[P] - No Smoke Without Fire

'How many secrets can you keep?'
_{Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know?}




...All, because she is mute.
But not only she is good at secret keeping, she is also good at getting them. Serena is quite a formidable 'spy', in a way: her ability is to project her voice into minds of people so that they would hear her as an 'inner voice' and listen to what she says. While it doesn't always work out, in general she can easily make someone collapse in a panic attack or make them spit out something they did not want to say.
Also: Yes, she is quite a heavy smoker. She definitely doesn't give a damn about getting cancer.
And this as well: That song would definitely be her 'image song'; I imagine her liking it quite a lot, and probably she would even learn how to play it on guitar.


...Yes, I painted Serena again, heavily inspired by mood and pose from this screenshot from a beautiful movie The Flowers of War which I highly recommend. 
This was a long process of painting and repainting, and experimenting with a few things. You can see a couple of sketches and wips at my tumblr~ 
The most problematic was... cigarette. No joking. I enjoyed painting and editing face, it came out easily; hand was not a big deal as well (although it is not perfect, I have to admit). Oh, the coat gave me a bit of trouble as well, but in general it was cool. I am really proud of this piece~

Media: Adobe Photoshop CS2
Time: ~6-7 hours

Serena / Purgatory @