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The idea that 'what can go wrong, will go wrong.' is a scary prospect in modern times. I wanted to paint this bust to show someone strong who has had years of everything going wrong and who was running out of hope. Maybe they had put their trust in the wrong places and the world has gone to hell. How could things possibly get worse? Boom. I was especially pleased with the tear drop I managed to make using a microbead and a trail of gloss varnish. I gave him a cateract to try and indicate his other eye was blind from the same injury that gave him the scar. I painted the background from references of explosions I found on the internet. I hope you enjoy and that the Trump badge doesn't offend anyone!

I haven’t yet watched the stranger things tv show so I thought about what the theme meant to me. I sometimes think the strangest things that happen in dreams is when ordinary things go wrong. The unsettling feeling that the world isn’t how you understood it is often more disconcerting than a monster or ghost might be. I was inspired by my opponent in this round who used a teacup in their last round and thought incorporating some white crockery might be a nice nod to them. Blood and stringy gore was made by mixing paint, inks and UHU glue and also some special effects paints. I added the freehand expiry date to show the end date of the competition and imply that maybe this is what happens to all eggs if you don’t eat them in time. Enjoy your breakfast everyone!