Evelyn Hewett - Illustrator

Artist of sorts.

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Yes of course I’ve read the tragic witch comic. Obviously the slutty teacher and the scrungly man should kiss.

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Pirate and Princess//Wives.

Happy Pride Month!

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Spent my late winter obsessed with this band of fools.

I had such a good time.

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Artbook collection Master-post

Dorohedoro MUD AND SLUDGE + Dorohedoro Sketch Book 'Day Dream Hour' Artbooks 1-5 by Ryōko Kui (Dungeon Meshi) Delicious in Dungeon Adventurer's Bible world guide

Witch Hat Atelier Special Edition Volume 02 + 06 Artbooks Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou - Book of Paintings + Postcard Book "BLAME! and so on" Artbook

The Art of Ponyo The Art of The Wind Rises The Art of Kiki's Delivery Service

The Art of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind Miyazaki Moebius exhibition catalog The Art of Moebius

"Der Mond" Neon Genesis Evangelion Artbook "EYES ONLY" SPY×FAMILY Official Fanbook The Art of Fullmetal Alchemist 1 + 2

Elden Ring Art Book Volume 1 - 3 Dark Souls 1-3 Design Works Bloodborne Official Artworks

SEKIRO - SHADOWS DIE TWICE Official Artworks Grimoire Nier + NieR Art – Kazuma Koda Art Collection

The art of Alice Madness Returns SCORN The art of the Game The FLCL Archives

The Art of Metal Gear Solid I - IV - Gallery Works and Studio Works Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse -The Art of the Movie Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse The Art of the Movie

The Artwork of Berserk Alphonse Mucha's "Figures Decoratives" AKIRA Club

The art of Nimona

Here's a link to the entire collection, in case any of the individual links are broken.

This post will also be edited as more Artbooks are added, check this link for the up-to-date version.

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Update: The Official Elden Ring Art book Volume 3 (Shadow of the Erdtree) has been added to the collection

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I haven’t posted here or even made fanart in ages.

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The Less I Know the Better | Tame Impala

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Inktober Day 25: Alexander the Great

In the latter half of the 3rd Century BC Alexander III of Macedon conquered Egypt and founded the city of Alexandria.

This city would become enormously important as the seat of power to later rulers of Egypt and, eventually, would become Alexander’s final resting place. The grave of Alexander the Great remains a major undiscovered archaeological site to this day. Alexander left the governance of Egypt in the hands of one of his senior generals: Ptolemy Soter, the first of the Ptolemeic line.

Art note: Thank you Aidan Turner for your hair.

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Inktober Day 24: Herodotus

The Greek “Father of History” is an un-ignorable source of information about the ancient world. In antiquity he visited Egypt and a tourist to see the temples and monuments (some of which were already 2000 years old). He recorded his findings in Book II of his opus “Historia” which is where we get our modern word “history” from.

However, modern archeology has found fault with a lot of Herodotus’ account. Likelihood is that either Herodotus received partially fabricated guidance on his tour of Egypt or drew conclusions himself without a clear picture. 

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Inktober Day 23: Piye

From about 1070 BC to 400 BC Egypt was invaded multiple times by factions and groups from across the ancient Middle East and Africa. The Libyans, Saites and Persians all had control of it for a time. The 25th Dynasty is when Egypt was conquered by a Nubian ruler, King Piye.

Although Piye ruled from his Southern capital at Napata, Piye seems to have embraced the culture of Egypt. Reliefs at Jebel Barkal show Piye participating in the Hed-Seb Festival at Thebes and upon his death he was buried in a pyramid at El-Kurru. He also defended Egypt from fierce raids from the Assyrian Empire. Considering that, in ancient times, Nubia was one of Egypt’s foes, evidence suggests that the country thrived under Piye and his family’s rule.

Artist Note: The Kingdom of Nubia, called Kush in antiquity, was located in modern day Sudan. The Kushite kings are often referred to as the “The Black Pharaohs”. I can heartily recommend looking more into this period Egyptology as it’s just starting to be given the attention that it deserves, and was denied to it by racist colonialism. Start with this documentary by The National Geographic.

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Inktober Day 22: Ramesses III

This later Ramesses may well have been the last “great” Egyptian Pharaoh before a rapid decline in Egyptian power. The Judicial Papyrus of Turin is a document that refers to the assassination of Ramesses III as the result of a plot made by some of his senior wives and women of the court. These events are often referred to as The Harem Conspiracy. 

This period of history saw greater inequality between the people of Egypt and its ruling class. It’s likely that such a coup d’etat would garner support from a frustrated populous. 

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Inktober Day 21: Ramesses the Great

Covering all the achievements of Ramesses II would be a long, long task. The most notable ones: The Battle of Kadesh, The Temple Complex at Abu Simbel, the brand new capital city of Pi-Ramesses in the delta region and the grand mortuary temple known as The Ramesseum. 

Probably one of the most beloved of Ramesses’s building projects was the tomb he constructed for his “Great Wife”: Queen Nefertari. It’s widely considered the most beautiful tomb in Egypt. Many Egyptologist’s agree that evidence suggests a strong romantic attachment between Ramesses and his Queen: a truly rare thing among rulers of antiquity.

