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Petals of glass and garlands of gold,

haven't you heard this story be told?

Grapes in the vineyards to goblets do pour

white juices that glitter and spill to the floor.

Gingham-check dress, garnets behold.

Glamour and Glory, the girl and the goat!

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I got the chance to do little g for , a charity artbook project.

EDIT: Just uploaded the full version. I was rather disappointed that the printed version was much, much, much too red... but I should have test-printed myself, so I'll take that as a lesson learned. XD It looks much better on screen.

This is actually the fourth time I tried to draw the entry. My first idea didn't work out and my second idea was too close to an idea of one of the two people doing letter V. My third attempt was with the girl-and-goat concept but the colors wouldn't go together, so I finally pulled this together in the final three days or so, with some inspiration from . She uses a lot of organized chaos and screentone patterns in her art and I thought that I would try it out. Some of the elements in my work don't stand out as well as hers because of my habit with muted colors and a tendency to merge all the layers without thinking.

The idea behind this story is a strange fantasy that you can really find at the bottom of a wineglass. Surrounded by expensive, beautiful things, people still drink to drown their sorrows. The result is the sort of dream that comes out of longing for a simpler, more innocent existence. Caught on the edge between complexity and simplicity, this is the ensuing chaos that occurs. Some elements of the fantasy are based off of Bacchus/Dionysus (Roman/Greek God of grapes and wine-making). What I wanted to convey most was the dichotomy between a surreal happiness derived from a distorted memory of childhood (the girl) and the somber, heavy-horned burden of carrying that distortion, yet fully embracing it as the ideal mode (the goat).

Unfortunately, I can only offer you guys a preview of the image. Find out about preordering information by watching the group page. Thank you.

The below are all of the artbook's participating artists (in order).

Description

Petals of glass and garlands of gold,

haven't you heard this story be told?

Grapes in the vineyards to goblets do pour

white juices that glitter and spill to the floor.

Gingham-check dress, garnets behold.

Glamour and Glory, the girl and the goat!

--------------------------------
I got the chance to do little g for , a charity artbook project.

EDIT: Just uploaded the full version. I was rather disappointed that the printed version was much, much, much too red... but I should have test-printed myself, so I'll take that as a lesson learned. XD It looks much better on screen.

This is actually the fourth time I tried to draw the entry. My first idea didn't work out and my second idea was too close to an idea of one of the two people doing letter V. My third attempt was with the girl-and-goat concept but the colors wouldn't go together, so I finally pulled this together in the final three days or so, with some inspiration from . She uses a lot of organized chaos and screentone patterns in her art and I thought that I would try it out. Some of the elements in my work don't stand out as well as hers because of my habit with muted colors and a tendency to merge all the layers without thinking.

The idea behind this story is a strange fantasy that you can really find at the bottom of a wineglass. Surrounded by expensive, beautiful things, people still drink to drown their sorrows. The result is the sort of dream that comes out of longing for a simpler, more innocent existence. Caught on the edge between complexity and simplicity, this is the ensuing chaos that occurs. Some elements of the fantasy are based off of Bacchus/Dionysus (Roman/Greek God of grapes and wine-making). What I wanted to convey most was the dichotomy between a surreal happiness derived from a distorted memory of childhood (the girl) and the somber, heavy-horned burden of carrying that distortion, yet fully embracing it as the ideal mode (the goat).

Unfortunately, I can only offer you guys a preview of the image. Find out about preordering information by watching the group page. Thank you.

The below are all of the artbook's participating artists (in order).