Although I drew a lot of the art featured here, the blog's actual operator is not me but one of my followers. Hopefully she'll allow submissions from other tumblr users in the future. Keep an eye out for more art!
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I recently uploaded this drawing of mine onto tumblr: The famous female Pharaoh Hatshepsut proudly displays her abundant assets here. What a bootylicious Queen of the Nile!
In historical reality, Hatshepsut had grown very overweight when she died at middle age, as analysis of her mummy has shown, but I like to think she kept better care of her figure in her youth.
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I wonder if there's a way to measure the prevalence and expression of steatogypia in ancient populations? Would steatogypia affect the bones or survive the mummification process?
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The drawing I like are Tiye by yang, Menhit by yang, Sekhmet by shoom, female pharaoh by fuckya, Cleopatra VII by brandon, Isis by mystic,the Egyptian by tdub.Somebody could make a great cartoon movie with those pictures.
quote:Originally posted by Fartheadbonnkers: Her ancient busts and sculptures don't depict any of those Negroid traits. Her lips are in fact incredibly thin.
Here's a far more accurate "cartoon" depiction:
Yet of all the authentic images of Hatshepsut they have on google or bing, you chose the whitish looking one that is mere illustration of fancy. Posts: 26238 | From: Atlanta, Georgia, USA | Registered: Feb 2005
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quote:Originally posted by Truthcentric: I recently uploaded this drawing of mine onto tumblr: The famous female Pharaoh Hatshepsut proudly displays her abundant assets here. What a bootylicious Queen of the Nile!
In historical reality, Hatshepsut had grown very overweight when she died at middle age, as analysis of her mummy has shown, but I like to think she kept better care of her figure in her youth.
Special little gift for Faheem:
Hatshepsut X Alexander the Great shipped together
LMAO I take it you were in an 'amorous' mood when you made these drawings.
quote: I wonder if there's a way to measure the prevalence and expression of steatogypia in ancient populations? Would steatopygia affect the bones or survive the mummification process?
LOL Well from what I understand, the only affect steatopygia has on bones is in the lower spine in the form of lordosis, though this is quite rare and only happens in cases of the extreme form of steatopygia. It definitely can't survive mummification because the process saps all water from the body and shrivels the entire body to 'beef jerky' like form. I don't know how medical scientists can assess steatopygia in a mummified corpse except maybe analyzing fatty deposit remnants and fibrous tissue in the buttocks(?) But so far steatopygia has only been assessed in ancient populations through artwork.
The ancient Egyptians by the way, tend to exhibit the minimal or minute form of steatopygia common among elongated or supra-tropical Africans because fat is an insulator that hinders heat loss.
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quote:Originally posted by Djehuti: The ancient Egyptians by the way, tend to exhibit the minimal or minute form of steatopygia common among elongated or supra-tropical Africans because fat is an insulator that hinders heat loss.
If you haven't already noticed, I like to draw my Egyptian subjects as having a more "True Negro" look (i.e. wide nose, full lips, kinky hair, and ample derrieres) than some people here advocate. Honestly, I find those features more attractive, especially on women. I consider myself more of a fantasy than a strictly historical artist anyway, even if history does provide a treasure trove of inspiration.
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quote:Originally posted by Djehuti: The ancient Egyptians by the way, tend to exhibit the minimal or minute form of steatopygia common among elongated or supra-tropical Africans because fat is an insulator that hinders heat loss.
If you haven't already noticed, I like to draw my Egyptian subjects as having a more "True Negro" look (i.e. wide nose, full lips, kinky hair, and ample derrieres) than some people here advocate. Honestly, I find those features more attractive, especially on women. I consider myself more of a fantasy than a strictly historical artist anyway, even if history does provide a treasure trove of inspiration.
The ancient Egyptians had a wide variety of looks. So your depictions could very well be accurate.
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quote:Originally posted by KingMichael777: The ancient Egyptians had a wide variety of looks. So your depictions could very well be accurate.
I agree, but some posters on these forums advocate that Egyptians as a general rule, while still dark-skinned and genetically qualifying as Black African, had narrower noses and wavier hair than the "True Negro" stereotype as an adaptation to the arid climate.
Speaking of hair, at the risk of beating another dead horse...
Someone on DeviantArt notified me that Hatshepsut's mummy had hair stretching all the way from her head down to her ankle. I have a hard time imagining straight hair of such length having any practical use, so my gut instinct tells me the hairs were originally tightly coiled but then straightened out due to some postmortem process. What said postmortem process would be, I don't know; maybe this is a subject for future research.
quote:Originally posted by KingMichael777: The ancient Egyptians had a wide variety of looks. So your depictions could very well be accurate.
I agree, but some posters on these forums advocate that Egyptians as a general rule, while still dark-skinned and genetically qualifying as Black African, had narrower noses and wavier hair than the "True Negro" stereotype as an adaptation to the arid climate.
