When Death Blooms (Violet) is a drawing of mine I completed in 2007. It has a sister drawing with the same name, only it's the Pumpkin version. The original concept for When Death Blooms was originally supposed to have been the Grim Reaper's garden. I drew ideas and concepts for what I wanted in my sketch book, but the project ended up changing when I decided to focus more on the individual flowers and what they would look like up close instead of portraying a whole garden, which would have led me to make smaller flowers with less notable detail. In each one of the When Death Blooms pieces, I had a background made with the intent of making the flowers stick out out more, yet I tried not to create a background that was too dull. The cutout design is similar to it's sister piece, only because they were both cut out from a bigger piece of paper that already had a design before being split up. It's also worth noting that the only reason a sister piece exists is due to the fact that I couldn't decide if I wanted the flower to be violet or pumpkin orange.

When Death Blooms (Violet) was created on a small piece of 4ply bristol board. After sketching the designs, drawing ink was used to fill in the color. I used an ink pen to fill in the small black detail while the color was done with a paint brush. Although only four colors are used on this piece, just like the other When Death Blooms with most of the coloring being the same except for the violet. The cutout was done using a utility knife due to the bristol board's thickness. The sides was to be covered using a paint brush and black ink since a white would have been exposed due to the paper's thickness.

The When Death Blooms project is something I still admire to this day. It's simple, but I feel it works. That's exactly what I intended to do with it and I'm happy with it. It's something that could have been created a year earlier than it was, but it wasn't. The funny thing about this piece's simplicity was that the small details actually took quite a while to make. It required me to be very patient and very careful since I was working with ink. One thing I always liked about this piece was the shape of the cutout, On one side, it has a smooth, nicely drawn design, but then on the other side, it suddenly changes. It looks like it was ripped off of a more complete piece of paper. The other thing I like was how well the 4ply bristol board works for pieces like this. I had trouble with the 2ply stuff I was using in 2006, mostly with durability and the 4ply paper solved all those problems. I always had the conflict of which When Death Blooms pieces l like better. I think I like the color that was used for the violet version, but I like the flower that was done for this version better. Still, they're both fun pieces overall.