The Trans-cendants

Happy birthday to Lyudmila Pavlichenko (born July 12, 1916), Soviet sniper in World War II, with 309 confirmed kills.

Concept art of Medusa's default sprite from Extra Credits with Athena.

Medusa takes precautions to avoid other people. Having snakes for hair isn't enough to scare most people away, she also needs a studded choker, a studded belt, a chain-link necklace adorned with spikes, and a small snake pendant too.

We settled on outfit number 4 as Medusa's default look, after experimenting with a wide variety of sleeve patterns and whether not to make them looser or more form-fitting.

We went for the tighter sleeves, as they created a stronger silhouette and made for a better contrast with Athena's own flowing robes.

"Finding yourself" is not really how it works. You aren't a ten-dollar bill in last winter's coat pocket. You are also not lost. Your true self is right there, buried under cultural conditioning, other people's opinions, and inaccurate conclusions you drew as a kid that became your beliefs about who you are. "Finding yourself" is actually returning to yourself. An unlearning, an excavation, a remembering who you were before the world got its hands on you.