Amitaf: the city of ghosts

Title: Amitaf: the city of ghosts

Date of Creation: November 2006

Material Used: Photoshop 6.0 & a photograph

Type: Vector Art

Creator & TOS: Ayumi Nemoto JL - Do not use, reproduce, alter, upload, claim & distribute without my specific permission

Inspiration: Say it once Say it twice, Take a Chance and Roll the Dice by alterlier



About the Piece:


Time: 12 hours to vector + 2 days planning

Layers: 32

Images: Photograph of the street in Toronto as base layer




About this wallpaper - Having done this for a school project that was suppose to achieve an atmosphere or expression, (and it being done during the week of Halloween) I had decided to go with the Halloween feel. The majority of the artwork contains brown, representing the resource of Earth, and the Orange (which looked good with the brown). The building was simplified and the small shops on the right side were changed to screaming building (referencing from "The Scream" imagary). The lampost is bloody and the lamp itself contains a eye that beams down onto a ghost girl which representing being watched. The bending light represent the idea of being watch everywhere as the light will bend to where ever you are. The swirling light lines is a reflection of the unsteady and loops in life. The name engrave on the checkered pavement, Amitaf, is backwords of the name of a prophet named Fatima who predicted depression, WWII, etc. It had foretold the end of the world therefore the road is slowly being destroyed inorder to show this.

Note: This is watermarked for a reason. After entering an artshow, I did two cropped version of this piece, which both of them got sold. So to respect the buyer, I have to watermark. Don't complain. It's only fair.

Prints: I am not offering this trhough DA prints, but if you would also like a print please just drop me a PM and I'll give you the details.