Sculpting ANCIENT monsters from the OLDEST Descriptions... 

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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.

Medusa with wings makes so much sense. Her and Poseidon (God of ocean and horses) producing Pegasus, a winged horse is less random

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!

"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.

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)

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.

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 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!

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.

OG Medusa also had wings and clawed hands of brass... she was a freaking beast all the way !

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

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

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

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.

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, 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 👨🏼‍🎨

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! ❤

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!

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.

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 ❤

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!

That sculpture looks a lot like my grandma... may she rest in peace, it's disconcerting. Fantastic work!

Excellent sculpt! My favourite part is all the intertwined snakes on the back of her head. Just gorgeous! 👍

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.

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 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

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!! 😁😁

Loved this video. The whole irony of working on a Medusa piece with the lights going out too!

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

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?

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

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

Bet you didn’t know Jazza knew exactly what your mum looks like.

I honestly liked the idea of the snakes being brown, almost like they’re mimicking Medusa’s original hair.

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. 😂

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!

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 couldn’t have scripted Rhys much drama, this is fantastic!” 4:36 Lmfaoo

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!

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.

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 that sculpture is mad impressive‼️you never cease to amaze me

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!

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.

I love her she turned out so fricken cool ! Jazza please do more of these I’ve been loving watching you interpret these creatures

Nobody is as talented and creative as u are Jazza! This is absolutely incredible

She's awesome. Cerberus would be truly awesome as well. Thanks!

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.

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.

My dad's an illustrator and has been assigned the Medusa myth a few times. He's always leaned into the "monstrous" interpretation, but nowhere near this! Freaking cool!

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

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 has to be one of my favorites way to go jazza gettin this done with the power going super impressive mate 🔥🔥🔥🫶🏼

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!

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.

I love how silly the snake heads look ( Amazing job Jazza! Kudos to the editors too C: )

Looks like my old French teacher. Sends shivers up my spine!

Love these types of videos! The “based only on the books” and character style swaps are my favorite

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!

I love this type of video, i learn more in terms of character design and hystory

Jazza should scan his sculptures so people can 3D print them!

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

A true artist never lets anything stop them, even a vast and terrible storm cutting out all the lights!

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 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!

Cerberus would be an amazing follow up to Medusa, as some of the earliest depictions describe it as having snakes emerging from it's body or having multiple snake tails. In fact, the oldest written description was from Hesiod's _Theogony_ and describes Cerberus as having 50 heads. An interpretation based on the older texts that I love but so rarely see is one of Cerberus with the more common 3 dog heads, and an additional 47 snakes to match Hesiod's description of Echidna and Typhon's part-hound part-serpent child.

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!

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 a Greek person who’s also an artist I freaking love this!!!

That is incredible! Congratulations on your creation!

Bro this is such an amazing sculpture!! Insane work Jazza !!

The original story held Medusa as a mortal Gorgon, born with the ability/curse to turn living things to stone upin meeting their gaze. She was the mother of monsters. She wasnt a tragic rape victim to Poseidon or a beautiful priestess and devotee to Athena. This is incredible.

I love how much detail you did on the snakes then gave them this ridiculous looking head with outrageous elapid Esq front fixed fangs hahahah

the different types of varnish are a great touch!

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! 😍🤩

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!

Really nice work, the painting made a huge difference to elevate the already stellar work even further.

That drool is gnarsty!

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.

Best sculpture so far! Really appealing and cool! I love seeing jazza improving irt, really inspiring!

Absolutely amazing how you draw let alone sculpt. I don’t watch much/any art content but I couldn’t stop watching!! I’ll be sharing this with everyone!! Incredible work!!

Awesome pls more of IT .i Love how you did the real Story of Medusa ❤

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.

Jazza never ceases to amaze me!❤

Just an epic job!!! Amazing details and coloring of the statue. Quite the horrifying result. Well done💚!!!

This is so so cool, loved watching it! Would love to see more of these sculpting from descriptions videos, so fun to watch

Jazza, your artistic talent is beyond amazing. I find myself looking forward to these projects as the better parts of my time online.

That's some truly commandable dedication to an art project.

The fact that jazza just keep on working through a storm is really impressive. Great work!

You should make a historically accurate mermaid next

Love it I never would have thought to use a sticky/gloopy glue for something like drool or saliva, smart thinking

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🥳

I think she’s my favourite so far! Incredible work!

We need more of this. Love your work jazza❤

I LOVE HER!!! The details are just perfect! Great job.