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First painting in a 3-part series of my city design. This civilization I created rarely touches the earth. It, and the life it nurtures, is far too sacred for them to lay foot upon its surface. Only a select few have that privilege and those are the Shamans. The Shamans are those rare individuals gifted with the talent of nature magic. They help to erect more "tree stilts" that grow from the earth to support their city above the clouds and nurture the forests that lie below them. They also study the earth from their cathedrals/observatories that are built with a transparent floor so that they might gaze upon it in worship. In their fervor for the earth, this people lost the use of their wings, the very thing they had evolved for.

This is another image of Twila, completed for my illustration class this semester. I've imagined that after her grand adventure to save the universe has come to an end, after Calandor has passed and that chapter in her long lifespan has closed, Twila would one day return to her people, from whom she was kidnapped and sold into slavery as a child, and that she would take up her place as a worldly and compassionate Shaman. While in her long absence, she became the first of her people to regain the use of her wings, and upon returning, eventually guides her fellows along a path of living in perfect harmony with the earth and the sky, rather than existing caught between them. A Kyrian obtains personal nirvana when he or she discovers the truth to flight.

Here Twila gives thanks to the earth for its gift of life and brings forth a new sapling. This is largely an analogous color scheme, for those who know what that is. I only broke from that scheme in the skin tone because I was too lazy to make a believable one in shades of green, yellow-green, and blue-green. I forgot to add stars and clouds in the sky before scanning it. -__-;; This is 11" x 15" done in acrylics on masonite.

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First painting in a 3-part series of my city design. This civilization I created rarely touches the earth. It, and the life it nurtures, is far too sacred for them to lay foot upon its surface. Only a select few have that privilege and those are the Shamans. The Shamans are those rare individuals gifted with the talent of nature magic. They help to erect more "tree stilts" that grow from the earth to support their city above the clouds and nurture the forests that lie below them. They also study the earth from their cathedrals/observatories that are built with a transparent floor so that they might gaze upon it in worship. In their fervor for the earth, this people lost the use of their wings, the very thing they had evolved for.

This is another image of Twila, completed for my illustration class this semester. I've imagined that after her grand adventure to save the universe has come to an end, after Calandor has passed and that chapter in her long lifespan has closed, Twila would one day return to her people, from whom she was kidnapped and sold into slavery as a child, and that she would take up her place as a worldly and compassionate Shaman. While in her long absence, she became the first of her people to regain the use of her wings, and upon returning, eventually guides her fellows along a path of living in perfect harmony with the earth and the sky, rather than existing caught between them. A Kyrian obtains personal nirvana when he or she discovers the truth to flight.

Here Twila gives thanks to the earth for its gift of life and brings forth a new sapling. This is largely an analogous color scheme, for those who know what that is. I only broke from that scheme in the skin tone because I was too lazy to make a believable one in shades of green, yellow-green, and blue-green. I forgot to add stars and clouds in the sky before scanning it. -__-;; This is 11" x 15" done in acrylics on masonite.