#Other SNS Artworks

[deductivisms]

having distanced myself from "fandom" spaces -- and really art-centered communities as a whole -- it really is strange to me how there's this perception that posting content automatically means that you're trying to grow an audience / want to become something like an influencer

i'm not trying to make a "living" off of being a content creator so it's not really important to me whether or not a piece gets a lot of visibility or not - i'm just drawing and posting what i like and if other people happen to like it or see it that's a nice bonus!! but i think personally i've kind of checked out of the idea of being an Artist On The Internet

i also just don't like the culture surrounding online art-centered spaces because it caused me to develop a very weird relationship with my work; i wasn't drawing to improve or because i wanted to, i was basically burning myself out trying to get "just good enough" to where people wouldn't judge me anymore for being "bad" which was like ?!?#?#?@#

it's nice to be treated not as someone's "art [sns] mutual" but as just a friend who may also happen to draw and that's why i've felt a lot more comfortable with the people i'm surrounded by now vs previously, where it always felt like my art was a factor into whether or not i was even given baseline respect nod nod

[amaretto-mp4]

Ahh I just had to re-type this 3 times since tumblr desktop doesn't seem to be saving my drafts despite all my attempts;; regardless this one vibes more with the themes of my worldbuilding project, Crosswind Landings. Lotsa negative space I would have better utilised, but I was super pressed for time and had to get these printed for an art event I'm attending this weekend!

Edit: I’ve decided to tweak things a bit more —I’ll share the finalized design when I do a re-print in the future x)

[ninthcirclets3cc]

TS3 WCIF - Crystals, Agates, Geodes, etc

Agates (x x OR x) (More agates listed in my Voodoo WCIF here)

Crystals and Gems

Crystal Box

Crystal Mandala Board Set

Decor Shelf (x) / Recolor

Geodes (Small & Tall)

[EDIT] Glass Decor CAStable

Harmony Crystal Set

Himalayan Salt Rock as Recolorable Light (x x)

Magic Crystal (Large) + Rock Base + Crystal (Natalia)

Magic Hand & Ball

Mother of Pearl as Light

Shine Bright! Outdoor Lights Set

[EDIT] Tankuz SciFi Crystals (preview pics, I forgot about this set)

Tarot Cards and Deco Tray

Terrarium

Tiberium Set

Tiberium Lamps Set

TS4 to TS3 Crystals as Lights

Wiccan Crystal

Wiccan Set

Witch Set

Extras Finds

There's this other good crystal WCIF post from 2022, but I figured it wouldn't hurt to update it for 2025.

Ask the Crystal Ball (table-less | invisible)

Crystal Zoomer 4t3 SN EP Witch Broom

My tutorial on how to use EA's crystals

Omg I forgot to mention that EA's crystals were made recolorable by Deniisu too.

EA's Lunar Lakes Tree of Prosperity (TS3 Store)

EA's Lunar Lakes Crystals (TS3 Store) / Recolorable Version at MTS

[badgalsasuke]

Hi there, that one post with Sasuke heroine thing and why he was placed near the Konoha girls in the right. I’ll tell ya what I think since no one seem to give their input on that post.

Ok so my initial thought in that artwork was simply because Kishimoto placed him there due to not wanting the left side be cluttered. But after reading your post and noticing the uh asymmetrical number of people in each side. I was like “Naruto do you see Sasuke in a romantic light and is this some subtle unconscious sign you would not place him near your other male peers?”

Perhaps not the most substantial or coherent, but here’s what I think :)

Hi!!!

Omg thank you for sharing your thoughts, everybody was just reblogging and saying "great post" or "sasuke's the heroine" and it's like uhmmmm that's not the engagement I was hoping to get.

Now, here's Naruto sequence of thought, where we can see how he starts adding people as they started "becoming a part of his life"

Next to Iruka we have 11 people and next to Kakashi we have 12 people, so the thing about not wanting the left side to be as cluttered would've made sense if one side had substantially less people than the other but they basically have the same amount.

