athnblk, athnblk, a photoreal night portrait of Athene, a 22-year-old Black woman with deep warm chocolate skin, defined high cheekbones, almond-shaped dark brown eyes, a quiet closed-mouth expression, and a tall slender build. She stands with her back to the viewer and looks over her left shoulder, face turned three-quarters toward the lens. For this frame her dark hair is wet and slicked, heavy strands clinging to the forehead and crossing one eye, the rest falling down her back. A large oversized thin gold hoop earring catches the light on her visible ear. A small gold hair clip holds a section at the crown, partly lost in the wet hair. One adult ball python is coiled around her neck and over the near shoulder, tan and dark brown blotches, the head resting on the upper arm, the body filling the line between neck and shoulder so the lower frame is back, shoulder, and snake. A dark sleeveless top is visible only as a strap and a strip along the side. She looks back at the viewer. Background is a night desert, deep blue sky above, warm sand blurred behind her, no extra people, no extra animals. One hard key from the front-left, slightly above eye line, warm on the skin, sharp speculars on the wet hair and the cheek, fast falloff into the night on the right side of her face, cool spill in the sky. Palette of chocolate, wet black, python tan, and night blue. No additional text anywhere in the frame.