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A print of this work is available at `ArtistsForCharity you can find it here . Profit from the sale of this or any other print from the AFC store goes to a good cause! The cool people, Ikue, are buying them and you want to be cool too right? Be cool and do a little good by supporting AFC

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Worked off and on over this for awhile, unusual for me to post vector but here we are.

The Medusa fable is told in a variety of ways, but the versions that interests me paint Medusa as a beauty ravished by Poseidon while worshipping in Athena's temple, and then cursed by that vengeful goddess for affront. Her cherished hair turned to snakes, and her striking eyes made to turn suiters or anyone else to stone, etc, essentially her beauty turned against herself and being victimized twice over. This is a more sympathetic characterization then those that cast her only as a hideous monster that needs vanquishing, and after all what is more dangerous scary then overpowering beauty? It's a more interesting version this way, mainly with how the myth relates to the raise of patriarchy and it's impact subjugating and discrediting the serpent symbolism and early goddess worship that preceded it.

The focus of this was obviously the eyes almost exclusively and the rest of the myth was largely left out, with a few supporting elements included. Using skeletonized snakes avoids some of the phallic connotations and are more visually interesting imo. The poppies are emblematic of sleep and death, and imo also the overwhelming power of opiates, I thought it was apt to represent the stoning effect of the gaze without having to show statues [a song about heroin partly inspired the choice of this]

Credit for the reference photo goes to $chix0r and her bluest eyes .

Your critiques are welcome, thanks for looking.

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(Open Edition) Print Version: "Full" Version available at `ArtistsForCharity , here

(also see the "Black" Version)

Description
A print of this work is available at `ArtistsForCharity you can find it here . Profit from the sale of this or any other print from the AFC store goes to a good cause! The cool people, Ikue, are buying them and you want to be cool too right? Be cool and do a little good by supporting AFC

------ ------ ------ ------ ------

Image Description:

Worked off and on over this for awhile, unusual for me to post vector but here we are.

The Medusa fable is told in a variety of ways, but the versions that interests me paint Medusa as a beauty ravished by Poseidon while worshipping in Athena's temple, and then cursed by that vengeful goddess for affront. Her cherished hair turned to snakes, and her striking eyes made to turn suiters or anyone else to stone, etc, essentially her beauty turned against herself and being victimized twice over. This is a more sympathetic characterization then those that cast her only as a hideous monster that needs vanquishing, and after all what is more dangerous scary then overpowering beauty? It's a more interesting version this way, mainly with how the myth relates to the raise of patriarchy and it's impact subjugating and discrediting the serpent symbolism and early goddess worship that preceded it.

The focus of this was obviously the eyes almost exclusively and the rest of the myth was largely left out, with a few supporting elements included. Using skeletonized snakes avoids some of the phallic connotations and are more visually interesting imo. The poppies are emblematic of sleep and death, and imo also the overwhelming power of opiates, I thought it was apt to represent the stoning effect of the gaze without having to show statues [a song about heroin partly inspired the choice of this]

Credit for the reference photo goes to $chix0r and her bluest eyes .

Your critiques are welcome, thanks for looking.

------ ------ ------ ------ ------

(Open Edition) Print Version: "Full" Version available at `ArtistsForCharity , here

(also see the "Black" Version)