Dear Followers,

I don’t have much in the means of an update tonight, but I do believe I have finished studying Ancient Greek clothes, and here the research is, in its completion:

You can open the picture in a new window and explore it in detail. If you ever have the need to reference Ancient Greek garments, feel free to use this as your material. It’s a small gift to all of you :)

Yesterday night (or this morning, it’s all a bit blurry) The Hunter Saga rose up to 2% on the Quill goal. I am so delighted to have new readers that my heart feels all happy-tingly. Welcome! Soon, very soon, you get to see my vision of Eudoxia, and a portrait of Helene will follow after. I’m so pumped! Aa! Maybe I should give a hint... Who or what is the second hunter..?

Valais, 15th century. 

Finally, a little shout out to my muse, who is sick and in pain at the moment. May you be well soon.

Thank you, all 28 readers, I cannot say it enough. I appreciate every single one of you. You matter.

-H.A.

Dear followers,

Tonight I was going to share with you a portrait of Eudoxia, but then I figured it’d be better first to know exactly what she would wear. When you think of clothes in Ancient Greece usually you just think drapes, but I want it to be accurate! So I studied Robert Flaceliére’s book Daily Life in Greece at the Time of Pericles, and drew up some of the clothes from the descriptions. It’s really quite fascinating even to a person like me who doesn’t really care about fashion.

Here’s my sketch with notes:

I hope you find this interesting and fun! At the very least it shows some of my dedication for the little details in The Hunter Saga world. I promise that in the following 3 art days you shall have a character portrait. Perhaps even multiple! We will see.

I have to come clean on one matter. There is something that dictates my productivity on some days, and that is chronic pain. I’ve had abdominal adhesions for about two years now, from a surgery that went wrong. This is not me begging for coins of pity, but this is something I choose to be open about since I’ve noticed it helps people understand my daily life a little bit better. They are a major and literal pain in the ass, but I don’t suffer from them. (It’s a buddhist way of coping, if I remember correctly.) I do my best and hardest for the things I love every day, because that’s just who I have become. And I love The Hunter Saga.

I hope you have a wonderful evening!

-H.A.