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Ready for Campuseidon?

Gods… Ok- So- I have posted these pictures on my Bluesky, but not here yet! Cloudysseus belongs to @kdpartworks with the original designs for them is by @/neal-illustrator!

I forgot ‘Campuseidon’s gills in the original post of my Bluesky. I will be detailing this illustration without Poseidon to actually show the harness he often wears. I will also be adding his jewelry and wild celery wreath as well. I just didn’t want to add the additions after painting the background, which will be edited once I get to editing the sketch.

But yeah! So fun little fact about the dangling jewel: It’s a Cat’s Eye Aquamarine. I didn’t want to add explicit eye imagery since Poseidon is known to have the most children in Greek mythology, so I decided to just adding explicit Polyphemus imagery wasn’t what I wanted to go for. Though, my Poseidon is also very protective of his immediate family. So, I decided the Cat’s Eyes Aquamarine as a nod to Polyphemus was a decent compromise.

Also, as a note: My Poseidon has 3 forms he takes- Monstrous (40 ft tall), Humanoid (16 ft tall), and Human (6’3” tall). My Ody is around 5’5”-5’8”. I just leaned into him being 5’5” when comparing sizes.

Once I have the monstrous forms for the first six Olympians (Hestia, Hades, Demeter, Poseidon, Hera, and Zeus) done, I will be going into a lore dump for each character and how they fit into my canon.

Only big things are that blood is different between Primordials, Titans, Gods, and Demigods.

Primordials: Red blood- They’re from which humanity came from, clay (with help from Prometheus and Athena, but the bodies were created from the mud and clay that was a part of Gaia). Their blood, though, glimmers like rubies instead of a more crimson color like our own.

Titans: This is something only in my canon! In my canon, the Titans were the first to taste nectar and ambrosia. So, their blood was stained orange. This is when their eyes began to glow as well. Though, for them, it was a dim glow. They didn’t get anymore nectar or ambrosia, so it stayed stained after the overthrowing of the titans.

Gods: Just like in mythology, it’s an Ichor gold! Their eyes glow brightly from the constant tastes of ambrosia and nectar.

Demigods: They have flecks of Ichor amongst the crimson in their blood, which sometimes can reflect in their eyes. Especially when individuals are born with albinism. Their eyes, unlike a titan or god, do not glow, much like the Primordials.

Note: None of the deities are related by blood. Each of them contains the essence of who created them and a little bit of Chaos. Their relationships are typically misconstrued by the mortal mind. Some do see each other as siblings, especially those born to human parents, but none are blood related.

Anyway! More lore is to come. When I get the ‘Campuseidon illustration done, I’ll go more in depth with him specifically. I just wanted to give an overview to my canon. There’s still more to come. Let’s see if I can slowly get into drawing humans so I can group everything together neatly

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Info will be under the cut since I cut this up into individual characters.

I need to make different versions of MLP!Odysseus throughout his journey. It's been a while since I have touched these designs. This is the Troy saga to roughly around end of the Ocean saga design. (Circe-Thunder has his mane and tail progressively get more disheveled + unkempt beard. Wisdom saga actually is where his horn breaks during "Love In Paradise". By "600 Strike" MLP!Odysseus has heterochromia (red/brown) due to his encounter with Poseidon. His horn is also reformed by Ares' own primal magics for a time to aid in the Ithaca saga. Post EPIC, MLP!Odysseus is living with his broken horn, but has found ways to still use magic {great granddad is Hermes after all}.)

Much like my Polites, this is my personal headcanon design for unicorns. His coat is based on the night sky. The golden leaves are an indicator to his position of where he rules (think something along thee lines of before Celestia and Luna taking over as princesses with how ranking works).

For my design choices, it was very unintentional to be similar to the Wisdom saga colors. When looking into the colors that were associated with Odysseus, blues and purples were brought up a lot. I believe teal as well, though I do not remember off the top of my head. With the star and night themes, it's kind of to note that the night time normally is associated with illusions, and Odysseus is very much known to play tricks (Saying his name was "Nobody" to the cyclops, or the Trojan horse for a couple examples.)

So! I may add a beard to my MLP!Penelope, but I kinda like the difference here. When making her, I felt that basing her off of a sunrise was the right way to go. Her cutie mark is to represent the weaving, with the patch behind it being blue for wisdom. A trait normally associated with Athena, and Athena being Odysseus' mentor, it made things work well.

I have also realized that I will end up traumatizing MLP!Odysseus since MLP!Penelope has yellow/gold coloring, and Zeus' lightning illusion of her basically has those very same colors too... Well- now I will suffer the consequences of my actions now.

In all seriousness though, I absolutely adore her design, especially since it's a simpler design.

Ok- so- I did not remember to color MLP!Telemachus' line art. That's my bad. But anyway- his theme is based on a cloudy summer day. He has his mother's eyes because a) it's a nice focal point to the face, and b) it's a way for Odysseus to know that this is his son. The freckles were to fill out the space on his face as it looked bare since I didn't do much with his hair this time around.

