whew! here is my entry for 's contest with the theme of "winter" or "death". (or is it "silence"?) i had 2 drawings, and i ended up choosing this one for my entry because it was more dramatic and fit both themes, and i could try an interesting new coloring technique. i've never done this kind of shading and highlighting before! but it was fun. it turned out quite a bit more quickly than i expected. i almost forgot Matt's stripes. while doing the last of it today, my computer was yelling at me that i didn't have enough RAM and i almost couldn't save a few times! it's not perfect, but i do like how it turned out. i might like to touch up the snow some more when my computer is behaving. the church is 2 screenshots, touched up so the colors matched, and put together, with Hal edited out. i think i'll have this as a print at ACen this year.

the spirits of Mello and Matt watch the church burn after their death. the full title is "... And the World will End in Fire and Ice."

EDIT: i did some fixing-up today; just moved the line of snow up a bit more so that the perspective looks more accurate. i tried putting a little snow up around them, but i didn't like how it was turning out, so i got rid of it. i might do it and i might not. ^_^'