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
Bernard Leach (1887–1979) holds a pivotal role in ceramics, often cited as the “Father of British Studio Pottery.” Born in Hong Kong and educated in England, he made significant contributions to the field during his years in Japan. There, he became close friends with Shoji Hamada, another transformative figure in pottery. Their collaborative work was …
Feet in blanket, drypoint and embossed chine-collé on 14×11″ Rives gray BFK. (The color is a little dark and dull in this photo, because the paper was still wet) An accidental print resulted in some body-less feet at the bottom of the page, and Nikki had a brilliant idea to add chine-collé to the empty …
[image_with_animation image_url=”7935″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] In January we did a series of creative challenges. January 15 was “Strange Mail” an invitation to “let standardized paper and implements be darned. Mail us something strange.” And you did! Here is our postman, posing with one of Strange Mail pieces (he had previously shoved it under the door …
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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