Sculpting ANCIENT monsters from the OLDEST Descriptions...
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Amazing video, the end is really cool and realistic
Epoxy clay sounds toxic, i would not handle it with my bare hands
Even product page says to use mask and gloves
Love the more detailled approach for the sculpture
Classical Historian here! Love the video so much, can’t wait to share it with my coworkers and friends. You’ve captured Medusa so perfectly here!
Depictions of Medusa and the other Gorgons are supposed to ward away evil of all sorts, with their appearance supposed to be so scary that even evil itself is afraid of them. I think you captured the fear of Medusa so well! Amazing work.
Have you ever watched Jon solo? He goes into historical characters, gods and fairytale and tells the true stories accurately. He's good for people interested in history
I would recommend Overly Sarcastic Productions. History, mythology, literary tropes, all explained with fun illustrations and plenty of humor.
I watch Jon Solo and Overly Sarcastic Produtions. I can confirm both are really awesome channels.
you should make a serie about this!! not only ancient mythological monsters, but also representations of goddesses and gods of ancient mythology and stuff like that!
I love this Medusa so much!! Jazza, you are so talented!
yes i agree!!
100% agree!!
Seeing heroes could be wonderful! Since we’ve got Medusa, perhaps Perseus next! (If Jazza feels like it)
Yes please. @Jazza we just finished watching the new series of Percy Jackson and the Olympians. My brain lives there right now, your video couldn’t come at a better time.
Seconded
Yesss… do the hydra, many people misrepresent what that looked like, thinking it grew two heads when one was cut off, while the more accurate version of the myth stated it just always regrew its heads, perpetually having nine heads at all times.
"That's how you know you're onto something good; You're afraid to continue"
Jazza out here spitting wisdom! As a creative person myself I felt that in my SOUL.
This depiction of Medusa makes the most sense. If you make a god jealous they aren’t just gonna turn your hair into snakes. They’re gonna make you a grotesque ogre with snakes for hair.
Finally an interpretation where she is as ugly as she was supposed to be! In the original Greek myth she was always a monster, had two other siblings as well. It was only in the Roman story that Ovid wrote there came about the more sympathetic version of her where she was a victim (or prideful enough to boast she was prettier than Athena depending on which version you read)
medusa's OG OG story imo is better even tho i like what she came to represnt in recent years
everytime a person tells me about someone's medusa tattoo i think of the horrific and actually monster-like version of her
@@xdtweety7007 if I ever get a tattoo of her, I'm getting a version more like Jazza's sculpture xD I definitely prefer the original Greek myths over the Roman versions. They sanitized or changed a fair bit.
Version I read was that she was a priestess at a temple to Athena and sworn to maidenhood for Athenas sake, until Poseidon wooed Medusa(she figured hey, it’s a god, I must be a real catch, who could say no?), and they, um….DANCED in Athenas temple, which pissed her off royally. Athena couldn’t do anything much to Poseidon, but she transformed Medusa into a monster midway through their….dance. Poseidon was freaked out when he realized what happened and ran off
@@LifeLongArtist i've read that one too. There's another version where Poseidon raped Medusa after she refused and it honestly makes Athena look worse since she's punishing a victim because she can't touch Poseidon.
(Which i find bullshit in itself that the gods couldn't be punished. Ares was trialed and locked in a damn jar xD)
Personally I like Ovid's version of the myth. If I remember correctly, all Medusa wanted was to be left alone. But Athena's punishment didn't end with turning her into a monster that nobody can ever look at. The goddess made sure that every schmuck with dreams of glory will bother her.
OG Medusa also had wings and clawed hands of brass... she was a freaking beast all the way !
Zeus will still tap tho.
Also, no mention of having the lower body of a snake. That part was a creation of Hollywood to make it easier to animate the stop motion model for Clash of the Titans.
@@JMcMillen specifically would be a Nagi.
@@JMcMilleni kinda respect the grind though 😂
@@GenJuhrunot zeus but posedion did.
I just wanted to say, your attitude towards the power outage was really inspiring. You could've pouted and made excuses, but instead you got to work. You rock, Jazza!
I mean, it's an authentic experience! The ancient Greeks wouldn't have had electric lights or air conditioning when they were crafting sculptures or pottery.
@@MeliesCinemagician only difference was they were making a sculpture of Jazza
It was cursed by the Gods, 😂
Dude, this was insane. The shaping of the snakes on the back of her head was barely mentioned but was incredibly impressive like that was my favourite part of the whole thing, I think. And the textures on everything were just perfect and I really liked seeing the creative ways to get the skin and snakes done. I normally never comment but this was just done insanely well, fair play! :D
Apart from the yassification of Medusa, her entire story also changed in Roman times: it was Ovid who decided to make her a victim of Poseidon's asssault and Athena's punishment. In the early Greek versions, Medusa was a monster from the very beginning. She was the only mortal gorgon but compensated for that with her deadly gaze.
