Z is for Zeus (of course)

This is as far as I'm getting on this one today.  This project has been fun- and I am going back through the ones I got behind on and getting sketches done for them.  I liked this enough that I'm absolutely planning on finishing them all up.  I might even put them together in a little book or something.  I don't know on that part, we'll see.

Here's Zeus- wish I could've spent more time on him today- he was probably the strongest idea that I had of any of them, and the reason I jumped into this project, but you get the idea of where I'm going with it.

Thanks for those of you who have supported me! I have been looking at your blogs even though I've not been commenting. 

Y is for Ye Ddraig Goch

Ye Ddraig Goch is a red dragon from celtic mythology.  So for this one I looked at the dragon version of celtic knots and at steampunk type dragons.  Once again if I had time I would push this MUCH farther... and make it feel more like steampunk.  I like this project enough that after I spend the first week in May catching up I'm actually going to go through each one and finish it up.  :D

X is for Xanthus... the horse

I could not find a god that started with X.  SO here is Achilles's horse :D I feel like I could've steam-punked this farther... but honestly horses are SUPER hard to draw and then to make them mechanical... I could do this justice if I had 8 hours to work on it, but as it worked out I only had 1... This like many others will be revisited and finished- someday.

Alicia

W is for Washerwoman... of DOOM

I'm back! These past 2 weeks have been SO frustrating.  First the iPad glitching out... and then... last week happened.  The short of it is... our water main and our furnace have both broken.. basically 2 very expensive things to repair/replace... anyway- been dealing with ALL of that.  Maybe next year I'll actually be able to do the AtoZ Challenge without something coming up lol.

ANYWAY...
This is a Celtic Witch... or evil goddess...  her name is Bean Nighe- and she's super creepy.  (Scottish Gaelic omen of death, basically the Scottish version of the Banshee)  Had a hard time making this one truely steampunk- but Vampires are often in steampunk fiction, so I went with that. 

Thanks for coming by! I hope I can get caught up this week.  Hopefully by the AtoZ review at the very least.

Alicia

Delayed posts

This week has been... irritating... basically there have been a lack of posts due to technical difficulties.  I'm so apprecitative of everyone who has supported this project so far! Your comments have been so kind!!

The long version of events is that my iPad Pro started bugging out- not surprising it is a first generation iPad Pro.  So I've been doing a TON of trouble shooting, combined with that the nibs on my apple pencil are old and need to be replaced.  Let me tell you- these are super cheap, but since they are not considered 'essential' I won't get a new one for probably another month. 

Ah- you say- why don't you just draw with pencil and paper?  And yes my dear friend, I ABSOLUTELY can do that... but I have a lot of non- AtoZ Challenge art that I must do digitally... so I had to prioritize fixing my iPad over getting drawings out.

I did get it to a semblance of working- I can at least draw again.  I wish I could afford to just replace it with a new model, but life is the way it is- maybe in a year I can.  We'll see.

SO Monday I'll be posting again- and I'll be doing my best to catch up on the ones I've missed.

Thank you SO much for stopping by! Enjoy the earlier posts if you are new :D

~Alicia

K is for Kore goddess of spring

My project is ‘steampunk-ish’ versions of gods and goddesses.  At the very least I’m having fun attempting to pull both pantheons and steampunk together into one place.  Not sure how successful each one is, but definitely fun :)

I’ve been enjoying this project so much, I hope that I have time to finish all of these sketches and get them to the point where they are finished paintings.

H is for Hecate

The goddess of magic and witchcraft.  Since she normally is depicted holding torches I decided some lamps would be fun.

My project is ‘steampunk-ish’ versions of gods and goddesses.  At the very least I’m having fun attempting to pull both pantheons and steampunk together into one place.  Not sure how successful each one is, but definitely fun :)

Keep being creative!
Alicia

G is for Graces

These three are the daughters of Zeus and Eurynome, at least according to one of the myths about Euynome.

My project is ‘steampunk-ish’ versions of gods and goddesses.  At the very least I’m having fun attempting to pull both pantheons and steampunk together into one place.  Not sure how successful each one is, but definitely fun :)

E is for Eurynome

My project is ‘steampunk-ish’ versions of gods and goddesses.  At the very least I’m having fun attempting to pull both pantheons and steampunk together into one place.  Not sure how successful each one is, but definitely fun :)

This was a suggestion from Fantasy Write Guy.  I didn’t know much about this particular mythological character and when I looked her up I was more confused.  So then I headed over to his blog and read his post “Eh? What’s that?” Since he told me he’d be writing about her.  It didn’t really clarify anything lol.

SO she’s more or less generic steampunk girl lol which is kinda my comfort zone so I didn’t mind.

Keep being creative!

D is for Demeter

Goddess of the harvest.  I struggled with this one, not a ton of steampunk farmer reference or ideas out there... go figure.  I’m definitely  going to revisit this one, but I like the overall feel of the sketch. I’ve got a few ideas to make it more steampunk feeling... like I said will work on it more.

C is for Cronos (god of time)

Not the crazy one that ate his own kids lol.  I’m excited to finish this one later! I cannot wait to work more on his workshop.

B is for Boreas

Update! Here’s my sketch of Boreas, I’m rubbish at drawing men... I need to practice more.  I looked a lot to JC Lyndecker for some reference in drawing men well I need to add some more steampunk elements, but this is where this is at right now.

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I'm going to update this one later with my sketch- I have it partly done- last night I got hit with a lot of stuff I had to do, so I didn't finish it.  I could post what I have, but it is more of a scribble right now!! lol

So for you who don't know Boreas is one of the greek gods of wind, he is the north wind.

This is not my art- because I haven't had time to finish something like this lol
but here is someone else's depiction of him :D

If you're curious about my sketch- stop by later- I work in a different style, and it will be an unfinished sketch because of my time constraints lately lol

A is for Aphrodite... sorta

Like I said yesterday, these are going to be sketches... hopefully on Sundays I’ll be able to at least finish them up to be line art we will see if I end up having time.
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So these characters are all going to be steampunkish characters inspired by Greek, Roman, Egyptian or Nordic dieties.  Aphrodite seemed a good place to start. You can start to see the steampunk elements in this sketch- Though I realize it is hard to tell right now.  Also, I understand that everyone has a different view of beauty- and that is wonderful! This is just my interpretation.