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In Greek mythology, the Minotaur was a creature with the head of a bull on the body of a man or, as described by Ovid, "part man and part bull." It dwelt at the center of the Cretan Labyrinth, which was an elaborate maze-like construction built for King Minos of Crete and designed by the architect Daedalus and his son Icarus who were ordered to build it to hold the Minotaur. The historical site of Knossos, with over 1300 maze like compartments is identified as the site of the labyrinth. The Minotaur was eventually killed by Theseus, the son of Aegeas.-wikipedia!!
believe it or not I actually started this a week before the history channel started doing clash of the gods. I wanted to put together an illustration portfolio of ancient mythology and gods and whatnot. Kind of a cliche concept, but still fun
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Wow That Poor Thing No Wonder He Became a Massifle Wraithfull Monster That Imperrer So Much Things.
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Trouble was, the monster, spawn of an unnatural act, had no human feelings. A manEater. TheseusΒ did the wirld a favor by terminating this freak of Chaos.
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So sad 
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Can I publish your paintingΒ on my blog?. I find it splendid. I will add a link to your page, of course.
My blog: minotaure.centerblog.net/Β
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Awe Poor Minotaur! Also love the skin textures. What mediums did you use in creating this? What was your first layer/medium? Excuse the bombardment of questions..
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Itβs nice to see that Iβm not alone in my feelings that Asterius was more a victim than a monster.
Itβs a terrific piece!
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i just stumbled upon this while investigating the Kubert school. There is a lot of emotional resonance in this piece of art and felt a need to tell the creator that I appreciate it.
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i just stumbled upon this while investigating the Kubert school. There is a lot of emotional resonance in this piece of art and felt a need to tell the creator that I appreciate it.
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To jest kurwa mega zajebiste. JesteΕ mistrzem !
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I absolutely love this picture, the emotion layout and colors. I just wanted to say thanks because this picture inspired my term essay for my Child Development class on an analogy between Minotaur's story and the plight of children abandoned because of dissibilites.
Much love and thanks~
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Awww i did always feel sorry for the minataur being abandoned. I love the detail its gorgous.
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I see a shade of sadness and despair in its eyes! I love this concept and I almost feel sorry for the poor dude
moreover your choices of colors for the background really brings out the maze coldness
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This is really amazing work!! I adore the shades and the colors!! really amazing work!
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i absolutely love this picture. i dont know i its wrong to say this or not, but i think the minotaur looks really cute in this(the head)
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how you took on the concept is just brilliant!
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Finally! A different depiction of the Minotaur, as I often think of him. 
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Was the Minatour that intimidating towards King Minos that he just had to treat him like an "it" ?
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I really like how the title gives a different idea to the concept of the minotaur as being an abandoned child instead of the monster it is usually depicted as. I read a version where it did sympathize more with the creature but the illustrations were childish and not very fitting. This on the otherhand really captured that emotion. I love it!!
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This concept is actually kind of heartbreaking... I feel sorry for the poor creature. Thank you for a wonderful piece that evokes so much emotion!
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Truely deserving of the accolaide(well of any accolaide given)... Congratulations.
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There seems to be so much symbolism in the picture. I was a tad disappointed not to see much elaboration on the composition of the piece...but nevertheless, it's well done.
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Love it, reminds me a Borge's story (Asterion's House). Great Job!
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now that is just freaky. i love it and the colors are what really bring it out. great work
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After story its more interesting...
Story conveyed very well...
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The detail and emotion of his is so wonderful. I love Greek myths and I've read both non-fiction and fictional adaptations of the Minotaur myth. This definitely captures his vulnerability as a child, the side not really shown in the myths generically. Great work!
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Hmmm this proves that there are currents of ideas, because I drew a child Minotaur (not nearly this detailed and beautiful) a couple weeks ago on a whim.
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Aw, man. This is beautiful and IMO much more likely to reflect how a real minotaur would be. At least when no one's around.
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Beautiful and amazing... APLAUSOS!!! from MΓ©xico....
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