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I started this work back in 2020, drawing slowly, returning from time to time. Finished art in 2024.

I had a lot of different thoughts, but... I won’t voice them now.

Just enjoy: beautiful palace eunuchs in a Persian palace. Ancient time. Not all eunuchs looked like this, but these were the most beautiful, talented and intelligent ones chosen to serve the king. They became favorites of king or kings closed ones, and some became shadow rulers.

They could be of different nationalities, since the Persian Empire was huge. From the Scythians to the Arabs, from the Turks to the Greeks. Also, in ancient Persia, eununchs were respected.

It’s not that this is a historical reconstruction, I don’t like to draw historical reconstructions, since we don’t know how everything really happened, and in order to avoid false interpretations, I will say that these are my original characters.

#androgynous #eunuch #history #digital art #illustration #eunuchs #gendernonbinary

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Eastern eunuch

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#eunuch #androgynous #history #digital art #ancient history #illustration #Speed painting #east

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HQ 3k artwork +steps process is here

When Alexander the Great conquered Northern India, his beloved Bagoas, a Persian palace eunuch of extraordinary beauty - faithfully followed Alexander. I pictured Bagoas in Indian-like jewelry and with tulips in the hands.

Tulips were considered as symbols of love and romance, but they can have many other symbolic meanings; royalty, power, empathy, caring, tenderness and deep feelings. 

#persia #eunuch #bagoas #androgynous #digital art #history #art #ancient history #alexander the great

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I started this work back in 2017 and put it on the back burner. Now it's the new year 2024, I remembered that I haven't drawn my favorite archangel for a long time. Let me remind you that in Byzantium the image of angels was formed on the basis of palace eunuchs, whose androgynous beauty is compared with the pure beauty of angels, which is why I was interested in reconstructing this image.

"The angels' appearance, stature, gait, and role in the celestial palace mirror the functions of eunuchs in the terrestrial court. As in the celestial court, access to the emperor passes through the rings of eunuchs surrounding his throne. This angelic guard is characterized with long and slender bodies, snowy white skin, and radiant garments of purple and gold. The image of these angels reveals the Byzantine perception of the ideal court eunuch: young, possessing extraordinary beauty, with radiant skin and hair, dressed in purple-golden silks and linens (Res: Anthropology and Aesthetics, 51: Spring 2007)" "Another possible explanation can also be derived from physiognomy, though coining to adverse conclusion. The handsome eunuch, whose physical beauty reflects the beauty of his soul, is a common subject in writings from the early Byzantine period. The vision of the luminous beauty of eunuchs, associated with purity and the soul's beauty, finds an important development in relation to angels, resulting in eunuchophilia. Eunuchs and angels are both royal messengers and they both introduce dignitaries to the sovereign. A dream-interpreting work, dated from the ninth to the eleventh centuries, indicates that if one dreams of a gracious and tall eunuch, the eunuch should be considered an angel, because a eunuch resembles an angel an being pure and does not feel carnal desire (Drexl 1925:10)."

#androgynous #eunuch #angel #archangel #archangel michael #art #artwork #digital art

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Happy New year! ^^

Bagoas from my Annunaki story. I'll start the New Year with the first art with my beloved Bagoas. Originaly, he was beautiful Persian eunuch, known as the beloved of Alexander the Great. The Anunnaki (also transcribed as: Anunaki, Anunna, Anunnaku, Ananaki and other variations) are a group of deities in ancient cultures (Sumerian, Assyrian and Babylonian). In my original story the Anunnaki are a race of powerful beings that traveled across into the depths of space. They created the Human race, and they gave to humanity the knowledge and high technology. Generally Annunaki is the gender-fluid or hermaphrodite, but they continue to identify themselves as males in my AU (no matter what they look like).

HQ 3k full artwork + steps process: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bagoas-95663651

#bagoas #digitalart #illustration #art #mythology #myart #androgynous #gendernonbinary #gods #newyear

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My original character. Beautiful whitehaired eunuch-priest Atis. He is Yardan's mentor and the chief priest, the head of the galli's community (galli or gallus is an eunuchs priests of gods Attis and Cybele in ancient Rome). He received the name Atis in honor of the god Attis, to whom he dedicated himself, becoming a priest. Real name: Callictus. He is a former military leader who fought for Rome, but then, realizing the sin of murder, he became a eunuch and drank water from the spring of immortality. Half Celt and half Roman. He has mystical powers and wisdom.

HQ 3k artwork + steps process (a little bit): here

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#eunuch #androgynous male #long hair #white hair #androgyne #history #oc #original character #priest #galli

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Alexander and Bagoas - Annunaki

Alexander the Great and Bagoas (who will become his lover). Concept for my fantasy Alternative Universe "Annunaki". I rewrite the plot, characters and their world, which are constantly changing and developing. I'm not sure what the final version will be, as long as everything is in the process of development.

So far, this is just a story, I started writing, but so slowly. While there are many other things to do and ideas, therefore, with Annunaki I will wait a little. In addition, there are a number of difficulties that need to be solved, for example, a complete rethinking of the plot and make it interesting, but at the same time remove all controversial points. For example, the topic of sexual abuse and violence. Even mentioning these things in a judgmental way caused people a butthurt.

#bagoas #alexander the great #eunuch #androgynous #persia #history #ancient history #AU #fantasy #story #illustration

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King Alexander and Bagoas King Alexander the Great and his favorite, lover and advisor Bagoas, who was not only the most beautiful and charming person of this time, but he was also a powerful courtier who had his own spies (Quintus Curtius Rufus describes the case of the execution of Orxines), he was engaged in judicial affairs and intelligence. These duties were common to palace eunuchs in almost all ancient cultures.

