I've been quiet about my work for a while. Mostly because I've been practicing some techniques. And I’ve still got a long way to perfecting those techniques, BTW. I just thought I'd share... Mahjeena Jahrool Of all the Mahjeem, Jahrool is the most enigmatic, and the least mentioned, character from the old stories. Yet, she was likely one of the most gifted Mahjuti practitioners to have ever lived. At least, that’s what the word was in every tavern from Purush to Kusht. The truth was a little less impressive, though quite unique, in its own way. Jahrool had a blue Azuranium crystal ball. And with that ball she could see into the spirit worlds and the subtle sub-worlds beyond. And she rarely, if ever, liked what she saw. Still shot from the upcoming animated Oracle Deck, The Mahjuti Cards
Inspiration.
Honmon-ji Temple in Ikegami, Hasui Kawase, 1931
Whipjack Thraw the Cacodaemon.
*sound on
Countless ages ago a disgruntled Cacodaemon retreated from the world to seek refuge deep in his underground lair. And there he would have remained, at peace, far from the squabbling masses of humans who had crowded him out, but for the appearance of a certain Mahjee who was looking to make a name for himself.
This Mahjee worked a Mahjuti Meta-Glyph on Whipjack that bound him within a space-time bubble. In other words, he doomed the Daemon to repeat the same 30 seconds or so of his life over and over, endlessly into eternity. Without respite.
The trap took Whipjack completely by surprise. He’d just finished a poetic warning to the Mahjee that Cacodaemons are immortal and that no Mahjuti tricks could harm him, when a series of glowing Glyphs appeared before his eyes. The ancient daemon, who long ago had proved he was invincible, found himself cocooned in a veil of shimmering sky-blue light. And that was that. He was trapped.
I haven't really blogged much for a few months. I've had a few health challenges that demanded I just stick to my day to day work schedule. I'm back on deck now, though still have a little healing to finish.
Nabu Nin Azu. One of the most renowned Mahjeem to have ever worn the red of a master. This is a still from one of the oracle cards included in my upcoming digital deck. He's also a character from my visual novel, "Veil of the Gods".
Inspiration.
by Pablo Munoz Gomez
Inspiration.
Jean Baptiste
Kôhô Shōda
"Fisherboat on Moonlit Sea", 1930.
Inspiration.
Peder Mørk Mønsted (Danish, 1859-1941)
Ponte Campovasto, 1914
Oil on canvas
50.5 x 84 cm
Private collection