"Beyond" by Cynthia Conner

Yay! I finally got to upload this!

This was my entry to VASE! VASE is a Texas art competition for high schoolers, and I made it to state! Big deal for me, since I've never done much with my pictures, before.

The picture itself is called Beyond, and this is why: We all have our own little bubble, right? Our comfort zone, where things are good enough for us to be happy and content. The difference between dreamers/artists, and the rest of the humdrum world, though, is that we look beyond that little comfort zone, to see what else we can reach. The girl is in her own bubble, filled with beauty and tranquility. But past her tropical paradise are the wonders of the ocean. While dangerous, there are few greater freedoms or mysteries than the open sea.

This was HUGE, so I had to scan it in three pieces (pain to stick together, I'll tell ya!) Hope it don't show up none! Done in Crayolas (plus a white prismacolor for fine details). I'd have posted it sooner, but I wasn't so sure about having my entry being on the internet. By the way? That kind of perspective is H-A-R-D!!!! And never do domes. Or water surfaces. Or tropical plants... *shudders*