JCC [Image heavy]A thread for art: See note on page 776

https://www.deviantart.com/chill13/art/HHH-Da-Rules-811941810



https://www.deviantart.com/chill13/art/Walking-on-the-Ceiling-426232591

 

https://www.deviantart.com/artoveli/art/Anne-and-Kilmaro-736933635

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Anne Anderlee and Kilmaro Tuta, two starship Captains who've been plucked from their dimension and forced to compete in a gauntlet of funhouse-style tests. Only one of them can leave the gauntlet alive! But which one will it be?

Joke's on you- they're going to work together and get each other out, becoming best friends in the process, so there!

https://www.deviantart.com/artoveli/art/The-Two-Annes-859121912

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Captain Anne Anderlee has gotten very good at presenting herself as calm, cool, and in control-- A force to be reckoned with.

ACTING.

Soon as the video feed is cut, she's a melty pile of nerves and self-doubt.

Anne is from my Topmost Topaz novel project.

 

https://www.deviantart.com/wolfdog-artcorner/art/Seraphim-character-design-858859462

 

The Immortal She-Hulk #1 by InHyuk Lee

 

https://www.deviantart.com/jollyjack/art/Frankenpip-859562026

 

https://www.deviantart.com/a-gnosis/art/Freyja-857478486

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"And Freyja is the most glorious of the Asyniur. She has a dwelling in heaven called Folkvangar, and wherever she rides to battle she gets half the slain, and the other half Odin [...] And when she travels she drives two cats and sits in a chariot. She is the most approachable one for people to pray to, and from her name is derived the honorific title whereby noble ladies are called frovur [noble ladies]. She was very fond of love songs. It is good to pray to her concerning love affairs."

The Prose Edda, translated by Anthony Faulkes.


This version of Freyja comes from Vei, a graphic novel inspired by Norse mythology by Sara Bergmark Elfgren and Karl Johnsson. I took the liberty to give her a kind of iron staff sometimes found in Viking graves and interpreted as a sorceress' tool. I also included some of the carvings, believed to represent cats, from a cart in the Oseberg find in Norway.

https://www.deviantart.com/a-gnosis/art/Miss-Hokusai-858011388

"One of my favorite anime films. It follows the life of O-Ei, the daughter of the Japanese artist Hokusai, as she works in the studio of her father in Edo (now Tokyo). I love stories with eccentric characters. Big plus if it is a female character. Even bigger plus if it is a female character who likes to draw. ^^"


https://www.deviantart.com/a-gnosis/art/Chthonian-Zeus-858210411

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Pray to Zeus of the earth and holy Demeter to make Demeter's holy grain ripen to fullness.

Hesiod, Works and Days, translated by Apostolos N. Athanassakis


“Rather surprisingly in view of his origins as a sky god, many cults of Zeus were chthonian or semi-chthonian in character. One of the most widespread was that of Zeus Meilichios (the Mild). Like many chthonian gods, Meilichios bore a euphemistic name. In truth he was by turns angry and kindly, a deity who required regular appeasement in order to keep the beneficial side of his personality to the fore. By calling him "mild" or "kindly", his worshipers expressed their hopes rather than their fears. Because they governed the fruitfulness of the earth, chthonian deities had the power to be givers of good things if properly propitiated.”


“Personal or family offerings to Zeus Meilichios were the rule in the Greek world, but in Athens there was an important public festival for this god, the Diasia. In early spring, people gathered just outside the city at the banks of the river Ilissos for the rites, which involved bloodless offerings of agricultural produce and pastries shaped like animals. For the average citizen, the festival was a time to gather with family members and to enjoy a fairground atmosphere.”


“Yet Meilichios was also an awesome and somber deity. On votive reliefs, he usually appears not in human form, but as a huge coiling snake, rearing up to meet his worshipers. (In Greek art, the snake as companion or attribute often indicates that the deity or hero in question belongs to the underworld. Such theriomorphic epiphanies, in which the gods took animal form, were unusual among the Greeks.)”

Ancient Greek Cults: A Guide by Jennifer Larson.


