Two Faces (Girl with a Flower)

This is "Two Faces", or two worlds since it's actually 2 drawings in one that contrast to each other. The topic is a girl with a flower. There are many ways to depict this topic, however, I wanted to push it further than just simply a girl and a flower. I wanted to create a whole story behind it. This is a story of 2 different girls whose lives and situations are also totally different. As you can see one is in a forest filled with life while the other is in a desert, empty and dead. The one in the forest is trying to reach a beautiful blooming water lily while the one in the desert is holding a dead sunflower. One looks healthy and beautiful while the other seems rather ill and skinny. 

The great contrast between them in fact is a depiction of the two sides of a person's life, of anything going on around us. Hence, the title "two faces" popped in my head.

It took me about 2 weeks, between classes and internship, to finish this piece. Perhaps it is not very great, especially the color since this piece is also my own practice on coloring since I am not good at it. There may be updating/improvement of the drawing in the future. For now I am quite happy with it.

Media: Adobe Photoshop CS5, Wacom tablet Cintiq and Bamboo

Here is the progress of the painting: 

I did a lot of corrections while working on this piece after getting a bunch of suggestions and advice from fellow artists and professional artists who work in the animation industry. I guess perhaps the final draft may not be a complete perfection for now but I am pretty happy with it. I know I will get a lot better in the future and at some point, I may go back and make this one even better and nicer, maybe close to "perfection". This experience has inspired me a lot and I feel like I have to draw more, a lot more.