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Thanatos+Hypnos by ~datzkale:icondatzkale:

Categories Traditional Art > Drawings > People

©2008-2009 ~datzkale
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or rather: a deadly beauty and her unsleeping guardian.

Thanatos used to feel safe when her brother was close because she knew you could sleep tight with such a faithful guardian as Hypnos was. On the other hand Hypnos was always looking after her because she was so sweet that he -just like everyone else- would have died for Thanatos.

Ok, just too much thinking at school, nothing more.
I don't mean those represent any way the real Hypnos and Thanatos, of course. I just took their names and gave them a different view, funny thing! and suddenly they were there in my mind: he, grave, she, huge eyed, smiling, both very young, both very guiltless. that's it.
the death and her brother, the sleep.

In Greek mythology, the twin sons of the goddess Nyx ("night") were called Hypnos and Thanatos.
Hypnos was the personification of sleep; Thanatos was the personification of death and mortality.
"And there the children of dark Night have their dwellings, Sleep and Death, awful gods. The glowing Sun never looks upon them with his beams, neither as he goes up into heaven, nor as he comes down from heaven. And the former of them roams peacefully over the earth and the sea's broad back and is kindly to men; but the other has a heart of iron, and his spirit within him is pitiless as bronze: whomsoever of men he has once seized he holds fast: and he is hateful even to the deathless gods." (Hesiod, Theogony 758 ff, trans. Evelyn-White, Greek epic C8th or C7th B.C.)

(sorry for the bad scan (hope i'll get a better one) and thanks to ~GreenRevan19 and ~ViciousLinda for support and help while drawing at school.)
ink (Pelikan-black+Winsor&Newton-black and white), brushes #1, 2, 12

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=astrarxh9 Dec 29, 2008, 11:18:18 PM
a great work from you again with the necessary useful comments !

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~shynga Dec 30, 2008, 4:17:15 AM
Ed è bellissimo come al solito. :invisible:
Intanto, in qualità di essere ignorante, non conoscevo la faccenda di Hypnos e Thanatos, che è molto affascinante. Poi come sempre la tua interpretazione è originale, coll'immancabile tocco *come possiamo definirlo* gotico? Senza riferimenti musicali, ma letterari intendo... comunque dicevo gotico e moderno.
Insomma il succo della questione è che ti invidio perchè tu sei brava e io no >__<
No dai seriamente, ti meriti sul serio i commenti articolati :clap:

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Mood: Joy ~ViciousLinda Jan 2, 2009, 10:33:00 AM
Che bello! Per me lei è carinissima (e sexyissima) e ha un vestito stupendo, mamma mia mi piacerebbe indossarlo in un film. E sarà mio piacere continuare a posare per te (ovviamente con la Leti) !!
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Mood: Pirate ~imaginarygretel Jan 4, 2009, 11:34:05 AM
Naaahnaaah!!!La prossima volta poso io,poche balle!!!XD
Comunque ci tengo a dirti che il tuo nuovo lavoro è orrendo come al solito!XDXD Sto scherzando ovviamente!
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~datzkale Jan 9, 2009, 2:53:01 PM
la faccenda che io sono brava e tu no non sta in piedi.
grazie mille di tutto il resto, i tuoi commenti sono sempre tanto precisi e interessanti e danno un sacco di punti alla mia autostima!:confused:
:hug:

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~shynga Jan 14, 2009, 2:48:40 PM
Sì che sta in piedi invece :XD:
Comunque sono contenta che ti piacciano i miei commenti :aww: ci metto sempre impegno quando devo scrivere qualcosa sui tuoi disegni, anzichè sparare le solite emerite cazzate :XD:

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~datzkale Feb 15, 2009, 9:41:34 AM
thank you for your comment (and fav) anneta! you're so nice
i'm glad you like this one, it's a quite simple concept, but it was fun to draw anyway:)
i just wish this ink was a little blacker.:P
and sorry for my delay :P

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Don't talk to strangers 'cause they're only there to do you harm,
Don't write in starlight 'cause the words may come out real...
Don't hide in doorways, you may find the key that opens up your soul,
Don't go to heaven, 'cause it's really only hell...
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~datzkale Feb 15, 2009, 9:44:43 AM
:aww:grazieee
se mai diventerò bozzettista, posso fare un costume del genere. e tu puoi portarlo. però devi fare l'attrice, niente greco:P

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Don't talk to strangers 'cause they're only there to do you harm,
Don't write in starlight 'cause the words may come out real...
Don't hide in doorways, you may find the key that opens up your soul,
Don't go to heaven, 'cause it's really only hell...
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