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For you who don’t know, Ganymede is Zeus’s cupbearer up in Olympus. Used to be a mortal, abducted then made immortal, blah, blah.



After nearly an infinity away from home, Ganymede was overcame with longing for his old life and decided to flee Olympus by devising an escape. He caught a raven and plead with it to fly him down from the celestial mountain, but the raven refused. In desperation, Ganymede starved the raven for days and promised it a bountiful meal in exchange of assisting his escape and return him to his homeland. So the raven clutched Ganymede’s wrists with its little feet and the two took flight from Olympus, flying over mountains and what seemed to be an endless landscape for the famished raven. In fatigue it gave up its grip on Ganymede’s hands, plunging the boy to earth and into imminent demise, since he was no longer immortal after crossing the boundaries of Olympus.

Three wandering titans found the dying boy and, wanting to grief Zeus—their adversary—greatly, they intended to make a tasty meal out of him. Merrily they gathered herbs, made a roasting pyre, and went to prepare the body. But as soon as they laid eyes upon their captive, sorrow and woe swelled up from inside them and they were assaulted with pity for the small, broken beauty withering against the ridges of their huge clumsy hands, and when Ganymede finally breathed his last sigh they cried and cried with irrevocable tears until their sight was no more.

Slowly, the raven circled and descended on the corpse to win what it had been promised—a bountiful meal.



Done through too many a sitting yet not too many hours, making that little tragic story as I go. If you can’t see the details too clearly, you might wanna tweak your monitor’s gamma/brightness up a few notches. Been doing some pieces for White Wolf’s Mage series and wanted to exercise some new things I picked up through hundreds of artistic references. Or maybe I just wanted an excuse to draw a guy.

Hope you guys like.
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Goodnight, Ganymede by ~MischievousMartian is simply breathtaking, full of details, and subtle hints of symbolism. ( Suggested by `Aeires and Featured by `cosmosue )
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~papalabas 1 day ago  Hobbyist General Artist
Poor Squire.
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Mood: Wow! *Xanthe93 May 13, 2012  Student Digital Artist
amazing - how did you do this?

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~Ryu-ichi Mar 22, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
This is amazing.
I just recently found out about this story and the image that you made to go with it...
Just wow. @__@

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~Gosurori-Hentaikappa Jan 24, 2012
This is amazingly gorgeous!

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*eL-Christell Jan 18, 2012  Hobbyist
So beautiful. I love it. :heart:

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~fedupN Jan 9, 2012
Yeah! Go Raven!
Oh and uhhh poor Ganymede...I guess.

Amazing picture!
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~WTFWonder Dec 4, 2011
The image's beauty is matched only by the accompanying story. I wouldn't be surprised if it was a true extension of the original myth.

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Mood: Emotional ~PixieInABottle Nov 28, 2011  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Oh... wow. I can't even think what to write... I'm so choked up from the story and the picture...
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*Wooferduff Nov 27, 2011  Professional General Artist
I love this... I just keep coming back to it. I love the colours, the composition, all the the little details that make you want to study it forever.... Good work! :D

Hey, by the way, I'm just starting to get into digital painting and learning some different techniques and all that, and I was wondering how you got that nice texture for this picture. Is it something you add once the picture is completed, or is it a specific brush setting...? It looks so good, I'd love to learn... Thank you!

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~neutralboy Nov 25, 2011
wait did you make up that story or is that how it actually goes?? also this is tottaly incredible!!!

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nd thanks soooo much to the super miss *XxCapoxX for my super awesome icon!!!!XD
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