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'Oh heartless girl'

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652 X 900 PX
on sketchbook paper with graphite pencil
finished on may 29th
took about three hours atleast, i worked on it waiting to be released from my last final haha.

"oh heartless man" a quote from one of my all time favorite movies Howl's Moving Castle.
And what's funny is this started out as a mere practice on body angles and posture. But as I continued I realized she took on a slight similarity to Sophie. Also, the lighting and shadows I created on her as well as her expression lead to the call for something bright and magical.
The scene itself reminded me of when Howl devoured a star and gave his heart, which lead to the spell from the witch of the waste.

As for her positioning and writing behind her, you'll find in my sketch book that I tend to write my raw thoughts down around my drawings. The two may not go together, but they're thrown together and tie into one another.
I left her heavy to one side mainly because my thoughts are often jumbled and chaotic, leaning me this way and that and can cause me to feel off balance. By protraying this off balance with her positioning to the left and by containing my thoughts all around her I am able to tie the words and the drawing together.
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kitskie's avatar
This is just lovely! I love the soft pencilwork and the perfect balance, the harmony between random thought and drawing coming together as one.

She does look a bit like Sophie ^^ She's quite pretty.