I based this drawing on an image of a deceased friend of mine. To pay tribute to her, I have tried before to make artworks that include her. Usually, I could never make what I want. I tried to pull different styles based on different times of art, and I am beginning to feel more comfortable with this version of her. I hope, as I work, my vision of what I want my artwork of her to be fits and makes me happy.
For my self portrait piece, I decided to use flowers that symbolize important themes to me amongst a drawing of, seemingly, a refugee. The rights of refugees and immigrants alike have always been of the utmost importance to me and I genuinely care about them enough so that I feel it is a defining factor, thus important in my self image and can be considered in my own piece on my self. the surrounding flowers follow various symbols of primarily pessimistic definitions. Though it may seem sad I see myself as a more realist, and I have always viewed pessimism and realism to be very close to each other, a thin - yet fine - line being their main separation. It is hard to convey all these messages in one drawing, yet the usage of flowers simplifies and beautifies them into one. Another factor of the usage of flowers is that I adore plants and wish I was capable of keeping them because their one of the things in this world I view of holding most beauty. I love them so much I feel this to be another great incorporation to my piece on myself. While it is not finished, I am satisfied so far with my work and plan on water coloring it once I am finished.