Elf n' Beetle

   This was the first image I tried to paint for my girlfriend before leaving Japan after finishing university. This was a few days before, "Scholar Cat". This painting was partially ruined around the top and sides because when I put lacquer varnish on it it blurred the edges of some lines and was too thick in some parts. Sometimes this sort of thing happens with varnish so now a days I carefully use spray varnish over the top. Scholar Cat was to replace this mishap.
If you look carefully you can see the composition contains a perfect spiral starting from the center of the snail shell.
I think the border looked a little too romantic or whatnot, so more recently I've kept borders more geometrical.