High Priestess Concept Art - Toon Wars by Frozarburst on DeviantArt (original) (raw)

In the last cover I had for the Samurai Jack Saga, I made an updated design to the High Priestess from the Samurai Jack series. No one ever really had a chance to see what her face looked like, aside from the back of her body when dressing herself up. I assumed she resembled her 7 daughters, just much older and more aggressive-looking than they do. So to pull this off, I took a short look at Ashi's design, looked back at the only shot where the Mother's bare back and hair are visible, and meshed them together to form a more believable face. The rest of the body's almost the same as it was in the show, but thanks to an additional dose of Aku's blood, she gave herself some of his shapeshifting powers and upgraded her style; much like Ashi's corruption design.

Fun Fact: Had I included this line in, Ashi would've expressed some sadness to the double death of her former Mother at the end of the last chapter before it closes. But Danny would've later come back to tell her that her mother and the other daughters still exist in the corrected future of Jack's timeline, and that each of them would grow up to become loving women. Thing is, I didn't wanna mess with the canon events of Jack's timeline too much, because I felt that the ending of it should still be ambiguous so everyone could leave it up to interpretation. This is just my personal headcanon.