THE LAST SPARTAN ARgHHHH didn't have to do my little guy like that ☹️ too tragic.
He has such golden retriever vibes I love him and if I wanna draw him n kratos having something going on I can do that they've been stuck in my head all week.
I just needed to remind myself that I still know how to draw semi-realistically lmaoo That aside, here’s a painting for my post-Ragnarok AU! The idea came to me while I was thinking about my fic, and I liked it so much that I decided to draw it (and rework the fic’s outline a teensy bit to include it) XDD
I’m willing to bet y’all will be able to recognize the characters around Atreus and Calliope, but if not, no worries! They’re from the original GoW games: Callisto, Kratos’ mother; Deimos, his younger brother; and Lysandra, his first wife. I don’t want to give too much away about where this scene will take place in my fic, and what the exact setting and context is, but I think there’s enough tidbits in the painting to guess at what’s happening! :DDD
It was also lots of fun to add little family resemblances between the characters XDD I heard somewhere (though I can’t remember where) that Atreus’ scar is a magic/hereditary thing, since it matches the shape of Deimos’. Other than that, I like to imagine he has a bit of his uncle’s features, while Calliope has some of her grandmother’s!
Something has been on my mind since I got into GoW back in 2018 and I'm just now remembering that I'm technically an internet personality so now you all have to deal with it.
It totally could've been Heracles in Kratos' spot.
Mortal who learns he is the son of Zeus and is imbued with great power who, at the hands of a cruel God, is tricked into murdering his own wife and child(ren).
Hell, Herc's got a fucking brother too.
And Kratos has to do a bunch of stuff to make up for his sins...
And collects useful armor and weapons from his opponents...
kratos being painted white with his wife and daughters ashes as a reminder of what his rage did and now it’s starting to fade away bc he’s growing away from that