This piece was an entry for a mystery baby contest on DA, where you design the adult based on the given egg and its I theme. The creature belongs to a made-up species(Byubuu) that the host created.
The idea for this portrait came to me when I was looking at a packaging of soap - it was very glossy and it looked like it could look like pearls. As well as the soap packaging, I used white ink mixed with acrylic paint (for opacity) on black paper.
Blossom in Black : In a dark world of swirling patterns blossoms a single rose...slowly...and quietly.
(Uni Posca White Pen on Acid Free Black Paper Board)