#proud to be greek

[panpanlikesesc]

MY NUMBER ONE 🗣️🗣️🗣️

[liquidstar]

If my mom sees a significant amount of blood she gets lightheaded, and has fainted on some occasions. Once it happened when we were kids, I wasn't there to witness it but I heard the story from my dad. Basically my brothers, around 7 or 8 at the time, were playing outside while my mom was making their lunch, and she accidentally cut her finger. It wasn't anything serious, but it drew a fair bit of blood and she passed out. My dad saw this and rushed over, but he didn't really know what to do so he just sort of started slapping her to wake her up (not recommended, but he had no idea and panicked)

At that exact moment my brothers both came in from playing, and all they saw was our mom unconscious on the floor and our dad slapping her. So, like, without even saying a word to each other they both just INSTANTLY start whaling on him, like, full blown attack mode to defend our mom. Which obviously didn't help the situation, but she did wake up and everything was fine.

Now our dad says that he's actually really glad they attacked him over what they thought was going on, because it means he raised good boys. And I still think that's true, they're very good boys.

[h00f]

T4TM (Theseus4TheMinotaur)

lost wax cast bronze, patina & paste wax

2023

(process photos & info under cut <3)

my minotaur boy!! pls click on the photos for higher res! my thesis is focusing on trans men and creatures (how original ik) and this was last semester's final. i spent a lot of time looking at sculptures of the theseus/minotaur story, and yknow? a LOT of them are erotic! i'm pretty sure i saw some of them on tumblr a decade ago, and that's led to this now!

as you'll notice, the minotaur has a big t-dick! i wanted to give him breasts and an enlarged clitoris to present a very masculine trans figure. the boy on the bottom is also trans because i say so . the piece is about looking up to older, bigger, hairier trans men and seeing something awe-inspiring and beautiful. the minotaur was locked up by a cruel father for being different, and i think modern adaptations tend towards a sympathetic asterion (his name in one version)

making this piece was. so much effort. it took me about 3 months to get it all together - from clay model (plasticine) to 3D print to silicone mold to wax cast, and finally bronze pour into the shell mold. and then a TON of filing, sanding, dremel-ing, and various other metalworking techniques that probably took years off my life.

i started with sketches and made theeeeeee ugliest model ever:

then used a 3D scanner to get it digital, then spent a goooood month or two making him pretty in blender! then i spent an agonizing few weeks trying to get it print-ready, and fiiiiiinally did

^^^ an early resin printed draft of the model - you can see in the final that i added lots to theseus after some feedback, but sadly the nosering broke off every time i cast it so i just. let that be <3

then came the moldmaking, and then the wax dipping!! the yellow stuff is shell mold (ground up ceramic bits and algae soup, sticks to the wax, then silica sand in varying sizes on top) which gets the wax melted out, and bronze poured in!

then it's all metalworking, cutting stuff off, and working with hot metal. they don't tell you about all the bronze dust and how annoying it gets wearing a respirator AND goggles. but it is for me health, me boy. here's him all cleaned up before the patina:

and then i spray him down with various chemicals to make it "patina" (aka rust) in pretty colors. wait a few days, then apply paste wax to seal it and give it that shine!

then we get what you see above!!! the blue was actually unintentional, and i'm still not super sure why it looks that way.. but it's pretty so idc <3

thanks for reading!! if you ever have any bronze/casting questions, don't hesitate to message me! <3

[nikoisme]

Apollo and Artemis :D This is part of a drawing I'm working on, but I like their designs, especially Artemis'

[fantasykiri5]

A pair of birds of prey for days 15 and 16 of @hermitadaymay !!! Definitely not a day and a half (?) late

[entnoot]

Hermes and Crocus, a commission for Elysium (a magic shop in wellington) for their shop hoodies! Doing a Greek mythology piece was such a treat!

(fullview for better quality)

[0lympian-c0uncil]

Dionysus: Hey Ma, wanna see a funny trick?

Demeter: Yeah sure.

Dionysus: *the perfect replication of a early 2000s sitcom laugh track*

Demeter:...

Demeter: That's my son.

[ukelele-boy]

From the toa artist community, we bring you an Apollo animatic!!!

Premiering NOV 20th at 9pm UTC!!! See it HERE

Featuring the talents of:

@literallyjusttoa @phoneheadedemployee @moodyseal @randomtoafan @txny-draws @heresronnie21 and me!!

With thanks to @trials-of-apollo-my-beloved, @chaixinni and estelle (estsuya) for supporting us along the way!

[linaxart]

Andy

[panpanlikesesc]

MA-RI-NA

[apollomes-supremacy]

Apollo Smintheus, Lord of mice 🧡🐁

[ratatatastic]

gustav "adonis" forsling has gone from statue/sculpture to mythical greek god to physical specimen to carved out of stone to "might be a descendant of one of the big three: zeus hades or poseidon" i feel so faint right now

okie admitting the team does say all of these things makes me feel FAINT. OKIE SAYING THESE THINGS.

unfortunately the cats are very predictable and thusly restart the counter...

NHL Network interview | 6.14.24 (x)(x)

gustav forsling, deadpannedly serious, saying "no" (with a smile)

[cxsmikaiyo]

Marina satti, they did not deserve you.

[hamiltonandpercyjackson]

still not over the change we saw in apoloo during his 5 books. HOW ARE YOU ALL SO OK ABOUT THIS??????????

like at the start he was The Olympian AssholeTM but by the end HE WAS LESTER PAPADOPOLOUS

AND HE WAS HAPPY ABOUT IT

stop no please i cant do this AGH

[noctilionoidea]

Wanted to do something new, but also it’s Dionysos because I literally cannot go a day without thinking about him or incorporating him into my work.

Whenever I have free time in art class I play around with some abandoned polymer clay, which has resulted in this. I wanted to make a pendant, but it’s a little bulky so I’m gonna need to find the right supplies for that. It’s still gonna happen but I’m gonna need to think about it in relevance to various outfits and maximalist design. Which is just typical of me lmao

Here’s the back

[jeyaam]

apollo ☀️