^_^' Finally... I made it... this is my wallpaper for the UA competition 8 Gothic...
Yes, it's not an Amano wallpaper. Why?
The character I chose does not really look gloomy, scary, shadowy... exactly! ^_^ For me... Gothic... mostly means
groups of people trying to be different from the crowd... and one of their ways to show, is their style of clothes...
But actually they are just people like you and me, no vampires or witches of whatever... That's why I chose the
scan that I found in Marissa's gallery Deathly Sweet - MisaMisa by Marissa
As you may see... I vectored the original scan. Yes, I know... there are already wallpaper that used the same scan...
yet no one vectored it and made these color changes. The original scan already has this gothic looking touch, but I
think especially with the black hair it looks a bit more like what we usually associate with gothic. At least... in my
opinion. ^_^
The original charater is part of the Anime "Death note"... I must honestly admit, I don't know it... I
just chose the character for the reasons explained above.
The background was inspired by a poster of an old movie... I only know the German title "Das Cabinet des Dr.
Caligari" (1919).
The black "lines" may look like trees to some of you, but they are not! So please don't tell me they
don't look plastic and have no shadows at all... They are meant to create a scary atmosphere, they are shadows
themselves... The background was drawn with the pentool...
So... the reaction that I wanted to achieve was... the feeling... that the gothic looking girl is actually not really
scary... just dressed in black, like goths use to be. And the jewelery of course... I think gothic also is a lot about
fashion... ^_^
The story behind this for me... is a girl... meeting someone who she feels for, that's why she carries the heart.
But the place she chose has to be scary... I did not choose a cemetery... I wanted something different...
At the moment I am quite busy at university... so it took me... about 2 weeks to finish this wallpaper... but I did not
work non stop for 2 weeks of course... I only had evening and night hours... Most time consuming was the vector of the
girl... It was really exhausting... and I actually don't want to vector anything again so soon... it's the
second vector I made...hopefully I improved compared to the first.
I also have no idea how many layers... I vectored using Illustrator, the rest was done in Photoshop...
It took me quite long to make my first submission at Minitokyo 3... *sigh* Well here it is...
And before I stop writing I want to apologize to all the people to whom I could not answer or could hardly answer when I
received comments in my guestbook or PMs... Now luckily the weekend begins soon... ^_^
Constructive critcism is always greatly appreciated... of course...! XD
Edit: I updated the wallpaper... adding color to the thumb fingernail (even though it's not like this in the
original scan... it does look better) and I tried to improve the little mistake on the shoulder... so thanks to
Kuroimisa... :)
