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Month for Loki: Thirteen

So.

I was noodling around the internet yesterday, thinking about what I could be write about Loki.

I mean, I have lots that I could write — but it really comes down to making choices

(I know that I have been falling behind with keeping up with the date. Not like it matters to anyone but me, but y’know, I’ve always been a bit OCD.)

Anyway, to get right to it, I wanted to make my traditional Month for Loki artwork post – which I’ve come to refer as the  ‘I Love Your Face’ Post – because I *do* love His face as well as having amassed a rather large collection of Loki artwork over these past 14 years.

So in the process of logging into DeviantArt, I looked through my gallery of favorites for artwork that I haven’t shared yet for MfL on this blog.

And here is this year’s collection:

Loki, by A-denn  I love His tattoos!

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Hayloft, by Sceith-A, on DeviantArt.

A note on this particular artwork: I find it very alarming that I came across this artwork and that its title is ‘Hayloft.’

It alarms me mostly because several times – circa 2015 – a family member informed me that they had dreamt of Loki multiple times. Oddly enough, they told me that once, in a dream, they had ‘found’ Loki sleeping in a barn, and when the family member asked Loki why He had been sleeping in a barn,  Loki had mentioned to them that a *hayloft* was a good place to sleep off a hangover (and/or avoid one’s responsibilities for a bit, which He explained, is something one might want to do especially if one was suffering from a terrible hangover) 

How weirdly specific.

Hmmm.

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Shaman, by Loren DeSore – one of my fave artists, on DeviantArt

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Rough sketch, by RabbitEyes, on DeviantArt

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The Trickster’s smirk, by fornasedensgudar

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Loki, by JonasGOONFACE

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Month for Loki: Three

This is such a big deal.

Lokeans and other Rokkatru devotees have been waiting and campaigning for the Troth to change their stance regarding the worship of the Jotnar for a long time.

I am so glad to see that it is actually happening – that things are moving forward, as the Troth issued a new position statement recently: 

Hail Fenrir: Celebrating the Troth’s New Position Statement

Hail Fenrir!

Month for Loki, Ninth: I love Your face.

In what has become sort of a tradition for this blog during the month of July, today’s post will feature some of my favorite artwork of Loki

First up, is a rather new favorite, ‘Loki in pencils’ by artist, Heidi Black on Tumblr:

I am amazed by this piece – look at those flames! – so effing bright that the subtle glow is reflected off the fur collar of His coat.

I just can’t even…*boggles*

I find these details especially impressive, considering that this stunning image is rendered in colored pencils.

(Personally, I find it damned near impossible to convey such crisp, clean lines in pencils myself….but she carries it off like a boss.)

Rock on, Ms. Black.

 

Next up is another example of stunning pencil work on tinted paper:

….from the incredibly talented Paige Carpenter, a depiction of Loki, titled ‘Balder’s Murderer.’

I love how His crown of mistletoe positively glows….and those eyes of His.

Haunting.

 

And speaking of His eyes…

Here’s ‘MythLoki’ by HaileyRenee, whose tumblr is here at Disturbingly Rendered.

 

And finally a delightful cartoon rendition of a playful Loki…

…by elreki-arts, on tricksterinthehedges on tumblr.

I love His grin.

I also love His stripe-y rainbow socks, the Burger King crown and the ridiculous  pun on His shirt.

LOL