Oh..Nice ^_^. I like the style very much.

wow

it needs to be in a storybook!
A big one! ;.; the little child in me longs to read it... the combination of flatcolor and intense shading is lovely.

Thanks. :)

It's actually concept art for my comic book.

excellent!

on the strength of this piece, I can say I want!

Great designs

Mrm, another very beautiful piece. I love the neutral colors and the simple use of light.

I really like the design of the "Sculpture." The colouring is great as well. Is there a story to go with the image?

There is. It comes later down the line in the comic I'm writing... I don't want to give anything away to anyone who might actually be reading the book now (all 5 of them), but basically the little mouse, Mary, has been taken from her own home and brought to a wilderness where she's tormented by this big beastlike creature named Cheyanne.

I'm not good at explaining things without the aid of art to actually show it. It always sounds so trite when I talk about my comic. <:)

The scene here is where Mary, and her little companion the Rook, sort of stumble into a ruined temple of sorts. That is a statue of Crimson Kismet, a beast who was created to rule the wilderness long ago.

Oh snap! I've figgured it out!

Long ago, Crimson Kismet was created to rule the wildnerness, blah blah blah. In order to ensure balance, Crimson Kismet was actually a union of two conflicting spirits, a good and an evil (kinda like a whole yin and yang sorta thing) The evil was a winged tiger spirit named Kismet, and the good a red panda spirit named Crimson. Crimson and the forces of good (including the old mouse and the bird) had forced this union upon Kismet, with Crimson sacrificing her own identity... as merging herself with Kismet was the only way to counter-balance Kismet's evil. The resulting being, Crimson Kismet, was fair and incredibly powerful. For years she ruled with her mate, the white tiger Miguel.

Together, the symbol of their rule was a circle with three gems representing the ruling spirits. The blue half circle representing Miguel, and the other half representing the the union of Crimson (green) and Kismet (yellow).

At some point, something happened and Crimson's spirit was torn away to go to another world... maybe to go cure cancer or something. Her spirit ended up inhabiting a mouse body by the name of Mary, where she lived in the city of Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Kismet, now reverting back to her original evil form, became a lost soul without Crimson's good guidance, and she fled away into the forest lost and broken. Trying to forget her past, Kismet changed her name to Cheyenne. She didn't know the significance of this name... but something about it told her it was special...

Meanwhile, a heartbroken Miguel also fled into the forest hoping to find his lost love... only to discover an angry and dangerous Kismet. Miguel has since become a wanderer, hoping to discover a way to recover the good in Kismet. Many years have passed, but Miguel still wears the symbol to express his undying love for Crimson Kismet...

:)

You have one piece of information right... that "Crimson Kismet was created to rule the wildnerness"

blah blah blah

I'm having fun with people's interpretations of the symbol. The answer is given as soon as one picks up the book!

By the way, Crimson Kismet is one character, and Miguel knows nothing about her at this time. I give no more away, or what's the point in me writing the next issue?? ;)

Gah! And I felt for sure I had it figgured out!!! :(

You know... you're starting to form a pattern of bursting my bubble on my detective skills. That is not cool...

Sorry, dude! I don't mean it!! :)

In all honesty, I'm flattered that you took the time to try and figure it out. It actually makes me more inspired to work on the new issue quickly. I also appreciate your pointers/observations. I'll respond to my e-mail in a bit. I really do appreciate the time you took in writing about the book, all war stuff aside. :)