Another thing that's interesting, at least for me, is how Kishimoto decided to add two male instructors on the side of the girls, and then add Moegi on the side of the boys. I don't know if this is to mislead the audience because it'd be too obvious if Sasuke was the only boy on the side of the ladies but it could also be because there's not enough female instructors to fill Iruka's side plus it'd look odd if Moegi was also separated from her team (but then the rookie girls should be with their teams as well?)

Moreover, it feels like Naruto is thinking of these people as:

My team + father figure (Iruka) -> My family

My peers + mentors (Jiraiya + Hiruzen)

My village

And this statement of yours feels like it kinda supports the same idea

I was like “Naruto do you see Sasuke in a romantic light and is this some subtle unconscious sign you would not place him near your other male peers?”

Naruto is subconsciously rejecting the idea of Sasuke being just a male peer and he places him next to the girls because it's them who he believes he is supposed to like (hence his shallow crush on Sakura) but he actually likes Sasuke so he links him more to the girls than to his male friends.

In the og post I had included people who either worked on Naruto or industry experts talking about how they consider Sasuke the heroine of the story. I wanted to hear more about this from other people because in the SNS fandom there's sort of divided opinions on this and the reason is that people tie the heroine to being feminine and Sasuke is not feminine. Some even argue that his role is actually closer to the male seinen protagonist than that of a shonen protagonist or heroine like it's written in this post. I personally believe like Sasuke's role can't be confined to one singular category due to how big it is in the series and how much significance he holds for the main character.

[maykaender]

umm, finally decided that I want to share my arts here too, because... y'know, little fandoms with two half-alive fans are more active in tumblr than in any other sns–

this is some kind of intro post, I guess!

my name is May and I'm an artist (obviously...) and I'm into all kind of jp music projects! my main fandom is enstars tho... but also I love exit tunes presents actors, tsukipro&tsukiuta, HeliosR, vs ambivalenz, paralive, otogi no uta, 18t etc!

↓↓pics are under the cut↓↓

...as you can see I'm a huge Mao×Ritsu fan😭well, being honest I'm NewDi (esupuri included even tho they're less priority) + Mao + Jin&Akiomi + Mayoi producer

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coming back to other fandoms... my main interest after enstars is etpa... even tho the project is dead, I really really like the anime and their songs + I'm trying to find any info about drama tracks,,, (Mitsuki and Keishi priority, even tho I love them all)

also recently I went insane about tsukipro (especially growth-) bcs I finally started reading their dramas and watching stage performances after a 1,5 year gap after watching the anime lol😭 slowly watching vazzrock anime and recently finished tsukiuta (Shun, Kai, Hajime, Rui + growth + Rikka enjoyer)

and thanks to tumblr I was able to find tls for otogi no uta and really enjoy this project now too (even tho it's dead too, damn, sometimes I think I'm cursed to love only dead projects) – fell in love with setsudan club and not going to stop here

as for vsa, my faves are red duo and purple duo (sakuya 🙏🙏🙏); 18t – Nagi, Ushio, Nanaki, Renga even tho I'm not really fired up about this fandom rn; HeliosR – Faith, Junior (west in general-), Gast, Bianchi; paralive – visty, tcw, 1nm8 + hajun

...well, I suppose it's easier to pin some of my artworks than keep rambling about how much I love freaking 2d singing characters lol– of you want to know more, you can check my info carrd~! (clickable) there's a bunch of fandoms I'm interested in that aren't mentioned here

[weaselbeaselpants]

I'm tired

It's hard to call myself anything more than an observer of drama because that's absolutely what I am. But I have been here awhile in both the Helluvaverse-critical spaces and the Lily Orchard-call out ones. It hurts seeing the people I trust and consider resourceful in one space be bad-mouthed, lied about and called horrible things in another over their support/dislike of SaiScribbles.

