SciFi and Fantasy Art: Perseus and Andromeda

The detail is great but why is there a pot? Just asking.

Its vary good but why is the a pot

I do like it. There is one thing that is nagging me, is she standing on his foot? I see that her foot is raised but still it looks like she's on his toes. But I do love how you portrayed her, lovely.... Ohh and for all those armor people, just thought that I should mention that it's most likely a mix. When you fought against someone back then like in a tournament, you won a purse or the other guys goods, which were most of the time was his armor or livestock. So you would have all of the same people in different armor if any, just fighting under the same banner. Plus only the wealthy could afford it anyway. so stow it. Very nice pic.

Katt is absolutely right about nudity for women in Ancient Greece not being the norm--although I wasn't aware that it was because Greeks thought the female body was flawed, I thought they just thought it improper to have women exposed like that. For everyone asking why it's on a pot... it's an illustration of a Greek myth, as the great vase painters of ancient Greece often illustrated. Thus this picture, which has similar subject matter but a very different style, sumperimposes its figures over the flat outline of an urn... a clever idea, in my opinion. It was what I liked most about the piece.

Breathtaking!

Interesting picture. IT seems you got a lot of things right. The armor looks far more greek than roman, As is should. So to does the helmet and sword (the part which I can see).

It is very interesting that you choose to make Andromeda black. Since she was an aethiopan princess and the aeetopians were black (both greek and ethiopians sources today indicate that the people once called aethiopos are black and africa in origion). This has probably caused a little controversy, despite the fact that myths tells us all we need to know.

Either way nice work

If I'm recalling my Greek mythology correctly...

Once upon a time, Andromeda's mother, Cassiopeia, was the queen of Ethiopia. Being a rather proud mother, she bragged that her lovely daughter was even more beautiful than the sea nymphs. This rather irked Poseidon (the god of the sea) so he sent a great sea monster to destroy the coastal kingdom where they lived. The King (Andromeda's daddy), consulted an oracle to determine how to stop this monster. She explained that it's never a good idea to offend a god, and that the only way to save his kingdom from destruction was to sacrifice Andromeda to the sea monster.

So, Mom and Dad decided to chain a very naked Princess Andromeda up to a big rock, and leave her there as a tasty treat for Mr. Sea Monster. My oh my, what a dilemma!

Enter our hero, Perseus, astride Pegasus (so to address your question of Perseus and Pegasus, apparently there WAS some sort of connection there), who kindly slaughters the sea monster, saving the kingdom AND the girl in one fell swoop.

Naturally, our princess is all too eager to leave before Mom offends the next deity, and rides off into the sunset with Perseus. They are married and live happily ever after (at least until the next misadventure).

The End.

So, good work on the art. The nudity and the color of her skin are both appropriate to this myth. That aside, your mastery of the human form is to be admired. Awesome job!

Get some clothes on her! but still exalent job!

Wow your amazing. You didnt even make her brests to large.

jdog, shut the hell up