[Art] Bastet and Anubis as 'Totems' - complete

[moonvoice]

Here you can see how awesome they look side by side. Taken with a flash camera, which doesn't do justice, but does at least pick up the gold and metallic highlights throughout the adornments and spirals.

This project has made me think about doing the Vilturj gods 'as animals,' in this sort of style or series. Oooo the possibilities!







Bastet - also known as Bast, Bast-Mut, Ubasti, Baset, among many other names.

Bastet is an Egyptian cat (and sometimes lioness) Goddess within the Egyptian pantheon. Depicted here as a black cat, as opposed to a cat or lion-headed woman.



Anubis - also known as Yinepu, Inpu, Anpu, Anupu etc.

Anubis, the psychopomp / underworld god within the Egyptian pantheon is depicted here as a jackal. Before Osiris, Anubis was considered the most important god of the dead.




SOLD
18.5 x 20.5cm (or 7.4 x 8 in)
illo's board, fineliner, aquarelle, pencil, metallic and iridescent paint

Comments

[storm-seeker.livejournal.com]

So pretty!

I particularly love the richness and deep reds in Anubis. This is one deity I've worked with in the past and the colors and tones really fit the feel I got from him.

I saw your pencil and then inkings earlier too and I felt quite inspired to try my hand at some drawing once I realized it could be done in stages like that to get such wonderful results. ^_^

What's aquarelle btw? *has always been curious*

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Aquarelle - watercolour pencils. :) I really should just change it to watercolour pencils. I promise I will one day!

I got deep red / indigo / dark blue from Anubis as well, and checked with the client first who agreed. So I'm really glad with that. Though I love the warmer colours with Bast as well.

And yeah, it can be done in stages totally!! Make sure you get properly waterfast fineliners though, if you want to do watercolours or something similar over them.

[mirrorred-star.livejournal.com]

Ooh! I love the bright bright colours!

I love how in the shading there's darkdark blue and deep purple and a lighter blue highlight. I remember you said fairly recently that you liked shadings creatures that are black or white because the colours for highlights or shadows aren't. How do you figure out what colours to use?

And I'd like to know what aquarelle is too :) I was going to ask one day but I can't remember if I actually did or not.

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Aquarelle - watercolour pencils. They're just commonly called 'aquarelles' here.

As for what colours to use in the blacks... it just depends really on what sort of feel I want to go for. In my 'Risa' picture, I went for violet and browns. In many of my crow pictures, I tend to use a lot of greens and browns. In ravens, it's violet and blue...

I haven't done much by the way of red-based black yet, except in my 'Raven as Fire' picture.

[toeknuckles.livejournal.com]

wow. completely fantastic.

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D

[fannyfae]

These are GORGEOUS! You know, I bought the Lioness piece from you because it reminded me of Sekhmet. You know, I know of a bunch of people in my Temple that would be absolutely ecstatic to purchase your work if you continued the way you are with these. The only problem with the Names of Netjer that are not anthropomorphic in the same way that Yinepu, Bast, Sekhmet, HetHert, et al are.

I love your work! Thank you for sharing them. :)

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

I would love to work with Sekhmet, though I think I'd do something bigger than this for her; she's a goddess that has walked within my own life, and is the only goddess outside of the pantheon I worship, that I've ever worked with consistently.

Hethert would be amazing, Sobek too, I'm a really big fan of Sobek. I've done 'Thoth/Djehuty as totem' already, just not in this specific style. Heh.

[deathofone.livejournal.com]

*Just squees for a good while*

The colooooouuuuuuurs!

And you should definitely do Vilturj gods as animals, that's be so awesome! I always find the mythology that you talk about really interesting. It's probably the set of gods and whatnot that I find most intriguing nowadays.

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

I think I'm definitely going to do Vilturj gods as animals. :D

[aleia-kali.livejournal.com]

Wow they are amazing, so beautiful.

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much. :)

[cariadwen.livejournal.com]

Velvety black, shiny golds and powerful reds, how fab! I love your work, but I find this is exceptional.

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much. :)

[crowebasalt.livejournal.com]

holy crap, those are too gorgeous. mind if i link this to a friend of mine who's big into Egyptian god/desses?

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Go for it! :D

[chasingtides.livejournal.com]

Those are gorgeous!

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much. :)

[corvus-animus.livejournal.com]

This project has made me think about doing the Vilturj gods 'as animals,' in this sort of style or series.

Do it! :D

These came out gorgeous!

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much. :)

[scarletwildfire.livejournal.com]

I really like the adornment around Anubis's eye... I think this is a really cool idea... I would love to see what other animal gods you come up with! :D

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :)

[rainsingingwolf.livejournal.com]

Wow!

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

*bounces*

[starla80.livejournal.com]

Ooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhh...want! Just stunning work.
I can't wait until i get a job and can buy some of your work!

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

*bounces* Thank you. :)

[ariestess]

Those are gorgeous... And oddly enough, they make me want to watch Poltergeist: the Legacy... Long story...

But lovely, lovely work!

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Heh, I've never seen it myself. Hehe.

[liondaughter.livejournal.com]

Holy shit! Wow. Wow Wow.

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

:) I wondered what you'd think.

[sonne-windsoul.livejournal.com]

They turned out beautifully, especially the one of Bast :3, plus I like that they are complementing images that go together (which is a similar theme a did for my Anubis and Bast pictures a few years ago).

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much. :)

[cloversix.livejournal.com]

*jawdrop*

I absolutely ADORE this.

I cannot begin to express. D:

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Aw thank you!

[sannion.livejournal.com]

Wow. WOW. Those pictures give me "the feelings". So, uhm, are you accepting any new commissions?

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

This was a 'commission' but I still had pretty much free-range. If it's for animals in the totem style / series, then yeah I'm considering them.

But other things I'm not right now, too much stress. Send me an email, it never hurts to just air your ideas and see what happens. :)

E'gypped Me Twice!

[perzephone.livejournal.com]

Aw-aw-awnoooobis! (Yes, sometimes I howl at my Gods... sometimes they howl back) These are so striking.

Are these going to be on deviant as prints?

I've got to saves me some fundage because I keep visiting your page over there & saying, "Ooh! I want that one & that one & that one..." Eventually I'm going to have to actually buy them instead of just adding them to my wish list :D

Re: E'gypped Me Twice!

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

These are already available as prints here:

http://ravenari.deviantart.com/store/?itemtypeids=1-2-11

Woot! :D

[lupabitch.livejournal.com]

I sense a new series coming on! *grin* GREAT work!!!

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Maybe not! I have so many series backlogged. Maybe this is a new 'far off in the future' series...

I'd be interested in portraying Artemis as a female wolf though, or a female doe or something.

I've been thinking about it all night.

Oh noes!

[corvidophile.livejournal.com]

these look so sharp! great theme!

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

*bounces* Yay!

[earthguardian.livejournal.com]

I've been thinking a lot about Eygptian deities these past few days. So I find this rather fitting.

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

That's awesome timing.

[psychrobia149.livejournal.com]

I LOVE THEEEEESE! I especially love your color choices...I love the contrast between the blue/black and the rosy background colors. So awesome!!!!!!! :)

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Yay! *snugs you*

[copperwise.livejournal.com]

GORGEOUS.

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :)

[white9-fox.livejournal.com]

What's really ironic is that your crow icon also matches these two in color.

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Is it still ironic if I deliberately chose that icon because the colours matched?