Speaking of hair, at the risk of beating another dead horse...
Someone on DeviantArt notified me that Hatshepsut's mummy had hair stretching all the way from her head down to her ankle. I have a hard time imagining straight hair of such length having any practical use, so my gut instinct tells me the hairs were originally tightly coiled but then straightened out due to some postmortem process. What said postmortem process would be, I don't know; maybe this is a subject for future research.
quote:Originally posted by Truthcentric: I recently uploaded this drawing of mine onto tumblr: The famous female Pharaoh Hatshepsut proudly displays her abundant assets here. What a bootylicious Queen of the Nile!
In historical reality, Hatshepsut had grown very overweight when she died at middle age, as analysis of her mummy has shown, but I like to think she kept better care of her figure in her youth.
this is very sexist with her shiny ass sticking out
also you have learned little from Egyptian art. You are using Western comic book/porn interpretation of Egyptians. Look at how the women are posing in Egyptian art not this hoochie mama shyt
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quote:Originally posted by the lioness,: also you have learned little from Egyptian art. You are using Western comic book/porn interpretation of Egyptians. Look at how the women are posing in Egyptian art not this hoochie mama shyt
I'm not really aiming to emulate the Egyptian art style here. It's supposed to look like a pin-up.
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quote:Originally posted by the lioness,: also you have learned little from Egyptian art. You are using Western comic book/porn interpretation of Egyptians. Look at how the women are posing in Egyptian art not this hoochie mama shyt
I'm not really aiming to emulate the Egyptian art style here. It's supposed to look like a pin-up.
It's slutty and cheap and degrades women and Egyptian culture.
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^^^^ show this picture to some intelligent black women, we'll see if your theories are correct
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^ Maybe he should, since you are neither intelligent nor black, that is if you are really a woman. LOLPosts: 26238 | From: Atlanta, Georgia, USA | Registered: Feb 2005
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quote:Originally posted by KingMichael777: The ancient Egyptians had a wide variety of looks. So your depictions could very well be accurate.
I agree, but some posters on these forums advocate that Egyptians as a general rule, while still dark-skinned and genetically qualifying as Black African, had narrower noses and wavier hair than the "True Negro" stereotype as an adaptation to the arid climate.
Speaking of hair, at the risk of beating another dead horse...
Someone on DeviantArt notified me that Hatshepsut's mummy had hair stretching all the way from her head down to her ankle. I have a hard time imagining straight hair of such length having any practical use, so my gut instinct tells me the hairs were originally tightly coiled but then straightened out due to some postmortem process. What said postmortem process would be, I don't know; maybe this is a subject for future research.
There is no such thing as a TRUE NEGRO. Like Keita said Africans vary in phenotypes to just be labeled Negroid.
People should already understand this.
And hair that long sounds kinda ludicrous..
The long hair nonsense aside, I for one have always maintained phenotypic diversity for the populations of the Nile Valley. While the Egyptians generally do exhibit supra-tropical skeletal builds, they vary in stature, complexions, facial features, and hair forms from area to area. Egyptians tend to be lighter and shorter in the northern areas of Egypt while those in southern areas tend to be darker and taller. Egyptians in the north tend to have narrower noses and wider heads while those in the south have wider noses and narrower heads. Lower Egyptians also tend to have frizzy or kinky hair in contrast to southerners who have wavy hair. So NO there was no single set of phenotypic traits that prevailed throughout Egypt.
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quote:Originally posted by KingMichael777: The ancient Egyptians had a wide variety of looks. So your depictions could very well be accurate.
I agree, but some posters on these forums advocate that Egyptians as a general rule, while still dark-skinned and genetically qualifying as Black African, had narrower noses and wavier hair than the "True Negro" stereotype as an adaptation to the arid climate.
Speaking of hair, at the risk of beating another dead horse...
Someone on DeviantArt notified me that Hatshepsut's mummy had hair stretching all the way from her head down to her ankle. I have a hard time imagining straight hair of such length having any practical use, so my gut instinct tells me the hairs were originally tightly coiled but then straightened out due to some postmortem process. What said postmortem process would be, I don't know; maybe this is a subject for future research.
There is no such thing as a TRUE NEGRO. Like Keita said Africans vary in phenotypes to just be labeled Negroid.
People should already understand this.
And hair that long sounds kinda ludicrous..
The long hair nonsense aside, I for one have always maintained phenotypic diversity for the populations of the Nile Valley. While the Egyptians generally do exhibit supra-tropical skeletal builds, they vary in stature, complexions, facial features, and hair forms from area to area. Egyptians tend to be lighter and shorter in the northern areas of Egypt while those in southern areas tend to be darker and taller. Egyptians in the north tend to have narrower noses and wider heads while those in the south have wider noses and narrower heads. Lower Egyptians also tend to have frizzy or kinky hair in contrast to southerners who have wavy hair. So NO there was no single set of phenotypic traits that prevailed throughout Egypt.
