Olivia Tse a.k.a. Olive*Tea

Hanging the Goat Head

by Olivia Tse A.k.a. Olive*Tea

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I call this illustration "掛羊頭 (Hanging up a goat's head)", originating from the Chinese saying "掛羊頭, 賣狗肉", which literally means "to hang up a goat's head and sell dog meat". Most Chinese people should be familiar with this saying, which basically means "to try to palm off something inferior to what it purports to be". (Thank you, Google dictionary.)

I came up with this concept because of how the local "(young/underaged) model" industry has become these past few years. It has come to a point where it's like, whatever it is that needs to be advertised, whether it be a model agency or an online game or whatever, just put out a seductive young girl wearing skimpy outfits showing off their "assets" if ya know what I mean (not to mention all these gossip magazine with perverted covers and ridiculously bad taste) ... when in fact, it's an open secret that what is being "sold" is actually no different from softcore pornography. If you live in Hong Kong, you should know EXACTLY what I'm talking about. It's not that I'm necessarily against the trend (although I wish those people would be less hypocritical about it sometimes), I'm simply putting it out here.

I used a reference picture of Chrissie Chau (周秀娜) for the drawing. (Again, not particularly targeted at her, but those pictures of her brushing her teeth are just too classic to pass on haha)

I also posted up some closeups and the original sketch on my art blog with Kevin: http://oliveteaxkensou.blogspot.com/2...d-oil.html

For more of my art: http://olive-tea.deviantart.com

Thanks so much for checking! Much appreciated!

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