PAINTED MUMMY PORTRAITS OF EGYPTIANS DURING THE ROMAN PERIOD

PAINTED MUMMY PORTRAITS OF EGYPTIANS DURING THE ROMAN PERIOD

The painted mummy portraits of Roman Egypt almost uncannily bring before us individuals from about two thousand years ago. The powerful promise of the ancient Egyptian afterlife, the pervasiveness and coherence of Roman culture, and the strong naturalism of the Graeco-Roman painting tradition combined to produce these arresting portraits of the gentility of the towns and cities of Egypt beyond the great metropolis of Alexandria. —Ancient Faces: Mummy Portraits from Roman Egypt (ed. Susan Walker) (1997)

Of course my fetish art gets better reception than my more professional-toned pieces. Just comes to show yah draw what you want xD

In other news, no longer struggling as much with flats thank god.

Apologies for the silence. Been taking time off social media to recalibrate my mental health.

I’ve been painting pretty manically, working on a professional portfolio of my art. I’ve spent 10 years trying to be a SuCcESsFuL adult the way we’re all told to succeed, and have only met with failure. So, I guess I’m gonna take my chance failing as a freelance artist.

So, while I slowly work on my portfolio art, please enjoy this caricature of ‘OG It Girl’ Clara Bow that I painted this morning to celebrate the completion of my 1st Portfolio Piece~!

I primarily used a brush pack called Sargent’s Oils. My father was an *amazing* caricature artist, and I’ve been kind of obsessed with old pulp artists of the 30s-50s, so the influence kind of rubbed off this work, heh.

This is based off an OLD OLD sketch I drew of Ms. Bow like…5 years ago. I promised myself if I ever got the proper equipment I’d paint it. Now that I do, I figured I’d keep my promise to myself :”3

I HOPE YOU ALL ENJOY.

Anyway, I’ve got LOTS of work to do! Wish me luck! It’s this or the loony bin :D

- qveenbuji, Freelance Artist <3

Photography by Xuebing Du

Instagram: xuebing.du

This one’s a-ways from being done still, but here’s an update~ Fixed some anatomy with the shoulder, and painted her up a bit. Will probably alter the anatomy at some point again as she gets sculpted out lol Gonna have to teach myself how to paint shiny-ish leather, which’ll be fun! My brain can’t decide between her being a Crone, or Sanctified. Probably Sanctified. Thought she’d be a Ventrue, but now I’m not sure. She’d work as Daeva or Mekhet, too. #newcastlechronicle #art #digitalillustration #vampire #vtr #vtm #wod #vamily #procreate #lanceaetsanctum #sanctified #ventrue #daeva #mekhet #circleofthecrone #digitalpainting https://www.instagram.com/p/CfedF7wrNIs/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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