Alfie

Greek Myth artist/enthusiast

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Circe art

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Aphrodite art (redraw of a older version from October, scroll to see)

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【 #DEMETER 】

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Demeter, the Greek Goddess of the harvest— In myth, she is most well known from her Homer's Hymn "Hymn to Demeter" which includes the stroy of the abduction of Persephone, and the beginning of Winter from how Demeter threw away her duties in search for her daughter.

to be honest, I'm not a fan of depicitions of Demeter where she is seen as young; Demeter is known for being very motherly, because of her connection to Persephone, so i think shed like more older and wiser. I believe she'd have a human, or close to one, god-like design, since she'd help with their fields and crops. I connect her strongly to Fall, so I gave her more fall colors and a pumpkin shaped hair bun. It is known that humans are unable to face the gods, or else they will die, so I believe they either hide their faces successfully or wear masks— which, I chose Demeter would weae.

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Time: 31 hours, 13 minutes

Apps: Ibis Paint X + Pinterest (original reference does not belong to me)

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【 #EROS 】

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Eros, the Greek Goddess of love and desire— In myth, he's both a primordial god born from Chaos but also the son of Aphrodite. He is often depicted fo be a winged God that carries arrows, often shooting them at both god and human to find love in the world. He can be remembered for having a mischievous side, even blindfolding himself and shooting his arrows without clear view.

i wanted to depict Eros with some of his symbols, noticeably a dove. I gave him some feathered parts of his body, a sharp nose and arched eyebrows. Along side, his makeup is supposed to represent his beauty yet also be seen as a mask to trick many to fall in love with him, since he was considered so beautiful. He also carries to arrows, golden ones for love and another filled with lead for deceit and hate.

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Time: 16 hours, 20 minutes

Apps: Ibis Paint X + Pinterest (original reference does not belong to me)

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【 #APHRODITE 】

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Aphrodite, the Greek Goddess of passion and beauty — many people believe that these two asspects are just a depiction of sexual desire, yet that is not what she is. A woman was born from sea foam, walking upon the surface from the ocean, as she resembled what made mortals feel good. Despite what the Greeks believed, women being a curse among mortals when Pandora was created, they still chose to worship Aphrodite. Ironic, huh? Not really.

Beauty isn't just the comparison of what we feel for each other, yet also for ourselves, self-love. Beauty isn't the quality in something from nature, yet it is nature — Beauty is in everything, Aphrodite lives in places we do not consider beautiful.

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Time: 8 hours, 20 minutes

Apps: Ibis Paint X + Pinterest (original reference does not belong to me)

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【 #HELIOS 】

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Helios, the Greek Olympian Titan and personification of the Sun, he is known for being an observer of both the humans and gods, witnessing their actions. While doing this, he rides golden chariot in the sky. Although he's been one to see many things, he isn't known for being all known judge of manys actions.

Some information people many not have known is that he has two sisters, both being Titans and personification of their sky aspects: Selene, the Moon, and Eos, the dawn. He was also married to Perse, a daughter of Tethys and Oceanus, who both had at least four children. One of their children were Circe, a well known enchantress in Homer's Odyssey. His other three children were Pasiphaë, the mother of the Minotaur, and Aeetes and Perses, both kings of Colchis.

In a lot of Greek myths, Helios is either the father or a second name of Hyperion, of the twelve Titans who were children of Gaia, the Earth, and Uranus, the Sky.

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Time: 7 hours, 34 minutes

Apps: Ibis Paint X + Pinterest (original reference does not belong to me)