A Mother's Legacy

A long, long time ago, in the Valley of Hope, surrounded by tranquil forest and on this very spot where you're standing, a mother whispered her last parting words...

Just listen to your heart. A bit of tender love, a bit of Jurrasic Park (without the commercial XD), and a story that needs to be retold over and over again. This is my small contribution to a mother's undying love.

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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

Sultry

Portrait painting of Chinese actress, Liu Yi Fei
Took me many hours, spread over 1 week. I lack the imagination to put in more accessories on the woman XD
Hope this one's OK
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A miniature gift

A VALENTINE MESSAGE for my viewers:

Sometimes, LOVE is like the miniature dog - hold it too tight, you will squish it; hold it too loose, it will run away.

Like the wind

The war was finally over, but the enemy had won. The Himalayan people were oppressed and heavily taxed. Whole villagers were burned down by the armies of the Empire, temples destroyed and there were rampant killing of villagers everywhere and looting of their belongings.

On the night when the Temple of Sirius Crest were destroyed, the Matron dying from internal injuries, gave Enlil a spellstone to protect - because of the evil it would bring if it fell to the wrong hands.

Not knowing what to do initially, she quickly hid herself with the spellstone among the commoners who were by now ruthlessly driven from their mountainside homes. One night, while meditating by the beach, the stone lit up, illuminating the sky. She thought the light was good, but actually it was camouflaged as so , and was about to bring about a terrible storm. She saw the incoming storm, but it was too late. She harnessed all her magical spell to fight the evil, but it only consumed her energy, and soon she was taken over by the evil spell.

Storm after storm followed, causing great havoc to the people, wiping out whole batallions, and sinking cargo ships, the only lifeline of the Empire, in their trade with the wealthy Persians.

The Empire, sent armies after armies, to fight against the Stormbringer, as she was now known, but she was blinded by the evil that had taken over her, and the more she was infuriated by the sight of the Empire's army that killed her sisters in the nunnery, the more devastating the storm she created.

Then , the Empire sent an able magician from the Alchemy Dept, named Caleb, powerful in his own field of magic, and was in love with Enlil before circumstances forced him to leave her and join the empire.

Caleb knew that he must save her, though it might mean death to himself. Saving her could mean saving the entire humankind..

Story mine (c)

Everything is painted from scratch.
Model is referenced from my artist friend, with her permission.
Ship is referenced from wikimedia commons.

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Inspired by the instrumental Like the Wind, by SENS

Before the storm

Digital freehand painting from scratch.
Minimal reference used.