Hey everyone, it’s been quite a while! Dropping by to check in and share this massive illustration I’ve worked on all month, which I’ve dubbed the “DEITIES Royal Family Redux.” The piece is both a “redraw” and spiritual successor of an older piece (Dysfunctional Royal Family), and something special to mark the 10-Year Anniversary of DEITIES Project's launch on Tumblr!
No, truly, the original [admittedly outdated] announcement post can be found here \o/!! Gosh it’s been that long already ya’ll...
There’s a lot I’d like to say about the entire process for this illustration, and about my general reflections on the project’s development and current scope, which I’ll save for a proper blog post update after taking a breather this holiday 🫠 In the meantime, I appreciate everyone in my audience who’s been part of the journey -- whether you’ve been here since the beginning, or found DEITIES project more recently. Thank you all so much for your interest, patience, and overall support, and let’s make 2026 a grand year to come!
It’s been a while tumblr! Suffice it to say I’ve been occupied with Important RL Events™ (the good kind), but I still wanted to carve up enough time for this.
A gift for my amazing friend Jinkz (Jinkzdraws @ Twitter) -- just a bit of fun between Set and Yoko e 0 e ) ✨✨✨ Happy Birthday Jinkz!!
(Also yeah yeah we're all fashionably "late" for pocky day, shush--)
Ok so I know I've made a moodboard for Nephthys already but I wanted to make one for @deitiesofduat due to the fact that I love that blog and I can't draw to save my life😂. I hope it doesn't suck but you guys need to check out that blog if you like Egyptian mythology or just comics in general. Adios 🖑🏾
Hahaha I just keep shadow-dropping project stuff on ya’ll this week don’t I 😅
Firstly!! If you missed the massive illustration I shared on NYD to mark DEITIES Project’s 10th anniversary on tumblr, feel free to check that out!
Secondly, while that was my main illustration to end 2025, I still completed other lighter content on the side -- for the website’s growing Askbox Archive, and for revisiting artwork both old and new. Not enough for separate tumblrs posts, but just enough for a belated end-of-year “odds and ends” post with DEITIES-related stuff. More details under the cut /o/
DEITIES Website: deitiesofduat.com
[1-3] -- All of these were part of an OC Pairings Meme that I originally shared on Bluesky, and then migrated to my OC ‘Folio site in February 2025. I had... aha, multiple entires for the polyamorous chaos god, which certainly included SetNeph, but also required a quick doodle of SetYoko in their fox forms (my personal ship with my friend, @/littlescorpio.bsky.social)
As for the entry for polycule Set x Anat x Astarte: The 2nd artwork with Set and Astarte was refreshed from an older askbox entry [archived], where I corrected her eye color to pink. Meanwhile, I wanted to doodle something quickly with just Set and Anat for that 3rd artwork.
[4] -- Speaking of polycules and personal ships with friends... you know what I’ll just quote myself for this IndraNakiYamm entry from the OTP Post:
“This is what happens when crack ships w/ friends turn into a fun throuple ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ Indra and Nakia (and company–) strongly oppose OG!Yamm in canon DEITIES, but in AUs? The three end up getting along quite well & form a healthy (and passionate) polycule.”
[5] -- I don’t think I’ve shared this image of Set in my [modified] Sonic-style here, have I...? Either way, I wanted to give it a try for him as a hound, for lack of a non-mythical animal counterpart to Sha. I’m indecisive on whether his ears flop down or stand upright, though; I like both, but lean towards the latter for consistency's sake.
[6] -- This is the same aimless Set sketches from a few years ago, but in preparation for Artfight I went back to restore more color saturation into the pic, and did the same for several other art pieces as well to make them more suitable as references.
Something I’ve often done with DEITIES art is desaturating colors slightly against a brown background so the darker colors are easier to discern. It's intentional, but it's led to confusion when others color-pick from the same art as if it's their base color, which is... not ideal 🫠 Their full body refs are a safer bet, but hopefully this minimizes the issue a bit...!
[7] -- A quick thing that I drew of Pakhet to practice / warm-up for my Artfight 2025 run. It’s a completed version of an older sketch of her from a while back, here!
[8-9] -- TL;DR my friends nudged me to design HK characters and I used the excuse to punt my existing characters into the world, with everyone all based on different types of insects (and one arachnid).
I ended up adding a couple of deities for good measure, so Serqet and Set both have entries with details about their design and bug inspiration -- including the reasons why Set’s a red-colored version of the 2nd most painful insect sting on the planet, and other exciting fun facts \o/!!1!
[10] -- This artwork’s an oldie but a goodie that I’m still quite fond of, but I needed to revisit it for both Set and Sobek’s appearance -- esp. in preparation for Artfight. Like the 6th image, I retouched this to restore their actual base colors, though I also cleaned up the lines and highlights to better suit my current style.
Hi all, it's been a long while since I've updated several of my online accounts, with the exception of Bluesky and my participation in Artfight 2024. Here's something to jumpstart the blog until I have the means to play catch up!
Some new banner art for DEITIES that I've wanted to complete for a long while -- from the project’s inception when I drew this early sketch. Featuring the divine trio from the main storyline in their animal forms: Set, Horus, and Anubis. Alongside the banner art, I created makeshift references of their animal forms using the descriptions from their respective profiles.
Swings by with another stray tumblr update! Something I finished months ago in May -- this art of Bastet was meant to be something 'quick' (lol--) to practice the style I used for my Artfight 2024 Attacks. But I also drew it because the kitty goddess had been overdue for more up-to-date artwork to use for her profiles.
I’m currently more active on my Bluesky account, and updating the project site gradually. In fact, I’ve just finished archiving the first 100 askbox responses there, with more on the way for those feeling nostalgic. Otherwise, I’ll continue to update the project blog on tumblr when I can, thank you all for sticking around!
Hi all! So uhhhhh I used Mermay to explore Sobek's more hybrid features in DEITIESProject >>
This form is something that Sobek -- and most deities -- can canonly take with transformation magic, it fall under the category of hybrid features. Though I'm not sure whether this makes him look more like a "merfolk" or a "centaur" (or both? both ✨).
That said, I feel like every time I draw a crocodilian I have to relearn it all over again, esp. their body markings and scales/scutes -- it's fun, just never very consistent. But I've learned a few new tricks to get Sobek's croc form closer to that "semi-realistic but still stylized/cartoony" look I'm aiming for.
Also! I traded his usual feathered headdress for the horned variant -- originally for the sake of reducing negative space and cropping, but I actually like this look on him too!
