Blood Oranges Pillows

Blood oranges

Blood Oranges

Blood Oranges don't just taste good, they look good too. This unique design will brighten any product. Part of a fruit series, originally hand drawn in coloured pencil. Digitally edited for reproduction, but the raw pencil effect has been maintained to reflect the original.

Illustration of Blood Orange Citrus

The last two illustrations in this series (grape and pomegranate) were very ancient-greeky so I wanted to do something more international and with more pop-culture associations, so I picked: Orange! In the far east, the orange is a symbol of the sun. They are a symbol of good luck and fertility. The orange is rare among trees for its ability to have both flowers and fruit on a branch at once, leading to associations with both virginity and fertility combined; to this end, it is a traditional symbol of brides in China. I chose a qipao dress for this orangey bride, though I did add a big slit up the side so she could get her leg out for more tattoos. There’s so many orange references in this pic, I thought I’d just straight up ...

Lemons, oranges, grapefruit slices.

Orange

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