Art: no matter how much you cry

[amielleon]

(Spoiler for like one line in a support for a minor character that has 0% to do with the main plot.)





でも、いくら泣いたって
But no matter how much you cry,
死んだらもう会えないからね～。
once they're dead, you can't see them anymore, right?

Henry and his childhood friend, as told in Henry/Cherche B. I originally intended to *find* this picture because I was convinced someone must've done it already, but as it turns out, as with fanfic you often have to go do it yourself. u_u

5ish hours, Adobe Photoshop CS3. With thanks to Lily and Lua for help/input.

Crossposts: Pixiv, Tumblr.

Comments

[rosage]

I like this a lot. c:

[mark_asphodel]

Wow. That's pretty powerful.

[amielleon]

Thanks!

[amielleon]

I'm glad! I don't think I've done any visual art meant to invoke an emotional response before. (I was probably doin' it wrong.)

[kyusil]

Glad you got the pose figured out. I like the textures, that's something I can barely do.

[amielleon]

Yeah... actually, I originally had a slightly different pose in mind, but when I recorded a two-minute video of myself lamenting a pillow on my floor, I kinda "got into" the role and when I viewed the video later to pick a frame to use as a reference I picked one near the end that I hadn't planned.

I should probably do that more often -- I feel like it helped me pick out a more natural and expressive pose.

[kyusil]

That's an interesting way of doing it. I'm not much of an actor, so I think I would get flustered in front of the camera.

was it a pillow pet

[intaglionyx]

--Whoa, this is really intense. This kind of hurts!

[amielleon]

it was just a pillow but I did feel very silly and said as much at the beginning of the video. and then magically i got into it. and my cat judged me.

[amielleon]

soul-crushing despair is my forte