IP Pageant Entry:: October

WALLAH, All of my I pageant stuff is done with in one big ol swoop of the board! 

I wanted to try something new with Tikah here a bit, display another side of her. You see, Tikah endured a rather traumatic experience as a child, and has carried those wounds with her as she has grown. This event of her past became the fuel to her racism, and no matter how many Irkens she helps kill  it does nothing to really heal the wounds in her memories. In a way you could say  Tikah is stunted, she can't move forward, trapped in her anger of that time. 

The outfit was mainly inspired by the Dios de los Muertos holiday in Mexico, or Day of the dead, as we know it in English. The holiday primarily focuses around gathering family and friends to pray for and remember loved ones who have died. To honor them in their memory. 
In fact there is a family member of Tikah's in this image, the skull she is holding, it is her fathers..

While yes, mainly the outfit was inspired by this holiday, there is quite a bit of symbolism also put into here. The one I'd like to explain being the mechanical spider like arms. They represent her anger, pain, and fear embodied into cold metal flesh. The broken pieces of her pushed and warped into hate, which both comforts her, and holds her from moving forward with her life. 

This piece has to be my favorite so far out of the Pageant series I have been doing. Halloween is one of my absolute favorite holidays, and this time of year I find absolutely beautiful. Plus it isn't freezing yet, but I get to enjoy a steaming hot cup of tea without causing myself to slip into a heatstroke in the afternoon. 

Ah the perfect time of year.

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