This is my second submission here in animepaper.net.
After the warm welcome from the members of this forum to my first wallpaper I thought I should try to make a piece that would be pleasing to the eye of my friends and those who haven’t yet seen my first work here. Well, it didn’t turn out the way I wanted.
I lost one of my students during April so while I was making the wall I was thinking of Christine…
Concerning the technical part I must say that I used a Haibane Renmei scan, found in an official album of Haibane Renmei, in Digic.net

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and a photo of a door I had in my pc for quite a long time ( I can not give any credit to the person that took the photo cause I don’t know his/her name)

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I must also say that the bg, is painted by myself. I used the photo of the door as a start to continue the rest of the background. The only part of the bg that is not painted but photo manipulated is the ivy on the walls and the small lamps. As for the female character, i made a Re-cg' (fixed hair, skin, eyes, no halo, add a pair of wings[based on Rach-Resources stock]). I must also say that the idea of the dress (wedding dress) and the pigeon is based upon an artwork of “BlueBlack” (© Natalie Shau). I saw one of her works and I tried to draw something like that for the scan. This work took me about 43 hours to finish (within the period of a month) and the layers came up to 156. I used my mouse and my Wacom Intuos 3 Tablet and pen.

Scenario:
There’s no scenario, just real life events. Among us there are handicapped children. Kids with special needs. Have you ever caught yourselves to stare at them for a moment and then look on the other side just to avoid eye contact? I know I did and that is why I became a kindergarten teacher and involve with Inclusive Education…to eliminate my fears, my feelings towards people that I thought they are different from me but in the end they are just like me. They have needs and I too have needs (both needs are special in a way …).
This wallpaper is dedicated to my dear student Christine who was seven years old, had a down syndrome and even though her heart was weak she was strong enough to embrace life till the very last minute.
When you see the female character it’s like you see Christine…
Everything else in the wallpaper is symbolic: Cemetery (last place)/Red door (Heart) Statue on the wall (Wondering child’s soul)/Dark ivy – old lamps – spider web (time, past years)/Blood on the stairs (Pain and loss)/ red stars (Christine loved the painting little red stars…).


My thanks to anolibb and Shikonxx for their comments and support. Their advice was precious during the making of the wallpaper. Girls you helped me with some crucial parts of this piece, so thank you very much.
Last but not least I must give my special thanks to the person who introduced me to this community. I ought him the most as he believed in my potentials and supported me (again) in each step I made during the painting procedure. If it hadn’t been for him, I would never finish this work. Thank you…(you know who you are)