Tightrope at the Circus

I did this for a contest at Advanced Photoshop magazine. The theme was circus, sooo I drew a tightrope walker!

I made an artist statement for it of sorts:

I've never been to the circus; and after I began this picture, I started to look at other circus art. The more I looked, the more it became apparent to me that because I'd never been, there was a large difference in the way I've portrayed it. The single figure here, without anyone else involved, and the relative quietness of the colors and composition made me think of it more as part of someone's dream. I tried to bring out the 'dream' aspect of the picture through the soft coloring, her detailed costume and umbrella.

Textures from Mayang.