Almost forgot the last creature I made for the cryptid artbook project: the Chugaister from Ukrainian mythology. Described as a large bear-like man, naked and super hairy (with almost animal-like fur), that roams the Carpathian mountains. Despite his appearance, he is a benevolent creature and doesn’t seem attack humans unless provoked. In fact, according to tales, he’s quite friendly towards people. He doesn’t speak like humans, but if he encounters you camping in the forest, he will gladly join you to dance around a bonfire, engaging in a sort of friendly dance battle. He’s super chill overall, especially if you share your food.
Additionally, the Chugaister protects humans from evil spirits and dangers, including NIAVKAS.
You might have heard of "Mavka" from the cartoon "Mavka, the Forest Song." BUT Mavkas and Niavkas are separate beings in folklore (though there is some overlap). I remember reading these different interpretations of the same entity come from different regions (can`t find right now) , but generally:
Mavkas are benevolent, playful forest spirits, almost like forest nymphs with green hair. Niavkas, on the other hand, are described as having transparent skin on their backs through which you can see their organs, usually covered with long hair. They are considered extremely dangerous, akin to skinwalkers or certain types of Fae (if you’re familiar with Fae/Fey mythology).
What`s up with me drawing frog wizards. I just realized this is like the third or forth time i do this. Guess they are my staple now or something. This one is DnD themed :)
Ignore my monster of a color palette. It`s always a mess
"What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger" unless it's head trauma. It that case it just makes you dumber"
Russian advances were basically stopped in their tracks and all they can do right now is shell big cities like Mariupol, Kharkiv and Kyiv, destroying infrastructure, old architecture and civilian housers. But let`s ignore for a bit how this is an obvious crime against humanity (cus russia clearly doesn`t even know what that is) Russian and Ukrainian army agreed to ceasefires and created green corridors to let the people evacuate from cities, but every single time russia broke the ceasefire and attacked those green corridors (mind you, green corridors that THEY agreed to. BOTH SIDES AGREED TO. How can Ukraine negotiate and find agreements with a country that never keeps those agreements????).
Like they specifically targeted and aimed at people that were escaping!
And the most cynical thing is that russian government keeps saying that ukrainian soldiers are using ukrainian citizens as a human shield, not letting them out of the cities and russians are forced to shoot at them.
When russians ARE NOT LETTING THEM ESCAPE. They are doing everything to make people imprisoned in those death crockpots They are shooting at cars and killing people that are trying to leave this woman`s mother was killed https://www.instagram.com/p/CaXc7yhF-d5/ And there are even videos of captured russian soldiers confessing that they were ordered to shoot at civilians.
And if that wasn`t enough, they also do not let any humanitarian convoys to enter into the cities. They are basially holding mariupol under siege and not alowing any humanitarian help in and destroying all infrastructure. There is no running water, no medicine, people are melting snow drink and almost 80% of all buildings in the city are destroyed or damaged in some way.
THEY DO NOT WANT TO OVERTAKE UKRAINE, THEY WANT TO COMPLETELY DESTROY IT AND LEVEL IT WITH THE GROUND!
PRESSURE YOUR AUTHORITIES TO COSE THE SKIES! STOP RUSSIA NOW, OR ELSE THE CHAOS THAT IT BRINGS WILL COME TO YOUR HOME TOO!
And when we say that russia will break the agreement, that russia will attack again... we are not saying it out of fearmongering or empty hate. We are saying it out of experience. This has happenned before. "Only an idiot does the same thing again and again, expecting a different result". They dont see a ceasefire or peace deal as that. They see it as an oppurtunity to regroup, to gather more power, or just keep going. They have done this before. A normal peoples ceasefire is when both sides stop shooting... Well guess what! russia is not "normal people". The second you stop shooting, they take the opportunity to keep shooting or rest a bit and try again. They have done this before. It`s like telling someone who was beat up to go make it up with the psychopath abuser, like:
He will beat me again.
No! See he promised to stop hitting you or screaming at you. Do you promise? Yes? See, youre fiiiiine. You can keep living in the same house, he won`t do it again :)
He promised the same thing last time and then beat me again.
Well you should try one more time. And if it doesnt work this time... then you tell me ok? :)
And the second you are left alone with that person... they beat you with 10x spite and anger, absolutely pissed that you dared to get help and "make it harder" in the first place. For Ukraine to stop shooting, it is motivated by the conventions, rules, NATO, EU. What is russia motivated by, to stop shooting? The conventions and rules they ALREADY break like its a national sport? You know... the civilian infrastructure they don`t attack because its against the rules... the POWs they don`t torture in camps or execute because its the rules... the children they don`t kidnap, because its the rules... the hospital and the Chornobyl sarcofagus they didn`t attack because that would be against any moral or international rules... Such a good streak of following the rules and being motivated by Geneva n stuff...
Also friendly reminder that there's no such thing as peace negotiation with russia. It doesn't exist and we learned it by experiencing it via bombs and missiles. Signing peace deal with russia right now means giving them time to build and buy more weapons, and draft bigger army for them to attack again in the future. It's not a peace deal, it's a break for russia to do even more damage. You're literally giving terrorists time off for them to gather more resources.
sO putin agreed to possible ceasfire... but the rules are that Ukraine can't: - do moblization - do training - receive weapons during that ceasfire... 🤔 Huh... So its "We are at peace... but you have to be in a MAX vulnerable and unpreperred position in case i (defintely dont) attack you again" "We are at peace... but i don`t trust you to have any ability or resource to defend yourself... It`s a danger to me (In a case where i attack you)"
I saw this video from @shar on youtube and i HAD to draw him. youtu.be/Xx8TQfhRVXY Idk what is it about him but a frog with daisy on its head? Perfection. I drew like 5 different variants because i was indecisive and also experimented with noise texture for the first time ^^(The first one is my favorite btw).
right now i am mostly posting allready finished art that i have in the backlog but here i had to make an exeption and draw a new art right away
AAAAAAAA THIS IS SO DAMN COOL :D BEST THING EVER
AAAAAA LOOK AT ITTTT @artcorvid
fresh tattoo with a lil blood under the cut
Sketched out a rough for how I am imagining my claw-footed harpy character to be walkin around, cuz its important to meeee
have fun if ya ever struggle with animalistic bipedalism
Its an unfinished FROG WIZARD! The drawing isnt ready yet but love how he turned out so far. Still want to work on the colors and add some shadows. Will keep you guys posted. hope you like him :)
🌘Hi! I`m an artist from Ukraine!🌒Came back to tumblr after i got my ADHD meds :)I mostly post my silly art and art projects + try to use my platform to spread the word about Ukraine, aka🇺🇦||The Glorious Cultural Expansion||🇺🇦
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