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Couple of new things here. For one, I actually bothered with a background! I actually had fun with the trees (well, until I had to colour the stupid things.) Also, I didn't ink before colouring. I've decided there are merits to both methods, although colouring is certainly made easier after inking. The softer lines work better for this particular picture, though.

This is (supposed to be, anyway) the mental image I get from this song:

I followed footprints in the snow,
Never knowing if I was right behind you,
Looking down no one would know,
I wasn't walking hand in hand beside you.

For your footprints lead the way,
To a hearth where hearts we made surround you,
You're awash in all its glow,
And I'm still standing in the snow.

I stood and watched the lights go out,
While the snowflakes settled all around me,
And though it filled my heart with doubt,
Couldn't move and this is where you found me.

As our footprints disappear,
Snow erasing how I came to be here,
I've got nowhere else to go,
Now you're standing in the snow.

Look for understanding in the snow,
You look just outstanding in the snow,
Standing in the snow.

Now it's almost Christmas Eve,
And I'm surrounded with the sound of laughter,
To give is better than to deceive,
For I received a happy ever after.

You might have left me in the cold,
A fitting ending for the fool that I was,
But you'd be cuddled up alone,
And I'd still be standing in the snow.
-Footprints, Barenaked Ladies

I'm disappointed in the way this scanned. The girl and the trees look okay, but the snow and the footprints look terrible. There's a lot of soft shading that just didn't come through. If I can get a better scan, I'll replace this later.

100 Picture Challenge prompt #84, "out cold." Yeah, yeah, I took some liberties.