A Camouflaged Love

Type: Mixed Media
Media/Tools: Derwent Studio Art Pencils, Prismacolor markers, Staedtler watercolor pencils, Kimberly's watercolor pencils, pencil crayons
Based on: Various images from the Ayashi no Ceres artbook by Watase Yuu
Canvas: 8"x11" Card paper
Date Created: July 12-13 2003
Anime: N/A
Characters: Kaliko Rosa (my chara) and Tenshi Musouka (Jay-kun)
My Comments:

.: intro :.
After long last, Kaliko has finally completed another artwork o^_^o. But not just any random artwork or fanart, I have finally come around to finishing the "special" picture. Lately I have been drawing a lot of random small art gifts for my good friend, Jason (Jay-kun), and I promised to make him a full-fledged artwork like my other pieces. Thus, the "special" piece was born. After many trials and attempts... and with a quite a bit inspiration from Watase-sensei, the "special" piece has come to be ^_^.

.: artwork :.
This whole piece was done in a total of two days, which was faster than most ^^. I was just fiddling around... and drawing mine and Jason's characters based on random images from my Ayashi no Ceres artbook. Slowly but surely, things started to work out so I decided not to abandon the image. I combined two different pictures from the artbook to make this one. Derwents were used on the characters, prisma markers to lay out a base mostly for the border and for the tattoos, regular pencil crayons for the leaves and the black areas, and watercolor pencils for the surrounding pink flowers ^^.

.: meaning :.
Kaliko and Tenshi symbolize the relationship between myself and Jason... and as I've drawn more pictures of K and T, I've also grown closer to Jay-kun. Slowly the fanarts have grown more and more intimate, and the special picture was supposed to portray the romantic side of our relationship to the best of my artistic ability. I was happy with showing them in this close pose with each other, and even with Kaliko nude, to show how comfortable Kaliko and Tenshi, I and Jay, are with each other. Intimacy is the main focal point. The complicated detail that surrounds the couple on their bodies and in the border demonstrates the many unfortunate conflicts in our relationship... but even despite all the hardships, I wanted the overall image of not only this artwork, but our bond with each other, to be beautiful.


Peace. Love. Anime.

Kaliko Rosa

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