Mutated but still confident as ever, Phlex tries on some custom fashion for her snake-like body!
After some altercations with supervillains went wrong, Phlex (Phoebe Lexton) finds herself with a mutated body, her legs replaced with a long, serpentine tail. Still as stretchy as ever, Phoebe finds this to not be that much of a hindrance, however, and in some ways she believes it enhances her already exotic appeal to the eye! However, with no hips to wear normal pants or even a bikini bottom, to have a day out on the beach and still technically be properly dressed, Phoebe figured out a solution - a fishnet stocking for her tail! It keeps her tail still mostly exposed to the sun like her legs would be, but it also stays on better than a simple skirt would. It also shows off her pliable softness, which Phoebe counts as a bonus! She just has to be careful not to stretch her tail too much or she might pull the whole thing down...
This piece started as a notebook sketch playing with ideas for how Phoebe's snake form would look when dressed up. I was particularly proud of how the swimsuit doodle came out, and I knew one day I had to finish it for a summer themed piece! Now only two entire years later, it's finally done! I did adjust the face and hair to make them more on-model with her current design, and I did a funky thing with the background that I'm pretty proud of considering it took me only about 10 minutes!