(Zeus Chthonios was also an epithet for Hades, but Athanassakis means that Hesiod's passage above refers to Zeus, since a few lines later "the lord of Olympos" is connected with a good harvest.)

https://www.deviantart.com/a-gnosis/art/Country-Girl-858773148

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what country girl seduces your wits
wearing a country dress
not knowing how to pull the cloth to her knees?


Fragment 57 by Sappho, translated by Anne Carson.

This would have worked with my Hades and Persephone as well. But since it's Sappho, this felt more appropriate. ^^

https://www.deviantart.com/a-gnosis/art/Wedding-Night-With-Death-858996680

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FOR DECAY


Decay, hurry, beloved bride
to make our lonesome bed!
Rejected by World, rejected by God,
but you I entrust my hopes.
Hurry, adorn our chamber -- on the black-clad bier
the sighing lover your dwelling shall reach.
Hurry, make our bridal sweet -- with carnation spring
will her sow.


Shut tender in your womb my languish body,
choke with your touch my pain!
In worms thoughts and feeling dissolve,
in ashes my burning heart.
Rich are you, O Girl! -- As dowry you give
the vast, the greening Earth for me.
I anguish up here, but happy will be
with you below.


Erik Johan Stagnelius (1793-1823)


Translated to English by Edmund Gosse in 1886 (I think) and slightly improved by me, because it was honestly a not so very good translation. The Swedish original rhymes, which makes it quite difficult to make a decent translation.

https://www.deviantart.com/a-gnosis/art/Bath-of-Hera-859583150

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… "and in Nauplia are a sanctuary of Poseidon, harbors, and a spring called Canathus. Here, say the Argives, Hera bathes every year and recovers her maidenhood."

Pausanias, Description of Greece, 2.38.2, translated by W. H. S. Jones.


I see this as Hera leaving all her duties as wife of Zeus and queen of the gods for a day, and just being Hera and having a good time.

 

https://www.deviantart.com/pika-la-cynique/art/Peach-Dream-Nonsense-858583279

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So, I recently co-authored a teen comic with a BigShot Author in French-language comics, imma squee-blurb more about that shortly as it is released this week.

In which a couple indulges in a whole overblown HEA Imagine Spot and I absolutely snuck in a not-so-sneaky visual shout-out.

(the dude, meanwhile, is dressed in the Prince Charming outfit of the mascot of a popular brand of biscuits, as featured on packaging and a series of animated ads starring him over the years - of varying quality and technicity.)

---
(colours not mine)
(c) Ankama / Label619

 

Gotham Sirens by Gabriella Noar

 

Cryptid-Creations: Quack-O-Lantern

https://www.deviantart.com/cryptid-creations/art/2900-Quack-O-Lantern-Word-Play-859640101

 

https://www.deviantart.com/spearhafoc/art/The-Apex-Society-18-Page-18-858968418



https://www.deviantart.com/spearhafoc/art/The-Apex-Society-18-Page-19-859270584



https://www.deviantart.com/spearhafoc/art/The-Apex-Society-18-Page-20-859478439

 

yunyuming: Bariaur in the forest

https://www.deviantart.com/yinyuming/art/Bariaur-in-the-forest-508575702

 

https://www.deviantart.com/whitefangkakashi300/art/Slasher-High-859611709

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To help get into the Halloween spirit my boi and I made a spin off/other campus of Ghoul School, Slasher High.

Pinny, daughter of Pinhead. The edge lord of the 8. She's constantly moody and merely wants to be left alone to her puzzles. She's good at solving problems and gets annoyed at other's mistakes. Her room has metal music cranked at full blast.

Mako, daughter of Jaws. The little shark has the personality of a valley girl. She nabbed one of the waterproof phones one of her victims had on them during lunch. Ever since then she started vlogging her life as a shark and has been growing popular in views. She has a translator that speaks for her so she can communicate and ponder about what she wants for her next meal. Been pondering about getting a tan to blend in. Who would expect a Great Tan Shark? #SharkLife

Venus, daughter of the Xenomorph Queen. The little alien is boy crazy. She's super flirty when it comes to meeting new people, but she thinks she comes off too strong and that's why they don't stick around to chit-chat... Or maybe it's her face-huggers? But one person she's had her heart for was Predator. Her colony hates him, but she thinks he's misunderstood and need to get out more. Venus loves the dark and silent type. Her friends found a secret shrine dedicated to her crush.

