The scene
Anyone who has played a life-sim game knows this moment: you leave the hob on for one second and the whole kitchen goes up. Most characters run around screaming. Not her. She stands in the middle of it in her navy satin pyjamas, hand on hip, with a big glass of red and a serene smile, because it is her story and the fire is just set dressing. This print is for her.
The style
I made it look like a screenshot from a life-sim video game: a bright cutaway kitchen seen from above, mint cupboards, lemon walls, a checkerboard floor, cheerful cartoon flames and a little green diamond floating over her head. The words sit in a pop-up message box, big and bold, right across the top.
The inspiration
The idea is the life-sim game joke of the kitchen that always catches fire, and the "main character energy" trend. The look borrows from those games' bright, doll's-house view of a home. The woman and her kitchen are my own design, not taken from any game.
How it's made
I design each one and refine it until it feels right, and set the lettering myself. It's a print of a digital artwork, not an original. Each one carries my printed "Chapter & Scene" signature in the bottom corner.