Apollo and Asclepius
At first I wanted to draw Apollo hugging Asclepius' dead body for the last piece but I realized that there would be no body left after a mortal who was struck by Zeus' lightning 😔.
(The hair band survived because it was gift from Apollo and therefore made from the same devine material gods' clothes are made. Before he got this one, Asclepius was always accidentally tearing or losing the previous ones so Apollo wanted to give him one that could not be destroyed so easily)
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Kobold Worker Union
Even if you love your job (or dragon): Unionize! Good dragons support kobold unions!
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Now some Vampire Lore, which also explains why Lucy mainly attacks children and is Voluptuous. Other than children being a much easier, vulnerable target for a new vampire, especially at night, and vampires being attractive to lure people to them:
One of Stoker's primary sources was Ármin Vámbéry, a Hungarian-Jewish traveler and orientalist. Van Helsing even gives him a shout-out in the book later. Stoker consulted him a lot about the legends in the Balkans and Austria-Hungary (where Transylvania was at the time).
Dracula is heavily based on the area's Strigoi. And partly on the Estries (which are associated with the Succubi: Beautiful, blood-thirsty female demons, with succubi thought to favor babies and young children as prey.) The Strigoi are closer to what we know as vampires due to them rising from the grave, or being created by something unholy. So Lucy turned into a child-drinking succubus.
The Strigoi and Estries both:
Gain vitality by drinking human blood
Can shapeshift into animals
Influence people's minds
Mainly feed on infants
the Strigoi target also young girls, the Estries all genders but mostly men
On the child feeding, Wilhelm Schmidt reports in 1865 the tradition "upon the birth of a child, when one tosses a stone behind oneself and exclaims "This into the mouth of the strigoi!" Note the stones found in the skulls of people suspected to have been vampires.
There are striking similarities between them and the Estries. Note the common "strix" root. Screaming is also a feature that they have, which is similar to the banshee, but this attribute is not as prominent in Dracula yet.
More about the Count and less about Lucy: The Strigoi are associated with sorcery, something that will be relevant in Dracula. The Strigoi influence people's minds, especially those who are ill, have sleeping issues, suffer from alcoholism, and more. This is shown by Dracula's influence on the sleepwalking Lucy and likely on Renfield.
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Guild Wars 2 | Kirin Jackal Skin
The Kirin Jackal Skin brief was to design a skin that could replace a previous design for a Kirin-like creature
Art direction by Marianne Martin
Special Thanks to VOLTA, and ArenaNet for the opportunity.
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Suddenly and without thinking about it I have created something that brought me much joy. Idk I post stuff and silently judge stuff in it but here my inner critic is silent
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