Art note: Normally adult Egyptians were completely clean shaven, but I’ve shown Ramesses with his hair slightly grown out because of his famous red hair. Also, if you’re looking for the Ramesses depicted by Ralph Fiennes in Dreamwork animated masterpiece “The Prince of Egypt”, this is him. Now go watch that film.

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Day 20: Thoth

Egyptian scribes were selective with what they recorded. There are no papyri recording Egypt’s defeats and losses. Propaganda obscured many official records of Egypts dark hours and archeologists often turn to the graffiti and letters of the people of Egypt for the truth about famines, wars and corruption.

Thoth’s origin is as the god of the moon, but as much of the Egyptian calendar is measured by the phases of the moon, so Thoth evolved into the god of measurement, mathematics, sciences and of course, writing.

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Inktober Day 19: Tutankhamun & Ankhesenamun

The picture we get of the life of the boy king, made infamous in modern times, is a sad tale. Tutankhamun, born “Tutankhaten”, was made pharaoh at age eight and died only ten years later. His life was marked with the restoration of the polytheistic religion of before his father’s time, likely at the demand of the high-priests and viziers. But the young king’s reign was ultimately overshadowed with a period of drastic decline for him and his family. His wife and half-sister Ankhesenamun was, as far as record show, the last living member of the famous 18th Dynasty at the time of her brother’s death. She disappears from history at this time and the line disintegrates. 

Growing up as the son of the infamous “Heretic Pharaoh” at the centre of intense political strife must have been frightening. Circumstantial evidence has led some Egyptologists to a theory of murder to explain Tutankhamun’s early death. Whether this was true or not, the tragedy that surrounds the life of the young pharaoh continues to draw people to his story.

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Inktober Day 18: Nefertiti

The iconic Bust of Nefertiti is a national symbol of Egypt. The Great Wife of the court of Akhenaten would have been a powerful figure during the Amarna Period. She is depicted in relief carvings of the era making offerings to the Aten and wielding authority alongside her husband.

The art of the Amarna period stands out amongst the rigorously conservative Egyptian art for it’s unconventional style and exaggerations. It could be that the dispensing of religious norms in this time may have allowed for more freedom for the artisans of this era to be more expressive and free. The statues and reliefs of this era are instantly recognisable when seen in a museum.

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Inktober Day 17: Akhenaten

An austere Inktober today for one of the most mysterious pharaohs of them all. In summary, Akhenaten was born Amenhotep, but after his ascension to the throne, he dispensed with the polytheistic religion of Egypt and replaced it with the first monotheistic religion in history. He halted the offerings and worships at the temples of the old gods and instead built new ones in the name of Aten, the holy icon of the sun. In keeping with this, he changed his name to Akhenaten and, in his lifetime, built an entire new capital city and temple complex that he called “Akhetaten” and would become his home and the new spiritual centre of Egypt. The site is at modern day Tel el Amarna which gave this bewildering time in Egyptian history its name: The Amarna Period. Akhenaten earned the name “The Heretic Pharaoh”. In antiquity, his actions caused huge upheaval, imbalance of power and, most assuredly, much animosity. Egypt was weakened by the absence of anyone to fill the classical role of the pharaoh and there are recordings of great military losses in this period.

The truth of why he did what he did, how he considered the consequences of his actions, what inspired his idea for the birth of monotheism, and even who Akhenaten was as a person are all mysteries that continue to beguile Egyptologists. The draw of Akhenaten can not only be attributed to his astonishing actions, but to the notoriety of his immediate family.

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Inktober Day 16: Amenhotep III (Delayed due to nasty cold)

Amenhotep III ruled Egypt at its peak of wealth and power. His building exploits were both extensive and grand. His expanded of Karnak Temple to include two new pylons and a long colonnade. Approximately 250 statues of Amenhotep III survive today, the largest of which are likely The Colossi of Memnon. They were erected to guard the entrance to his mortuary temple on the west bank of the Nile at Thebes. Today they are all that remain of the gigantic temple complex.

Some Egyptologists theorise that Amnhotep III’s reign saw a period of epidemic; some evidence for this being the great number of statues of the goddess Sekhmet that the pharaoh commissioned. Sekhmet was both the goddess of war and combat, and also of mercy and healing. Her task was to purge mankind of its evils and to absolve them. The theory includes the idea that a long period of plague, despite attempts by the pharaoh to appease the  wrath of the gods, might have shaken certain individuals’ faith. It may even have inspired the actions of Amenhotep’s son...

Art note: There are SO many statues of Amenhotep from across the length of his reign and they are all incredibly idealised. This was not uncommon for pharaohs and the fact is, we have no way of knowing if he really did look like that or if he was taking artistic license. But personally, I like to think of Amenhotep being rather average. With Queen Tiye on the other hand, I had no such problems. A stunning wooden portrait of her exists in the Berlin museum that seems to speak volumes about what kind of person she was, i.e. not a woman to cross.