackham.
My painting teacher asked each one of us which painter had been inspiring us, guess who I chose
Goddess Bast by Susan Seddon Boulet
Spread 3 and final spread for my Norse mythology project
Spread 2 for my Norse mythology project
I FINALLY FINISHED MY NORSE MYTHOLOGY PROJECT!!!!!! :D
I’m handing it in tomorrow for my Sequential Narrative class, which is pretty much the best class ever. If I could take this class and only this class, I’d be very happy.
If you’ve been paying attention to my previous posts, you know that I chose the myth of Yggdrasil, the world tree.
The colours are ruined a bit because of the scan….the colours are much more vibrant in the original pieces.
I’m very pleased with how this turned out, definitely adding this to my portfolio.
Rendered in watercolours, with text added in photoshop.
Anyways, here’s the first page spread!
Works in progress for my Norse mythology illustration project.
Rendered in watercolours.
Sketch for the third and final page spread.
Sketch for the second page spread.
