SciFi and Fantasy Art: Virtu

Finally... I have a pic up of Virtu. No, not Virtue, but Virtu. There is a difference, a very big difference. And, to the mods - this is fantasy because my horses aren't really horses. My unicorns take on horse forms to disguise themselves but always have something about them that gives them away as not being normal equines. With this particular race of unicorn their overly-saturated eye color and not quite possible coloring is what gives them away.

I haven't wanted to paint/draw him because I was worried it wouldn't come out well. And, I know, his eye is really overly big, but it was to show his emotion. His jaw is also too big. I tend to lose proportions when I paint, as I focus more on color. The scanner ATE this, and this is actually a photo. The scanner is really frustrating. The shading was really good on this, you can kind of still see it if you tilt the screen.

I am lost. I cannot find my way. I know that out there - somewhere - hope is alive; but my hope fades, dwindling into the dark nothingness because I have failed. I have lost the way, and I fear that without rescue, I will soon perish.

Interested? :P He is one of the main characters in my story, 'The Forgotten'. And yes, I did name it before the movie with the same name came out. *sigh*. I was so bummed when I found out there was already a story with the same name, but until I decide upon a new name it will stay as it is.

Done in acrylics on canvas, sometime in July 2007 using dark blue, white, black and brown. I am, overall, pretty happy with how the fellow turned out :D Hope you like!