Sai is not an essayist. She's a reaction-channel art steamer. I personally didn't even care or could really make it through her pro-SU vids taking down Lorch's bs, and I like that show, so I don't really care what she says in simping for the show and fandom that grinds my gears. Since she apparently hasn't gone into KenDraws', Faustisse's*, Salem's* or Malcom's* accounts I personally don't think she knows everything she thinks there is to know about either Viv or Rebecca Sugar. I think Sai thinks she knows better than everyone else because she happens to be better at understanding media she likes than Lily Orchard does the things she hates.

This attitude, and also that time a few months back where she agreed with the rube telling me that Palestine-campaigns are all scams, really rub me the wrong way and it's why I blocked Sai. She legit she hurt me by talking down to me (regardless of if she meant to or not) and I don't want anything but to personally not look at her icon as much as I can. I think Sai's Lily coverage is a net positive but I personally don't like her. It just sucks because there are a lot of those other people I do think are better resources about Orchard's abuse, and those people do like Sai. I'm not gonna tell them what to do and how they're evil if they don't do what I want them to do or whatever cuz ohmyfuckinggodwe'reADULTS why are we acting like this??

I also definitely know that Sai DID NOT "dress up as Lily" or "give money to Lily". In reality another critic of Lily gave Lily a superchat, not 'for the lulz' but to confront Lilz on why she sent him a multiple death threats, (which is also the current reason Lily's been banned from Tumblr, I believe). What Sai did was make a parody of Lily's video style for April Fools. Courtney Orchard, Lily's irl abused sibling whom everyone in the critical sphere does believe the accounts of, lashed out at Sai and anyone doing parody artwork of Lily, insisting that it's the same as "giving Lily fanart". I have to highkey disagree on that, regardless of how I feel. Courtney and ILoveKimPossibleALot -who's leaked a lot of private calls and info she was told to keep private- are lying that Sai ever supported Lily in anyway. That is untrue. For all the biases that may exist in me that part is just untrue, sns.

A sad fact is even without Sai, Courtney has been very volatile of different people including other victims of Lily Orchard's ab*se. Courtney's also (as of this time) set on partnering with LioConvoy to take Lily down, a streamer Court disowned but then backtracked on and is supporting despite his own bigoted/abusive behaviors.

There's in-fighting. And I just hate it. I can't ask us all the work together and be besties I'm not your guys' lifecoach. I only know, because I know how quick others are to start accusing people of saying this, that Sai nor Viv nor Courtney are the same kind of beast as Lillian CD-Call Orchard. They are nail bombs; Lily's atomic. SU and Helluvaverse is what I come to rag on cuz I don't have a life; Orchard (also Patricia Taxxon) need to get out of my damn life and my mind. I want to unsee them and the work they made so much. They're what this is actually about.

***keep reading

If you're wondering why the I put an asterisk * on those links above it's because sadly a receipt/drama thread on twitter is the only places you can find Malcom, Salem's and Faustisse's accounts on what it was like working at Spindlehorse on. All of them were forced off twitter/deleted their accounts because of harassment from Viv's base. Don't @ me over how I chose I 'biased source', it's sadly through archiving, call outs and KiwiFarms threads that the "proof" people are talking about is often able to exist.

If Sai has the right to read Erin Frost's receipts and call them bull than I have the right to read through those same receipts and say "this really doesn't look photoshopped/out of context to me:"

[whitmoon]

💛 「… 」

「OH…..Don't mind me. Keep doing what you're doing, I just scribble things around. 」 ----------------

After reading the HS interview

I think K'sante may sketch and draw his band members sometimes, to warm up his hand, and search for ideas and inspiration.

