Black Roses Red

I guess this could be considered "Macabre & Horror" even though it's a bit more Gothic or Emo... whatever.

I drew this pic out of boredom while listening to a GarageBand.com track with the same title in my iPod and looking at a photo of Bill Kaulitz I had printed out to put in my Art sketch book. I kinda used the photo for the shape of my OC Cedrick's face (ja, it's another Cedrick Kasper pic, but it's not like a typical pic of him because he usually had dark blue or teal colored lips; here, his lips are blood red). My brother says this pic makes no sense at all - but then again, I just drew this just because I felt like drawing it.

Just as usual, I used the Magic Wand tool to add in Gradient layers for color, and applied random brushes and textures for shadowing and lightening. The roses didn't turn out exactly what I wanted - I kinda wanted them more black, but if I did so, it'd be too dark and the line work would be hidden.

Well, let me know what you think via your comments. I really need to get to my Anatomy homework and Art assignment using perspective finished (I'll try to post up my Art assignment for you to see when I get it done).

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*Rough Version: [link]

*Wallpaper Version: [link]

*GaragBand.com Track "Black Roses Red" : [link]