Digital
2025
This has been unfinished for weeks now, not because it was hard, but I just didn't have a direction to this. XD I've been drawing it from time to time but just didn't know what to do with it. Today I just finished it cos I just want it to be over.
It started with just a face/character study. I just wanted to do something but I had no plans or anything in mind. Later on, I added some environment and decided to do this as a challenge. I've never really practiced much of my imagination skills since I focused on concept and theories, so I guess this was a time to do it.
At some point I changed the position and added some other subjects in the scene. Tbh I kinda like it this way already and looking back, maybe I should've just ended with this lol.
I explored colors and such. I also thought of these subjects as "dolls" trapped somewhere and a person looking inward from the window.
I got bored with it and changed the window to a flower. XD And I think the style was "too clean" and I wanted some scratches.
I've literally been staring at this for too long that I was starting to hate it and I just did whatever fun just to finish it. :D I don't have a title to it since well I didn't really have anything to say for the title I guess.
You were working from your gut, from instinct, so I will respond that way. I found this to be very powerful, and probably saw what you didn't intend. We bring our lives and experience to art, don't we?
Well I see woman, trapped in expectations of cosmetic beauty. I see a woman with grotesquely painted nails. I see eyes overburdened, burning from daily use of mascara and artificial colors. I see egos scratched out and wounded by these external expectations.
You can see this picture got to me. I'm old, and beyond those societal expectations. It is liberating to be on this side of those expectations. All I need to do is be clean and wear reasonably coordinated clothes. No make up. No nail polish. Just me.
I think it's a great piece, and I'm glad you went with your feelings rather than you intellect.
AWESOME! I hadn't seen any content on Hive in a while and of course I missed your art, but I loved seeing this drawing. I feel like it's 100% your style. It reminds me of your profile picture, the art I always see you with. I'm glad you liked the final result, haha. Sometimes when we do things that don't turn out as planned, we hesitate to finish them. AAAH, ART IS VERY COMPLICATED BUT BEAUTIFUL, HAHAHA.
It could be a devil consuming human souls 😜
I like the version with the eye in the window, before the tears and long nails 💧 saludos
I never knew digital arts go through various processes like this, it is so cool!