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Concept art for a snake demon that would be fought as a boss for a currently unnamed horror RPG commissioned by WitheringHound .

Concept:
I was told that all of the boss/higher demons would have an animal base: one a white snake, another a giant wolf, and another a half goat. This is the "white snake".

Pencil on Printer Paper. There's a species of snake known as the Spider-Tailed Horned Viper. They are endemic to Iran, and are named for the fact that their tail has a large bulb and spines on it that resemble a spider. It uses its tail to lures birds which eat spiders into striking range. I decided I would use this as inspiration for this boss demon.

I was thinking about what could be attached to its tail to lure the protagonist, and realized if he is in a deep pit underground trying to work his way out, he will probably be very lonely. The possibility of interacting with another human being instead of demons and monsters trying to kill you would be hard to pass up. I imagine that the fight would start with the protagonist following the sound of someone crying. He would walk into the room/cavern from which the crying emanated, and see what looks like a girl sobbing in a doorway/cavern entrance directly across from him. As he approaches, the head of the snake is lying in wait in an adjacent doorway. I drew a bird's eye view of this concept in the upper left corner of the drawing.

It also has three fangs instead of just two, and two forked tongues instead of just one, and five eyes instead of just two, just to make him a bit more alien. Oh, and squishy tiny legs hanging off his body to act as alien scoots.

Description

Concept art for a snake demon that would be fought as a boss for a currently unnamed horror RPG commissioned by WitheringHound .

Concept:
I was told that all of the boss/higher demons would have an animal base: one a white snake, another a giant wolf, and another a half goat. This is the "white snake".

Pencil on Printer Paper. There's a species of snake known as the Spider-Tailed Horned Viper. They are endemic to Iran, and are named for the fact that their tail has a large bulb and spines on it that resemble a spider. It uses its tail to lures birds which eat spiders into striking range. I decided I would use this as inspiration for this boss demon.

I was thinking about what could be attached to its tail to lure the protagonist, and realized if he is in a deep pit underground trying to work his way out, he will probably be very lonely. The possibility of interacting with another human being instead of demons and monsters trying to kill you would be hard to pass up. I imagine that the fight would start with the protagonist following the sound of someone crying. He would walk into the room/cavern from which the crying emanated, and see what looks like a girl sobbing in a doorway/cavern entrance directly across from him. As he approaches, the head of the snake is lying in wait in an adjacent doorway. I drew a bird's eye view of this concept in the upper left corner of the drawing.

It also has three fangs instead of just two, and two forked tongues instead of just one, and five eyes instead of just two, just to make him a bit more alien. Oh, and squishy tiny legs hanging off his body to act as alien scoots.