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Berry Baba

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Berry Baba (baba jagodowa) - a creature from relic folk beliefs, probably a cultural import from Belarus or Lithuania. A forest demon which appeared in northern Podlasie (it's a region in Poland). It looked like an old woman with hair or dress made from plants. It wandered through the forests and was particularly dangerous to small children gathering berries or mushrooms. Berry baba frightened them, led them astray and supposedly even choked them. - description from "Wielka księga demonów polskich" ("Great book of Polish demons", if you'd want to translate the title) by Barbara and Adam Podgórscy.

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I had a lot of fun with this one and though I'm still not really happy with the skin, I think I learned a lot while doing this. I'm quite proud of the hair - it took a lot of work and many, many small elements. Hope you like it. :)

Credits:
*lindowyn-stock [link] | ~Burtn [link] | + cgtextures.com and some painting
Image size
1032x915px 1.19 MB
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Whoa. Creepy. Well done!