Artist: Alaina Yung
Writer: May Lin
Editor: Nathan Turnbeaugh
“One Last Goodbye” is an experimental digital piece by Alaina Yung, representing the brass-bound love of a Ephora, the girl, Sylis, the boy, as the world crumbles around them.
As for her background, Yung has had a passion for art as long as she could remember, but her interest in digital art sparked in middle school, right when the pandemic started. During quarantine, out of boredom and a scorching creative desire, Yung experimented with digital art on ibisPaint, gradually moving to a more advanced program, Procreate.
“One Last Goodbye” took Yung almost three hours to complete, but she is completely satisfied with how the piece turned out.
However, beneath the surface, the story of Fung’s piece runs deeper than art. Yung extends her artistry through creative writing, and in fact, “One Last Goodbye” is based on a novel Yung wrote, where at the end of the book, Ephora decides to let the world end in order to die with her lover. The spider lilies in the background of the piece are a symbol of death, being known as the death flower.
Overall, Yung is proud of how this piece turned out–experimenting with her art styles and embodying her artistry through various mediums.
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