bosom of the waters

Entry for the contest at , in which we were to illustrate a scene from Leroux or Kay not appearing in the Lloyd Webber musical.

I had no sooner put off from the bank than the silence amid which I floated on the water was disturbed by a sort of whispered singing that hovered all around me. It was half breath, half music; it rose softly from the waters of the lake; and I was surrounded by it through I knew not what artifice. It followed me, moved with me and was so soft that it did not alarm me. On the contrary, in my longing to approach the source of that sweet and enticing harmony, I leaned out of my little boat over the water, for there was no doubt in my mind that the singing came from the water itself. By this time, I was alone in the boat in the middle of the lake; the voice-- for it was now distinctly a voice--was beside me, on the water. I leaned over, leaned still farther. The lake was perfectly calm, and a moonbeam that passed through the air hole in the Rue Scribe showed me absolutely nothing on its surface, which was smooth and black as ink... Suddenly, two monstrous arms issued from the bosom of the waters...

Done using vectors in Photoshop. Only stock was the lantern, by .

I made many mistakes here that I hope will serve me well in the future.