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.
One of the creative challenges during January was to draw a Blemmyes. I was not prepared for the responses. The drawing above by Marina Vogman @magma_drawing was my absolute favorite, but there were many more. Below is a bunch of blemmyes.
Blemmyes, looking for love
Blemmyes’ Tinder profile pic by teganwyBlemmyes connecting deeply, by charlotteslensBlemmyes, naturel by crewmarBlemmyes vacationing in Hawaii by wsl_creates (bonus points for drawing on location)Blemmyes party by punkcassBlemmyes on a date by magma_drawingBlemmyes pride by tawmsartBlemmyes’ blushing by Sara Todd
I got this idea from Makena Gadient at the recent CoCA 24 hour Art Marathon. This is an excellent design study. Take a stack of cards. Using a big sewing needle, poke random holes into the stack of cards so they all have the same pattern of holes. Then, using the same holes, create a …
Yesterday I posted an introduction to the most unusual art class I’ve ever been a part of. I talked about Cezanne’s approach to recording a scene by using short lines distributed across the page, and how this can be used to integrate abstraction, time, space, and movement in a piece. One of the students in …
Welcome to day 2 of the 30SAL creative challenge! To learn more about this challenge, click here. Today is Sunday, OBSERVATION day. The challenge for today is to draw or collage a cup, a table, and a wall as you are looking at it. Describe the surface and space of each object, as well as …
30SAL Challenge: My favorite 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.
One of the creative challenges during January was to draw a Blemmyes. I was not prepared for the responses. The drawing above by Marina Vogman @magma_drawing was my absolute favorite, but there were many more. Below is a bunch of blemmyes.
Blemmyes, looking for love
(bonus points for drawing on location)
Blemmyes’ ‘me too’ movement
Blemmyes bellies
Blemmyes cis males
Blemmyes in art
More favorites posted soon!
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