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Been getting into reading about folklore the last few weeks. I’m part Polish and wanted to study some stories from Poland, and the one I kept finding was about the Wawel Dragon, a dragon roused when people forgot the ancient stories of a dragon in a cave under Wawel Hill, venturing into the cave to prove that it doesn’t exist.

In one version, a shoemaker named Krak or Krok saves his town from the terrible dragon living under Wawel Hill by feeding it a cow corpse filled with sulfur that can’t be smothered by water. The dragon, trying to calm the fire in its throat with the waters of the Vistula, is consumed by fire. Krak becomes king and his city is named Kraków after him.

In another, Krak is already king and it is either his idea or his son’s idea to slay the dragon with sulfur. In some of these versions Krak dies and his daughter Wanda is made the ruler of the Lechitic peoples. This story seems to be the older version, traced to the early Middle Ages, though both stories have roots in older stories and legends from other lands, showing Poland’s long history as a meeting place of the east and west.

I wanted the affect of this drawing to look like a wood cutting, with the man and the flag being very stylized, but set in front of a more realistic looking dragon. I feel like that’s what folklore is to me: a veneer of magic over the terror and beauty of being alive. Truth, from the corner of your eye.

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Goblin prince

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Gachiakuta OCs pt 1

Image 1: Gerrimun Fender, vital instrument: fountain pen. Uses his vital instrument to create illusions only he can see through.

Image 2: Keyer Siblings Dunve and Spike. Their dad taught them baseball before being killed in a trash rain. They awoke to their potential when sifting through the ruins of their home and were able to retrieve their old baseball equipment. Their intruments are pretty simple: smash, and smash from farther away.

Image 3: Gess Alerby, vital instrument: needle and thread. They grew up sewing together old clothes and dolls for their younger siblings. The needle and thread allows them to stitch together disparate objects for just a few moments, creating impossible architectures used to scale heights.

Side note: I feel like I’m getting better at using my alcohol markers. I want to try blending colors next!

Should I do a part 2?

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The war is not over !!!!!

Gaza is still bleeding !!!!

Donation link for a family from Gaza

People keep saying there’s a ceasefire but every single day we wake up to another explosion, another family destroyed, another name added to the list of martyrs. I’m writing this because the world thinks Gaza is “calm” now.

It’s not. The bombs didn’t stop. The drones didn’t stop. The funerals didn’t stop.

During this so-called ceasefire, dozens of people were killed. Homes were burned. Children were pulled from under the rubble. You’ll see the photos I’m adding below - all taken during the “pause”. This is what our reality looks like.

My own family is suffering too. We lost relatives. We lost our home.

312 Palestinians have been killed, entire families wiped out during a time that was supposed to bring safety.!

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Transformation

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Playing with my alcohol markers and also practicing with draping fabrics. I love drawing cloaks. I just need to get better at it!

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Padme, Anakin, and Emperor Palpatine

During my ROTS rewatch I realized my two favorite shots from the movie are the one of Anakin marching to the Jedi temple, and the opening shot of Coruscant. I semi-combined them and did my own takes on the characters. It’s a little unfinished but I was trying to watch the movie!

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Mushroomlings

Whatever kind of fae these are I hope they bring some whimsy to your day

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My take on Yoda!

Just rewatched ROTS for the hundredth time while I was doodling and had so much fun with this one. Need to work on fabrics but i had fun with his blue cloak.

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It's my 1 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳

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“Wha do you want me to draw next?”

“Idk maybe an anthropomorphic bear sipping tea at a cafe”

“…..”

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An elf woman overlooking Beleriand

First time using my alcohol markers! The colors are gorgeous I need to experiment more but I think this turns out alright!

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25 posts!

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My cousin asks me to design a giraffe centaur. Here’s the answer I did to her prompt in the car ride from Louisiana back to Texas:

“I think they’d have like a human torso perched on top of a giraffes body but it would be a regular sized torso with a longer, thick human neck. It would also have more giraffe features in the face like longer teeth and tongue because they would still need to eat acacia leaves. The arms would be small and withered like a T. rex due to lack of need, and the skin on the human bodh would be thick and dark brownish-purple like a giraffe hide. It would also be pretty hairy due to need for sun protection. The human shoulders would be extra broad but also anchored to the lower back so the body would be super rounded and muscular to support the weight of the neck but also to keep the body from titling forwards when it runs and falling over. It wouldn’t be able to run as fast as a regular giraffe, or as strong, and it wouldn’t be able to see/hear/think as well because the brain would be smaller due to a thick giraffe skull and too much weight on the end of a neck. It also wouldn’t be able to turn its neck and would be in line with the spine and the rib cage would extend upwards, keeping the shoulders palsied and the neck supported”

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Trying out a new pen! Still need to get my line work more intentional and accurate.

On a different note I LOVED the new Frankenstein movie (because I love the 1818 book) and so I drew the Creature and some rats.

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Just finished Parable of the Sower! One of those books I will have to visit again and again because it made me think differently while I read it.

I drew this cover art for the book as I thought would be cool. My handwriting is what ruins it but I still enjoy the design.

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I found an old picture of Ged I drew. I remember thinking in the books that the dragons would look different than usual dragons. There was something lupine and sea-like about them I tried to capture.