Pen and ink. 10" x 13" (about 25 cm x 35 cm). 18 hrs.

Note: If you're interested in following the picture storyline, click here for Page 02 and follow the links onward.

DocRedfield has made a cool animated logo for this series that gives away the hidden lettering. Check it out here .

Guyra has made a cool bit of fanart for this series--it's even a rich ink drawing! Check it out here .

In addition, Dyun has written up a nice narrative to go with this series of images, and I'll find a way to link to that, too, when she gets a bit more of it written. Regardless, she deserves a titanic thanks and a bunch of money for doing it--I'll see what I can do to recompense her.

As far as this illustration goes, the curlies on the woman's breasts are just decor on the breastplate of her armor.

This is the first of many illustrations I did to tell a short story without words. If a picture paints 1,000 words, then the story in question would be about 40,000 words long, to give you an idea of what I was thinking. Most of the pictures are done. Don't know if they'll all show up here on DA, nor if they'll be Deviations or Scraps when and if they do. Probably what I'll do is post a few of them in scraps and then link those scraps to my artist comments on the previous pages. That way it won't be too difficult for someone to follow through the plot in some semblance of order...

In any case, on a few of these where I was drawing only partially-viewed mental images, I used reference photographs, but I only used a little here and there rather than seriously relying on any one.

To follow this storyline, it's enough to know that a wench has disappeared in the cellars of an inn, and a warrior-woman (think "Xena" with a morningstar and without the annoying battlecry) comes looking for her. And, incidentally, "Twisted Plot" has the same idea, so as far as I know, the two ideas could be part of the same story...

Feel free to speculate on what's up. I'm always interested in hearing what ideas folks have about these things. And, of course, for those who know me and where my mind tends to go (check out my gallery to get an idea, if necessary), be prepared for more of the same with these drawings...

Enjoy!