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General information

Name:		Reality vs fantasy
Completed:	April 2017
Group:		High school - Art class

The story behind

Reality and fantasy, depicted in 2 pictures merged together as one. The first drawing is the popular figure 
'slenderman' in his usual black, boring suit. He's standing in the rain with a suitcase and surounded by a frame.
This is a way of saying that reality has limits, not everything is possible and it's a boring realm. 
The rain and the faceless personality only add to the sad vibe of the picture.

The colorful drawing on the other hand has no frame, is your imagination. And in your imagination everything is 
possible, there are no limits to what you can do, therefor, the drawing is not in a frame. He's riding a unicorn 
to show that this is a fantasy world that does not exist.
The colors and the flowers make the setting for a beautiful landscape. I've given slenderman a smile, but no further
facial aspect. This gives a feeling of overjoy and happiness.

Everyone lives in the real world, but we can either choose to live with what is already possible, or we can use 
our imagination and try to achieve what we can't already do. We can try to make fantasy real.
I'd like to believe that im living in a fantasy, but all i discover around me is the frame.