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Published: 2011-02-07 15:06:28 +0000 UTC; Views: 3695; Favourites: 21; Downloads: 22
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I'll just give up on this one. Rocks are more evil than monsters with three legs, five arms and nine eyes. To compensate, here are some related sketches.By the way, do you guys think I put too much into scraps? That can mean I should upload less in general or I should post more I'd normally just put in scraps. I feel like the scraps are my real gallery sometimes.
Anyone also getting EVA vibes from this one?
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I honstely wish you would finish it.
This looks epic.
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Sadly it's kinda impossible at the moment since my computer broke down, but I'm thinking of doing a similar pic with the same monster. Just with a more refined pose and framing and whatnot. I did this pic to get a grasp of how the full body should look like.
Comment much appreciated btw!
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Oh no problem.
I'd much like to see said picture; I think you are welldeserved of a watch, 'sir.
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Hooly Jeebus, bro. It's so creepy and I love it! Really nice work. And your rocks are gorgeous
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I appreciate the compliment, but the rocks are just rough scribbles with a base color, I didn't even apply light or shadows. *raises eyebrow*
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XD It was a joke, um good man
Because jersey humor is bad humor~
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Oh. Sorry. I think sometimes deviantART appears like YouTube to me. You can't make a satiric parody of the comments. There exist plenty of real ones just like that.
Should've noticed it's irony.
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You have a lot of references on speed dial, excuse me if I have to google-image a lot of them.
Hm, interesting comparison. Tho personally I think this one has less tentacles and a different built. I try to invoke part of the irrational disgust people feel when looking at pictures of hungering people.
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Also, numerous limbs like the Slender Man.
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The trope is older than you think .
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Indian Mythology.
Of course.
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In fact, the Nine Eyes' monster design is actually somewhat close to biblical descriptions of angels. Renaissance turned them into winged androgynous Caucasians. The original descriptions are actually pretty close to Lovecroftian ideas. Multiple heads, animal heads, abstract geometric shapes, multiple limbs, and eyes everywhere. I definitely remember there was an angel consisting of wings that were made of eyes.
(hence also the halo I put on, hint hint)
I think those descriptions were part of the old testament. I definitely recall it was described in the last few pages of a school bible.
I'm not Christian, but biblical references are always a nice thing to have. :d
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Holy CRAP. Never thought I'd say this, but Christianity is way more interesting to me now.
...Speaking of "Angels", ever hear of a deviant that goes by the name of ~Nightmar-Blades ? I'm gonna go show this to her because she thinks she's an angel...
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Never heard of her. Too many deviants around.
Well, what Christianity today is for most people is the New Testament where God is all lovey dovey and a protective father figure, someone that reaches out and wants to help people, albeit in sometimes cryptic ways.
In the Old Testament he's a furious and strict ruler and if you mess with him he floods the earth, only saves two animals of each kind, only to forget about the plants and let them all die of hunger. Or something like that. Oh, and bloody sacrifices everywhere.
That version of god is much closer to its Nordic and Roman ancestors while the version in the New Testament is more fit for a certain oppressed religious group that wants to not lose hope above all else.
You just gotta love how "old-school" the Old Testament is, what ancient and horrible paternalistic values it carries. Lillith was Adam's first wife, but she was banished because she didn't want to fit into a hierarchy where men rule, she wanted to be free and equal. To be more exact, the reason why she was thrown out of paradise was because she didn't want to have sex with a dominant Adam.
Oh, did I mention sex? The bible is full of sex. And it's awfully specific sometimes. And always in the favor of men of course.
I just love how you can sow metaphors with a bit of bible references. 7 for example is the number of perfection, but also a very "lonely" number (prime number). So when the demon slowly opens one eye after another, you know shit will hit the fan once the last and seventh eye opens.
Another example I used was Talitha as the name for one of my characters. I initially picked the name because it sounded nice, but as destiny wanted it it also had a biblical link to it. Talitha, in itself just being what a loving parent would call their little girl like (translations range from "little girl" to "sweetheart" and "princess"), was a sick little girl in New Testament that was about to die, but Jesus, being the bro is he, revived her when she was still on the verge of death in her bed, but acted all like she never really was in any danger.
I knew I had to pic a similar fate for my character since it went very well with another theme I love, the phoenix, rebirth.
Buuut I'm probably boring you with this stuff by now so I'll just end my post here.
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Hell, no. This religious stuff facinates me. What about Rahab? The Prostitute-turned-Prophet's wife?
Also, Christianity is basically a remix of the original Jewish text, the Torah.
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Prostitute-turned-Prophet's-wife? How ridiculous. Real Christians keep bad spirits with horny women away .
And if you're in for a rougher ride, as far as I remember the only beings that comforted poor Lillith after being thrown out were demonic beasts.
And she had sex with them.
Thus new spicy human-shaped demons emerged!
I don't think this is mentioned in the bible tho, not even the Apocrypha. Apocrypha = the parts of the "original version" of the bible the Church keeps away because they're too hardcore. Or something like that.
Christianity is basically a Jewish sect. The two big differences are a different ruleset (and thus a different holy book of holiness) and that Christians believe Jesus was The Chosen One and Jewish people think Christ hasn't come yet. Much like muslims believe Jesus was a cool prophet, but not the one they were looking for. Really, the big religions in Europe and the surrounding areas aren't all that different from each other sometimes. And sometimes you get a Seth.
