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Description Please be informed, I am turning off comments here solely because I'm moving accounts, and this is one of my most commented on (continues to be) pieces. Thank you for all your comments! But I won't be keeping up on them anymore here If you want to continue to follow my work and/or fave/comment on it please go here: *doomburg

Thanks!<3




*EDIT****** because I have been asked the same question a dozen times already.
YES I am aware there are ten nymphs instead of nine. Unfortunately, seeing as this is a pretty perfectly symmetrical image, I'm sure you all can see the issue with putting only nine nymphs, so there is a set of place-holder legs to balance out the image XD


******WHOA! Thanks for the DD guys! *O*!!!!! <3

(All in good fun guys, this assignment wasn't meant to be 100% accurate to the myth, it was meant to be a fun reinvention that's all<3)

The idea behind this project was to depict the mythical goddess artemis in a contemporary setting. artemis was the goddess of the hunt and nature (in greek art she's always depicted in a forest with a deer and occassionally dogs, but i decided to nix those) and she had nine beautiful nymphs that followed her around wherever she went, and she decided at an early age she never wanted to marry a man and wanted to be 'chaste' for the rest of her life. she also ran around shooting beautiful maiden's in the chest with arrows, and there was another myth where she, (another god in disguise) had an intimate affair with one of those nymphs.
so when i was thinking of modern day hunt, and all of these things, i decided artemis should be a pimp XDDD



this is a really new kind of thing for me. i never do designy stuff like those trees, and i rarely do such flat simple coloring, but the line drawing was so detailed i decided shading would be too much.

so enough rambling! XD

everything in this that appears any kind of sexual is purposeful, before anybody asks XD yes the candle is phallic XDDDD

and all those nymph hoes were SUPER fun to draw >D
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Comments: 634

mojojuno12 [2011-08-04 18:30:56 +0000 UTC]

freakin awsome

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Tenoko1 [2011-07-26 20:30:17 +0000 UTC]

lol They all look like Ginny Weasley.

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sunshineLEMONAID [2011-07-25 23:41:52 +0000 UTC]

Why did I not fave this when I saw it :'D It's beautiful.

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ExurgentNight [2011-07-18 20:22:25 +0000 UTC]

You've ruined Artemis!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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sunshineLEMONAID In reply to ExurgentNight [2011-07-25 23:42:55 +0000 UTC]

Oh get over it. It's a hilarious depiction of a goddess, just as Arachne showed.

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ExurgentNight In reply to sunshineLEMONAID [2011-07-28 16:21:01 +0000 UTC]

THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Artemis is like my hero!!!!!! I refuse to refer to this monster as protector of the innocent!!!!!!!

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shley77 In reply to ExurgentNight [2011-08-07 22:02:54 +0000 UTC]

LMAO. Are you serious?
If you don't want to then DON'T. Obviously I'm not trying to REPLACE THE ORIGINAL MOST PRECIOUS CONTEXT (do you know what 'a reinterpretation/reimagining' even means?). Since it is so totally possible to replace a classic greek mythological figure with my revamped modernized MADE FUN WITH interpretation. Obviously. No one can think differently about them, it's just NOT RIGHT I TELL YOU. WE MUST ALL CONTINUE TO THINK EXACTLY THE SAME OF THE CLASSIC FIGURES. I hope you know what sarcasm is.

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sunshineLEMONAID In reply to ExurgentNight [2011-07-28 21:53:22 +0000 UTC]

Aw, poor baby.

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ExurgentNight In reply to sunshineLEMONAID [2011-08-01 14:52:07 +0000 UTC]

Another thing!!!!!! Artemis should have a YOUNG heart! Emphasis on YOUNG!!!!!!

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sunshineLEMONAID In reply to ExurgentNight [2011-08-01 16:27:02 +0000 UTC]

Boy, you are taking this WAY TOO FUCKING SERIOUSLY.

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ExurgentNight In reply to sunshineLEMONAID [2011-08-01 17:06:08 +0000 UTC]

Don't swear.... It's not nice.

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sunshineLEMONAID In reply to ExurgentNight [2011-08-01 17:52:55 +0000 UTC]

Oh my sweet Christ.
Welcome to the internet, you insipid little girl/boy.
I'm just one of MANY people that are going to FUCK WITH YOUR HEAD.

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shley77 In reply to sunshineLEMONAID [2011-08-07 21:53:43 +0000 UTC]

LOL!!!! Wow I never saw this before. Thank you for being so win and awesome. <3

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sapatadoida In reply to sunshineLEMONAID [2011-08-04 05:25:39 +0000 UTC]

auahuahuahua... "poor baby"... ahuahua...

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LocustaVampa [2011-07-09 15:40:45 +0000 UTC]

I fakkin LOVE this.

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shashuko [2011-07-05 06:14:44 +0000 UTC]

why am I entirely okay with this notion

your artemis is beautiful. also, all the expressions here are great.

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Cloud9Dreamer [2011-07-05 04:13:26 +0000 UTC]

thumbs up for artemis! you should do one for the egyptian goddess bast. she was supposed to be the goddess of lesbians!

