your dream now turns the wheel of the stars

Georg Erler (1871–1950)

“Scherzo in Moll” portfolio cover illustration, n.d.

This is the Hermes piece I’m currently working on. His design motifs are roosters, gold coins, wanderers, and baseball catchers.

This is Dionysus from the time when he was raised as a girl to keep him hidden from Queen Hera. I tried so hard to use fewer lines that I consider this piece a failure... (I’ll pay more attention to the line art next time...) Still, it felt like too much of a waste not to post it.

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Ariadne: (He’s so, so, so adorable! Could I try talking to him?)

Ariadne: Um?

Ariadne: (He’s... kind of huge, isn’t he?)

That’s right. In my universe, all the gods are large—even the goddesses...

(That little boy later grew into a massive, muscular man... just like the other Greek gods...)

cw: blood!!

This is my own design of Dionysus. His motif is white grapes, so his design is unusual in that it doesn’t feature any purple.

While developing his color palette, I looked at a range of photographic references featuring Greek actors and used them as a general guide for comparing colors. Thank you to the friends who helped me with the coloring and gave me feedback.

From "Side-by-Side with Sub-Mariner!" in Fantastic Four #33, December 1964. Stan Lee script, Jack Kirby pencils, Chic Stone inks, Stan Goldberg (?) colors, Artie Simek letters.

絶望

Night in the City

Rodolphe Bresdin (1822–1885), “Nightmare”