Alyx J. Shaw - "Warrior Games"

Watercolour, Indian ink and silver gel pen on 300g watercolour paper

"His last words trailed off as he saw a beautiful silvery back break through the waves. The creature approached fast, reaching Hesperos. Then a small, delicate head came up from the water, set elegantly upon a long graceful neck. The creature was silver with fine black stripes, her filmy mane glittering in the sunlight as she extended her head to daintily take the fish. Hesperos stroked her neck, smiling as she nuzzled him. He set his twins upon her back, and then looked over at the shore."

This story is awesome! There really are no words to describe the beautiful images Alyx paints with her words. I fell in love with the story and the characters right away, so when the third installment of her story was up for illustration, I couldn't resist. At the time, I had lots of free time, my watercolours handy... and there really is no other way of doing justice to this wonderful piece of work.

The story can be found here.