This was a combination Christmas/Valentine's Day 2013 present for my wonderful mate . I had contacted to see if he was amenable to a musical portrait of our characters, and I'm very happy he was - and he suggested may be up for making it a collaborative project, which added awesome to awesome! :)

I managed to keep it a surprise from Kikivuli, and I think it's safe to say she was very happy with it. :)

The Swahili that you can hear at the beginning is my translation of Fox's verse to go with the piece:

I am still in the process of learning Swahili, so I apologize regarding any language mistakes!

Alector has done a great job of capturing that carefree feeling of our characters. As dawn breaks, they run with the herd just for the sheer joy of it, driving the impala (and a couple dik-diks) before them! I love the feeling and motion, and the colors are just wonderful. :)

And Fox's music? Awesome as always. Utunu's instrument is the 'fula' flute, and Kikivuli's is the 'djembe' drum throughout this piece. I have listened to it time and again, and absolutely love it.

And Fox and Alector, I know you both already know how happy I am with how this came out, but thanks again, it really is amazing!

Music by foxamoore
Art by alector
Character of Kikivuli belongs to kikivuli
Character of Utunu belongs to me (utunu)