#pastiche

"Astarion with the Head of Cazador", a Caravaggio pastiche painting.

Did this earlier in the year. I never had a tumblr before so I'm sharing it now.

Sounds like a plan. 🤝

In other news, the 2026 calendar has now been sent to print, so thanks for all the pre-orders, everyone! We’re making some extra copies of it too, so if you still wish to grab one, please check out either one of our webstores, thank you! 🙌

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First attempt at drawing on canon/in the show artstyle and wow this was difficult- Already had respect for people who can replicate it on point but now that I've tried it myself I respect y'all even more XD The lineart was definitely a pain, I'm not used to doing lineart this clean with consistent line thickness but at least the coloring was easy. :) Even though the goal was to draw exactly to the show artstyle I couldn't help but experiment just slightly with the hair (combined the way his mullet and original undercut are drawn). Turned out pretty good in the end if I do say so myself.

Speedpaint below!

This is a photobash under the hood, that then got painted and "rendered." Not well, but, yeah, "rendered." It is based on a late 13th century illustration by an unknown artist that depicts St. Michael defeating the Devil.

The Book of Enoch isn't considered canon, but it's got all the fun stuff people like about Christianity like angels and mystic visions. You know, the GOOD stuff!

I don't think Simon is a Christian of any stripe that would count as one today. But bits and pieces of old religions endure in new ones. For example, the halo was originally used in depictions of sun gods like Apollo. When Christianity developed, artists needed a shorthand way to show divinity quickly and effectively to a largely illiterate population that would have been very familiar with the idea of gods and goddesses running around interacting with mortals, and also with how those gods and goddesses were traditionally depicted in religious art. Ta-daa! Just like that, the halo becomes Christian iconography, and the world just keeps on turning.

Clearly there are almost vestigial remnants of Christianity on Eden in the world of Iron Lung. The name of the space station alone carries a lot of weight. But, no, my goal in making this little piece wasn't to try and push some idea that Simon would have worshipped a Christian god or that he would believe in angels.

I promise, I just think of Simon as a dragon slayer, so it was either Michael or George, and Michael won the coin toss. :D

Darling Simon gets a halo here, but it looks to be made of uranium and a porthole made with Filament Station glass. Whoops.

For more about the Book of Enoch and for a the illustration I used to create my little Saint Simon, have a look below the cut!

storeroom

A paste-up for an ad that didn't make it to print, feat. Gil Favor.

from "Sherlock Holmes in the Lost World" by Martin Powell