'The Sharpest Lives'

It's been a really long time since I painted a whole picture on one page, but even so, i had to make some alterations in Photoshop when i realised i missed a whole lot of stuff!

A few months ago, I came up with some ideas to take my favourite songs and turn them into pictures. This is the only one i've done so far 'cos i had my internship to deal with!
It's based on a My Chemical Romance song called 'The Sharpest Lives', where a mid-twenties female is looking back at her childhood with lament.

My Bloody Valentine Picture

No, not the film. I will only ever see that when my brain gets removed. Through my nose. With a pickaxe.

Anyway, this is the Animal Case Studies tribute to Valentine's Day. I don't like the day as i receive fewer cards than Bin Laden might've done, but out of all the Saint days, this is my favourite concept.

Valentine was a priest who performed Christian marriages in his town when Christianity was declared illegal. He was killed when he was discovered marrying young couples and tried to convert the Emperor who banned Christianity.
We now celebrate his honor by manufacturing tacky toys with cheap meaning that we buy for our loved ones because we are pressured into doing so by either the industry or said loved one. We have sold out on love and replaced it with a cheap substitute being held by a toy bear and stitched on a cushion.

And i have jumped on the bandwagon;