"Sometimes I see light / and I fear it's only fantasy... Oh, wouldn't it be tragic / If there is no light in me, not any magic?" -Aurora, "Invisible Wounds"
Happy New Year everybody 💕
I've been working on this illustration since the beginning of November, when inspiration suddenly hit me as I was listening to Aurora on the train to Venice. I probably aimed a lil too high trying to use renaissance paintings and religious symbolism as reference 😅 but I'm quite satisfied with the result and this has been quite cathartic to paint, challenging myself more than I've done recently. 💖 Like Robert Reynolds- I was divided between the voice inside my head dragging me down and filling me with doubts and negativity, tearing me apart, and my self esteem telling me I could do this, I am a good artist. Maybe this is why I relate so much with Sentry and why he became such an important character for me, why I connected with him so much in a very short time. I invite you to zoom in and explore the details in the illustration! I mixed the human shadow and crab monster designs for Void, while Robert's look is based on the original Jae Lee's run.
Loads of ups and downs this year, progresses done but also too slow, one step forward, one step back, one step forward, like a weird dance. I'd love to start the new year looking for the light and listening to the best part of myself. Maybe it's not only fantasy ✨️
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