03/10/2023

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welcome to not an angel!
this is the prized graphics archive showcasing the designs made by ange blanc rose <3

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THERE'S A COVER?

i could've done another typography design again but this time, i wanted to test my manip skills. 😅🤧

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THE RESOURCES

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SPECIAL SHOUTOUT

special shoutout goes to NikkieKookie who has been so patient and involved in my process of reviving my amateur manip skills. 😭💙

she literally gave me so many tips to improve on my first draft and sent me some overlay resources i could use as a border— literally the best!

also, a trick of using the ribbons as sleeves for my character was inspired by MoranaInDesign!

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THERE'S A CONCEPT?

✦ A Small Backstory: There had been this picture of a model lying in my gallery and so I decided to use the picture for my new graphic portfolio cover :)

✦ The character I wanted to portray here is of a "fallen angel" i.e. an angel who was banished from heaven (remember Lilith? something like that).

✦ Since my username is AngeBlancRose (Ange is French for Angel; I was obsessed with Miraculous and the French language when I picked that name lol) I wanted to depict something opposite of my name.

✦ The slightly dried-up wound on her back is where her wings used to be before they were cut off when she fell from heaven.

✦ The potion bottles and tattoos signify how she's leaning into the darker side of the world because her creator abandoned her.

✦ Her eyes are red as she has been crying for a long time now. The tears are all her memories of the beautiful heavenly gardens, which she is now trying to erase because she knows, she can never go back.

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IS THERE A SYMBOLISM?

✦ I'm no William Wordsworth but yeah, there is a mild symbolism involved with the concept.

✦ As we grow up, we are exposed to the evils of this world and are forced to abandon the lovely gardens of our childhood and make our own path through the lifeless rose thorns.

✦ We are unaware of when our once beautiful wings, are snatched away and we lose the innocence we once had.

✦ The pain we often feel whilst crossing different hurdles of life flows in the form of tears 'cause that's the only way we know we can showcase our pain without hurting someone in the process.

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At the end of the day, the choice is ours whether we follow the good or the bad side. The child in us will always be present even if it may be playing hide and seek at present.

No matter what, don't let go of your inner child and the good in you. People might break your trust and your heart but don't let the bad ones let your soul rot. Cherish it in the daylight every now and then when it decides to peek from behind the grey clouds. 💙✨

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