Whether science or magic was to blame, nobody knew, but something was turning all the water in the world into ice.
It started slowly, unobtrusively - tiny flecks of ice floating in ponds, a few crystals on the edges of a waterfall.
But like an infection, the ice kept spreading.

The Naiads, so intimately connected to the bodies of water under their protection that their very existence depended on it, were the first to feel the lasting effects. Their aqueous bodies became lethargic, hard to move. They tried to fight it, but the spread of the ice was unrelentless and absolute.

Finally, one by one, they stopped struggling, giving themselves over to the ice and it's cold, hard oblivion.

Sources courtesy of PhoeebStock, Osga & stock.xchng.

Work in Progress

Closeup of the Naiad

Original size is 2000 x 3500.

This was a piece I did for the Head to Head Fantasy contest "Restraints and Barriers."

(The Monster is technically "restrained")

Here's a link to my work in progress

And here are the sources

Please Leave comments, I love them!

A more sepia toned version of my entry from a previous contest. I have a large version available that's 28" x 42" @ 72 dpi.

I hate the Photoshop used as box of special effects.
I love Photoshop as a tool.
I love Magritte.
And I believe that Magritte has been the first worthian, very previous to JaxomLOTUS, and without him there would no be JaxomLOTUS, nor Woth1000, not even a voting for impossible images like this one.
(Original image size: 21,67 X 16,26 cms. at 300 dpi.)

Closeup.

Sources. (Slightly NSFW)

Original is 2436 x 2988.

I just HAD to take another bite. :)

Here's a big version and the original image.

This one i just loved putting together!