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Posts Tagged ‘Gothic’

  • Art of Stephen Kasner – In these works, figures float in an air suddenly denser, peopled with spirits and thoughts, sensed rather than seen.
  • Art-Nocturne: The Art of Ver Curtiss – Unique art with a Gothic flair: illustration, sculpture, photography, & a few surprises.
  • Autumn, Darkness, Monsters (1996) – a celebration of dark fantasy, Halloween 1996 at UVic Visual Arts
  • Candy Apple Black – Preview of upcoming comic about a fallen angel with information about movie prospects and artwork.
  • Dark Chamber – It has articles on gothic arts, paranormality and legends, an image gallery, a horror tales section, many related links and a newsletter.
  • Dark Maiden – The lair of dark eroticist and horrorslut, Duana. Features deviant creations like photography, art, filmworks, fiction, poetry, articles, essays.
  • Dark Pictures – Gothic Art work by Marcel de Jong (Amsterdam 1967). Comic books, comic art, photography, and sculpture.
  • Dark’s Art Parlour – Specializing in the beautiful and disturbing.
  • The Daughter of Darkness – Dark sensual artwork, photography and writing by duana r. anderson featuring goth-erotic and fetish.
  • Dia de los Muertos – Day of the Dead – Dia de los muertos artwork. A brief history of the celebration and a link to a site to purchase Dia de los Muertos, Day of the Dead, art directly from the artist.
  • Dying Sun dot Net – An eclectic collection of dark art of all kinds. A definitive starting place for art of a darker vein.
  • Eyes of Chaos – The Dark Art of Mike Bohatch – Specializing in horror illustrations, using digital manipulations.
  • Gothic Artwork – Your home for dark art, horror props, and sculpture.
  • Grendel’s Den – The dark and creepy online world of artist D.E. Christman. Digital fine art, illustrations and graphic design.
  • The Imperfect World – Dark poetry by the sites creator and many others, artisticly insain pictures and stories. Music, gothic, deep thought, insanity.
  • The Lilith Gallery of Toronto – Gothic and feminist art that makes you think. Gallery is based in Toronto but shows international Neo-Gothic artists like Charles Alexander Moffat and Victoria Van Dyke.
  • The Literary Gothic – Collection of texts which deal with Gothic literature and resources concerning this topic.
  • Michael Rodham-Heaps – Work of English contemporary artist Michael Rodham-Heaps.
  • Myke Amend Studios – Gallery containting gothic art, comics, music, literature, photography, and animation including the dark comedy comic strip “Some Ghouls Wander by Mistake.” A graphic art and design agency based in Cincinnati, Ohio.
  • Night Magick Art E-cards – Offers free pagan e-cards for holidays, special occasions or just because…featuring the dark fantasy art and gothic art of Jessica Galbreth.
  • Nightlings 13 – V2.0 – Nightlings 13 – dark and twisted art, music and poetry of Michael C Winchester.
  • Nothing Infinity – A dark art experiment.
  • Obscure Wonders – Dark Romanticism – literature, music, movies, comics. Nick Cave, Ann Radcliffe and Tim Burton among many others. Philosophical and religious discussions of the gothic mystery.
  • Russian Gothic Page – A large collection of gothic art, including large images if works by artists such as Gustav Dore and Peter Breughel.
  • The Shadow Gallery – The online art gallery of Ryan Ulrich including photographies, paintings and a bio.
  • Shmeng – Gothic community. Includes artwork, photography, forums, poetry, literature.
  • Sinister Visions – The dark art of Chad Savage. Pen, pencil, digital, mixed media, comics and photos. Zombo The Clown and the Vampire Carvnival.
  • Spiked Reality – Pen and Ink drawings, photography and robots. Some gothic oriented material
  • Tainted Tribe – Images, poetry, fonts, backgrounds, themes, screen savers, reviews, and links.
  • TaLamia Gallery – Dark art of Alison Tu, aka TaLamia. Contains twisted & disturbing illustrations.
  • Womb of the Dragon – The online gallery of Kenny Clark – The online portfolio of Kenny Clark, specializing in highly detailed sandblasted glass of ‘darker’ subject matter.
  • Work Of Peter Graves – Artwork, writings, and photography.
  • Wycked One Designs – A gallery and online store of cemetery, horror, supernatural, nightmarish, undead, evil, gothic, dark art and beyond. Also features Ouija Board art.
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Big Gothic Hairstyles Techniques By Liza Lee big gothic hair Big gothic hairstyles since the eighties emphasized height or largely styled hair that is both romantic and mysterious. Crimping or curling and backcombing are the major ways to achieve such big hair for certain gothic hairstyles. Depending on the specific style, hairstyles in the big hair categories may require styling, cutting, or treatment techniques. Big gothic hair styles often requires backcombing or teasing and the liberal application of styling aids such as moulding mud, hair spray and hair gel, often in combination with the use of hair dryers. Crimping irons, curling irons, perms, hair rollers or other techniques may also be required for longer hair to help it stay big. If your hair is longer, the weight may make it difficult to achieve the desired volume. You’ll need to go to a salon and have your hair thinned or textured. With texturizing, your hairstylist is cutting fine wisps of hair at an angle into a variety of fine layers to remove the excessive weight. You will be amazed at how much of a difference it can make. Also, styling products such as a molding mud can provide volume, but beware of build-up as it takes away bounce and shine. Use a clarifying shampoo once a month to remove the product residue. And longer hair must be trimmed regularly (every six weeks) to stay healthy and to prevent split ends from traveling up the hair shaft. If your hair is longer and really heavy, even with texturizing, a metal hair band can lift the hair from behind into a messy updo. You can conceal the hairpiece by styling hair around the hair band. This will give the illusion of added volume in the back as well as creating uneven lengths around for that classic Goth do. If you have shorter hair, you can skip the crimping or curling and just utilize backcombing with firm hold sprays, gels or other styling products to enhance a spiky style for a variety of gothic looks and styles. For more big gothic hairstyles information, visit http://www.goth-style-secrets.com Liza Lee Goth-Style-Secrets http://www.goth-style-secrets.com

