A graphite fantasy warrior faces a giant cobra in a dynamic stance

*The Snake-Catcher Woman — an expressive graphite drawing in the style of classic fantasy art by Boris Vallejo.** A full-body illustration of a mature female warrior featuring an athletic, sculpted physique, long dark hair, and a stern, focused gaze. She wears a narrow decorative headband, with small ornaments woven into her hair. Her attire consists of fantastical scale armor with decorative details, a belt, tall soft boots, and metal bracers featuring intricate engravings. She holds curved Eastern-style blades in both hands. Rising behind the heroine is a giant cobra with a massive head, a flared hood, and a piercing stare. The snake’s powerful body curves behind the woman’s shoulder, follows the line of her silhouette, and forms a large coil at the base of the composition. The cobra’s head is positioned above the warrior’s head. The woman is frozen in a dynamic combat pose: one leg is bent and extended forward, her torso is slightly tilted, and the blades point diagonally downward. **Execution technique — an authentic drawing created with a standard graphite pencil on white paper.** Distinct pencil lines, confident contours, and visible strokes of varying thickness and pressure. Features include multi-layered cross-hatching, short energetic strokes, occasional uneven construction lines, slight smudges, eraser marks, graphite blending, and small stray marks outside the outlines. The drawing displays an imperfect hand-drawn quality, the natural grain of the paper, and areas of visible graphite residue and tonal variation. Dark areas are created using dense, intersecting lines, while light areas remain as largely untouched white paper. Academic anatomical accuracy, expressive figure modeling, and detailed rendering of muscles, scales, hair, metal, and blades. Strong light-and-shadow contrast, realistic graphite texture, and the authentic feel of an original sketch by an experienced fantasy artist. **Important:** The image must look genuinely hand-drawn, not like a digital pencil imitation. Minor imperfections, uneven hatching density, organic contour lines, and natural smudges are acceptable. Do not use smooth digital gradients, photographic skin textures, perfectly clean vector outlines, color painting, or printed engraving effects. Clean white background with minimal stray pencil marks. The woman and the snake fit entirely within the fram

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