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Remember when I said I was going to try new things? Well, this is a part of it. I'd always wanted to try this kind of thing: Using simple shapes and color to produce a readable image. I'd been really inspired by the loading screens in Dragon Age 2 and by the animation in Secret of Kells.

When I sat down to do this one I told myself "no tablet" and I succeeded. Well, I did pick the thing up to sign it, but I'm going to say that doesn't count. This is all with a mouse and manipulated shapes. It really was a challenge and I think I did quite well for a beginner.

I realize it's different but try real hard to have an open mind.

***That bit where I wax on about the content and story***

On Pazour, they do have their own mythology. Part of it is about how the floating continent came to be when the Earth was cracked. It says that the Founders combined their energy and saved what they could and that they look after it still. The Great Eagle, the Lord of the Waters, Grey Crow, the Son of the Nemesis, the Queen of the Land, Gwion the White and the most mysterious of all: The Blue Lady.

She is said to have hair of blue flame and a robe made of the darkness between trees. Both achingly beautiful and profoundly ugly at the same time. With one eye of light and one eye of dark. She is said to travel through Pazour alone in the form of predatory animals or as a lone woman in a blue cloak on an enormous black horse.

What they know for certain about her is that she is very lonely and anyone who would choose to be her companion, even for a night, is marked across the chest with her symbol and will have disastrous trouble with love in the future. These men are called The Marked and they appear all over space and time and are all changed for having known her and hearing her true voice.

The Marked:
Maxwell Yanatti
Warren Glyon
Kay'addrigan Gab'rien
Arthur Chase

She says little, asks even less of the people she protects, and is seen once every few hundred years. (This is only half true. She's usually around, but is disguised.) To see her as a blue star in the night is said to be incredibly good luck.

This is the picture of her that is kept in Maxwell's house.

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My heart sort of breaks reading her story. I can't blame her for wanting someone to be with her but the fact that those under her protection have a sort of horrible luck following them cause of it...well that's sad as hell to me. Its amazing to see how interwoven your stories are... Seeing Warren after so long made me smile because i remember i'd stopped in to see him being drawn. Its also a huge testament to see how much you've improved in a very small amount of time.

Back to the art, You have succeeded in making a very strong image out of simple shapes. I cant help but stare at her, she's rather haunting and I cant help but imagine that her approach would be beautiful and terrifying all at the same time. This is the type of image that lets my mind go and take flights of fancy! beautifully done.