Like I promised, this is my second tribute to Teresa. ^_^ Please full-view it to see the extent of the details.
The title is a reference to when Teresa’s handler described her during her introduction, and then corrected himself from saying “woman” to “creature/monster”. I love the irony, since she’s such a doll face haha. (As mentioned by the bandit who wanted to rape her!)
Only the lines were vectored in Illustrator, and in one color: black. (I like heavy lineart!) The rest was all painted in Photoshop using my Wacom tablet.
How long did it take? Meh I don’t remember since I took many week-long breaks because I’m lazy. XP However if I were to guesstimate and condense the time it took, I’d say about a week with roughly 6-8 hours of work each day.
Where did I find the stock image? It’s actually from a spread from chapter 79 of the manga, but thanks to Unok on Mangahelpers I was able to use these two images:
http://img109.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=76956_SQ_c79_000_122_945lo.jpgfor the lineart, and
http://img212.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=76336_sq4hz8_122_484lo.jpgto help with the colors.
As for the background I wasn’t sure what to do at first, but then I looked at some scenes from episode 8 with all the overcast skies, and then I whipped up some clouds, mist, and mountains with no reference. It just happened to have sunset colors since I used the leftover colors from painting her hair. >_>
Now for the process details: I painted the eyes first (most important part imo), then her face, hair, armor, claymore, and background, in that order. I added her insignia to her claymore because it looked boring without it, and I traced it from the anime’s opening sequence. I intended the focus to be on her, so that's why the background is very blurry. Think of it as a short depth of field that contrasts her more from the background.
Brushes used (all default): Hard round, soft round, and airbrush soft round.
PS CS2 filters used: Paint daubs, Gaussian blur, motion blur, smart blur, noise, median, reduce noise, and unsharp mask.
I made the whole thing using my little 1280x800 resolution laptop!
You can easily crop it to make other aspect ratios. I didn’t because there are many ways to do so and still have it look good. (And because I’m too lazy to choose which one. XP) EDIT : I added the typical resolution since several people wanted it and couldn't crop it.
Oh, and here’s the textless versions too:
And also, please do not use for anything other than a personal wallpaper without asking, thanks.
I hope you like it. ^_^ Please tell me what you think because I love to read your comments.



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4 years, 9 months ago
Great background, nice painting there~ :D
I'm just not a fan of head-shot wallpapers, though. >xD
Happy walling~
4 years, 9 months ago
love claymore and the girls! good work with the background! and great colors even the text is not big,goes my fav to the textless one! +fav
4 years, 9 months ago
Awesome wall! The painting is very nice and I especially like her armor. The thick outlines are nice too and that background also goes very well. +fav
4 years, 9 months ago
This wallpaper is grear!! Teresa looks great ^^ the way you painted everything its amazing! +Fav
4 years, 9 months ago
Really quite a wonderful Teresa wall. I love the background cloud/mist affect and the overall use of lighting. The only thing that I can see is the lips seem less detailed that the rest of her via lineart/etc.
Really good job.
4 years, 9 months ago
perfect :D so this one is the one you told me about its glorious, its detailed and beautiful in every aspect. and Teresa is my favorite +Fav
4 years, 9 months ago
great wall, very good painting soft and warm shadows, all balnsed and super stylishXD fav without any doubt
4 years, 9 months ago
i just started this series not to long ago and can't say i dislike it. i love your wall it's done so well. from the shadows to the bg and picture blending. excellent job.
4 years, 9 months ago
yeah that is pretty ridiculous! painted huh? well you did an awesome job on it! I guess its time to finally change my wallpaper again...its been a while! +fav
4 years, 9 months ago
Am I dreaming or am I really seing a striking wallpaper of Claymore?! Man! What a beautiful, over-skilled, pleasant, effective work! I love evrything. Specially the stunning vector of Teresa - I'm overally very impressed, but when it comes to the golden shine in her eyes... Wow! Absolutely a great, great work.
My new favourite. ♥ Congratulations!
4 years, 9 months ago
This is definitively a PRO work Is very well made, it's admirable in every aspect: the light balance, the superb background, the colors... everything. Yes, she has a doll face, but that look of her gives me the creeps Nice job!
4 years, 9 months ago
Too awesome colors... mind blowing. Thanks ~
+fav ~quazor
4 years, 9 months ago
Beautiful Wallpaper~ The BG really fits Teresa
4 years, 9 months ago
looks epic, really great job :) nice bg also
4 years, 9 months ago
Awesome wallpaper (9+_+) Great work with the vector :D :D Love the colors. +Fav!
4 years, 9 months ago
The amount of details in the wall is amazing. It is clean, well coloured and the text fits in very well.... definitely a fav!!
4 years, 9 months ago
The best coloring work I've even seen! Her face looks wonderful and so does her hair.
