May - Line from a story - Jai Lawrance

Title: The Parrot and the Tortoise
Artist: Jai Lawrance
Size: 617 x 872
Materials: Adobe Illustrator
Date: 2th May 08
Course: CIV in Design/Diploma of Multimedia

Story: The Tortoise by Wilma Keppel

The tortoise imagined growing feathers, and living as a parrot. It seemed like a wonderful life. And at first, it seemed impossible.

But then he thought back. Back when he had the heaviest shell in the arroyo, living with a light shell had seemed dangerous and unlikely -- but he had tried it, and it worked. Back when he lived with a light shell, living without any shell had seemed ridiculous and impossible -- but he learned to do it, and that had enabled him to cross the desert and reach the jungle where he found his new friends.

"It may be impossible for me to fly," he said to himself, "but I am going to try it. Maybe I can do it."