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This is the magestic Raven of Wisdom! It this a collab between myself and ~ZombieKate , the wonderful artist behind the linework.

This is the first piece in a series of ten that will be produced from now to August. The series is called "A Trip to the Lion Kingdom" and it's designed to a children's story book. You can see the layout (still not finalized) here: [link] in full effect with the illustration and the story. I did the vectoring with Photoshop CS2 and a cheap Logitech mouse in about 7 hours give or take.

Anyway, this piece has a background story, so here it is:

The Raven of Wisdom

Being of the noble French society, Pedro San Felipe knew all of the great tales of ancient magic that had immense power. Of course, no other tale but of the Raven of Wisdom could contain so much power and ability. Harnessing the mythical lore would enable the user to become a godlike figure of Arnold Schwarzenegger portions -- strength, beauty, govebernation was all at hand. But where could this magic be? Pedro San Felipe knew the city very well (as he always had to go back and forth it fetching escargot, french bread, french fries, and wine), yet still he had no idea.

And then on one evening of eating fancy smelly cheeses, Pedro came up with the idea: he would look at the local aviary for the Raven of Wisdom. Upon breaking and entering the aviary at three o'clock in the morning, Pedro stole a cage full of rare, endangered birds with hopes that the Raven would be inside. However, it was not and he was forced to eat them for dinner. Between his sobs and bites of fried Suzuki (one of the most endangered birds in the world), a 6 foot tall gold raven with particle beams for eyes landed next to him. Was this the rare Raven of Wisdom? He asked the raven, "Are you the rare Raven of Wisdom?" "No... I, uh, am not the rare Raven of Wisdom," it replied. "Alright. Thanks," Pedro exclaimed.

After the raven had left, a plain raven landed next to him. Pedro asked, "Are you the rare Raven of Wisdom?" The raven did not reply. Obviously, this was the Raven of Wisdom trying to disguise itself. He trapped the bird and slammed it into the freezer to temporarily hold it until he could secure a cage. However, Pedro fell alseep from all of the escargot and wine and was arrested the next day under charges of theft and cruelty to animals. But at least he had a frozen pet raven.

The moral of the story is that you can't always trust a 6 foot tall gold raven with particle beams for eyes because it may not be telling the truth.

Description
This is the magestic Raven of Wisdom! It this a collab between myself and ~ZombieKate , the wonderful artist behind the linework.

This is the first piece in a series of ten that will be produced from now to August. The series is called "A Trip to the Lion Kingdom" and it's designed to a children's story book. You can see the layout (still not finalized) here: [link] in full effect with the illustration and the story. I did the vectoring with Photoshop CS2 and a cheap Logitech mouse in about 7 hours give or take.

Anyway, this piece has a background story, so here it is:

The Raven of Wisdom

Being of the noble French society, Pedro San Felipe knew all of the great tales of ancient magic that had immense power. Of course, no other tale but of the Raven of Wisdom could contain so much power and ability. Harnessing the mythical lore would enable the user to become a godlike figure of Arnold Schwarzenegger portions -- strength, beauty, govebernation was all at hand. But where could this magic be? Pedro San Felipe knew the city very well (as he always had to go back and forth it fetching escargot, french bread, french fries, and wine), yet still he had no idea.

And then on one evening of eating fancy smelly cheeses, Pedro came up with the idea: he would look at the local aviary for the Raven of Wisdom. Upon breaking and entering the aviary at three o'clock in the morning, Pedro stole a cage full of rare, endangered birds with hopes that the Raven would be inside. However, it was not and he was forced to eat them for dinner. Between his sobs and bites of fried Suzuki (one of the most endangered birds in the world), a 6 foot tall gold raven with particle beams for eyes landed next to him. Was this the rare Raven of Wisdom? He asked the raven, "Are you the rare Raven of Wisdom?" "No... I, uh, am not the rare Raven of Wisdom," it replied. "Alright. Thanks," Pedro exclaimed.

After the raven had left, a plain raven landed next to him. Pedro asked, "Are you the rare Raven of Wisdom?" The raven did not reply. Obviously, this was the Raven of Wisdom trying to disguise itself. He trapped the bird and slammed it into the freezer to temporarily hold it until he could secure a cage. However, Pedro fell alseep from all of the escargot and wine and was arrested the next day under charges of theft and cruelty to animals. But at least he had a frozen pet raven.

The moral of the story is that you can't always trust a 6 foot tall gold raven with particle beams for eyes because it may not be telling the truth.