4 years, 9 months ago
I can't help staring at the wallpaper... Once I look at it, I just can't take my eyes off... I remember your other Teresa wallpaper... You always make Teresa look really beautiful! Love your Teresa wallpapers! You should make more Teresa wallpapers! >_<
4 years, 9 months ago
wow, love the soft color ^^you did an amazing job making the color so soft what i love the most is her skin ^0^, awesome job
4 years, 9 months ago
Beautiful! The colors, the painting, the background... everything looks superb! *.*
4 years, 9 months ago
Smooth color using...~well done
4 years, 9 months ago
wow awesome painting (9+_+) i love the shading , cuz it's looks real even her lips is amazing :DDD i wish you could teach me how to shade and make the lips looks real , please 8)E Awesome wall indeed , my fav :DDD +Fav p.s if u have some useful tutorials please give it to me and i'll credit you when i made a wallie ;)
4 years, 9 months ago
Beautiful painting. The details are perfect. I like her eyes the most. They look so dazzling. Tablets always produce quality results like this! =) (I cant wait to get my tablet in 2 weeks!) ^^
4 years, 9 months ago
Fantastic wallpaper. You have made a great job painting and very good vector. The background fits very well.+ fav
4 years, 9 months ago
Gorgeous painting job. Some of the outlines look a little jagged, but the detail you got in your painting makes up for it for me. Her eyes are striking. Very nice job. I look forward to more of your work. Fav!
4 years, 9 months ago
This is simply stunning! The calm colors blend wonderfully, the smoothness is amazing, but her eyes have a sharp, petrifying look. Great painting, I adore this wall~!
4 years, 9 months ago
How lovely! Just like your last Teresa wallpaper, I love it. It's a total masterpiece! You can paint so well...the colors, strokes, everything--they're perfect! I'm amazed at how you went from the original scan to this. It's so pretty. I wish it were in my resolution though (I don't have widescreen). Anyhoo, this is a great wallpaper; congrats on all that work because it's worth it. :3 *faves*
4 years, 9 months ago
Wow Teresa looks awsome!!
Althought the text isn't dominant, I still prefer the text-less version, thanks for making it available!
4 years, 9 months ago
Nice job again, man. Last time you also impressed me with the TTGL wall and now even a better one. Your painting skills are just awesome. (I need a tablet too ;3). I would put it on my desktop...but I doesn't have a widescreen. (and I don't wanna cut this nice piece) +Fav
4 years, 9 months ago
A very eye catchy wallpaper even in thumbnil =D I really like what you had done with her eyes(yes they look lovely) and maybe you made it so but i find that the lips looks slightly different from the rest of the wall(they are kinda mm.. soft? compared to the rest of the wall) A really nice looking painting and some points of improvement will be that some vectored lines are slightly jagged so you might wanna make them smoother. And her nose is looking too pointed on the right side =D Overall a lovely work and keep it up (~_~)
4 years, 9 months ago
Amazing painting. The eyes are absolutely incredible. I mean INCREDIBLE.
Great work!
4 years, 9 months ago
Gah, this is absolutely gorgeous. Your painting skill is fantastic, and the vector is nice as well.
+fav
4 years, 9 months ago
I think you reflected this character perfectly, beautiful soft and scary :) thank you for sharing
4 years, 9 months ago
OMG
Wow, this looks so.... amazing! Simply delicious (and I do mean the colors, they are so pretty!)
Truly befitting, for a queen such as Teresa.. Good job! P(T_T)
4 years, 9 months ago
Stunning Vector Though some of the lineart are pixelated and a bit too thick But that's just me ;3
+fav
4 years, 9 months ago
I just got done telling boogybro that I signed in after so long just to download his Blackhole wallpaper, but had I seen this first...
This is adorable. She's adorable. Probably the most adorable monster I know. Now I can spread her on my desktop. Thank you.
4 years, 9 months ago
Totally awesome wall of Teresa, it's really worth it. Keep up this excellent walling style ^_^ And added to my Favorites too.
4 years, 9 months ago
i havent been on animepaper for a while but my goodness Claymore was probably a fav anime/manga i've been following and wow! this caught my attention...i love the coloring..the lighting is done well..it's consistent throughout ur whole piece ..love it! i wish i could do stuff like people here on animepaper ahaha
4 years, 9 months ago
Really nice! I wish I could use my Wacom like you! :D
I really love the eyes! So beautiful! :D
4 years, 9 months ago
Overall, I think the wallpaper is quite good and I think you did a fantastic job integrating the scan. I think it was a wise choice to soften up the feel of the picture. It doesn't have that harsh edgy look many anime wallpapers have today.
4 years, 9 months ago
Hmmm... It's a very easy and clean work though -Teresa is great and astui
4 years, 9 months ago
You did an awesome job painting this. Although it's kind of simplistic, the soft color and tone really blends everything well together. Not too mention it has Teresa, so it's definitely a plus. Keep up the great work!
