Reminds me a lot of Sayger’s artwork. I love the linework on the mask, and it has a very intimidating and primitive-yet-futuristic look —much like this early artwork for Lewa.
I love how stylized and sharp-angled this is, the mask feels very shark-like, yet still fits in with the build surprisingly well. I think it’s safe to say this will likely have my vote!
While it’s not the version I particularly want to see as the canon Helryx, I’ve simply got to give complement to the quality of the artwork. It looks stunning and I absolutely love it as a stylized interpretation.
I will say that I’m having trouble visualizing the mask from front-on - the asymmetry is throwing me around, but that’s more the fault of my own lack of imagination rather than any sort of issue with the design itself.
Huge applause, it looks great. Hope you continue to enter the future contests, too!