So other gorgons can't turn others into stone? Only medusa?
@@zakoohakoo9541 Sources clash on that. Pherecydes in 465 BC talked about only Medusa, and centuries later Apollodoros claims al three could do it.
@@MasterZeus94 oh wow, are there only three gorgons?
@@zakoohakoo9541 the gorgonites specifically were the three sisters, but similar to the cyclopes if there were more, or children thereof etc, they would be named for them and be called gorgonites too. So a gorgon is most likely one of the three but doesn't have to be if you do not wish it.
@@zakoohakoo9541 Yup - Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa
I always imagined her hair as the head end of the snakes and her beard full of snake tails.......almost as if they are going right through her head. Love this depiction x
omg I love that idea
actually, iirc I believe her original design was something like that except all of he hair consisted of snake tails, I believe only later on it was changed to/interpreted as snake heads.
I absolutely love your Medusa! She looks so scary and just like your sketch. I really hope you will do another monster and paint it. Medusa looks so great painted!
She was 100% a victim. Supposedly her beauty was said to rival that of Aphrodite, she was a follower of Athena who was jealous of her. Neptune saw her and wanted her, he then chased her into Athena’s temple and savagely r*ped her and as you can imagine Athena was so enraged at Medusa(victim shaming) that she damned Medusa to be what she today thus making her hideous and her hatred for humanity
@@steph8030593 there's no account of Medusa being compared to Aphrodite
And she wasn't a victim of SA in Greek Mythology
Hesiod, Theogony 270 ff (trans. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C8th or C7th B.C.) :
"Poseidon, he of the dark hair, lay with one of these [Medousa (Medusa), one of the Gorgones], in a soft meadow and among spring flowers."
I’m voting for this to become a whole series! I want all the mythological beasts/creatures in their original ghastly and beautiful forms! Please, please, please make this a series. Sending love from Texas! ❤
Jazza, I mean no hyperbole when I say you and your team have single-handedly re-ignited my passion for all things creative. I have found myself consistently writing, sketching, and thinking creatively when my mind wanders. Thank you 🙏
The re-designing characters like in books, myths etc is so entertaining! Thanks jazza 🫶🏼 your talent never gets boring 👨🏼🎨
Yes!!! I LOVE these! Stripping away the familiar, but romanticized, versions of these characters is so eye-opening.
I’d love to see more classic lit, like characters in The Inferno, The Odyssey, Beowulf, etc., even modern classics. Kafka, Orwell, Dick would be amazing.
I love the concept of finding the oldest surviving stories and working off the most close to original depictions of mythological monsters, and I love Greek mythology so I would absolutely love more videos like this! Hopefully without your studio losing power midway though, for your own sakes 😊
love these vids man
Im going to set you a challenge:
Sculpt an invisible stalker from D&D. The original monster picture is just a blank picture - but I think you can do better, I think you can make a a sculpture of the absence of a creature, showing the invisible nature of the stalker, foot prints, distorted clouds, moved foliage etc, blood splatter hanging in the air, rain or snow 'floating' a victim being suspended mid air?. GOOD LUCK - if you decide to accept this challenge - work in any medium you like of course.
Jazza, you should make the Nuckelavee!
The nuckelavee ( /nʌklɑːˈviː/) or nuckalavee is a horse-like demon from Orcadian folklore that combines equine and human elements. British folklorist Katharine Briggs called it "the nastiest" of all the demons of Scotland's Northern Isles.
Nucklavee is my favorite monster ever. Used one in a dnd campaign and it scared the hell out of my players
Is that what SCP-3456 is based on? I think it's called the Orcadian Horseman.
I second the nuckelavee! Though that might have to be a full-on sculpt instead of a bust, to really get the horror of it in.
That sounds challenging and very interesting. I second the motion! 👨🏻⚖️
I just looked this monster up. Yes! That would be so cool if Jazza could do the full monster. 👍
This was really cool! Ancient statues were usually painted and would have something like shell inserted for the irises. They were kind of garish and the eyes were a bit unsettling 😅
I'd love to see Echidna and/or Typhon. They were the parents of a lot of ancient monsters
Yes! I was going to suggest Typhoeus, but Echidna would be excellent as well.
