SDS Vanity Wallpaper

© 2009 Chenoasart
SDS Vanity Wallpaper made from my 7 Deadly Sins Vanity painting [link] , painted in Corel Painter and PS CS3 Extended. Which goes hand in had with Pride in the series I did on the Seven Deadly Sins.

Original is 2048 x 1536
Click download for full size

Pride (Superbia):
In almost every list pride (or hubris or "vanity") is considered the original and most serious of the seven deadly sins, and indeed the ultimate source from which the others arise. It is identified as a desire to be more important or attractive than others, failing to give compliments to others though they may be deserving of them, and excessive love of self (especially holding self out of proper position toward God). Dante's definition was "love of self perverted to hatred and contempt for one's neighbor." In Jacob Bidermann's medieval miracle play, Cenodoxus, pride is the deadliest of all the sins and leads directly to the damnation of the titulary famed Parisian doctor. In perhaps the best-known example, the story of Lucifer, pride (his desire to compete with God) was what caused his fall from Heaven, and his resultant transformation into Satan. Vanity and narcissism are prime examples of this sin. In Dante's Divine Comedy, the penitent were forced to walk with stone slabs bearing down on their backs in order to induce feelings of humility.


Model reference: *fetishfaerie-stock

Credits:
Background orb: sxc.hu [link]

Brushes Used:
Glow: *hawksmont

My 7 Deadly Sins Wallpaper Series:
Envy: [link]
Lust: [link]
Gluttony: [link]
Greed: [link]
Sloth: [link]
Wrath: [link]
Pride: [link]
Vanity(Pride variant): [link]