Monday, February 20, 2012

S is for Sazae-oni

This week's entry for AlphaBeasts! is probably about as close as I've ever come to painting a pin-up. Not exactly my usual genre! :-O

Sazae-oni is a shape-shifting bakemono who lives inside a turban shell. Sometimes she disguises herself as a beautiful temptress in order to lure sailors to their... dismemberment, shall we say?

I decided to depict the moment afterwards, when she begins to reveal her true, rather crabby nature to her poor victims. After all, vamping it up can be fun, but sometimes a girl's just gotta relax & be herself.





Acrylic on illustration scanned from Wonders of the Heavens, Earth and Ocean, 1887 (with some Photoshop touch-ups in the grand pin-up tradition) ~5.5"x8.5"


5 comments:

  1. She's a man-eater, alright. What's she got against those poor sailors?

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  2. Amazing work. love the colors.

    Thanks for stopping by and your nice comment.

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  3. Crabby - I just got that! I was thinking she looks rather lobsteresque. Love your creatures!

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  4. The big eyes and very nasty teeth are rather unsettling, I must say. An excellent addition to the oddness, particularly that super cool turban shell.

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  5. Very cool! What more could anyone want from a pin up? :)

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