My First wall Fresh out of Session Zero! and fourth but most presentable vector so far A week before I made this wall, I swallowed up my pride and tried out a deviantART vectoring tutorial by donbenni(to which I am forever indebted) I vectored this Enma Ai scan, as well as the window, blinds, suspended tatami mat, and all the other BG objects. I did some brush&smudge painting for the Kois' shadows, and on the 'red' sun to give the wall an illogically surreal feel. - CRITIQUE[good or bad] IS HIGHLY APPRECIATED - Edit: Anyone here who's heard the first season's opening theme,"Sakasama no Chō" (逆さまの蝶, The Inverted Butterfly) by SNoW? I for one absolutely love that song. I therefore renamed the wallpaper to Sakasama no Koi ' (whose English translation is "The Inverted Koi"). I inverted an aspect of this wall:The position of the three circling Koi. By the laws of Space, one should logically deduce that Ai is watching three Koi located at the bottom left . But since I'm such a huge fan of the Surrealists, I reflected the Kois. 2 reasons for this: 1) to hide the fact that I was spacially challenged with this wall and 2) to feebly illustrate the title. I wanted to highlight that the three circling Koi in the wall symbolize Ai's seemingly endless cycle as Hell Girl . I also wanted the sharp contrast of the Kois' tranquility (a supposed result of the inversion) to support the text, which are actually intro lyrics of M2M's "Mirror, Mirror":
Mirror, Mirror, lie to me - Show me what I want to see... 2x
![[Jigoku Shoujo] You may pull the red string](https://content1.animepaper.co/thumbnails/standard/medium/33664/animepaper.net_wallpaper_standard_anime_jigoku_shoujo_%5Bjigoku_shoujo%5D_you_may_pull_the_red_string_33664_elfe_noire43_medium-784716d4.jpg)
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4 years, 1 month ago
Dark and sad, but still very good! I like it!
4 years, 1 month ago
Amazing. I absolutely love it. Very dark. The colour contrast with the eyes and the red is glorious. I also enjoyed the extra attention put into the text. Defiantly going to be my desktop for a long long time.
PS. I liked it so much I went out of my hermit ways and actually posted something (9+_+)
4 years, 1 month ago
Unfortunately , i can't see anything except her eyes. The wall is too dark i even can't see your vector :(
4 years, 1 month ago
The wall could be a little lighter so we could actually see what the wall is all about... I do like the composition of it and the text^^ The eyes are also really nice :)
4 years, 1 month ago
very dark but its a nice design and suits Jigoku Shoujo
4 years, 1 month ago
i love this wall especially her eyes and the whole dark feel of the wall it gives a certain mysterious effect plus the red truely comliments this wall and i like what you did with the text. +
4 years, 1 month ago
lol to myself^^ you forced me to fullview your wallpaper, so i can see and know what hidden in the left side^^ great job for that^^ although it's too dark but it suit this way so fav for your hidden and fancy text there +fav
4 years, 1 month ago
nope i absolutely love the darknes!! although i have a really bright monitor and i think the design of this wall is wonderful :D
4 years, 1 month ago
Nice comment, it gave me the need to see the full view XD I love the way you inserted the text (and the font OoO), I usually don't like texts on wallpapers, but here it's trully nice. And the vector is good too. Thanks for this ^^
4 years, 1 month ago
didnt check out the full view till i read about the fish, curiosity n all. turned out to look 100x better in full view. looks great
4 years, 1 month ago
Well YOUR comment also pulled ME out of my hermit shell, thank you for that~ ( []-[])9 [1st comment] And I'm honored that it suits your taste~ - spread the happiness - ===/(@_@)/ P(T_T)
4 years, 1 month ago
I didn't want to scratch your Guestbook, so I'll quote you instead~ (_/).. Thank you so much for the +fave and compliments! You've made my Ap welcome warmer than I expected~ Have you checked out the Textless Version then? The calligraphy fonts I used were 'Platthand Demo' and 'Schoon', and the serif font is the timeless 'Trajan Pro'~ And thank you for your Ap support! We are able to wall because of people like you! .(n_n).
4 years, 1 month ago
I'm a little late but I just wanted to say that this is a great first wall~
Welcome to the AP community and congrats on getting your wall accepted into the gallery.
You've got an eye for shadows and balances and I must say for your first time vectoring, you've done an exceptional job. Keep up the good work and I'm hoping to see more from you :)
4 years, 1 month ago
Really cool wallpaper................... This wall just really simple................. Keep up the good work!!!
4 years, 1 month ago
I have to say this is quite a nice wall, especially considering it's your first one! The vector work is very professional, it's muted and soft without any of the jagged lines one might expect from a relative newcomer to vectoring. I do agree that it's a bit on the dark side; which isn't necessarily a bad thing, it's just that the darkness detracts from all the lovely details in the wallpaper. Normally darkness is trying to cover up for lack of skill; you've got plenty of skill, let it show! Great wall, I look forward to seeing more from you!
4 years, 1 month ago
I love it when wallpapers have lyrics on them. (: I didn't even see that you wrote they were M2M's lyrics. ^^ I just looked at the lyrics and immediately that song came to my head. :D
4 years, 1 month ago
dark and sad good very nice. I like this wallpaper. I like this style. I think that it is scene of the anime's opening. anyway it is very cool, good.
4 years, 3 weeks ago
I love the way everything else is covered in darkness, leaving only her face in light. Adds more focus. Nice one!
4 years, 3 weeks ago
Not bad .(n_n).
4 years, 2 weeks ago
O.O great wall!!!^^ me encanta como enma esta fusinada con el fondo y los detalles me encantaa X3 fav*
4 years, 2 weeks ago
Very dark, but very awesome! If my computer weren't so sucky and had resolutions above 1024x768, I would totally use this for my personal wall, I love it! Definite fav, then when I get a better machine I'll be able to find it again to use on the desktop. Great job, especially for a first--I like it a hell of a lot more than my first |(n_n)|
4 years, 2 weeks ago
payter kaayo bay, vectored halos tanan. I don't have the patience to do that.
Deserves a +fav.
And you managed to put a meaning behind the wall. Added depth deserves another +fav.
Is this your first vector? +fav na pud. Idol kaayo bay, apir!
4 years, 5 days ago
Nice concept. XD I read the 'author's comments' and I really liked what the kois symbolize. I also like what you did with the letter M in the mirror mirror text. :D
3 years, 11 months ago
I wouldn't want her peaking through my window. (0_o)
3 years, 10 months ago
Awesome wallpaper, awesome theme ^_^
3 years, 7 months ago
Added to favs~ I love how it has that very dark and sad look. The eyes of Emna really pop out~ But I do think the text was a bit much~
3 years, 6 months ago
*_* great wall! tks, tks!!!
3 years, 4 months ago
Ooh, I like this. The darkness of it suits Jigoku Shoujo so well. It's very nice.
2 years, 11 months ago
nice job |(n_n)|