~ Scara ~

I draw anything I like

[scaramiou22]

Scara’s Cool Intro!!!

Hey hey hey! I’m scara and I draw Philippine mythology and anything inspired by Philippine mythology!!

I post:

1. Kapampangan mythology

2. Tagalog mythology (sometimes)

3. Ocs

4. Fandom ocs sometimes

5. Oc x Canon

6. Random rambles

My other blog(s)/socials

Writing blog

Youtube (Im not active)

TikTok

DNI:

- jerks in general. Gtfo

- Homophobic, Transphobic, Xenophobic, Islamophobic, etc.

- Misogynistic

- Racist, Sexist, Ableist, Discrimination, etc.

- Invalidates A Person's Pronouns / Gender / Identity

- Pedophile, Sexualizes Minors, Jokes About R×pe, etc.

- Libulan x Sidapa shippers PLEASE GET OUTTTTTTT

Yeah no thats it…

[scaramiou22]

What's the difference between BulakTala and Tala? Also who is Siyak? With Siyak I just got confused cause in my language, Ilocano, Siyak means me

Bulak Tala is Tala’s full, comeolete name, and Tala’s the name people call her nowadays

Also, Siyak (often misspelled as Haik) is the Tagalog god of the sea!

Source: page 525 of Ancient Beliefs and Customs of the Tagalogs

[buttermilkami]

lowkey really tired

take this sad bird woman

her doom is about to come

anyways i need to like finish all my wips before i spontaneously combust

[scaramiou22]

The reason why I don’t post as much art anymore is because um.

Well.

I draw fanart of a specific character.

Louis from IDV!!

I draw him a lot to the point where it gets in the way of drawing characters such as Mayari, Apolaki, and my characters from the story Im writing… I want to post drawings of my ocs but I can’t when most of my art gallery consists of HIM.

ANYWAYYYYY here’s recent doodles of Matthias and Louis! Specifically as kapampangan nobles

Im really glad that in terms of fashion, the kapampangans and the Tagalogs are really similar so that I won’t go tryna find kapampangan precolonial clothes. It would be a HASSLE

[gabzs-002]

Wlw aswang wip for pride month

[scaramiou22]

Bini vs Makamate (same person btw)

Bini acts like a Binukot even though she herself doesn’t practice it. She’s just really paranoid for the most part and started isolating herself and even covering herself up.

Makamate is someone who’s “free”, but still a paranoid man. That paranoia is one of his motives for murdering people he deems untrustworthy. Everything he does is rooted in desperation and power. He knows that there’s a chance his own court could turn against him, so why not go against them first?

The royalty in my story aren’t exactly good. I guess an exception is Bini-Makamate’s older sister, Tala, who does genuinely love her people and wants to be the perfect Queen for them. Bini-Makamate also wants the best for their people, too, but their fear of being killed or overthrown is so much greater than their desire to make Cavite a better kingdom in the empire

[scaramiou22]

I forgot to mention Bini is a Mangkukusinu. While the spirits gave her powers a babaylan could use to help people, she does everything a babaylan is taught NOT to do

[scaramiou22]

Bini vs Makamate (same person btw)

Bini acts like a Binukot even though she herself doesn’t practice it. She’s just really paranoid for the most part and started isolating herself and even covering herself up.

Makamate is someone who’s “free”, but still a paranoid man. That paranoia is one of his motives for murdering people he deems untrustworthy. Everything he does is rooted in desperation and power. He knows that there’s a chance his own court could turn against him, so why not go against them first?

The royalty in my story aren’t exactly good. I guess an exception is Bini-Makamate’s older sister, Tala, who does genuinely love her people and wants to be the perfect Queen for them. Bini-Makamate also wants the best for their people, too, but their fear of being killed or overthrown is so much greater than their desire to make Cavite a better kingdom in the empire

[scaramiou22]

Doodles!

First doodle is the main character, Malimot! He’s a male Mamaluyan/Bayok, and Mayari is his patron deity

Next is Limot’s (adopted) children: Kahilom and Mágpawû. They’re aged up in these drawings but in the story Kahilom is 4 years old while Mágpawû is a newborn. Both of them are Kataws, jsut like their papa Maglinti

Both of them are priests, with Kahilom being a babaylan/Mamaluyan while Pawû’s a catholic priest! I also drew a swap au where Hilom/Katherine is a nun while Pawû is a Mamaluyan/babaylan

Finally we have Limot’s sibling and the ruler of Cavite, Lakan Bini Dimapakali! Also known as Makamate Malaram. They’re… something. I don’t know. Their gender is similar to Malaon-Makapatag in Waray mythology so take that as you will

[scaramiou22]

The thing about precolonial Filipino naming system is that the names aren’t really flowery or poetic, unlike most normal names

I’ll be listing some examples except in English so that you’d know what I’m talking about! Some of these are from actual Tagalog historical accounts, with a few of the names listed being some of my ocs’ names

1. Rock

2. Lightning

3. Shoreline

4. Pure Gold

5. River

6. Forgetfulness (OC)

7. Venus (OC)

8. Murderer (OC)

9. Spear

10. Chicken shit

11. Bird/Chicken

12. Trust (OC)

13. Lightning

14. Hornbill

15. Father of the first catch

16. Crocodile

[scaramiou22]

In regards to this, here are my oc’s full names with translations!

