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Heya! Really love your art style, especially your Circe design. I was wondering what inspired her (Circe's) design, like the clothing style and all that good stuff, the reason I'm asking is because I also love to design characters and Circe's design really intrigued me, it's really simple yet still very elegant and feminine. So I was wondering what the reference and concepts were :D

Thank you! I don't really have references for Circe, but I can explain some of my choices for her. Hopefully that's helpful! :D

Circe was probably the first EPIC character I drew actually. I remember getting immediately excited for this musical when I noticed she would appear, because at the time I recently finished the Madeline Miller book Circe. So when I started doodling her I was basing mostly on the book interpretation of her character, and because of that, you'll notice that in these drawings she looks way more young and friendly than in the current design.

(also sorry for the quality on the second image, I sneezed when taking the picture and got too lazy to redo it)

Needless to say, the crop top and the long skirt starting at the hips aren't accurate to the period at all, but that was intentional! I think it fits that she looks so exotic and out of place, as her character in the musical is seen as this foreign threat to Odysseus' crew. She has this unfamiliar, yet seducing aura. Plus, the revealing outfit also represents how freely Circe and her nymphs live in Aeaea. Free of worries and men.

Still, at the time I wasn't really seeing Circe on these drawings. It's hard to explain, but something about her was a little bland, too elegant. Normally when I'm not "feeling it" with my character designs I try associating the character to an animal! I go over in my mind what feelings I want this character to pass off, and which animals better represent said feelings. You can see this pattern in some of my characters, how Athena has owl-like features (owls represent wisdom), how Hera's face resembles a peacock (they represent vanity), and, as I would figure out later, Circe matches with a lioness.

That's the thing that made Circe for me. What was missing on her old design was this feline, wild, but still imposing look. I gave her sharper features, lioness eyes, hair over the face, and shapes to represent various parts of a lioness. And there she was!

Very proud of her, I think I translated the image I had in my head for her as best as I could. Hope that was helpful in any way! :D

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random circe sketch

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redesigned Hermes and Circe to start the Circe saga.

Circe changed very little, I just changed her accessories a bit and added some ornaments to her hair (though it's a bit hard to see here).

I completely remade Hermes' outfit though. With his first design I was aiming to make him look like a traveller, but that aspect of his character isn't really present in Epic. Instead he has a more flashy, extravagant vibe. So yeah, I got rid of his big cape and gave him this one instead. Also gave him some extra armor on the legs to draw more attention to it ;)

I definitely prefer this outfit, with less fabric covering his body he looks more extroverted, and the fabric connected to his pulse will give all his movements an extra flare. The armor on the legs also provides a really nice silhouette!

I also changed his colors a bit! His outfit is now more of a violet/blue, dark color with shiny highlights, to give him this futuristic look and match with the synth of his songs. And I also changed his hair color to a more white-ish blonde to add contrast.

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took a break in the middle of citlali's tribe quest to draw them being gay

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Moiraine in that new outfit in Cairhien has taken over everything in my brain !!!!!!!!! no thoughts only Her

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Prints available here !

+ detail closeups

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Collage time!

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Aylin and Isobel flying together (drawn for Candy Hearts Exchange 2025).

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MOIRAINE AND SIUAN The Wheel of Time – 3.05 “Tel’aran’rhiod”

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you know what …. i’m actually okay with them not renewing the show.

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Alanna every episode this season

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let this be a lesson to us all that colourism is often the canary in the coal mine

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little added bonus to this post

(major 3x08 spoiler under the cut!!!)

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when i say i don’t think i can ever watch this episode again, i truly mean it. i haven’t been this upset since the walking dead season 7 premiere. RAFE AND JUSTINE WHEN I CATCH YOU.

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They are so right about it