UnderStrangeSuns - Atomhawk Art Contest 2023

My contribution to this years AtomHawk art competition, in the character design category - https://atomhawk.com/strange/
Such a fun yearly event and big thanks to Atomhawk for hosting it.

Wanted to make a sort of fairy/butterfly/insectoid character living on a damp and humid swamp planet with very low light conditions, hence the light sensitive eyes.
Having a sort of carapace growing out from her skin like an insect. Was planning on having her hair grow out from her horns aswell, but didnt get it to work very well, even though i like that silhouette better.

Made this character over the course of two days since ive been busy with work and life in general, so in hindsight I wouldve liked to start way earlier and spent more time in the early stages and really explore the character and her environment. This is also the reason its almost fully symmectrical, since i painted it using the symmetry tool in photoshop to save time.