Across the world, spiders often represent various forms of greed, cunning, trickery and skill. These skills make for a wonderful pairing with Lamashtu, demon prince of greed, and so her archdevils became spiders.

Roughly translated to “spider prostitutes” from Japanese, I felt the concept of the jorogumo translated well, as well as served as somewhat antagonistic view with a culture that never embraced infernal teachings within the setting.

Instead of going for the often depicted version of spider-human hybrids, I opted for a softer look. Instead of spider legs, the jorogumo has numerous human-like legs, each designed to invoke the imagery of a ballerina’s slipper. The face is designed to pass for human, yet reveals a far more arachnid structure when desired. Overall, she was designed to be a creative, interesting take on the idea of a spider-like humanoid!

Artwork by @tomis-safezone​

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