My young angel's first quest for adventure

"The purpose of life, after all,
is to live it,
to taste experience to the utmost,
to reach out eagerly and without fear
for newer and richer experience."

~ Eleanor Roosevelt ~


As most people that read thees already know , I have two magically beautiful little girls : Kaylee ,almost 13 , and Ashlynn , almost 3 .I have done many enchanted fairy photos of the girls , but I also have a little boy. Sean is 7 , almost 8 , much to old to create a cute little fairy from. But I couldn't leave him out . Using this quote I set out to include him in a new enchantment.

I found myself searching through photos of my son , disappointed that none of them could fit into the realm of fantasy art. Either he had an over sized shirt on , or his glasses were askew and covering his eyes. He is such a handsome little guy with dazling green eyes. Then I ran across a picture of him in the front yard playing with the bubble blower.PERFECT ! He had his glasses off as they needed the suds cleared off , and (for once) the sun was out , so his shirt was off.

Next I had to find a way to fit a scene around him . I would tread very carefully as I could take no chance of having him look feminine ! The bubble wand was removed and replaced with a staff. I decided on angel wings rather than fairy wings , but what to place in the background .? I wanted him to look tribal , adventurous .A young warrior angel seeking his first task.

I came across this great picture created by one of the deviantart artists entitled "Skull Rock" . I blended it with some mossy forest scenes , some rocks , and painted some extra waterfalls and splashes.I then added some light rays , some sparkles , and some glow to the skulls' eyes (though that feature is not that apparent). Finally , I adorned my Son with tattoos just to make extra sure he looked fearless.

Click the photo to see it better.........

Most people don't know that the the backgrounds I use are not all pre-made , and are created by me to fit the feel of the piece. I used many resources once again from deviantart.com and am crediting them here (click to see sources)

grass brushes by *Katikut

skull rock by =moroka

Mossy forest background by ~mysticmorning

Splash Brushes by Baringa of the Wind

Waterfall toutches with brushes by *midnightstouch

Angel Wings by ~bazzabent-stock

Rays of Light by ~LadyVictoire

Fantasy staff pack by *unholy-stock

tatoo Tribal Brushes by =Falln-Stock

sparkle brushes (pixie dust)