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The type of wackiness a man creates when he sees one too many Polites hate posts.

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Telemachus and Uncle Polites bonding time !!

[ Individually cut down beloww ↓↓ ]

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anyway im still trying to figure out how to draw his face

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Hermes being Tele's wingman while he is in Pylos is so funny to me

also yes, he did just change his hair color to orange just because he said that gingers are the prettiest

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The Epic sillies and my strange pairings.

Also first time mentioning my Hermes x Perimedes / Aeolus x Perimedes pairs. I think the serious man deserves silly lovers -w-

Ody bonus:

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^ closeups

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Polites, my big softie..

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cutest sunshine in the entire universe, space, and beyond 🗣️ 🌺

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Just two dudes chilling in the underworld...stalking ppl

Greet the world with open arms? More like Open fist season, Greet these hands bro

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Gricko is the girldad ever actually

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CW: Very suggestive stuff up ahead -w-

Have some wholesome PosePoli before it gets a lil silly. As well as an updated Poseidon design cause why not.

Look I couldn’t help myself- I just had to draw more of this Polites. Who I’ve gone on and named Whorlites because I’m just so clever /silly /j Also I just wanted to reference that one post because of how wild it is. My jaw genuinely dropped when I read that the first time.

Will I continue to draw him,,, of course. Honestly got two PosePoli based ideas/aus cooking up rn. Granted there’s no “open legs” theme to them. So you’d be spared of sin for once :b

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And they were roommates

They are everything

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Crush…………

Details under cut :3c

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Finally, I am happy to present to you my ...

EPIC: THE MUSICAL | ACT I [Character Design project]

I have been working on these for a long time and I am very happy with how these turned out. I am a huge fan of visual character design and I simply needed to do a full lineup.

Act II will follow shortly (it is all done except for Ithaca Saga, which I will add as soon as it drops.) Please enjoy, and read below for some thoughts and background on some of my design choices!

TROY | CYCLOPS ft. Odysseus, Athena, Eurylochus, and Polites

With Odysseus, I really wanted to emphasize his free spirit in this era and mark him as Athena's warrior, so I gave him a special belt and some armbands that represent her (this was inspired by some of @mircsy's work). He also has heterochromia; his left eye is green, representing his cunning, wisdom, and spirit; his right eye is gray, representing his ruthlessness and warrior side.

I simply love Athena in purple/gold. Her mask is a symbol of her invulnerability and comes off only during "My Goodbye" when Odysseus tells her that she's alone. Her cape can also transform into wings, and her eyes are actually golden without the mask.

I had to give Eurylochus his large anime sword (it's just as heavy as it looks but he likes it that way because that means no one besides him is strong enough to wield it ... I imagine Eurylochus can bench press at least Odysseus' and Polites' weights combined. He and Polites are also wearing variants of Odysseus' armor, indicating that they belong to the same army.

Listen, I can vibe with Eurylochus' giant sword but I draw the line at Polites with glasses, sorry. He still gets the hairband, of course. He's also dressed more casually, and without a weapon, because of his pacifistic outlook. He's the physically weakest among the trio by far but also still an inch taller than Odysseus (it's fine, Odysseus is still like 5'10, his friends are just all so freaking tall...)

OCEAN ft. Aeolus, Poseidon, and Odysseus

Not gonna lie, I LOVED designing Aeolus' outfit. She's playful and mischievous and loves to hang out in the clouds all day; her outfit is probably made out of clouds let's be real. Also yes, her image on the windbag moves to make cheeky faces.

Poseidon I cannot imagine without tentacles anymore thanks to @gigizetz's "Ruthlessness", idk it just fits him so well. He definitely got all dressed up to go and sink Odysseus' fleet that day, he has a reputation, you know? And he just likes the shiny gold and accessories; the ocean is full of them so why wouldn't he?

Since breaking up with Athena, Odysseus lost her belt and armbands. He's still wearing her brooch because he couldn't bring himself to fully throw that away as well yet. Polites' hairband around his wrist reminds him of what he's fighting for and what to live by ... for now (Poseidon is about to ruin this man's whole career...)

CIRCE | UNDERWORLD ft. Circe, Hermes, and Tiresias

I wanted to give Circe the "witch" vibe while putting a Greek spin on it and I actually adore her design. She seems both immortally youthful (something I aim for with all my god designs) and motherly. There she was, gathering some herbs when a bunch of strangers crash onto her island ... Oh well, at least this man was a good man this time.

Hermes is kind of just Hermes. I wanted to keep him shaded, a bit impish, and definitely up to no good. He's wearing the contrasting colors on purpose, by the way. And yes, his hat can fly on its own ... But for it to do that he'd have to actually be willing to show his face which he seldom does unless he really trusts you.

Tiresias is a soul, so he has the same kind of ageless youth as all my gods (something that goes for souls of dead people too, since I like to think they get to appear at whatever age they want after death.) He's looking a bit regal since he's a prophet, so I imagine regarded highly, even in the Underworld. Instead of the blindfold, his hood covers his face, adorned with a symbolic eye to identify him and his skill.

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Well, that's it for ACT I, friends, I hope you liked these! I will upload ACT II asap. Please comment and/or tell me your thoughts about my designs! And feel free to ask any questions you may have! I would love to talk more about these.

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While I work on my fanfic. Take some aeolus' apprentice odypoli

Full version below the cut!!

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|| Every night that Odysseus felt like the world was getting the better of him, every night that he felt like the pressure of being king would crush him, every time his duties tormented him, he went to that courtyard in the palace, to that place that could be only his and someone else's.

Polites seemed to know that Odysseus was feeling bad just by looking at him, even hours before Odysseus himself knew it. During the Trojan War it was no different and every night they both left their tents and walked away from bodies and blood, where they could only feel each other's presence.

Polites could see the positive in everything, even in the worst situation, Odysseus was not able to do that and that is why he constantly needed that light that Polites meant in his life. The only time he heard him hesitate or doubt, think of some negative scenario, was with that question. "Do you think we will survive?" Odysseus was quick to respond, assuring that he would not let anything happen to his crew, his team, to him. It was a promise that had been decreed only with their glances before Odysseus confirmed it with words.

He would protect the light of his life no matter what he faced because he needed it, more than he thought and it was too late when, in due time, he held his cold body against his own, trying to give him warmth, trying to wake him up. It must have been a dream, a hallucination caused by the cold of that Cyclops' cave. For Odysseus, it was unreal to be holding the dead body of his best friend, Polites. His light was gone. ||

I wanted to try making a comic with a new brush I found for ibis, it looks like a crayon. I like it.

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"Polites and Odysseus were in love,” I say into the mic.

The crowd boos. I begin to walk off in shame, when a voice speaks and commands silence from the room.

"He's right," they say. I look for the owner of the voice. There in the 2nd row stands: Jorge Rivera-Herrans.