Featuring Bavad in her regular, sigilised, illusion and Arabic forms (clockwise from left).
Also Neseltahar in his illusion and regular form.
I've dedicated this project to exploring demons as manifestations of our real fears. Demons both do not exist and DO exist. They are simultaneously mythological entities and real embodiments of negative energy. We can interpret horrific things as consequences of their presence. Therefore, representing them through illusions shows their impact on our psyche and subjective view of reality. Neseltahar is both present and absent as a watermelons with a bunch of other shit on him. You only perceive his face due to human pattern-seeking.
I also wanted to link this to language. Words are technically gibberish sounds, but we organise them into carriers of meaning. Therefore integrating the Arabic name of a demon into its physical design shows how glued together word and meaning are, despite being ultimately separate. It's all down to our perception.
Could sperg about this forever. DM if you're interested
The Gang Spends Time Together :)
Credit for the sigilisation idea to 914ny
Ramblings in alt text
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