The Summer Sea

Got anxious to do some Summer Sea interpretation of my own, inspired by some entries to the contest over at , a community dedicated to The Firebringer Trilogy by Meredith Ann Pierce. First prize is a unicorn artwork by yours truely, and a six motnh sub! Cool huh?

About the artwork: I gave feedback to *Freha about her latest deviation which contained an ocean scene like this, and man, I really had to take my own advice trying to pull something similar off! Gah, water is painstaking to paint!

About the scene:The unicorns on the pic are a young Ataraxe at his very first trip to the Summer Sea, with random mare, playing about by the water. It feels a bit desolate, doesn't it? I've tried adding different elements, rain, lightning, a narwhal, but nothing fits, so it'll have to stay like this, unless I come up with another solution.

For those unaware - the Summer Sea is a vast bay of warm water where the unicorns go to court each summer, hoping to find a mate.
I wanted the scene to feel like one of those summer storms, you know how it's warm and cloudy and you can feel electricity running through your body?

Refs from *Goodbye-kitty975

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