Kame no Megami

High School Illustration - Series

2017

Estelle Chung

Student: Estelle Chung School: Don Mills Collegiate Institute, Don Mills Collegiate Institute Program: CyberArts Instructor: Blakely McAlister

Urashima Taro, a fisherman in a Japanese folktale rescues a suffering sea turtle which transforms into a goddess and takes Urashima to an undersea palace. Rising up from the crashing waves, Kame no Megami, the sea turtle goddess, is depicted alongside her turtle companions, with a fishing spear in one hand and turtle eggs in the other. Character created in Adobe Illustrator, with a watercolour background.