



And its almost-pleading expression is even more sad when it is compared to the boy and the dog's seemingly-frozen reaction. It looks as if the next moment they are going to run and then come back with pitchforks to hunt it down.





All in all, bravo!

To be honest, I've never encountered an illustration as full of feeling as this. I don't know about anyone else, but to me it gives off such a sad vibe...! It's like the creature is nothing more than a hopeless, lonely child that has been isolated, and now it has found something beautiful. It has found color. He's not alone anymore.