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Tedessa (Teddy) Book: Unnamed WIP

A shadow wielding assassin with a thin grasp of her potential, forced into violent servitude by those she once loved. Desperate to escape the life inflicted up on her, she'll do anything -- help anyone -- to set herself free.

Virgo the Assassin. 

Only the zodiac’s ultra-perfectionist could be the Hitman. 

For all of the Earth signs I wanted a seasonal influence to the illustration - Virgo is August/September - and as she is often depicted, Virgo the Virgin is a harvester. Or here, a reaper, ft a scythe and freaky cool telekinetically controlled wheaty arrows. The imagery of the zodiac is a fascinating mirror of eurasian culture: the OG Babylonian BC maiden was hijacked a 1000 years later by europeans to resemble their Virgin Mary complete with angelic wings and a crown - a feature i had to include, alongside the open-hand gesture that permeates world religious iconography. 

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