Book 2 Project

I chose to do a self-generated art project for my second book, Wither, by Laurn DeStefano. I hadn't originally planned to draw something, but I was messing around and happened to like what I ended up producing. The theme of the two pictures is a guilded bird cage. This is a symbol that is common throughout the entire book. The idea is that Rhine (the female protagonist) is trapped in a bird cage. No, not literally. She is trapped in a beautiful mansion though. It has everything she could possibly want. Others envy her for it, and envy her for her seemingly wonderful life. Although this is not the case. She remains trapped in a place that she doesn't want to be. Much like the bird in the guilded cage, it looks beautiful from the outside, but nevertheless the bird is trapped. Rhine is just like the bird and longs for her own freedom and happiness of her own making.