[20] -- RA
✦ TITLE: His Majesty Lord Ra, High King of the Deities -- The God of the Sun, Light, and Radiance
✦ SACRED ANIMAL: The Bennu Bird
✦ DIVINE WEAPON: The Aten (Divine Solar Disk)
✦ NOTABLE EPITHETS: "King of the Gods; Guardian of The Heavens; The Luminous One; Whose Commands Bring the Gods Into Being"
✦ PROFILE: https://deitiesproject.com/portfolio/ra/
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Lord Ra is the High King of the deities, and an aspect of Atum. He is the father of five daughters who include Sekhmet, Mafdet, Hathor, Serqet. and Bastet.
Regal and revered, Ra is the ruling king among the pantheon, and the powerful magic he wields through the sun grants him dominion over his citizens and realm. Despite his past biases and mistakes, the solar god strives to continue as a protective guardian to his entire kingdom.
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20 out of 20, we did it ya’ll!! The final profile of this years OC_tober run is the High King himself, Ra!
There are many versions of Egyptian mythology with a designated ruler at the top of the pantheon. I ultimately chose Ra to serve as the high king, and to keep him distinct from others like Amun and Atum -- the latter of whom serves as the creator and All-father of the pantheon.
Many key myths revolve around Ra as a king and a solar god, and others refer to his role as divine ancestor and a father. All of this combined makes Ra one of the more complex and interesting gods I’ve had to characterize thus far for DEITIES. I hope that with more time, I’ll be able to showcase more facets of his character within in the project and story.
I’m not sure I have anything worthy of a fun fact for Ra though, aside from details that can be found by searching his character tag. That said, I am painfully aware that Ra still doesn’t have a designated headdress design yet. You’d think that as the High King, he ought to have one by now and that he’d constantly wear it, right?
Truthfully, this is partially due to my earlier indecision for how I wanted his headdress to look while drawing concept sketches, a few of which can be seen on instagram. And since I decided to nix headdresses for the complete lineup, i dodged needing to design on for Ra again 😂 Suffice it to say it hasn’t been my biggest priority, but eventually I will design a proper headdress/crown for Ra. Until then, I’m pretty fond of the way he looks without one, so he’ll likely still frequent the crown look for casual occasions even after this eventual update.
For any questions about Ra or the rest of the project or cast, you can submit your message in the reopened Askbox and I'll answer them during the weekend -- just be sure to review the FAQs & Guidelines, thank you! UPDATE: All wrapped up for this year, stay tuned for more blog updates later!
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Inktober Day 14, The Squad
In order from left to right, @starlightcloudbaby, Me, @tryingmybest2525 and @zaygomer
We murder buds just go feral on the battle field, win after win we celebrate with nothing but the dousing of our enemies ink and the thrill of the kill.. but we also just freak out and are in disbelief we won, we eat donuts sometimes :D
I would’ve added more details to this but it would take a while and I rather do it when I’m not on the clock to catch up, I also need to do commissions for family members and I haven’t even done a sketch so it’s time to move on on this challenge and in life
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Day 13 of Ratober: Steven Universe
I now have “gems that have to do with rats” in my google search history. Which led me to zodiac signs and the year of the rat. And apparently Emerald is one of them. So have an emerald I guess???
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