As I've stated before, I love it when you draw characters as envisioned by authors. I read a lot of Greek and Roman gods stories when young envisioning them in my head. They never seemed to correspond with movie interpretation. I love anything you do in this area and am completely happy just with the drawings. I know doing the sculptures takes a significant amount of time. I love them as well. But if the time isn't there, I still love and appreciate the drawings. Thank you, Jazza.
This is probably one of my favourotes of Jazza's recent videos... I love when we really get to see the juicy details of creating an artwork, and where we get some insight into the creative choicecs he makes and why. Often we don't get to see much of the final creation (or we see it just in close-ups, not in full), which can feel like missing the point. But this sculpture was SO entertaining to watch come to life! Jazza, you did an amazing job!
I absolutely love the statue. Especially the sharp contrast between the truely horrifing Face and the derpy Snakes. Like they try to tell you: Oh no, we are not the monsterious part on this creature ❤
Medusa with wings makes so much sense. Her and Poseidon (God of ocean and horses) producing Pegasus, a winged horse is less random
Excellent sculpt! My favourite part is all the intertwined snakes on the back of her head. Just gorgeous! 👍
this style of sculpture is a really nice change of pace, being able to paint it at the end gives it just that last little bit of polish, i love it
Fantastic! Greek mythology can be sooo cool and you brought it to life. The Hydra of Lerna would be great project: the snake/dragon like water monster with multiple and newborn heads.
Absolutely brilliant design of Medusa! 👍👍
Kind of reminds me more of the original Clash of the Titans 1981 version of Medusa. That version was also pretty beastie and scary. A Greek monster that I would like to see you work on would be the Scylla. That Sea Beast has quite a description that has escaped even my imagination since I was a kid. I think that one would make a heck of a cool sculpture, or even just a drawing.
Regardless, excellent work Jazza!! 😁😁
That sculpture looks a lot like my grandma... may she rest in peace, it's disconcerting. Fantastic work!
Loved this video. The whole irony of working on a Medusa piece with the lights going out too!
I love how derpy the snakes faces look! 😂
It gives me 🦕vibes for the heads, haha.
who gave you permission to use my mother-in-law for your sculpture?
I did
That’s wild 🤣
😂😂
Bro has anacondas instead of hair cuz sankee are first
Underrated :)
I love this series for so many reasons, but especially because you're likely inspiring a lot of people to go back and read and experience old texts / ancient histories / etc. I love new media that is inspired by and hearkens back to the things that came before. It all adds to the grand mythos in a way.
This medusa is incredible, i love it. You should look up jon solo, he takes historical characters and fairy tales and tell the true versions, he goes into all the original stories , researches and explains how those tales, gods, characters should be. Hes brilliant
Bet you didn’t know Jazza knew exactly what your mum looks like.
😂 your not funny that's probably what your mum looks like
How?
I love the intermediate stages of sculpture. Like, I KNOW it's going to be badass when complete, but the expression on that thing around 6:20 is absolutely hilarious. 😂
I have to thank you jazza I lived and worked in london in construction but always had a passion with all kinds of art so I have been watching your videos for some time..but about 6months before covid I near lost my right hand in a work accident but after a lot of recovery and keep watching you I'm able to finally get back to it so thank you again jazza inspirational
I am so glad you decided to paint this one. This was a delight to watch. This perfectly captures Medusa. I just would have liked more snakes for her hair but I understand how taxing and complicated just this lot would have been. And I think the nrow was a little too masculine. But other than that, she was amazing. Please keep them coming. I crave for this kind of creative content on youtube. More more more! Please do a Jorogumo
I am absolutely blown away and speechless. I love greek mythology and I am so loving this. Sorry for the storm in the middle of this. Please do more ancient monsters. Do Echidna next!!!! Cerebus! Kraken! Minotaur!
Love these types of videos! The “based only on the books” and character style swaps are my favorite
Way to go! The paint job was perfect. Best part was seeing your excitement for a job well done. Oh and extra awesome working through the storm.
Nobody is as talented and creative as u are Jazza! This is absolutely incredible
jazza that sculpture is mad impressive‼️you never cease to amaze me
Medusa is one of my favourite characters - you've done a stunning job. Poor thing that was one hell of a curse, not her fault at all as she was assaulted, no wonder she's so furious. Thank you so much for choosing the amazing Gorgon as your subject. 👋🏼🏴
This curse version is from the ROMAN writer Ovid, in the greek version from Hesiod Medusa was a monster since birth
This is so incredible! I love Medusa, and although I like the beautiful version in a lot of depictions, I do miss the originally described tusks which I always found a bit hard to imagine exactly. This sculpture is a great, life-like way to see her in her fully original form with the coloring you put effort into making authentic!
