#shehrhgh okay if you saw the version where i talked about feeling bleh: pretend you didnt thank u

[brother-emperors]

LEAN AND HUNGRY LOOKS

The story goes that when someone was accusing them both of plotting against Caesar, he remarked:‘It is not the fat, sleek-headed men I am afraid of, but the pale, lean ones’ – and here he pointed to Brutus and Cassius, the men who were to conspire against him and murder him.

-Plutarch

I'm reading a book on Brutus' reception during the italian renaissance within a broader discussion of parricide and tyrannicide, it's pretty fun!

it's also been a hot minute since I've drawn some dead romans: I wanted to try out some new stuff, redesign brutus for the millionth time, and went looking for that sweet creative inspiration, and tonight I decided I'd finally crack open that roman ornament design book I got back in october and draw some columns.

anyway, I think Brutus is most fun if he stabs Caesar twice :)

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#marcus junius brutus #gaius cassius longinus #julius caesar #mark antony #are they (you know) conspirators? #roman republic tag #drawing tag #usseheurhghghgh this is basically the first brutus design i ever had and i didnt want to go back to it but if it isn't broken #don't fix it etc etc. RIP tho i really did want to do something else 😔 unfortunately this design best conveys the resting #'fuck you' face i like to give him lmao #komiks tag #inspiration is stored in listening to gorillaz for five hours straight btw #shehrhgh okay if you saw the version where i talked about feeling bleh: pretend you didnt thank u