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Snow Globes and Mystic Fire
Dedicated to a wonderful guy writing a wonderful story: / *BURNinNightmare
(and hopefully also a nice comment )
Ein Wiedersehen Die Sonne ging auf, die Sonne ging unter. Sie war allein und einsam. Sie saß auf einem Bett und fragte sich wie lang dies noch so gehen würde. Eine lange Zeit war vergangen. Sie vermisste ihn. Sie vermisste alles obwohl sie es doch so gehasst hatte. Was war geworden? Es quälten sie die Fragen. Fragen über den Sinn ihres Handelns, Fragen über ihre Zukunft, über die Zukunft aller. Sie ging zur Schule, machte ihre Hausaufgaben, doch der Sinn… Sie sah ihn nicht. Etwas so viel Größeres war in Gange. Doch sie konnte niemanden davon erzählen. Umso einsamer war ihre Situation. Sie glich schon bald ein

Yes, even more advertising for that Short Story, simply because it's great and because... well because this picture has something to do with it~ C:

First of all, the title - which is German for "winter light" - doesn't really have much to do with the picture apart from the fact that it takes place in winter and it's in a certain way about light. It's my current MSN nickname, but I thought it kinda fits the pic and gives it some... MAGIC!
I must admit, this is actually the first time for me to draw Runa's hair PROPERLY. And exactly this goal was actually the reason to even start this drawing. ö.ö
I can't exactly remember WHY we talked about it, but yesterday I was talking to =ShadowSinty about Runa's hairstyle and that I exactly know what it should look like but simply can't get it right. In the end I just thought, well screw it, and gave it another try and it... worked! O_o;
Another miracle is that I even managed to draw a good-looking pose that was not a standing pose already at the first try. However, my intention to use this as a kind of reference was killed as soon as I felt like giving Runa some different clothes. And as soon as I finished the sketch I actually lost all of my motivation again, mainly because I feared that if I inked it, that would destroy the whole picture. In the end I somehow did it anyway and added some random background which I never imagined to come this far. In the end, the erstwhile reference turned into a scene that can be connected with *BURNinNightmare 's short story.
Certain signs for that are her warm (winter) clothes, the "snow globe" next to her and the chimney in the background. My first sketch for the chimney was actually lousy so I looked for a reference to go after. The part with the snow globe and the flame inside can actually only be understood if you read the story. I KNOW it's only German, so sorry to everyone else, but I won't write anything here, as it takes all of the story's magic. But I'm actually trying my best to translate that story as good as possible, even though probably noone of you will read it.. >:
About the picture above the chimney... yes.. YES you're right, it's the drawing from Narnia - The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. I really wanted to draw something similar to it inside that painting, but I had problems finding a reference, so I looked for the movie trailer and... yay..
Oh and the carpet was a funny coincidence... I was working with Adobe Photoshop CS4 again after a while and checked the brushes I had there, when I found that dot brush in the end of the list. Just being funny I placed it on the carpet and somehow I really liked it. So I kept it. XD
Last note to myself: the wall looks a little empty and the fire in the chimney looks like nose and beard of an old man..

Maybe it's time to write down some facts about Runa for everyone who can't read the story, as I don't know when I'll ever be able to draw a proper reference.

RUNA MEARAN
is 16 (in this pic 18)
has luminous blue eyes
has water/ice abilities
is quite a loner
has Japan addicted parents and lived in Japan for 3 years until she was 12
likes to give people Japanese nicknames
had a twin sister named Mayu who died in an accident when she was 14
loves snow globes
hates conversations and the general contact to other people
almost always wears a cross necklace

Runa & Art ©

:: about ::
Time Taken: 12-13 hours
Tools used: Paint Tool SAI & Adobe Photoshop CS4
Brushes used:
Snow Flakes brush set by *lorine
-- BRUSH -- fire by ~trisste-brushes
References taken:
[link] [link]
Original Size: 1000x1300 px
Layers: 77

