I’ve Been G(r)eeking Out Lately On Greek Mythology, So I Created These Stories In My Paper Theatre
I am an illustrator and paper artist. I’m taking some of my favorite Greek myths and illustrating them using my paper theatre—a technique of cutting characters and props and photographing them inside a miniature theatre.
I’ll keep illustrating mythology stories from the Greeks and move on to world mythology. You can see the full stories on my website and Instagram.
More info: Instagram | abecalendar.com
The Myth of Pandora
The Myth of Prometheus
Kronos
Kronos was the son of Gaia, the earth, and Uranus, the sky. He overthrew his father and reigned as the leader of the first generation of Titans. However, the fates revealed that he would meet the same destiny as his father: to be overthrown by one of his children. In fear of losing his power, he took every child as soon as his wife Rhea gave birth, and swallowed the infant in one gulp. One by one, Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, and Poseidon. Kronos devoured his children attempting to fool the fates.
Rhea
To save her newborn from Kronos, Rhea hid him away on the island of Crete and named him Zeus.
The War of the Titans
Zeus returned and made Cronus vomit his swallowed children and led them to a rebellion against the Titans. The war lasted ten years, but Zeus and the Olympians won, and imprisoned the Titans in Tartarus.
This scene was tough to figure out and almost gave up on it. Not my favorite, but I’m still learning this process
Orpheus
Orpheus reached river Styx, and the ferryman took him down into the Underworld to bring back Eurydice.
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Heracles killed Prometheus’ eagle in exchange for information, later, and Rhea gave Kronos a rock instead of Zeus to eat.
... I thought zues sent out vultures to eat promethues' liver....
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These are awesome! And as a Greek, thank you for liking our mythology :)
Amazing! And it looks like a lot of work. But the end result is just awesome :)
This is amazing!!! it is absolutely beautiful and ITS GREEK MYTHOLOGYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
If you are interested in Greek Mythology I highly recommend giving Stephen Fry's series of books on Greek Mythology a try. They are fantastic! I'm re-reading them for the 3rd time as I just got the 3rd and final book in the series a short time ago and I like reading them all one after the other lol! But, seriously, they are absolutely amazing books, I highly, highly recommend them. Only thing I'm not overly keen on is the paintings done over time representing the myths. Most of them are Renaissance era and I would love to see them done in more modern styles lol! My head is exploding with ideas about them but, unfortunately, I'm not good enough at art to draw them lol!
While there were elements missing from the stories, I still think that they gout down the general points. And the images in general were breathtaking!
Heracles killed Prometheus’ eagle in exchange for information, later, and Rhea gave Kronos a rock instead of Zeus to eat.
... I thought zues sent out vultures to eat promethues' liver....
Load More Replies... These are awesome! And as a Greek, thank you for liking our mythology :)
Amazing! And it looks like a lot of work. But the end result is just awesome :)
This is amazing!!! it is absolutely beautiful and ITS GREEK MYTHOLOGYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
If you are interested in Greek Mythology I highly recommend giving Stephen Fry's series of books on Greek Mythology a try. They are fantastic! I'm re-reading them for the 3rd time as I just got the 3rd and final book in the series a short time ago and I like reading them all one after the other lol! But, seriously, they are absolutely amazing books, I highly, highly recommend them. Only thing I'm not overly keen on is the paintings done over time representing the myths. Most of them are Renaissance era and I would love to see them done in more modern styles lol! My head is exploding with ideas about them but, unfortunately, I'm not good enough at art to draw them lol!
While there were elements missing from the stories, I still think that they gout down the general points. And the images in general were breathtaking!
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