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A woman from a dream I had. Except the woman in the dream had a bird skull and a blindfold, and her hair was bigger. I guess she was more of a muse than a direct reference.
I read this folk legend from Europe about how to kill a witch. You would go into the woods, find an ash tree, and then burn an image of the witch into the bark, with an X over the heart. Then you would nail a peice of iron into the X. And that is how you kill a witch, so says the legend.
In my dream, she had a tattoo over her heart, meant to protect herself from this particular spell. Also, she wore a blindfold because she felt her vision was her weakest sense. But I can't draw blindfolds for shit. Jess had an interesting idea, but I'll leave it to her to create.
She is basically an old, crazy hermit with big tangled hair and antlers tied into the mess.

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:icongoko45:
its great, i love how u took the reference and got her features down while still adding your own twist
nice job and concept
:iconsubishi:
really awesome...I love the details, the plants, the hair - she reminds me of this book I read by Charles de Lint...something like "into the woods"...can't remember the actual title, but it was about this artist finding inspiration in forest people :D

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:iconcoldfrozensoul:
That is really a fascinating story! I also adore her because of the crown she is wearing, despite the fact that it is a skull I find it pretty; I also happen to have a soft spot for skull-wearing characters as well (My gallery is filled with them) Overall it stands for something very cool!

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:icondevereau:
This is a gorgeous rendering and an interesting subject. It really catches my attention.
:iconiggygirl:
She's beautiful, I love her head piece.

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:iconwylde:
*ADORES*
I keep forgetting how mindblowingly awesome your penicl skills are,
and then BAM, you smack me in the face with somehting wonderful like this O.o

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:icondigitalmirage:
Thats so totally awsome!!

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:iconchibiurusai:
I really love the wealth of details and texture things going on in this, as well as the story behind it!
:iconinfernodragon:
omfg the detail in this is so amazing :D it is totally awesome. i envy you :heart:

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