The other side of dawn

A painting, a final memento of a brief but meaningful journey together. During 2025, I struggled to listen to my art—I listened and heard only silence, or the call of distractions. I accepted very few requests, and only from people I cared deeply about. One of these was Anomalous Thracian, with whom I worked for three years. So many paintings, so many ideas, so many stories.
It can all end so quickly.
I didn’t know it, yet I was desperate to finish this painting without wasting too much time. And so this painting was finished, and just in time, you might say. Thracian loved it; he framed it and showed me a picture just before the end. I will hardly ever forget this painting.
Go, Ardrael, sea elf, heroine and warrior, aboard your ship. We’ll see each other on the other side of the dawn.

“Ardarael, the Dargonesti” – dargonesti are the sea elves of the Dragonlance fandom. She’s a warrior, an exile, a general and a hero.

She sails the waters at the head of her army, close yet far from the depths where her people swim. She casually toys with a giant green stone jewel, a gift from a god, as she contemplates the sky.

OC Commissioned by Anomalous Thracian. November 2025.

Digital painting, photoshop and wacom cintiq. #noAI