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foxounderscorecube · 3 months ago

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[Image ID: digital artwork of a sphinx. She lays on her back on sandy ground with a content, possibly slightly sly expression, her wings tucked, and her limbs splayed like a relaxed cat (because that is what she is). She has dark brown hair, amber eyes, and light, tanned skin. A narrow sunbeam shines over her face down to her stomach. End ID.]

I started sketching this as soon as I saw this post because I liked it so much

here a great and beautiful sphinx lies indolent upon her back, like the housecat of some terrible god

#my art #i think it could have come out better. but maybe I will draw sphinx who acts very housecat-ish again one day #sphinx #artistic nudity #i found out while looking at references that Egyptian sphinxes are wingless and typically male #while Greek and Mesopotamian sphinxes are typically female #which was interesting. sort of thing where when you think about it it's obvious #but i hadn't really noticed #also why DO sphinxes just have human boobs. was that just hornyposting?? it was kinda hard to make that make sense visually!!#anyway. enough rambling sorry

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