...Love heals.

Such original title :v
Part of two pieces i've done for an illustration contest - that i haven't won. The subject was "love", so i suppose my cynical idea of it wasn't that appealing :°D
The golden cracked lines are based on a japanese tradition called "kintsugi", the art of fixing broken ceramics with a lacquer resin made to look like solid gold” (….and often actually using genuine gold powder in the resin). They say that when something has suffered damage and has a history, it becomes more beautiful.
Done in watercolors, ecoline and golden gouache.

Carrie belongs © to me Martina-G and speachless1982

Companion piece:


On tumblr: mana-sputachu.tumblr.com/post/…

Commission info: Commission info journal