#also wasn’t dirks original project name ‘Anubis’?

[pixeliis]

Hey! I've just found you but I fell in love with your work. It is trully amazing. Congrats and thanks for sharing it. I was curious about something: what inspired you for your Icarus and Apollo piece and for the text with it? Is there any background for it or any legend about them meeting or interacting? Because I've never heard of one but I loved the idea of it. Thank you again. Hope you're doing well.

hi!!!! thank you very much!! I always love getting messages like this 🥺

as for the Icarus and Apollo piece, the newest one was a commission, however the old one, with the text that reads something like “Icarus crawled onto shore and said your dad won’t find us here”, honestly? I just found the text on a tumblr post and thought it was really really pretty. I don’t know if it’s from a book, or just a random quote or even something made up by the op, but it inspired me tbh. I just love symbolism- with dirk being Icarus (because of his Blackwing project name being Icarus if you didn’t know) and todd being Apollo, which I think is the god of the sun in Greek mythology?

If there were any lore to the piece(es), I would imagine it would be something like dirk thinking that he’s just a holistic detective with psychic-but-not-really traits, except he’s actually part god or something, and with that I think everything would play out the same way it did canonically, their meeting- interacting- etc.

I always imagined the original piece to be set in the castle-ish place in wendimoor where dirk finds beast. I remember someone reblogging my art and saying “it kind of looks like a departure kiss cus todd looks upset but dirk looks calm” and that was basically what it was! like when dirk is about to jump through the portal (yes I know it wouldn’t make sense because both Todd and Amanda have to hold open the portal but let me dream) to go back to Blackwing and find the boy, I think that’s where it would be set. I know Blackwing is already dangerous for dirk to be in, but if there was a story behind the art, it would be that dirk knows Blackwing is dangerous and could likely get him killed, hence the departure kiss thing.

I don’t know how it relates to the idea of Icarus and Apollo and dirk being kind of a god but. I never fully fleshed out the lore behind it all, it just seemed like an interesting concept to draw so it’s up to the viewer tbh! Maybe dirk knew it was dangerous because of the slight omnipotence that comes with being part god? maybe he figured out that he was part god because something about the Cardenas’ case lead him to that conclusion? and maybe it’s not a departure kiss but instead a “I was worried about you” kiss? that would probably make more sense in all honestly. maybe they kiss in the scene after Francis transports everyone back to their own world, except he leaves dirk and todd in wendimoor for a little bit? Lol idk. have fun with it!! make stuff up!! I don’t care!!