I love her she turned out so fricken cool ! Jazza please do more of these I’ve been loving watching you interpret these creatures
YES Oh my god! I can´t express how much I love this! Using the proper ancient sources as reference and shouting out smaller creators is both *chefs kiss*
When I saw your last Tolkien video, it became my favourite of yours, but now it´s this one, it´s so fucking good, please keep up the good work!
The fact the power went off but you made sure the show still went on is immaculate dedication ❤I’m intrigued
Yay, he mentioned Jake Doubleyoo. Love that guy's videos
This is really amazing I love the way that you painted her and bought her to life as she should have been. I would also love to see you do either Scylla, Charybdis or Echidna.
Bloody hell it's awesome but i rather to remember her beautiful, love the detailing in the sculpture well done mate xxxxx
This is AMAZING! I’ve been watching you for YEARS (I watched you paint all those characters on the wall) and your art has always amazed me!
I love how silly the snake heads look ( Amazing job Jazza! Kudos to the editors too C: )
This has to be one of my favorites way to go jazza gettin this done with the power going super impressive mate 🔥🔥🔥🫶🏼
Im pleased to know you are all safe after that storm hit. But also, THIS IS AWESOME!!!!!
Maybe you could do a drawing or artwork depicting the fate Poseidon should have had. Something to finally give us closure after all this time.
That's some truly commandable dedication to an art project.
Cerberus!!!! I completely agree. He's been my favorite Greek myth since I was 4. I've owned any action figure or comic growing up. I'm bordering 40 now, and I no longer have my stuff. But seeing you sculpt him would be awesome. I'd love to see your interpretation!
Athena's shield Aegis, which was made in the likeness of Medusa's face, didn't turn people to stone but it was said to be so terrible to behold that enemies would balk in terror at the mere sight of it - when you imagine it looks like this, that makes a lot more sense than a beautiful face
Love it! I think that coloring your monster gave it more depth and truly brought it to life! I can’t wait to see many more monsters to come.
Something I think would be really cool would be to have a panoramic shot of all your monsters so far as at the end of your videos.
The fact that jazza just keep on working through a storm is really impressive. Great work!
Im ngl, I really liked the unpainted version of it. The completed piece is incredible and looks truly monsterous, but the stoney grey color made it look like a statue from where the story originated.
Very cool piece regardless. Keep doing what you're doing, Jazza & Co.!
I love this type of video, i learn more in terms of character design and hystory
True to the source material, I'm here for it!! There's too little of that nowadays.
This also gives me a call back to the stopmotion Medusa in Hollywood classic cinema for some reason, which is awesome!
She's awesome. Cerberus would be truly awesome as well. Thanks!
A true artist never lets anything stop them, even a vast and terrible storm cutting out all the lights!
BEAUTIFUL!!!! I think you did a fantastic job with this ancient description! I'm happy to see Medusa actually looking like a MONSTER!😈
Sculpting is your greatest skill, Jazza. You have to maje a series out of this! 😊
Sweet! She kind of reminds me of a guidance counselor I once had...How about some clear UV gloss coats on her eyes so that under blacklight they glow? Superb concept, execution, and finalization as always! Thanks for sharing!
I've always enjoyed drawing but you've inspired me to try sculpting too. Your channel is super entertaining as well as instructive, thanks for these amazing videos!
PS.: I already liked the sculpture in white, but I LOVED how it turned out after you painted it, those last steps really brought it to life!
This is easily in the top 5 best videos I’ve ever seen on RUclips, I’m blown away
FINALLY OMG SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE UGLY THATS THE WHOLE POINT!! She was used as a apotropaic symbol too- to ward off evil and command respect when entering a temple through fear. Very badass
Jazza never ceases to amaze me!❤
Well done, my dear, you’ve truly captured that wondrous day in childhood when I happened upon a tattered copy of Bulfinch’s.
Chimera, Minotaur, Centaur, Cerberus, or Hydra! So many good options out there! I wouldn't go for any of the Greek gods though since their actual 'real' depictions are pretty normal and humanoid.
I could watch these videos of right wrong all day. Keep em coming!!
Omg I’m also a Melbournian - love to see a creator being realistic about the challenges that can arise 😂
It was such a crazy storm - I didn’t lose power but trees in my yard and all through my street fell and blocked roads/hit houses
Good on you for still working through that🥳
Awesome pls more of IT .i Love how you did the real Story of Medusa ❤
Your work is not only beautiful to see, as a visual person myself, but the passion you put in the projects is also inspiring.
Thanks for the amazing content, God bless you and your family.
