Blemmyes are mythical creatures without a head, with their facial features on their chest. Blemmyes are said to occur in two types: with eyes on the chest or with the eyes on the shoulders. Epiphagi, a variant name for the headless people of the Brisone, is sometimes used as a term referring strictly to the eyes-on-the-shoulders type.
Below are some images of Blemmyes. I believe some of these illustrations are medieval but they were floating around on the internet without info, so if you know when/where something is from please let me know.
Alexander encounters the headless people —Hisotria de preliis in French, BL Royal MS 15 E vi, c. 1445.1460 Livres des Merveilles du Monde1377 manuscript of Secrets de l’histoire naturelle 13th-century bestiary
Hereford Mappa Mundi
Hereford Mappa Mundi
Today, draw/paint/sculpt/collage/sew a blemmyes, or a family of blemmyes. Make blemmyes until you don’t want to make blemmyes any more. Enjoy!
Today’s creative challenge idea comes from AJ Power, the League’s illustration and comics instructor. This project combines a scribble-and-respond drawing with an aspect of the panel exercise from Day 2. …
[image_with_animation image_url=”9121″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Pictured above: Gamblin’s recycled Torrit Grey, a different color every year Oil paints have a bad reputation for being toxic, and many of the …
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30SAL Challenge: Blemmyes
Blemmyes are mythical creatures without a head, with their facial features on their chest. Blemmyes are said to occur in two types: with eyes on the chest or with the eyes on the shoulders. Epiphagi, a variant name for the headless people of the Brisone, is sometimes used as a term referring strictly to the eyes-on-the-shoulders type.
Below are some images of Blemmyes. I believe some of these illustrations are medieval but they were floating around on the internet without info, so if you know when/where something is from please let me know.
Today, draw/paint/sculpt/collage/sew a blemmyes, or a family of blemmyes. Make blemmyes until you don’t want to make blemmyes any more. Enjoy!
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