Victory, Desires to Win: Itachi

I have named my drawing, “Victory, Desires to Win”:

My drawing represents a hooded rider that cannot be told if it was a he or a she. The rider is centered in the picture, holding a sword pointed upwards. The horse is standing on its back legs and in the background of the picture are mists and several cliffs and mountain sides, suggesting that the rider and the horse are not on ground level. The rider might be going into battle and there is a chance he might win or might not win. This picture can be considered as Napolean meets Lord of The Rings, as I was inspired by the composition of Napolean (Napolean Crossing the Apls, Jacques-Louis David, 1801) and the black hooded, mysterious figure that reappears time and again in the modern movie, Lord of the Rings.

The hooded rider is drawn so that its face is not revealed, and thus the viewer is able to imagine herself as the rider. The picture has a diagonal composition as both the horse and the rider in the foreground is in a diagonal line. The sword represents victory and although it is pointing upwards, there is a small slant to it and it looks as if it is moving forward.

There is only black and white used. The shadows are depicted using repeated line patterns and solid patches of black represents solid matter on the mountains such as trees that are too small to be drawn. The clouds are drawn very lightly as they represent mist. And not real clouds. The figures are stylized and have a bold and black outline.

The entire mood of the picture is created such as it is neither happy nor sad. It is also not neutral. The emotions present may be mysterious, victorious or maybe even ominuous. The desire to win is represented quite strongly in this work. Desire to win is not about winning or appearing victorious. Instead it is when one doesn’t know about the result, will they have the desire to win.

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