Steampunkette - Comic Book cover 2010

This digital paining was also done for a Character of the Week challenge at conceptart.org sometime in 2010. I specifically went for a style that you might find on the front of a comic book with this project.

At the time I made this artwork I actually pushed quite a few areas which were way outside of my comfort zone. The character was inspired by Ballistic from Top Cow / Image Comics. I'm not even sure if I was going for that at the time, but when I look at this drawing a decade later all I see is Cassandra Taylor, haircut and bionic arm! I totally failed at the steampunk theme, but I created something cool!

Magus

This drawing of a Mage character was done for one of the Character of the Week challanges at conceptart.org sometime in early 2010. Pencil sketch painted over in Photoshop.

The Morrigan

From Wikipedia: The Morrígan or Mórrígan, also known as Morrígu, is a figure from Irish mythology. The name is Mór-Ríoghain in Modern Irish. It has been translated as "great queen", "phantom queen" or "queen of phantoms".

The Morrígan is mainly associated with war and fate, especially with foretelling doom, death or victory in battle. In this role she often appears as a crow, the badb. She incites warriors to battle and can help bring about victory over their enemies. The Morrígan encourages warriors to do brave deeds, strikes fear into their enemies, and is portrayed washing the bloodstained clothes of those fated to die. She also has some connection with sovereignty, the land and livestock. In modern times she is often called a "war goddess" and has also been seen as a manifestation of the earth- and sovereignty-goddess, chiefly representing the goddess's role as guardian of the territory and its people.

The Morrígan is often described as a trio of individuals, all sisters, called 'the three Morrígna'. Membership of the triad varies; sometimes it is given as Badb, Macha and Nemain while elsewhere it is given as Badb, Macha and Anand (the latter is given as another name for the Morrígan). It is believed that these were all names for the same goddess. The three Morrígna are also named as sisters of the three land goddesses Ériu, Banba and Fódla. The Morrígan is said to be the wife of The Dagda, while Badb and Nemain are said to be the wives of Neit.

She is associated with the banshee of later folklore.

This drawing was updated using Procreate in 2018 but was originally made for a 2008 Character of the Week (ChOW) challenge at the now defunct conceptart.org website.