Alex Ledante
The title Yukijoro wo Futte translates roughly into English as Descent of the Snow Demon and is yet another piece inspired by Japanese mythology. What can I tell you? They have a lot of monsters and ghosts and such. Like, a whole lot. Way more than you’d think. So many you have to wonder if there are any people in Japan at all, or is it just all monsters?
#1 release version
This is my farewell to winter piece. She is leaving our world and returning to the sunless lands until next winter
#2 statue render
Went through several different lighting schemes until I finally settled on one that I really liked
#3 rough sketch
More of a composition test than anything else, although it is quite sassy
one of my wow favorites
She had a few iterations but I’m quite pleased with this version
As the late Crimson Grasshopper would say “I suspected that from the very beginning.” Wink wink.
…now it was about that time I got suspicious!
It is a punchline from that great comedian the late Roberto Gomez Bolanos aka Chespirito.
Via con dios, saltamontes carmesí…