This was supposed to be some kind of happy angst-free AU where they’re all grown up and alive and not dead which I realise now is the bare fucking minimum for two characters to be happy damn it
Some people have already read through my thoughts in my other social media, but I think it's good to have this here as well.
What to say.
Art is a journey. Although I am rarely satisfied with my improvements, although I oftentimes grit my teeth and seethe at the fact that I cannot make progress as quickly as I’d want to- it is still a journey. My journey, and I am enjoying it quite so!
I had been thinking on painting over this piece of mine for a while. I really liked the concept and the character portrayed (my dear Elvia), yet, as my eyes and hands evolved in these nine month, I found myself wanting to give it a little… revamp.
So I did! I am quite happy with the results, but not as happy as I am about the fact that I now get to rapidly flip between canvas layers to compare the old one and the new one huhuhu.
But well, I digress. I guess what I wanted to say is that, no matter how much time passes, there is always a piece of you in every single artwork you’ve made. You weave and intertwine your illustrations with small fragments of your soul, shedding your light and essence like petals in the wind, one encased in each drawing.
So it’s still you. No matter how much you change, it’s still you. That little kid drawing Pokémon characters was me; the 10 year old writing furry character stories and illustrating them was me. The Pandora Hearts Fan, the anime phase kid, they were all me.
I can see Candela in every drawing I’ve made, and even though sometimes I want to be angry at my alleged artistic incompetence , the truth is that I will forever recognize my touch in my art.
dam doing the same captions for posts is so boring...
this is an overpaint too, I saw a meme on my TL with a cool alligator (crocodile???) and I just used a screenshot to make a funny moment, but in Shuriman style