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/silly/but would also love to know 👀/I can't remember how long ago those were

EMHM Eclipse is cat-coded for sure. But the bull symbolism still has a lot of meaning for him. Specifically the Minotaur because of the monster that was in his mindscape [himself but tangled]. Someone created as a an accident, a mistake. Unloved. Treated like a terrible thing that didn't deserve to exist. Imprisoned before he ever committed a crime and shunned by those that should have been his family. But there's also the sacrificial bull. Expected to die because someone else willed it. And the bull of the cruel bullfighters arena. Jabbed and taunted until he reacts violently and then his death is a spectacle to be cheered at. Someone who can be peaceful if treated with care. I guess I could stretch the metaphor to a pun about mechanical bulls as well. You need a certain kind of tenacity and ability to roll with punches to ride one for very long. The crescent horns are a lunar symbol, but there are Apis bulls of the sun as well. That carry the solar disk between their horns.

It's @theinfamousdoctorf 's Sun and Eclipse from emhm!

Anyone entering Eclipse's mindscape seems to take on a fleshy, amphibian, almost starfish-like look and texture, and just beneath them is the sprawling labyrinth of the backrooms. Thought they'd fit really well for Mermay, I'm glad I just about managed to finish these in time!!!!

The way that Paul Kidby draws things associated with the Death of the Discworld. He maintains the original description of his household as being everything black on black and then edges it with just the barest violet-blue to indicate supernatural things are afoot. But it’s an effect I’ve used in my own paintings as well. The black-white monochrome plus that one color is so nice to look at. And it bounces the bits of yellow on Eclipse and makes them glow even more. I can FEEL the dangerous teetering on that edge too.

Poor sun looks so confused hanging there. <3 like I could give him a little push and he’d just sort of spin like when a mama otter fluffs up a baby and leaves them floating. XD

The texture on Eclipse’s rays is so so nice. It looks rubbery and perfect. His reaction to shedding that water is also spot on. And his pinch-an-inch. Poor thing is not used to having a little fat.<3

The spikiness on the backs of their arms and calves was a good choice. I like Creature from the Black Lagoon feel.

Thank you so so much. I love your artwork. <3

Caught a kiln plink!!!! This is literally the sound of the glass glaze cracking over the surface of the clay as it settles. When you have a freshly unloaded kiln you hear this a lot! And sometimes they’ll plink just once days or even weeks later. Particularly crackly glazes will make a lot of noise. Turn it way up, it’s right at the end and it’s very quiet. :)

My artist statement is very frequently- I thought of a thing and decided to make it exist. :)

Ready to brave the fire again!