I never thought I would have to switch my art plans over personal drama going on but here I am
sorry that this going to have to delay things but I am switching back to my original painting ideas the mythology version of Universal Monsters
spiders, ghosts, jack o'lanterns, and black cats must wait.

A bat demon that's also kind of a single wing with a bunch of little hands

Over at the Nightwick patreon, @umlauthuth.bsky.social provides a very spooky demon bat! It's good!

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shapeshifting into such forms as a wolf, a bat, a rat, or even a fog and mist
the power to enthrall a persons mind even making them a loyal servant

while many vampires are fresh corpses that wander around, drink the blood of the living and then return to their grave to sleep Bram Stokers treatise on vampires Dracula shows a number of other abilities a vampire may have such as

a wooden stake through the heart or decapitation are both methods said to slay a vampire with no fear of it returning.
Powers-

vampires cannot enter someones home without being invited in.
Holy water is typically said to be able to hurt a vampire

Weaknesses-
a vampire can be warded off with garlic, religious symbols, and running water.
a vampire cannot enter consecrated ground.
a vampire is said to have no reflection and a silver mirror can possibly ward them off.

burying the body with religious symbols or coins over the eyes to pay the ferryman's toll to cross the river Styx

Prevention- there exist many methods that have been tried to prevent a deceased persons body from rising as a vampire and escaping from their grave such as:
burying the body upsides down
decapitating the body before burial and placing the head in the foot of the coffin

it is said you can hear the sound of chewing coming from the grave of a vampire such is their craving for blood that they gnaw and gnash their teeth even as they sleep in their graves.

a vampire can be identified by features such as long claws and sharp teeth, accounts of digging up suspected vampires graves also recall the vampires face being covered in the fresh blood of their recent victims.

or improperly buried corpses are also said to have turned into vampires. Malevolent spirits were also said to be able to possess corpses turning them into vampires.

a person can be turned into a vampire a number of ways almost always changing only after death. Being bitten by a vampire is one way but suicide victims, people connected with dark supernatural forces such as witches, and neglected unguarded

While similar stories of blood drinking creatures have existed all over the world it is 18th century Europe and especially notably Transylvania where those tales point cohesively towards todays subject the vampire ( common European vampire).

vampires often continue to wear their burial shrouds as they move about.

Vampire
Origin: Europe
Classification: undead, demon, cursed human
Appearance: vampires are reanimated corpses that appear strangely healthy and are described as having ruddy purplish skin or conversely extremely pale skin as well as long hair, long claw like nails, and long sharp teeth.

Vampire
#vampire #mythology #folklore #halloween #inktober
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October 1st gonna do one more upload of an older painting to kick the month off
kinda got caught up in some D&D session planning but new paintings soon.

- July- free month, fire theme
- August- Smaugust ( dragons)
- September- Septembird
- October- Inktober/Drawlloween
- November- this is when I will paint decembers paintings ( I lose my art space during this season...)
- Dcember- free theme, ice, winter, snow, christmas

oh i should speak on the schedule her are the events I'm going to try to participate in each year

- January: Goblin Week
- February- Faebruary/catch up month
- March- of the machines (contructs)
- April- April Showers ( rain/storm themed)
- May- Mermay
- June: Junicorn, junebug, Kaijune

anyway going to be off for a week while I seriously plan and start those watercolors.

If I find myself working at my absolute best I will try to do both themes.

so I had originally planned to do the mythology equivalent of the Universal Monsters this year for my Halloween theme

but I think a new idea has come to me I'm going to paint a mythological creature for major symbols of Halloween

Im thinking a spider, black cat,Jack-o-Lantern, owl, and skeleton

I used to be part of a really fun mythology forum but it all fell apart when one member turned out to be a bigoted piece of work who harassed another member of the community

I wish the other members of the group were online more but I never hear from them.
I really miss that community.

theres so many good artists on here if I'm not careful I could spend a day on here finding more and more.
I wonder if theres a follow limit I could reach that eventually too.

( out of character i keep trying to rephotograph this one the physical watercolor is more white and blue but no matter the lighting or whatever else I do it just keeps coming out a little darker and grayer than I want)

Ningen
Classification: Cryptid, Merfolk
Origin: Japan
Habitat: antartica,
Appearance: a large pale blue whale like creature that has a very large head, an oddly humanoid face with small beady eyes and a long slit for a mouth, and extremely long limbs arms ending in large hands

Ningen
#cryptid #merfolk #folklore #japan
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Ichthyocentaurs are closely associated with the god Triton and are often seen in the company of Aphrodite or Poseidon either swimming alongside them or pulling a chariot.

Ichthyocentaur
Alternate name: Sea-Centaur
Origin: Greece
Classification: merfolk
Appearance: like mermaids they have a human like upper body and a fish like lower body but with the forelegs of a horse and sometimes a pair of lobster like claws attached to their heads. often carry a trident

Ichthyocentaur
#merfolk #merman #centaur #mythology #folklore #greece
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