(WARNING) BLOOD in animation Hey, guys! This is my entry for @SomeStrangeGirl’s contest. This is mainly based off of the fictional Hanahaki disease… Which symbolizes a one-sided love. For everyone that has not been in love, I’ll tell you now, it is a very painful experience. However, don’t let this scare you away from romance--It is also very beautiful. I tried to translate that feeling into this piece. I know what heartbreak feels like, and I know what it feels like to be loved only as a friend--maybe even less… Anyways. This one sided love can make you feel unspecial and unworthy, which is why I call this drawing “Special.” I’ve oriented the character around an environment that, while symbolizing beauty, also represents captivity by one’s own mind. I chose the classical rose as the symptom of the disease because my “Hanahaki genesis” has the birth flower rose (that last sentence is a bit of tongue twister, so I don’t expect you to really know what I mean =D). Good day to you, and farewell! <3

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