( PS. Yes, I open for your imagination that which member he's drawing right now ) 🤭💕 I base his clothes on HEARTSTEEL Promo artwork! and I use this photo as a reference picture to practice drawing. ---------------- 🌟 Silly Bonus about What other band members think with K'Sante's Drawing in my HC ( Keep reading below)

🧡Sett - Keep asking if K'sante could draw him the 100th flexing pose drawing like a GREEK STATUE for him again

💙Aphelios - Scan, and take a photo of K'sante's drawing to post on SNS without any permission. And the fans like it.

💚Ez - is the one who enjoys and cherishes everything that K'Sante draws even if it's just a stickman. Will show off the drawing to everyone and the fans, and praise nonstop.

💜Kayn - Pretend to ignore at first but always make an excuse to jam and scribble in K'sante Sketchbook.

❤️Yone - Silent admirer. For him, it's hard to praise a thing or person with words but totally appreciates the drawing of all the band members and tries to capture them with his phone. (and EZ is happy to help!)

However, he found many sketches of him in K'sante's sketchbook.

[kamainnokareshi]

I got shadowbanned so this is a temporary account until that’s gone. Lol. I’ll archive some artwork here as well.

Please only follow me if you’re 16+!

side blog for OC / my UNIB setting / dream ship lore . @9xj23z

I don’t usually interact on my Twitter account, but more artwork is posted there. @kamainnokareshi on X

Main account with my artwork : @kmnkrsh

Oryon / nk / 111

He/they/any no she

EN / JP / CN / ID OK.

CONTENT WARNING:

I draw various sensitive things that may include but are not limited to: blood, gore, depictions of self injury, BL, GL, HL, menhera content. There may be eyestrain and other sensitive topics depicted. There may also be suggestive content, will be tagged with #suggestive. Please take caution when viewing my photos.

This post may be subject to change as my interests and other things shift.

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CC X CC is okay because I am a Carmine x All shipper. Please do not interact with me if you’re a fellow dream shipper with him, unless I interact with you first. I may just block freely.

My version of Carmine is tailored to my personal preferences including his headcanon name and some behaviour. Don’t follow if you don’t want to see it.

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UNDERNIGHT IN-BIRTH

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VOCALOID / VOCAL SYNTHS

HOUSE MD

HANNIBAL

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RESIDENT EVIL

SSS-CLASS SUICIDE/REVIVAL HUNTER

OMNISCIENT READER’S VIEWPOINT

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HORROR GAMES (i have a bias to works of The Chinese Room.)

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— OCS

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If we are mutuals, you are free to draw your characters with mine~

Fanart is also OK! Please tag me!

CARRD ↓ (other sns listed here)

[sueske]

Nostalgia is one heck of a drug because it will mess with your memories and make everything seem great.

For example, I first read through Naruto when I was 11 and the manga was still actively coming out. Albeit near the latter half but still. I was a super big team 7 fan, loved Naruto, loved Sasuke, loved Sakura, loved Kakashi, sai, Yamato etc etc. I was like this is THE perfect team and they compliment each other so well. Thought Sakura was genuinely an amazing character who was misunderstood.

Imagine my reaction when seeing some Naruto artwork pop up in my feed, making me feel nostalgic and wanting to read all the great moments with my favorite characters, because hey, what could go wrong? And when reading through of Naruto I realize oh….. Sakura kinda sorta really heckin sucks big time and so does Kakashi. And oh wait, Sasuke and Naruto’s bond is a lot stronger and more prevalent than I remember it being…? There’s also a bit of romantic undertones?

Long story short, my reading of Naruto from the ages of 11 vs 23 has changed vastly and I am able to understand more complexities within the story than I was as a preteen. Kinda sucks to realize how horrible the dynamic of my favorite team was, it REALLY sucked to read through and see how terrible Kakashi’s and Sakura’s characters are but like… at the end of day I was able to see and understand more of Sasuke and Naruto’s dynamic and now I’m kind of a shipper? Never been super into shipping but I think Sasuke and Naruto’s story is just so…. Present that you can’t help but really appreciate their whole dynamic.

