Elusive Beauty

“Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.” - Francis Bacon


This is an entry to *leinef's Contest which can be found here: [link]? ~!

Kiii~ I really love characters like Dara~ so much that I was able to draw something that really took my "forever" _{you know those unimaginable long hours of working on one stuff} but it all turned out to be something good (i hope). If you think this work be weird, she's underwater~ LOL XD I've based the background on one of the photographs I've seen in a gallery showcase in my city (it was a pretty shot i couldn't take it off my mind, though i forgot the photographer.. what a shame on me. >,<; ).


My~ if there was the most difficult thing to do here was the water! >,< It's also my first time doing something Korean, Dara's wearing a hanbok after all!

Here's the reference picture i used:



I used poster paints, colored pencils, colored pens, and oil pastels. Post-scan edited at Adobe Photoshop CS4 (minor touch-ups).

I hope you like it....


There's actually another version of this work, how i was torn between the two stuff: [link]