Seth is an Egyptian god that fell victim to biblical influences. Many religions don't know "good and evil". Nothing is purely good or bad, Zeus may have been the creator of lots of shit, but he also abused his shapeshifting to - again - have sex with lots of different women. Similar with Egyptian mythology. Seth originally was the god of oasis, deserts and foreigners. Sorta the overseer of the borderlands.
When he got hijacked by the bible, he became the embodiment of evil and the antagonistic devil to go with the embodiment of all that's good and holy, his brother Ra.
(Note how there are loads of conflict stories between brothers in mythology - Seth&Ra, Romulus&Remus (Roman mythology), Kain&Abel - but sisters or mixed siblings almost never get the spotlight)
Oh and now that we're talking about different religions anyway, ever looked up some good ol' Mayan or Aztec mythology? You have no idea how many levels of weird THAT mythology has. I already have problems coming up with religions that meet the required levels of weird that common European and American religions come up with, but Aztec mythology? No chance. I think they completely destroyed the universe like 4 times or so before our Earth came into existence at all.
But what especially Aztec mythology is known for are the sacrifices, right? Blood, entire bodies, newborn preferable. That and massive amounts of gold and a weird artstyle is what most people recall if they think of Aztecs or Mayas.
The background info behind those sacrifices was rather interesting. The Christian God and many others are almighty. They live forever. They can virtually do anything or anything in their area of expertise. They are untouchable.
The Aztec gods?
Not so much.
They had a lot of power - like I said, they rebooted the world like four times, but they weren't as invincible as other examples. They needed energy for everything, for the wind, the tides, yes, even the goddamn sun ran on magic.
To be more precise, blood magic.
The Aztecs believed that if they didn't empower their gods with blood and hearts, the world would end. The sun would fade, the winds would become silence, the tides would stop. Everything would become dead and cold. That's why they went so far.
MEANWHILE IN CHRISTIANITY
A SINGLE PERSON DIES ON A CROSS, HUGE DEAL.
AND HE ISN'T EVEN REALLY DEAD.
Well, it's getting late for me, but if you want some brain fodder, thing of all the crazy shit Moses pulled off and how many innocent Egyptians he killed just to impress the Pharaoh and flex with God's muscles and ask yourself:
Jesus was free to turn a single fish and a single piece of bread and "copied" it until there was enough fish and bread for everyone around him.
Say, doesn't this remind you of FileSharing and BitTorrent?
I never knew how the USA and prioritize both Christianity and Capitalism this much at the same tie although they're in their current shape and form pretty much polar opposites.
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You mean Succubi? I've heard of them. They seduced men in their sleep ad fed on their souls, right?
Used to love Egyptian Mythology as a kid (Blame Yu-gi-oh.) Ra used to be Osiris, right? Until Seth cut him up into pieces.
Yeah, the Aztecs and the Olmecs had some strange customs. Self-mutilation to high degrees (Cutting a hole in the tongue and shoving a barbed rope in the hole, Ripping open the genitals...), even in sports. The losing team got their heads cut off.
Well, that's how the world develops. As much as I'd like to have free music, Some people just don't see it that way.
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I didn't mean succubi, but yes, they and their incubi brothers give you wet dreams and drain your soul while at it. Depends on the sources, much like there's a gazillion types of vampires. Some can't stand rivers, some sparkle.
Yu-Gi-Oh? ~MarikBentusi doesn't know what you're talking about.
Ra used to be Osiris? This not only fucks up my current knowledge but also what Pharaoh taught me. I thought Osiris' areas were the Nile and rebirth while Ra or Re is the local sun god of sunny goodness.
*wiki research*
Oh, my bad, Seth was Osiris' brother and Horus' uncle, Ra was completely unrelated.
I HEREBY BLAME THE LATE HOUR YESTERDAY
Yeah, Egyptian mythology can be really fucked up. I blame Caesar's affair with Cleopatra. That's where Roman and Egyptian mythology got mixed up.
The losing team got their heads cut off? Where did you get that from? As far as I know the Aztec games were exclusive to royalty (and betting was common), I don't think they'd kill royalty that easily. I don't get "ripping open the genitals" either, but for the other stuff, hey, today that's fashion. Okay, not really, but piercings and tattoos have become somewhat common. Especially earring piercings. Other cultures find it fashionable to stack up rings around the neck until after a few years of body adaptation you look like a giraffe. Or put plates into the lower lips. Or, again, ears . Everyone hates ears it seems.
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YuGiOh was some stupid kiddy cartoon from a couple years back. It had some kid possessed by a weird looking pharaoh of some sort.
I think now that the losing team was sacrificed on the altar rather than just merely beheaded. The teams were made up of captured enemies from other villages and prisoners of war. This is what I learned in my AP History class.
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Japanese version was better. It had guns and everything. The cardgame was still pretty silly, but it was much more dark and edgy than the demonspawn 4kids produced.
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4Kids? That's what got me OUT of the fandom. Hell, all of the "Syndication" just sickens me.
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That's really creepy looking. The shadow effects are done really nicely!
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