Took a while to find a decent image, no luck so I basically took this Colette screenshot from the Tales of Symphonia opening, her eyes are love although I adjusted it to a more blue/cyan color. The first thing that came to mind to get some nice blue going was Monochrome! It's the style that makes your colors go boom.
So I vectored her, gave her more detail/depth (SHE IS NOT PAINTED) and added the beautiful Tales of Symphonia wings with several refrences. Converted to Photoshop, had no idea for a background except something not too crowded and got this, added some filters to it to blend/fit it all (I did ask others for idea's). Added the birds and apparently the text I made beforehand ended up quite fitting. I used several textures, no sources as I just picked them from google images. Gave her wings sparkles and a glow effect as a finishing touch. Oh, and the moon is a brush I downloaded long ago.
~ Revision ~ - Took in Bernouli's suggestion as she reminded me of the shading I actually forgot to do due to pushing myself with finishing this I overlooked it before.-
Made the text a bit more readable (Thanks Cyan) -
Played a bit with the the texture to still make it blend in but not much of it. (you were right Fii-chan, it kinda killed it) -
Thumbnail fixed \o/



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2 years, 10 months ago
Really pretty use of blue, but perhaps her clothes could use more shading/highlights? o:
2 years, 10 months ago
First off, I can't began to state enough how happy I am that you decided to visit the Tales of Symphony scene. Without a doubt, probably my favorite game in the series and certainly one that doesn't receive enough love either. I was curious as to how a monochrome styled version of Colette would turn out, but this exceeded any expectations I had!
You did such a wonderful job with Colette. I'm glad that you choose that great looking shot of her from the anime. Her eyes are truly love in that scene and making them such a rich blue just draws you in completely. I have to say I prefer what you did with her, making her monochrome, more than any other version I've seen of her. Both anime based and video game based. However, what really made this wallpaper for me was the wings. Not only a key element of who Colette is and what the series focuses on, but also one of the highlights of this wallpaper. They are absolutely beautiful and are a completely faithful recreation of what was present in the game.
The background itself is rather nicely done as well. You did a great job with your usage of filters and brushes as well. Everything comes together very nicely and I really love the landscape you chose for her too. My only real complaint would be the text, mostly because you can hardly see it and it does sort of throw off the mood of the wallpaper itself. It's not bad and I completely agree with your thoughts on it, but it is really hard to see.
I've told you how I felt about the progress beforehand and I can't believe how amazing the final product looks. You really did a fantastic job with this wallpaper. So much so to the point of where I want to go out and buy a Gamecube and get Tales of Symphonia again. No joke.
2 years, 10 months ago
wonderful wallpaper, now that we are revisiting sylvarant and thete alla here, however we wanted some awesomeness A.K.A. kratos xD
2 years, 10 months ago
Nice this wallpaper reminds me of Luches' wallpaper hehe!
2 years, 10 months ago
Her blue eyes are very attractive. They are harmonized with black and white drawing in the wallpaper.
2 years, 10 months ago
Really nice grayscale theme wall - nice clean vector and lovely blue eyes - i would prefer if it didn't have the texture but good work. +fav
2 years, 10 months ago
Nice usage of blue! Love it. <3
2 years, 10 months ago
Nice and soft touch with the blue, and nice style, love her eyes! +
2 years, 10 months ago
Really nice wall, I like the colours (great contrast!) Cute and gorgeous. +
2 years, 10 months ago
Absolutely beautiful wall of Colette. Never satisfied that there was no decent ToS wall, but this one does it justice.
+fav
2 years, 10 months ago
I love eyes against the grey scale. Very beautiful! I also really like the wing brush coming off of her.
2 years, 10 months ago
Nice! XD
2 years, 10 months ago
Mokky is awesome !!!! I love her :pppp +FAV
2 years, 10 months ago
good
2 years, 10 months ago
aww soo cool! a really nice work! faV!
2 years, 10 months ago
Lovely soft shades of gray and blue (which I'm ALWAYS a sucker for hehe). And what a nice scan~ I really enjoy this wall; you've done a nice job for the blue entry~
2 years, 10 months ago
halllllllllllllloooooooooo phoe!!!!!! amana new null .(n_n). |(o_o)
2 years, 10 months ago
ah its cute, but i really thought it was painty and not vectored O_o what trick did you use to fool oyakata-sama's eyes? anyway its pretty i love Colette's eyes its a lovely blue color♥+ lol i hit 1800 comments on you without thinking :3
2 years, 10 months ago
relaxing to stare at, gonna be my wallpaper for awhile ^^
2 years, 10 months ago
Nice wallpaper !
I like the contrast grey and blue
2 years, 10 months ago
very kawaii very well done as well great wallpaper!
2 years, 8 months ago
Very stunning work and I absolutely love the way you highlighted the eyes. Shading work is superb as well.
2 years, 6 months ago
2 years, 6 months ago
Loved it! Very nicely done~
2 years, 5 months ago
Love it, pure and simple. Didn't even notice the text at first, a nice subtlety added to the wallpaper =)
2 years, 4 months ago
loved what u did with the eyes. love how they just pop out at you great job.
2 years, 4 months ago
A great concept, I can see myself using it. Well done with the composition!
2 years, 4 weeks ago
it rlly good it much like that um "a lack of colour" one but it way bettr dan tat so I LURVE IT
1 year, 1 month ago
Good work and composition
1 year, 3 weeks ago
I'm fond of tales of Symphonia and it's one of the most beautiful wallpaper I've ever seen
1 year, 3 weeks ago
Seriously, just amazingly gorgeous! I love the monochrome style because it makes the blue stand out even more, the sparkles near her wings now look like fairy dust. :D I also love the shading and highlights you did on the scan but it does make the background you chose look a little too...I dunno...out of place? Like the scenery fits...but the style kinda doesn't. It's not really a big issue, just it felt more 2D than the image which feels more 3D and realistic because of the shading.
11 months, 3 weeks ago
love it especially the wing part
9 months, 3 weeks ago
YESSS
8 months, 2 days ago
the color are perfect, nice on my computer screen ;)
6 months, 1 week ago
I just LOVE it! Great vectoring! Totally love this wallpaper.Great work! I love this wall, it'll be my new desktop!
5 months, 16 hours ago
wow, i'm loving this wallpaper!