"JALIQUETTE" (game illustration)

One of the first pieces I did a few years back after returning to the field of role playing game art. The Jaliquette is a disembodied head which (somehow!) kills its prey and then claims its victim's body. That is, at least until the unfortunate body rots away. Then the Jaliqette finds another. Can you say "creepy"? I knew that you could. I wanted this piece to be paradoxical: ugly head with a healthy female warrior's body. It upped the "gruesome" factor a few notches, I think. (Illustration copyright Paladium Publishing. All Rights Reserved)