Well, I finally got something new done! So, here it is! I would love to know what you all think!

Those of you who know me, know that I am a HUGE fan of Laurell K. Hamilton. Well, her newest book just came out on October, 23. It's the 6th installment in the wonderfully fascinating Merry Gentry series, titled "A Lick of Frost"!

(If you would like to know more about the series, follow this link for an Overview of the Merry Gentry series!)

So....one week from today, on November 3rd, Laurell will be here in Portland! She is touring for the release of her book and will be doing a signing and Q&A at a local bookstore!

All of her awesomeness has inspired me to create some character art. I actually plan on giving this piece to her as thanks for her wonderful work. (Hopefully she will enjoy it and not think I'm a psycho fan! LMAO )

So, let me explain what you are about to see. This is the face of Frost - the Killing Frost. He is one of Merry's guards, and lover. He began life as Jack Frost, then later became Sidhe. He was recently brought into his godhead by Merry. He is white skinned with hair the color of Christmas Tinsle. His eyes are the grey of winter skies and show snow when he calls power......there's lots more to know, but you will just have to pick up the books to find it all out!

This is a mixed media piece....unfortunately, the nature of that forces me to show you the pictures while it's in the frame. This gives you the full effect of the piece, but the quality isn't so great. This pic was taken with a digital camera. The frame is 8x10 and is double matted to 5x7. I used Prisma Colored Pencils, Silver Leaf, glass gemstones, acrylics, glitter paint, and various scrapbooking supplies.

This pic was done on my scanner. (That's why there's a bit of a purplish glare) The scanner gives you a better idea as to how shiney everything really is. There are gemstones, glitter, white spots of snow, and those little tiny silver snowflakes in his eyes!!!!

Here's a closeup that shows the snowflakes in his eyes a bit better.

Here is one more close up to show, again, how SHINEY everything is!!!

I hope you all like it from what you can see.....hopefully Laurell will too!

~Love & Light~

*Lynsye*