A wallpaper by °PaoPorsche
Submitted 2 years, 2 months ago

Vengeance, Always Best Served Cold

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°PaoPorsche

2 years, 2 months ago

 

It [revenge] is sweeter far than flowing honey. Homer ("Smyrns of Chios") The Iliad (XVIII, 109)

(4th Revision: removed the entire blood dripping thing. changed the eyes to red sharingan)

Finally, the reunion!

Oh man! Just when I finally made a non-Naruto wall, here comes a new one. I just had to make this wall when I simultaneously read the manga on Team 7 reunites and seeing anbuu’s Naruto wall “Naruto returns”, done around a year ago. His original work was grey scale, with Naruto in the rain, angry at someone.

That’s when I decided to make a wall to reciprocate anbuu’s work. I imagined that Naruto was facing Sasuke at the same scene. Naruto (in anbuu’s work) had a face of determination and purpose. Sasuke, in my portrayal, has to look in contempt and smirks to the point of mocking Naruto. So, I tried my best to look for the best image, and fortunately I did. The image of Sasuke here was taken from a panel from the manga. Put it on the background and started vectoring. MIND YOU, anbuu's style is different from mine, and I'm not trying to copy it. I just wanted to make a scene to compliment anbuu's great work.

There’s one major thing that’s new to me on this wall. And you’ll probably notice it in the hair. This is the first time I tried my hand on vexeling. I really dunno if I’ve done a good job, but the scene entails minimal light, mostly on the face. Hence the highlights are sparse, but I think it does its part and creates the mood.

Also taking it a step further is the gradient techniques. I can’t tell if its refined yet. But, thanks to Tens’ help, I’ve been able to find out new things on the technique.

The water spots were made by creating a brush with various adjustments to the bevel and emboss features. I smudged parts of it to make it look like it was falling by gravity.

The blood was obtained from a pre-rendered brush from the net. And taking, damoser’s comment, I made it a bit shinier. It now looks like the top is drying up and the bottom part is still wet. I wanted it to show that he just used the Amaterasu. It might look dry compared to the water drops, it's because it's already used earlier.

The rain was made from the same technique I did the water droplets. But this time, it is composed of several layers in the front and back of the subject, with varying angles and motion blurriness.

Finally, the bokeh effect. Made a new brush also and set the bokeh at varying blurs and opacities, making it what it looks like now

Tools: Photoshop and my trusty laptop trackpad

Comments and critiques (and favs) are most welcome. Below is the link to the manga page where I got the image. If you check it out, the panel is small, at the bottom right of the page. The other link is for anbuu’s work here in AP.

http://www.mangafox.com/manga/naruto/v50/c465/http://www.animepaper.net/gallery/wallpapers/Naruto/item92547/

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~josemiguel

2 years, 2 months ago

 

since to look at your wallpaper in Session Zero knew that the style was anbuu ..

you can never compare the style.

the wallpaper is interesting but the BG is meaningless. The opposite wall of anbuu.

[#]-(-_-)

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~OS47

2 years, 2 months ago

 

I'm not a big fan of Naruto, but, waow, this one is pretty amazing...

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~metzalx

2 years, 2 months ago

 

I've already said most of my feelings about this wallpaper in Sessions...So for the realism and the clarity, +FAV! (XD)

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~imconfused

2 years, 2 months ago

 

simpy the best Naruto series Wallpaper i have so faaar, Thx Fav+

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`yuukine

2 years, 2 months ago

 

yay monochrome wall ♥♥♥ i just love monochrome. wonderful use of gray colors, and gradients, it just makes the wall even better.not a fan of close ups though, but very nice wall indeed. I just think you should have made blood tear sharper, it kinda kills eyes... other than that well done +

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~simion-c

2 years, 2 months ago

 

real nice work real good job with the face expresion wich bring in the ideea of happines and sorrow... an great job with the realistic hair-style. great job

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`Aladdin 古いを尊重

2 years, 2 months ago

 

I love your wallpaper here, But I think blood on Sasuke's eye could be more bloody colored and sharper, and also the effect on his eyes are useless, some nice vexels could make it better ^^ I know I made much critiques but there is a last thing, you can add a gaussian blur to add an anti-aliasing effect^^ Nice wallpaper overall.

