This is an entry for the My Maiden Gothic Contest over at Minitokyo.
Why The Title// "Symmetry" is a play off of the fact that they are identical twins in a symmetrical setting... while the butterflies help break it up butterflies are symmetrical in themselves. "Scarlet" is a play on the game's reference to Crimson Butterflies, and red is the accent color while the rest is black & white.
RESOURCES// Scans: Scan 1 - Scan 2Stock: Curtain - Floor - Butterflies
PROCESS// When you can't find the perfect scan, make one! That's pretty much my motto now, as most of you have probably noticed, what with the way I turn different scans in to Frankenstein creations =D To help support the Retro Movement I didn't vector at all this time around, and the only painting I did was the old-school method of blending and touch-ups. Everything else was extracted and carefully placed, with the painting to make the changes appear seamless.
The Fatal Frame II twins have several alternate costumes (one set being a Gothic Lolita style), and these outfits I place them in look reminiscent of different elements from of their costumes. If you look closely at the scans you can tell what I did to most of it: I put Mio and Mayu's heads on the bodies of the sitting girls, and because their heads weren't as big I had to tweek the fancy border on the chair. Originally I had them without the big bows in their hair, but I thought it would look cute and enhance the Gothic Lolita feel. I changed the color of the necklaces, ties, and skirts while adding a plaid texture to them and a red trim to the sleeves of their blouses. I found sconces on the web and added them to the walls for decoration and again to help with a Vintage Goth feel. And the butterflies are glowing because they look like that in the game. Also, I know the sconces wouldn't really be hung that low, but they looked dumb when i put them at a realistic height.. it throws off the balance. And for anyone who didn't notice, altered Mayu's hand a bit so it didn't look so provocative.
Also, there is significance to Mayu being the only one touching a butterfly, for those who have played the game ;)
EDIT: Skin color has been tweeked a bit.
P.S. If you have a complaint about something, please tell me HOW you think I could fix it. I'm not a mind reader; telling me you think something looks wrong or weird without any suggestions isn't even remotely helpful.



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3 years, 1 month ago
Pure love . The detail is perfect.
called the atension of many. + fav
3 years, 1 month ago
I think you've done a great job recreating those scans and rearranging them into a scene like this. :D The red accents and the green pattern on the wall look very nice. If there's anything I would say needs attention, it's that the skin of their faces doesn't quite match the skin color of their arms and legs (the faces need to be more pink or the arms/legs more yellowish to match).
3 years, 1 month ago
In my opinion the wallpaper works out very well. The curtains are beautiful and the chair and the floor match to the extend they are expected to. The girls look decent as well and you've done a good job merging all the scans and changing them as you need.
Overall it's a nice wallpaper. Thanks for sharing :). divStar.
3 years, 1 month ago
I like the concept, Bg is really nice (floor!!!) and colours are perfect, but... I thinf if you put the butterflies in another place, it would be better. Otherwise, it's a nice wallpaper!
3 years, 1 month ago
Wow I gotta say this is really impressive. Everything looks seamless, I didn't even realize that you put their heads on the bodies of two anime girls till I saw the scans! The only thing is, after I took a good long look at the downloaded version, I realized that their heads are super huge on that body! I know it's hard switching from a realistic body to an anime body, cause the proportions in anime are totally off, but yeah I still think they need to be smaller. So no fav from me but I'm sure others will be able to look past it. Good job nonetheless!
3 years, 1 month ago
oh god this surely is damn cute *_* Amazing job on everything, I especially love the shiny metal parts of the coach. Very well executed extracting and blending everything. The result looks amazing, like they always belonged together. I'm so gonna fav this! Keep up the great work!!
3 years, 1 month ago
Ok, the combination of the two scans is just perfect! The bg is also really nice, but the curtains look little bit wrong, they should be touching the ground, i think... Overall, really nice wallpaper =D +
3 years, 1 month ago
holy shit!!!! thats pretty serious
its amazing really cannot find any fault on anything!!!
/(oOo)#
sooo crazi big big big ups man!!!!!
enjoy!
3 years, 1 month ago
Cute!!!
3 years, 1 month ago
Such a beautiful work of art!
You did such an awesome job on the merging of the two scans as well as background you put them in. Very awesome work indeed!
+fav
3 years, 1 month ago
This wallpaper is remarkable; I love love what you did to the scans, the background is nice too, some little mistakes but they are neglected comparing to the result...
+FAV
3 years, 1 month ago
holy shitballz this is amazing not a fan of the curtain but aside that you did really great merging the scans great composition and yeh def deserves a fav+ if its not too much of a hassle could i ask for a curtain less version?
