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JessiBeans — Sloth: Lethe
Published: 2007-05-05 02:22:11 +0000 UTC; Views: 20684; Favourites: 527; Downloads: 500
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Final Project for Senior Studio, an exploration of how we consciously or subconsciously associate sin with femininity, demonizing women in the process. The seven deadly sins as various mythological monsters (however I purposefully removed all the fantastical bits because, in fact she is just a woman, not something to be feared).
Lethe, the goddess of oblivion and the river boardering the underworld.
2H and HB Pencil on Bristol Board
Colored in Photoshop 7.0 with my PRECIOUSSSSSSS
Image © ME!!! 2007
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Comments: 25
I really hope you got a good grade on this project, the artwork is amazing. The pairings fit perfectly as well!
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haha.. these all look like "lust to me" Great!
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i love the way you can make the sins appear feminine and evil. its like a...mother-in-law effect. feminie but evil.
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Cause vanity is disgustin xD?
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Cause vanity is disgusting xD?
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Damn, missed the reply button =S...
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fantastic set! though i dont really get what Lethe has to do with Sloth
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Wow. I really love all of these. (Sorry, I went backwards on looking at them, so I'm commenting on the first one you posted.) So beautiful, and your style is so refreshing. I think I might be watching you in two minutes.
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Holy crow! Sexy stuff, m'lady.
First of all, a big laugh on the line, "she is just a woman, not something to be feared"--especially since all of these women are breathtakingly beautiful and therefore intimidating as hell.
Second, I've been through the whole set just now, and there is steam coming off of my laptop; I keep fanning myself and tugging at my collar. I got up twice to check the thermostat.
Well, no need to go on and on about something we already know, i.e. you are so talented and your work is so tantalizing, gush gush. I am so glad I tuned in to you a while back. You give good art, lady.
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I've always liked Lethe; she seems like a very nice personification and useful thing for someone who is to be reincarnated if you ask me. I'm not sure... but the sloth comes in because it's technically being too lazy to remember? Correct me if I am wrong; I don't quite see this connection all that well.
~ Koki
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i dont get the connection either to be frank
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Maybe the person would be considered lazy if they wanted to forget everything and not have to deal with their life before their death? In Greek mythology, so they could be reincarnated, it was said that spirits went to Lethe for their memories to be erased so their previous lives would not effect their next life.
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Nice work! I'm noticing how expression-heavy these are and it works quite splendidly. 
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