abdicate \ AB-di-keyt\, verb:
1. to cast off: discard
2 to relinquish formally
3. to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function
I was instantly inspired by the first definition, to cast off and discard, conjuring an image of a mangled coil of snake skin. As I sketched out the lines and form to this illustration, hashing in the scales with simple diagonal lines, I saw diamonds imbedded in the discarded skin. I couldn't resist the implication of a renounced throne. The diamonds were, too, cast aside with the brittle corpse of the old skin, as an act to formally relinquish such fortunes.
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