This is my contribution to the Tomb Raider Reborn Contest. I have been working on this on and off for a while now with the goal of capturing the essence of Lara, expressing both her vulnerability and her inner strength. Enjoy!

Original size - 5592 x 7660 pixels (600 DPI)

Whoa, this took forever to complete but I'm so glad to finally have it done! C:

This is my entry to DA's James and the Giant Peach contest which I really wanted to enter because I loved the idea behind it.

This is my sort of escape, a huge amazing and magical place... free from reality! I love the idea of going to bed one day and then finding myself falling through the sky into this fantastical place! I loved the pillow as well; I think it's cute that she's riding on a giant feather that came from her own pillow. Oh yeah, and the chicken. I just adore the chicken with the goggles! Chickens make for great companions, no?

All in all, I think we all really want to escape into a fantasy, just a different sort for everyone. My personal fantasy is something like this; full of magic, crystals, wonky windmills, dragons and general fantasy.

I hope you all enjoy this picture as much as I did making it! -^o^-

Watercolor, Acrylic, & Pencil

my mind is

a big hunk of irrevocable nothing which touch and taste and smelland hearing and sight keep hitting and chipping with sharp fataltools

in an agony of sensual chisels i perform squirms of chrome and ex

-ecute strides of cobalt

nevertheless i

feel that i cleverly am being altered that i slightly am becomingsomething a little different, in fact

myself

Hereupon helpless i utter lilac shrieks and scarlet bellowings.

E.E. Cummings

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The demon inside,
whispered voices at my ear.
God, save us from evil

Inspired by the never ending young generation social issues, trafficking, HIV/AIDS, drug abuse, prostitution, etc.
People are doing anything to prevent it to grow, but seems things are not getting better.

What brought the society to become something like that? Many factors, but mostly the evil thoughts inside their heart. Born from the rotten world, creating a demon inside them who whispers into their ears and drives them bad.
In the other side, I believe that all human born good, God planted light deep inside their heart. So, lit the light, let it grow, defeat the evil.

What I wanted to tell is:
You can take control of yourself!
Evil is just a "disease" who tries to destroy you inside


Picture description
(Not required, but I'd like to write some for this)
-I want to picture a fight between a human and the evil inside her heart.
-The demon is whispering into her ear, trying to temp her and infect her with evil thoughts.
-The demon is the identical copy of the human with the opposite "aura", like... the other personality, evil personality, like a shadow who haunts you, unexpectedly so close.
-The white knight, whom I portray as a human being, is holding her sword, trying to stay strong, striving againts the evil thoughts. It's a dilemma because evil used to be so bewitching.
-The sword is representing strength.
-The huge dark atmosphere is symbolizing how strong is the evil around us.
-Dark butterflies, enchanting, beauty, you don't know what's inside.
-Light is symbolizing hope. No matter how bad the world has become, there always be a hope, and the hope is so close, right here in your hand.

close up: [link]


my humble comment
I think I have gone insane for entering an invincible contest, you all know how great the entries are. Most of them are from the artists I adore, as if I'm facing my "masters"
But, at least I'm trying

and sorry for my bad English
I'm trying to be more simple, but no can do (must learn English once again)