A fantastic fantasy that occurred in my dream.

It was kind of like Dota 2. But a little less fun and scarier. Misty foggy atmosphere sheltering a wild beast. One whose eyes can be seen through the clouds. The dream was so messy yet perfectly alluring.

When I woke up, I remembered a tad bits of it. But the environment and the beast stuck in my head. I was having my coffee and only thinking about the possible ways to capture my dream through illustration.

Perfect. That'd be a great way to increase my skill and to preserve a memory. Killing two birds with a stone. Started working on it passionately.

The blurs were kind of making my laptop laggy. It was getting somewhere. I was kind of happy with it.

Next, I wanted to add a tree. It would be a cinematic angle. Only a part of the tree would be visible.

I want to add an archer lady. Better if she is in action. Probably flying (jumping high) while bowing. I had to create the warrior twice. I didn't like the first one and had to redo it.

Adding the knife:

Now for the beast. I drew this not a nicely visible frame of the beast. But it looks dull, so I tried changing the beast and tried to give it a proper shape.

What am I thinking? I can't change the beast! That's one of the core gems of the dream. The eyes through the clouds still gave me thrill.

Redraw the beast for the third time.

Man oh man!! I was loving it.

I drew the beast completely and added texture to the moon and finished the tree and lightings and everything. The final product came out such this:

Since I completed my drawing, I could finally be in peace.

When I started illustrating it, was morning.

As I uploaded this to my deviantart, behance, dribble and Instagram, It was night. I was going to sleep.

Let's see if the dream continues from there or I encounter any other magical dream that is worth illustrating down. Time would tell.

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