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WARNING: This was made to hurt your eyes.Man, do I love Phantom of the Opera. There is something about it that just ... It's just awesome in a completely unexplainable manner. I can't say it - you need to read the book or see some movies (but NOT the Dario Argento one) or even some musicals to understand it. But no - firstly, you need to read the book. There is something there that...
And as a btw: Erik x Christine is my OTP
So, after many a years since my first interaction with it (and months since reading the book for the first time), I finally found the time to actually give tribute to this wonderful work of fiction, tangled a bit with fanfiction
So above we have the awful anatomy of The Red Death (Erik) and "Spring Flower" as I like to call it (Christie) Which in my mind IS BLOND! dancing at the masquerade ball. I know she should be wearing a domino get-up in the original novel, but I just can't see her like that. So Webber... your costumes were awesome
And as for The Red Death - it's mostly a combination between all the Red Deaths which had come in the public's eyes... but mostly something between the 2004 movie and Michal Crawford's awesome stage costume. That being said - enjoy!
Phantom of the Opera © Gaston Leroux
artwork © Jessica P. 2011
textures from: CG Textures , ~DustyOldStock and the Inspiration Gallery
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I love Phantom of the Opera! I have yet to read the book (both the original and a very good re-write which title eludes me now) but I loved the play so much! Yes, I always pictured Christine as blonde. I think that most people began drawing her with dark hair because of Sarah Brightman, who originated the role on the London stage. She had gorgeous dark curls which came down to her waist!
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No problem! I love the colour.
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The textures of the hair and the dresses are fantastic and I love the colors!
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Thank you ever so much
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you're very welcome!!
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Thank you ever so much
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this is beyond gorgeous. romantic. and makes me spazz everytime i look at it. Love it!
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Christine is blond in Leroux book, so it's nice.
I like very much your version of Red Death :3
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Thank you so much!
And blond Christine is ORIGINAL Christine
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Aww, this is so beautiful!! Lovely work! I love Phantom of the Opera~!
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Thank you very much!
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lol tht's sssoooooo cute! i'm sorry but it's just adorable! i mean i just looked at it and immeditly went aawwwww ^^
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Thank you so much
I am happy you liked it
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erik and christine's love was made in heaven!
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Thank you very much
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X3
I LOOOVE Phantom of the Opera! Wile I've never read the book, I've seen both the 1925 film AND the 2004 film (still have yet to watch the '98 one) and I LOVE IIIIIT <3
This piece looks AMAZING <3
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Thank you so much
And trick question: How can one not love PotO? We have a mad man who's after a beautiful soprano that's in love with a fop (... sorry, but Raul IS a fop... in the original book at least) and everything is set at the Paris Opera House... INSTANT LOVE!
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Haha XDDD Fop?
PHANTOM FTW <3 Couldn't have said it better myself!
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Their legs are a bit short (or maybe the heads are too big?) but apart from that this is ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!
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yes, thought so too... but unfortunately there isn't much I can do to repair that now. Well, I will try to be more cautious with the ones that follow
And thank you greatly for the compliment
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Oh, no problem 
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AAAAWWW!
And I'm always happy that other people feel the same about the story (and Erik)
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Thank you very much
And yes - it's a shame Phantom of the Opera isn't as known as it SHOULD be, but c'est la vie 
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You're very welcome!
Haha, yes that's always the same conclusion I come too. X3
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Man what type of program do you use to get these great results? its good very good.
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Photoshop CS3 for this particular one, but the CS2 version works just as well
I tried a couple of other programs like SAI and Paint Essentials but Photoshop just stuck
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ahh good ol phantom of the Opera, the Leroux novel of course.
Love this here. and the textures.
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AAAAAAAH! I've died and gone to Paris Heaven! 
I actually met a Red Death cosplayer at the 2008 San Diego Comic Con. His costume was very much like ALW's version, or what Michael Crawford wore in the London production. I have to show you this photo I took of him. This one has been shrunk down a little. If you want bigger, I can go dig for the disc and upload the higher resolution photo.
Red Death at San Diego Comic Con
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OGHSAGFEY%$|^%^TEYDWGYTSADV^@#%V^&%$|#@^%&^#&@%$&^%&^%$%^^&$%(*)!(@)!!!!!!!!!!!! THAT IS SO AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!! Great,l. big, flamboyant, feathery RED DEATH! Man, that costume must weight a ton, but it's just so awesome. My respect for the cospayer 
Obviously, Webber's costume designer had more imagination then me... God is that awesome.
As for the red, I must admit that ever since reading the book I had a very particular shade of red in mind, something like in the 2004 movie (where music could have been better, acting, definitely, the phantom could have been more disfigurated BUT the visuals were just
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I take it you like it? 
Exactly! He always wore dark clothing. He played music in the dark, ate in the dark, slept in the dark, went home in the dark, he basically lived in the dark! When the time came to flaunt it all, he picked the most brightest costume he could get his hands on. One of the best pictures ever as the Red Death was by Greg Hildebrandt. He actually did the illustrations for a condensed version of Leroux's novel. You HAVE to find it!
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You mean the book with Greg's illustrations? I found copies at Amazon, some rather inexpensive.
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