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An oil painting I did a log time ago. I have no regrets idea where it is. I don’t think I ever finished it

Apollon. By SallyA

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Re doing this series.. if anyone has any suggestions let me know

I'm doing a thing.

I'm drawing a series of scavengers called "you're welcome ". In reference to the services they provide. It's kind of a devotional to Hel.

This is the 1st 0ne, a Turkey vulture.

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Thor going for ride in his goat cart.

By SallyA

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Going to redo

Thor by SallyA

Man I need better lighting.

Work in progress.

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Unicorn in the rain.

Old art

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My old art. I should redo them because I have no idea where they are

Carpe Diem is a front facing human skull in yellow peonies? On a white background

Momento mori carpe diem in silver is a 3 quarters view human skull on blue morning glories with green leaves on a blue and white background

Both are mostly watercolor. Possible future prints.

By SallyA

For hel

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Old drawings of a Pangolin

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hot artists don't gatekeep

I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.

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Intro. 🎨

I’m Sayjo, I sign my art SJA

Pronouns she/her.

Most of my art is traditional, usually pen, pencil, and watercolor.

I’m open to constructive criticism, especially about my art showing people/deities/ folklore from your culture or if you know about the time period.. I try to be accurate about historical figures.

I’m going to work on making prints and selling my art.

My other blogs are

@sayjoisme84 personal

@honoringthor my pagan blog

@artbyfemme my art history blog

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Âu Co?

Vietnamese Tiên and ancestor who loves the mountains and bore 100 kids in an egg sac. Her husband was Lac Long Quân, a dragon. They partied amicably. . They each took 50 kids who became the Vietnamese people.

I did this awhile ago. Might redo when I get fixated on goddesses and historical figures again. Maybe make her more snowy.

I don’t know where I got her outfit or what she’s holding. I think I attempted to find older traditional clothes? I made her look to European?

I’m open to any constructive criticism, especially from people who honor her.

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Tin hinan/ Tamenokalt “woman of the tents” by sja

4th century Taureg queen . Her tomb may be located in the Sahara in the Hoggar region of Algeria 🇩🇿 She is said to have brought her people to the Tafilet region. There are multiple legends about

No idea how accurate this is. I used modern Tuareg women(tamajeq) as reference

General info because I didn’t know anything about them before making this.

The Tuareg are a mostly matrilineal culture belonging to the Berber ethnic group. They’re semi nomadic and live around the regions of de Libya 🇱🇾 to northern Nigeria 🇳🇬 Once converted to Islam(specifically Sunni Islam), they spread it to the rest of North Africa and the Sehel region. Their writing is called Tifinagh and language is Tamasheq/Tamaheq/Tamajeq depending on dialect.

They have began to take up farming and move to cities to survive as the partitioning of Africa into countries which make it harder to be nomadic, there have also been attempts to liberate their slave caste (Ikelan? Not sure if they’re actually still slaves)These things has resulted in more conflicts and discrimination. In 2021 IS-GS attacked multiple villages in Niger specifically targeting Tuareg inhabitants(possibly in response to cattle raids) resulting in the murder of 141 people

My source is Wikipedia so take it with a grain of salt.

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Sasanian plate of Goddess Anahita 5th-6th C. CE.

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Persian dancer by sja

I don’t remember what era.