SciFi and Fantasy Art: Companion

on my ireland trip back in 2003, i went to visit the hill of tara north of dublin. that's where loads of legends took place, where the high kings fought their wars and lots of magical creatures lived. every irish kid knows that place from the stories they're told about the past. so, being in that magical place was awesome, imagining what had happened up there, looking at the surrounding nature around there n stuff.

when i walked out of the graveyard nearby, i saw something unbelievable... that tree was just magic!!! he looked so sad though:(... i don't know about you, but if you look at it closely, you might see a sad face (looking towards left). the branches are his hair. see it?) the whole situation there was just too perfect... being in the hill of legends, meeting a magical creature... my companion... can't describe that...:) later on i came home and tried to change the colours of it and give it a bit of a higher magical touch, so it would really look like in a weird dream.

(photograph taken by me. i have my permission to use it. changed colours with some computer program. 2003)