Tomoko, daughter of the Grudge. Despite her appearance she's the sweetest of her crew. She's just very shy and sticks to dark corners. The little spirit girl loves animals. Her cat Mochi is her favorite, but he tends to scream like a man vs meow. The girl is very athletic and is the best for gymnastic due to her flexibility. Tomoko is very close to family and chats with them across worlds via mirrors in bathrooms whenever she is feeling homesick.

Stacy Krueger, Daughter of Freddy Krueger. The rebel of her gang. She has aspirations for becoming a kickass rock star, and she's got the skills for it. She's chill around others and tends to wisecrack when things seemed too serious for her liking. Her special guitar opens dimensions which at times leads to things coming out of them mid song.

Janice Voorhees. Daughter of Jason Voohees. A hardcore girl scout with a passion for forest preservation. If no one buys her Crystal Lake cookies or ends up littering in her woods--- people tend to go missing.... She's the apple of her daddy's eyes and is a very hard worker. She can get angry easily which makes her prone to outbursts. The girl is frightened of water. She can't swim and feels left out during summer time when her friends go to the beach.

Annabelle, daughter of Chucky. A prankster of sorts though she tends to take things too far which leaves her on the bad sides of her friends. She just wants to have fun and take risks, cuz life is too short. She acts out and has a bit of a pottymouth thanks to her father, but the gang seems to tolerate her and her antics.... at least for now.

And Pattycake, daughter Jigsaw's Billy. A gamer fanatic; board games, video games, out door games-- you name it. She loves it. But she doesn't get why folks don't want to play a game with her. He papa does it all the time. But she is very creative and imaginative which had made her a welcome addition to Slasher High. She and Annabelle being dolls/puppets get along very well. Pattycake follows her mostly where ever she goes hoping there's a game someone wants to play.

 

Sky Knife Void sketch by Xiaoyu Wang

 

https://www.deviantart.com/amarynceus/art/Daily-Painting-0113-859139624

"Zaresian warships gathering in the Gulf of Koronis, in the autumn of 1779, in preparation for the assault on Torvus. "


https://www.deviantart.com/amarynceus/art/Daily-Painting-0114-859199589

"Zaresian warships on high-altitude artillery drills. "


https://www.deviantart.com/amarynceus/art/Daily-Painting-0115-859350126

"Quick impression of rough weather developing over Bzendro Bay. "


https://www.deviantart.com/amarynceus/art/Daily-Painting-0116-859450070

"Frigate of the Preshan Imperial Skyfleet, above the clouds at sunset and en route to the city of Darach. "


https://www.deviantart.com/amarynceus/art/Daily-Painting-0117-859550180

"Freighter in the mountains above Esren."


https://www.deviantart.com/amarynceus/art/Daily-Painting-0118-859656146

"Merchant shipping near the Furovi Straights."

 

https://www.deviantart.com/inhyuklee/art/Hellions-6-X-Of-Swords-Part-18-859342180



https://www.deviantart.com/pretty-cool-huh/art/Kwannon-859443849



https://www.deviantart.com/zigwolf/art/New-Avengers-Squirrel-Girl-857995898

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The oldest member of the team and den mother to the group.

