Bring your Dreams to life

OH MY GAWD DID I ACTUALLY MAKE A DEADLINE WITH A FEW DAYS TO SPARE?!?

Dreams do come true. |'D

So, in working on this entry, I had to ask myself a legitimate question - what are my dreams? What are my aspirations for my education? Do I hope to keep all my friends from high school well beyond our college years? Do I wish for the cute Russian boy in the sci-fi club to pay some attention to me? Do I want to make a difference for the world? My mind pretty much exploded with the list of things that I want to do before my time is up, and there was just no way that I could encompass all of it in one drawing, so I figured I'd go with the symbolic route.

I want for all my dreams to come true, and it's possible, but not because I have some magical powers and whatnot. Everyone has the power for their dreams to come to life if they just set their mind to it. It doesn't matter whether you want to earn money for that new video game, you want to find the love of your life or stop global warming; you might want to be Lady Gaga or sail across the Atlantic in a little boat. I don't care how outlandish your dreams are. YOU have the power to make it happen. You just need some imagination, a little faith and lots of elbow grease.

I want my dreams to come to life, and you should want the same for yours. Don't care about what everyone else thinks or says.

GO DREAM AND MAKE IT HAPPEN!!

In terms of the art, I am really happy with how this turned out. I was going to have a cyborg flying in the bottom corner instead of a random elf with a jetpack, but I forgot that I was going to do that, so that happened. Not the perfect decision, I think, but it's alright, it works. The train was uber fun to draw, as was the dragon. IT'S NOT A FAIL DRAGON O HEM GEE YAY. My favorite part about working on this was the angle, the experimentation was so exhilirating, and I love how it came out in the end. So, tally:
Prismacolors: $20
Time that could have been spent working on my homework and getting ready for exams: 10 hours
Having fun doing what you love: priceless

Artwork and concept (c) to PaperclippedMime
Materials: Micron 005 and 01, Prismacolor pencils
Music: Selections from Lady Gaga (mostly "Bad Romance" on a loop), the Slumdog Millionaire Soundtrack, and others.
References:
ARTIST stock pose: [link]
ART INSPIRATION: [link] [link]
CHINESE DRAGON ref: [link]
TRAIN ref: [link] [link] [link]
MERMAID ref: [link]
TROLL ref: [link] [link]

(apologies for the huge file oTL;;