Artemisia Absinthium

Detail- Wings

Detail- Gentlerat

Detail- Bionic rat

Process

A steampunk version of the Green Fairy.

Artemisia Absinthium is an ingredient in the liquor absinthe.
The model is my good friend Katrine with her pet rats.

Photo references were used.

Created in Photoshop CS3 with a Wacom Volito 2 tablet.

You can check out how this artwork came to be in this forum thread.

Finished in 2009