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Hope - Final Artwork
🕑 Added 2019-03-28 17:13:23 +0000 UTCFirst things first: If you’d like a print of this, you can order it until 3 April, 10 AM EST in my store.
This illustration will be part of the rewards for March! I think you’re all aware that I absolutely love Japanese culture and I recently came across toro nagashi, a ceremony in which you float paper lanterns down a river to guide the souls of the departed to the spirit world. It wasn’t the first time I had heard about it, but now I felt inspired to paint my own version of it. As I was thinking what the character could look like, I decided to draw Hope from my project Phantasma. I could easily see something like this happening in the world I’m creating, so it was a beautiful concept to explore.
I’ve also read Tuesdays with Morrie recently, which made me think a lot about life and death. Not in a bad way though, not at all! It’s just a magical book that really makes you appreciate the time you have on this earth with the people that you love. I think I will be reading it again just to remind myself of that.
I hope you like the artwork. Thank you so much for your support. 🧡
Comments
Dani Garcia Nosek
That totally makes sense and I completely understand
Djamila Knopf
Thank you! 😊🙏
Djamila Knopf
If I record that part of the process, it feels very intrusive to me and stresses me out. As a result, I create drawings that aren’t as good. It’s really where 90% of all the decision-making happens and I need to be completely undisturbed for it. I hope you understand! I do however have some sketching videos of more simple illustrations on my youtube channel: youtube.com/djamilaknopf
Nik
This is gorgeous 💕😭
Dani Garcia Nosek
I'd love to see your sketching process and how you come up with the compositions and line work