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orugosa [2011-06-17 22:42:20 +0000 UTC]

WOW Really interestig!! NICE WORK! <3

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ainmo [2011-06-13 18:01:48 +0000 UTC]

wow this is amaziiiin

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ainmo [2011-06-13 18:01:42 +0000 UTC]

wow this is amaziiiin

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AskANinja [2011-06-11 07:50:27 +0000 UTC]

EPIC. OH MY LORD EPIC.

NEXT TIME I PLAY D&D I WANT MY BARD TO BE JUST LIKE THAT.

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ammonen [2011-06-01 16:42:59 +0000 UTC]

Wow, mythology in a modern setting. Honestly, you have done this in such a genius way, it's not even funny. I'm totally jealous of your skills.

All the expressions, gestures---they're spot-on. And I have to say, my absolute favorite part is the deer. Pulls in the symmetry, and ouch, if you trip and fall on those antlers!

Keep up the AMAZING work, as always!

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aniart13 [2011-05-27 23:38:01 +0000 UTC]

she and her nymphs were pure hearted and virgis. not chin smoking drunken sluts.

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shley77 In reply to aniart13 [2011-05-28 06:46:27 +0000 UTC]

The assignment was a creative re-invention/modern interpretation of the myth, as stated in the artist's comments. Not hard to read them, considering they're right underneath the illustration ;D

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aniart13 In reply to shley77 [2011-05-29 12:10:31 +0000 UTC]

.........
which "myth" did you base this upon?
and dont just say "artemis and her nymphs"

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aniart13 In reply to aniart13 [2011-05-27 23:38:28 +0000 UTC]

thats chain smoking

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AlmudenaDoncelArt [2011-05-25 18:47:11 +0000 UTC]

you has been featured! [link]

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bearsincapes [2011-05-22 19:33:31 +0000 UTC]

i cannot favorite this enough

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uberbomb [2011-05-05 13:39:03 +0000 UTC]

man i like greek miths and this is really good man

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WTFWonder [2011-04-15 04:00:09 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, you pimp them nymphs Artie.

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Haunt-Me42 [2011-04-10 03:48:02 +0000 UTC]

cool!

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gymnosophist [2011-03-11 02:31:58 +0000 UTC]

XD! Love it! The da Vinci "Last Supper" parody is perfect...

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snowangel0895 [2011-03-10 01:10:10 +0000 UTC]

this is a fun cool image, nice job!!! XD

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Black-McLaren [2011-03-03 23:51:42 +0000 UTC]

Heh, player!

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TheMorrigansChild [2011-02-28 05:03:04 +0000 UTC]

Percy Jackson, eat your heart out.

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CodenameMakoto [2011-02-21 20:14:39 +0000 UTC]

the goddess of virginity a pimp? i like it!

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barbie-bob [2011-02-19 07:11:17 +0000 UTC]

so hawt

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JustDanceAlejandro [2011-02-17 08:34:39 +0000 UTC]

I love this! Artemis is my fave olympian xD

"so when i was thinking of modern day hunt, and all of these things, i decided artemis should be a pimp XDDD " <---That right there made me crack up laughing

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WalpurgisAk [2011-02-04 07:56:26 +0000 UTC]

this makes me happyyyyy!
because Artemis is awesome and I love this take on her.

why else would I like it?
Honestly, some people....

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mitsukai924 [2011-02-03 19:21:18 +0000 UTC]

wow...this is incredible! XD

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EternityDance [2011-01-30 00:40:19 +0000 UTC]

...huh. Artemis looks like Bruno Mars?

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Sake1987 [2011-01-21 01:47:24 +0000 UTC]

Wonderful!

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maquila [2010-12-25 19:55:48 +0000 UTC]

I have and always will love this

My favorite part of the pictures are
The two nymphs on the right side watching the one on the left adjust herself.
Artemis being totally badass and lighting another nymph's cigarette without even looking.

Awesome!

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ducusdraconis [2010-12-15 04:01:10 +0000 UTC]

I never new about the nymph part of the Artemis myth. Great job!

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thecursor [2010-12-13 19:40:48 +0000 UTC]

She also had this weird co dependent thing going with her brother Apollo so that if she even showed a remote interest in a man as even a close friend, like say Orion, he'd kill the guy off.

Greek Myths are fucked up.

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MadMother88 [2010-12-09 03:52:57 +0000 UTC]

Lol, great job depicting it the way you did

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Eruhaha [2010-12-08 17:47:41 +0000 UTC]

Oh god, I realy love how all the nymphs does all different things at the moment;it looks alive;ㅅ;
and I can really see her as you descrive: a pimp

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once-january [2010-12-07 12:41:01 +0000 UTC]

Um, this is fabulous.

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foldedflowers [2010-11-16 20:42:36 +0000 UTC]

One word: LOL!

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Finn-Djur [2010-11-16 14:39:17 +0000 UTC]

sooo envious of Artemis....

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