Neon Genesis Evangelion Wallpaper: Beautiful Disaster

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Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Rei Ayanami Wallpaper

1600x1200 Wallpaper

Artist Comment

The concept for this wall was simple. I wanted to recreate the scene that I saw in my head when I looked at the original image of Rei, as well as the feeling. The image is a sketch from Groundwork Vol. 1 that I fell in love with (thanks to Josy at AP for uploading it to AP). The original sketch is here:
http://www.animepaper.net/gallery/scans/Neon-Genesis-Evangelion/item29865/

You can see from the sketch that it looks like Rei's laying on rocks or the ground, which is what I tried to recreate here. I vectored the sketch, and then worked hard to become better at integrating the vector into the bg, something I've wanted to improve on. I went through many different scenarios of what to do with Rei, put something in her hand, make her looking at something, etc., but finally decided that part of the look on Rei's face was one of loneliness, and that adding something into the photo took away that feeling, so I left her alone. I hope the text isn't too hard to read. There's a textless version available here for those who care:
http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/7962/beautifuldisastertextless0em.jpg

Comments and critiques are welcome. Thank you!

PS
Title's from a Kelly Clarkson song that I had stuck in my head while making the wall and thought it fit.