The Best of the Past Year

by Belle Vivo

Hideout

The inspiration for this piece is a dollhouse. It shows a story on how the artwork's main protagonist utilizes their home space for different purposes. Colors have contrast in hues (warm on the surface and cooler underground), further establishing that they live a double life.

Rain

A redraw of a piece from 2017, this portrait work has been done as a study of lighting and texture. The rough coloring and thick brush strokes is an ode to post-impressionist works. Meanwhile, the colors are saturated in the focal points and desaturated in less important details, which is a renaissance-inspired technique in coloring.

Two Daggers

The weapons featured in this piece are wielded by a character in the 2016 videogame Final Fantasy XV. Meant to mimic gold, the work would make a fine gold foil print.

Wallflower

Contrary to the warmth of this piece, the work shows our character hidden under lines of small white flowers. Rough and sketchy in lines and coloring style, it hopes to send the feeling of isolation as if blending into the background.

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