Holy Moses - I done art! Thank heaven for unemployment to fuel my pencils.

This is another character study from my Celtic story, and a companion piece to "Insert Clever Title". The title relates to the fact that I think about this character everyday of my life.

His name is Evan Jones, looking more how I imagine him than ever before mainly because I have been working on him for over two years! I used to model him on Dan Radcliffe because I his face. But that was long ago.

Evan is the only character from our present reality and time that you'll see - hence the school uniform. I thought it would be interesting to see all theses iron-age costumes next to a guy in a tanktop and tie! His story is derived from an old folktale of the Gwragedd Annwn. Water-spirits from Wales.

The legend has it that there used to be a door in a rock and those who dared enter through it came into a beautiful garden situated on an island in the middle of a lake. Those brave enough to enter were welcomed and were invited to stay as long as they wanted, on the condition that they never took anything back from the garden. One visitor ignored the rule and took a flower home with him. As soon as he left the island, the flower disappeared and he became a gibbering idiot for hte rest of his life. From that day on, the door has been firmly closed and no one has ever passed through it again.

My story goes on from this; the flower-theft caused ALL doors to the otherworld to close - though there was an alterior motive for this, but I can't really reveal that here or where the hell's the suspense?! The man who originally stole the flower did indeed go insane - a trait passed down through the family, along with his pocketwatch. You'll never guess what that watch contains, and who just so happens to inherit it? Ha!

Evan knows his family is prone to insanity - which is why he is initially quite reserved. In his head he is truly imaginative, but afraid to voice his thoughts for fear of being branded eccentric like his grandfather, or just plain crazy. He is also colourblind, but is able to see the otherworld and its inhabitants in full colour. Yay for him.

I can't think of anything else to say without revealing the whole story. Plus you'll hear about more characters as and when I draw their portraits. I'm hoping the next one will be Lledrith - he's a god of Magic and Illusion. Ah, I hear you cry, but the Celts had no such god ... did they?