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This was a sort of gift/commission for a few very special clients. They only wanted me to do one picture, yet they paid enough for two pieces. But because they were so great to me thus far in the past few months, I decided to give them an extra one. The actual commission is still being worked on. :D

I was given three keywords to work with: fairies, mushrooms and diseased forest. I decided to take more risks than my normal commissions: first of all, it's been 2 years ever since I did a full-blown pencil picture, so I am not sure if I could actually pull this one off. Secondly, while I had been practicing with semi-realism, I'd never dared to use semi-realism for a commission just in case I can't keep up to the standard. The choice with semi-realism was partly because I know that the picture is going to be placed in a semi-formal setting, so I don't think anime is appropriate. Given the finished result, I was glad that I took the risks.

Reference picture: [link] by :iconmjranum-stock:

The concept behind this picture is a fairy trying to reach out to salvage the last standing plant, while all the other plants around it are wilted or dying. At first I thought of a forest-fairy, but then I realize she was more of a crop-fairy because the plant she was reaching out for was based off soybean (There's also that garlic belt and lettuce-like skirt...xD) All the other plants around her are based off some sort of actual plant disease.

Gah...my hands hurt so much after relentless hours of working on this piece non-stop...OTL
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Dark-Emissary's avatar
This is amazing. So many little beautiful details.
As always you truly are an expert on drawing plants!
The fairy looks wonderful as well. I love how you made her wings transparent. It's simply brilliant!