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Lorette Mia Ballard
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old character redesign from possibly 2008/09

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2020-02-27

I'm looking forward to today's theme of voyages, travelling and travellers. Here is a lovely print by Katsushika Hokusai titled 'Traveller in the Snow' to set the mood.

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2020-02-26

Florette’s birthday was yesterday!

I keep forgetting my characters bdays..

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2020-02-26

Also, I don't know why I've been so drawn to the western aesthetic lately, but I'm having fun! I'm thinking of writing a short comic about it. Maybe Loretta can be joined by my other western style characters: Jack Fashion or Wolfhelm Cassidy

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2020-02-26

Loreta busto 🎻🎻😍

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2020-02-24

In ancient Hebrew mythology Lilith, the so believed first wife of Adam, was considered a demon. Subsisting on the blood that where babies and men.

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2020-02-21

Turquoise waves rise up over Odysseus' raft as Poseidon, trident in hand, stirs a churning sea and conjures up black clouds.

"The Raft of Odysseus" (1929) by N C Wyeth (1882-1945). Oil on canvas; 48 x 38 in. (121.9 x 96.5 cm.).

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2020-02-21

The Classic poets sometimes referred to dawn as 'crocea'; a reference to the pale purple hue of early morning. [George Clausen via / Edwards's botanical register via ]

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2020-02-21

Green was believed to be unlucky because it was associated with fairy folk. Fairies were thought to dance in green rings and wear green clothes.

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2020-02-21

The straight-talking, Welsh water fairy The Lady of Llyn y Fan Fach, gives us a Celtic schooling in
boundaries and consequences. Find more about this uncompromising woman in Warriors, Witches, Women. https://t.co/UlMYieZcUw

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2020-02-21

“He promised to buy me a length of blue ribbon…”
Ribbon was a common lover’s gift; when bought at fairs called a ‘fairing’. A blue ribbon refers to a medieval symbolism of colour in which blue represents loyalty, constancy, faithfulness and truth.

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2020-02-21

Aka manto comes to the school bathroom when there's no paper and asks "Do you want red paper or blue?" If you say red you're bloodily slashed to death, if you say blue all your blood is sucked out and you're left dead and blue on the floor art

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2020-02-20

Aboriginal Australian myth, tells of the Serpent. The colorful creator/giver of life, due to its connection with water. For is life! Lore has it, a Wagilag sister gave birth & her blood flowed into the Rainbow Serpent's waterhole, birthing life.

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2020-02-21


In Ancient Egyptian lore HATHOR was a goddess who acted as the Eye of Ra (Ra's feminine counterpart)&she represented music, dance, joy, love & maternal care. She also exemplified femininity & helped deceased souls to transition to the afterlife

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2020-02-21

The legend of the Huna people, tells of the One day, a girl was saved by puffins. Her father found out & offered canoes of riches to get her back. Until her mom offered old white hair & they agreed. Each put a white hair in its head, there to this day.

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2020-02-20

Xōchipilli is the Aztec god of The Flower Prince, patron of writing, painting, dance, and games, was married to Mayahuel, a human woman.

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2020-02-20

The Greek goddess Iris, was a messenger of the gods before Hermes, a special envoy of Hera, and the personification of the rainbow. Iris was the daughter of a marine god Thaumas the wondrous, and a cloud goddess, Amber.

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2020-02-20

in September of 1609 Henry Hudson and crew while exploring the Catskill Mts claimed to have come across a party of metallurgist gnomes who shared a drink ( which they called eldritch ale) that temporarily transformed some of the crew into Gnomes as well

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2020-02-20