Finally another finished wallpaper after more than 7 months (or so say the stats of my last submission). The idea of this wall has been sitting around collecting dust since Soul Eater was airing. By right I have a bunch of other walls to work on as well but I decided to bump this one up.
I'm kinda glad that I waited around this long before I vectored this because I don't think I could have vectored that well in the past (in fact, the finished product would have looked more or less like the concept sketch I included in the progress chart).
Quick shout out to all the people who gave suggestions in Session Zero (good or bad) as well as special mention to @Horseradish, @KakashiM and @PaoPorsche in particular for your suggestions. I could only have reached this level of awesomeness, IMHO, with your input. =D
Lil' bit 'bout the wall. All vectors were based of 1280x720 screenshots from the Soul Eater anime, corrected at 5120x3200 resolution before getting shrunk down to 2560x1600 resolution. Originally I wanted to to give the characters strongs rim lights and glows to give them a more silhouetted and backlit feel but I never could quite get the lighting correct so I scrapped the idea. In the end I went for a more film-noirish feel with the desaturation and the bleached out colours. I grant the wallpaper might be a little too dark for some so I'm going to appeal more the niche group of dark wallpaper fans. Nevertheless, I still wanted to stick to my vectoring roots and not end up with a grunge wallpaper so I steered clear of overburshing and went with a more clean feel.
I hope you guys like it.
Note: [strike]The wallpaper was designed for widescreen users so I'm still hesitant to make versions for 4:3 and 5:4 definitions. When I work the layout a bit more, I'll try to release a 4:3 version but a 5:4 is probably going to be impossible[/strike] Sorry guys but 4:3 and 5:4 definition version are officially impossible. Too many layers to work with.
** Update ** New version now with anti-aliasing and fixed sig. Seriously though...Photoshop cannot anti-alias a vector for ****. I had to upsize it by 400%, rasterise it, then downsize it back. ** /Update **
More quick facts: Program used - Photoshop CS4 (only) Time taken - Way too long (2-3 weeks of solid work min.) No. of layers - 626 (579 vector layers [342 for the characters, 210 for the moon and 27 for the buildings], 31 overlay/filter layers, 16 misc. layers [painted layers, etc])



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3 years, 2 months ago
Hmmm nice result, finally here it is in the gallery, glad to see that you changed your sig, but you could make it a little bit smaller ^^ Also the wallpaper requires an anti-aliasing filter, maybe a Gaussian Blur can fix that problem... Anyway, nice wallpaper, I would like to FAV this one because of your nice and remarkable efforts with every new revision ^^
3 years, 2 months ago
Nice one!
I noticed the change in the background. It looks much better than the SZ versions. The fish eye effect wasn't working out, huh? I have to admit that you put a lot of heart into this wall, and it shows on the final product.
It's a fave in my book
3 years, 2 months ago
Sorry I forgot to fave :P
3 years, 2 months ago
YAYZ. Lovely indeed. This wall has improved a LOT. <3
3 years, 2 months ago
♥.♥..love it..♥.♥ ♥.♥..+fav..♥.♥
3 years, 2 months ago
I already love that Anime and its Characters, they are all Cool, u did a nice job to collect them in a single wall specially with their unique expressions:) Fav
3 years, 2 months ago
Great job with the perspective. The characters and background match very well, also I like the night style you achieved with the colors very much.
3 years, 2 months ago
nice i love the final outcome of the wall, I've being following its progress from sz so i'm impressed with the development. btw the moon is just creepy. +
3 years, 2 months ago
thanx for sharing such a great wallpaper nice vector work its superb and the color shades are great as well though i havent seen this anime but i like ur wallpaper so keep up it.
Favs++
3 years, 2 months ago
Looks some dark but still nice good job
3 years, 2 months ago
Finally!! on gallery.. nice final results... just to my way of view its kind of dark.... maybe some light in the middle help... but its soo great finally see it... +fav
3 years, 2 months ago
Great vector wall, it's even better, than the Session Zero version, (I guess I'm the only one, who liked the original angle of the buildings) the moon and the chars' are looking great, but I think the wall became a bit too dark, other than that it's awesome.
3 years, 2 months ago
Black Star and Soul are so screaming 'What You Lookin at!' Then I'm saying 'This kick ass wallpaper thats what I'm looking at!
3 years, 2 months ago
Judging from that progress chart, i can see that this wallpaper has come a long way. It looks so much better now, and i'm glad you fixed the perspectives and used those filters to get that nice effect that it currently has now. Great job on the vectors too. I'm loving the moon. < 3 So keep up the good work. :)
3 years, 2 months ago
Really dark, maybe a little too much... But awesome vector, and great atmosphere! Fav
3 years, 2 months ago
This wallpaper has invested a lot of time and effort! definitely a +fav!
3 years, 2 months ago
I so love the atmosphere of this wallpaper
3 years, 2 months ago
I really like that you corrected the perspective of the BG to match the one form the characters. It looks way better now. But the best part of this is the overall concept and idea. It shows the great amount of effort and dedication you put into creating this.
Anyways, the final result turned out to be pretty neat (technically and creatively). Keep the good work.
3 years, 2 months ago
Cool! I love the perspective here. The vector is clean and sharp. The dark colors really blends well together. The bg fits the perspective of the scan and i love how you did it. Overall love the concept! +fav! ^^,
3 years, 2 months ago
Wow. Wonderful. I'm really lovin' the perspective. You did a nice job re-doing the buildings and whatnot. I think it turned out quite nice. :)
+faving~!
< 3's
3 years, 2 months ago
nice wall..i like the dark colors mixed with the moon light..good choise..i like it and it deserves a fav..
3 years, 2 months ago
hey this is some nice work~i cant believe i missed it xD
3 years, 2 months ago
This is a great wallpaper.
3 years, 2 months ago
nice background and colours!
3 years, 2 months ago
wow its awesome :D great vector <3+
3 years, 2 months ago
Flawless vectoring,if I saw it right :P Always loved the scan,glad you vectored it^^ +fave
3 years, 2 months ago
Saw your work progress, I can't believe you took everything off screen shots and vector them! Totally amazing!! One thing though, it would be even better if you put some moon pattern back on the moon!
3 years, 1 month ago
Pretty Wall! Love it!
3 years, 2 weeks ago
nice effect, the colors are not so dark and the whole wallie turns out great, i love it :)
2 years, 7 months ago
YAHOO!!! I always love this soul eater gang.The background and the color tone is really suit with them.That bloody moon is so funny,I love it!Keep Cool!
2 years, 6 months ago
Really like the background and the vectors are nice and crisp!
2 years, 6 months ago
Wow such a great wall with awesome feels to it~ Loving the ambiance!!!
2 years, 4 months ago
Fantastic group shot!! -
2 years, 4 months ago
awesome. great wall
2 years, 1 month ago
Super Nicely Done! Impressive.
2 years, 4 weeks ago
Nicely done. I love the whole nighttime theme. It sets the mood that is pretty much the appendage (spelling?) of Soul Eater (Aside of comedy)
1 year, 11 months ago
I like it. Like you said, it's a little dark, but it IS the night. :-)
1 year, 9 months ago
like like
1 year, 9 months ago
Really nice job! specially with the lights. Also all the work with the moon =)
11 months, 3 weeks ago
I love the angle of it. It makes it all dramatic :3