Rose is inspired mainly by two things. The Silent Hill film, and the chick from the latest Expose book. http://www.ballisticpublishing.com/books/expose4/?PHPSESSID=8012fabb481c49190339d5d48457c4a8Initially she started as a sketchbook experiment. First I did the usual pencil/ink drawing, but after being annoyed by a few wonky bits, I decided to cover them up with masking tape, and draw over it. This led to some interesting effects. After tons of re-working I began to add a load of watercolors and grey washes to the page. This was all then scanned in and tweaked in Photoshop, with just a few highlights and the red added.So my advice to anyone who gets bogged down in detail: F*ck it. Just make a mess and keep re-doing it till your happy. Is fun!