ColorFeelFul Challenge: Violet

This is the fourth (4th) of seven (7) submissions for Bruedance's ColorFeelFul Challange.

For me, the color violet makes me feel longing, lonely, and heartbreak.

And here we are again with another sad color theme. This time, though, it's a slightly different kind of sadness. It's a feeling of being ripped away from something or someone that you love, just unceremoniously displaced and just missing the very thing lost. Knowing that it's tangible and you could re-obtain it but also knowing that's it's not within the realm of possibility at present, if it ever will be. And I'm not sure which is worse. The sadness and longing of something that you once had that is gone, or the sadness of not even being able to remember having it in the first place. Violet can mean for me a negative solidarity; the state of being alone without the comfort that introversion gives you. It's painful and heartbreaking and it can draw out some hard emotions from you, unlike depression that just leaves you barren and hollow. So, I guess you could say that both indigo and violet make me feel sad but the major difference is that one is filled with emotions and the other is completely empty. Sadness vs Depression, to be honest.

Now, let's talk about the pose (did I say that last time? I forget). For this, I chose that iconic but sad shot of Usagi (a.k.a. Sailor Moon) huddled up in a phone booth after the painful breakup with Mamoru (a.k.a. Tuxedo Mask). It was so heart-wrenching and beautifully drawn that I knew that I had to choose that pose for this theme once I had decided on some things. Granted, my "redraw" of it doesn't mimic it exactly. Like, I wish I had drawn Misty's arms much higher so that one of them would be blocking her mouth like it did in the original Sailor Moon screenshot but to tell you the truth, I had some difficulty replicating the pose. I think it's mostly due to the fact that I was trying hard to not make Misty look older or have an older looking body. I wanted to keep her proportions to the size that she's shown in the show (10-12 years old). Which, despite all my years of drawing, was harder than I thought. (Seems that I still have a lot to learn drawing-wise. ^_^;; )

Anyway, I hope you can appreciate this theme despite it's uber depressive mood. Don't worry, the next themes will be much happier and no, I'm not being a smart-aleck about that. :)

Art © Hakui-Kitsune

Misty © Satoshi Tajiri, Nintendo, Gamefreak Inc, OLM Inc, The Pokemon Company & International

ColorFeelFul Challenge © Bruedance