This is my entry for Saimain's contest on Medowhaven.

The characters are Faeren, a young elf knight and Snoots, his little enchanted pet. The theme of the contest was to depict the relationship between Faeren and the Forest of Illusions, since he's part of this forest.

I wanted to make him look as a tree and also live as a tree, growing after the rain.

I've had a lot of fun painting it, I hope you'll like it

Photoshop CS3
Wacom intuos 3A4
50 hours approx
No reference used (it has been challenging and fun to paint ^^ )

Please take a look at the CLOSEUPS, everything is lost in this version, there are lots of details that can't be seen in small size.

You can see the whole progress HERE

Faeren and Snoots belong to Adele.