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A random OC I made up unrelated to "Non Serviam".
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Meet Matryona (Матрёна)
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She is from the city of Marena in eastern Svet'sh Lavrentiy, a country in the very north of Isatonia, the eastern continent in Gethlem (my fictional world).
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Cultural inspo in thread
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#art #oc
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Meet Matryona (Матрёна)
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She is from the city of Marena in eastern Svet'sh Lavrentiy, a country in the very north of Isatonia, the eastern continent in Gethlem (my fictional world).
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Cultural inspo in thread
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#art #oc
Svet'sh Lavrentiy I have based on Russia (and I mean ALLLL our ethnic groups, not only Slavs).
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The city Marena is, however, named after the Slavic goddess of winter and the lifecycle (Marena is the Russian variant of her name, which varies a bit depending on the Slavic country)
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The city Marena is, however, named after the Slavic goddess of winter and the lifecycle (Marena is the Russian variant of her name, which varies a bit depending on the Slavic country)
Marena's unique microclimate is extremely misty at all times.
Its architecture is based on Kizhi Pogost located in the Republic of Karelia in North-western Russia on Kizhi island on lake Onega, dating back to the 17th century.
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Church of the Transfiguration at Kizhi Pogost:
Its architecture is based on Kizhi Pogost located in the Republic of Karelia in North-western Russia on Kizhi island on lake Onega, dating back to the 17th century.
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Church of the Transfiguration at Kizhi Pogost:
On the left Matryona is wearing a shuba (шуба), a coat worn by the boyars who were the highest ranking feudal nobles second only to the ruling tsar in ancient Muscovy.
On the right I wanted her in Marena's traditional attire which I have based on traditional clothing of the Chuvash (a Turkic-speaking ethnic group native to Chuvashia in Western Russia.)
Note the coins on the headdress (tukhya) and shoulder sling (teveret).
Note the coins on the headdress (tukhya) and shoulder sling (teveret).
The projections on her hat are inspired from the horned kichka/kika (рогатая кичка/кика), an ancient Russian pagan headdress worn historically by married women [Matryona is not] as it traditionally symbolises fertility and protection from evil spirits.
![The projections on her hat are inspired from the horned kichka/kika (рогатая кичка/кика), an ancient Russian pagan headdress worn historically by married women [Matryona is not] as it traditionally symbolises fertility and protection from evil spirits.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EyrHHT1UYAADL-5.jpg "The projections on her hat are inspired from the horned kichka/kika (рогатая кичка/кика), an ancient Russian pagan headdress worn historically by married women [Matryona is not] as it traditionally symbolises fertility and protection from evil spirits.")
![The projections on her hat are inspired from the horned kichka/kika (рогатая кичка/кика), an ancient Russian pagan headdress worn historically by married women [Matryona is not] as it traditionally symbolises fertility and protection from evil spirits.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EyrHJYqVEAAMde7.jpg "The projections on her hat are inspired from the horned kichka/kika (рогатая кичка/кика), an ancient Russian pagan headdress worn historically by married women [Matryona is not] as it traditionally symbolises fertility and protection from evil spirits.")
The body of the dress on the right I want to be inspired by the traditional dress of the Mari people native to the Mari El Republic in Western Russia (immediately north-east of Chuvashia).
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Fun fact, the colours I used in the right portrait are of the lesbian flag :^)
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Fun fact, the colours I used in the right portrait are of the lesbian flag :^)
