before and after
(ramble bc ive got some thoughts n words on the meanings behind these four images under the cut, and if u have no idea what la vie en jaune is and want some background then read this first!)
OK SO BIG MOTIF IS YELLOW (which, ofc, considering the au is la vie en jaune) BUT I WANNA NOTE HOW YELLOW MAINLY SYMBOLIZES THE GLASSES AND THE PARABLE.
In the before images, yellow is super scarce.
virgil/narry has yellow in his eyes, which symbolize how the glasses and the pARable is already affecting his mind. the little tech lines on his neck say the same, indicating that he cant stop using them, the glasses gaining more control as it saps his life away from him (as seen by his hair slowly starting to grey)
meanwhile, stanley barely has any, save for a yellow flower in his breast pocket. this originally was supposed to be a yellow zinnia, a flower that i heard represented forgetfullness (which is indicative of virgil slowly losing himself with the glasses) but i just started uni and my bus ride to campus is an hr so i couldnt look up any refferences. he does have a yellow tear in his eye that was meant to show his worry over virgil and how he starts to progressively look more and more drained as he uses the glasses.
THEN WE GET TO THE AFTER AND OHOHOH I LOVE THESE SM
Narry has a bit more yellow, though its controlled now. he has the glasses for one, but his tie is now yellow as well! which was to show how the glasses not only control him, but give him power. narry starts to control the pARable. (ill get to the scribbles in a bit)
Stanley, however, is encased in yellow. drowning in it. lost in it. the yellow tear in his eye now running down his face. though the yellow flower remaining in his pocket, perhaps indicating how despite becoming lost in the pARable, he still cares for virgil/narry.
then we get to the scribbles. they are meant to show how the pARable affects them both.
for narry, it is yellow and behind his head, showing how the pARables influence is clouding his judgement and perception.
for stanley, it is black and is hiding his eyes. which could both be interpreted as his mind not being affected by the pARable, as compared to narry, whos glasses encompass his eyes with more yellow. or as narry being unable to fully control stanley, just trapping him but never affecting his judgement. (and in my seperate post with just stanley, i put "stranger, thats all i see." from the song soulmate who wasnt meant to be. and it was because since stanley's character in the pARable's map is just a model for the player to inhabit, narry cant really see into his eyes (which are also "the windows to the soul") so in a sense, the stanley narry interacts with isnt the stanley virgil fell in love with.)
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I REDID THEM. I REDID THEM BETTER AND COOLER. (link to original designs)
i want to be entirely 100% real. i do not like to hate on my past art. improvement is constant and everpresent and that's beautiful. you had to start from somewhere. BUT. WHAT WAS I THINKING WITH MY OLD BEAST FORM FOR NARRATOR. IT'S SIMPLY NOT GOOD. no, let's be real, that one especially Needed a redesign.
but yeah i'm like. super happy with how these turned out. just doing stanley's i noticed how much i had improved since may and it made me Very emotional. i like the dragon direction i took with narry, i already really liked curator's but i'm glad i decided to try and improve her bc now she looks Even Cooler, and yeah tk also needed some work in the beast department HJGDJLAHGD.
and NOW. i can get back to work on something special :] stay tuned...
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