Ajzan's fairytales

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Recently I’ve been drawing mostly Sigyn from my current Norse mythology retelling project. In my version Sigyn is a teenage girl, but could easily pass as a boy due to how she looks. I don’t know how to describe it differently, but she seems to lack any typical feminine features at first glance. The most notable of them are short, very curly hair. That way she avoids brushing them as much as possible because she hates the pain that comes with hair pulling. As for her face I often draw her in her default state, which is one of worry, caution and uncertainty.

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Long time no Snufkin from me, eh?

I'm still learning how to use the Sketchbook app on Android.

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Welcome to Demon School! Astre-kun

So, for a while now, I had this idea for a crossover between Black Butler and Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun (both manga).

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In this AU O!Ciel’s real name is Astre Phantomhive and his backstory remains the same as in the former manga up until the moment where a demon is summoned through a portal made of blood. In this version the being meant to be Sebastian is a renegade from the latter manga’s Demon World who went back to his primal origins and was constantly hunting for souls to eat from the human realm. Unfortunately for him, at the time he responded to Astre’s and Ciel’s captors summoning a demon, he was spotted and subsequently chased by Sullivan who was looking for him.

In the cult’s chapel both demons started fighting. All of the children in cages, besides Ciel, and the cultists who didn’t escape fast enough, got killed by rampaging renegade demon despite Sullivan’s efforts. Ultimately only Astre remained alive to witness their full fight. Ultimately the renegade overwhelmed by Sullivan’s strength fled away.

The remaining demon effortlessly freed traumatized Astre and did his best at comforting him given the situation. Took the boy outside so he wouldn’t see all the corpses and blood anymore and get some fresh air. Then they started to talk. Upon learning that all members of Phantomhive household were dead and Astre’s remaining family wouldn’t be happy that he, the spare, was the one who survived and not the actual heir, Sullivan asked him to become his grandchild (as it was one of his deepest dreams to have one). Astre at first wasn’t sure, but then, after processing everything, came to a grim conclusion that aside from that offer there was no other way to go and if Sullivan’s promises of being spoiled for the rest of his life were lies and this demon would ultimately eat him, then so be it. Astre agreed but under the condition that Sullivan will prepare a proper burial for Ciel. Of note is that in this timeline Astre didn’t take the ring out of his brother’s stomach. After the funeral Sullivan burned the cultists’ temple for good measure and then took Astre to the strangeDemon World.

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I have more headcanons for this AU, so I might post them in the future, but for now that’s all. I probably should write this as a fanfic, but that would be challenging, especially given the tonal shift between both manga. That's why I imagine this version of Sullivan more serious during the most dramatic scenes, eager to give Aste some much needed comfort.

As for the drawing, I made it back in 11.2023. Astre’s school uniform is a cross between Iruma’s nad O!Ciel’s clothes he wears as a noble.

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So... I'm on Cara now, too.

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Sigyn

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Record of Ragnarok : Early designs

Brunhilde and Goll

Zeus and Shiva

Aphrodite and Odin

Thor, God of Thunder

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The horn-like thing on Thor's foerehead might be a piece of whetstone, like thwe one he got in one of the OG stories during a fight with the giant Hrungnir.

Honestly? That's might be a reason why I like the more outlandish adaptations of myths and legends as at the first glance sure, it might looks weird, but then the author might do something intereresting with some obscure part of the lore.

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For the current version of my Logyn YA story, I decided to give Sigyn a redesign. Here in the picture she is shortly before the events of the book.

While many interpretations of Loki’s wife show as either a valkyrie or a princess, in my version Sigyn is the daughter of minor Aesir god (an OC of mine) and human witch. They lived happily deep in the Midgardian forest until Sigyn’s mother passed away and her dad disappeared, leaving the young and very shy demigoddess all on her own.

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My most recent picture of Sigyn, featuring Loki's disembodied hand.

It is meant to be a cover for my Watpad Logyn story.

Watercolors and water-based markers.

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Choose your Starter!

So, a while back I made those 3 fakemon Starters based on @Doodlelot on Twitter characters and they were met with good reception. Now here I am asking which one people of Tumblr would choose as their partner.

Who are you choosing?

Rotkoon the Trash Dweller Pokemon (Grass/Poison)

Combussum the Fiatus Pokemon (Fire/Dark)

Dovelly the Snivelling Pokemon (Water/Flying)

Voting ended onFeb 14, 2023

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Sigyn's burden: Loki's true form

In one of my previous posts, the one about the size difference between Loki i Sigyn, I’ve mentioned that the latter is pretty tall for an Aesir, thanks to being half-giant. What also gives away his Jotunheim origin are his eyes, which are light blue with vertical, cat-like pupils. The former is a trait characteristic to giants and Loki can’t hide it no matter what form he takes.

