And from the wound in Zeus's forehead, fully grown and armoured, sprang Athena. Dip pen, January 2026.

This is, by far, the weirdest thing I've ever drawn.

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23 Comments

GrantUsEyes@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 255d (1 reply)

Unhinged! Love it

case_when@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 255d

Thank you! I had so much fun making something so weird.

Tonava@sopuli.xyz · 10 pts · 255d (2 replies)
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MarcomachtKuchen@feddit.org · 5 pts · 255d

Someone drawing so many straight lines by hand without the whole thing looking woobly is magic to me

case_when@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 255d

Thank you! There's so much I could do better here, but I had a lot of fun with it!

TriplePlaid@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 255d (1 reply)

I love how you can see the fingers digging into his face. I never thought about how excruciating it would be to birth someone from your forehead.... Awesome work!!

case_when@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 255d

Thank you! Lines in mythology like "fully grown adult crawling out of someone's head" are definitely meant to be spoken rather than shown, so I enjoyed the challenge.

melsaskca@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 255d (1 reply)

This is good! If you want even weirder do Aphrodite!

case_when@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 255d

That's a level of weirdness I'll have to work up to...

FauxPseudo@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 255d (1 reply)

This deceptively complex. That's a lot of perfectly spaced lines.

case_when@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 255d

Thanks! Much of my life seems to be spent drawing closely spaced parallel lines these days...

mtpender@piefed.social · 3 pts · 255d (2 replies)

"I HAVE THE POWER!"

whelk@retrolemmy.com · 2 pts · 255d

I heard it in my head with the echo and everything

case_when@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 255d

RAAAAAAR!

lime@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 255d (1 reply)
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case_when@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 255d

Thanks! It's something I've wanted to get out of my head for a while now. I'm sure Zeus sympathises.

chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 255d (1 reply)

I love this! It’s bursting with energy! Zeus’s face is all too relatable for anyone who’s had a splitting headache!

case_when@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 255d

Thank you! And for this headache, I'm thinking ibuprofen just won't cut it.

Saprophyte@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 255d (5 replies)

You should look into the death of the demigod Maui (from Moana). If you want to draw something strange, that would definitely fit the bill.

case_when@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 255d (3 replies)

I'll have to look it up!

Saprophyte@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 255d (2 replies)
Cronization@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 255d (1 reply)

His last trick, which led to his death, involved the goddess Hine-nui-te-pō. While attempting to win immortality for mankind, Māui entered her vagina, intent on leaving through her mouth while she slept. However, he was crushed by the teeth in her vagina, which were made of obsidian. [citation needed]

That's just wild on so many levels.

case_when@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 255d

An excellent use of the [citation needed] tag.

Saprophyte@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 255d
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gray@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 255d (1 reply)

Love it!

case_when@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 255d

Thank you!