Ryo's Bizarre Adventure

This taste... is the taste of a liar!!

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Excuse the picture, it’s late and I cbf scanning a WIP But basically one of the things I didn’t like about my art was that I wasn’t able to draw easily recognizable faces. I was doing a lot of the anime thing where all faces were the same and it was the hair that made the character recognizable. As I was on an Elisabeth kick I decided a fun challenge would be to draw Death’s Angels, who are silent side characters in the musical but who have always fascinated me nonetheless. They all look alike, but of course all the actors look subtly different and I decided to see if I could draw different faces under the same hairstyle. I’m sort of happy with the results? Of course it’s still heavily a WIP and only the first time I attempted. But then, gosh, I wanted to give them characters. Personalities. Names. I want to do so much more with them. But I started off with names. I found some with meanings I liked. APOLLYŌN: Greek name meaning “destroyer.” In the New Testament bible, this is the name of the angel-prince of the infernal regions, the minister of death and author of havoc on earth. He is also known by the name Abaddon. BAHRAM: Persian name meaning “smiter of resistance” or “victorious.” This is also a name for the planet Mars. In mythology, this is the name of an angel. CASSIEL: Latinized form of Hebrew Kafziel, meaning “speedy one of God.” In Jewish lore, Kafziel is the name of an archangel. Unlike most of the other angels, Kafziel is a watcher, rather than a doer. He is called the angel of solitude and tears, and presides over the deaths of kings. He is associated with the Seventh Heaven, the planet Saturn, and has even been worshipped by Satanists. JOPHIEL: Anglicized form of Hebrew Yophiel, meaning “beauty of God.” In Jewish lore, this is the name of an archangel. MALAKIY: Hebrew name meaning “my messenger.” In the bible, this is the name of the last of the Hebrew prophets. RAGUEL: Latin form of Hebrew Rauwel, meaning “friend of God.” In the bible, this is the name of several characters, including a son of Esau. In the Book of Enoch, this name is included as one of the seven archangels. He is known as the archangel of fairness, harmony, and justice; he oversees the other angels to make sure that they are all working peacefully together with mankind. All angels and archangels who transgress must face this angel who passes judgement and issues punishment. He belongs to the choir of Principalities and is mainly focused on keeping heaven pure of corruption. He is the angel who carried Enoch to heaven and back to earth. He is identified with the angel of the 5th Seal in Revelation 6:9-11, and is believed to be the angel who opens the bottomless pit. He is also sometimes identified with Abaddon, an angel believed by some to be the devil. There are references to a similar figure in Babylonian texts which refer to him as Rag or Ragumu, and in Sumerian texts as Rig. Sorry for the textwall, there’s no Read More option on photoposts, WHOOPS.

Excuse the picture, it’s late and I cbf scanning a WIP

But basically one of the things I didn’t like about my art was that I wasn’t able to draw easily recognizable faces. I was doing a lot of the anime thing where all faces were the same and it was the hair that made the character recognizable.

As I was on an Elisabeth kick I decided a fun challenge would be to draw Death’s Angels, who are silent side characters in the musical but who have always fascinated me nonetheless. They all look alike, but of course all the actors look subtly different and I decided to see if I could draw different faces under the same hairstyle. I’m sort of happy with the results? Of course it’s still heavily a WIP and only the first time I attempted.

But then, gosh, I wanted to give them characters. Personalities. Names.

I want to do so much more with them. But I started off with names. I found some with meanings I liked.

APOLLYŌN: Greek name meaning “destroyer.” In the New Testament bible, this is the name of the angel-prince of the infernal regions, the minister of death and author of havoc on earth. He is also known by the name Abaddon.

BAHRAM: Persian name meaning “smiter of resistance” or “victorious.” This is also a name for the planet Mars. In mythology, this is the name of an angel.

CASSIEL: Latinized form of Hebrew Kafziel, meaning “speedy one of God.” In Jewish lore, Kafziel is the name of an archangel. Unlike most of the other angels, Kafziel is a watcher, rather than a doer. He is called the angel of solitude and tears, and presides over the deaths of kings. He is associated with the Seventh Heaven, the planet Saturn, and has even been worshipped by Satanists.

JOPHIEL: Anglicized form of Hebrew Yophiel, meaning “beauty of God.” In Jewish lore, this is the name of an archangel.

MALAKIY: Hebrew name meaning “my messenger.” In the bible, this is the name of the last of the Hebrew prophets.

RAGUEL: Latin form of Hebrew Rauwel, meaning “friend of God.” In the bible, this is the name of several characters, including a son of Esau. In the Book of Enoch, this name is included as one of the seven archangels. He is known as the archangel of fairness, harmony, and justice; he oversees the other angels to make sure that they are all working peacefully together with mankind. All angels and archangels who transgress must face this angel who passes judgement and issues punishment. He belongs to the choir of Principalities and is mainly focused on keeping heaven pure of corruption. He is the angel who carried Enoch to heaven and back to earth. He is identified with the angel of the 5th Seal in Revelation 6:9-11, and is believed to be the angel who opens the bottomless pit. He is also sometimes identified with Abaddon, an angel believed by some to be the devil. There are references to a similar figure in Babylonian texts which refer to him as Rag or Ragumu, and in Sumerian texts as Rig.

Sorry for the textwall, there’s no Read More option on photoposts, WHOOPS.

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