I know this is kind of a departure from what I normally post but it was too funny of an idea not to make. Hopefully the approximately 5 people who are fans of both TADC and Phantom thread appreciate this.
Pomni and Jax from The Amazing Digital circus sit at a table. Jax is eating a plate of poisonous mushrooms. Pomni says "I want you flat on your back. Helpless, tender, open with only me to help"
A close up of Jax's face looking surprised and pleading. Pomni continues "And then I want you strong again. You're not going to die. You might with you were going to die, but you're not going to. You need to settle down a little"
Jax excitedly places his hands on the table and says "Kiss me, PomPom, before I'm sick"
The Amazing Digital Circus X Phantom Thread
(commission for my buddy Maddy)
#funnybunny #tadc #theamazingdigitalcircus
A large cyclops kneels among brick ruins. He holds a shepherds crook and has a lyre hanging from a rope around his chest. His eye is covered by a bloody blindfold.
Polyphemus dwelt on the far-off island of the cyclops. He is best known for his confrontation with King Odysseus who, with his men, ransacked Polyphemus' food-stores. Polyphemus trapped them in his cave but Odysseus tricked him by getting him black-out drunk before blinding him with a wooden stake.
Eris, a winged goddess with long black hair, a checkered dress, and pointed shoes, stands on a tree branch with a view of Troy. She holds a shiny golden apple by the stem
When Peleus and the Thetis were married, they threw a lavish wedding to which all the gods were invited except Eris. In anger, she crafted a golden apple on which was inscribed "For the fairest" and threw it among the guests, and so she set in motion the events that would lead to the fall of Ilium.
A young nun sits in a forest clearing, surrounded by bluebells. She places her hand on a large wolf while a cow steps out from behind a tree.
Modwen, an Irish noblewoman by birth, traveled to England and became a Nun. Among her many miraculous deeds, she is said to have tamed a ferocious wolf who was terrorizing a local village and devouring her cattle. Following her intervention, the wolf would instead protect the cattle.
Black and white ink drawing of a scene from the Book of Isaiah. The prophet Isaiah stands on a forested hill and shields his eyes from bright light emanating from a seraph. The Seraph has the form of a giant flying snake with six wings.
Isaiah, a prophet of the Lord Yahweh received a vision from his god of a host of Seraphim, the great six-winged "burning ones" who served the Lord. One of the Seraphim flew down to him, touched his mouth, and cleansed him of his sins.
Baba Yaga, a skeletal witch with a single skeleton leg stands in a forest. She holds a decaying head and has a giant mortar and pestle on her back. Far in the background, a hut with giant chicken legs wanders through the forest.
The great witch of the Thrice Ninth-Tsardom, the dreadful Baba Yaga of the bony-leg lives in the enchanted forest in her chicken-legged hut. She flies around in a giant mortar which she steers with a giant pestle and decorates the forest with the heads of her victims.
A decrepid, skeletal figure rests in a snowy wood. He is draped in rags and holds a rusted sword. Behind him, the skulls of his victims are buried in a layer of snow.
Hans Trapp is a frightful being said to emerge on Christmas to terrorize misbehaving children. He was once a proud Knight named Hans von Trotha who turned to foul magic and cannibalism. As punishment, God transformed him into a scarecrow and cursed him to eternally wander the Palatinate woods.
A little girl made of snow with twigs for hair walks away from her home in a snowy forest. Father Frost watches her leave while an assortment of Gnomes see her off.
Little Snegurochka, the Snow Maiden, lived in the forest with Father Frost and the fairy-folk. She went to the village to play with the human girls at jumping over a small fire, as is custom on St. Johns Day, but when Snegurochka's turn came she turned into steam and became a small cloud.
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A young woman in medieval slavic dress gazes at the reflection in a pond. In the reflection she sees a regal procession of fantastical elf-like people with pointed ears. At the center of the procession a young woman sits on a large horse with smoke billowing from its nostrils. A small dragon and a cloaked bear walk alongside them while a firebird flies overhead.
The faraway Thrice-Ninth Tsardom is a magical place cut off from the world of man. Home to firebirds, great dragons, and myriad other mystical beasts, this other-world can be accessed by a number of means. Some find a path to it in an underground cave whilst others find it at the bottom of a lake.
A young woman in medieval slavic dress gazes at the reflection in a pond. In the reflection she sees a regal procession of fantastical elf-like people with pointed ears. At the center of the procession a young woman sits on a large horse with smoke billowing from its nostrils. A small dragon and a cloaked bear walk alongside them while a firebird flies overhead.
