(click for larger DA version)
And out of the water it rose, older than the land yet part of the land. It had no words, for it was not a thing of human speech, of of the human world. What it wanted, was the will of the land itself.A beginning of a great adventure, or the end of a journey? This depicts a typical Scandinavian forest with a "tjärn", a cold, black and very deep little lake in the depth of the forest, easily inspiring legends and myths.
GIMP + MyPaint, about six hours. Kept textures deliberately simple on this one. Comments and feedback appreciated as always.
UPDATE: Made some tweaks to the character and other small things people commented on elsewhere.
.
Griatch