This is a small piece for the website design i'm doing. Not sure yet if I wanna work on the background or not...
Things have been a little crazy for me these days. Beside my personal issues, I recently learned that my grandfather in Korea had passed away couple months ago...Yeah, my dad and everyone else in Korea didn't want to tell us this sad news. He's been sick for a long time -- but I have never thought he would really leave this soon. Hearing this news from my cousin who came to visit me in New York really broke my heart. When I went to Korea last year in July I never thought that would be my last time seeing him. If I had known...or if somehow I could turn back the time..there's so much to say..
All I can do now is to wish for him to rest in peace and pray for him...he had suffered so much...
I know he will be in good hands. Below is what I started doing for him to put in the place they keep his ashes. We never really had a chance to take a family portrait, so I wanted to have all of us in the portrait. It's still not done yet since I had to stop working on it to have my cousin take it back with her...Starting from bottom left counterclockwise : my dad, grandma, grandpa, aunt, bro, cousin, me, and my younger bro.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
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Thanks for your comment in my blog :) I understand it must be hard for you to have losed a person you loved without anyone telling you so you could say goodbye, it must be a chok. I'm sure he is in good hands were he is now. :) I loke the idea with a virtuel familyportrait. :)
Hi Nina, thank you for your kind words. :-) It really means a lot.
my last comment got deleted, so i will try to recapture my long-gone well-thoughtout comment
dear sylvia-
i am sorry to hear about the loss of your grandpa. i lost my grandpa earlier this summer too. i think drawing your grandpa and your family, as an illustrator, is something that we are naturally inclined to do to help us sort out our grief and missing our lost family member. i drew a picture of my grandpa too and brought it to the funeral for him to be buried with. i think doing something like that helps in many ways to show your grief and mourning in a way that shows your natural talents.
it's hard to lose someone that has always been there and who you think will be in your life for a long time. i thought my grandpa would never not be there. and i often play out the last time i saw my grandpa a few weeks prior to his passing. and though you can't recreate the past, i think the portrait you did will be a great tribute to the memories of your grandpa and to the future of your family.
i am thinking about you and your family and hope that you find comfort in each other.
xo
lindsey
ㅠㅠ 할아버지.. 보고 싶다........
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