East of the Sun, West of the Moon

East of the Sun, West of the Moon is my FAVORITE fairy tale.
You have to go look up the story if you want to know the ending!

Here's a rough outline: enchanted polar bear, prince, and a castle that's east of the sun, west of the moon - oh, and we can't forget the required poor maiden who goes on an adventure.

I made this in two pieces: one 8.5x11 paper for the bear, another one for the Prince.
Then I colored each one separately, joined them together, colored the Sun and Moon, and THEN threw in the background.

Particularly proud of the bear. I'd never drawn a bear before, much less tried to shade short fur like on his nose. It's hard, and time consuming. You get ONE stroke out of place and all of a sudden it doesn't look quite right.