"Illuminated by the light of the moon, leaving ripples on the water, a young woman grows abhorrent."

I think I did a better job of drawing this Dreamstalk than I did the first time in this project. While I am very proud of how it turned out, I'm grateful I don't have to draw it again for this project. This feels like my most ambitious piece for the project so far.

The Kirby series already has a sun and moon character, but I decided I didn't want to include either of them for this project, as it felt too easy for me to do, and I wanted to at least try to symbolically fit the characters with the theme. While Sectonia's battlefield was the main inspiration behind my inclusion of her for this project, I think that her story with Taranza could be connected to the message of The Moon. Sectonia's ideas of beauty and power were created by the illusions and fear given to her by the mirror that Taranza gifted her. Through her descent into madness, she no longer heard the voice calling for her, leaving her to desire that long sought after eternal rest.

I felt very ambitious with this drawing. I tried a lighting method and angle that I'm not used to doing, and while there are a few things I would change (firstly her wings I think are the wrong shape) I still feel pretty proud for trying to go for something harder than normal on such a complex character design. I hope to try it more in the future (but maybe not so soon after)

Part of the Kirby of the Starcana Project.