I’ ve always regarded the relationship between a mother and a daughter very sacred.
I’ ve always believed that our mother’s role is the most important concerning our physical and mental development.
Have you ever thought of yourself being lucky for having a mother? I have. Especially now that she is not here.

Scenario:
Mariel: Mom will you read me a story please?
Mom: Sure sweety, which one do you want?
Mariel: Oh, great! I want the one with the fluffy cloud and the flying camelopardalis. I love this story!
Mom: Ok. Let’s see. Hm, once upon a time in kingdom far away from here there was a kind little camelopardalis that wanted to fly….

Some kids never had and never will hear a story from their mother’s mouth and receive that warm goodnight kiss…
This wallpaper is dedicated to all those kids.

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Time: A week more or less
Tools: Mechanic pencil 0,5 and Adobe Photoshop CS3
Layers: 26
Wood Texture (for the table): http://hatch1921.deviantart.com/art/Wood-Grain-24243045
Shoes I liked and tried to draw: http://trufilla.deviantart.com/art/red-shoes-63677086
Hand Reference: My own hand (but now I don’t have any nails…bad habit of mine since I bite them XD)
Book: Quick vector…I am not good at vectoring, you know that XD
Brush for the pattern on little girl’s dress: http://ashyli.deviantart.com/art/Sakura-Tiru-31151629
Texture on the top: My stock used (if you want it just send me a note)
Picture on the book: My drawing 4 years ago for passing the exams in illustration with traditional media (colour pencils used). We had to create a picture based on a story or poem. I chose a book with funny poems written by Rena Rossi-Zairi (title: “321 counting with Rena”)

Pictures that inspire me to draw the little girl like thumbellina and the whole scene:
Illustration by Rovira F. : http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/8499/thumbelina1tu3.jpg
Illustration by Lisbeth Zwerger: http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/2530/thumbellina2pv4.jpg
Illustration by an unknown Russian painter: http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/5553/thumbellina3ph9.jpg
Illustration by Ada and Svetlin: http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/603/thumbellina4el4.jpg
I would like to say that I have more than 50 illustrations of thumbellina as it was one of the fairytales I had to evaluate on one of my essays at the University, so you could say that I have been influenced by lots of different characters and moods. I only present you those that I have like the most. I hope you like them too^^

Ps 1. I would love to receive a stricked critique on this piece…since I see the flaws myself but as I always say…I will not change the elements (certain characters or objects that mean something to me) that you do not like, but I’ ll surely change everything else. Thank you all in advance.
Ps 2. I think that you must have forgotten me after being absent for more than 2 months. I am sorry.
Ps 3. Dedicated to Svetlin Vassilev, maybe the best Bulgarian Illustrator who i happen to have once watched draw and tried to follow his technique in details. My wallpaper is somehow a recreation of his own illustrations for the thumbellina storybook, so this piece is a gift for him.