Completion Date: 01-06-13
Time Taken: 12 hours
Media:

• 05 mechanical pencil (HB graphite lead)
• Crescent Illustration Board (Cold Press)
• ZIG Millenium pens
• Color, textures, and watermark added in Photoshop CS2

Music:

• Mangalacharan - Seven
• Durga Mantra - Yogi Hari
• In Taberna Quando Sumus - Lisa Hammer
• In Other Worlds - Azam Ali
• The Ancients - Two Steps from Hell
• In the Shadow of Life - Niyaz
• Iman - Niyaz

Comment:
Line art - http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3641465/

Starting off the new year with something deeply personal.
There's been a lot of change, even changing still, in my life and I've been reluctant to face it and at the same time dying to embrace it. I am slowly learning to let go and accept, to learn from and move forward, and above all else realize that change isn't something I need to be "afraid" of.

In the Hindu culture, colors hold deep meaning. Every color means something and in this piece, themed from a place dear to my heart and where my spiritual roots lie, there is meaning. The creature herself, now called Derja, is a Centicore - http://www.mythicalcreaturesguide.com/page/Centycore . Often they are described as odd and sinister beasts but to me, personally, they are something more than what is written. For me, Derja represents the shifting of a triad and the merging of energies long forgotten. She is the Voice of Omen, the Bringer of Color, and the Third. She's waited patiently for three years to be bought to light and with the year holding a three, now is as good a time as any .

I won't get any more deep and spiritual than I have already, so I'll leave off with saying peace to you and yours, may this new year bring light to us all.

Artwork, Derja © 2013 P. Gaither (SoulsPoison)
Textures from http://www.obsidiandawn.com and hibbary
234 noveau boarder 01 from http://tigers-stock.deviantart.com/art/234-noveau-boarder-01-208175716
Indian Vibes brush from http://indodreamin.deviantart.com/art/Indian-Vibes-59969986
Do not use without permission; Artwork and character copyright P. Gaither (SoulsPoison); All rights reserved. Do not alter, copy, and/or redistribute under penalty of law.