I'm a massive Greek myth nerd, and it always annoyed me (even as a child) when artists drew Medusa as beautiful. Thanks for giving us a properly scary Medusa!
That is incredible! Congratulations on your creation!
The Minotaur would be awesome. It’s simple but is an absolute necessity for monsters drawing/sculpting series, especially if you’re starting with a Greek theme.
As someone with a passion for mythology, seeing this video in my subscriptions made me immensely excited.
You are such a creative powerhouse, Jazza! What an amazing masterpiece-- the faithfulness to classical interpretations and incredible attention to detail sets it apart.
I've been watching all your videos for a long time now and this might be one of my favorites. Especially overcoming the weather and power outage the way you did.
That drool really made the piece pop
Put this masterpiece at the front of any main door to ward off evil. Nothing nefarious will come close to the house/home.
The amount of time and skill in order to carry this project out...I'm speachless! This is the best version of Medusa I have ever seen in my life! I love it! It is horrifyingly realistic and beautifully done! I'm amazed by your work!Please, continue with what you do, Jazza! 😍🤩
You are amazing, been following you since at least 8 years now, never been disapointed by your videos and your creations, always loved your energy and your talent (i know there is a lot of hardwork and years of struggles cause art is an hard path to follow and conquer), but you always manage to get trhough everything and end up with amazing pieces, just a huge respect towards you, just wanted to finally say how much i love your work and art, i am so happy to see what u became and hope you are doing great and your family aswell. Thanks for all of these years of free amazing content, just wanted to thank you !! I'm LOVING this new serie of making monsters based on real descriptions, it's amazing im having so much good time with those videos, thank you
Would love to see more of this! This is amazing !!
How about recreating monsters from Slavic or Asian folklore ?
They sure have lots of monsters and beings to choose from
Cerberus! Yes!!!
I’d love to see your research into the dog breeds that might inspired the legend - mastiffs, sighthounds, jackals, wolves, etc.
The Manticore, Chimera, Hydra, Minotaur, Sphinx, Skinwalker, Chupacabra, or Kitsune would also be interesting to see.
I would 1000% display this piece with all the pride in the world!!!
Jazza's sculpting are just amazing!!! And i hope to see them more and more as the channel grows!!! 😍
Love it
I never would have thought to use a sticky/gloopy glue for something like drool or saliva, smart thinking
You did such an amazing job. She is absolutely horrifying!
Bro this is such an amazing sculpture!! Insane work Jazza !!
Looks like my old French teacher. Sends shivers up my spine!
so cool that putting less snakes overall makes the character so so much more monstrous. like if it had 50 snake hairs it'd look like monster high or some shit, but with maybe 7 of them it looks like someone whose losing their hair or sth
A very good representation of Gorgo (Γοργώ) which means Fierce look in ancient Hellenic. Keep up with the good creative work! If I may recommend other than the Cerberus, a Minotaur, and a Chimera. Thank you!
Omg I can’t believe the Medusa sculpture got interrupted by the weather pfft ! Love your work
This may very well be my favorite piece of art you've ever made!!!
Got a suggestion for you! :D
Two Descriptions of the same monster, one might go with either one.
Older description:
"Her voice is indeed but as the voice of a new-born whelp, but she herself is an evil monster, nor would anyone be glad at sight of her, no, not though it were a god that met her.
Verily she has twelve feet, all misshapen, and six necks, exceeding long, and on each one an awful head, and therein three rows of teeth, thick and close, and full of black death.
Up to her middle she is hidden in the hollow cave, but she holds her head out beyond the dread chasm,
and fishes there, eagerly searching around the rock for dolphins and sea-dogs and whatever greater beast she may haply catch, such creatures as deep-moaning Amphitrite rears in multitudes past counting."
and
"Nay, row past with all thy might, and call upon Crataiis [a nymph of the sea], the mother of [the mystery monster], who bore her for a bane to mortals. Then will she keep her from darting forth again."
- [very famous greek poet, telling you his name and his work would spoil things ;D] with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919.
More recent description, some centuries after the older one:
"and on the other side two huge cliffs, and in one of them was [the mystery monster] a daughter of Crataeis and Trienus or Phorcus [all three of them are gods of the sea] with the face and breast of a woman, but from the flanks she had six heads and twelve feet of dogs."
-Apollodorus, Epitome
Sir James George Frazer, Ed.
If you google the text-bits, you will find the name of said monster ;)
scylla? :D
@@proangelosannuntiator4571 Jep, definitely Skylla, I know Kirke-talk, when I see it in the first description ;-D
I'm speechless. Just an amazing sculpt and finish.