I had the urge of doodling something related to what I had felt a couple of days ago, something related to fear but not quite at it. It wasn’t something depressing or doleful to an extend that it wretches and distresses me, close to it but there is a wide gap present upon reaching that level. But definitely not my regular abstemious life, it had to meant something and hence this artwork came to live.
Sugar skull, one of the most popular figures of the Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico. It has nothing to do with me practicing such form of celebration; but I find that sugar skulls are intricate and unique at the same time. I tried to convey what I felt through it, despite the absence of correlation between both parties. If I were to draw something dark, gory and medieval; it would have belied my own feelings by then.
I was impressed by the meticulous, comprehensive and precise tattoos of sugar skulls performed by tattoo artists on actual human skin. My was comparatively child’s play, considering the fact that it was randomly sketched when I was munching over ‘Twix’ in one hand, eyes stuck on some Taiwanese reality show and a right hand griping my regular 2B pencil sketching. 10 minutes later, I gave up and stopped with an uncompleted female figurine beside.
Was attempting a similar artwork, adding a slight Japanese scent to it but the inspiration and focus came to naught after that.
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