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The Darkbringer
My latest linocut! working my way back into linocutting, this one is aprox 5x8 in dimension and much more detailled than the last one, I’m working on figuring out light effects, its really interesting working from dark to light, everything is reversed.
The darkbringer is a mythic figure that does not exist. I know it sounds strange but when researching real mythology, i often come up with characters and myths myself, to fill holes or just to please my imagination, this is one of those non-myths.
The darkbringer is the harbinger of night, twilight and just before dawn is her domain, she strides across the sky with her dark lantern and the sky behind her fills with night, (behind her rides the night lord who lives only in darkness, but thats another story) she is endlessly walking around the world, bringing the night and this is why we have night and day.
Sortof a strange little story, atlas-esque in her eternal task, i drew her sitting, which she does only very rarely and that is why sometimes the sky goes dark in the day (eclipse)
Writing myths is a pretty fun exercise, coming up with stories that explain everyday & unexplainable phenomena. I that may be why i’m so drawn to the supernatural, the endless potential, unfixed by science or reason.
