The Butterfly Defect

Post by **Sonic#** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 3:14 am

Wow.

I can't really do this one justice right now. The effect of the mascara running... does she have a black eye? It looks like a crescent, and I might be confusing her hair for that.

The butterfly... its color matches one of her eyes. Is it like she's looking at it and seeing herself? Or, what she was? And the defect is the wear all over her, doubly represented by the crackly texture?

Rego · Post by **Rego** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 3:19 am

I am not saying anything, the little details you pointed out were placed there for everyone to make their own interpretations on it. I'm glad you are thinking. Those were some excellent ideas.

localflick · Post by **localflick** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 3:26 am

The textured background kind reminds me of the style used on NIN's The Downward Spiral art.

phyco126 · Post by **phyco126** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 4:26 am

The picture is just creepy for me. It reminds me of one of those horror movie's covers. *shudders* She looks like she was crying though (thus the mascrera [SP?] running)

Rego · Post by **Rego** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 4:29 am

Yes she was crying (Mascara is the appropriate spelling). My mother also thought it was a little bit creepy, but that was the point. I wanted a human to look dead and to show that she was being reborn into the tiny little butterfly. It's a Buddhist beleif that when you die you are reincarnated. Hindu's slightly believe in it too.

phyco126 · Post by **phyco126** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 4:35 am

Well, I would have never gotten the reborn part of it, but w00t! I got the crying part all by my lonesome self! *cheers* (not that it was that hard, but let me have my monent!)

The picture makes more sense to me now though, since you explained what the picture is supposed to be. Though, it doesn't take the creepy affect away

Rego · Post by **Rego** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 4:48 am

Yeah, i understand that; however, I do wish for you to find your own meaning behind it. What i had in mind when I created it is not what you have to see.

phyco126 · Post by **phyco126** » Fri Aug 12, 2005 9:17 pm

Well, I can't really find a meaning for myself over it. Aside for it being creepy, but that doesn't count of course. Of course, I suppose that one could take it that the girl is being abused, that's why she was crying, and the picture is cracked because her life is shattered, and her only friend is a butterfly....

SSSFan · Post by **SSSFan** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 11:17 am

wow. it looks pretty scary. But pretty cool, too! such a character should be great for a horror movie

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