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December 10, 2009

Beauty Before Death by *alicexz is an outstanding t-shirt graphic that shows us a different interpretation of the wonderful story of Medusa's Myth. Very expressive, super detailed with wonderful colors. You must click on the link to see how it looks on a real shirt. Great concept!

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Beauty Before Death

Published: Aug 24, 2009

alicexz

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A collaborative piece with my friend Enkel Dika - it's our take on the legendary Medusa of Greek mythology fame. Drawn in Adobe Photoshop and painted with watercolors (with digital editing.) Made for and printed over at Threadless.

EDIT: I AM aware that people have tattooed this design - though I would still prefer to be notified, if you'd like to take this drawing to your tattoo parlor by all means go ahead... just make sure you're really certain.

And send me a picture.

Artwork by Alice X. Zhang
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Gorgeous. 👌

No words can express how awesome this is, so let me just say this - I've been wanting to get ittattooed for YEARS! I feel like I'm finally in a position to afford one but I can't go through with it without asking permission. Would you be okay with that?

Cool

that is awesome Wow!

how did you do tha??????

ko357

Nov 6, 2013

I find this so stunning, looking at this gave me an idea for a tattoo. And this might seem crazy but I was wondering if you'd draw it for me? If you did that would be freaking awesome because I'm not so great at drawing.

FancyChocolate

Jun 24, 2013

OH MY GOSH! I have this shirt! My sister ordered it for me!! Its so cool that I found it here!! I've worn the shirt sooooo many times! I (and my associates) love it!!

Teal-Feather

Apr 28, 2013

I got the outline of this tattooed on me almost a year ago, just need the money to get this beautiful piece finished!
I spent 6 hours in the chair to get this much done and the outline isn't really finished yet. Still looks amazing!

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alicexz

Jun 24, 2013

Wow, looks awesome! Hope you get it finished sometime! Thanks for showing me a photo!

Lola-Jasmine

Apr 19, 2013

I love this design! I actually got the Threadless shirt recently. Thanks for your awesomness!

Airmoon

Mar 2, 2013

sorry but that's funking awsome!

love that

SundialRain

Dec 24, 2012

great work, love the use of colour!

GirBaloney

Oct 26, 2012

I bought this shirt awhile back...it's pretty awesome to find it on here

good work!

beautiful

I just love this picture of Medusa so much, it's so unique but it still implies the legend of Medusa by looking at it. It's so wonderful and the usage of colours is amazing and eye-catching. Well done, I love it : ) [link]

awesome

If I was anything more than dirt poor I would so buy this shirt, but then I would never wear it. It would be hanging up an my wall next to all of my other favorite works of art. I enjoy the movements of Medusa's snakes, giving them personality instead of having them just lay there. The added colors in her hair, rather that just the greens and browns of the serpents was a very nice surprise. Beautiful work. Also, I love the little tentacle in there. It was unexpected.