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In the Middle of 7 Sad Forests

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I was listening to Bob Dylan's "A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall" and started sketching some images I got from the lyrics. When I had four or five images (It's a long song), I came up with a story connecting them and four days later I had this.

I'd tell you what I think is going down in this scene, but I'd rather find out what you guys see ...

Here's some of the lines I was playing around with:

I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it ...
I saw a black branch with blood that kept drippin' ...
I saw guns and sharp swords in the hands of young children ...
I met a young woman whose body was burning ...
And it's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.

-- I generally like Dylan songs better when someone other than Bob is singing them. So thanks to Jason Mraz for the version that turned me on to this song's greatness.
It's another big one, so there's a detail shot here:
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:star::star::star::star::star-half: Overall
:star::star::star::star::star-half: Vision
:star::star::star::star::star: Originality
:star::star::star::star::star: Technique
:star::star::star::star::star-half: Impact

I can tell you put a lot of thought and effort into this piece, and you have done an amazing job, you have done what few can, use a lot of images to tell a story without it looking too cluttered, if I had to say anything other than wow..lol..it would have to be that the only thing that seems off for me would be the gun in the boys hand, i do realize you did that because of the lyrics, i understand this, but the reason it seems off for me is that it seems like it would be out of place for the element of time and place that the rest of the image suggests. For me, the elements of the forestry and the tribal painting on the people's skin and the sacrificial table and other elements such as the architecture suggest that this would be taking place in an area such as Mayan culture or something of the like, and it has and "older" feel for me also where a gun would have no place , or maybe even not exist yet, that is my reasoning behind thinking the gun doesn't fit, Other than that fantastic !