1. Lakan Malimot Dimapayapa/Aman Kahilom - “The Forgetful King who’s never at peace” / “Father of Silence”

2. Lakan Tala Dimaapi - “The Queen of Venus who’s never oppressed”

3. Lakan Bini Dimapakali/Makamate Maralam - “The Modest Ruler who’s restless” / “The Murderer who Lies”

4. Dayang Kahilom Makapahilak - “Lady Silence Who Makes You Cry”

5. “Father Emilio” Mágpawû Palahilak/Pawû Palahilak - “The Crybaby who says the contrary” / “The Turtle who’s a crybaby”

[scaramiou22]

The thing about precolonial Filipino naming system is that the names aren’t really flowery or poetic, unlike most normal names

I’ll be listing some examples except in English so that you’d know what I’m talking about! Some of these are from actual Tagalog historical accounts, with a few of the names listed being some of my ocs’ names

1. Rock

2. Lightning

3. Shoreline

4. Pure Gold

5. River

6. Forgetfulness (OC)

7. Venus (OC)

8. Murderer (OC)

9. Spear

10. Chicken shit

11. Bird/Chicken

12. Trust (OC)

13. Lightning

14. Hornbill

15. Father of the first catch

16. Crocodile

[inkwell-dorid]

Esther & the Toon Skin Demon is a cozy horror and slice of life series featuring Esther, a restoration biologist, & Wan, a Painted Skin Demon. They navigate the Amethyst Bay community, with their friends Nanashi, Amber, & Victor (Vic). Image above: 5/30/26 and below is from 4/3/26

[buttermilkami]

Errr it’s been a while

Taken some time off to destress from being busy. I’ll get back to my deity rambles in a moment, butttttt

Philippine birds anyone? c:

So many birdsssss…

Returning to the Konsteneta thing,

There’s lore now for these floating islands in Konsteneta’s sky, which is where most of the birds live.

In my doomed yuri story, a lot of these families (bird species) fall into water due to uh Kasay’s island falling into bleh (and I now have a solid , concrete reason why that happens!! Yahh!!). Not all birds die as some become bound to other pieces of land like in the island archipelago south of where they fell and the coasts of the Great Continent.

I will say, I also have grown fond of Alapaap haha she’s lore relevant now!!

Amihan, Alapaap, and Lihangin, whose odd one out BAHAHAH they’re all now the most lore relevant in my world whether they like it or not

Subject to change of course haha

[scaramiou22]

lowk, who's the best pinoy mythology character youve drawn/researched about

*gets pen and paper ready*

Hmmm, I could list a few from different ethnic groups!

1. Aeta/Sambali - Mayari/Mallari/Apo na Malyari

2. Kapampangan - Sinukuan/Apolaki/Maria Sinukuan, Mayari/Mallari

3. Bikol - Oryol and Handyong

4. Waray-Waray, Cebuano, Bohol, Samar, and/or basically the entirety of the Visayan Region - Laon/Malaon/Makapatag/Raom/Laonsina/Alusina/Kanlaon/Lalahon. Holy shit, Laon, with all due respect you have so many names 💔

5. Visayan (again) - Makaptan and Magwayen

6. Mandaya (?) - Tambanokano

7. Tagalog - Makiling, Bathala Maykapal, Bathala katutubo, BulakTala Balatik and Mapulon, Buwan/Kulalaying, and Siyak!

Yeah that’s it! There’s like tons of ethnic groups so I’m still researching…

[buttermilkami]

Araw

Araw has a striking resemblance to Apolaki

Post Alapaap Obsession (well, after the years he kept chasing her and clinging to her, he was still obsessed afterwards, but never really enacted on it??), he started to kind of mirror Apolaki to fill in this void of emptiness and lack of purpose.

And around this time, he slowly started to lose his identity

He got so good at mirroring Apolaki that if Apolaki were to disappear, Araw would be indistinguishable from Apolaki. When Mayari tried to talk to Araw once, thinking he was Apolaki, Araw covered his face and avoided her for the rest of that year.

And yes, Araw is LITERALLY a mirrored version of Apolaki, but lacks some character traits of Apolaki, so he’s not a perfect mirror (like horn ornaments are off, eyes are red w black, earrings are off too).

[buttermilkami]

Alapaap and Araw

Tumblr trying to ragebait me

Anyways

Alapaap is based off of the Philippine Serpent Eagle and Araw looks like Apolaki because for lore reasons

Alapaap’s actual self stems from the bird on her head LOL

And that bird is fuming, she’s angry despite her concerned look because Araw keeps clutching at her dress to try and make her stay LMAO

[buttermilkami]

I so wanna do more deity designs

Hair is so fun to draw aufh

1 - Bathala (like his more earlier years)

2 - Aman Sinaya cause damn he’s my favorite

3 & 4 - Alapaap (Tagalog goddess of the sky from what I remembered)

5 - Magwayen (she’s ehh right now I need to simmer more of the Bisayan deities)

6 - Lidagat and Lihangin (again like with Magwayen, I need to simmer them more)

Alapaap ranks higher in terms of power against Amihan and Habagat as deities in my world (she’s known as The Sky/Heaven’s Mother), but like many other wind gods, I’d imagine they’re busy making their way around Konsteneta controlling their own winds so they don’t want anything to do with the Floating Islands. Amihan volunteered themself to do that haha

Some thoughts :p

[artiimuaj02]

Day 02: Sorbetes 💜💛

From my ISKOL ANECDOTES art prompt!!