A friend of mine recently posted on Instagram something I hadn’t heard of before. It was something called “draw this in your own style”. Basically someone had posted an image or illustration and then other artists would draw that same subject matter in their own style. As I am always up for some sort of challenge like this, I Googled it… a lot haha. I didn’t actually do any of the challenges that I found, but I did see a few images that sparked some inspiration. There was one of a woman who was both angel and devil. I love an image with contrast like that.

I let those sparks percolate for a few days, and when I next had a few minutes with a pencil in my hand I came up with this lovely lady. I tried to incorporate complimentary contrast (if that makes sense at all) as much as possible. I have always been interested in the visual potential and complexity that Medusa has to offer, and long flowing hair always works as a great base.

This is just a sketch for right now of course. I do hope that I am able to get some time to ink her out and get some pencil crayons going. More to follow on that.