As for his cutie mark the wolf is to represent family loyalty and the nickname he is given in the musical "Little Wolf/Wolf". The undrawn bow is to contrast the bow + arrow on his father's, showing his perspective on others. MLP!Telemachus is still willing to greet with open arms.

Hopefully you all enjoy this. Though I'm fine with them myself. As stated, I will probably update them so their bodies don't look so dog-like.

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Campuseidon Update!

Note: Ken doll anatomy for later reference for clothing. There is no NSFW here!

Anyway, with that out of the way: here’s ‘Campuseidon in his humanoid form! Super messy sketch because I wanted an idea from my description on Poseidon’s humanoid form I typed out.

Something to note with ‘Campuseidon is that he has several spots along his body. Especially the ones that glow an ocean green. These ones specifically are from Cronus chewing and breaking his bones! So yes, if Antinous did complete what he said he’d do in Hold Them Down, Poseidon is gossiping with everyone who’ll listen, especially Odysseus, because he knows too well how it feels for bones to break. Besides that, I’m probably not adding his post “600 Strike” scars as that is 24-ish puncture wounds that’ll be glowing an ichor gold. Especially when doing a chibi. Plus the sword strikes are like- around as thin as a paper cut so that would be counter productive to add all of them.

Humanoid!‘Campuseidon does not cover his upper half outside of a golden metal front plate harness, with the back being made of the finest leather. May add his horn rings + diadem combo as well. Though he’s wearing his chiton and himation like a skirt. The chiton is thinner, white, and is longer. His himation is shorter, is lapis blue, and thicker. The himation also has some seaweed patterns. I will be adding armbands and greaves to him too.

Basically just semi-formal look.

As another fun little note to his design! When I finally can draw up a proper design, his beard is very reminiscent of his trident! He also has a 5 o’clock shadow mustache. Everything is pretty close to the face, so it’s not a “run your fingers through the beard” length. It’s just long enough that it’s not prickly

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So- Finally got to designing the gods for Epic with starting off with the god king himself- Zeus. Is is between this and a stubble look for the beard. Leaning towards a long stubble/close to the face beard. Not sure if I'll add horns, but I am definitely adding in some age lines and jewelry. Probably will add horns because the fluff is calling for it to me. Clothes too, but I'm working on just what's underneath the toga/chiton right now.

For his hair likes to take upon the texture of clouds, so sometimes it's straight and sometimes it is really tight curls. It does tend to shift in monochrome colors depending on his mood (White- happy/joyful/flirtatious/joking | Mid-tone Grey- Neutral/professional | Black/Dark Gray- Angry/Divine Fury/Sad to a point of anger | These are just a basic colors to describe the idea.) Blush matches the color of the sky at the time. Have fun with any implications it can have in stories.

For what's going on below the bust? He does have wings. I love drawing them and Zeus is highly associated with eagles, so it made sense in my brain (Plus feathered Zeus is one of my favorite Zeus designs). His hands have talon-like nails. I'm thinking of giving him a cross between a bull and eagle tail. I will be giving him the legs of a bull because I like drawing hooves.

I will figure out coloration, accessories, clothing, et cetera once I get the chance and get more confident with doing full body art to give justice to the vision of his design.

As a note: Zeus can hide his wings for practicality purposes. Normally he shows them as a means of dominance and a fear tactic to those who oppose him. Otherwise this man hides them.

^ Also, I'll be fixing the eyebrows a little so he seems to be looking more intimidating and not like a chill surfer dude archetype.

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Well, here goes nothing. This is my interpretation of Polites from EPIC: The Musical as a pegasus. Reasoning for him being a pegasus? I thought it would look cool if I were to recreate Open Arms in the MLP universe. Especially with him and Unicorn Odysseus.

Now, I’m fully aware that MLP pegasi do not look like this. This is just a headcanon design. I personally prefer this. Even if it’ll be a lot more complicated to make art.

Didn’t shade the picture as I didn’t want to deal with shading. Probably won’t be shaded later either.

Now, for design choices I took for Polites. Yellows and greens are interesting. Yellows typically are to indicate happiness and joy. Greens normally induce a sense of tranquility, peace, and harmony. With Polites character in “Open Arms” being the way that he’s normally portrayed, these two colors make a lot of sense. For the cutie mark, it’s to harken back to “Open Arms”, as well as his impending death. The length of the ghost pony mostly is to keep the design simplified, but also make a note as to the fact Mr. Jalapeño likes to traumatize us with Polites singing “Open Arms.”

I genuinely have no qualms with it though. I actually find it very sweet and I understand why it’s put in so many times. The musical is about ruthlessness and when to be that monster. If Polites didn’t die, then what’s the need? If Eurylochus did listen to him and left the wind bag alone, or didn’t start the mutiny? He has a point. We need to hear a musical about ruthlessness and when to let it out.

If I had to say what Greek story I’d love to hear about in a musical, maybe the Iliad or possibly a story that follows the stories of the gods. With the second one, possibly taking it in a “Ride the Cyclone” -esq way. Could be one or multiple.

Either way, I am just really happy with the results!