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A god nobody asked me to draw, but I did it anyway cause I needed him for a personal project.

--Vidarr, Odin's avenger------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
In Norse mythology, Vidarr is the son of Odin, the All-father and leader of the Aesir gods,
and Gridr, a female jotunn who was an ally to the Aesir. He is brother to gods such as Thor,
Baldr and Váli, and is described as a powerful warrior almost as strong as Thor himself, who is
called upon by the Aesir to help during times of great need. During Ragnarok, it is foretold that
the monstrous wolf Fenrir will free himself from his bonds and devour Odin, who then will be
avenged by his son Vidarr. Vidarr will tear the wolf's jaw open by stepping down with one foot
on the lower jaw while grabbing the upper jaw with his hand, and then kill him by either ripping
his mouth apart or stabbing the beast in the heart with his sword. Made for the sole purpose
of fighting Fenrir, Vidarr's boots are described as being incredibly thick and strong, being made
and strengthened from collected leather scraps discarded from the making of thousands of leather
shoes (in some versions his boots are instead made of iron, though). Every time a human
discards a piece of leather, they are essentially aiding the god in his future battle against Fenrir.
He is also described as a "silent god", which has been theorized by scholars as a sort ritualistic
abstention in preparation for his act of vengeance, an oath of sorts, and may be related to the
similar customs of some Germanic tribes who absent themselves from grooming or shaving
before killing an enemy. Alongside his brother Vali, and the sons of his brother Thor, Modi and
Magni, Vidarr will be one of the few gods who will survive Ragnarok.
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(No, this isn't because of the new God of War, far from it.)
Another very obscure one this time, who probably wasn't so deserving of being illustrated, and yet,
here we are.

The idea at the start was to focus on Vidarr's enormous boots as the main focus of the design. Later I
decided to focus on both his legs and shoes as a whole, the idea was for him to be a relatively scrawny
dude from the waist up, and really muscular from the waist down, almost in a comical way, trying to play
up with body proportions a bit. Remember the anchor arms from Sponge Bob? Yeah, kinda like that.

The more I did it though, the more became clear people didn't like it very much, it was just too silly, and
my drawing skills couldn't pass that huge anatomic mess as something intentional instead of me just
butchering the hell out of human anatomy yet again... Then the skull was inserted, I tried to make him
cooler, buffed him up a bit in general to compensate, and the whole leg thing was lost... He still has very
muscular legs, but I guess it isn't nowhere near as noticeable as I once intended. A bit bummed out I
didn't achieve what I set out to do, but I guess as non popular this drawing is gonna be among you all,
it's probably for the better compared to the original version.

The skull is Fenrir's of course! Taken straight out from the famous illustrations featuring the battle between
the two. Of course, it's nowhere near as big as it should be... It's just for the sake of the posing. Maybe it's
just a fake?
If there are any biology fanatics among you all, I'm sorry in advance, I tried to find good references for a wolf skull,
and this was the best I could do...

Being a silent god of vengeance and all Vidarr seemed to be to fit the edgy brooding type... The clothes and
the colors made him look a lot like Simon Belmont from the Castlevania series now that I look at it, but it wasn't
intentional. If you want to take a look at the other color palettes once considered for him, you can check that
out right here .

Well, that's it from me, hope you all liked it!
See you all next time!

Description
A god nobody asked me to draw, but I did it anyway cause I needed him for a personal project.

--Vidarr, Odin's avenger------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
In Norse mythology, Vidarr is the son of Odin, the All-father and leader of the Aesir gods,
and Gridr, a female jotunn who was an ally to the Aesir. He is brother to gods such as Thor,
Baldr and Váli, and is described as a powerful warrior almost as strong as Thor himself, who is
called upon by the Aesir to help during times of great need. During Ragnarok, it is foretold that
the monstrous wolf Fenrir will free himself from his bonds and devour Odin, who then will be
avenged by his son Vidarr. Vidarr will tear the wolf's jaw open by stepping down with one foot
on the lower jaw while grabbing the upper jaw with his hand, and then kill him by either ripping
his mouth apart or stabbing the beast in the heart with his sword. Made for the sole purpose
of fighting Fenrir, Vidarr's boots are described as being incredibly thick and strong, being made
and strengthened from collected leather scraps discarded from the making of thousands of leather
shoes (in some versions his boots are instead made of iron, though). Every time a human
discards a piece of leather, they are essentially aiding the god in his future battle against Fenrir.
He is also described as a "silent god", which has been theorized by scholars as a sort ritualistic
abstention in preparation for his act of vengeance, an oath of sorts, and may be related to the
similar customs of some Germanic tribes who absent themselves from grooming or shaving
before killing an enemy. Alongside his brother Vali, and the sons of his brother Thor, Modi and
Magni, Vidarr will be one of the few gods who will survive Ragnarok.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

(No, this isn't because of the new God of War, far from it.)
Another very obscure one this time, who probably wasn't so deserving of being illustrated, and yet,
here we are.

The idea at the start was to focus on Vidarr's enormous boots as the main focus of the design. Later I
decided to focus on both his legs and shoes as a whole, the idea was for him to be a relatively scrawny
dude from the waist up, and really muscular from the waist down, almost in a comical way, trying to play
up with body proportions a bit. Remember the anchor arms from Sponge Bob? Yeah, kinda like that.

The more I did it though, the more became clear people didn't like it very much, it was just too silly, and
my drawing skills couldn't pass that huge anatomic mess as something intentional instead of me just
butchering the hell out of human anatomy yet again... Then the skull was inserted, I tried to make him
cooler, buffed him up a bit in general to compensate, and the whole leg thing was lost... He still has very
muscular legs, but I guess it isn't nowhere near as noticeable as I once intended. A bit bummed out I
didn't achieve what I set out to do, but I guess as non popular this drawing is gonna be among you all,
it's probably for the better compared to the original version.

The skull is Fenrir's of course! Taken straight out from the famous illustrations featuring the battle between
the two. Of course, it's nowhere near as big as it should be... It's just for the sake of the posing. Maybe it's
just a fake?
If there are any biology fanatics among you all, I'm sorry in advance, I tried to find good references for a wolf skull,
and this was the best I could do...

Being a silent god of vengeance and all Vidarr seemed to be to fit the edgy brooding type... The clothes and
the colors made him look a lot like Simon Belmont from the Castlevania series now that I look at it, but it wasn't
intentional. If you want to take a look at the other color palettes once considered for him, you can check that
out right here .

Well, that's it from me, hope you all liked it!
See you all next time!