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Silva Madrigal - Oc-Pageant Round 7

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Seventh and last round of 2017 :icontheoc-pageantofda:

Story!

For the last
round we were supposed to design a cover/poster for a movie/book/what-have-you that our OC would be a main character.

It could be about their life or one adventure they had - but it must be about them.
I decided to go with a little part of Silva's life (as he is old and conveying his whole life would be all kinds of hard xD)


Title of the story: Flowers for Lin-Mei
Medium: movie
Genre: drama/ slice-of-life

Under pressure and creativity-draining nature of the big city, Silva came across a serious art block. For weeks he roamed aimlessly the streets in his free time, not knowing what to do with himself.

On one of those walks he stumbled on a small but wonderful garden tended to by an older, and a bit strange, dwarven lady by the name Lin-Mei.
The place enchanted him wholeheartedly. He did not find his way back to painting, not yet, but through an unexpected friendship he found a new outlet: gardening. Lin-Mei was unyielding in her pursuit of ideal florescence of 'her lovelies'. Se was not a patient teacher, but Silva was an exceptional student. They eventually became very good friends. And so the eccentric lady welcomed him on her little 'flowery island' in the middle of the brick jungle.

But the nature of the city jungle is not one to be trifled with. The city grew around Lin-Mei's garden, taking away precious land and towering over it, blocking the essential sunlight. Lin-Mei had to triple her efforts to keep her precious garden alive. She grew weaker by the month. Soon came a time that she could not tend to the garden and the city swallowed it, leaving only few most resilient shrubs.

Silva never stopped visiting his friend. In an effort to cheer her up he brought her flowers from his garden and spent hours talking about gardening. At those moments Lin-Mei's tired face lit up for a while, right up to the moment she looked through her window and saw what has become of her precious garden.

One quiet night Lin-Mei passed away, her apartment has been sold, everything looked as she never even lived there. Only when Silva went to the back of the house, he found that Lin-Mei was not forgotten. All throughout her garden, there were lit candles, left by all the people she touched through her devotion and spirit. Her whole garden was filled with soft, flickering light, as if it was in heavenly bloom. In that very moment Silva knew that it is time to paint again.


Thank you rejlan for helping me with the story <3


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For the drawing I was inspired by 1920 movie posters - the art nouveou look was a must! :DA bit less text, but I didn't want to overshadow the drawing itself.

Had loads of fun this pageant - I'm glad I managed to make it all the way to the end. And in the process Silva became more fleshed out - which is the main goal for me!



Audition: iisjah.deviantart.com/art/Silv…
First round: iisjah.deviantart.com/art/Silv…
Second round: iisjah.deviantart.com/art/Rain…
Third round: iisjah.deviantart.com/art/At-t…
Fourth round: iisjah.deviantart.com/art/Secl…
Fifth round: iisjah.deviantart.com/art/Past…
Sixth round: iisjah.deviantart.com/art/Silv…

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Silva Madrigal and art © Natalia Komuniewska
More info about him here iisjah.deviantart.com/art/Silv…
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