I think that is how you say Forest God in Japanese, but if I am wrong, please let me know. This piece should have a nice Mononoke Hime vibe when I am done with it, tanoshimi ni shite kudasai…
#1 work in progress
#2 rough sketch
My thinking was that Shinto deities are all animistic, so the forest god should look semi human but still exotic enough to read as otherworldly
It is probably worth mentioning that she isn't really a Shinto god, just something I made up but she was informed by my understanding of that religion...
Now this one has a different look altogether, horns and all. Wow!
I wanted it to seem exotic, yet familiar; like a dream you can’t quite remember…
I wanted it to seem exotic, yet familiar; like a dream you can’t quite remember…
Yeah, I really need to finish her
which is essentially what it is at this point