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Weekly Prompt Challenge

Weekly Prompt Challenge

The weekly prompt challenge is very simple. Each week one of the members of our artfol support group will choose a prompt according to which the participants will have to draw and yes this is open for everyone! The first week's prompt is "superstitions". A superstition is a belief or practice resulting from ignorance, fear of the unknown, trust in magic and many other things! A very common one is that you'll be cursed with bad luck if a black cat pass you. What you understand from the word is up to you. There are no specific rules, wips and sketches are also allowed. NSFW and gore is also okay but please put the filters. It would be nice if you could write a bit about what you have done for example if you have drawn something based on a specific superstition, tell us about it, you can write whether you believe in or not how it originated and other stuff like that :) The deadline is 8th February, Monday before 11:59 pm EST. Also pls keep in mind that there are no rewards! This is simply for fun, improving our art and our confidence in it and to see how people interpret a word! Looking forward to everyone's work <3 The next challenge will be posted on 8th February, Monday

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ch0bibi
Witch and her ravenThe first thing that came to my mind are corvids, specifically crows and ravens. These birds are always somehow involved with every morbid superstition there is. Probably due to the fact that they have dark feathers and are often seen around remains of other animals, eating whatever is left. They are therefore associated with death and are said to be an ill omen for the most part. In many countries and traditions they are seen as harbingers of death and misfortune. People also associate them with witches and even the devil himself. Here is where you can find some of these myths and superstitions: http://kateevangelistarandr.blogspot.com/2010/10/superstitions-connected-to-ravens.html?m=1
What I found very interesting though is that it is widely believed that some corvids, mostly ravens, crows and magpies, have a particular tendency to steal shiny objects and collect them. Anecdotes appear every now and then about keys or coins getting stolen by a rogue magpie or a crow. So a harbinger of misfortune might as well bring you some fortune if you treat them right :)
You can read more about the scientific observation of this behaviour here: https://www.google.com/amp/s/corvidresearch.blog/2015/12/04/crow-curiosities-do-crows-collect-shiny-objects/amp/Feb 7, 2021
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This is amazing! I've heard very often about this and the crows actually symbolize sadness and grief in my culture too. I also love the colors you have used tysm for participating 💖
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