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Gothic Dresses By Robert Panciera gothic dresses Gothic aesthetics is something that usually shocks others and is generally frowned upon, but little do those who do not understand it know that being goth is about this one thing: art. In today’s world, underground and more obscure types of culture, music, and fashion are very hard to come by due to its scarcity. Hot Topic is definitely the ‘biggest’ fashion store for gothic culture and other types of similar interests (yet the popularity is seldom). Goths are found here and about, but there are many people who wish to stick with more ‘mom and pop’ or ‘DIY” (Do It Yourself) type chains. Hot Topic, as well as other places in a big city may not be exactly what people are looking for due to price and availability of the desired gothic clothing; many have now started using the internet to search for gothic-related clothing and items for purchase rather than having only things in a normal store available to them. Finding these stores may be a bit hard for others due to the lack of them on the internet, but if you prefer to buy clothing, as well as other gothic related items, using a smaller mailorder type website is your best bet. ‘Big chainstore’ generally translates into, ‘big factories’ which means that the items you are buying are not usually paid attention to and given the detail that it requires to end up with a quality product. Finding quality gothic related clothing products for a good price is hard to come by at any given major chain store, so finding more of a smaller place is definitely your best bet for getting the quality product that you want for an even cheaper price than you’d pay in a store located in a mall. Click here for more information on finding the store that suits your needs for gothic clothing

