For the contest. Supposedly a past relative of mine.

My Great Grandfather Hanson immigrated from Norway. The woman in the picture and her story are fictitious but there really were Vikings and belief in the mythological Gods Odin, Thor, and Frey. I imagine that I could be a descendent from a viking village where the people beleive in the Gods of mythology. My great, great, great, great Grandmother would have been a woman of strong earth magic, being earth born, but legend is that Odin, the God of warriors, battle, wisdom, and poetry was her father. Being poetic herself, she loved to walk through the hillside and listen to the songs of nature and creation. She struggled with her heart often. She loved her people but longed for a more peaceful existence.

I am half Danish(Denmark/Danmark) and any snappy remarks about it will be terminated by the munchy of doom! munchy!
( ^?^): yesss massssssssteeeeeeer?

da' has a wide imangination, and thinks we were the long lost decendants of the Danish crown years ago, since our names, Steffen and Steffeny, mean 'Crown'. we pretend we believe him, and he takes pride in that.

da' also believes he's god. . . in his dreams. ( ;;=_=) and yeah, this is my version of the medievil king of denmark, and or my dad.

i come from a hybrid family, im part portugeese, part english and part indian. However for this part of the competition i have chosen to research and draw my indian side.

My Mum's Great great great great .......grandma was a housewife, as in those times, ladies werent a part of the society unlike men. Bein a housewife included going to the village well and carrying pots and pots of water for cooking and bathing. coming from the south of india from a state called Madras. The caste system reinged in those days and they were part of the lower caste (which im proud of because if we didnt exist with our farms the upper caste wouldnt have food to survive on!!) . where the men were farmers and the wives helped them and also did the housework.

the time i took to do this is sorta alot for such a poor quality of work, but i was experimenting and trying different stuff and then kept undoin everything!!

Countess Elizabeth Bathory a distant relation of mine from Transylvania as I understand it a distant cousin of hers or something like that was a close personal friend of Vlad Tepes (the real Dracula) also from what I can tell Tepes young wife was related to her cousin Vlad, being of beter social station than Elizabeth's cousin, took the girl in after her parents died and maried her when she was 19 or something. Elizabeth could be said to be something of a vampire herself she beleived that bathing in the blood of young women would ensure her youth for eternity there are even rumors of her drinking blood. she was eventually charged with murder and said to be insane they walled her up and she died alone ...

My family history is allover the place nobility usualy maried into nobility from other places to improve relations so chances are that if you are related to even one you are most likely related to all the rest of them. I did some research and found I have some pretty scary relations and my mom thought this was a picture of me O.o . I used a bad faded out black and white picture reference of an old painting and did the best I could with what I had the face is hers but the rest is mostly out of my head

great, great, great ...Grandma? Well, my grandfather was half turkish but I don't know much about his family...

Cause our lips
Can touch
And our cheeks
Can brush.
Our lips
Can touch
Here.

You are the one, the one that lies close to me.
Whispers "Hello, I miss you quite terribly."
I fell in love, in love with you suddenly.
Now there's no place else I could be, but here in your arms.

Edit: Can a mod please move this to intermediate or beginners?
It was originally supposed to be on the contest board.

Yahh.. only 2 drawings here, and they're nothing too special, and now I'm entering a contest..
Well I thought "why not?", since my style is quite anime-inspired anyway.

I just couldn't pass up the hair after I thought of this one... :)