Gargoyles: Demona (concept art)
Added 2023-06-08 18:41:17 +0000 UTCFigured I'd go ahead and get started on some of the concept art for the AU! I don't think I'll clean the rest of them to the extent I have Demona (took a little too long), but I like how she came out all the same. :)
So, design notes: I do remember that Gargoyles have super-enhanced healing, specifically when in their stone sleep. Demona is no different, though I do like to think the Gargoyles sometimes can, and do, end up with scars regardless of their healing capabilities. Specifically, if the wound is caused by something magical in nature, or so deep one day's rest isn't enough to fully mend it.
Given who Demona is (her tampering a lot with the magical, either for her own gain or facing against someone with magic), she's gained a few in that way. I imagine her rate of healing also slows down to some degree when Puck puts what is essentially a gifted curse onto her by allowing her to be human during the day. She still doesn't need to sleep (I imagine her curse allowing her to gain energy from the sun similarly to those who stone-sleep) and she maintains some of her traits as a gargoyle (stronger, faster, more resilient than a normal human) but the trade-off is her healing capabilities is slower than normal. What would take a stone-sleeping Gargoyle one day to heal may take Demona 2-3 days, particularly because the shift between human and Gargoyle form is so painful and would likely be why the body is so slow: it uses most of those healing powers to make the transformation bearable (if only barely).
But yeah! May tweak a few things here and there, but overall I think this works well enough for a basic ref for Demona going forward for the AU. :) Dunno who I'm gonna do next... maybe Delilah!
Until then though, I hope ya'll like the art! More to come soon! owo