Sorry for the long ask. Ever since my reread of Naruto and now really understanding Naruto and Sasuke’s dynamic and really liking it, I’ve been looking through a bunch of sns accounts. I think all of you peeps who are really great and analyzing stories that seem so straightforward and yet have so many nuances and hidden meanings that people like me at first reading didn’t even notice!

Hope you have a good day :) love reading your stuff. (Also I tried my best not to curse. I’m sorry if you see h*ck as a bad word.)

I actually had a similar experience, I watched naruto in like three chunks over ~10 years. when I was a kid I loved sakura and shipped ss… even wrote fanfics for them lol. when I picked it up again some years later I forgot some stuff, and had a lingering fondness for her from childhood. then I finally finished it as an adult and was like oh 😄 I’ve seen others as well who shipped ss/nh as kids but then dropped them once they got older too. and thank you for your kind words.

[rainiereiru]

My other SNS accounts and website

Twitter / X

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[konnichihawa]

🌼welcome to my page! 🌼

🌼call me wa

~~⚠Please do not repost or use my artwork.~~

🌼My other SNS accounts

Twitter&Instagram: @konnichiha_wa

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🌼Nice to meet ya! :)

[tamelee]

Hii, when are you uploading your next art? It's been like ages lol. Also how's your progress on manga going? And can you suggest some other artists you know, artists like you? Since you also started from 0 followers at some point and your progress on your art is also very inspiring and i guess you know many different artists. I'm searching for inspiration and looking for some Low key artists from other fandoms. I'm slowing trying to improve on my digital painting skills. Still at level 1. Who do you look up to for your inspiration? Sorry, this became a pretty big ask hehe.

Hi~ 💕

Ages? Yeah, ... a little over a month now. I know that because I keep track on it. I pretty much keep track on most things. I do this thing where I plan a few weeks ahead and it is supposed to make sure I have more time left because of the planning but it doesn't account for roadblocks such as wrist pain, technical issues with tablets etc-, mental states, stress, health declines or others. So.. I haven't uploaded anything in a while but I never stopped creating ^^! In fact, I'm learning every single day so that I can create more, "better" (subjective) and build a skill-set that will help me be able to make what I want. I felt like I was making art aimlessly, but having a goal helps. Though, by chance, since you're wondering- this week for sure!

And within that planning is of course the Manga! The process is a lot of fun, but also there is science behind Storytelling and I'm using what I know and learning during my graduation process as well in order to create it. That's why I didn't start drawing until I am completely happy with the story (...and now don't mind so much that my previous draft got lost even thought that was so painful lol). I was so ignorant about it though, thinking I could just... create a Manga. Like c'mon. I knew so much time and dedication went into it and yet I thought I could just... do it 😆 but also, it is this dedication that made me able to do most crazy things in life so why not. If I'm going to spend idk how many hours on this then it better matter to me. I don't want Naruto and Sasuke to just drown in some plot, I want them to actively pursue something they care about and struggle, have dark moments and conflicts... heh.

When I first started drawing.. surprisingly I didn't have that many inspirations. I had no clue what I was doing and so what inspired me was the little art-community around me on Instagram because our goals were similar. My goal to finish Inktober, a wish to "someday create a webtoon" and seeing artists around me upload their art was what inspired me. Then, talking about art, each other's uploads, our obsessions- it was all a lot of fun and helped me improve and so did they! Of course you don't have to go there, you can find artists at any stage of their journey anywhere but really try to find artists and art that you like because your style will grow from that and eventually become your own.

