For a very long time, Cheshire — the current Dark Joker of Cards — accepted the fact that his love would never be returned. For years, he acted as an invisible guard to Princess Lamprocapnos, unknown to her. In this artwork, I want to illustrate the brief time when Lam, the Princess of Hearts, still doesn’t know Cheshire. She looks upon him kindly, with an interest she herself doesn’t full understand. Whereas he holds himself with a grace he has learned over the years he’s spent in her kingdom.

I used several different references for this artwork to capture the time period, styling, and connection between my two main characters. The illustration was done digitally and took a little under five hours to complete.