HOLEE CRAP this took ages to do....!! <img src="http://images.deviantart.com/emoticons/icon_omg.gif" align="middle" alt="OMG" title="OMG" border="0" /> <img src="http://images.deviantart.com/emoticons/icon_omg.gif" align="middle" alt="OMG" title="OMG" border="0" /> But HOLEE CRAP it was damn FUN! <img src="http://images.deviantart.com/emoticons/icon_love.gif" align="middle" alt="Love" title="Love" border="0" /> <img src="http://images.deviantart.com/emoticons/icon_bounce.gif" align="middle" alt="Bounce" title="Bounce" border="0" /> Okay well, for starters this is a piece of gift art for , who is absolutely amazing for she took the time to comment constructively on every single deviation in my archive..! :jawdropping: Thus as a gift, I got her to request a pic - a golden haired kid riding a flying creature. Well you all know me, of course I picked a Phoenix. <img src="http://images.deviantart.com/emoticons/icon_wink.gif" align="middle" alt=" (Wink)" title=" (Wink)" border="0" /> And as usual, I went off on an enormous tangent and somehow dragged Norse myth into the whole she-bang... @____o;;; I don't even know that much about Norse myth, so how did that happen? <img src="http://images.deviantart.com/emoticons/icon_confuse.gif" align="middle" alt="Confused" title="Confused" border="0" /> *Is weird*



Well, just based on a bit of what I do know, Yggdrasil is the World-Tree which spreads its branches across the universe. I figured that the sun would be at the centre of the tree, and I decided to throw in some planets while I was it, just hanging off the branches as... well, I dunno, fruit? @___o;; *Munches on Venus* <img src="http://images.deviantart.com/emoticons/icon_xd.gif" align="middle" alt="XD" title="XD" border="0" /> Well, at the top of the tree sits an Eagle apparently, but HECK I wanted a Phoenix instead, so I sacked the Eagle from its job. <img src="http://images.deviantart.com/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif" align="middle" alt=" (Big Grin)" title=" (Big Grin)" border="0" /> I gave the newly recruited Phoenix rainbow plumage to fit in with Norse myth, in which a rainbow bridge leads the way into Asgard, or the home of the Gods.... *did I get that right?* <img src="http://images.deviantart.com/emoticons/icon_confuse.gif" align="middle" alt="Confused" title="Confused" border="0" />



And on that note, the next time I decide to draw a rainbow by mouse and tablet, kick me REALLY hard. O___- That was pretty stressful, as you can see... the phoenix, boy, and tree were coloured with pencils yesterday, and today I coloured in everything else via computer. I was going crazy with all the clouds and lights and things, that was the really fun part. <img src="http://images.deviantart.com/emoticons/icon_xd.gif" align="middle" alt="XD" title="XD" border="0" /> The kid probably can't be seen too clearly from a distance, but rest assured he's there! And yes, I'm aware that if the sun is that close and that big, the kid must be ENORMOUS, but this is supposed to be a dream, so anything goes! <img src="http://images.deviantart.com/emoticons/icon_razz.gif" align="middle" alt=" (Razz)" title=" (Razz)" border="0" />



Anyway, that should cover all the important details, so Felabba, enjoy your gift and thankyou so much again for the favour that you did for me. <img src="http://images.deviantart.com/emoticons/odd/icon_hug.gif" align="middle" alt="Hug" title="Hug" border="0" /> The inked version of this pic will also be waiting for you in the mail!