weekly challenge - at the movies ... and a surprise giveaway :)

it is "at the movies" week @ inspiration avenue :) the movies have always inspired me in many ways. the richly crafted characters, the intriguing storytelling but most of all, the visual feast! i've always been a visual person, so it's not surprising that stage and movies inspire me most.

having said that, i must confess that initially, i had no idea what i wanted to do for this week's challenge. my brains have gone a little mushy with all the holidaying and FOOD! man ... i must have put on like 5 kgs in these 2 weeks. i've actually been living on drawstring sweat pants for a while now, and when even your utterly loyal drawstring sweat pants keeps falling to your hips ... not becos it's a hipsters, but becos the expanded and flabby tummy is pushing it down ... *crap* need i say more ...

anyhow i've gone a-rambling... so back to the movies! i came up with the idea for this week's theme only as i was doing product shots for my latest pendant collection called black bohemian. there's this one particular pendant that had really vivid reds, it made me think ... wow! this would be a really nice gothic pendant ... and then this light bulb appeared in my head!

i won't tire you with all the thought processes that melded together to create this digital piece. so here goes ... and dun die from laughing ok ...

what better way to express "at the movies" than with a movie poster!

ok ok ... allow me the indulgence of having my face there ... in the real world that would never happen, especially not with the delicious and spectacularly talented paul bettany by my side ... sigh ...

and to my team mates @ inspiration avenue, please excuse me for borrowing some of your names for the credits at the bottom of the page :) it was all for good fun :))

this digital piece was created with my GIMP 2.6 software. there must be like 20 odd layers there! it was such a long and absorbing creative process but i enjoyed it so very very much!

right ... here comes the surprise giveaway :)
you must have noticed that the movie poster has a tagline, but no title! well ... i've intentionally left the title out. this is how you can play in my giveaway. leave a comment on this post and come up with a title that you think is most fitting to the mood and the tagline in the movie poster. on thursday, at 12 noon EST, i will choose the title that i like most and the person who had come up with this title will win a little surprise from me. and becos it's called a 'surprise giveaway' ... you will not know what it is until you receive it :) take it as a belated christmas gift from me :))

Thank you ladies … for letting me borrow your names ;)

shelinwa
maggie nemetz
darla peterson
artangel
priti lisa
chris finck
lulu kellogg
sharon henry
tammy sprinkle
catherine nay
stephanie mealor corder
charlotte littlejohn
lisa wright

happy pimping! :)