I’ve had this in the back of my head for a while, but I’ve finally mustered the will to draw this.

Fifth in the series: Hera

Hera is known to be the true power behind the crown. She's a no-nonsense type-A personality. She never lets her duties slip, even when she's heartbroken. Her ruthless cunning is what made her the Olympians' strategist. In her youth, she was definitely kinder and more trusting, though that trust and kindness only extended to her siblings inside of Kronos' stomach. Being their 'star', when her powers developed, she was what allowed them to see in the dark. Hera was always in the leadership position, and it was well-deserved. However, her life has also been filled with hurt. Her ability for strategy but weakness in combat resulted in her being kidnapped by the Titans in the tail-end of the Titanomachy, which resulted in her being torn apart a second time. However, that cunning is what allowed her to get close to Kronos and eventually "devour" (think of how stars become black holes) him with an ability that was never seen again and split her in half. She later "spat him out" in Tartaros. Outside of that immense surge of power, Hera is physically quite weak (partially as a result of that power surge) but hides it through her cunning and her political power. She can be extremely cruel, but is usually unbothered by people. She doesn't care to get close to others because the people that she's trusted most ended up being the ones to betray her.

by your side

original panel here:

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Well I guess since I don’t know how to work reddit because I’m old as the Crypt-Keeper I’ll just post my findings here. Not that I particularly wanted my first ever post on this side blog to be about this silly thing but here it is-

So, a while back I had seen @genericpuff​‘s post about the shameless promo picture of a fully bare ass naked Persephone. And early this morning it had been pointed out that the original cover picture for each chapter in season 1 was of cropped porn. 

I’ll spare everyone’s eyes of the actual full un-cropped picture but it is in fact cropped porn. Now, initially while searching for it to be sure this was true rather than taking the claim at face value I found the original sketch of the promo picture. 

Note: Persephone is clothed or at the very least covered. Meaning Rachel made a very strange and deliberate decision to color Persephone and have her be completely naked...for a promo picture. Make of that what you will. 

(I'm sprry I posted these with various tags but I need everyone to see them)

While browsing Facebook, I saw some post from Filipino artists saying that their international clients are cancelling commissions and I just want to say... please Please PLEASE do not cut them out. Especially if they don't even support Marcos, Duterte, and their cronies.

Artists, especially in the Philippines, earn very little and this will make their situations worse. Please if you can and you like their art, please continue to support them, it will help them and their families during these difficult times.

Most of us are not happy with this. We have a fucking actor as the goddamn leading senator instead of a fucking human rights lawyer with years of experience. There is an absolutely big chance that this election is not without cheating. The Philippine Stock Market Exchange Index is slowly crashing and that is going the affect the cost of our living expenses like food and other necessities. If you can and still like their art and you still want to get more content from them, please don't stop supporting them.

Lore Olympus Panel Redraw/Tweak

I’ve seen a lot of complaints about this specific panel from S3, mainly about perse’s anatomy.

Here are the general changes I made:

Expanded the back of her head

Made her eyes and lips more proportional to her face overall

redrew her eyelashes

And in the redraw I…:

Took inspiration from S1’s color palette

Gave perse a more dramatic expression

Thinned her eyebrows a bit at the end

gave perse’s eyes a gold ring (og idea from @genericpuff i think)

went a lil crazy with the rendering… oops

Time taken:

Quick fix: 7 mins

Partial Redraw: 30 mins

Full Redraw: 1h 30 mins

Despite me not being a fan of LO, somehow it cures my artblock every single time. Anyways. Here's a persephone redesign + wrath form changes.

Not much to say, this was more of an art-style study(?) of the past L.O (damn this did make me realize how much the style has changed)

I referenced the pose from Lore Rekindled ep. 4

What is your advice on handling criticism?

I saw your response to a critic on Lore Rekindled in the sub and it's very good and you could say, professional.

I have a big problem of people-pleasing, so if I get critcism (eventhough it's very polite), I get very sad at the fact there's fault with my work (I also suffer from perfectionism). It will drastically change how I see my work, and in the end I give it up 😭

fam i got teased tf out of for making it so wordy LOL

I totally get that struggle though, I know it probably doesn't seem it at times, but I do have the 'ole RSD (Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria) due to being ADHD/autistic, so I totally relate to the whole people pleasing thing. It's hard to feel like something you made isn't making everyone happy! But that's also ultimately not what it's for. You can't make everyone happy, and your art doesn't deserve to exist any less just because some people don't find it their cup of tea.

I've definitely had to like, disconnect my work from myself over the years to get better at taking criticism. Not to the point that I get apathetic, obviously I should be invested in whatever I'm working on, but enough that when people criticize my work, it's not necessarily an attack on my own self.

And if they are clearly just out to attack me, then I dismiss the criticism, it's of no value to me.

Unless it's something that's specifically a result of my own values or biases bleeding into the work, most of the time it's people literally just saying, "I like this work, but I feel like it wasn't as strong as it could have been here and here" and that has nothing to do with me as a person, I'm just still polishing my skills and those outside opinions help to target specifically what needs improving. I think we as artists pour a lot of ourselves into our work, especially when we're just starting out, so it can be hard not to take criticism as an attack or rejection of yourself, but we have to ultimately remember that we are not 100% of our work. Even with works like LO, while some of the criticism I give of it is indicative of Rachel's values and personal preferences as a person, a lot of it is also just about the work itself and how far it's fallen beyond what I assume Rachel intended from the beginning.

