Silvia Lozza: Dark Aspirations & Killer Curves [GALLERY]

Posted By Silvia Lozza on Aug 22, 2015 in Creative Arts, Featured, Galleries, Model Gallery, Model: Silvia Lozza, Model: Women, Origin: Official Contributor, Photographer: Shamira Crivellaro Photography, Photography Gallery, Special FX & Makeup Galleries, Type: Photos

A selection of dark\gothic themed shots from two different photoshoots with photographers Shamira Crivellaro and Mark Fenner.

We Made It This Far: A Katrina Survivor’s Tale [POEM]

Posted By Toppaz Jade on May 30, 2015 in Creative Arts, Creative Arts: Poetry, Creative Arts: Stories/Serials, Featured, Origin: Official Contributor, Origin: User (Approved)

This a poem written by model Toppaz Jade about the true story of she and her son surviving hurricane Katrina.

‘Maybe It’s Photoshop’: Creating a Gothic Makeover After The Fact! [VIDEO/TUTORIAL]

Posted By Veronika Gypsy on Apr 29, 2015 in Article, Creative Arts, Creative Arts: Multimedia, Creative Arts: Painting & Art, Featured, Origin: Official Contributor, Type: Video

The good folks at SurrealPSD decided to show how you can use compositing and processing effects to create an awesome Gothic Makeover with this new Photoshop video tutorial.

Dulce De Leche & Bacon Bagel [RECIPE/ARTICLE]

Posted By Veronika Gypsy on Mar 11, 2015 in Article, Article: Food/Recipes, Creative Arts, Creative Arts: Cullinary Arts, Featured, Origin: DGM Staff, Type: Article (w/ Photos)

If you’re unfamiliar with the caramel known as Dulce De Leche…or are unfamiliar with how salt and sweet create a magical symphony…then this recipe may just open doors to cooking creativity that you never dreamed of!

On the other hand, if you’re familiar with both, then this recipe may well be one you haven’t tried yourself and could inspire you to go into an entirely new direction! To give you an idea of what you’re creating, think of the most sinfully decadent, caramel covered Cinnabon you’ve ever had, jack it up another 100% in flavor, and you begin to understand what a treat…

Nara Gordon: Variatons on a Mummy [ART GALLERY]

Posted By Nara Gordon on Feb 25, 2015 in Art Galleries, Creative Arts: Painting & Art, Creative Arts: Photography, Featured, Galleries, Model Gallery, Model: Nara Gordon, Origin: Official Contributor, Type: Photos

Gothic model Nara Gordon goes to the Masquerade as a rope mummy. In this art gallery, we explore a variety of stylistic variations on this theme. Photographer: Ken Lawson.
Post-Artist: DarkestGoth Photography.

Meta-Art: The New Face of Interactive Expression, Part 3 [ARTICLE]

Posted By JT Hanke on Feb 11, 2015 in Article, Article: Art/Theater, Article: Books/Literature, Article: Current Events/Awareness, Article: Games/Media, Article: Movies/Television, Creative Arts, Creative Arts: Films, Creative Arts: Multimedia, Creative Arts: Stories/Serials, Editorials, Editorials: Gaming, Featured

Due to the power of these sort of “meta-art” concepts, the draw of incredible, tense movies like The Game, Inside Man, and Ocean’s Eleven, and the popularity of things like LARPing, some companies, like Lexington, Kentucky’s The Breakout Games, have decided to see about bringing the metagames found in complex board games and video games and the scenarios reserved to for edge of your seat thriller films to real life! (There are other companies with similar types of offerings out there, so, if you’re not in the Kentucky area, you can likely find places like this in your area. I’m going into…

Meta-Art: The New Face of Interactive Expression, Part 2 [ARTICLE]

Posted By JT Hanke on Feb 4, 2015 in Article, Article: Art/Theater, Article: Books/Literature, Article: Current Events/Awareness, Article: Games/Media, Article: Movies/Television, Creative Arts, Creative Arts: Films, Creative Arts: Multimedia, Creative Arts: Stories/Serials, Editorials, Editorials: Gaming, Featured

When video games grew popular, it was assumed that people would play these animated games when they were children (when children already play a lot of games) and then grow out of them. But we began to learn that people didn’t grow out of them, but instead craved more complex mysteries and stories as they aged. This led to pivotal games like Myst and Rivven, which started the modern video game trend of well-created story and making your players use their brains, not just their reflexes. At the current rate of consumption of complex and morally challenging video games, in the near future…

Meta-Art: The New Face of Interactive Expression, Part 1 [ARTICLE]

Posted By JT Hanke on Jan 28, 2015 in Article, Article: Art/Theater, Article: Books/Literature, Article: Current Events/Awareness, Article: Games/Media, Article: Movies/Television, Creative Arts, Creative Arts: Films, Creative Arts: Multimedia, Creative Arts: Stories/Serials, Editorials, Editorials: Gaming, Featured

It’s hard to be a modern creative person without having been exposed to conversations about the “meta-game” or the “meta-content” that’s behind modern creative works. This is made all the more confusing due to the fact that the concept behind how it’s now use in New Media is a hybrid of the noun version of this word, the adjective version, and something else. The French have a phrase called “Je ne sais quoi” which literally translated means “I know not what”—as in, there’s something else about what I’m talking about, but I can’t put my finger on it. It would be appropriate…

Morganville Vampires brought to YouTube: Geek & Sundry Attempts Impossible [VIDEO]

Posted By JT Hanke on Jan 14, 2015 in Article, Article: Movies/Television, Creative Arts, Creative Arts: Films, Creative Arts: Stories/Serials, Featured, Geek & Sundry, MorganVille, Origin: DGM Staff, Playlists, Type: Article (w/ Videos), Type: Video

If you’ve read Rachel Caine’s interesting and slow-burn developing series, The Morganville Vampires, you probably never thought it could be brought to anything other than network TV. However, Geek & Sundry, after launching other original shows like Spellslingers, TableTop, and the Guild, decided to help bring the kickstarted campaign for film to their YouTube channel through the mini-medium of web-length episodes.

DarkestGoth Girl Holiday Products: The 2015 Calendar [ANNOUNCEMENT]

Posted By JT Hanke on Dec 19, 2014 in Announcements, Article, Creative Arts: Photography, Featured, Model: Danna Victoria, Model: Laila Black, Model: Mariarita Cupersito, Model: Women, News & Updates, Origin: DGM Staff, Type: Article (w/ Photos)

We’re now into the last minute shopping before the holidays and what better way can you show someone you love them than with the calendars of one (or three) of our beautiful DarkestGoth Girls!

Gina Voss: Cat On A Hot Roof [GALLERY]

Posted By DarkestGoth Photo on Nov 5, 2014 in Creative Arts, Creative Arts: Photography, Featured, Model Gallery, Model: Gina Voss, Model: Women, Type: Photos

The hyper-colorful Gina Voss makes her DarkestGoth Debut with her feline inspired cyber-goth look!