Free to a Good Home; GRLA May 7th
Man, all I'm posting about lately is GR Shows! This time it's a dog-themed benefit show, so of course I thought "What did the ancient Zoroastrians think about dogs," because I am working on a YAGN about 8th Century Uzbekistan with my mom and it's all I care about these days.
Zoroastrians had some intense ideas about dogs. This picture is loosely based on the Zoroastrian purification ritual for the dead: after preparing the body, the Zoroastrians would have a sacred 'four-eyed' dog (a dog with a spot above each eye) come and look at the deceased person. This would be enough to drive away the evil spirits that had crowded around him.
I liked that a lot. The piece was pretty fun to do also, and it gave me an excuse to draw a lot of dogs.
Zoroastrians had some intense ideas about dogs. This picture is loosely based on the Zoroastrian purification ritual for the dead: after preparing the body, the Zoroastrians would have a sacred 'four-eyed' dog (a dog with a spot above each eye) come and look at the deceased person. This would be enough to drive away the evil spirits that had crowded around him.
I liked that a lot. The piece was pretty fun to do also, and it gave me an excuse to draw a lot of dogs.