Unfettered Gardens

!!YAPPING AHEAD!!

᯽ I've been thinking a lot recently about how we see Dora only through the eyes of Harry "Unreliable Narrator" Du Bois. Clearly he really put her on a pedestal, right. I've seen some interesting discussions about this so if you have any thoughts about Dora please let me know because I'd be very happy to hear

᯽ I wanted to draw Dora without mentioning Harry (even though she's kinda through his eyes), because this is about her. Maybe in her own personal self she feels inadequate. Maybe she feels shame, or grief, or guilt. But, we'll never know because Harry has amnesia and his baggage interferes anyway.

᯽ I am happy with how Dora came out, and this drawing has some personal meaning for me, but I also drew things I thought would be interesting, one detail being that her hair is actually dyed blonde (not sure if this is obvious in the drawing or not) -- I saw someone mention this, sorry, I don't remember exactly where I saw it!! But I find this really tasty given how much Harry seems to be obsessed with her "welkin" blonde-ness.

᯽ Listened to Berghain while drawing and this raises some interesting questions. Literally read the lyrics and think about Dora omg

᯽ Timelapse:

--ok I did think about doing like dolorian designs or some plant-like imagery, or like apricots or something but I changed it to like a "oh no we're in the pale and everything's disintegrating" background. Idk what's going on