A sketch of Hela, the Norse goddess of death, and all the canines associated with her: Garmr, her guard dog; Fenrisulfr, her brother; and Narfi, her half-brother. Wow, it's been a while since I drew Norse myth characters, hasn't it?

(I've always pictured Garmr as a Rottweiler for some reason. Don't ask why.)



In other news: we are done with moving out now, which means I'll have time to draw Falchron again! I'll try to get a page out next Friday, although no promises--I haven't even figured out sleeping at a consistent time yet, so it's possible I won't be able to get into the swing of doing scheduled, non-packing things right away. And I still need to do layouts for the next few pages, and probably re-familiarize myself with the style after not drawing ponies for a few weeks.

(Seriously on the sleep thing. Since we left I've gone to bed at 1pm (after packing all night and driving all morning), 6pm,  and now it's looking like it's gonna be 4am. I think I drove myself to exhaustion so many days in a row that my body hardly even registers regular everyday tiredness anymore.)

Inktober day 30

Prompt: combo, from A.I. list 1.

Ammut again

I don't know if you've noticed, but I like this girl a lot.

Inktober day 11

Prompt: cruel

"Mostly she is gloomy and cruel." ~the Prose Edda, about Hela

Not that I interpret her character that way....

SCAN:

Inktober day 6

A bit late, oops.

Prompt: drooling

Was planning to draw Cerberus, but I can never get his heads to look right, so I reused the body for a similar but easier to draw mythological figure: Garmr, the guard dog of Helheim in Norse mythology. He's a Rottweiler in my head for some reason. I guess he should probably be more menacing, given his role, but I didn't feel like drawing that.

SCAN:

Anubis and Ammut

The Egyptian god of the dead and his maybe-daughter, the Devourer of Souls.

Hela Lokadottir

Tryin' a slightly different style than usual. And a new design for Hela...again. I'm pretty happy with this one.

Loki's Family

Top row: Jormungandr the Midgard Serpent, Loki's first wife Angrboda, Nari Lokason

Middle row: Fenris Wolf, Loki's second wife Sigyn, Loki the Trickster God, Hela the Goddess of Death, Sleipnir the horse of Odin

Bottom row: Narfi Lokason

New designs for Fen, Jormie, and Hela here--not sure which ones I like better. Typically for an artist, I'm looking at this now going, "There are so many things I could have done better...." Ah well.

And yes, if you're wondering, Nari and Angrboda are ghosts and most of Loki's kids are animals. It's mythology, what can I say?

Loki's Children

Not sure I'm entirely happy with the shading on this, but oh well. These three are the children of Loki and the giantess Angrboda in Norse mythology; Hela, (front) is the Goddess of Death, Fenrir (middle) is destined to kill Odin at Ragnarok, and Jormungandr (back) is the Midgard Serpent and the prophesied killer of Thor.

Ammut