Hebe is another goddess from Greek
mythology, specifically the goddess of youth. Her story sucks. As the
goddess of youth she was expected to do a bunch of menial tasks, like
drawing baths and helping other gods into their chariots. She is also
the person who served the drinks, which is why she is depicted with a
cup usually.
She is also usually shown with her
father, Zeus, in the form of an eagle but I was all “fuck Zeus”
for this drawing. Zeus is a legendary creeper and he just can stay
the fuck away from her and her cup. (Every Greek god has Daddy issues
because of Zeus.)
I like how on Wikipedia there is a
pictorial progression showing portraits from the time period when
painting her became popular. She just gets nakeder and nakeder as the
years pass. I decided to depict her only SEMI naked, thank you very
much.
Basically, Hebe could grant eternal
youth, she was a hottie, and she always brought the nectar. What a
goddess!
Art tips: Ok. Yes. I learned some
important things with this drawing. I played around more with the
blurring feature and I have realized that it makes things like
shadows/highlights SO much easier to add then the way I was doing it
before (basically making shapes and adding gradients to them). Even
adding color to faces is easy now. I even tried a hair shine this
time!
Previous goddesses: Demeter