#HELLADEEPINLOVE Wedding Gift (2025)
Hugging the Bride-to-be at her engagement party (Photo by Matt Mills ) My dear friends, who I've known for 13-14 years, got married this past weekend. We met separately in Camberville in the early 2010s and later migrated to the Bay Area. When they got engaged, I knew I wanted to create something to celebrate their union. When I asked H about metaphors that symbolized their relationship, she brought up the legend of a school of coi fish swimming up a waterfall, and the one that was able to jump over the waterfall would transform into a dragon! It signified perseverance and hard work leading to a rewarding life! Some images that came to mind were a coi/dragon hybrid, a waterfall, and lotus flowers. Since I'm not a very skilled drawer, I asked for help from ChatGPT, and it replied with this image: Inspo I liked what I got back. Then I asked H if she could crystallize the vibe they were going for at the wedding. The words were: Fun , c o l o r f u l , and over-the-...
