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Published: 2016-06-03 04:21:57 +0000 UTC; Views: 18511; Favourites: 303; Downloads: 0
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Wheww thank god i skipped a week of school to work on this hahaha............I recently reread the Son of Neptune (for like the millionth time lol) and I just wanted to draw some Greek mythology-based illustration!!
So featured here is the god of sleep, Hypnos, and the god of death, Thanatos, brothers according to Ovid, and Waterhouse (fantastic painter, I highly recommend checking him out; why wasn't I born in his era!!) was a huge inspiration, like always
The idea that sleep and death are like two sides of a same coin was mentioned (I think) in Riordan's book, I'm pretty sure it was the son of neptune.. But i thought that line in particular was really thought-provoking!! and since they're brothers, even more interesting! i love mythology
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Favourite take on classical style. I wanna cry.
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It looks just like a historical painting and it's amazing! Very well done.
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thanks so much! yeah classical paintings have really influenced me lately 
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Wow!! That is so freaking gorgeous, love the historical context behind it! If you don't mind, what brush did you use to create this amazing piece?
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Thank you so much! Glad you like it
I used a custom oil brush for Photoshop, but I usually use the default chalk brush in ps. There isn't much difference between the two, though. This is because I prefer a more rectangular shape of the brush over the usual circular brushes that you find in paint tool SAI or photoshop's default basic brushes. (since there aren't any actual perfectly circular brushes in real life that I know of haha, and I try to base my painting technique off of traditional oil painters') However, I've noticed in my artwork, and many other artists too, that the type of brush you use doesn't really matter, since it's just a tool, and in order to paint well, the fundamentals (color theory, values, structure and drawing) need to be learned and utilized. I have a tip for painting, though, and it is to paint in the direction of the contour of the object, and to realize that no color exists by itself. It's always supported (for lack of a better word) by other colors.
So yeah, if you have any more questions, feel free to ask away!
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Thank you so much! You should think about doing tutorials on YouTube, you would be great!
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You're welcome 
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