"It doesn't happen all at once," said the Skin Horse. "You become. It takes a long time. That's why it doesn't often happen to people who break easily, or have sharp edges, or who have to be carefully kept. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand." - from The Velveteen Rabbit.

Obviously an inspired take on the Velveteen Rabbit. Sketch digitally colored. I believe this was the first attempt at digitally coloring anything. Its been so long..

Art ©2004 Arphalia.