Center image for the Circle of Life drawing. The mother, holding her baby, thinking about its future.

I may or may not create a vague suggestions of wings on the final piece. But they should, I think, be vaguer than here. (note: wings may be invisible on an LCD monitor. I use old CRT's myself)

Used the Edit>Transform>Warp tool in photoshop to improve the proportions of the center image of the Circle of Life concept. That was useful for the project, because I intend to use that image with its improved proportions for the final piece. I now see I'm not quite done with that, though.

Then I (digitally) inked and colored this thing. Which was just for fun. I tried shading with the dodge and burn tools for the first time. (except on the little bundle, that's just shell shading with a soft brush.) I need way more practice with those tools. But I like how this looks regardless. I'm also pleased with the colored 'ink' lines.