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This was one of my first attempts at Photo-Manipulation. It's done in a style that I no longer use. I call it one of my "pre-style" pieces......before I actually found my signature characteristic for my pieces, the "Photo-Illustrated" comic look as it has been tagged. There are still a few pre-style pieces in my gallery, but not many. I kept Mary around as an inspiration for me to keep moving forward. I still love her despite the faults of the piece. To this day, it's still the most commented on piece in my gallery with over 133,000 downloads. Enjoy.
Here are the credits:
~ Bloody Mary Worth
~ Golden Mirror
~ Photoshop Spider brushes
~ Photoshop Fly/Bee brushes
~ Photoshop Blood brushes
~ Photoshop Blood brushesI just love this legend as its also the inspiration for the "Candyman" films.
Who can forget the scary story of Bloody Mary, the evil spirit who will scratch your eyes out when summoned? Most people heard the Bloody Mary legend when they were children, listening to spooky ghost stories around the campfire. The tale is still told at slumber parties, campouts, and late-night bonfire parties.
The legend claims that the evil woman can be summoned by chanting "Bloody Mary" into a mirror anywhere from three to one-hundred times in a darkened room lit only by a candle. (Thirteen seems to be the most popular number of chants, appropriately so.) The bathroom is the most popular setting to test out the legend, but other dark rooms seem applicable.
After the given amount of chants, the spirit will then appear in a mirror and claw your eyes out and death will follow. Other variations have her driving you insane or pulling you into the mirror, never to be seen again.
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860x1100px 377.47 KB
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Overall Vision
Originality Technique ImpactI love this concept. It's as though you are a survivor and now you are painting your experience. But you simply can't go on because of how traumatizing the whole experience was.
The stark light contrast on Mary's face really expresses the surprise aspect of her appearance and also makes for a slight optical illusion (for me anyway) of her head shaking back and forth slightly from screaming so intensely.
The blood on the wall and 'help me' was a nice touch; almost as if you returned to the scene and that's what was left; not realizing you had written it in the first place.
Or maybe it wasn't you, maybe it was Mary, maybe that's why she let you live! <img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/m/m…" width="29" height="15" alt="
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