fanart, Weighing of the Heart (Sandman)

[ratcreature]

Fandom: Sandman
Characters/Pairings: Morpheus, Matthew
Media used: pencil drawing, inked with fine liner pens, acrylic paint
Rating/warnings: G, none
Notes/comments: This was my yuletart gift for Rasetsunyo. Besides Morpheus and Matthew, Rasetsunyo mentioned in the requests (for another, non-Sandman fandom) the Egyptian pantheon, and also liking crossovers. This isn't really a crossover with the other fandom, but I thought it would still work to mix Morpheus into in one of the classic scenes of the Egyptian afterlife, i.e. the Weighing of the Heart. So there's Anubis weighing the heart against the feather of truth, Thoth keeping the records, and Ammit (the crocodile/lion/hippo mix demon) waiting to eat the unworthy hearts. I decided to show the waiting soul as Ba with a bird body and human head. I'm not sure why Morpheus is there, but I figured that the Egyptians connected their afterlife underworld to the night and to the journey of the sun might be good enough for this Endless to show up there.
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Comments

[friendshipper.livejournal.com]

*eeeeeee!* Matthew is by far my favorite of the Sandman cast; I just totally fell for him, and I love this scene, with the Sandman chars and Egyption pantheon. *loves* Neat job with the watercolors and the little curly tendrils on Morpheus's cloak!

[astridv.livejournal.com]

Beautiful! You're a fantastic colorist.

[cereta.livejournal.com]

Oh, this is lovely!

[chaos-squid.livejournal.com]

This is really cool.

I love the tip of his nose for some reason. It's endearing.

[senmut]

That is gorgeous artwork!

[marinarusalka.livejournal.com]

This is very pretty. I love the colors, and also Ammit is incredibly cool. I wouldn't have had a clue how to draw a crocodile/lion/hippo mix, but you actually pulled it off.