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This is for my husband who patiently follows me around the art stores and never complains about the paint brush that is always in my hand. Apparently she was evil in some myths but I like this version the best. I could crush him to death with a passionate caress and kill him. He might not mind?RUSKALA-S.J. OWEN
Ruskala is apparently another freshwater spirit in the form of a beautiful young maiden with long golden hair. She loves to dance in the moonlight, sometimes followed by smaller spirits who help her dress and adorn herself with flowers. One folktale about her is similar to Han's Christian Anderson's-The Little Mermaid.
I think I like this version best.
"Trolls, Elves and Fairies" by Jan Slovak- inspired
Drawn with a .5 mechanical pencil, lined with a Zig writer, colorized with Spectrum Noir
For more about this character, I'll put it in a journal. She's quite fascinating.
Added some blue tint and a frame in Kvad Pro.
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Comments: 9
Your hubby sounds like a really sweet guy!
It's beautiful Sue!
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I repainted it today, that's the old one. Thank you.
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Thank you, I have you featured in a journal I just put up.
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This is really beautiful work, Sue. and the colors!! (I've just one small irk...unless I am looking at this all wrong - which sometimes the eyes will do 
Other than that, I love this piece, it's one of my favorites from your fantasy pieces.
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ok, I fixed her, I'm going to rescan. I've been dragging like I'm 100.
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Good. I'll be checking back. (normally I try not to point things out if a critique isn't asked for, but I felt you overlooked this. Now I hear how tired you've been so I was right. - I've been dragging too, by the way. It's just awful. 
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