Her Ghost - Jennie of Black Pink portrait Drawing

When I came across the reference photo that inspired this portrait of Jennie Rubyane of Blackpink, a very popular K-pop band, I felt completely mesmerised by it. It was totally different from the otherwise colourful, vibrant images I used to see her in. Her face appeared emerging from the shadow, her paleness, vintage clothing and gothic jewelry reminded me of an old vampire film, a sort of oriental version of Dracula's Lucy Westenra that I could imagine sleepwalk out in the Palace's garden in her white sleeping gown. Or perhaps it reminded me of those decayed yet beautiful photos you would find on the tombs in certain ancient graveyards. Every time I would see a photo like that, of a young beauty on a old, cold tombstone, my mind would start wondering about who she was as a person and how unfair it was for her to die so young and how much the people around her must have missed her. A beauty like that must have certainly been someone's most precious love and how hard it must have been to just accept to let her go. Just like Heathcliff cursed his Cathy in Wuthering Heights after her death for leaving him alone and was then haunted by her ghost, I imagined the image of this portrait to be someone's obsessive love, who refuses to die. The moment I started drawing this portrait, she ceased being Jennie, she became her ghost. I tried to exagerate the darkness all around her with heavy layers of charcoal to make it look like one of those photographs or perhaps just like the face of a ghost appearing in the dark. I don't even recall most of the process creating this drawing, I was so immersed in the dark imageries I had in my head while drawing it that I nearly felt the portrait came to life all on its own. If that doesn't spook you, I don't know what will.

Drawing:Graphite on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:11.7 W x 16.5 H x 0 D in

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