Oh, Love.

So this week being the week that it was I knew that I was going to write(draw) about love (of course). So I decided to create something for someone that I love more than words can explain. You would think that post valentine's Day I would be on a love high, creating sappy posts, however, this was an especially depressing week. without getting too much further into the emotions of the piece, I would like to discuss creating for someone other than a couple strangers and the walls of my dorm. 

There's something about creating for someone else that changes everything. When I made this decision, I had no idea what to draw. I couldn't draw my own rendition of someone else's work because it needs to be special. But I couldn't make a crappy piece either. This needed to be a piece that he could be proud to show everyone in his family but still feel that special connection that only he could understand. Then what about the delivery. Do I get all excited and talk up my work or do I just play it cool and let it surprise him in the mail?I was going insane. Then I remembered what my high school art teacher would tell us whenever we were distraught with a piece: "There's a masterpiece, just waiting to come out." 

With that, I began to draw:

This may just seem like any heart but when I look at it I see a love that has had to fight through a lot of dark space to shine so bright. I'll cut it with the sappy stuff but this really means a lot to me. It only took me about 20 minutes to draw but it has the most passion, meaning and power of anything I have ever drawn. And yes I understand that there are people out there who wont get it and honestly I wont be surprised if most of you guys do not like it but for me, it means everything.

Well... I guess that was kind of sappy sorry about that and just in case I haven't said the word sappy enough yet: SAPPY SAPPY SAPPY. Until next week guys :)