L'Artiglio del doge

Maddalena di Antoni, also known as "l'Artiglio del doge", is a personal bodyguard and assassin in 2093 Venice. She works for the Petrizzo family, lead by the descendant of the last doge of Venice.
I made this illustration within 13 hours, starting with composition and poses studies. I quickly rigged and rendered a 3D mesh done in ZBrush as a base for the final paint over. I hope you like the result! :)
There will be more content concerning this character in the coming weeks.