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Bleaching an even character’s hair is one of the most powerful changes in skam universe..

First of all the bleached hair gives us the ability to separate a character from its actor. When we look at willem ds when he still had a brown hair, and sander with his bleached hair, you can’t really tell that they’re the same person.

The hair adds to sander’s ‘cool’ kid vibe. Something that robbe will remember him by, the one that gave him the impression of ‘this kid is unlike any of the guys that i’ve seen in my school’, something that he immediately noticed about him when they first met, and possibly the first thing he liked about sander. When we look at someone with a different hair color, the color of their hair is the one that sticks to us. We tend to find people with dyed hair more interesting and cool-looking.

My personal favorite is that it contrasts to robbe’s hair. Sander having a platinum blonde hair while robbe has an almost dark brunette radiates ying yang energy.

Dedicated to @depppie because she’s amazing and she encouraged me to make one of these again, so this is for u ! 💕

Making Sander the even who has the most passion for art is the reason for my existence and death..

Warning: Very personal and kind of emotional

Every even has their own unique way of creating art, Even makes films and cute doodles, nicco with his post-it notes, red strings and potion, elliot with his polaris and his animal doodles, david with his cool collages and joana with her adorable cartoons. Art is a very vital part of every even, it accentuates who they are as a person. I love how they all lowkey love art while sander is on the next level, he’s the only even who managed to finish highschool and apply to an art college to study visual arts. (A college even, who would’ve thought?)

Sander is a very determined person, if he really wants something he will not stop until he gets it, if he can do something, he will push his limits and do even better than that (all the way or no way am i right?)

His love for art in all forms is the first thing that we have in common, I thought he only take pictures (of his soulmate) turns out he has a bomb-ass taste in music and in film, he also hates (well i don’t hate him nor his work i just find it very cringy and basic, i’m sorry even i’m with sander on this one) baz luhrman like?! he also draws well too, like really fucking good, he’s like the Picasso of graphite and not to mention HE ALSO PAINTS, not only paint but also SPRAY PAINTS, oh no not just on canvases but on WALLS, yes he creates MURALS (insert spongebob rainbow meme)

And the fact that his art school is his safe place, makes me 🥺

Yes, i’ll admit, my knowledge about art is very limited, i have a normal yet a very wide range of taste in music, or as what would spotify would like to call it, a “genre-fluid”. I like photography, i think i can also take good pictures but i just don’t have the right tools or a good camera. I also write, may it be poems, stories or about some stupid and random shit like this one, and i can also draw (i think?!) but only if i’m really determined and motivated because i’m such a perfectionist that it would take me MONTHS to finish a simple sketch..

As a person who loves art, i relate to the way sander loves art, just like him, art is my safe haven, a way of coping and understanding about some things beyond my comprehension, to turn your thoughts -may it be good or bad- into something creative that you can share to other people. Art is what connects people in this vicious and secluded world, it keeps us inclusive because art reminds us that we humans are all the same, our feelings are the same, our bodies, internal and external organs are the same, unique in some ways but still the same. Art is a light of hope, to motivate us to keep seeking for a greater beyond, to put our feelings into perspective, to express our emotions into something where everybody can relate to so when they look, read or listen to a piece of art, they will instantly understand what it was trying to say.

Sander is a boy of many feelings, and he needed a substance where he can unleash all this strong emotions into something physical, he needs art to keep himself balanced and at ease, to remind himself that this, this is what you feel. When we first got a glimpse of his art studio, you can tell that art is his life, I cried like a bitch during that scene because it represents a lot of people who uses art as a coping mechanism to deal with what they’re feeling, and the fact that some people think the mural and the drawings sander made for robbe is creepy, in my opinion I think it’s very personal and sweet, dedicating a piece of art to someone is one of the most romantic gestures one can do for their partner, it’s not just pieces of drawings or a painting on a wall, making someone who’s very close to you as a subject for your art acquires a lot of effort and emotional venting, opening and allowing the deepest part of your soul to take over and express what it truly feels for that person.