Not specifically a Halloween themed image, but certainly a "Horror Monster".
As I've said before, I've been a life long fan of the TTRPG Dungeons and Dragons (known of it since the 80s, playing on and off.....mostly 'off' lately 😒...since the 90s).
One of my favorite critters from the game are the Mind Flayers (aka "Illithids"). I just like how this almost 'science-fiction' race is included in a Fantasy setting.
I've seen others do renditions of 'Sexy Female Illithids' before, like this one from MalcolmD: https://www.deviantart.com/malcolmd/art/Sketches-Cthulhoid-girls-1-885731731
Funny thing: He drew for me the 'logo' I used in this (and other) images, specifically drawn to look like a Flayer's head (so "Thanks!" again, buddy 😄)
My main reason for making this image was to tell a my 'Baldur's Gate 3" story, so beware for SPOILERS for a portion of the game to follow:
I won't spoil everything, but I will say that, at a point in the game, your character encounters a Mind Flayer who becomes an ally.
At one point, your character and this Ally Flayer have a meeting in the 'Mindscape'. He has become a bit downtrodden over the chances that we can beat the Big Bad Evil Guy of the story, and tells your character of such.
I feel sorry for him (I'm playing a female Dragonborn, my version of 'Dark Urge', to be specific), so I try to pick a reply to help uplift his spirits.
I can't recall exactly what I 'said', but next thing I know, the Illithid starts levitating my character into the air, and I'm suddenly grasping his tentacles in a 'loving' manner!! 😲
"NoNoNoNOOO!!" I'm thinking. I don't know how my choice lead to him coming on to my character like that (or was my choice saying I wanted this? 😏)
I was seriously thinking about 'Save Scumming' (going back to an earlier save) to make this scene Never Have Happened, but fortunately I was given a chance to make another choice to back the fuck down.......Whew!! 😅
In another moment, we were going to be 'bumping uglies'.....Literally! 😂
The game kind of reminds me of "Mass Effect" in both the excellence of its story, and the ability to make choices both "Paragon" and "Renegade", and also to romance pretty much everyone/anyone (including a 'Hard PG-13' Sex Scene for all your effort), but this is one I didn't want to see, thank you! (despite the various Illithid themed images in my 'favorites' 😏)
Boring Composition Notes: I only have one 'True' Mind Flayer morph, for the G3 Male called "The Elder One". A lot of my other Illithid images have used the morph for the body, but I used an 'Octopus Monster' to replace the head.
With this image, I used the G8 Female, and picked a 'Alien' morph I liked. I colored the skin a bit more purple (from the 'dark pink' of the original texture), and then used the 'Face Tentacles' from the 'Elder One' character, with a little photoshop post work to blend in the areas where it intersects with the face.
On he forehead I placed a 'Glowing Bottled Brain' prop (I may do a close up later). My 'In Universe' description of the device: in D&D there are some magic items that allow a character to go without needing food and water. Kind of makes sense that Illithids would come up with something like this, to help reduce the need to 'cull' their slaves for food, and to allow shape-shifted 'infiltrators' to walk among other races without having to feed, and potentially expose themselves.
The background items are part of an 'Organic UFO Abduction' lab I have (one of a few).
Again, probably put too much 'glowy' things in the scene, but I just like the look 😊
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