Beside the contrasted rough nature of the characters at play, I wanted the complete piece to exalt a poetic feeling, a more sensitively emotional style of expression.
The engraving is a Haiku by Issa Kobayashi, and can be read as:
"In the cherry blossom's shade
there's no such thing
as a stranger"
I dedicate this project to the 2 painters I admire the most, and from which I borrowed a lot; Aythami Alonso and Ben Komets.
based of "Baby Kappa" sculpted by the fantastic Lucas Pina Penichet, for Spiramirabilis
(and to be totally honest, the sculpt is asbolutely doing the heavy lifting, thank you Luca !)
PS: Thanks to Jamie Hutber for the help !
Iván Moles "Stuka"
Woow amazing versión! Congrats!! gold
Romain Schoemaeker « Gr0gus »PLUS
Thanks Iván !
Ben Layton
gold this is fantastic!
Romain Schoemaeker « Gr0gus »PLUS
Thanks mate !
Melnikov Ivan "Nakatan"
gold from me
Romain Schoemaeker « Gr0gus »PLUS
Thanks Ivan !
Carlo
nothing but Gold!
Romain Schoemaeker « Gr0gus »PLUS
... nothing but THANKS !
Luis Sánchez T
Beautiful!! Gold
Romain Schoemaeker « Gr0gus »PLUS
Thank you Luis !
Vitaly Lapshin
Золото
Romain Schoemaeker « Gr0gus »PLUS
Thanks Vitaly !
eric wolfsPLUS
gold
Romain Schoemaeker « Gr0gus »PLUS
Thank you Eric
Seyni-NDIAYE
Stellar .. Gold !!
Romain Schoemaeker « Gr0gus »PLUS
Merci beaucoup Seyni :-)
Kyle Maitland
Well done on the atmospheric work here.
Romain Schoemaeker « Gr0gus »PLUS
Thanks Kyle ... actually the face was inspired by « Warm Sands », using less saturated colors.
Alessia AmitranoPLUS
Incredible, gold!
Romain Schoemaeker « Gr0gus »PLUS
Thanks Alessia !
"SCV Park" Yeong Min
Very Nice~! Gold~!
Romain Schoemaeker « Gr0gus »PLUS
Thanks a lot
Eric Alterini
Superbe peinture et j adore vraiment l effet réalisé.
Romain Schoemaeker « Gr0gus »PLUS
Merci beaucoup Eric
Jakob Villien
Wonderful! I can for sure see both Aythami and Ben in this one :)
Romain Schoemaeker « Gr0gus »PLUS
Thank you Jakob. Both have unique styles that really keep on impressing and moving me, helping me to find out my own style. You are also a big source of inspiration… « Daphné » and more recently « Jet Girl » definitely left their mark on me
Josh_Underhill
beautiful! The painting alone is enough to admire but your elegant composition incorporating the engraving and the falling blossoms has transformed this into a fantastic piece of figure art.
Romain Schoemaeker « Gr0gus »PLUS
Thanks a lot Josh. It warms my heart to know you were sensitive to the story and composition.
We all need a bit of delicate poesy in these troubled pandemic time, this project really was an escape for me.
Natalia Oracz
My fav version so far! <3
Romain Schoemaeker « Gr0gus »PLUS
Thanks Natalia, it means a lot coming from you!
The finesse and poesy (even the femininity, dare I say) you put in your pieces is really something I always aspired to.
I’m trully happy you « connected » with my interpretation of this bust. Thanks :-)
Poliakov_Andrii
Super!!! GOLD!!!!
Romain Schoemaeker « Gr0gus »PLUS
Thanks Andrii !
Rhett “Saint Toad” Jenkins
Beautiful!
Romain Schoemaeker « Gr0gus »PLUS
Thanks Rhett !
Robin Van lent
amazing piece - great atmosphere.
I particulary like the plinth and the subtle shadow cast by the petal.
You have an eye for detail.
- Gold
Romain Schoemaeker « Gr0gus »PLUS
Thanks buddy ! You are welcome !
Luca Oldani
beautiful work !!! Gold