+FAV

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CloudGer Wasting time.

2 years, 2 months ago

 

I feel like you could have made the eyes red too, the blood wouldn't appear so much out of place then. Normally dual colored images have all things of one color colored if you get what I mean.

You did a great job on the hair and the water drops. I never found a way to get water to look like that >_> I'm a water n00b.

I have another point to critisize though: The vexeled outlines aren't smooth enough compared to the wall being very smooth in style overall, they are a bit too edgy and pixelated on highest reso. One tip I can give you to improve that in future works is vexeling the outlines in twice the size you need them, blur them a tad, just to remove the pixel stairs and size it down to half, looks as smooth as painted.

EDIT: I like the red eye version better. The focus lies on the eyes now and thus on the whole character somehow, makes the whole atmosphere of the wall appear rounder than just blood as eye-catcher.

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`Horseradish Live To Rise

2 years, 2 months ago

 

So far, this is my third favorite of your works! Sorry I didn't comment here first. My browser was weird last night. Even though how many times I refreshed the page, your wall still doesn't show up. Anyway, his chin looks kinda weird to me because of it's shape, but seeing that the page from the manga looks the same, I have nothing more to say there. Oh yeah, WOW. From that small frame to this HQ wall? Ni-iiice one man. And just like the others have said, the blood tears look blur-ringly weird. Hahaha. Everything's smooth and then----**splat the blood on his face**. Well anyway, I still love it. ^^v Love the effects and lighting that you used. Monochrome walls are really something. <3

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`srsng

2 years, 2 months ago

 

wow! a monochrome sasuke this is way cool! I was thinking that the blood could be bloodier or add redness to it, just my opion though

+fav!

so you're also A.P.P.L.E.

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`Cilou

2 years, 2 months ago

 

Really nice wall. Good job!

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~mrpitou

2 years, 2 months ago

 

really nice ! The black and white tone contrast with the "warm" smile.

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~rafsanakib

2 years, 2 months ago

 

Sasuke looks really romantic this is a rare thing to see. the bg is not too good but since its naruto wallpaper i love it. try to make walls with complex bg .it will look nice...

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`Nysha

2 years, 2 months ago

 

Pretty cool complementary wall. :D I like the details you've put in the hair. The gradients look fine to me, though there is this light gray one on the left side of the face that doesn't transition as smoothly (it's too linear and straight for the curve of the face). Keep up the good work!

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~blacklion

2 years, 2 months ago

 

this is a pretty cool wallpaper :-)

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`StormFangs

2 years, 2 months ago

 

I just love monochrome walls with a little red on them,the best choice ever >3 You did a nice job with the gradients,and I love the hair and eyes...I think making blood a bit sharper would be better,since it stands out too much like this,but nice job overall^^ +fave

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~PTKPG

2 years, 2 months ago

 

not bad but there was one wallpaper with a similar style black/white but with Naruto... I really think that is better.

This was, is alright not bad.

But right, with revenge normally comes a certain amount of sadness.

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$Doc

2 years, 2 months ago

 

Never seen the show, but great style. The fact that you did it with a trackpad on a laptop is just crazy. I can't stand to use the damn thing let alone vector/make a wall with it. good on ya A for execution F for trackpad

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~hkpa12

2 years, 2 months ago

 

Awesome. I really like it^^ pls do more things like this xD

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$bwilhelm

2 years, 2 months ago

 

The monochrome and gradient techniques that you used in this do make the wall really stand out, other than the similar wall by anbuu. The background is really pointless, sorry. You would be better off having a plain black background, than this. Maybe a backdrop of the leaf? Glad to see that you made the blood brighter so that it stands out.

Definitly make the eyes read, I mean they are sharingan right?

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~colossusofshadow

2 years, 2 months ago

 

like i said in session zero.. this belongs in the gallery........

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`Sakura-Dust

2 years, 2 months ago

 

I'm not sure about the blood, it stands out compared to the sharp vector and even rain drops. Except that, the wall is really beautiful, I love the simplicity and his expression.

+fav

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~daiandr

2 years, 2 months ago

 

Cool love it ! +fav

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~Carline

2 years, 2 months ago

 

I don't like Sasuke but this wallpaper realy nice =)

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~yunonakozar

2 years, 2 months ago

 

Good job!!!

