Character Design Challenge June - Egyptian God (Sekhmet)

Hello friends!

If you're in or know of the Character Design Challenge Facebook group, you know that this month's challenge was to do an Egyptian God of our choosing--an absolutely fantastic topic! The last few I've been unable to really connect with or make something I thought was worthy of the challenge, but this one hit like a ton of creative bricks.

Initially, I was going to do Bastet, as she is the goddess I know best and is arguably my favourite (cat goddess, hello), but the idea of doing Sekhmet, her warrior other half/sister (Sekhmet and Bastet were the same goddess before splitting into who they are now) would not leave me alone. I in fact drew her first, and then several more times, until I had what I was happy with for a base, and what you can see here. From there, it was to Photoshop for rendering, texture, and colour. I have some screen caps here that show my process, with the finished entry as the first one you'll see.