Good point!
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^ I never claimed to be an expert on anything let alone on "who's black". My anthropological knowledge on the physical appearance of Egyptians and other Africans comes from updated sources such as books and articles written by valid experts as well as my own first-hand observations of African immigrants from diverse parts of the continent. This is in contrast to YOU who has probably seen few Africans which is why you make generalizations that if an African has loose or wavy hair it is because he/she has foreign admixture. I find your statement about me being Filipino funny considering that for centuries it were white Westerners who were the self proclaimed experts on racial and ethnic identity including who is black. LOL Oh, and if your statement is based on my remarks about you not being black. Again, it doesn't take an expert to know you are a lying troll.
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Another female Pharaoh’s portrait, this time a side view. I understand that I’ve done a lot of female Pharaoh drawings lately, but I wanted to experiment with a different angle and inking technique. Plus, ages must have passed since I last colored any drawing.
This isn’t meant to represent any particular individual from real ancient Egyptian or Nubian history, but she can if you want to.
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I call this "Miss Independent" after the Ne-Yo song which made it come to mind.
As people following me on DeviantArt and tumblr almost certainly know by now, I have recently gone on a female Pharaoh kick in art and writing. Now I wish to articulate why I love that concept so much.
The idea of a beautiful and elegant African lady as the matriarch of antiquity’s most prosperous and powerful civilizations inspires me because it presents a much more uplifting and respectful image of African women than we usually get to see. Way too often in Western culture, black women are perceived as pitiful “mules of the world” at the very best, if they aren’t slandered as repulsively unfeminine and undesirable. In the rare instance when a black woman is cast in a sexy or romantic role, she is typically lighter-skinned or otherwise more European in appearance. The female Pharaoh archetype is the polar opposite of all those racist images, which is a major reason why I draw her so much.
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^ And so what if he does?? Do you know how many white guys have a 'thing' for Asian women?! To each his own. As long as he respects women, it shouldn't matter what color of phenotype of woman turns him on. Posts: 26238 | From: Atlanta, Georgia, USA | Registered: Feb 2005
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^ that's reasonable but I don't like the way he and zarahan parade black women's asses as Egyptology. I don't think it's respectful, He's even got shiny highlights on the butt cheeks. Alexander's hand on Hatshepsut ass? You call that repectful? doesn't even make sense historically.
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^ LOL It's called fan fiction. If you think that's bad, I have seen much worse images of the female form in art blogs. Posts: 26238 | From: Atlanta, Georgia, USA | Registered: Feb 2005
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This conceptual line art illustrates Asehotep, Pharaoh of Kametu and protagonist of my fantasy novel Lakes of the Moon. Trained in the martial arts and archery from a young age, Asehotep will do everything she can for her people. However, the same belief in her own divinity that compels her to nurture her kingdom has inflated her sense of self-worth. When her half-brother has her dethroned and kidnapped by raiders from the far north, she must lead these raiders to another source of treasure and find her way back to civilization.
I've already written the first chapter and am plowing through the second right now. Among the subject matter that will feature in the story are not only Egypto-Nubian people but also Vikings, Central African foragers, and a jungle with dinosaurs and ancient ruins!
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Now here’s an intercultural pairing that is neither sexual nor technically interracial: an Egyptian Pharaoh and Zulu warrior as platonic, albeit still emotionally close, friends (to use Internet slang, BFF). What I find appealing about this fantasy friendship is the idea of two ostensibly different cultures on opposite sides of the African continent coming together and embracing each other.
I should note that the Zulu warrior chick’s costume does not reflect actual Zulu female dress, but everyone recognizes the Zulu for their warriors anyway.
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Ancient Egypt’s two most famous matriarchs, Pharaoh Hatshepsut and Queen Cleopatra VII, have a heated argument over who’s the better ruler. Not the first time I’ve drawn these historical characters together, but I just can’t get enough of the visual and personality contrast between them. If you can’t already tell which one is which, Hatshepsut’s the dark-skinned girl on the left whereas Cleo is the “high yellow” one on the right.
My portrait of Aset (more commonly known by her Greek name Isis), the ancient Egyptian goddess who patronized magic and nature. Wife of Ausar (Osiris) and mother of Heru (Horus), Aset proved so popular a deity that her cult actually spread outside of Africa into the Greek and Roman civilizations. Some scholars have even claimed that the Christian motif of Mary suckling Jesus actually borrowed from ancient Egyptian depictions of Aset suckling Heru.
I chose to draw this after encountering some guys on Tumblr who profess to be “Kemetic Revivalists”, adopting the ancient Egyptian religion as their own. Personally I say the whole movement reeks of cultural appropriation by people who get all their “knowledge” of Egyptian religion from dubious European interpretations of this ancient African culture, but I have to credit them with the inspiration anyway.
