Thursday, September 11, 2008

The Magician: Thoth



I really couldn't turn down Thoth's candidacy for the Magician. He submitted a really extraordinary résumé, plus he's got years of experience in the general field of magicking. Plus, he's been more or less free for the past couple millenia, so this really works out great for everyone.

I tried to do this sketch closer to the style of the main characters' personas. There's a really interesting dichotomy of art styles in Persona 3; some of the summons have fairly traditional appearances, while others (typically the "signature" ones) are rather fanciful reimaginings of the myths, even dipping into modernism and science fiction. Thus, Ares is portrayed as a straightforward Grecian warrior wielding a scary sword, while Hermes is interpreted as a sleek, streamlined mech with bladed wings.

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