#sunflowertwins

“Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows. It’s what sunflowers do."    - Helen Keller

I had the greatest need to have a hug couple of months ago, I was all alone in my apartment and I couldn’t meet my friends, siblings or parents at all because of the corona isolation. I felt so lonely and sad back then so I decided to do some sketching (I really had to put my feelings on paper) and voilà! 

I’m so happy with the result even though I almost lost my mind while colouring the flowers (I really dislike doing backgrounds, especially repetitive ones). So that’s why it took so long to get this art piece done but I think it was definitely worth it! And I’m feeling a lot better now too : 3 

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 “…And I’m home.”

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What does a heart encrusted in rust see
in a still and soundless world?
Looking for someone who looks like they can say, “I’ll see you again”,
I only end up repeating this over and over again.

Once you take notice, there’s
the silhouette of someone’s back, crying all alone
In a heartrending,
lonesome place.

I want to remain with my hand entwined in yours

How many times have I felt
the warmth here in this very place?
Even if I’ve only mistaken being by your side, I don’t mind
The sound of our tears and the colour of our sighs
Now ascertain where we are now

The distraction of an everyday routine
is something that I want, I want to see, even in the future

When I think how my voice, full of false bravado, has cracked
I find myself surrendering to the dream world
When I hold my knees close and
cast my gaze downward
Suddenly I feel like I’m going to crumble

At this rate, at this rate,
The distant exit we dash toward together
is still within reach. Now, let us
smile and gaze into each other

Your guileless, innocent face
bears a jumble and medley of feelings
Even when you’ve lost your own way, you remain too kind

I call out your name again and again
Even if the future is uncertain
It pains me just to think of what I can’t let go
I’m right here
I’m right here
You know there is always a place for you to return to, here

And that’ll never change
With these feelings that remain.

                                         - Wowaka, Nonaka Ai & Kitamura Eri 

                                           (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)

(Original/Official art can be found below, I don’t own the official artwork and this specific art piece was made just for fun.)

Just a stupid idea I decided to go through with after all.. I was drawing something else entirely but then I heard this song on my old anime playlist; my hand just slipped and I couldn’t stop myself from drawing this Madoka Magica parody (or tragedy perhaps in this case). I think I have just crossed that very subtle line of cringe when it comes to this art piece but I liked the final result quite a lot myself so I wanted to share it with you guys :’3

I just think that the lyrics of this song are so amazingly suitable with Lucas and Claus as well, and they all (Sayaka and Kyoko too) end up in pretty painful situations in the end of their character arcs. 

Most of the times I get my inspiration from music and especially the mood that the music brings around me. In this case though, it was the lyrics and the setting of that ending picture that led me into this project, I consciously copied the scene from the original picture pretty straightforwardly because I wanted to get the same aesthetics in to my art, however, I still wanted to bring my own style with it as well so it’s recognizable that the picture is done with my art pattern but the composition is copied from somewhere else on purpose, if that makes any sense. 

With this said, I don’t own any rights to the original art piece that can be found below or the song and its lyrics, I don’t get any kind of financial benefit from this, I just wanted to have some fun : ) . The original art is from the episode 9 of Puella Magi Madoka Magica series with Sayaka’s and Kyoko’s character song “And I’m home”. 

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“Claus & Lucas, the Sunflower Twins”

A slightly older sketch I decided to colour for the celebration of my mum’s birthday. She always loves the drawings I make despite her lack of knowledge about the series I usually draw fan art from. I haven’t drawn or coloured anything for her in ages so now I thought I definitely should, since I’ve had quite a lot free time due the current situation of the world. 

I still hate drawing backgrounds though, so I must apologise the boring, blurred mess I created this time.. Well, this was meant to be a bit more simple piece after all, so I guess it’s good enough.

(And I know that the stripes on Claus’ shirt are more blueish tinted, cyan coloured to be exact, but I just didn’t feel to correct the mistake.)