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[moonstruckdraws]

Bythos

I zoned out for a while and a while became a few days somehow since my last ramble. To give myself a break, I designed one of the Ichthyocentauri (because that's not exhausting at all)

I love Bythos more than Aphros and he has no myths/mentions by himself like Aphros does lol (Truly it stems from me feeling bad because of it and then clinging to him)

From what I could tell, in mosaics, he's always the older Ichthyocentaur, being depicted with a beard majority of the time. I don't think they're supposed to be twins(?) but they probably are. Either way I made Bythos older.

Design is based on @sapocipo's work because drawing is hard

I've always liked this mosaic of one of em:

because I liked the tail shape. It reminded me of a flower and the spikes of thorns.

His colors are loosely based on the marbled rock crab, and I won't lie, it's because of one image of the crab blowing bubbles and I found it cute (so Bythos blows bubbles now).

It's also to contrast Aphros (whenever I make him) in being more bright/vibrant colors.

(doin some character design philosphy with these guys in colors and shapes lol don't mind me)

I want Aphros and Bythos to be different, and since they're thought to be wise teachers like their brother Kheiron, I thought it'd be fun for them to specialize in different things. Bythos being combat (hence the body damage). His lower half is also longer than Aphros' will be (and overall more bulky)

The sea deities I draw just end up having more braids and beads lol