Inspiration.
Kitagawa Utamaro, Tying Thread, from the series “Women’s Handicrafts: Models of Dexterity" (“Fujin tewaza ayatsuri kagami”), 1792
Inspiration.
by Pablo Munoz Gomez
Inspiration.
Kasamatsu Shiro
"Night Rain at Shinobazu Pond", 1938.
Woodblock Print
Inspiration.
Peder Mørk Mønsted (Danish, 1859-1941)
Ponte Campovasto, 1914
Oil on canvas
50.5 x 84 cm
Private collection
Inspiration.
Hasui Kawase’s "Evening in Nakoso". Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art
I've been away from Veil of the Gods and Ziggetai for a while. Mainly that's because I've been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. It's a roller coaster. Who knows what might happen?
After pondering the enormity of this situation for some weeks I sat down to create a magical glyph. This graphic spell is designed and intended to draw in life force energy and convert it to health and wealth and joy.
In my graphic novel, "Veil of the Gods", Glyphs are one aspect of a vast magical technology that encompasses all the creative arts. This technology is called Mahjuti. Mastery of these symbols and the creation of new ones takes a lifetime of dedicated study, practice and experimentation.
Here’s the latest trailer for Veil of the Gods...
The older you get the more you realise there are constant signals being sent to you if you're awake enough to notice them. It's as if Life were sending you clues wrapped in little ripples of chance. There are messages everywhere begging you to decipher them if you'd only take notice. Books fall open at pages that bear sage advice. A coin will appear on the road at your feet tempting you to explore a side-street. A conversation with a stranger may offer you all the answers you were looking for, even though the stranger had no idea of your questions. A song will get stuck in your head. And that song leads you off on another adventure. Theo Metaxis chose to live his life according to these messages from the world around him; to be guided by fortune. And for a long while this system worked perfectly for Theo. Now he's gone missing. And his disappearance is sending ripples through the world in a way that would probably make him smile if he knew about it. Here's my character study from Veil of the Gods for today.
So, here's the first card of the Ziggetai Oracle deck. This is Mahjeena Jahrool. Still lots of digital touch ups to do and the insert of titles, but I think she's looking good. This is just a teaser. I hope you consider yourself teased.
The Oracle Deck will take the form of an app that draws a card and reveals it's meaning for the reader. Each card is a character or location from my upcoming graphic novel, "Veil of the Gods".
The deck will only be available as an NFT and the number of NFTs will be limited.
There will be three tiers of ownership, bronze, silver and gold, each with their own specific utilities attached. And there'll be music in the background.
We're so fortunate to have such a dedicated Dev team creating the app and our minting Dapp. Much gratitude...
The countdown to mint has begun.
Before this year is out we'll be minting two graphic novels; the first chapter of Veil of the Gods and, before that, The Book of Mahjuti.
For more about the Veil of the Gods project here's our linktree.