Battle Idols- Medusa Concept

This was a part of my final thesis project involving the Battle Idols idea. I needed to render out a full character to put into the game's home screen, so it required some thought as I wanted this new idol to be memorable. At the time, I just couldn't stop thinking about a different take on the myth of Medusa, with my version being a regular human cursed to have a magical artifact stuck on her head for the rest of her life. This was also one of the first pieces I made in which I really pushed myself, not only to draw a much more dynamic pose than I was used to, but to make the proportions more realistic. I really wanted this to look like character illustrations from the mobile gotcha games I love to play. Completed in 2020.