lovebirds 🪶
My finished illustration of Polish old man yaoi for ‘My Liege’, a zine about gay knights organized by @dames-zine and @novaandmali !!
I feel deep satisfaction looking at this illustration, because it's not only lovely and very well done, with allusions to some fine Polish art traditions, but the character choice is exquisite AND guaranteed to make certain specific groups of people absolutely foaming at the mouth. Frothing :)
Some of you are not aware, but these characters are both connected with very very strong Polish mythos: they are both, in their own right, heroes, because winged hussars were indubitably our coolest cavalry ever; and the Kraków costume has strong connections with Kosynierzy (Scythemen), a formation of peasants armed with scythes and axes, first meant as auxiliary in Kościuszko insurrection of 1794, and then made famous by a minor, yet very culturally important battle of Racławice in which they took notable part. So. They are both among the most deeply meaningful figures of Polish history and symbols of military success narrative - the coolest of the cool, the most patriotic of all, and this is Very Satisfying :)
