The stories I used to devour as a child were Asian tales. They were mainly Indian and Chinese. This picture was inspired by the illustrations done by Irmhild and Hilmar Proft for the book "Die neunköpfigen Ungeheuer vom Zweidrachenberg".
The illustration was beautiful in black and white. But I wanted to color it, as the story is about the Hucho hucho (redfish) girl. Somehow the color really took away a lot from the original pic.
Uploaded by ksklein.
