For a while now I wanted to do my own interpretation of Medusa for the challenge, and now I finally have! I also wanted to go in a different direction with her, avoiding a supernatural nature for a biological one. She doesn't turn people to stone with her gaze, but blinds them by spitting venom like a spitting cobra. Her hair isn't made of snakes, but her tendrils with complex sensors capable of detecting motion, giving her a full 360 degree sensory network.
Going along this theme, I wondered how, if she was real, did Medusa become associated with turning people to stone? Then I realized, what if Medusa is a incredible sculptor! For the first time in this challenge, I may have finally created a character that aside from her physiology could otherwise pass as a normal character with a relatively normal lifestyle.
From day one, I've been scratching my head trying to figure out how to fulfill the criteria of this challenge; originally I was going to use Medusa, since technically she's a defined character, but that felt like a cheat. I'm not really into the whole monster girl culture in general, so there weren't really any choices there, and the few western monster girls I knew of ultimately weren't appealing enough to be a favorite character. Finally I decided, well, all this particular challenge wants is your favorite monster girl character, but it didn't say that it couldn't be a monster girl from the challenge... I know, still kind of a cheat, so sue me!
My favorite monster girl from this challenge is the Siren I did as a bonus day, which is kind of fitting, as this is the last time I'm doing two monster girls in one day. I stayed mostly true to her original design, but modified her slightly, adding an extra digit on each limb, attaching the arm fin to the hand, and giving her an actual nose [her face just didn't see to work without it in any other angle]. It was also fitting that I did another sketch of her because of a new project I'm considering where you may see much more of her...
