Good night, my dear community!!!

This will be a somewhat short post, I just wanted to share with you my recent illustration for the Splinterlands Social Media Challenge!!!. Just like last week, I looked through older cards for possible inspiration.

That's when I stumbled upon the mighty -=Medusa=- and although I would have preferred to be turned to stone the moment I looked at it. Well, the truth is that it didn't happen and so I decided to take her as inspiration for this opportunity.

As I didn't have the spirit or the time to make a complete illustration, I chose to make a portrait. Although this type of work doesn't allow me to play with perspective or movement, I love the freedom it gives me to experiment with different techniques.

In just a few hours, I managed to create this portrait of Medusa. I wanted to add a touch of difficulty to the work and decided to use textures to make it more interesting and not look so simple. Also, I focused on a more expressive pose to give more life to the portrait.

I hope you like what I have created and enjoy watching the creative process below in the video I have prepared of this work. Remember to "Like" it if you liked my illustration and if you didn't, please do too.

𝕳𝖊𝖗𝖊 𝖎𝖘 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖈𝖆𝖗𝖉 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖎𝖓𝖘𝖕𝖎𝖗𝖊𝖉 𝖒𝖊 𝖙𝖔 𝖒𝖆𝖐𝖊 𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖕𝖔𝖗𝖙𝖗𝖆𝖎𝖙, 𝕴 𝖑𝖊𝖆𝖛𝖊 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖎𝖙𝖘 𝖘𝖒𝖆𝖑𝖑 𝖉𝖊𝖘𝖈𝖗𝖎𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓::

Every water-breather in ΛZMΛRÉ knows that Gorgons live in their waters. A simple trip to the ocean floor reveals the statues of the unfortunate Merfolk who crossed the path of a Gorgon. Medusa is the only Gorgon to reveal herself to others without turning them to stone. At least they have a choice.

Since what I wanted was to make a portrait of Medusa, I started by making a quick sketch of what I might be looking for.

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Then, on a layer on top of everything, I added some color for what would be the base. I already had an idea of the lighting and colors I wanted to use.

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More advanced, there was almost no lineart, but you could notice Medusa's figure a little better. I made some slight changes, nothing too serious. Getting to this point was pretty quick, but I still didn't have anything too defined.

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The colors I chose were contrasting, but they go well together. I didn't want a lot of lighting, just a little that would come from above.

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Although at first the sketch was going one way, I still corrected several details to make it look better. During the whole process, I worked on several things except the snakes, I left that for the end.

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Finally, it was time for the snakes. I used some snake skin textures as a base, and on top of that, I detailed a little more and made some of the snake heads.

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At the end I finished the snake heads and made some lighting changes to finish with my Medusa portrait, I hope you liked it and see you soon.

See you next time!!!