Blood Moon Zyra Concepts

Hey everyone! I've been playing a lot of Zyra lately and it's gotten me in the skin designing mood C: Some of you guys might remember the Mythic Zyra concept I designed a few weeks ago that picked up some traction! This time I'm sharing a Blood Moon / Lunar Revel skin idea for her.

The skin is inspired by Futakuchi-Onna, a form of Japanese demoness with two faces on the front and backs of their heads who would use their serpentlike hair to feed. In this skin, in lieu of plants, Zyra summons monstrous creatures made of her own living hair to do her bidding. In place of seeds, cursed combs erupt from the ground and sprout long tendrils of hair. Her Blood Moon mask is situated on the back of her head, like the Futakuchi-Onna's second face. I like the idea of the mask sort of possessing her body, and when she dies it rises alone in a mass of living hair, leaving its mortal shell behind.

I thought it'd be a cool opportunity to explore a different direction for Zyra's player fantasy! Still a summoner of sorts but straying away from the plant thematic present in her other skins. I figure if Lissandra can throw knives and still talk like she's throwing ice then it's probably no big deal ;)

Here's the lineup of the concept sketches! https://41.media.tumblr.com/8c6ab9c406428c1fe9ff31d454b671ae/tumblr_o3qufgMNoV1qk32lpo6_r1_1280.png And I'll post them by themselves too in case the resolution turns out better https://41.media.tumblr.com/fba1d567efb8d9657c799e7be839dd23/tumblr_o3qufgMNoV1qk32lpo5_540.png https://36.media.tumblr.com/84b376ce9191bab53f0f1a783d8ec7f4/tumblr_o3qufgMNoV1qk32lpo2_1280.png https://36.media.tumblr.com/f7ac8828d175c3cb15a1591132c95e67/tumblr_o3qufgMNoV1qk32lpo3_1280.png https://41.media.tumblr.com/a4032d5932a441824191a918f584fc33/tumblr_o3qufgMNoV1qk32lpo4_1280.png https://40.media.tumblr.com/49413e8bacce51f976c6b0848c083fc5/tumblr_o3qufgMNoV1qk32lpo1_500.png

Let me know what you guys think! I had a lot of fun working on this one.