This is beyond beautiful to me. The forms are striking. The geometric lotus flowers create a great pattern throughout. If you don’t know, according the the story, Set killed his brother Osiris and dismembered the corpse up into various pieces. Osiris’ sister-wife Isis and sister Nephthys gathered up the remains and Anubis reassmbled and mummified…
Category: Ancient Egypt
Tetchist’s “Anubis + Akhenaten”
This artwork from 2011 is so very interesting, especially if you know the generally accepted history and story of Eighteenth Dynasty Pharaoh Akhenaten and his attempt to shift all of Egypt to the worship of a version of Atum-Ra called Aten. (Major bad craziness. It lasted less than 20 years.) The corpse crumbling in Anubis’…
Anpu and Feather of Maat
Another fantastic Anubis interpretation from someone in 2017. It has the vibe of full body armor (with an Iron Man repulsor ray in the hand to boot) but it is hard to interpret the artist’s intent. I love the the nemes (the traditional kingly headdress) and the way to lappets fall down onto his chest….
Ebion’s Anpu
I very much like this interpretation of Anubis. I’m not having much luck finding a social, but I did find someone on Pinterest that seems to collect all of this EBion art under the account Ebioneyes. Not sure if it is them or not. Pinterest is an f’n nightmare to use as an authority data…
Very Thicc Anpu
I stumbled across what may be the most thicc Anubis art I’ve seen. I’m always amused with this massive body interpretations of the Lords of Kemet. Don’t get me wrong. I’m loving this. But… he’s a bit thicc. Artist: Undetermined | Drop be a comment if you know the artist.
Thirst Trap Anpu?
The ears are giving Ancient Anubis vibes. The ab shot. Not so much. Thirst Trap Anpu is very much a Thirst Trap! Artist: 鹿吉 shigeru20200531 | https://x.com/shigeru20200531 (dead account)
Zinthings’s Drew (Anubis)
So apparently there’s this video game called Dislyte that takes various liberties with Ancient Kemet designs, especially Anubis. I’d never heard of the game before now, but I suspect a lot of the odd non-historically interpretive Anubis fan art I’ve seen likely comes from this game. I very much like Zinthings style of art, regardless…
Consoroza’s Anubis
Consoroza has done a few really great Kemet pieces of art. And I so love this Anubis!!! (But you already know I am a total Anpu stan!) Not sure why there’s a cat head on a canopic jar… or the crook and flail… but… still an amazing piece. (Yeah, I get nitpicky with my Anpu!)…
Set and Osiris
I very much love this simple image of Set and Osiris by sheeigh. The repeating pattern of sibling rivalry in human stories always amazes me. Fratricide is such a repeating pattern in humanity stretching back to our earliest recordings and no doubt oral before that. Set is such a strange entity. I mean, his role…
Junkmixart’s Anubis
Came across another interpretation of my boy Anubis, this time by junkmixart. She’s got a very interesting flat style that allows for large swathes of solid colors. I like this having both Anubis in a more traditional look as well as a sort of modern suit. Artist: junkmixart | https://x.com/junkmixart