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N is for Nyx, the Greek goddess of the night.

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This is part of a Photoshop Class assignment that we have. Essentially, we have to pick a theme, and then find a magazine picture or draw a drawing for each letter of the alphabet.

I chose the theme: Greek gods and goddesses. Because I love Greek mythology, and I'm stupid enough to draw 26 of them. I'm even taking it one step farther: eventually, I'll have 52 of them drawn to create a full deck of cards. Fun X).

Well, when I was deciding which deity I wanted to do for N, Nyx just stood out to me because she was goddess of the night... I LOVE drawing/coloring night-themed pictures, so I figured this was probably a good choice for me.

I had a lot of trouble CGing Nyx... the first sketch of Nyx was done by mouse, so it was quite sloppy, and the face looked quite awful. And the problem is, when I don't draw the face well... it's really hard to fix it later. Usually when I sketch, I draw the face first, then the hair, then the rest of the pic. That wasn't the case for this particular drawing... in this one, I drew the neck first, then chest, then arms and dress, and the head came last. REALLY weird.

I ended up redoing her face about 10 times before just sticking with this one... which I'm not ENTIRELY satisfied with, but satisfied enough to use.

As for her dress... homigawd man, I want it XD. At first, there weren't any patterns on it at all, which I found kinda boring... so then, I went overboard and just... drew intricate patterns all over the dress. Which, unfortunately, you can't really see on the submitted pic here. But to give you a little hint of how intricate it is: [link]

Yeah... so this picture took me awhile.

OH, and PLEASE do NOT say "She looks just like Hecate!!" Because she doesn't. Nyx has straighter hair, RED lips, a different dress, a differently structured face... I don't want to hear that you can't see the differences. If you can't, just keep it to yourself. I spent far too long on this pic to bear that sort of crap, LOL.

There WILL be a print available in the next couple of days! I hope that somebody buys a print... it'll show you all of the details that are on it, hehe.

There are flaws... but oh well XD

Note: I realize that Nyx's hand is a tad large... I'm sorry about that XD... if I have the incentive, I -may- fix the hand later... hehe.
And WOW, thanks for helping make this a DTF O_O;; *stunned*... I don't deserve it XD <333

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:iconyurikazumi:
yaaaay!! ccoooll!! da lamp is great too!! I uv da gown!! Gee, the Goddess have a very good choice in choosing gowns :P

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Kami-sama wa nani mo kinshi nanka shitenai
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mean: Lip to lip, eye to eye, hand in hand
God doesn't forbid anything at all
I love youx3

feel free to comment me pls...
:iconawi:
:w00t!: i love nyx!

great job!

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:iconduston:
WHOO!!! I LOVE THIS!!! MAKE PRINT!!! She looks like my caharcter Nyx! I love mythology! Go you!!!

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I am the mask you wear.
It's me they hear.
:iconshidaku:
ooo, looks very nice, you do a lovely job with hair *nods* only thing that looks odd to me, is that the ouside line of the left arm lines up exactly where the belt ends. and it just somereason...seems..odd.

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:iconpearl91:
I can see the differences! I think it very, very, very BEAUTIFUL!!! You really draw good. 'grabs some of your talent', I'm not as good as you. You are much better at drawing than I am!! Keep up the BEAUTIFUL Drawing
:iconbo-bokity:
^_^ Very Excellently nice!
:iconbladeofloki:
oooh


once again, I love the hair and dress...me wants it, too! =D


keep up the great work! I'll keep on watching~!

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:icondeirdre-a:
omg i love this one! i think it has to be my fave ^_^ and do love her dress. and the way you drew her ( starting with the neck etc etc ) is the way i usually draw ^_^;

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:iconinfodigiusa:
:aww: Simply awesome!! :D Wonderful job!! :winner:

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:iconzanzou:
:D I love that shade of blue... <3

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