Reflections

Painted from blank digital canvas, using my reliable Wacom Graphire2 stylus and tablet, which I've been using for the past 8 years, and free GIMP painting software.

From top to bottom:
Sun-kissed River
Quiet Reflection
Phang Nga Bay, Thailand

In FULL VIEW, they look much better =D

Kiss The Rain

Emma was devastated since she heard news about the death of her foster mother. For she had not known her biological parents ever since the government banned all forms of natural procreation due to a radiation leak that had attenuated the reproductive system of more than three quarters of the male population.
The whole world was plunged into dark ages since the social unrest and civil wars that occurred after the Greater Depression in 2010. She had been living in the poor, as it was with many people, in the slums near an abandoned 21st century industrial plant for as long as she could remember, and her now deceased foster mum and one other sister were her only family.
Not much technological advances had occurred for the past 100 years or so, except for prosthetic implants and gene therapy that could help the population live a better life towards their twilight years and prolong life. Climate migration too had been taking place, as the population strived to survive on whatever little resources that were available on this dwindling earth.
But Emma wasn't into all these! For her, she had been born into the wrong reality. The government had prohibited all forms of close proximity between the opposite sexes which had made life difficult for many young people in their productive lives.
Life held little meaning for Emma, until she met this man who had escaped from a health quarantine facility in the neighbouring zone. She had found the man she had been waiting for - someone to protect and comfort her. But their bliss was shortlived, as the Gestapo, a government arm that flushed out all forms of activities against the Code of Conduct quickly got wind of their tryst, and Emma could find herself in the convict chamber for the rest of her life. Welcome to the brave new world....

Story mine (c)
Is Big Brother watching? :-)

Model is courtesy of my sporting artist friend. Male model painted, using reference from posermaniac
Others are photomanipulated, some are painted

Music for inspiration Kiss the rain