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Witch: Dreams Made Flesh 2

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Something moved in the mist. Daemon heard a quiet clink clink, like glass tapping glass. He turned his head toward the sound, feeling as if it took all his strength to do so little.

*Don't move,* said a lilting, lyrical voice that also contained caverns and midnight skies.

The mist drew back enough for him to see her standing next to the slabs of stone piled up to form a makeshift alter. Shock rippled through him. The crystal shards on the alter rattled in response.

*Don't move,* she said, sounding testy as she carefully fitted another shard of the shattered chalice into place.

She was medium height, slender and fair-skinned. Her gold mane - not quite hair and not quite fur - was brushed up and back from her exotic face and didn't hide the delicately pointed ears. In the center of her forehead was a tiny, spiral horn. A narrow strip of gold fur traced her spine, ending in a small gold and white fawn tail that flicked over her bare buttocks. The legs were human and shapely but changed below the calf. Instead of feet, she had dainty horse's hooves. Her human hands had sheathed claws like a cat's. As she shifted position to slip another shard into place, he saw the small, round breasts, the feminine curve of waist and hips.

Who...?

But he knew. Even before she walked over and looked at him, even before he saw the feral intelligence in those ancient, haunted sapphire eyes, he knew.

Terrifying and beautiful. Human and Other. Gentle and violent. Innocent and wise. The dreams made flesh.

*I am Witch.*

~Daughter of the Blood by Anne Bishop (Book 1 of the Black Jewels Trilogy)

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One of the best Fantasy books ever written. Please go read it. I promise you won't regret it. :aww:

I'm very pleased with how this second version turned out. Of course, it looks so much better in real life. The scanner makes parts of this look chunky, but ah well :p

Medium used: Prismacolor Pencils
Time: 4.5 hours
Reference model: Heidi Klum

Thanks for viewing :aww:

[Edit]: I tried to make the shading a lot smoother...I hope the effort paid off! :aww:
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