1000 Words of Hopes and Dreams

contest hosted by =Lilla-chan
based on `yuumei's story "1000 W0RDS"

_{i'm pleased i was able to pull this off. i have to admit i doubted myself a little at the beginning, but i was able to follow through!}

this work is 100% traditional. <sub>there are so many details included in here, i hope you can take your time viewing ... please enjoy. ♥ i might do some more tweaking, but i'm fairly sure this is final.

this is the first time i've used colored pencils without using ink to lineart everything. it was a real challenge, but it didn't turn out too badly.

i also did a lot of color experimentation. it took a lot of courage for me! but like my other contest entry for #Knite-Fliers, this contest has pushed me a lot to explore the true meaning of art ^^ i'm truly grateful to two people for that-- `yuumei's art and =Lilla-chan's contests have changed the way i see "art."

i challenged myself a lot with perspective and lighting. comments and critique would be amazing. thanks for viewing. ♥</sub>

used: prismacolor scholar colored pencils, pencil, sakura ink pens

EDIT: August 2011
i won the #1000-Words-Story contest! thanks everyone for all your support! ^_^
on retrospect, my thoughts... how the @#$% did i pull this off? -.-