"Fleeting"

Client: Personal Project
Description: Submission for Illustration Friday website, for the topic of "Fleeting."

A fleeting glimpse of the rare Blue Stag that inhabits these regions. Local legend has it that if you managed to sneak up on the stag and tie a ribbon, piece of jewelry or prayer flag to its antlers you will receive good fortune for the rest of the year. Birds, always naturally attracted to good luck, tend to follow the stag where ever it goes.

When choosing what to illustrate this week, I wanted to challenge myself and draw an animal, since I tend to gravitate towards human subjects for my illustrations. Then, halfway through drawing it, I remembered I'd already done several other mythical creature drawings. Oh well... besides, I'm pretty sure the Blue Stag is real.