I guess a few artists really stood out to me then, but they're literal gods and nothing like me 🥹..they're; wlop, Z ed, Ruan Jia, Zeen Chin, Guweiz and Dao Tong Le. I had a splash art phase where I fangirl'd (still do) so hard over Bo Chen, Sean Tay, Alex Flores, Cheng Du (crow god), Foritis Wang, but there's also Paul Nong, Ley Bowen, Inhyuk Lee... and for storytelling art there's Kan Liu which art I love and Toni Infante and ooooh Astri Lohne's brushwork is amazing as well. Song Nan Li has a few artworks that I've stared at for days and would love to study someday. Jaz Chiang too. Krenz Cushart has a course that I want to purchase because those colors are sublime... and oh, I'm probably forgetting SO MANY right now but I could go on forever tbh. Lemme talk about artists and their art and I won't be able to stop. There have been many Instagram artists that I've followed but I'm not currently active on there until I graduate so I don't really remember but if you're looking for Twitter/SNS/Naruto specifically then you can look through my following-list or my reblog account here @re-tamelee. Nsfw-warning on Twitter (@ tam_e_lee) though. I think currently a few that inspire me regarding story/expression are helenpeanut, velinxi, Kishimoto, Ramón Nuñez, Moryo, Ryo Yambe, Rias Coast, Yusuke Matsumoto, Bengal, Hong Soonsang, Horikoshi- and still a few others... I'm not sure what you mean by 'low-key' or if this is not what you're looking for but I hope you can find some inspiration from this post and have fun looking at these amazing artists' art! ^^ Thankyou for your lovely ask, have a nice day 🌷 Happy drawing!

[vespertea]

Whiteboard Shenanigans !

Find my stuff in BLUE ! (most images will have a caption saying what is / isn't mine)

Will be updated over time. This should be obvious but DO NOT repost this artwork anywhere. I have some very talented friends, yes, but I speak on behalf of all of them (and myself) when I say DO NOT use our artwork for ANY purpose whatsoever. No permission will be granted for anything on this site, regardless of purpose. Do not repost, sell, recolor, trace, reference, upload, dub, download, use for pfps/banners/other SNS/roleplay, nor finish these artworks.

[whatsintheboxmh]

Nice ask day!

I love your artwork it’s so rich and colorful 🥰 Have you done art for any other shows before Lone Star?

Hi Remon! 🍋 Thanks for the art love!

I've got some old stuff here ↓

Stuff like GOT, AHS, Hannibal, The rest of my art was more like on my friends-only SNS. Looking back, I'm not sure why I kept things so hush-hush, but I've always been a bit of a private artist, so Tumblr's been a bit of a wild ride for me!😂

Anyway, apart from that URL up there, I've got some pieces that I haven't really shown around much.

So, just a heads up, there’s some shipping and NSFW stuff in here, so if that’s not your jam, consider yourself warned! 😉

creek,cherik,stucky,dean×sam

[wishingforatypewriter]

Hii 🤗 9, 14, 16, 17 (I hope you don’t mind if I specify a little on this - and I hope it is okay to ask for old time’s sake but- I remember you once mentioning that Akane was to some degree inspired by Blair Waldorf. So I am curious if you’ve ever taking inspiration from Blair’s relationship with Chuck for either Raikane or Erik/Akane [or both somehow?]), 32, 50

Hi!!! I hope you've been well! Thanks for the ask!

9. When you write, do you plan out the stages of a relationship, or just let it flow? Do you have any works where the characters seem to "write themselves"?

Honestly, I just let it flow. Once I feel like I know the characters well, I just start putting them in situations to see what happens. In a lot of my Linzolt works the dialogue flows really easily while I'm drafting.

14. Are there any relationship dynamics/tropes you want to write in the future, but haven't yet?

Hmm...I don't think I've really tried the fake dating trope (or if I did, it was so long ago that I don't really remember it), but I'd be interested in doing something with that. I also haven't dabbled in the arranged marriage trope since that Eizan/Nene oneshot I wrote for the SNS fantasy AU, and I'd like to try that again.

16. Are there any relationship dynamics/tropes you enjoy reading about, but wouldn't want to write yourself? Vice versa?

I love reading a good slow burn, but I personally don't really have the writing stamina for it. I think I generally read the same fic genres that I write, but I probably write a bit more domestic fluff than I read.