+fav
4 years, 9 months ago
very nice appreciate the textless version aswell :D
4 years, 9 months ago
It looks really great! It's soooo mysterious!(9+_+)
4 years, 9 months ago
Just amazing! The vectoring is neat, and the painting is stunning. Metal is not at all easy to paint, but you did that and everything else perfectly.
+Fav
4 years, 9 months ago
Simply beautiful great background and nice colours
4 years, 9 months ago
I love it! I love the golden light effect! Fantastic background and nice sharp detail. Instant Fav!
4 years, 9 months ago
This wallpaper is simply great, I like a lot your work in coloring Teressa, It looks perfect.
4 years, 8 months ago
Your work likely is the perfume advertisement is the same, the goddesses are sending out the charm which one kind cannot be resisted!XD
4 years, 8 months ago
This is the best wall of Teresa I have as yet to see! Everything is very well done. I really like the smooth drawing style (for lack of a better word/description), the background ,and the color scheme you used. Very beautiful!
4 years, 8 months ago
Hm, pretty much takes your breath away when you look at it first.
The detail and colors all combined in one is just an amazing outcome, and it all blends nicely and gives it such a great flow. I love her face more than anything, it's simply beautiful. Fave for me~
4 years, 8 months ago
Very, very good. Her eyes really stand out. I definitely like this wallpaper. It's beautiful. Added as a favorite.
4 years, 8 months ago
Wow this wall is beautiful! The painting and colours are just spot-on perfection. :D Beautiful fluidity to the wall. Nice nice nice! :D +fav
4 years, 6 months ago
amazing paintwork, 8)E
4 years, 6 months ago
very pretty wll, pretty colors, great choice of scan!
congratulation!
4 years, 5 months ago
It's beautiful, excellent job combining painting and vectoring. I really like how soft the colors are.
4 years, 5 months ago
The colour looks magnificent, another beutiful piece in my Teresa's collection
4 years, 4 months ago
WOW!!! Yay for Teresa!! It's a simple and yet AWESOME wallpaper. It looks very clean without any of the fuss you see in a lot of other wallpapers where you can't even find your icons XD
Best part, it's 16:10 ^.^
4 years, 3 months ago
amazing from that reference picture
4 years, 1 month ago
I love her eyes!! Great job.
3 years, 3 months ago
As I first saw the Claymore Scans I thought: "Oh my God! Ugly!" But know I see your wallpaper - and I can't really believe it that's a Claymore Scan! WOW! Looks really Cool! ^.^
3 years, 2 weeks ago
Definitely one of the best Claymore wallpapers out there~ simple but beautiful! Love the colours~
2 years, 10 months ago
Your hard work has definitely paied off big here. The colors used on Teresa are just perfect. The shine in the colors on the armor and sword is awesome. Her eyes look so life like I forget it is a wall. Her hair and skin colors are blended just right and looks amazing. And the choice of background is very fitting. The sky is very detailed with clouds that look perfect. And the way the fog/clouds just lightly covers the mountains in the back is done very well. Keep up the stunning work, this wall just became my fav of all Claymore walls.
2 years, 9 months ago
The colors and painting of Teresa looks gorgeous. Well done making a nice wallpaper.
2 years, 7 months ago
that wallpaper is cool teresa is so strong ^^
2 years, 4 months ago
This is really a great work. I like this kind of style because it really gives it the feeling of having been hand-made. Great work with the colors. I like how you kept her hair around her face dark to add more realism and contrast while lighting up her face. If ever there was a bright light in the world of Claymore it was Teresa.
2 years, 4 months ago
I've used this wallpaper for a loooong time, never get tired of it. It really is that good.
1 year, 11 months ago
Lovely Teresa! Realy a great work congratz! +fav
1 year, 4 months ago
Awesome!!!
1 year, 3 months ago
Slightly eerie, but absolutely gorgeous nonetheless.
1 year, 3 months ago
Great wallpaper love the show!"
1 year, 1 week ago
Teresa is good girl!!!
10 months, 3 weeks ago
This is my most loved person!!
8 months, 4 weeks ago
How much I wish that she was not dead`~ dang it~~ I like her the most in the anime~ good paper~ thank you
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Wow! Love the smoothness of her features. Fantastic job on this wallpaper.
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Such a clean and sharp wallpaper. The background colors nicely complement her colors. Teresa is the best!
7 months, 1 week ago
WOW! colors are AWESOME! thanks! ^_^
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Wow, nice to see you doing this kind of wallpaper! I personally love the color changes, it's made it softer and more girly, making the fan service feel less in your face than the original. The little touches on the ribbons are great too, they seem a lot silkier without the outlines :3
1 month, 4 weeks ago
Omg I LOVE Teresa! one of my favorite animes <3 great job with the brushes portraying her beauty!