Heat radiated off the dirty yellow sand, that expanded for more than twice as far as the eye could see, a gentle breeze the only thing to take an edge of the arid condition. A young boy trekked quietly; his eyes scanned the near featureless terrain, ignoring the dehydration and the hunger that ached deep inside.

A small sand storm rapidly approached his position. The boy looked up at it analysing it as it came closer and closer, when a scuttling noise drew his attention, bringing his bow from his back, prepared to strike. Moving quieter than before, listening for any further noises. Moving towards the noise, his little frame hardly making a mark in the sand, a flicker of an ear gave the hidden creature away, he drew the arrow ready, when he was struck by the force of the sand storm. The creature leapt upwards, spreading its wings, dwarfing him in its shadow. Gaining his footing once more as quickly as he could and pulling his hooded-scarf tighter to protect his face that stung as it passed and struck his skin like needles, swiftly drawing his bow and arrow into place ready to fire, aiming for the heart. The winged creature screeched as it effortlessly held its position, preparing for its own attack. A look of determination etched into his face ‘Take aim, Fire!’ But before he had finished letting go of the string everything around him began fading in and out of darkness and his aim dropped lower as his body began give in. When the arrow had left the bow it only managed struck the winged creatures’ abdomen, sending it recoiling away, with the little boy unconscious before even hitting the ground.

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This is a scene from their story and I thought it would be good practice to write what accompanied with it, and it will encourage me to write more of their story, this part is before Iven met Lovell.

On to the drawing, I had fun drawing this, I like how Iven and the sand effect came out and the overall feel of the gryphon thing, but I really need to practice drawing and designing fantasy creatures ^^; Also I might have made Iven darker than he actually is ^^; Oh well. But overall I do like this and I’m proud of it but I know I can still improve on it.

Tips and critiques on improving the drawing are welcomed, tips are welcomed with the story but no critiques just yet on that, I haven’t written in a while and I need to get back into the swing of things first, but as I said advice is welcomed :)

Iven and story belong to me

And I hope you all like it :)