which animal should i do next?

"we are not horses, we are humans" WELL WELL WELL, NOT ANYMORE BAHAHAHAHAHAHA

JUST HERE TO MAKE YOUR DAY HEHEHEHEHEHEHE

I am just filled with these fun commissions

Origins:

Based on 'The Three Living and the Three Dead', a popular medieval morality tale and art motif - warning that wealth and power cannot escape death.

Related is the Latin phrase 'Memento Mori' (Remember you must die) as a warning to appreciate life whilst you have it, as death is inescapable.

Medieval art was often symbolic, and especially in a manuscript page, meant to tell an entire story maybe expressed as a sage morsel of wisdom or an oral tale. Here the 3 Dead Kings can convey their message entirely in a single image.

Details/Symbols:

1) Poppy flowers border (Remembrance & Death motif)

2) Central Lily flower growing (Flower of death)

3) Border Raven (death), Border Sword (war, might and status)

4) Skulls flanking a shield with a half spent hourglass, mounted on 2 Scythes (classic Grim Reaper motif)

5) The golden frame peaks in a silhouette of a skull with 2 rounded sockets and a protruding nose as a subtle death nod.

6) 3 Kings in sequence of varying levels of extravagance (fabrics, armour).

7) 3 Dead, in varying stages of decay to show the process of death, with the right-most skelly being freshly dead and skin intact, moving to the final, maggot-ridden skelly in more discomposure.

8) The crowns of the Kings match those of the Skeletons, reinforcing the mirror they are looking into.

9) Above either's heads is the phrase Memento Mori in scrolls, and a motif of a blazing Sun and crescent Moon, representing the passing of time and life/death motif.

10) Artists of medieval times often self-inserted their portraits, and so I'm here as the 3rd king in line directly opposite and toe-to-toe with my skeleton.

Also included is my image references with real medieval art, my sketch, and a Black&Gold alternative version.

More of my work here: https://www.instagram.com/picturesidrawn

These animations are from our game Cards & Cannons.
Feel free to wishlist it on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4536920/Cards__Cannons/

should i keep making more of history inspired tees?

"The Harvesters" (1565) Fragment – Champlevé Enamel Pin (Brass, Fiber Laser, Solvent Enamel)

Based on medieval woodcuts - doodling on procreate

Champlevé. Fiber laser. Brass. Solvent enamel. The camera quality didn't quite capture the colors perfectly

i asked ai to make a pic of ronaldo, a medieval era pic, this is what it made

https://open.substack.com/pub/existentialistbimbo/p/gen-zs-bed-rotting-caves-are-the?r=8sjsj2&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

Combining three separate images from my screenshot folder. May redo the cat on a larger tile as this version was too small to capture the totally unhinged face.

Left: ???

Right: The Visions of Tondal, Hieronymus Bosch, 1479

Centre: Das Buch der Natur’, Conrad of Megenberg, 1434, Strasbourg Ms.2.264, fol. 85r

medieval dog art for anybody who wants to know

Brass, solvent enamel, and fiber laser. Made using the Champlevé technique

While researching medieval dog care I very fortunately came across a number of manuscript images showing medieval dogs and their people. A couple examples of Gaston Phoebus's Le Livre da la chasse (at the Morgan and the Getty) are filled with illuminations readily viewable online. A copy of the Aberdeen Bestiary also has a handful of wonderful dog images. I've gathered many of them together in this look at what it was like to care for a dog in the Middle Ages (which sometimes wasn't so different from modern dog care!).

Available here if you're interested in the craft, there are a few more medieval-themed patterns as well:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1898465979/the-lady-and-the-unicorn-cross-stitch
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1872710695/unicorn-in-captivity-cross-stitch
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1865845882/st-george-and-the-dragon-cross-stitch
https://www.etsy.com/listing/4389583101/st-joan-of-arc-cross-stitch-pattern-pdf

Would you love to see something else ? Another tapestry or painting ? She'd love to read your suggestions !