Lady Shiva (in Hong Kong) by Harusakiemon on DeviantArt (original) (raw)

I really wanted to do a kind of gritty, cyber-punk aesthetic for the environment. But my visual sensibilities made it very bright, happy, and pop-y.

I based the composition and silhouette of the lion statue on this Getty image, but I ended up changing a bunch of the details: www.gettyimages.com/detail/new…

(Lady Shiva is sitting on pedestal and leaning against a large statue of a lion. She is wearing bright, garish clothing: a puffy leather jacket, a tank top, tight pants, and large boots. The statue is covered in graffiti, and the lion's face is painted to look like the Joker. In the background, the side of a building is also covered in graffiti. The windows of the building and the pedestal reflect the sky and clouds.)