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Because my bloody girl with a knife is so popular, it makes sense to continue in that direction. After all, this technique is known and successful so why not keep it going? But that is no reason to chase my tail: There are plenty of ways to feature a blood soaked chick with a weapon so why not cast my net further? Also, I've wanted to do a kris dagger ever since I figured out a procedural method to generate that type of blade and if memory serves, they are forged with the wootz technique- Even more incentive!
Kris blades come from South East Asia which is fine by me, since I am sick of doing Bambi-eyed cheerleaders anyway. My original design had plenty of jewelery but since it only served to confuse the composition, it was reluctantly omitted. There is plenty of reference that will certainly turn up in future works but for now I am satisfied to leave her as she is; adorned with blood and her amber hued skin
The obvious approach would be to have her staring you down with a frenzied expression, but since I am never one to pick the low hanging fruit, I ultimately depicted her contemplating her kill almost in repose which actually seems a lot more psychotic