And if you can toss in some better brands, that would be nice also.

My mom thinks I’m some poser goth because I’m not this angsty teen who rebels, shops at Hot Topic, and worships Satan. How can I get her to understand that Gothic is a subculture and goths are intelligent people who like to embrace themselves through art? (I know it seems like I don’t know what goth is, but I do. I’ve just never been really good at explaining it.)
I want a better way to explain it, though.
Hot Topic is a poser goth store and I hate it with the passion! I can’t believe I’ve even step foot in there.

It looks basically the same

When deciding on a gimmick for Edge, WWE origianly planned him to have the porn star gimmick, later given to Val Venis. But instead routed for the vampire, gothic gimmick. Now we know how the gimmick worked out for The Big Valbowski, one of the biggest jobbers in history, but would Edge have gone the same way? What do you think?

I just found on the Bevmo website that they sell Absinthe with wormwood in it. I have always thought it was illegal to sell Absinthe in the US with wormwood. Someone help! Send links!

I’m posting here because the art catagories always seem dead, for whatever reason. Because of that I don’t ever get decent feedback.
Hince me being here! D:

my painting (it’s still not done which is why i’m asking now)

http://s265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/Cauliflower346/?action=view&current=retourmanaWIP.jpg

the referance picture: http://s265.photobucket.com/albums/ii231/Cauliflower346/?action=view&current=retour-4-1.jpg

who? Mana (or Mana-sama if you want) most noteably from Malice Mizer and Moi dix Mois as the guitarist. For his fassion line, and appearances in the Gothic Lolita Bible.

Okay!
So, this is a WIP still- aka NOT DONE.
I’ve got to work on his hair, feathers, eyes, and get rid of the outlines (including the eyebrows that I’ll be redoing in brown rather then black)…

So… Is there anything I’ve missed? Anything I might want to change before I put in more hours of work on this only to find that I’ve screwed up somewhere and ruin the picture?

please comment, you don’t have to be an artist to be able to see flaws- so just point them out if you see any
(but keep in mind that it’s not done, and the things I’ve already said i’m going to work on more)
Particuarly, do his lips look okay? I’m kinda unshure on the outline….
Is it worth redoing?
it would apear that moving to a different catagory was pointless….?
I wonder if I’ve been bumbed down already…

…don’t lie to me, confide in me, You will be here with me. Conifde in me…

It has a gothic vampire like music video and is played on the radio right now quite often.