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the abyss

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"stare into the abyss long enough...and it will stare back" put off uploading this until after christmas what with the dark mood and all but im trying to add more perspective and environment in my work

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Hot naked girl staring into the deep, dark, cold, empty abyss.

Definitely has that dark and tragic feels being placed there in the drawing. I definitely see the perspective you've drawn in there with the cliff's edge, and it's hands down really nice! I also see some great symbols used in this artwork, that may help explain the meaning behind the picture.

The girl standing there nakid may show the feeling of vulnerability, being unprotected and/or being bland. And the bouquet of flowers she holds in her hand, I'm going to assume it's roses?

The petals falling off the bouquet means they're dying. And as well all would know, roses commonly symbolize love. So the death of these flowers may mean the loss of her lover. And with the girl know standing on the edge of this cliff, we can assume many possibilities here - if this was a video, she may jump off, continue staring into the darkness below or even cry right there. I feel that the main premise of this artwork is how someone would feel if they've lost a loved one - vulnerable, empty and alone. All around her is nothing, and she herself is wearing nothing.

The cliff's edge she is standing near may symbolize a new awakening; the next phase of her life. This doesn't necessarily mean that she's going to suicide if she jumps off the cliff. It may mean that she's throwing away her 'past' self. What happens after she jumps could be the new beginning, or the end of pain.

And of course, the end of the cliff will end in darkness. not because it's 'pretty deep', but because the darkness itself symbolizes the unknown. Our eyes can't see beyond darkness, without even a small source of light. So we can't tell what'll happen to the girl after this point.

Overall, I enjoyed looking at this drawing, and writing my own thoughts/opinion here. Nice work!

TheN0mad responds:

thanks for the detail i never get enough of these kinds of comments :) im glad you like it that much and draw that much from it, it always makes me feel like im doing something right when i read something like this

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Dec 31, 2014
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