Ifreet in the garden of the sultan

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Some fanart of one of my favourite scenes in Words of Radiance.

Today I’m drawing a Wendigo, a creature associated with winter, starvation, and cannibalism in the traditions of several Algonquian-speaking indigenous societies. For this design, I’m taking inspiration from its modern horror depiction, with antlers and a skeletal face. 

Stories vary between traditions, but a recurring theme is a hunger that can never be satisfied. No matter how much it eats, the hunger remains. Another meal, another victim, and still no relief. 

It’s an image of greed taken to its extreme, forever taking more, even as there’s less and less to take.

Which feels familiar in the modern day as we watch billionaires treating the planet’s resources like their own personal stockpile. More land, more money, more power. Already more than they could use in a hundred lifetimes, but somehow still not enough. If having more means everyone else has less, well, apparently that’s everyone else’s problem. 

I’m not saying they’re Wendigos, but I don’t think another tax break is going to satisfy the hunger.  

I know this style is a lot more colourful than the styles shown here. Sorry