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Self-Portrait with a Cigarette

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Honestly, I have been thinking of this piece for a week. A whole week! And I just can't figure it out. Let me explain...

First of all, I can't decide if you're sitting in front of a wall, or in front of a sky. To me, it looks as if you were smoking your cigarette on the roof of a building. Maybe at work? You seem to wear a working suit, with a tie, so you may be at work.

Okay, let's admit you're at work. Why on Earth would you have regrets while being at work? I thought work was a way of preventing your brain from overthinking, so it doesn't make sense to me. Maybe I'm missing something.

Ooh, and why do I say regrets? Because.... Eeeerh, how do I say that? I stalk your Facebook (eeerh, I know it sounds weird, but what can I do?!), and I noticed you entitled it "melancholy", there. So I suppose you have regrets about a woman, or the idea of a woman. I can also see that the woman is aiming at the past (the left of the piece, so against time, if that makes sense), which means she is a memory now, and no longer exists. Or at least, she is not the same. I'm not really sure about the woman's identity, though. Maybe it's not a specific woman, but women, generally speaking? I don't know.
(By the way, it would be interesting to know why you entitled it differently here...)

Finally, you. I can't figure out why you have dark eyes. Maybe because you are lost in your thoughts, so you don't really look at anything? Or maybe because it is your dark side speaking? I feel like those eyes are somehow watching me. But they don't seem really frightening. Rather contemplative, for some reason.
Then, I recall you once told me you were mainly dressing in black. Buuuut... That's not what I see here. Why? Is it a specific dress code for work? Like, you are the bright man always dressing in white and being super sympathetic, but once you are alone on the roof, smoking, you become darker? Or am I overthinking it?
And... This watch is very intriguing. I don't know why, but it catches my attention all the time. Maybe a reminder your time is counted for some reason? I don't know.

Too many questions, too few answers. :)