ALSO DID YALL NOTICE THE МАРТЕНИЧКИ/MĂRȚIȘOR ON BUL'S CHEST AND RO AND MOL'S HATS
basically мартенички are red/white twisted threads that are given out to friends, relatives, colleagues on 1st of march in bulgaria, it has an ancient balkan pagan origin
in romania, they have mărțișor which is something similar but it's worn mostly by women and kids, men wore it rarely
basically these red/white threads are tied to blooming trees if u see a swallowtail or a stork or a blooming tree, the point of the custom is to bring fortune to the wearer (in bulgaria, there used to be this custom where u put the martenitsa under a big rock and later, you'd look under the rock and make omens based on what ur seeing - types of bugs, worms, etc)
also, interestingly, there's the figure of баба Марта in bulgaria and the figure of baba dochia in romania - they're some sort of temperamental grandmas who can be very cruel, bulgarian baba marta can be angry but she can also quickly become calm and happy, this references the quick weather changes in march
perhaps there was some sort of dacian/thracian elderly female deity that had something to do with fertility, fortune and spring? maybe this is the origin of the holiday?
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New and old art (+thoughts) under the cut!! B)
Recent art:
Emma (hws Belgium) as Manon from my Dead Plate AU!
Really quick doodle, just wanted to test some sort of "creepy atmosphere" in my style b4 going further into the fanarts! Also to get used to drawing other characters other than Port and Eng hihi :')
Old art:
Vampire! Moldova & Human! Sealand AU
This is from last year, i don't really like the art 😭 but i really liked the designs & want to redraw it!!
The first one is more recent than the second, two distinct eras 😭
1° -> is a throwback to my watercolour brush phase
2° -> is a throwback to my pencil brush phase
I like them tbh!!! Would love to redraw their concepts :>
Trigun! AU
Emma -> Meryl
Obviously, i could put her as Milly but idkkkk this was an old AU I still need ot think abt it 💆♀️
Antonio -> Vash
->Yeah </3
Gabriel -> Millions Knives
->It's only destined to be. Twins, one good, another bad. If one good, another bad. The end...
->Thinking back, switching these up would also such a GOOD IDEA OMGOMGOGMMGOGMKG
Romano/Abel -> Nicolas Wolfwood
->This is me being indecisive + contradicting myself over and over about the following ideas:
a) would putting Romano there be inconsiderate or too expected?
b) if i put Abel there would it be too OOC?
DEFINETELY WANNA WORK MORE INTO THIS AUU <33333
And finallyyyy!! 1930's engport detective AU that me and @froggi-mushroom created!!
(I recommend checking out her fics, i think i reblogged some.. just search in the tags if interested!)
My favourite part of drawing Edith and Gabriel in this AU is looking @ the difference between their looks and personality 😭😭
->A how to guide on how to draw them in the AU:
Edith (Nyo Eng.)
-> dirty blonde curly hair and almost olive green eyes, very beautiful woman; she takes good care of herself since she's a famous singer and appearance (beside talent and charm) is key!
Gabriel
-> messy semi (but also not really) curly brown hair and blue eyes, he's thin and has dark circles from overworking. Says he doesn't care about looks since "as a famous detective, no one will remember you for your looks, only achievements and discoveries 🤓☝️"
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