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Description
Medusa was a challenge for quite some time and I had various ideas on how to depict this Gorgon. I wanted to veer away from the traditional view and rather focus on her in a state of transformation - not quite human or snake - still blessed with alluring beauty and yet lethal.

Model, MUA, clothing: Lara-Lyn Ahrens
Hair: Me
snakes:
A variety of snakes from plastic snakes (Lara-Lyn) which I photographed and transformed,
also from DA: [link]
[link]
real snake images from private resources - a total of 22 snakes used in this image - no harm came to them!
Background: From the Advanced Photoshop Premium Collection vol. 5
wall + sky: [link]

Info on Medusa:
Medusa was the daughter of Phorkys and Keto, the children of Gaia (Earth) and Okeanos (Ocean). She was one of the three sisters known as the Gorgons. The other two sisters were Sthenno and Euryale. Medusa was the only mortal out of the three. She was once very beautiful and lived far in the north were the sun didn't visit. Being very curious, she wanted to see the sun, and asked the Goddess Athena for permission to visit the south. Athena refused to allow her to visit. Medusa got angry and dared to say that Athena hadn't given her permission because she was jealous of her beauty. that was it! Athena was angered and punished her by turning her hair into snakes and cursing her by making her so ugly that who ever lookes at her eyes would turn into stone.

Description
Medusa was a challenge for quite some time and I had various ideas on how to depict this Gorgon. I wanted to veer away from the traditional view and rather focus on her in a state of transformation - not quite human or snake - still blessed with alluring beauty and yet lethal.

Model, MUA, clothing: Lara-Lyn Ahrens
Hair: Me
snakes:
A variety of snakes from plastic snakes (Lara-Lyn) which I photographed and transformed,
also from DA: [link]
[link]
real snake images from private resources - a total of 22 snakes used in this image - no harm came to them!
Background: From the Advanced Photoshop Premium Collection vol. 5
wall + sky: [link]

Info on Medusa:
Medusa was the daughter of Phorkys and Keto, the children of Gaia (Earth) and Okeanos (Ocean). She was one of the three sisters known as the Gorgons. The other two sisters were Sthenno and Euryale. Medusa was the only mortal out of the three. She was once very beautiful and lived far in the north were the sun didn't visit. Being very curious, she wanted to see the sun, and asked the Goddess Athena for permission to visit the south. Athena refused to allow her to visit. Medusa got angry and dared to say that Athena hadn't given her permission because she was jealous of her beauty. that was it! Athena was angered and punished her by turning her hair into snakes and cursing her by making her so ugly that who ever lookes at her eyes would turn into stone.