During her teen years, Doreen Greenberg discover that she was a mutant when her body started undergoing changes that puberty did not cover. Her human ears moved up to her cranium and changed into ones resembling that of a squirrel. Doreen also grew a large squirrel and her nails changed into claws. She also developed some superhuman enhancements, gaining the proportionate strength and speed of a squirrel. Wanting to become a superhero, Doreen made herself a costume and became Squirrel Girl. Though no one would take her seriously with squirrels as her gimmick. Spiders, Falcons, and Ants could be themed for superheroes, but not squirrels and Doreen felt like she should change that. Over the next few years, Doreen tried to join many teams like The Avengers, The X-Men, The Fantastic Four, and even Shield, but Doreen was never a right fit for any one of them. In her adult years, Doreen tried to team up with heroes for solo missions, ones like Iron Man (she got a Doombot head from that adventure), Hawkeye, Luke Cage and Jessica Jones, Deadpool (will never team up with him again), Wolverine (doesn't go into details, but gets flustered and her face gets really red at mentioning Wolverine). In addition to trying to be a hero, Doreen is a champion for animal rights and even helped free many animals from a lab that was using them to develop superpowers. This is where she got her squirrel sidekicks, Joe and Tippy, both who have superpowers and more intelligence than average squirrels.

After the Avengers disappear along with the Masters of Evil, Kamala Khan/Ms. Marvel tries to put together a team of new heroes to save the world and oppose the Dark Avengers. Doreen hears word of this and see this as her second chance to be a real hero, to really reinvent herself and not just be known as a wannabe in a superhero battle. When she joins the team, Doreen tells the young heroes of how she faced many villains like Kraven the Hunter (he considered her too silly to hunt), Fin Fang Foom (was really a chinese parade dragon with 6 people inside), a false Thanos (was a dream), and Ego the Living Planet (her only real victory over a major villain but doesn't want to reveal that she annoyed him into defeat). She's accepted in and becomes a type of den mother to the group and even helps train them in their powers since she have decades of experience with her own. When the truth does come out for her, Doreen will find that the New Avengers accept her as she is because she's just like them in desiring to be a hero being troubled by no one taking her seriously, just like most people don't take teen heroes seriously.

Power/Abilities
- Squirrel Girl
1) Proportionate Super Human Strength, Speed, Reflexes, Durability, and Endurance of a squirrel
2) Wallcrawling
3) Communicates with every type of squirrel.

- Joe the Squirrel
1) Duplication into 50 squirrels

- Tippy the Squirrel
1) Invulnerability to physical damage

Additional Info
- This version of Squirrel Girl is 37 years old.
- Her personality is a combination of Ranger Tabes (We Bare Bears) and Mabel Pines (Gravity Falls)
- Has a crush on Thor and even named each of his abs.
- Is currently working on a theme song for herself.
- Has a collection of hero and villain trading cards.
- Has a secret desire to go to the Savage Lands and fight a dinosaur.

https://www.deviantart.com/drumsoftheserpent/art/Daredevil-The-Pulse-of-the-City-Blue-857532738



https://www.deviantart.com/drumsoftheserpent/art/Daredevil-The-Pulse-of-the-City-Black-857532745



https://www.deviantart.com/drumsoftheserpent/art/Classic-Iron-Man-859018138

 

https://www.deviantart.com/omuk/art/The-smiling-demon-through-time-857012469

"From child to adult the smiling demon is a terrifying being. As far back as the books of Oyama go there has been only one sighting of an adult smiling demon. And may that be the last."


https://www.deviantart.com/omuk/art/Teenage-Djinn-857315477

"Djinn are born with long hair. The older the get the shorter their hair becomes. The hair of Djinn also doesnt fall out. it will be completely gone when they become adults at about 85 earth years."


https://www.deviantart.com/omuk/art/The-Djinn-857660580

"Djinn became a dying breed after many of the other species started to mine the crystals that kept their world alive. Now the ones that are left are wandering the world trying to reclaim the stolen crystals."


https://www.deviantart.com/omuk/art/The-Deeplings-857966561

"From an early age the little ones of the Deep have an on point sneaker game. They also like shiny stuff."


https://www.deviantart.com/omuk/art/The-Deeplings-858479604

"you can recognize an adult deepling by their split tails. These tails are stronger than their legs and will replace them eventually. All the more reason to let those pants sag to your knees."


https://www.deviantart.com/omuk/art/Potato-Collectors-859405021

"This groups of scrunchy villains is always on the hunt for the most smooth lookin potatoes. / Better hide em."

 

https://www.deviantart.com/yanadhyana/art/It-s-all-Bokkel-859186991