THE RIVER STYX*

Researching the River Styx

I plan to include the River Styx as a location in my game, so I did some research to get a fuller understanding of the river. The River features in many myths and has an easy to understand premise for translating into a game level. My current concept is to have the player substitute for the boatman, ferrying people to the underworld in a time limit.

I used Photoshop to create the graphic, using different sculptures and art to surround the information. In Photoshop, I created a background using a combination of images and gradients. I used the polygonal lasso tool to cut out images of sculptures and art I related to the river which I gray scaled and added.

https://greekmythology.wikia.org/wiki/River_Styx

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Charon-in-his-boat-on-the-river-Styx-Wood-engraving-by-G-Dore-1860-illustrating_fig1_272648431

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Thetis_dipping_Achilles_in_the_River_Styx_by_Thomas_Banks_02.jpg

https://www.vice.com/en/article/ezpvgm/why-do-statues-of-humans-terrify-me-an-investigation-automatonophobia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Thetis_dipping_Achilles_in_the_River_Styx_by_Thomas_Banks_02.jpg

https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/achilles