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My fourth picture of Erik.
I went for a sort of Symbolism piece here, and left it with a relatively simply background, so as to draw the viewer to the objects/person within the image. Each thing included around Erik's kneeling figure symbolizes something, and pertains to something in his life.
I KIND of want to see what YOU GUYS think each object in the image represents...but I'm too proud of myself for putting this all together so...here is the breakdown:
The butterfly represents two kinds of metamorphosis: The kind which Erik so desperately yearns for, to become something acceptable and beautiful in the eyes of others, and the OTHER kind of metamorphosis it represents is the changes each new experience and thought brings him throughout his life. Personality metamorphosis.
The Poppy flowers growing up from behind his coat represent his addiction to opiates, and how it grew and grew until eventually it flowered into a full-blown morphine addiction.
The Punjab Lasso around his figure at his feet represents the dark nature that he was more or less forced to have; if not for society and the completely shitty way people treated him because of his face, he probably would've never killed anyone. At his feet, he always picks it back up, even after he thinks he's done with it, for it coils around him like a snake, imprisoning him to a darker fate.
Finally, the blood sprayed across the mask and spattering into the darkness from the tip of his lasso represents the staining of his soul, thrusting him further and further into an ever darkening abyss of sin.
On top of that, the color scheme was intentional as well: The green haze around him represents intelligence and envy. Which he had ridiculous amounts of both. The blood, being red, also represents passion and anger. The little yellow butterfly represents happiness, and like butterflies---any happiness in Erik's life is fleeting, and flutters away almost as quickly as it came.
The whole image, I think...says: "Why can't I be like this butterfly? Happy and beautiful and free...?"
...So....whatcha think? As usual, input is MUCH appreciated.
I went for a sort of Symbolism piece here, and left it with a relatively simply background, so as to draw the viewer to the objects/person within the image. Each thing included around Erik's kneeling figure symbolizes something, and pertains to something in his life.
I KIND of want to see what YOU GUYS think each object in the image represents...but I'm too proud of myself for putting this all together so...here is the breakdown:
The butterfly represents two kinds of metamorphosis: The kind which Erik so desperately yearns for, to become something acceptable and beautiful in the eyes of others, and the OTHER kind of metamorphosis it represents is the changes each new experience and thought brings him throughout his life. Personality metamorphosis.
The Poppy flowers growing up from behind his coat represent his addiction to opiates, and how it grew and grew until eventually it flowered into a full-blown morphine addiction.
The Punjab Lasso around his figure at his feet represents the dark nature that he was more or less forced to have; if not for society and the completely shitty way people treated him because of his face, he probably would've never killed anyone. At his feet, he always picks it back up, even after he thinks he's done with it, for it coils around him like a snake, imprisoning him to a darker fate.
Finally, the blood sprayed across the mask and spattering into the darkness from the tip of his lasso represents the staining of his soul, thrusting him further and further into an ever darkening abyss of sin.
On top of that, the color scheme was intentional as well: The green haze around him represents intelligence and envy. Which he had ridiculous amounts of both. The blood, being red, also represents passion and anger. The little yellow butterfly represents happiness, and like butterflies---any happiness in Erik's life is fleeting, and flutters away almost as quickly as it came.
The whole image, I think...says: "Why can't I be like this butterfly? Happy and beautiful and free...?"
...So....whatcha think? As usual, input is MUCH appreciated.
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> I KIND of want to see what YOU GUYS think each object in the image represents.
Okay, this I wanna try ... I haven't red the rest of your description of the image so far.
Butterfly = transformation from one (ugly? I like caterpillars, most of the time) into another form. Something Eric would of course want, but can't have. At the same time, with the way Eric kneels as if he was pleading for something, it also looks a bit like a stand-in for Christine: a very fragile, beautiful, light creature.
In that context, the bloodied mask could be something like the cocoon a butterfly discards, only: what comes out when Eric takes of the mask isn't a beautiful butterly.
That black rope circling Eric and then the right of the image? I thought "Punjab Lasso" at first, but the bit right in the front & middle looks like the handle of a whip, and the end is bloody. So, self-flagellation? As in, Eric's hatred of his own face, body and life?
I'm in two minds about the flowers. They don't quite look like roses are often depicted, they could also be poppies, which I think are sometimes used as a symbol of death? They make me think of Eric's drug use (hi there, Susan Kay), and both the green, growing flowers and the butterfly are parts of a world of light in which Eric has no place.
In that context: Eric is in the middle of a spot of light, but surrounded by darkness.
Sums up to end of all hopes and despair.
And it's beautifully designed, with the colors and the way the cloak sweeps and curls.
Lovely work, and very sad.
Okay, this I wanna try ... I haven't red the rest of your description of the image so far.
Butterfly = transformation from one (ugly? I like caterpillars, most of the time) into another form. Something Eric would of course want, but can't have. At the same time, with the way Eric kneels as if he was pleading for something, it also looks a bit like a stand-in for Christine: a very fragile, beautiful, light creature.
In that context, the bloodied mask could be something like the cocoon a butterfly discards, only: what comes out when Eric takes of the mask isn't a beautiful butterly.
That black rope circling Eric and then the right of the image? I thought "Punjab Lasso" at first, but the bit right in the front & middle looks like the handle of a whip, and the end is bloody. So, self-flagellation? As in, Eric's hatred of his own face, body and life?
I'm in two minds about the flowers. They don't quite look like roses are often depicted, they could also be poppies, which I think are sometimes used as a symbol of death? They make me think of Eric's drug use (hi there, Susan Kay), and both the green, growing flowers and the butterfly are parts of a world of light in which Eric has no place.
In that context: Eric is in the middle of a spot of light, but surrounded by darkness.
Sums up to end of all hopes and despair.
And it's beautifully designed, with the colors and the way the cloak sweeps and curls.
Lovely work, and very sad.