In the very beginning of this project, I had a lot of trouble. I had no idea where I wanted to use as a subject for my piece. I knew for a fact that I wanted to do something with calligraphy, but I had several ideas running around in my head, and I loved none of them. Eventually, I settled for a photograph of a old piece of forest that I would play in as a child. My plan was to paint over the image with calligraphy ink, but with the paper and the quality of the image, I did not end up happy with the result. Scrapping the project, I decided to do another piece based on a character of mine. After first sketching the image in my notebook, I tore it out and began to draw over it with the calligraphy ink. This is a work in progress. I originally chose this character as the subject because of her name, which is “Rose”. Obviously, the theme about blooming would at least start me off. However, I fear the exact nature of how this relates to the theme might be a bit obscure.
In short, Rose is the daughter of a very powerful and prestigious warrior (the main character of another of my arcs) and thus has a large attachment to her family and their legacy within the land. The rabbit doll which she is holding has a small scar mark on its cheek, which is actually a marking that her father shares, and thus in a way the rabbit represents her father and his love for her. The rabbit itself is also a gift from her childhood friend and lover, whose own lineage drives a wedge between Rose and her family. However, being founded in both parties, the love from her lover and her father prevent the theoretical “thorns” from harming her, despite the animosity between them. The theme is intended to be that she wishes to bloom in both of these places where she has been planted, but the conflict is causing thorns to sprout instead. As stated before, the image was finished off in calligraphy ink, and although I intended at one point for the lines to be flat, I ended up making a mistake with too much ink on my pen, and after that decided to add more depth to the lines by making some ends thicker. For the most part I tried to stay to a light scheme, but some of the lines may not follow it in an attempt to give the image depth. In the end, however, I was very happy with the final project, and I felt it captured the effect that I wanted it to, and would give off the feelings that the story invokes. The final image is below.
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