#my other favorite brother-father dynamic is Ascanio and Ludovico. I think those two are more claustrophobic than these guys
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Valentinian & Valens
Iâm mostly playing off of Subleyrasâ paintings featuring Valens and Theodosius for my own interpretations. part of me wants to put them through the forced twin-ification blender, since they already have the brother-father-maker dynamic down. whatâs one more increasingly claustrophobic association in the name of themes and narratives!
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#celebrated turning 29 the other day by drawing my man and his brother and combined theyâre my url w/ saturated colors#my other favorite brother-father dynamic is Ascanio and Ludovico. I think those two are more claustrophobic than these guys#if Iâm being honest. but I also read Brotherly Love and Iâm like. yeah okay so ALL imperial families are insular to the point of#unavoidable textual weirdness. youâll die and your absence will create terrible situations etc. ascension. wedding. funeral.#late Roman Empire tag#drawing tag
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