The goddess Athena, a major player in 'Peace' , the book that I'm doing with Martin Millar. The trick is to make her look beautiful but also intimidating.
Incidentally my studio mate George O'Connor did a really great graphic novel about Athena that I can wholeheartedly recommend.
Saturday, November 6, 2010
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Nice, I had a commish myself a month or so ago for Athena in the guise of a comic book styled super-hero.Had to do a bit of the usual research on her, I think you have captured her pretty well in your illo.
ReplyDeleteThe grey-eyed goddess certainly intimidated the gods when she sprang forth from Zeus' head, fully-armed, brandishing her spear, with a great battle-shout.
ReplyDeleteawsome im going to use this for my projet of gods and goddess' thanks for the information. :)
ReplyDeleteThat doesn't even say Athena...
ReplyDeleteAgreed. It's like a poster that i saw for the class of 2015 using the roman numerals IIOIV. Durr!
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