To Mend Thy Broken Heart
Digital
2021
When you have a hole in your chest
Trust that we will be here
Trying to fill that void
Rebuild the life lost
Reconnect the pieces of you
Make a better version of us
The outside world is cruel
Don't be fooled
Trust the gatekeeper
To look after you
I may be the darkest and scariest
But be not afraid
For I breathe for you
I cry for you
I feel for you
We are not your enemy
Trust me
...just trust
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Details
The still image
Process
I started with this sketch as just an idea dumper but isn't the outline for the final output yet. I wasn't that sure with some of the elements/objects there but the general idea is there so...
After drew this ladies, I had to rethink of the perspective of the environment again. On the left is more of an unrealistic one where the perspective is quite fucked. You can imagine the eye (or camera) of the viewer is at the ceiling area but the angle of the ladies aren't.
On the right side is more realistic, it made the environment bigger somehow but it was too realistic for my taste.
This was the initial color of the naked lady but eventually I changed it to teal. I enjoyed drawing it tho.
The crying white lady was also an initial idea but eventually changed into a black one having panic attacks haha. I think pure white looks off on this one.
I was also having quite a hard time with the background cos I felt like I like this plain one better the last minute. I still settled with the original one though.
Once the final sketch was done, I planned the animation but I didn't think I would need a lot of movements cos it might be too much.
I animated it on After Effects and it was a nice experience and was fun although it would be a lot better if I have a more powerful PC since it became laggy when I started using the liquify effect.
This is minted as an NFT on KnownOrigin:
https://knownorigin.io/gallery/3743000-to-mend-thy-broken-heart
It was so awesome since I got 1.3k likes on my tweet which was the highest likes I got (so far). Thankful for the likes and retweets! Totally unexpected.
https://twitter.com/hidetheblade/status/1453298434459451401?s=20
- hidetheblade