HQ 3k artwork here~

#bagoas #eunuch #androgynous #alexander the great #lovers #ancient history #history #art #digital art #illustration

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8 $ - HQ, 3k and steps process~ https://www.patreon.com/posts/bagoas-powerful-44732606

Eunuch Bagoas, beloved of Alexander the Great, who was not only the most beautiful and charming person of this time, but he was also a powerful courtier who had his own spies (Quintus Curtius Rufus describes the case of the execution of Orxines), he was engaged in judicial affairs and intelligence. These duties were common to palace eunuchs in almost all ancient cultures. It is a mistake to consider eunuchs simply servants in harems (in fact, a very small part served in harems, most of the eunuchs had nothing to do with harems) or weak-willed lovers of powerful men. Eunuchs were themselves powerful courtiers, they were engaged in administrative and military affairs, often, took power into their own hands and became "shadow rulers". Curtius, through the mouth of Orxines, calls Bagoas "the ruler of Asia", emphasizing his high role during the reign of Alexander.

#bagoas #eunuch #androgynous #persia #alexander the great #art #digital art

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Many new artworks with Bagoas and beautiful eunuchs, please support, if you wish <3 https://www.patreon.com/dev_elv

#eunuch #bagoas #androgynous #art #digital art

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Bagoas. HQ: https://www.patreon.com/posts/beautiful-bagoas-79155594

#persia #bagoas #eunuch #androgynous

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Arcane Idol Yardan by Develv Even though I might be a little late, yet I decided to draw something for the Deviantart original character challenge. Just wanted to participate in the challenge. My character’s name is Yardan - he is a Roman galli and born prince of Anatolia. I drew him in the appearance of god Attis, the ancient Phrygian god of vegetation. Seeing that most characters are cis males or female I wanted to make a tribute to non-binary gender people, and in ancient times they were considered hermaphrodites and androgynous.

I used soft pastel colors like pink, gold and white and choose the green for background to display the peacefulness of nature, as the resurrected sun-god Attis is also the god of spring and fertility. Ancient mythology serves as the main source of my inspiration for creating Yardan and his backstory. There are many references on this matter in antique myths (ancient Greek myths), philosophy (Plato), and Hindu Vedic literature (where most gods are gender-fluid), and of course history of ancient cultures such as of Mesopotamia and Anatolia. Here are three elements of my Arcane Idol: 1. Talisman – Yardan’s crown shaped like sun-rays. His teacher saw Attis reborn in him and therefore crowned him as his chosen disciple and the next Archigallus of the galli community. The crown has special secret power that no one knew, as the legends tell anyone who owned this crown could rule the Rome. In fact, this crown was the symbol of freedom. 2. Equipment – his ceremonial weapon is an axe, also an attribute of Attis, in ancient times, it was not only a weapon of Zeus (lightning), but it symbolized the severing of ties to the material world: sex, gender, body, views and values, thus, the divine androgyne becomes a creature beyond material norms, a being from spiritual dimension. 3. Logo – the symbol of my Arcane Idol is a pomegranate, an ancient “apple” from the legend about Attis, according to which his mother nymph Nana has put the fruit to her belly and became pregnant with Attis. ___ And my reply to three questions: 1. Do you have a backstory when you create an original character? Always. When I create an original character concept, I already have in mind its story, so either I write it first or after the concepts, but the backstory is born first, in my head. 2. How do you think you would handle a meteoric rise to fame? Surely. I’m calm about it. Popularity is never my goal, yet it is a chance to show artist’s world to more people, so I welcome the fame as a very good opportunity. 3. What are your favorite tools to use in the creative process? Definitely the information I read: books, articles, literature. If some facts seem very interesting but they lack depiction and illustration, I want to ‘bring out’ what has been formed in my imagination. I always choose something rare and what is “ignored” by the majority. Secondly, other tools that help me to be motivated is beautiful photography or old paintings.

#androgynous #feminine boy #androgynous male #eunuch #history #OC #digital art #digital #magic #original character #gods #ancient #attis #fantasy #non gender binari #blonde #beauty #beautiful eunuch

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Beautiful sweet boy... I'm glad that he is true to his style.

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#kaya #visual kei #androgynous

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Saint Sambandar India, Tamil Nadu; Chola period (880-1279), 12th century Sambandar, who lived in the 7th century, is one of a group of sixty-three Hindu saints who dedicated their lives to the worship of Shiva. He can be identified by his youthful appearance (he lived only eighteen years), by his joyful dancing pose (which refers to his emphasis on song and dance in the worship of Shiva), and by the pointing finger of his right hand.

#god #india #shiva #adornment #sculpture

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Bagoas in white by Develv

Precious and mysterious eunuch Bagoas. When I drew him, I think about life and wisdom, about something beyond our stereotypical understanding and experience.

“Wisdom comes with the ability to be still. Just look and just listen. No more is needed. Being still, looking, and listening activates the non-conceptual intelligence within you. Let stillness direct your words and actions.”

—  Eckhart Tolle

#bagoas #eunuch #androgynous #persian #history #white dress #symbolism

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Bagoas - The Purple Snake - Digital Painting Process By Develv

#eunuch #androgyne #bagoas #naga #annunaki #serpent #digital art #digital painting #digital painting process #fantasy #mythology

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The Travels of  Soul - Howard Pyle

see more here: https://www.enchantedbooklet.com/the-travels-of-soul/

#angel #classical art