24/01/2022
Everything starts with an idea on paper. Sometimes it's hard to put your designs down on paper and relay your ideas to other people. Especially if you don't have a lot of experience with drawing.
This is my fairy tale of the Little Matchgirl.
The Little Matchgirl story takes place in a hard Russian winter, and it follows a young girl who relies only on the sale of matches to get by. All of her matches are used in this manner later on in order to make her happy. In the icy streets of Russia, a Little Matchgirl is attempting to sell matches. Unfortunately, not even a police officer who helps her down from a lamp post will buy them from her. With her box of matches on her lap, the small girl cuddles up in a corner after a day of no luck. She is compelled to use one of her matches to remain warm as the wind gets harder. While lighting a match, she begins to fantasize that the flame is a large stove by which she may keep her fingers warm. However, the battle is over in a matter of minutes, and she returns to the icy alley. And so, she takes another match and lights it, but this time she imagines a candle on top of an overflowing table full of fruit, meat and bread, and so she continues on. The flame extinguishes just as she reaches out for a nice piece, prompting her stomach to churn. Once again, the match girl lights off yet another match, but this time a horse-drawn sleigh will convey her to her grandmother's house. The match girl uses the last of her matches to carry on the heart warming thought as the flame fades out.
In her final vision She sees a Christmas tree decked with presents, ornaments, and candles in another room. Every candle is lit with her matchstick and she sees her grandma who picks her up. The image fades to black when the match is extinguished, since the girl had perished in the freezing night. The ghost of the match girl's grandma, on the other hand, appears to her and is overjoyed to see her. The match girl's spirit is picked up by the grandma as she takes her into the afterlife.
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