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.

A to Z Blog Challenge Theme Reveal!!

I know I'm not the only one out there who has had a particularly unpredictable year!! I actually wasn't sure if I was even going to be able to do the A to Z Blog Challenge- which is why I've not done a theme reveal yet. With all 3 kidlets at home and needing School from Home help my time has barely been my own.  After 2 weeks of this though we're getting some routines going.  SO I'm going to officially do my theme reveal!!

My Theme for the A to Z Blog Challenge is:

Gods and Goddesses Steampunk Style!!

I know... not *super* original, but it is what I'm going with!! My original theme was much more fun, BUT as I don't have the time to do full illustrations I switched to something a little more manageable. These more likely than not will be in a sketch stage *possibly* a little farther (that stage between sketch and line art)   

Along with this I'm going to try to live stream drawing at least 2 times a week.  I've not decided if I'm going to live stream the A to Z challenge specifically or other illustrations that I need to get done (I have QUITE a backlog right now of work to do lol) 

If you are just here for the A to Z thing- then you can stop reading here, unless you'd like to learn more about me.

So I have to say this Covid19 thing is CRAZY.  I admit I'm a little jealous of the people who are on facebook like 'look at all this free time I have'.  I cannot relate to that at all!! Not only did all my normal life stay the same (making meals, keeping up the house, caring for kids, and my freelance stuff) I got a WHOLE bunch of new responsibilities on top of that.  That and my workload around the house has at least doubled, possibly more than that.  And before you suggest it- yes my kids do chores; they are actually REALLY good at doing chores.  There is still more to do because everyone's home.  It is just how it goes.  

Anyway- we're safe, we're happy.  The more I learn about the Covid19 virus the more I wonder if that weird flu/pneumonia thing that we got over winter holiday was in fact the virus everyone is scared of now... we at least had a viral pneumonia with identical symptoms... So if we haven't had it I sure don't want it again.  If we have though... it'd be nice to know. 

ANYWAY

I don't know how all of this is going to affect the rest of my year.  I'm a little worried about the Convention that I'm signed up for at the end of May- I have a feeling that it isn't going to be canceled- but I'm not sure if I'll have the inventory to sell thanks to all this craziness.  We'll see- hopefully I can get a lot of good work done over the next month.  Crossing my fingers.   

Thank You for Stopping by!

Keep being creative!

Alicia