elephant- http://www.flickr.com/photos/pierre_pouliquin/2812916189/
jugglers- http://www.flickr.com/photos/socialeurope/4754815996/

She held the rose in her hands, she had held so many of them in the last few days. As the thorns tore again at her finger she watched the blood flow. Legend told that the Blooding of a White Rose would save them from the devastation, famine, and war that would soon be upon them. She watched as the rose became stained with her blood, ignoring the pain in her hands. It was nothing to the desperate ache in her heart. A heart that cried out for the legends to be true; It had to be, this was The Last Rose!

PL-E-E-E-A-SE VIEW IN HI-RES ... texture and detail just make this compressed version look blurry ;-)

Thank you to pinkpaint-stock for the lady image and zommy for the Rose. All other photo's used are my own (see SBS).

Animated Gif at end of SBS

To explain the title, I picture this boy withdrawn in the dark room from some unknown sad event. That's just the situation I imagine from the scene.

I just tried to focus on believability and atmosphere. The brick wall photo is mine.Thanks for the other source photos from homero nuñez chapa (toy car), Lydiat (bookstore), Pamporoff (old Books), and Vincent Crivello (boy)

3DS Max. Render with V-Ray.
Sky is from CG textures, thanks.

Extract from PXL rules:
UPDATED 08/2009): Recreating a source image from scratch in a 3D program is allowed, but it's required to post a step by step guide. It is always safest to post each action you did in your step by step guide, no matter what program you use.