Weight of a Feather, Assassin's Creed: Origins fanart, watercolour and acrylic gouache on hot press paper, 17.8 x 25.4 cm

This is one of those that I don't care if no one likes it, or if there are obvious mistakes/things that don't make sense, I'm proud of myself for managing to do it traditionally and that's that. It's for no one but me, I'm just sharing it with you :)

I started it in 2021, even began to paint it, but burnout is a bitch and I couldn't finish it then. Recently I decided to see if I could complete it traditionally and this is the result! It was inspired by a screenshot I took where Bayek's face is entirely in shadow. I then added elements that relate to Ma'at, the goddess of truth and justice, and the ceremony of the Weighing of the Heart, where she'd weigh a dead person's heart against her ostrich feather, to see if they were worthy of going on to the Field of Reeds (a sort of paradise). (Egyptologists don't @ me 😭)

Assassin's Creed: Origins Ambush in the Temple

Hide well, for the Wanderer stalks your path!

Bayek & Aya

no particular reason 🦅

Bayek of Siwa | Serqet's Carapace

WOW it's been a hot minute since I posted! Enjoy!

Greatest intro to any AC game ever.

Finally decided to put Bayek as my phone wallpaper 🦅💪

daily eyeline

Say what you want about the newer Assassin's Creed games, but I think Bayek is probably the most likeable AC protagonist since Ezio. I really love how he's written. He's religious without being superstitious. He loves his wife intensely while still letting her be her own person. He's a good dad and has frank and honest discussions with his son. He experiences grief and angst without it being his entire personality. He helps out a baker just because "her bread smells delicious." He feels like an actual human person, and it does a lot to endear me towards the game even when the actual mechanics start to frustrate me.

"You're Aya's Medjay, aren't you?"

Assassin's Creed Origins Bayek & Senu

Bayek & Khemu

Origins

Bayek of Siwa | Gracious Attire