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VelCake β€” Fame - Ornament.

Published: 2013-08-23 21:22:44 +0000 UTC; Views: 698; Favourites: 24; Downloads: 4
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Description Submitted to the Traditional>Conceptual gallery because Manga doesn't have one.

This is a sort of criticism on certain aspects of the industry of fashion/propaganda and how ridiculous that can turn at some points. Seriously, some fashion trends, clothing, and such are ridiculous over the border of beliveable. I could never comprehend how people can follow, like, and pay for such things.
It also has a point on how famous people, or people who are looking for fame, can act and look amazingly ridiculous sometimes. On purpose.

So I drew the girl looking like a vase. She is sad, and has a colorless, pointless and boring dress. (and in case you wonder about the plants in the vase, they're aquarium plants. But I have an artistic license to put them in a vase, because I can.)

Thanks for looking!

Time: 4 hours
Stock: my own, ~Gwendolyn12-stock
Tools:
0,4 Pentel mechanical pencil;
0,1 black and sepia Copic multiliners;
Sakura hard pastels;
Caran D'Ache - Faber-Castell colored pencils;
Uni Posca poster color;
Magic Color - Prismacolor markers;

Drawn on A4 Canson Lavis Technique paper, 160g/m2.
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Comments: 19

Jenniej92 [2013-09-02 12:34:52 +0000 UTC]

that dress! i love it

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VelCake In reply to Jenniej92 [2013-09-03 04:29:23 +0000 UTC]

thanks!

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Dustbox [2013-08-27 18:40:50 +0000 UTC]

I like it though I'm not sure about a plant like that being red so close to red hair.

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VelCake In reply to Dustbox [2013-08-27 19:14:48 +0000 UTC]

I'm sorry, I'm not sure I understand what you mean

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Dustbox In reply to VelCake [2013-08-28 18:37:08 +0000 UTC]

Red weavy hair, red weavy plant so close together? Kittens meow and it's freaking adorable! :3

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VelCake In reply to Dustbox [2013-08-28 20:45:07 +0000 UTC]

that's true, haha. Didn't think of it.
Thank you!

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cality [2013-08-25 13:45:45 +0000 UTC]

I think you've done a really good job here; the concept is intriguing, and I love the way the girl's hair and the plants in the vase are quite similar in terms of colour (sort of) and the way they flow so nicely. I feel like the girl's hair on her right hand side (our left as we view this piece) lacks definition, compared to that on her left hand side, which looks thick and luxurious, with the parts of her hair looking more 'flowy' (terrible word, but I can't think of an appropriate one!) and defined.Β 


Also, I think it's really interesting that the vase has a necklace as well! That's something I noticed when I looked a little bit closer at this piece.

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VelCake In reply to cality [2013-08-26 15:58:07 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!
Indeed, the plants are meant to look like her hair. I googled plants to find one that'd fit the concept, and I found this aquarium plant, which I drew.
And you're right about the hair. The reason is that I did it with hard pastels in a paper with no texture, so I was terrified that I'd mess up the whole drawing if I layed my hand on the right side of it by accident(and I haven't brought a fixative spray, I'll buy one tomorrow), so I didn't work too much on it. I'll come back to this drawing still and fix that after I've used the spray on the rest of the drawing.
Heh, indeed. I did the necklace on her exactly for thar similarity purpose.

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cality In reply to VelCake [2013-08-26 16:36:19 +0000 UTC]

You're most welcome!


Haha, I see.


Oh, I see – that's understandable; I would be worried too.


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Desinent-Riviera [2013-08-24 14:37:26 +0000 UTC]

One more thing that would make this a masterpiece in my eyes - the title

The piece seems to explain more about being a model than being famous, expressing the dissatisfaction in her job that your character feels so a title like "An Ornament" or "Ghost in the Shell" (though I think that one is trademarked Cx)

Just my thoughts on it

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VelCake In reply to Desinent-Riviera [2013-09-03 04:32:08 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the advice. I like those suggestions. I'm just very bad at titles, so I think I'll pick up your suggestions

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Desinent-Riviera In reply to VelCake [2013-09-03 14:43:37 +0000 UTC]

hmm, try "Ornament", flows better O:

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VelCake In reply to Desinent-Riviera [2013-09-03 20:50:39 +0000 UTC]

Done!

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Desinent-Riviera In reply to VelCake [2013-09-04 16:25:03 +0000 UTC]

:3

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Desinent-Riviera [2013-08-24 14:23:46 +0000 UTC]

This is great!

Although I'm not so sure of the sharp facial features, they stick out from the smoothness of the rest of the picture

You expressed a wonderful statement concerning the fashion industry and the essence of being a model here

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VelCake In reply to Desinent-Riviera [2013-09-03 04:31:23 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!
And that was my mistake, I outlined everything in sepia and did so in black by accident on the face.

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Desinent-Riviera In reply to VelCake [2013-09-03 14:46:28 +0000 UTC]

Ahh, no probs

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VAngelLJ [2013-08-24 07:57:08 +0000 UTC]

I like this. The likening of her to a vase of plants works well, and I think you've shown your concept very nicely. On an artistic note, her hair looks fantastic.

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VelCake In reply to VAngelLJ [2013-09-03 04:29:57 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I found out that pastels give a fantastic texture to such kind of hair. Definitely using that more often

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