Minoans!
Got inspired by @kurj s minoandrawings a while ago and decided to draw one more minoan miku
Inktober 2024 Challenge Day 4, Exotic
You meet a woman on your travels. She is friendly and offers a place to stay for the night. Do you take it?
Some interpretations of the Bull Leapers from Knossos suggest that the white skinned figured are women - potentially girls permitted to don typically male garb for sports. Hence, the inspiration for Artemis' garments. Like at Knossos, yellow is chosen, a colour likewise tied with Artemis. The hair is inspired by the Late Cycladic wall paintings from Akrotiri. The shaved haircut has been suggested as a sign of youth (although I think this may be outdated - I need to chase this up). The idea is to symbolise Artemis' role as protectress of maidens/girls/young women. Personally I think it looks a bit like a snake which ties in with the Snake Goddess statuettes. The glass beaded necklace is light blue and she wears silver armbands. Silver has been suggested to have ties with the moon (a later association with Artemis) and light blue can also provide a similar connection.
Based on @kurj's beautiful bull-leaping drawings (sorry for tagging you again, it's just I have noticed that Tumblr hides my recent art pieces from the tags for some unknown reason)
It was really fun doing this piece.
References used:
Gold fish bead, Minoan, 1600-1400 BC
from The Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete
I’ll try to post the actual pictures I took soon, but I was bored today and wanted to shirk some other responsibilities, so I decided to do some general vague Minoan or Mycenaean look since it’s been on the mind and also my hair was looking really good today and I wanted to take advantage of that haha
More minoan mikus, this time a bit more historical and less mikufied
Minoan inspired fantasy “armour”
doodlin bull leapers lately for practice
Hyperfixation so bad people think of me when they see it
