Elven Scouts

Woohoo, it's done! This is my ludicrously late birthday/Ireallywantedtodrawhercharacters gift to the awesome ! Athaldin the elf and Tanderadan the war elk belong to her!

This was my first full digital illustration that was not based upon my own story and characters. I'm very pleased with the results! My favourite thing is Tan (he's adorable, come on!) and just, well, everything. I'm very proud of the composition and I believe that this is one of my best works yet! There's obviously things that I don't like about it but I won't list them ^{(and I'll thank you dearly for also not listing them unless you are the owner of this piece - Wrennars )} but I'm the kind of person who absolutely can praise themselves without shame. So I'm doing that. I am humble; I know my mistakes, but I think it's better to pat oneself on the back then say 'this is what makes this piece less than adequate.' I'm happy, so I am not doing that. I'm instead saying "Good job Rosy!" and calling this piece done.

Silly things that I couldn't help throwing in:

A (baby) hoary marmot - they're seriously one of my favourite mountain animals. Adorable, silly, gorgeous, greedy showmen of the Rockies. Trail mix please? ^{(That's a joke - please don't feed wild animals. Ever.)}

Red mushrooms with white polka dots! I've always loved these mushrooms, although I have yet to see one in person. I love mushrooms period - Rimer doesn't have fungi, so I went slightly crazy plastering this piece with them. (Note the shelf mushrooms that are in there too!)

Squirrel! Because everyone likes squirrels.

Random oak leaves because I like drawing those. Kind of in honour of the random oak leaves that we found on our property this year; we don't have an oak tree, nor do we know of one that is anywhere nearby us.

Large creepy beetles - because forests just aren't complete without them!

There's a couple of 'Easter Eggs' from Rimer hidden in here, primarily the flowers (I somehow ended up not referencing real ones, I am not sure why - so these flowers are distinctly Rimarian and you may have seen them in past illustrations of mine though a few are newly made up,) and some falcolf feathers. Kudos if you can point out where the Rimarian things are!

I had an awesome time creating this. I really hope that likes it and I look forwards to creating more awesomeness like this in the future.

Athaldin & Tanderadan (c) Wren - only for their use.
Art by me.