Cold and Dark

 

Eventually, passing and freeing yet more frozen folk, they came upon a bridge. A great arch of ice, wind whipping around it. It would have been trouble enough making the crossing, but there, out above the bridge…

Dark in his suit blacker than coal, Cold in her dress, silvery ice.

Midair they were waltzing, sweeping down with the North Wind cowed, when their feet touched the bridge, the whole thing shuddered. As they continued to dance spins, the whole arch shuddered and cracked.

These are preliminary character concepts for Cold and Dark for The little Drummer Bird by Snowyteller. You can contribute to the campaign to make it a picture book and get this book next Christmas, as well as Christmas cards, original art, and sculpture!

The final designs for these dreadful dancers will be a bit different, though; Snowyteller says they need to be more faceless.