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When I started this picture earlier this evening, I was stuck. I knew I wanted to put something on this woman’s head, I just wasn’t sure what. A little ways in I posted my progress on Instagram. Minutes later, my friend Lubna Saif Abbas left a comment: I imagine her with a set of playing cards. I thought that was perfect! Because it allowed a narrative where this woman would have, on her head (well, in her hair) a playing card. So thank you, Lubna, for unsticking me!
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the instagram post that sparked a comment which sparked an idea
i enjoyed drawing this picture. thank you, my bulgarian friend. you made me miss a certain bulgarian childhood friend. can i call you vera?