The Grim Reaper of Roses

I’d always hated The Giving Tree as a kid, but I never realized how much I needed this alternate ending until just now.

This is more important than I expected.

Never have I seen anything so beautiful as these HAND REFERENCES. ❤️

ok i learn all this shit about art and am like “hmm the science the ethics the technique of it all” but today i saw an 8 year old’s drawing and was like genuinely moved like i stared at it for so long and was like “this shit is the pinnacle of artistic talent. this is where i want to be as an artist” like 8 years old have no inhibitions no fears no insecurities in their art i WANT that what is more PURE than ART created with NO ULTERIOR MOTIVES just EXPRESSION and THE INNOCENT DESIRE TO CREATE SOMETHING WITH YOUR OWN TWO HANDS, god FUCK art intellectualism, art is about being FULL OF EMOTIONS and AFRAID of NOTHING

there is nothing more sincere and wholesome than art created without fear of judgement and as we grow up we fucking forget how to not be afraid to create and becoming an artist is learning that fear and then learning how to forget it again and i have not gotten there yet but i will. draw like youre a kid again

I am still working through those goddamn inhibitions I learned in college. 100%

Big inspiration right here ❣️🖤❣️🖤❣️