In the darkest night, the promise of light

In Winter's cold and trembling grasp

The gift of spring is held, at last.

My inspiration is the garden I know lies sleeping beneath the cold waves of snow outside.  The Winter will not last, and surely looks forward to Spring as much as I - if I could have it in my stocking, I would be delighted!

Time... hours of tweaking materials until I was mostly satisfied, then weeks of putting the computer aside in favour of baking.  Rendering took about 6hrs.  A little postwork for adjusting contrast, resizing and such.

Daz 4.6-4.7, postwork in Gimp