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Description
Black micron pens and white gelly roll pens on acrylic canvas, about 25 hours.
Comments are always appreciated

I started this back in July after I saw New Years Day in concert at Vans Warped Tour. They've been one of my favorite bands this past year and their lead singer, Ashley Costello, is one of my role models. She's not afraid to speak up for herself and embraces her differences. Their latest album (Victim to Villain) was particularly moving to me, and goes off of this idea that victims and those who have been put down can still rise up and be strong.

I also tried to do something different with this piece from what I've been doing in the past. I've been thinking about moving into using colored micron pens in some of my pieces, but I always chicken out in the end. So transitioning to using a white gel pen was a big step for me. It was a really frustrating experience in some ways as I usually use a 005-02 size pen, and the white gel pen was about a 05-08, so it was a huge difference and I felt like I lost some of the details when I was using it. But I also really like how it came out in the end and I might try experimenting with it again.

The reference image is a screen capture from their video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLRwEA… (2:13)

xoxo Alana Marie

UPDATE: Sooo Jake Jones just made this his profile picture. I think I'm having a heart attack right now.

Description
Black micron pens and white gelly roll pens on acrylic canvas, about 25 hours.
Comments are always appreciated

I started this back in July after I saw New Years Day in concert at Vans Warped Tour. They've been one of my favorite bands this past year and their lead singer, Ashley Costello, is one of my role models. She's not afraid to speak up for herself and embraces her differences. Their latest album (Victim to Villain) was particularly moving to me, and goes off of this idea that victims and those who have been put down can still rise up and be strong.

I also tried to do something different with this piece from what I've been doing in the past. I've been thinking about moving into using colored micron pens in some of my pieces, but I always chicken out in the end. So transitioning to using a white gel pen was a big step for me. It was a really frustrating experience in some ways as I usually use a 005-02 size pen, and the white gel pen was about a 05-08, so it was a huge difference and I felt like I lost some of the details when I was using it. But I also really like how it came out in the end and I might try experimenting with it again.

The reference image is a screen capture from their video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLRwEA… (2:13)

xoxo Alana Marie

UPDATE: Sooo Jake Jones just made this his profile picture. I think I'm having a heart attack right now.