Wallpaper: Street Corner
1280 x 800
1024x768
This wallpaper tries to highlight the contrast between two of my favourite aspects of the Doctor/Rose relationship: the surreal, fairy-tale quality and how the Doctor and Rose have made this surreality a normal part of their lives together.
Angst #1: I couldn't graphically fit in Ten/Rose (or for that matter, Eight/Rose) due to issues with lighting.
Angst #2: I have no satisfactory experience with brushes.
Angst #3: This turned out in no way like what I started out to do.
Angst #4: Technical difficulties.
Credit to whom credit is due:
Inspiration: "...but you two. Street corner, two in the morning, taking a taxi home. I've never had a life like that." (Doctor Who: 1x08, quoted from memory.)
"no such thing as an ordinary life" : paraphrase from what might possibly have been a fic by eponymous_rose
"How long will you stay with me?"/"Forever." : Doctor Who 2x12
..."I believe in her." : Doctor Who 2x10
Photos and screencaptures:
www.leavemethewhite.com (Doctor Who 1x01)
Gateworld (that familiar cityscape in the background: Stargate Atlantis 1x02)
chrabbit: Chartres Street Corner on Flickr (the lamp)
murden: 28th & P Streets (northwest corner) on Flickr
starscape rendered in POV-Ray 3.6 with Galaxy include files by Chris Colefax
Brushes:
purplerhino (Gallifreyan brushes)
redheadstock (flying birds and water brush sets)
MissM (Phoenix brush set)
axeraider70 (Galaxy brush set)
Font: Calligraph421 BT
Made in GIMP 2.4.6