Her Majesty surveys from her tawny palace's balcony. Her father the Sun cozies her with his light's embrace. Snow-pale linen enwraps her midnight-dark frame, A slender build but her curves are gentle. Gold and gems gleam around her neck and arms, But her cobra-hood crown burns brightest of all.
Her Majesty leans against the columned railing. Fishers' reed rafts bob on the dazzling Nile, While crocodiles slither past the ranting hippos. Papyrus and palms sway along the black banks. The kingdom's young crop rests below the water's edge. Mud hut villages chatter in two tongues. They are the voices of men and the thumping of drums.
Her Majesty inhales the sweet lotus scent. The twin towers of the temples' pylon gates Sting her eyes with their holy white glow. Among these the obelisks point skyward, Spears of stone engraved with pictures. Highest of all rise her ancestors' tombs. These limestone mountains have golden peaks.
Her Majesty sighs with tears glossing her cheeks. She brings the floods forth and drives the barbarians back. Her people chant their praises to her divinity. They all claim to love and thank her. Yet no one dares step near his or her goddess. Men may gaze and whistle at her beauty. But none want a wife with all the power.
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Due to issues with my scanner, I had to use my iPhone to take this picture. I also didn't have my drawing pad handy; this is on lined notebook paper as you can see. When I started drawing this, I had no idea who this character would turn out to be, but once I drew in her facial features I decided to add in a stylized Eye of Horus kohl design on her eye. I like how "tribal" it came out looking, as if the woman came from Egypt's prehistoric (or Predynastic) era.
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Qalhata, the proud and headstrong chieftess of the Khematic Sobek tribe, poses with an obsidian spear and knife.
You could say this new character is actually a conceptual hybridization of all the "female Egyptian Pharaoh" and "prehistoric huntress" I've created in the past. The Sobek tribe which Qalhata leads is actually a subgroup within a larger "nation" or ethnicity called the Khematu, whom in my fantasy world's timeline are the progenitors of eastern African peoples (e.g. Egyptians, Nubians, Ethiopians, Kenyans, etc.). The whole world is populated by pseudo-prehistoric hunter-gatherers of various racial and cultural backgrounds. Anyway, so far the plot for Qalhata's story has her hunting elephants with her younger sister Aneksi, but they are interrupted by alien visitors with magical powers and mysterious intentions.
BTW, that's not a crown Qalhata has on her head, but a specially combed and pruned Afro which combines influences from both the ancient Egyptian blue crown of war (i.e. the one Rameses II famously wore) and some traditional Rwandan coiffures. The hairstyle shows that she is chieftess of her tribe while the crocodile-tooth necklace identifies her with the totemic deity Sobek.
And can you please show us this allegedly authentic portrait of her? Last time I checked there was nothing in the records to indicate that she was blonde and blue-eyed, something of rare occurrence among Greeks, Macedonians, and other Balkans.
Plus we already have evidence based on the remains of Cleopatra's own sister, Arsinoe. But then again, all of this was explained to you before.
You really do need to get a life and stop living in these racial fantasies. Posts: 26238 | From: Atlanta, Georgia, USA | Registered: Feb 2005
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This is a WIP, but soon it will become a poster for a hypothetical period film starring the famous Egyptian Pharaoh Hatshepsut. We’ve all seen Cleopatra dozens of times in Hollywood, but how about we give the cinematic treatment to a more successful (and wholly Egyptian) matriarch for once? Unlike most of my recent “female Pharaoh” drawings, I attempted to make the poster’s leading actress resemble the model Oluchi Onweagba, working with the idea that she could play the title character.
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Hatshepsut, the Daughter of the Sun. I originally wanted to make this look like a movie poster, but in the end it came out looking more like a novel cover. Still, a long time has passed since I last drew anything with a background, even a simple desert one like the one here. The Pharaoh’s facial features were drawn using the Nigerian model Oluchi Onweagba as a reference.
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A male villager, either middle or lower class, from ancient Egypt offers a friendly greeting.
One of my history professors said in a lecture that even the Egyptian lower classes loved to adorn themselves with jewelry. However, since most images of commoners in Egyptian art don’t give them more than the standard linen loincloths (artistic haste?), I had to make up this character’s bling. Most of it draws inspiration from the jewelry worn by some “traditional” African peoples today. The two pointy things hanging from his necklace are supposed to be animal tusks.
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^ In Egyptian culture like many African cultures, adornments were a sign of status. The more adornments and especially the higher the quality, the higher up in status one usually was. Thus in Egyptian murals and paintings commoners are not shown adorn in contrasts to the elites. From what I understand, the Egyptians also used bone jewelry and ostrich eggs.
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