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alexandermustill.bsky.social @alexandermustill.bsky.social · 22h

#Classicstober Day 7: "Pharmakis"/"Witch"

When I saw this fantastic reference by @vilidian.bsky.social I immediately thought Medea!" And now here's an excuse to draw her!

#classicstober25

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alexandermustill.bsky.social @alexandermustill.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks!

alexandermustill.bsky.social @alexandermustill.bsky.social · 1d

#classicstober #classicstober25

alexandermustill.bsky.social @alexandermustill.bsky.social · 1d

Classicstober Day 6: " Moirai". Clotho the Spinner, Lachesis the Apportioner of Lots, and Atropos, She Who May Not Be Turned

After a painting by Paul Thumann, 19th Century

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alexandermustill.bsky.social @alexandermustill.bsky.social · 3d

#classicstober Day 5: "Hermes Psychopompos". Always a challenge drawing from the mirror, and hard to keep the lighting consistent 😅

I can feel I'll need to buy more fineliners next week...

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alexandermustill.bsky.social @alexandermustill.bsky.social · 4d

I can highly recommend @bretdevereaux.bsky.social 's essays on pre-industrial textile manufacture and just how much time this took
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Collections: Clothing, How Did They Make It? Part I: High Fiber

This post is also available in audio form, thanks to the efforts of our volunteer narrator. This week we are starting the first of a four (I, II, III, IVa, IVb) part look at pre-modern textile prod…

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alexandermustill.bsky.social @alexandermustill.bsky.social · 4d

#Classicstober #Classicstober25

alexandermustill.bsky.social @alexandermustill.bsky.social · 4d

Classicstober Day 4: "Shroud". Based on a 6th Century BCE Greek vase.

If my understanding of weaving is correct, the woman on the left is battening, i.e., forcing the newly-woven weft up against the existing fabric. The woman on the right is passing the shuttle through the warp

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alexandermustill.bsky.social @alexandermustill.bsky.social · 5d

Classicstober Day 3: "Graiai"

Models are @vilidian.bsky.social Nicole and Mar, from their Portus reference set

#classicstober #classicstober25

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alexandermustill.bsky.social @alexandermustill.bsky.social · 6d

#classicstober25 #classicstober Day 2: "Thanatos"

Big thanks to duke_1977.2 on IG for the reference!

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alexandermustill.bsky.social @alexandermustill.bsky.social · 6d

Wow, high praise 😁

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alexandermustill.bsky.social @alexandermustill.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks!

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alexandermustill.bsky.social @alexandermustill.bsky.social · 7d

I've decided to try #ClassicsTober to try to get back into the swing of things. We'll see how long I can keep it up 😅

Day 1: Hypnos
Reference from @1kwordsartandphoto.bsky.social

#ClassicsTober25

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alexandermustill.bsky.social @alexandermustill.bsky.social · 9d

"I'm innocent, I swear!"

alexandermustill.bsky.social @alexandermustill.bsky.social · 12d

Nice reflections!

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alexandermustill.bsky.social @alexandermustill.bsky.social · 13d

Five and ten-minute poses from a recent life drawing session with @sensitivityandpowr.bsky.social Thanks Sol for this great session! 😃

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alexandermustill.bsky.social @alexandermustill.bsky.social · 16d

Add some wings, and this could be on the frontispiece for an edition of Paradise Lost!

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alexandermustill.bsky.social @alexandermustill.bsky.social · 16d

That's such a good likeness!

alexandermustill.bsky.social @alexandermustill.bsky.social · 17d

I recognise these hands Luna!

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alexandermustill.bsky.social @alexandermustill.bsky.social · 28d

Surely, the bold assumption that cometary and zodiacal dust are collisional is trivially invalidated by the existence of, say, the Perseid meteors?
Moreover, if the zodiacal dust were dense enough to interact with the cometary dust, we wouldn't be able to see 3I/ATLAS in the first place...

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alexandermustill.bsky.social @alexandermustill.bsky.social · Aug 31

5-10 minute poses

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alexandermustill.bsky.social @alexandermustill.bsky.social · Aug 31

20-minute poses from an online life drawing session yesterday with @sensitivityandpowr.bsky.social Thanks for the session Sol! 😊

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alexandermustill.bsky.social @alexandermustill.bsky.social · Aug 17

Thanks!

alexandermustill.bsky.social @alexandermustill.bsky.social · Aug 17

No Veils!

I started this series months ago and finally finished this weekend. Not too happy with the veils: I think I need to work on drapery...

Thanks to @goodknightruby.bsky.social for the great reference photos!

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alexandermustill.bsky.social @alexandermustill.bsky.social · Aug 17

One Veil

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