I have a need for a cover illustration for my next Kaidan patronage project - Obake: Bestiary of Kaidan (a Japanese monster book). Even though I may yet commission someone to do this. I thought I'd experiment in creating a Xara vector painting.

This is the Ao Nyobo or split mouth mouth. She is an accursed human. I used a geisha photo for reference. What do you think?

My plan is to have this Ao Nyobo on the right side, a Kitsune (fox woman demon) on the left, a yurei ghost in the top center and a bakeneko (demon cat) in the bottom center...

Michael

Click image for larger version.  Name: ao-nyobo.jpg  Views: 519  Size: 48.4 KB  ID: 82667

PS: and kind of cool, this thread has gotten over 20,000 views - that's got to be worth something?...