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~FrailButterfly24

2 years, 2 months ago

 

I love how simple yet sinister this wall is. The look in Sasuke's eyes and the twisted smile are really enhanced because of the close up on his face and the background which help make Sasuke the main focus. I'm immediately drawn to his bloody eye because of the fact it is bleeding and it is the only source of color which I thought was smart. Overall, you did an amazing job. I hope to see more of your work in the near future.

|(n_n)|

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~neckzoe

2 years, 2 months ago

 

Nicee :D

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$slashslashbang

2 years, 2 months ago

 

First of all, I just LOVE the title of the wallpaper. It sends a chill right down my spine. You've captured the essence of Sasuke perfectly, not just with the title, but with the wallpaper itself. The monochrome and sharingan red combination are creative and original, and, *cough cough* might I just add that Sasuke looks UBER SEXY! That never hurts, lol. XD The vectoring is absolutely beautiful and I'm glad there's no text on the wall, because I prefer the simplicity. Overall, I have no complaints. Great job! You did Sasuke justice!

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`Sashinka

2 years, 2 months ago

 

Your wallpaper remind me of anbuu's wallpaper (Naruto) it's kind a like yours..but anbuu is making it a 3D and as for you its 3D little and vector But i'd love if you make the eyes more details ..Anyways i love the water drop..Mind asking how you made it?! Or which brushes?

Anyways wonderful job..a fav from me! ^_^

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~nova-kun

2 years, 2 months ago

 

I'll break down my comment into a few parts. Firstly, I am impressed with the quality of the vector you put out. Considering the total lack of detail you have with the original panel you worked from, the details in the vector are pretty impressive. However, the hair vexelling, while an applaudable experiment, doesn't seem to be working right.

I think the main problem of your wallpaper is that you're combining vastly different art styles into the same wall. It is mostly a traditional 2D, flat, single-tone (meaning not gradiented) vector yet you are putting in other elements like single strand hair vexelling (normally used in vexelling real life people rather than anime characters), pattern-rendered eyes and 3D water droplet and the combination of these elements don't seem to be working with each other. It's like you can't quite decide what you want to do.

Since you mentioned that this wall is made to compliment anbuu's wall, a comparison between the two will inevitably be made. You tried to mimic the raindrops that anbuu used but what you probably failed to realise is that the very style that anbuu used to vector/vexel Naruto creates a more 3D feel to it, thus allowing the water droplets to look more real. Your Sasuke on the other hand is a traditional, flat vector so the water droplet seem to be sticking to my laptop screen more than on Sasuke's face. That and the fact that there are some issues with how you painted the drops on in the first place (on the hair and the droplet streams especially).

My final comment is that you're going to have to do more to the raindrops then just motion blur them if you are going to create the image of rain.

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~Kyabija

2 years, 2 months ago

 

Cool ^^

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~XXLawlietXX

2 years, 2 months ago

 

wonderful~! x33 favs+download :D

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~Euphoria-darkside

2 years, 2 months ago

 

Magnifique :'o

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~monterroso

2 years, 2 months ago

 

really very good!! excellent work, thanks for the wallpaper... i love the effect of the color of the eyes! <3 <3 <3

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~AngelOrDevil

2 years, 2 months ago

 

I like your wallpaper here >:3 . But I think blood on Sasuke's eye could be more bloody colored and sharper i prefer with the blood <3 ... I like the red and the black |(n_n)| ...

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~Imfocusz

2 years, 1 month ago

 

I LOVE THIS WALLPAPER

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~shigin1

2 years, 1 month ago

 

very nice i really like this wall good job!

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~krekarboss

2 years, 1 month ago

 

wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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~BlackYuji

2 years, 3 weeks ago

 

love this you awesome man! |(VcV)| |(VcV)|

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~Phillipo

2 years, 3 weeks ago

 

Wao, Pretty Nice I Love This One

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~popi-chan

2 years, 3 weeks ago

 

Very cool i love it!!

