Skrap issue #7 coming soon

ALT Digital illustration (via Midjourney) of a Medusa figure rendered in a retro 90s anime cel style. A dark skinned woman fills the frame in close portrait, her face lit warm against a near black background. She stares straight ahead with piercing red irises set in bright white eyes, sharp arched brows, full lips slightly parted, and a single gold hoop earring visible at her right ear. Her hair is a thick mane of blue black coils that spread outward across the entire composition, and from it rise six green serpents with scaled heads, red eyes, and forked red tongues flicking toward the viewer. The snakes coil through her hair so the two blend into one shifting mass. The palette is deep navy, forest green, warm brown, and scarlet, finished with a grainy film texture that gives the piece a printed vintage animation cel look.