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Self-imposed challenge failed

Posted by PraetorNG - March 9th, 2024


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This is how far I made it into day 9's drawing, Achilles. But currently it's past midnight, I need sleep, and there have been multiple personal issues and unforeseen events that I had to deal with. So unfortunately I don't think I'll be able to keep up the pace with the remaining days. Challenge failed, sorry to disappoint, especially for a goal as pathetic as just 15 days.


I wanted to add a bonus challenge or feature with every following day, but that would've added even more time that I might not end up having. Lemme just list the ideas I had:


  • Day 9: Achilles, GODLIKE Myrmidon commander. The background and outline colors would be swapped, as vases tend to go either way with their colors. Achilles' war cry, and him making splashes on the water (the scene takes place at the beach) resemble Goku's screaming stance when he powers up. Rest in peace, Akira Toriyama.
  • Day 10: Patroclus, advisor of Achilles. No outlines (technically), the color layer would be shaped and smoothened out as the outline and the background almost blended together anyways. He would've been sat on the floor, looking at his bandaged wounds.
  • Day 11: Athena/Minerva, goddess of wisdom. Her color layer would have a custom gold texture, and her background would have the names of different heroes that she mentored or aided (Heracles, Diomedes, Odysseus...). Her outfit would be based on her Parthenon statue design.
  • Day 12: Hermes/Mercury, messenger god of trade. He would be drawn descending knee-first from the top left, and all around the trail behind him are the souls of the dead (Hermes guides the souls to Hades in the mythology, it's pretty cool). He would also have a bag or satchel with small items pouring out, which could reference legends like the moly he gives to Odysseus.
  • Day 13: Dionysus/Liber, god of wine and theater. The camera is angled to be behind him. He is looking back at the camera with a smile while lying down, big kylix of wine on his hand. The background would be a play that he's watching, some satyrs recreating whatever scene from the mythos.
  • Day 14: Aphrodite/Venus, goddess of beauty. As with the classic painting of the birth of Venus, she would be modelled and drawn using the golden ratio in multiple places: golden ratio for her height, her face, her width, bosom... you probably get why this one would've been pretty hard and slow.
  • Day 15: Julius Caesar, deified Roman dictator. Yes, technically Julius was deified in Roman mythology and Virgil wrote in the Aenid that he's a descendant of Aeneas- and by extension, a goddess. March 15th was the day he got stabbed a bunch of times, so he was always intended for the last day. The illustration would be covered in cracks, but underneath there would be a full body of him doing the same pose as one of his sculptures.

Bonus note: that last one might've given it away, but the cracks that appear in some drawings symbolize that character's tragic death. Notice how the crack in Achilles' one is shaped like an arrow... that goes through his heel. Anyway that's it, challenge failed, gotta get back to video editing now.


Sorry to disappoint.


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Dont convince yourself that it was all a failure. I can't even begin doing one thing and you did more than half of something I can't even think of doing. You have done well.