[Art] Dear Little Brother

[moonvoice]

I toyed with the idea of calling it 'deer little brother,' but I thought that would be lame. So I didn't...

Dear Little Brother

Based on the fairytale, 'Little Brother & Little Sister,' told by the Grimm brothers.

The sister holds her brother, wounded in the hunt. She looks out onto the world, defiant but also resigned to a cruel fate; dependent on the bounty of the the wild to survive, and the mercy of others.









Detail of the roe deer. There are like four bazillion colours in that head.




38 x 51cm / 15 x 20 in
Original for sale
Crescent illustrator's board, technical pens, pencil and aquarelle, acrylic and pigment.

Comments

[white9-fox.livejournal.com]

It's like a Snow White gone bad.

Reminds me of winter despite the flowers. Very cool.

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Haha, I don't know if I'm going to do Snow White (although, maybe I will, if I can find a way to eliminate the dwarves from the portrait).

[white9-fox.livejournal.com]

Maybe use symbols of their traits/names instead of drawing out their actual forms?

Besides, Snow white has all those animals with her, not just the dwarves. Red apples might give her identity away as well, lol.

[moonvoice.livejournal.com]

Yeah I'm thinking red apples. And maybe a whole lot of dirt and rags, considering she's a slave for those little damn pipsqueaks.