For the hourglass woman/robot, I simply looked at the hourglass body shape, and then tried incorporating an actual hourglass into this, which was fairly simple to do. Beyond this though I did not really have any ideas for this woman, and started off with ball jointed limbs to make her definitely look more robotic.
When it comes to the base snake designs, such as the more blocky body, I looked at some Mayan snake designs, specifically the ones shown below. I wanted to experiment with different designs to see what could work best to contain whatever liquid is poured into the snake, and in the end I went for just a natural snake design.
I also needed to look at some snakes with their mouths open since I was struggling to draw an open mouth without it looking off, with the two images below being what I used as reference.
For the Death snake I also needed to look at a snake skull because I have little knowledge of the construction of a snake's skeletal system. Despite snake skulls varying slightly depending on the subspecies, looking at a couple of different types of snake's skulls gave me a rough idea on how to create it.
For the Pestilence snake, I looked into snake diseases that I could incorporate into it's design in order for it to relate to the Horseman of the Apocalypse with the same name. I ended up finding the website listed just below, which details various snake diseases and illnesses. In the end I integrated eye infections and fungal diseases into the Pestilence snake's design since they gave the most obvious signs of illness.
http://www.cornsnake.co.uk/snake-diseases.php
First Mayan snake - http://www.arden.com/theartifact/aprecol1/
Second Mayan snake - https://rfclipart.com/the-mayan-snake-6265-vector-clipart.html
Third Mayan snake - https://www.flickr.com/photos/gwendalcentrifugue/5304668316
Fourth Mayan snake - http://intrepidberkeleyexplorer.com/Page17J.html
Snake skull - http://bestiarumosteo.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/toothy-snakes.html
Snake mouth 1 - https://tr.fotolia.com/id/35039798
Snake mouth 2 - http://riverbankoftruth.com/2014/06/21/in-the-jaws-of-the-great-serpent-by-greg-calise/
Snake Fungal Disease - http://www.livescience.com/48725-photos-snake-fungal-disease.html
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse greatly inspired my snake's designs, inspiring the more unique traits between them and also inspiring the colour schemes to match the horses, as each snake is meant to summon the respective Horsemen once it is filled.
Image Reference - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Horsemen_of_the_Apocalypse
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