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- The Kids from Yesterday -

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Well now this could be the last of all the rides we take
So hold on tight and don't look back
We don't care about the message or the rules they make
We'll find you when the sun goes black

And you only live forever in the lights you make
When we were young we used to say
That you only hear the music when your heart begins to break
Now we are the kids from yesterday

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DAMN.

I wanted to submit this on the leap day :( That would have been so cool. Oh well!

This is my half of the art trade for :iconxshiningxstarrx: We ended up playing with song themes and what comes in our head when we listen to them! It was a really fun and experimental trade, so thanks so much for doing that, I'm so sorry this took so long! And I'm sorry there aren't any of your original characters or anything in it! I just thought the songs were open to interpretation between us and we could draw whatever came to our heads :)

I worked SO INCREDIBLY HARD. >.< Again, sorry for not updating in a while! Anyway, on to the concept! So, at first I didn't really know this song at all. I started listening to it and liked the theme of nostalgia and thought about it for a while and it ended up being a song I got really addicted to.

So this ended up coming out of it. It's all about me and the closest friends I've had in my life. All four of us used to hang out a lot together and we always called ourselves "the original 4" that spawned the group that I now hang out with. Since then, things like drugs and other diagreements have kept us from being together as we originally were when we were younger. We all used to have dreams of going to Tokyo and becoming something in the manga world and we all shared that love for manga so I decided to set us in Tokyo, on a rooftop, the guns in our hands representing the childhood, innocence, and togetherness that we shot down. This may be the last of all the rides we take, but at least we're together one last time.

Time: 2-ish months

Tools: Copics of course ;)

Hope you like it!
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:star::star::star::star::star-half: Overall
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I think I might cry <img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/f/f…" width="15" height="15" alt=":(" title=":( (Sad)"/> but not because of your artwork lol it's because of your concept! I can feel totally related to it and I think that is something magnificent and that I don't remember feeling with any of your previous pictures. You represented what many of us have felt as we grow up, and I think that is a significant step for you as an artist. So congratulations! (:
Now, let's talk about the picture. I LOVE how intricate you made the city background and how the dark colors contrast with the characters.It's an amazing background, very rich and very detailed, so I think you did an amazing job (: The sky also looks really great and I love the transitions between each different colors.
Your characters look so great! I love the designs on the clothes and each of their faces. I think you designed them to go really well with the background (:
The only small thing that I would like to say is that the dress of the girl on the left goes in a different direction from her hair. I believe that since it's being blown by the wind, her dress should move to the right, like all of the other character's clothes are. That is my tiny comment. Otherwise, I think you did a superb work!
I seriously love this picture, I think you took a new step on your artist career (: I am sooo proud of you #dAbestie !! You're doing better and better every time!