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Tremorworks: Seraph

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Tremorworks: Demongate High: Seraph
Project for phoenixsamurai

A seraph, according to ancient Hebrew text, is actually a huge, flaming-bright serpentine critter. It has four beautiful faces and six wings. Only one pair of wings is used for flight, while the upper pair cover its face and the lower pair cover its body.


For those of you who keep trying to point out that "this isn't what Seraphim REALLY look like!"  Guys, it's an illustration for a FANTASY GAME.  I worked from text that phoenixsamurai provided to me, and that is based on what is at pantheon.org, which is based on historical texts.  It isn't meant to be an exact match for anyone's personal experience with Seraphim, and I apologize to the religiously sensitive if you are deeply offended.  Quite a few of the other angelic/demonic/mythological critters I drew for this game are way out in left field, too.



Pen and ink.


Here is a lovely colored version!

:iconlizzytam:  Dark Seraph by LizzyTam
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This is a nice job!


I like this, also on Judaism seraphim are represented as six winged serpents-like creatures, instead of the popular belief of a handsome man. If you don't know what something is you are merely a google search away from educating yourself.


The name "Seraphim" (singular Seraph or Saraph, depends on the interpretation) fittingly means "fiery dragons" or "phoenixes" as they are often described as flaming serpentine beings with three pairs of wings and entirely covered in eyes, symbolizing righteousness, power and enlightenment. due to their pure nature seraphim almost never leave God's throne, in the astral plane of Keter (God's "mind"), and when they depart they do so only to bless equally pure souls.