The faraway Thrice-Ninth Tsardom is a magical place cut off from the world of man. Home to firebirds, great dragons, and myriad other mystical beasts, this other-world can be accessed by a number of means. Some find a path to it in an underground cave whilst others find it at the bottom of a lake.
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A woman in medieval slavic dress and a large, domineering falcon-man gaze longingly at one another, about to embrace. the falcon man is bleeding and the woman holds a feather and cries.
A young merchants daughter asked her father to gift her the feather of Finist the Falcon; a magical feather which brought the man-falcon to her, and the pair fell in love. The girl's elder sisters grew jealous of her. They placed knives in her window so that when he flew to meet her, he would be cut
A large santa-clause-looking elderly man with long white hair and a wool coat drapes a blanket over a young girl in a clearing in a snowy forest. An assortment of fairy-folk with long beards and pointy hats walk behind them
The great old man Frost or 'Father Frost', lived in the snow-blanketed forests with the other fantastical fairy-folk. To those lost in the forest he could be a kindly presence, offering blankets and warmth, or he could be cold, leaving wayward travelers to the mercy of the frost.
In the foreground a large, imposing horse rests in a forest. White smoke billows from his nostrils. In a clearing behind him, an assortment of odd-looking fantasy creatures stroll past. They are draped in long hair and long beards. A fox riding a wolf is among them. behind them follows a small winged snake.
Sivko-Burko was a magical wild stallion from Slavic-speaking lands said to be able to shoot fire from his nostrils. A great many fantastic deeds are attributed to him and those he saw worthy of harnessing him.
A black and white ink drawing of a woman trudging through a swamp. She has very long long curly hair and the skin of a giant frog draped over her like a cloak
The Frog Princess was a powerful sorceress who used a giant frog's skin to transform herself into a Frog. Tales tell of how she was wed to Prince Ivan and made great use of her skills in magic to win over her husband. Some say that she was cursed to use the skin by Koshchei the deathless.
The fearsome and tyrannical Sea Tsar dwelt in his oceanic palace in ages long past. Many tales are told of his conflict with the sorceress Vasilisa the wise, said by some to be the Sea-Tsars daughter.
#russianfolktales #slavicmythology #traditionalart
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In the faraway land of Lukomorye lived the powerful sorcerer Koshchei. He was called 'Deathless' for he was known to have granted himself a kind of immortality by trapping his death within an egg which he hid away. Should the egg ever be found and destroyed, however, he would instantly die.
Creature design commission for @dalilu.bsky.social
Ivan "the bears son" was a peculiar hybrid boy born of a human mother and a bear father. Because of his parentage, he displayed a superhuman strength which often got him into trouble.
#russianfolklore #fantasyart #fairytale #inkart
Have you ever known a man who was usually right-minded but who suddenly became a lecherous drunk? He may have been under the influence of Little Master Misery. Little Misery sits on men's shoulders and drives them to indulge in self destructive vices, drawing out the darkness within them.
Leshy is an elusive forest spirit, told of in Russian folklore. This wild man of the woods was once revered and feared as a powerful deity by the pre-Christian Slavs, but now lives in obscurity. He shuns humankind and is seen little, but is not known to be cruel to the few who encounter him.
The anchoress Christina, though born to a wealthy family, rejected a life of luxury and hid herself away in a cell attached to a church in Markyate. She had frequent visions of Mary,, to whom she was devoted and who in turn protected her when her cell was attacked by toads and lesser demons.
Ragnar Loðbrok, the fierce viking king and slayer of dragons, sought in his old age to bring all of England under his dominion. His aims were thwarted, however, by the forces of King Ælla of Northumbria who captured the old, hairy-breeched King and threw him into a pit of snakes.
#norsemythology
Satan, the arch-fiend ruler of Hell, was worshiped in secret by small sects of Witches. He was said to grant witches great arcane power with which they could wreck havoc on whomsoever they chose.
#folkhorror #fantasyart #inkart #traditionalart
Incubi are a type of demonic being who seek to seduce and impregnate mortals. Witches are often accused of seeking out Incubi as a part of their Satanic rites and such accusations are common during instances of paranoid witch-hunting mania.
#folkhorror #inkdrawing #traditionalart #fantasyart
Followers of Cthulhu gather, even now, in hidden, tucked away spaces. They move under the guidance of erratic and unpredictable priests who have fused their minds and bodies with the lesser spawn of their great dreaming god.
#cthulhumythos #fantasyart #inkart #traditionalart
Ymir was a primordial giant who lived many ages ago and from whose body the landscape was formed. The dwarves are known to have been given life from the blood of Ymir, and so many make a journey to visit what remains of the great old ones body
#norsemyth #folkhorror #mythology #inkart
