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This blog shows the process I took in creating both the character designs and story! Some day I'd love to turn this into a comic.

[hades-persephone-project]

~ Welcome ~

A project I started back in Mar 2021, a retelling of the classic tale of Hades and Persephone's love story.

This blog shows the process I took in creating both the character designs and story! Some day id love to turn this into a comic.

Anything Re-Blogged is inspiration~ <3

Noted Dates: = Started brainstorming ideas // Mar 2021 = Starting writing // May 2021 = Started the blog // Mar 2024 = Started drawing // Mar 2024

[kochei0]

I turn to Ares.

Thanks to Tyler Miles Lockett who allowed me to draw inspiration from his ARES piece for page 2! Look at his etsy page it's SICK

⚔️ If you want to read some queer retelling of arturian legends have a look at my webtoon

[elianzis]

Damn... I never thought about it

[hades-persephone-project]

My first concepts for Persephone! The Goddess and Queen herself~ Please excuse my writing, i have adhd and im just writing what pops into my head cause im running a blank

Lets talk about this;

So im a pale white chick and idk i guess i always lean towards pale white chicks (?) but im trying real hard to mix up my norm with new things, but my brain keeps loving the 3rd colour option qnq

I also have stretch marks under my boobs, idk if thats normal but thats where mine are so thats where i put some for her.

My Perse is half mortal so i was trying to keep that in mind but also make her look half godly which, turns out, is a lot harder than i thought.

I know i want her to have sun-kissed skin with many freckles, that just makes sense to me as the Goddess of spring, but i wanted her to be in a more peach/pink hue, thus the more 'red' skin

I also plan for her to get a bit more pale and skinner while in the underworld since there isn't any sun and she cant eat the food there, she dose eat, nyx bring her food from up top but thats only like one meal a day.

I wanted her to have curly thick hair.

At one point was making her look very deer like (check under cut for more info) thus the birch 'antlers' on the 3rd.

She'd normally have long hair but she cuts it when she runs away which is why theres a bunch of different hair styles. The outfit is inspired/taken from Blood of Zeus but drawn horribly cause idk how the fabric would flow.

Im thinking ill need to draw her parents before i get her final done but i have 0 ideas for demeter...

Just a bunch of sketches and more random nots under cut

So this is acutely the first time ive drawn such a curvy body and stretch marks so i wanted to play around it before sitting down and drawing it, i was having such a lot of trouble with it but after getting some good refs i think i was able to get what i was looking for.

I was also trying to figure out what kind of art style i wanted to go for this. I figured that since this is going to be a comic ill go for my easier more cartoon style

This is what i mean by deer look. The idea was that her God Form was very deer inspired since i associate deer with spring but deer a main symbol for Artemis and im not sure if shes going to be included in the story and if i need to bring the deer motif back for perse,,

I mostly like to focuse on character design and concept since its where id like my day-time job to be so im really trying here but id love some feed back and ideas if you guys have any!

[veres-com]

demeter and kora

[medusaspeach]

The Sirens were monstrous sea nymphs from ancient greek mythology, better known for their role in the Odyssey. They lured sailors in with their bewitching song, causing ships to be destroyed on the rocky cliffs of their island.

In another version of this myth, Demeter is angry that the Sirens didn't prevent Persephone's kidnapping and curses them to die when a mortal is able to resist their song.

The sirens are sometimes described as the daughters of Gaia. Other sources say their father is the river god, Achelous, and their mother is Melpomene or Terpsichore. There are others but I won't list them all.

I drew this before the prologue OTL

[nikkas-cottage]

Floral pomegranates to burn on the Spring Equinox!

[gigizetz]

do you by chance have a Demeter design?

She is my fav goddess

Kinda? I did this drawing some time ago, but I'll probably do some tweaks here and there on her design later.

[medusaspeach]

"After the fall of the titan gods, the sons of Kronos drew lots to divide the rule of the cosmos. Zeus won the heavens, Poseidon the sea, and Hades the underworld."

siblings amirite?

bonus Demeter, Hera, and Hestia 🔥

🌼🌼🌼

[moplopbool]

Demeter and Hecate as requested :) When I think about them, that one meme(“Gee Persephone! How come they let you have two moms?”) comes up in my head

[gigizetz]

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this time she's with her brother

[kebriones]

rough Apollo and Artemis concepts. Design notes: In my gods' designs, when they have a mortal parent their eyes aren't completely blank white and have some sort of iris and/or pupil. I've mentioned this before but all my olympians have gold markings on their body. Artemis' gold markings are meant to be sort of fang-tusk like. Their hair has their mom's texture but zeus' color.

[phantomrin]

Olympian twins.

Artemis & Apollo.

[nikoriis]

Apollo and Artemis :D This is part of a drawing I'm working on, but I like their designs, especially Artemis'

[quackysprouts]

You drew Apollo, can you draw artemis please? No pressure tho Apollo looks magnificent.

the twins

[wolfythewitch]

a little Apollo and Artemis painting :D

[hades-bat]

From my latest museum trip: Ares, Apollo, Dionysus and Artemis

⚔️🌞🍇🌚

[evermore-grimoire]

The Evermore Grimoire: Greek Mythology

Calliope (Καλλιοπη meaning "beautiful-voiced") was the Muse of epic poetry and heroic song in Greek mythology. She was widely considered the leader of the Muses and was the greatest and wisest of them all. Calliope began as a Muse of poetry, which later developed into epic poetry (tales of the legendary adventures of a people, its myth, and heroes). She was often represented in art as a seated or standing figure, holding a writing tablet and a stylus, as if she were getting ready to write the next great epic poem. Calliope was also the mother of Orpheus, the most famed musician in all of Greek mythology. He was said to have received his gift of music from his father, Apollo (god of prophecy). When Orpheus was dismembered by the Bacchantes (women & nymphs who worshipped the god of wine, Dionysus), Calliope recovered his head and enshrined it on the island of Lesbos.

artwork by Yliade