I've also learned to separate helpful from unhelpful criticism. I'll use Time Gate as an example because I've gotten way more input on that series than Rekindled (just because I've actually like, intentionally sought out criticism for it). A common criticism in the past was that there weren't enough backgrounds and the story's pacing wasn't concise. It sucked to hear at the time, especially the backgrounds one, because I'd heard that one time and time again... but it was literally because I wasn't doing anything to improve them. You know what stopped those criticisms? Drawing backgrounds more LOL And I still suck at backgrounds tbh but I feel like I've definitely improved compared to the first few volumes when I was just drawing characters on top of white constantly LOL

old and busted:

new hotness:

(i think there's like a 4-5 year difference between these two pages. and the backgrounds STILL aren't perfect in those newer volumes but they still feel more finished than the older panels did)

So that was helpful criticism! My art wasn't as strong as it could be in a few specific places that people were clearly able to pinpoint, so I did what I could to improve those places and I'm still working on it.

Unhelpful criticism has just been either personal attacks (not valuable) or statements that are basically asking the comic to not be what it is, criticizing things that are features, not bugs. Things like "well I think the story is too anime-like", "it's a lot to try and read", "why don't you draw eyelashes on the girl character", etc. which are criticisms of things that I know are intentional. The story's anime-like because that's the story I want to write. It's a lot to try and read because it's intended to be a longform series for people who like reading longform series (people like me!). I don't draw eyelashes on Uzuki because she would look terrible with them LMAO (we even made a joke about that later on):

(the hilarious part is that that comment was definitely made with the idea that all women should have that makeup look, meanwhile mitsuhiro's pulling off the look so much better and he knows it LMAO

And actually, the example you're referring to where I responded to crit in the ULO subreddit, is also an example of unhelpful criticism, though the person who posted it definitely didn't mean any harm by it, but the crit was literally "why aren't Persephone's boobs big enough" which I thought was pretty funny. She still has boobs! I just don't draw them popping out of her top like Rachel does LOL I also don't give her the exaggerated pinched waist or broken spine that Rachel often gives her because that's all just to, again, emphasize her boobs, and it's often unnecessary, especially in a comic that's being marketed as a feminist piece of work, yet is often drawn completely through the male gaze. So yeah, that was definitely crit that wasn't really beneficial because it was literally just about Persephone's cup size lol

I know it's easier said than done, but when you feel that sadness coming on in response to criticism, remember that that criticism exists to help you, not hinder you. Considering you've been getting polite criticism, that means the people giving it likely have your best interests in mind and want to see your work improve. The only way to do that is to learn how to critically analyze your own work, and the only way to do that is to surround yourself with works whose quality you want to achieve, and get outside opinions. And if that criticism isn't in good spirit, then toss it aside. If it's not going to help you, then it's not of any value to you. And yes, it will take practice, there are still times I find myself getting overwhelmed, but ultimately I can't control what anyone else says or does, only what I do. So I funnel that into my work and I always keep moving forward.

Be at peace with the process of learning and improving, because you never stop having to learn, there's always something new to improve, and that shouldn't be taken all doom and gloom "I'll never be perfect", that's literally just the process and beauty of being an artist, there's always something new to learn and that's something that should be exciting!

Think about whenever you give criticism or have personal critiques of other comics. I'm willing to bet most of the time, you have those opinions with good intentions, you're not trying to attack anyone. So why not give yourself the same grace?

...holy shit, I forgot Uzuki's lipstick in the bottom right panel- （；´д｀）ゞ

Sincerely, a 19 year old…

HELLO???

GOD OF DEATH

Here's a quick Thanatos redesign I did in about two hours. Gave him bat/skeleton wings and red spider lilies, which are toxic flowers that symbolize death. (Original panel below)

slapped the artifacts i got from this domain onto barbara as a placeholder and jesus fucking christ,,,,,,, im 100% going for neuvillette now LMAOOO

Jae jumpscare. Jaeumpscare, as you will, as mantreads annihilate a nearby duplicate as the decked out woman lands next to Chai. Crazy entrance for someone who usually doesn't do this in real life, but.

"Not one to assume, but I imagine you want a little helping hand?" She's only broken a small sweat after careening through the air like that. Good god.

He's almost splattered in dough, but that wouldn't be a very rock-'n-roll thing to experience, now would it? Chai brings his guitar (his guitar??) up to block the incoming mess, and somehow it bounces off of a brief, holographic shield.

"Hell of an entrance," compliments a voice from 808. Check out this floating cat orb, Jae.

"Yeah, pretty sick crowd-crusher!" Chai flashes her a grin and an approving thumbs-up as the music in his chest pulses. "How about we try this next part together!"

Chai's no stranger to aerial combos. He shifts his scrap guitar to his human hand, clenching his robotic fingers into a fist and slamming it into the chin of a clone. It's sent flying vertically.

"HAMMER-ON!"

Jae's part is up next! She blasts herself up into the air with her Rocket Jumper and swings the Market Gardener at an angle, sending the beast back down diagonally.

"I GOT IT!" Chai yells, gripping the neck of the guitar. Sparks surround both of his hands as he SLAMS the clone with all his might, a loud SMAAAAASH! on beat with the song beating in his ears. The Fake Noise is hurtled into an entire crowd, annihilating them with the sheer force of its body.

"We're on FIRE!"

S RANK!

If i was a pjo character,i would have simply been kind to Percy,accepted him for who he is and supported him in his crushes on other people even though i've always been in love with him because being a good friend to him is more important to me than dating him.Rip to Annabeth but i'm different

🔪Luke/gods stans and H*p/Mar*uders/D*smp fans dni🔪

@genderconfusedhellenic

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