My Freakish

My entry for 'Where is the heart?' contest by =innocencedied2nite
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This is my girl friend of 4 years, Claire -

To explain the name, it is something I lovingly call her from time to time (read always).
To explain the hippos, they are her favorite animal.

Please take a look at the progression of this piece and some details [link] (this shows the fact that the light in her eyes is shaped like a heart which you otherwise can't see)


(Yay, finally finished this piece. It has taken a long time. I will never do a piece with this much hair in it again... it prob took longer than the rest of the picture)