3 years, 1 month ago
It's very realistic, msterious indeed, the colors are also harmonious!
3 years, 1 month ago
lol i thought that image was the original one. Still awesome idea with cutting off their heads and pasting them here, its majestic idea. But the only complaint i would say is that their face coloring doesn't fit with the style of the legs and their style of coloring, it differs in also some tones of the skin. But overall its awesome idea and very creative. Background is also very cool+
3 years, 1 month ago
nice use of scan and design +
3 years, 1 month ago
oh man that is great the it all just fits in together looks simple but very complicated very nice (n_n)-b
3 years, 1 month ago
Almost seamless blending. The shadow of the sofa is wrong. Check out where the light hits it compared to where you've placed the shadows. Looks like it's floating weird on the page because of it. :P Actually a lot of the awkwardness is due to the lighting... (Curtains.)
Could have fooled me with the heads though. ^__^
3 years, 1 month ago
It's a great looking wall. Although the blending between the floor and the girls could have been better, since the butterfly on the floor has a reflection and the girls do not, it doesn't fit too well. Same for the couch/chair/whatever it is. I also think the butterfly on the upper left on the lamp looks kind of "placed" there. Not to rain on your parade, it's quite the excellent wall, and I like it. Nice work.
3 years, 1 month ago
What you did with the scans is crazy, in a positive way of course 8D I love the creepy atmosphere and that baroque-style ( I think it's baroque >.> ) coach.
+fav for the amazing work
3 years, 1 month ago
Amazing work of art!! truly!!!
keep it up it is greeat!
3 years, 1 month ago
Copy/Paste~
Beautiful job here Rain~ I love the stocks you used and the elements of texture in each. You have such a skill for combinding scans and making them look so natural. My only suggestion is maybe to darken it? I feel like it's too bright for that type of scene, I noticed the candles and then imagined it would be darker and they would be lit. Other than that it's a fantastic wall. Also, aww~ Thanks for thinking of Retro! :3
3 years, 1 month ago
OH LA LA~ <3 This is FANTABULOUS! The details and the BG and the colors are great!
3 years, 1 month ago
Cute. I thought the girls in the picture was a mirrored image on closer inspection, its not O_O lol... Anyway, nice concept with the background. Pretty nice and cute, somewhat emo-style in a good way ^^ keep up the good work.
3 years, 1 month ago
This is really cool. The color scheme is good. I love how you integrated everything together seamlessly. ^^ Favorite!
3 years, 1 month ago
this wallpaper is actually pretty creepy lol but in a artistic view its really nice the colors are beautiful and its really interesting with the twins keep up the good work and thanks for sharing!
3 years, 1 week ago
I'm the really beautiful wallpapers of Fatal Frame I love everything that has to do with survival horror games really love your work
adios! 8)E
Atte: Camila (Camille-Paz)
2 years, 11 months ago
you're genius! thank you and i love it!
2 years, 6 months ago
Great combination!! The texture and layout is good. Color is plain Dark which synchronise with the effects. Butterflies are float like red autumn leaves as using bloody red is compatible with the theme. The Gray Flowery wall is just nice with the dark red curtains , red curtain and black antique chair suit well as well as the marble chess tile floors. The character dressing suit well with the setting.One thing trouble me is that i feel the chair is kind of floating.
2 years, 5 months ago
oh damn perfect double
2 years, 4 months ago
really a big work. All scene are so wonderfull. No more words !!
2 years, 3 months ago
amazing!!!
2 years, 2 months ago
Looks Very Impressive :)
2 years, 1 month ago
Very gothic-y and moody, great choice with the background. The red and black motif makes it seem like they are vampires, it really is quite haunting and beautiful at the same time. Thanks for sharing!
2 years, 1 month ago
Ahah Double the trouble :D
2 years, 4 weeks ago
really a good one. I havent seen it before I enter the site xD TY
1 year, 9 months ago
I like the paint technique :), you use a very nice colors +fav and congratulations for the great work!
1 year, 9 months ago
Very impressive composition of different elements. The details are really crisp.
1 year, 7 months ago
Sick as the game. That's a great work, but maybe too much light. You know, Fatal frame is so "blackish".
1 year, 7 months ago
very nice wallpaper
1 year, 4 months ago
This Look Supernatural..
11 months, 1 week ago
My sister is so cute
This is a very classic Japanese game
3 days, 20 hours ago
This game. This picture. Very clear and crisp detail. I <3 this.