These are a couple characters I've been playing around with for an epic story that I will likely never get around to writing- it takes place in the same turn-of-the- twentieth- century wold as some of my other characters (Mr. Milcom, the Fish Butcher, etc.).

The older woman in the picture is named Astrid Ramsee. She's evil. She's got a hypnotic (and sometimes deadly) stare and is a goddess of narcissism- she's modeled off of a goddess named Ashera or Ishtar. She is tremendously concerned with beauty and appearance (which is why I tried to emphasize the eyes a bit more). The "cathedral" behind her is a temple where all the icons and figurines are votives to her. She's trying to teach or impress the younger girl (who I haven't named quite yet) and turn her into a "devotee." That cameo necklace appears to be a gift...

I just got tired of working on this recently... I've been working on it in a very undedicated fashion for about a month, and decided to call it "done" last night. My mind is littered with lots of cool new ideas I'd like to try. So, enjoy. Hasta luego, Astrid. It's been fun.