An ink-and-watercolor portrait of the Deer Queen from Bovodar and the Bears, but if she were human!
Author Jack Mikkelson embellishes the piece with fantastical speculation: what this shows us about her character, how this image could fit into the world.
She looks almost wild, but she is not. She is controlled, polished, composed, jeweled—almost courtly. And yet, she is menacing as she looks at us—a menace comes from her refinement and power.
Back-and-forth mutual inspiration, that’s what art and storytelling is all about!
My thoughts drawing her were: She has to have a certain striking beauty, but arrogant and asymmetrical, be wearing men’s clothes, and have a large nose like a deer’s snout. By the way, I based her face on young Barbra Streisand.
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