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"Anubis" by Desiree J. Isphording

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SciFi and Fantasy Art Anubis by Desiree J. Isphording

This is my visual interpretation of Anubis. I had been trying to deliberately sketch Him out to display on a page I had written about Anubis for months now, but the representations I was getting never felt quite right. Then one day while idly listening to the television, His form began to emerge on the paper as I was sketching. For the next two days, I worked to complete the drawing, and when I finally did finish I enjoyed it so much that I decided to make it the opening image at my Gallery Wing. Anubis' right hand holds the Egyptian representation and hieroglyph of the word ib, which means 'heart,' while on His left hand he balances the feather of Ma'at. This symbolizes His role as the reader of the scales in the Underworld. The disc which is rather reminiscent of a halo (indicating divinity, appopriately enough) is inscribed with Anubis' various epithets. From left to right (i.e. clockwise) they read: Anpu - Anubis, im(y) wt - the one in the wt embalming tent, tp(y) dw=f - upon his mountain, nb t3 dsr - Lord of the sacred land. The style of this picture is heavily influenced by the artist Gustav Klimt. The medium is largely black ballpoint pen with some details in pen and ink.

Date	Name	Comment
17 Dec 2004	AngelFeather	Loading... oh yeah P.S. hope u dont mind me setting this drawing as a desktop wallpaper on my comp!
17 Dec 2004	AngelFeather	Loading... Crud...Hoped i would be the first to comment on this perfect drawing....O well does last comment dancce >.< this is very nicely done one of the best ive seen so far i love it a lot!Love ure style keep up the perfect work! ^.^
11 Jul 2005	Khory	Loading... This is awesome. Although (here I go again) I think that the head is a little small for the body. Maybe it's just me, but I think it would addd making hte head a little bigger. Beautiful though. One of your best, I think.Well, nobody's perfect and I'm still learning. There's always room for improvement!
12 Jul 2005	Holly 'Vespertillio Ater' Davidson	Loading... I love the angular shapes in his face. The shadeing and design are beautiful. great Job
23 Aug 2005	A.G.M.Yrorita	Loading... I believe this is the best illustration of Anubis, “God of embalming & guardian of the dead” the anatomy is just fine considered having a jackal’s head & a human body. And the way how he weighed the “heart of the dead” with the “feather of truth” is fascinating! No hint of favor or bias but pure Justice.
7 Sep 2005	Monique 'Sekhem Akasha'van der Veen	Loading... Very nice, keep going!!
11 Mar 2006	My name	Loading... Have you ever read Creatures of Light and Darkness by Roger Zelazny? It's an excellent book and It's all about random uber cool things, and one of the chief characters is Anibus. Osiris is in there too. And many others, but anyways, if you've not read it go do it now. your interpretation of Anibus is most definetly superior to many I've seen. I really like how you portrayed him. And isis_wicca_13, shut the hell up. No one likes an arrogant.
23 Oct 2006	Lilangel	Loading... You did a great job! keep it up!! And who ever critisizes your work, they're stupid. And What!! you actually did all that! Cool! Thank you I don't really mind if people critique my work (it's not always pleasant, but you can learn a lot from it!), what bothered me about "isis_wicca_13"'s comment was that it cited nothing specific that needed improvement nor stated what I was wrong about in the piece's description. It was more of a flame than an actual piece of constructive criticism.
3 Mar 2008	Emms	Loading... wicked im putting this in my project.
22 Sep 2012	Faith Gerhardt	Loading... That is cool!
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'Anubis':

• Created by:

Desiree J. Isphording
• Copyright: ©Desiree J. Isphording. All rights reserved!

• Keywords: Ancient, Anpu, Anubis, Ballpoint, Deity, Egypt, Egyptian, God, Hieroglyph, Ink, Klimt, Myth, Pen, Symbol
• Categories: Angels, Religious, Spiritual, Holy, Anthropomorphic (Furries), Magic and Sorcery, Spells, etc., Man, Men, Mythical Creatures & Assorted Monsters
• Techniques: Ballpoint Pen, Black Ink
• Submitted: 2004-01-21 19:50:56
• Views: 3606
• Resolution: 257x439

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