Ronaldinho X-7 Icarus

IcarusDigital paintingby Arilès Work statement: Some people don't just "play". They dance, fly, and turn every movement into poetry. To me, Ronaldinho was exactly that kind of person ——He was a “child of games” who never forgot his sense of playfulness, and a master of instability. He is the man who touched the sun with the ball at his feet. I titled this digital painting "Icarus" because it reminded me of the myth of flight. That moment floating in the air, dazzling and almost breaking. Ronaldinho didn't fall, he just floated. He defied gravity not out of arrogance, but out of elegance. Like Icarus, he soared higher. It wasn't out of pride, but out of sheer joy of flying. The production process was instinctive and almost physical. I first sketched the "movement" ——The moment when everything changes: the jump, the ball, the gaze. From there, I immersed myself in the digital world, as if diving into a vivid dream. The texture is thick, and I was conscious of the texture being like pa