Kashchey the Deathless is one of key characters of Slavic Fairytales. He is the son of Czernobog (Slavic deity whose name means "Black God"). Kaschei maintained his life and immortality through the removal of his soul. Taking it from his body, it was said he hid it in a needle, inside an egg, in a duck, in a rabbit, then locked it in an iron or crystal chest, and buried it under a green oak on an island. There is no iconic image of him so I have a little freedom of creation. This character inspired Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov to wright a one-act opera in 1902
Drawing antihero is a little bit out of my comfort zone . I choose to draw Kashchey because he is not a gray side character, but creature of the dark. In this work I use brown conte, sharpie marker , HB pencil and watercolor paper .
This artwor made for Sketch Off Contest - Edition 2: The Club of Antiheroes https://steemit.com/art/@zeroooc/sketch-off-contest-edition-2-the-club-of-antiheroes . Thank you to for organizing it.
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