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~Nehie

1 year, 11 months ago

 

Wow, you really made the image your own and did some proper clean up on Sasuke. I think it's very stylish, very classy and non deserving of the character (yes, I really loath him). Anyway, your paper is, well, a rather spectacular piece of art indeed. Love all the keen attention paid to detail especially the hair and rain drops, my personal favorite aspects of the paper. The atmosphere is well-matched for him, love the concept as well, the whole scene is as good as it can possibly get. Well done!

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~pradeep786

1 year, 10 months ago

 

it a nice 1. i like it

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~flybird

1 year, 10 months ago

 

** Beautiful picture I loved it so beautiful is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo coooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool wa** llpaper
(;_;) |(o_o) /(OoO)/

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~VyseDG

1 year, 9 months ago

 

love the black and white with the red sharingan

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~1STANGEL

1 year, 9 months ago

 

Cool,sasuke was always a douche bag imo,but i thinks hes pretty cool now... naruto's other form rocks.

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~Israh

1 year, 9 months ago

 

Good god! He looks darn sexy in this one!! You did an awesome job!! I love this wallpaper X33 The quality is perfect too!! Well done!!

Definately gonna fav this one!!! X3

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~motis

1 year, 8 months ago

 

What look ... full of hate ... full of avenge ... good job dude ... you can see the hate in his eyes ... like they were reals .... gratz again dude

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~Phillipo

1 year, 6 months ago

 

i don´t rly like sasuke kun but i have to say he looks like "sadic" and i love how his sharingan looks here, nice wallpaper!

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~XxTensaixX

1 year, 5 months ago

 

The image,overall, is really amazing.It has many nice atributes that I'd like to highlight. Firstly, The water drops in Sasuke's face and in the backround arenice, because they don't distort the image nor make you focus on them. Second, I liked how you kept it simple and with few colours, and yet managed to transmit the whole feeling that the image represents. Finally, I really loved how you worked with the lights and shadows in the face,as well as the texture of the image. In general, the image gives an intriguing feeling,and it's mostly due to the few colours and Sasuke's smile... I liked it a lot,no doubt =) Nice job!

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~AmandaPanda2091

1 year, 4 months ago

 

wow the look in sasuke's eyes looks both cool and ominous at the same time.

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~ItachiUchiwa7

1 year, 4 months ago

 

Nice ;D

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~vampirelove0816

1 year, 3 months ago

 

what is he a vampire

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~near09

1 year, 3 months ago

 

wow color are match for sasuke's sharingan nce one

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~Viewer12

1 year, 3 months ago

 

I don't think this wall would be near as sinister without the title. Very nice.

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~fai24

1 year, 2 months ago

 

Simply Awesome

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~rossiel

1 year, 1 month ago

 

Aww just... amazing

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~Zaiakursed

1 year, 1 month ago

 

Good

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~LoKiLLoHo

1 year, 3 weeks ago

 

I very like it...

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~Kuroki-Kaze

1 year, 3 days ago

 

you are the best sasuke is so cool i like it the idea

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~DraGoN-SaMuRai

11 months, 3 weeks ago

 

subtle yet intense.

KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!

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~Dechuu

10 months, 3 weeks ago

 

The color splash in his eyes really stand out. Nice job~

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~silyanagef

10 months, 3 weeks ago

 

good one

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~AngelGozen

10 months, 1 week ago

 

THIS wallpaper is awesome it really sends shivers down my back XD

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$jyannetto

9 months, 1 week ago

 

sasuke look amazing, great job on him. not loving the bokeh effect too much, but it doesn't distract from the image so it's just my bias against it C:

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~hawks7er

8 months, 3 weeks ago

 

This wallpaper makes Sasuke looks cooler then he actually is ^_^, fav+

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~alben

8 months, 4 days ago

 

great wall, grayscale feels awesome

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~Emeraude9999

7 months, 3 weeks ago

 

So awesome. Love the effect the rain creates.

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~Cakraboy

6 months, 1 week ago

 

Awesome wallpaper! The character choice, Sasuke painted cool and dark. The color scheme and background is very good.

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~velikiux

4 months, 2 weeks ago

 

ty

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~aplover1

2 months, 1 hour ago

 

Simply Awesome.

Enough said.

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~kyosims

12 hours, 51 minutes ago

 

Awesome ^^

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