Cleanse 
"As I think about this, a small green spore flutters delicately before my face.
My stomach drops. My heart rate quickens. I already know.
No no no no no no no.
I run.
I know these woods, but I’m not moving with memory now, I’m moving with panic. I just have to get to the pond.
I worry I'm getting lost in my hysteria but I can't think of anything but getting to the pond.
The pond the pond the pond come on get to the pond.
Breaking through poison ivy, I kneel and splash the pond water over my arms, my legs, my hair. I gargle it and snort it up my nose, desperate to be clean.
Gasping, I finally stand up and try to calm myself. I need to get myself together but it was so close. So close. Inches from my face."
Ive wanted to draw this scene from my story draft since I wrote it, but it never looked right. I think this is as close as its getting until I keep improving.
Don't be like me and not use a reference tho
it was a pain to get past the ugly stageJul 3, 2026
"As I think about this, a small green spore flutters delicately before my face. My stomach drops. My heart rate quickens. I already know.
No no no no no no no.
I run.
I know these woods, but I’m not moving with memory now, I’m moving with panic. I just have to get to the pond.
I worry I'm getting lost in my hysteria but I can't think of anything but getting to the pond.
The pond the pond the pond come on get to the pond.
Breaking through poison ivy, I kneel and splash the pond water over my arms, my legs, my hair. I gargle it and snort it up my nose, desperate to be clean.
Gasping, I finally stand up and try to calm myself. I need to get myself together but it was so close. So close. Inches from my face."
Ive wanted to draw this scene from my story draft since I wrote it, but it never looked right. I think this is as close as its getting until I keep improving.
Don't be like me and not use a reference tho
it was a pain to get past the ugly stageJul 3, 2026#art
#oc
Comments
I think that would be a very tough angle to draw. That's pretty good not to use a reference. I love the light coming through trees. The woods always feel a little more ominous in the evening.
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