cattygabriel | Entries tagged with art

I've wanted to draw him in armour for aaages but was always too lazy, so I finally started this a couple of nights ago and it took me about a night and a half. XD Armour stolen from the Elven armour in the LotR movies ([link]) since I've always preferred the idea of more graceful, pretty armour to the Roman-style armour that they're more often shown in, and his sword is basically Gandalf's sword Glamdring, though I changed the hilt slightly.

He's holding a spear because of iconography; many paintings of the Archangel Gabriel show him holding a spear, a lily, or the symbol of the Theotokos (a round brass mirror with 'X', on it, the first letter of the Greek spelling of Theotokos) and of course with his famous horn. I realised when almost done that I'd completely forgotten about his sword and I was not going to erase the gauntlet that took me ages, so it's off to the side. XP

The weird-looking squiggle at the top is Gabriel's sigil, and that's also the tiny squiggle on his blade. Also, the camera strap got in the picture. <_<

Current Mood: artistic

This drawing of Gabriel in ancient Egypt, about to cuddle the cat being worshipped at a temple, is dedicated to the absolutely WONDERFUL

divine_tempest , who is the lovely anonymous donor who gave me six months' worth of paid time!

Yes, those are claw marks on the alabaster pedestal. Cats don't care how expensive it is. ;)

Gabriel in Egypt by ~Sivaroobini on deviantART

I realise that I'm not the best artist around, especially when we're talking proportion. Do me a favour and ignore his hands and feet, please. ;) And the bowl.

Also, if you cover his chest and just look at his face, he looks like a Gabrielle. He's already been mistaken for a girl - twice - by my mother. Gabriel is very annoyed by this, but I'm very amused.

And again, a HUGE thank you to

divine_tempest !