Still the Ocean Child

Patroclus for @creatingblackcharacters Melanin Beam Challenge!

I used colored pencils and based him on the design in Hades, especially the green lighting. But I wanted to depict him somewhere other than the afterlife, so I showed him as being part of the natural world in death. I turned the blue-green background of Elysium into a galaxy with the pillar becoming a nebula, and I made the River Lethe into a braided river that's now part of his robes. I also put some celestial designs onto the gold trim.

Thank you so much to Ms. Ice for organizing the MBC and for all your lessons, especially the ones about colorful lighting on brown skin!

(Image of the Hades Elysium reference below the cut)

Neil