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Gothic Clothes Styles – From Romantic Goth to Cybergoth By Liza Lee gothic clothing Traditional period Goth garb usually consists of mostly black clothing along with some white and are often accessorized with silver or pewter. The stereotypical gothic outfit sometimes referred to as the romantic look may include elaborate gowns and corsets, veils, full skirts, neck corsets, fishnets, lace and velvets. Also popular are tight-fitting trousers, pointy boots, flouncy poet or pirate shirts and footwear with buckles. I find the simplicity of traditional Goth style lends itself to variation, and is can be combined with fetish elements to give it a dark and romantic edge. Closely related to the Romantic (Victorian, Elizabethan, Renaissance) Goth style is the Gothic Lolita style that emerged from Japan, usually a combination of black and white, often black with white lace and typically decorated with ribbons and lace trims. Frilly, ruffled or lace-trimmed Victorian blouses are also popular with Gothic Lolitas and designs are usually modest, sometimes with long lace-capped sleeves and/or high-necked blouses. Some additions may include mini top hats, parasols, and lace headdresses. Most recently, Goth fashion has been infiltrated by forward-thinking styles that are more futuristic, science fiction and youthful. UV-reactive colors and materials, progressive fashions, huge shoes and boots, wild hair extensions using artificial materials, often with an undercut shave, goggles, cybernetics, androgyny, the influence of cyberpunk or anime themes and body modification are some of the elements of Cybergoth. A full-spectrum of bright or neon colors are an exciting addition to black. For example, a popular combination is black with hot pink, a flattering color for most skin tones. Of course, you can borrow elements of one or more gothic subcategory and sometimes this is dependant on the occasion. For gothic theme parties, you may combine elements of vintage, Victorian and fetish to create a costume that is intentionally spectacular and fantasy-oriented as an artistic display. For more gothic clothes tips and photos, visit http://www.goth-style-secrets.com Liza Lee Goth-Style-Secrets http://www.goth-style-secrets.com

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Gothic Hairstyles Include Clip-In Gothic Hair Falls By Liza Lee gothic hair falls For gothic hairstyles, consider clip-in hairpieces before choosing more permanent solutions such as hair coloring, bonding, weaving, protein tips or mini-locks. That’s because long term changes to your hair color or hairstyle causes damage from bleaching and other chemical processes. With colored Gothic hair falls or Gothic hair extensions, there’s no risk at all. And if you don’t like the fake hair, you can remove them immediately. Unlike more permanent Gothic hair extensions, which are attached to the hair professionally and stay in for roughly three months, the clip-in Gothic hair falls can be removed instantaneously. Therefore, you have more choices in changing your hairstyles. You can clip Gothic hair falls in and change your style literally every day by ordering different colors, textures and lengths. Clip-In hair falls are more affordable and are suitable with most hair types. They take only minutes to put in and seconds to take out. Unlike permanent hair extensions, they do not result in hair breakage. Clip-In Gothic hair falls make it easy to have long, thick hair in a matter of minutes with no more waiting around for your hair to grow out. Synthetic hair falls are more affordable than human hairpieces and are a great way to achieve a unique look for an event. Synthetic hair fiber is low maintenance and the style and color will not change when washed in cold water, if you are caught in the rain or if you live in a humid climate. With the exception of a few heat-friendly synthetic fibers, you will not be able to change the style of your synthetic Gothic hair falls using heating tools. Synthetic hairpieces or Gothic hair falls come in a wide range of colors with multi-dimensional tones to blend with your own hair. Synthetic hair fibers are lightweight and fine to mimic the look and movement of 100% human hair. If your Gothic hair falls is properly maintained, you may get a minimum of one to three months wear. Or you may opt for 100% human hairpieces over synthetic if you a more natural-looking hairstyle. 100% human hair reflects light just as your own would, so you cannot tell where your hair stops and the human hairpieces continue. Also, you can use heating tools with real human hair falls. When properly cared for, 100% human hairpieces lasts much longer than synthetic ones and maintain their beauty for a year or longer. See gothic hairstyles tips and more information at http://www.goth-style-secrets.com Liza Lee Goth-Style-Secrets http://www.goth-style-secrets.com

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