17. Did you base [couple] on any existing relationships that you've seen? This can be anything: TV characters, books, even people you've known in real life.

Hmm...maybe a little! It's been years since my last Gossip Girl rewatch (I may have to start one soon), but I think when I first planned the original Portraits of 119 series and slated Akane/Erik as endgame, some aspects of Chuck and Blair may have seeped into their relationship. It was mostly small things like the way Blair was able to kind of cut loose around Chuck, and the way they always seemed to come back to each other. But that all got kind of muddled when Raikane became the fan favorite pair.

32. Do you find it more fun to write soft, domestic romances, or dramatic thrillers?

Soft and domestic has kind of become my brand as of late. However, I do sort of prefer writing lovers in somewhat tumultuous romantic situations rather than established relationships.

50. Free space! Brag on yourself! Advertise your writing! What are you most proud of recently?

I spent literal months working on Dissonance, which is my backstory on how Lin and Zolt met and first got involved with each other! I worked on that fic with an awesome beta and artist (who made this lovely companion artwork) and I'm really proud of how the whole project came out!

Fanfic Couples Ask!

[bobrosslover05]

Virtual Sketchbook #3

Deianira Abducted by the Centaur Nessus

by Padovanino (Allesandro Varotari) Italian 1588-1648

SN 142. Oil on Canvas 1627

This painting is an oil painting that measures roughly 7 feet tall and 5 feet wide. The colors and shapes used in the painting involve a mix of reds and browns, with strong contrasts created in the background. The shapes include curved lines and sharp angles, which help show the intensity of the scene. Curved lines appear where the older man lies in pain and where the woman lifts her arm.

The subject of the painting is based on a Greek myth: Hercules, the son of Jove, was traveling with his new bride, Deianira, when they came to the river Evenus, which was a raging torrent due to heavy winter rains. It looked nearly impossible to cross. Hercules had no fear for himself but was concerned for his wife. Nessus, the centaur, appeared and offered to carry Deianira across, claiming he was strong and familiar with the river. Hercules accepted the offer. After throwing his club and curved bow across, he swam to the other side. But once across, Nessus betrayed his promise and tried to abduct Deianira instead. Hearing her screams, Hercules shot a poisoned arrow at Nessus, piercing his back and killing him.

This painting was inspired by Titian’s masterpiece The Abduction of Europa. Some design elements shown in the artwork include diagonal composition, chiaroscuro (the contrast of light and shadow), and contrapposto (a natural twisting of the body). The artwork feels unbalanced—it uses darker tones for the older man in pain and lighter tones for the woman. It also shows both the woman and the man pulling away from each other, creating emotional tension.

Contrast is strongly emphasized in this painting, using light and dark to express emotional intensity. The painting also shows unity and variety—unity through the color palette and theme, and variety through the different poses and expressions of the figures.

This artwork made me feel very curious. I kept coming back to it, noticing new details each time. As someone who’s a Greek mythology nerd, I already knew the story, but I never knew there was a painting that captured it so vividly. Seeing this painting helped me connect to the myth in a new way.

The artwork is part of the Renaissance movement. The subject is the story of Nessus, Hercules, and Deianira. Alessandro Varotari, the artist, also shows inspiration from The Abduction of Europa. This artwork shows that Varotari had a deep interest in Greek mythology. He gets his message across clearly through the emotion on Nessus’s face, the way Deianira’s cloak flies in the wind, and the appearance of Hercules in the background with his bow and arrow.

The Abduction of Deianira by the Centaur Nessus tells a classic Greek myth through powerful visuals. I picked this artwork because I love learning about mythology, and while I already knew the story, I never imagined I’d see it told so emotionally through art. It shows that storytelling doesn’t always have to be in words—art can bring the emotion, action, and depth of a story to life in a way that words sometimes can’t.