tired of complicated and show-offy art challenges? Then this is the event for you!
doodlecember is my concept for an art challenge that exists solely to have you flex your art muscles just enough to keep you sharp without the pressure of making something “spectacular”. How does it work?
RULES:
1. you can only use one layer (if digital) and only pen (if traditional).
2. try not to scratch out bad lines or erase anything– the idea of doodling is letting yourself draw without thinking too much!
3. draw the FIRST thing that pops into your head when you read the prompt.
4. you can spend no more than 5 minutes on the drawing– so draw fast!
hopefully these guidelines will encourage you to draw faster and looser than you otherwise would! If you do use this template tag it with #doodlecember so i can see your drawings ^^ and good luck!
7 Ancient Ruins Around The World “Reconstructed” with GIFs
In these GIFs made for Expedia by NeoMam and Thisisrender, seven architectural wonders are reconstructed into their original form, allowing us to see how the ruins visible today developed from the initial structures in all their glory.
Identified from the top:
The Parthenon Athens, Greece / 432 BC
Luxor Temple Luxor, Egypt / 1380 BC
Nohoch Mul Pyramid (Coba) Quintana Roo, Mexico / 100 BC-100 AD
Temple of Jupiter Pompeii, Italy / 200 BC
Milecastle 39 (Part of Hadrian’s Wall) Northumberland, England / 100 AD
The Pyramid of the Sun, Teotihuacán Teotihuacan, Mexico / 200 CE
Area Sacra di Largo Argentina—Temple B Rome, Italy / 101 BC
Barnaby Furnas (American, b. 1973), Red Sea Black Sun III, 2012. Geurra water dispersed pigments, Dr. Ph. Martin’s anilene dye, colored pencil and acrylic on linen, 23.125 x 31.5 in.
I have read (and see) something about Hades and Persephone having chickens in the underworld, but this is really a fact or is something invent?
Chickens were indeed sacred to Hades and Persephone and an example of this are the terracotta votive tablets from Locri -the ones of the pictures-. There are some books about this subject like Iconography of Religions by Bianchi or Locrian Maidens by Redfield.
The cock/chicken “became the chthonic bird, and was used on tombs, as emblematic of the hope of a reawakening to life”. (Peters) and it is also refered as “an infernal animal of passage” by Bernabe in his book Instructions for the Netherworld: the orphic gold tablets.He also says: ”Cocks allude to the world of the afterlife: as intermediaries between the soul and the Beyond, they intercede between the world of the dead and that of the living”.
Remember Persephone was the goddess of renewal, so at least in Locri, the cock was an usual attribute of her. And in other cultures cocks-chickens were seen as animals related to renewal and life (eggs have that symbolism tooo).
😀 so. chickens for Hades and Persephone all the way.
General Kenobi. Years ago you served my father in the Clone Wars. Now he begs you to help him in his struggle against the Empire. I regret that I am unable to present my father’s request to you in person, but my ship has fallen under attack, and I’m afraid my mission to bring you to Alderaan has failed. I have placed information vital to the survival of the Rebellion into the memory systems of this R2 unit. My father will know how to retrieve it. You must see this droid safely delivered to him on Alderaan. This is our most desperate hour. Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You’re my only hope.
wrennette 