In that post I’ve also sorta hinted at that the form he is usually presenting himself as isn’t really his true one. Well, as you can see on the picture, the true one is even higher (circa 7 meters tall) and looks much different and monstrous. Unlike Thor, who seemingly took most of his looks from Odin, Loki turned out to be somewhere halfway between his parents with traits of a Albino: bright hair, aforementioned blue eyes, patchwork looking skin mixing the pale one of an Aesir and grayish blue of a giant, sharp fangs peeking from his lips and despite being fully grown, Loki is much shorter than his father, with thin long limbs. Loki’s true form also carries all the scars and other traces of past injuries he was able to hide with his shapeshifting.

The scene in this picture supposedly takes place shortly after Sigyn has discovered Loki’s true form. She was aware of it before, but understood that her (still then) friend wasn’t comfortable showing it, afraid of being shunned.

Much to Loki’s utter shock, when Sigyn finally discovered his secret, she wasn’t scared beyond anything words can describe, but rather fascinated by his odd and scarred appearance (not in a kinky way!).

Soon, whenever they were traveling alone, Sigyn would sit in deep pockets Loki sewed on his clothes just for her and even started wearing earrings so she could hold onto something while sitting on his shoulder.

That whole headcanon was inspired by works of GTluv on DeviantArt who made some pretty Logyn pictures, mostly with Loki being an actual giant. I honestly think more mainstream media should also explore this idea, even if there is evidence that jotnar weren’t necessarily huge in size.

As for the picture itself, to lor it I used  brush markers that came in cold gray, warm gray and skin tone sets.

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Thor is chasing Loki (by Hellanim) - colored by Ajzan-Hataru on DeviantArt

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Oowhhh I missed drawing in palettes, it's fun!

First request goes to @ajzan with their Sigyn design.

You can send your requests too, read this post.

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OMG, thank you so much! She’s stunning in your art style! You make her look like film noir character which fits her very well.

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Original concept:

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Recently I have bought a book that basically teaches ro draw animals using basic shapes. It's clearly made for children, but inspired by doing a lot of colouring book pages I decided to make the results more interesting. #whale #babywhale #drawing #sea #ocean #markers #cute

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Sigyn

This a drawing of Sigyn from my Norse mythology YA retelling project for now simply called “Sigyn’s burden”. It’s meant to be a long story from the time Sigyn met Loki, their developing relationship up until the snake and the cave, but with some twist and changes to the original lore along the way.

In this story Sigyn is a young (at the beginning 16 yo in Asgargian years) demigodde. Before the story starts she have spend all her youth on Midgardian ouskirts. When her mother, a human, passed away from the old age, she lived only with her father, a minor Aesir, until he misteriously dissapeared one day. Unable to find him, Sigyn then lived completly alone in the forest for several years. One winter however she ventured way too far into the woods in shearch for wood and was attacked by a pack of wolves. They could eat her alive if it wasn’t for a beast who heard her screams and rushed to the scene where it scared off the wolves. Sigyn lost consiousness and woke up on Asgard, injured and crippled, but alive. Due to her haritage from father’s side, she was allowed to stay here. It was several months later when she have learnt that the misterioius beast that saved her back then was actually Loki, who, after trying to help her himself, decided to bring her to Asgard so Eir could heal her.

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Sigurd

As you can see on the second slide, I made this pic back in May but decided to wait with posting it until June.

This is my OC Sigurd, houscarl of lady Sigyn (Loki’s wife), formerly known as Brunhild, the high-ranking valkyrie in king Odin’s forces.

I was going to post mor of his backstory, but it turned out too long and complex. Maybe later if someone will be interested.

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Sprigatito

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When the new Pokemon were showed, Sprigatito became my first choice (although Fuecoco is also growiing on me). Also, originally I wanted to wait until more footage will be showed, to be sure if that lower "leafes" are growing from Sprigatito's chin or chest.

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A picture of the main character from the fantasy story I'm currently writing. Her name is Papavera and she was born with unusual appearance for elves in this story's universe.

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Sigyn design

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In my version of Norse mythology Asgard is highly inspired by XIX century while Midgard is still in middle ages. I wanted Asgardian clothes to be a blend of Victorian and Viking era fashion. For the latter I mostly used pics from this post (mainly for coat design but still). Oh, and that pink thing on Sigyn's face is supposed to be old battle scar.