I finished my picture of Kiishiiya, my Eternal Guardian Spirit. The Eternal Guardian Spirits, created by Djao'Kain, take whatever form comforts the ones they protect. I myself am comforted by protectors that look like monsters, so in this picture She takes the form of a naga - IE, She is humanoid from the waist up and a snake from the waist down.
I was going to have spikes coming out of Her back and shoulders, but Her horned crown took so much effort to do that I decided against it. (And yes, I used a picture of Aaliyah as Queen of the Vampires as the model for this picture.)
This time, the shading was a lot easier because all I had to do was get the right colors solidly next to each other, then I used the Smear tool to mix the two colors together. So it took a lot less work than the Shao'Kehn picture did.
Here She is:
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