Hunting Party of Ashurbanipal. Assyrian; Ninevah, 7C BCE. Ph.: Libyan Soup, Flickr.
In ancient Assyria, hunting lions was the sport of kings, symbolic of the ruling monarch’s duty to protect his people. These bas-reliefs, created for the palace at Nineveh, illustrate the sporting exploits of the last great Assyrian king, Ashurbanipal (668-631 BCE).
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A monument in Novosibirsk, Russia, dedicated to all the lab rats who were sacrificed for DNA research.
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Stop following me, Fitz!
Adele (who I have been a fan of for over a decade now) allowed me to colour her lineart of Eight wearing those new time lord collars, because I instantly fell in love with it the moment I saw it.
I’ve been sitting on this drawing for five months (which was very difficult, because I was very pleased with testing out a new colouring method, and finished the thing in a single day of frenzied painting) to not influence the way she’s painting it. Here’s a progress gif. Hope you like it!
Thranduil palette meme for ourfinaldecember. #8 was requested, but I’d just done that with the last request so I changed it to #17, hope that’s cool!
Definitely ties in to that fic I haven’t finished yet.
Oooh, that is very shiny. (I loved that fic, by the way. If you finish it, I would love to read it.)
