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Choice — Description
Two separate entities, the human and the beast, stand at a crossroads. They are the same creature trapped within one body; anxiety, fear, and confusion splitting this dual being forcing it to choose between enigmatic wilderness or enlightened civilization.

Maria, a character I roleplay on the BBA forum, is a werewolf. Each night (except new moon) she transforms into Nightpelt, an enormous yet anxious beast, losing her human identity. Though Maria is confident and secure as a young huntress, Nightpelt is fearful of her own body and reluctant to accept her lycanthropy.
I've worked on this since the beginning of summer '05 and haven't finished it 'til tonight (late late night...argg, so tired). I reworked the fur on the wolf 3 to 4 time before I was satisfied with the look. The human took alot of tweaking and was especially difficult because my ability to draw humans greatly improved over the summer, so when I looked at what I'd already done, I was about ready to puke from the horridness. Fortunately, gentle coaching by friends and forum-friends helped to solve any issues that arose.
Nightpelt (the wolf) is based on the Blackblood dire wolves, a breed of wolf created by . Nightpelt and Maria are mine, the picture is mine, blahblahblah random copyright hooplah.

Adobe Photoshop Elements/Adobe Photoshop 7.0
Wacom Intuos 2 Digitizing Tablet/Wacom Intuos 3 Digitizing Tablet
A computer!!
And a lovely wolf calender I used for reference
Were all the tools I had at my disposal.

w00tw00tw00t!! I'm done yayy!!! *collapses in a heap* Now let's see if the contest I'm entering it in will give it a blue-ribbon...(to be updated later)