Description
Snow Globes and Mystic Fire
Dedicated to a wonderful guy writing a wonderful story: / *BURNinNightmare
(and hopefully also a nice comment )
Ein Wiedersehen Die Sonne ging auf, die Sonne ging unter. Sie war allein und einsam. Sie saß auf einem Bett und fragte sich wie lang dies noch so gehen würde. Eine lange Zeit war vergangen. Sie vermisste ihn. Sie vermisste alles obwohl sie es doch so gehasst hatte. Was war geworden? Es quälten sie die Fragen. Fragen über den Sinn ihres Handelns, Fragen über ihre Zukunft, über die Zukunft aller. Sie ging zur Schule, machte ihre Hausaufgaben, doch der Sinn… Sie sah ihn nicht. Etwas so viel Größeres war in Gange. Doch sie konnte niemanden davon erzählen. Umso einsamer war ihre Situation. Sie glich schon bald ein

Yes, even more advertising for that Short Story, simply because it's great and because... well because this picture has something to do with it~ C:

First of all, the title - which is German for "winter light" - doesn't really have much to do with the picture apart from the fact that it takes place in winter and it's in a certain way about light. It's my current MSN nickname, but I thought it kinda fits the pic and gives it some... MAGIC!
I must admit, this is actually the first time for me to draw Runa's hair PROPERLY. And exactly this goal was actually the reason to even start this drawing. ö.ö
I can't exactly remember WHY we talked about it, but yesterday I was talking to =ShadowSinty about Runa's hairstyle and that I exactly know what it should look like but simply can't get it right. In the end I just thought, well screw it, and gave it another try and it... worked! O_o;
Another miracle is that I even managed to draw a good-looking pose that was not a standing pose already at the first try. However, my intention to use this as a kind of reference was killed as soon as I felt like giving Runa some different clothes. And as soon as I finished the sketch I actually lost all of my motivation again, mainly because I feared that if I inked it, that would destroy the whole picture. In the end I somehow did it anyway and added some random background which I never imagined to come this far. In the end, the erstwhile reference turned into a scene that can be connected with *BURNinNightmare 's short story.
Certain signs for that are her warm (winter) clothes, the "snow globe" next to her and the chimney in the background. My first sketch for the chimney was actually lousy so I looked for a reference to go after. The part with the snow globe and the flame inside can actually only be understood if you read the story. I KNOW it's only German, so sorry to everyone else, but I won't write anything here, as it takes all of the story's magic. But I'm actually trying my best to translate that story as good as possible, even though probably noone of you will read it.. >:
About the picture above the chimney... yes.. YES you're right, it's the drawing from Narnia - The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. I really wanted to draw something similar to it inside that painting, but I had problems finding a reference, so I looked for the movie trailer and... yay..
Oh and the carpet was a funny coincidence... I was working with Adobe Photoshop CS4 again after a while and checked the brushes I had there, when I found that dot brush in the end of the list. Just being funny I placed it on the carpet and somehow I really liked it. So I kept it. XD
Last note to myself: the wall looks a little empty and the fire in the chimney looks like nose and beard of an old man..

Maybe it's time to write down some facts about Runa for everyone who can't read the story, as I don't know when I'll ever be able to draw a proper reference.

RUNA MEARAN
is 16 (in this pic 18)
has luminous blue eyes
has water/ice abilities
is quite a loner
has Japan addicted parents and lived in Japan for 3 years until she was 12
likes to give people Japanese nicknames
had a twin sister named Mayu who died in an accident when she was 14
loves snow globes
hates conversations and the general contact to other people
almost always wears a cross necklace

Runa & Art ©

:: about ::
Time Taken: 12-13 hours
Tools used: Paint Tool SAI & Adobe Photoshop CS4
Brushes used:
Snow Flakes brush set by *lorine
-- BRUSH -- fire by ~trisste-brushes
References taken:
[link] [link]
Original Size: 1000x1300 px
Layers: 77