Maru - 2002


Maru's a character in a book I'm attempting to write. The book is a little difficult, since it can easily go the route of "silly" and it's kind of doing so. I've put it aside for now, though someday I hope to at least finish the profiles of the other orcas in the pod.

Anyhow, Maru is the main character in the book. She is 12 years old, and her name means "promise" because she's the only hope left for the pod. The pod believes they are the last orca pod in the whole world, and Maru is their last surviving calf.

Done with Prismacolors on some earth-friendly brown paper. I feel like attacking it with turpenoid to get the colors to smooth out, but I'm not sure how it'll react with the paper and the Prismacolors. Maru and her story are © to me and me alone.