Oooooo Ive been drawing and painting traditionally again! Paintings of DnD characters from a homebrew campaign, Alma and Barbarous.

“Mathematical Treatise” (or Almagest), written by Ptolemy in the 2nd c. CE, represents the culmination of ancient Babylonian and Greek mathematical astronomy, and it is a stunning achievement for its high degree of accuracy in predictions of the planet's positions. It was the basic astronomical guide for 1500 years! This is a Byzantine copy of the 9th century, depicting the Zodiacs, months, days, and nights as women, and between them numbers that indicate the exact date and time that the sun enters a new zodiac. Helios (the Sun) is depicted as a king at the center with his chariot and white horses. This is not an isolated example of this type of manuscript - this ancient Roman theme can be found from villas and sunagogues all the way to Lesnovo monastery and even post-Byzantine churches in Greece.

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March 4, 2024:

Marigold Primary, Veilspun, Gembond.

Really love the layers in this art especially the use of shadows and the colors to show a lot of clues... gorgeous art for a phenomenal fic.