Hi! When I saw this scan from Sora no Woto I noticed the saturate and beautiful down-to-earth colours. Both colours and the perspective caught my interest so I decided to wall it.
I wanted to keep the scan as it was, so I resized it a bit and recreated the background. (Making clouds is always a favourite). I made the ground a little bit sloping to add a little bit tension, so it wouldn’t be so plain to watch. I added contrast (of course) and played with light and colour tones to make it more vibrant, but not as much to lose the beautiful original earthy colours. I increased the feeling of a strong sun in the horizon though. Since the scan is a cover, I had to repare and paint over some broken parts and fill it with texture. I couldn’t clean the scan because it was very noisy, so I decided to keep the noise. I think it fits more to the concept though.
It took about a week to make, most part were used to play with different lights and such. I have gotten really into the lightning part when I went through all my older walls. I think I made all of them more colourful and vivid xD (please check them out in their updated versions lol)
Anyway, I’m really satisfied with the light, and that I managed to keep the original colours even though I changed a lot.
Bird-brushes from Deviantart!
Please share critics, I’d love that.
/Chachayue



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2 years, 8 months ago
pretty scan indeed, great job on the extentions and colour adjustments <3
2 years, 8 months ago
I love the color and background. Very dull and melancholic yet sublimely beautiful, just like they should be. Fits the show and this piece of artwork very well(cant remember the artists name all of a sudden but I like his work.) Good work!
2 years, 8 months ago
Wow ! Love the sky isss sooo wow haha visually appealing i likee it a Looot ! Good
2 years, 8 months ago
It is a PERFECT Wall i see until now!!
No matter the colour and the character, it all just match perfectly. Especially the sky, it's really give me a heart attack feeling!
I like it very very much, fav for sure!
2 years, 8 months ago
i really love where this wall is going, though (don't kill me) i think it just needs some extra touches to make it feel really finished. the bottom left cloud is well executed, but the top clouds are still a little too rough, esp in the shadows. i am biased, but i really think you should make their faces brighter to draw focus on the three. i know its bright sky, dark ground, almost twilight-esque, but i feel that composition only works when the characters are facing away from the viewer.
aside from those rather minor comments, i really love the way you've drawn inspiration from the scan and created the landscape with a very deliberate decision to add tension and movement. everything is put together really well and the colors are magnificently rural-1800's-European. fantastic!
2 years, 8 months ago
The atmosphere is very pretty and matches their colors. It's very nice, nothing bad about it.
Fave
2 years, 8 months ago
I like it, the atmosphere is very fitting! *fav*
2 years, 8 months ago
The way you changed the mood of the colors and recreating the clouds are lovely. Sloping the ground was a good idea to make it look like as if they're walking downhill. Nice job. |(n_n)|
2 years, 8 months ago
looks like an oil painting , make me feel warm
2 years, 8 months ago
seamless... really looks like an oil painting
2 years, 8 months ago
Gives a great feeling when I look at it.
2 years, 8 months ago
The background is looking very good, cloudy sky, a setting sun, and flowers on a field somewhere far away from everything. The characters look good as well, they fit to the background. Nice wallpaper.
2 years, 8 months ago
Oh my god! I really love this melancholic yet extremly beatiful scernery. The background is just too well done in terms of colors and setting. The cloudy horizon and the setting sun seem so real.
The characters are well extracted aswell and fit in the scernery perfectly. The overall feeling is awesome.
Definatly a +fav for me!
2 years, 8 months ago
wow! this is so good! i like the feeling and atmosphere in this wall^^ nice job
2 years, 8 months ago
Nice scan extension, love it, looks very classical and special ^^ +FAV
2 years, 8 months ago
Beautifully smooth wall, I love the scheme and how well everything blends while still holding shape and defining everything. Really nice improvements I think, worth the full view :3
2 years, 8 months ago
This is awesome. You really brought out the colors very well. I love it. It's so adorable!
2 years, 8 months ago
Great colour palette!
2 years, 8 months ago
Nice extension + the you made the colors a little visible. I like the atmosphere + the texture you used. Lighting is good as well! +Fav! ^^,
2 years, 8 months ago
it looks really wonderful love it +fav
2 years, 8 months ago
The wall has its colours and brightness blended so smoothly. I LOVE IT
FAV!!!
2 years, 8 months ago
Fantastic!
This is another example of my belief that vectors are not required to make an awesome paper. Your enhancement of original scan's colors and textures is flawless, adding life to the image.
Thanks for sharing this masterpiece!
2 years, 8 months ago
Oh Great wallpaper !! A colors is mix and max
it all'right
2 years, 8 months ago
I already faved this too at MT!
Nice one in retaining the original feel!
2 years, 8 months ago
Really love the character expressions and the painting-like image. Good color balance and lighting.
2 years, 8 months ago
Like the sky. Nice work. I like that it's simple, but not to much. Nice colors, it's rather smooth for the eye.
2 years, 8 months ago
The original scan is quite a good one, but too light. It was disappointing. You improved the fault and remade it into a marvelous wall-paper! Generally speaking, the color scheme has succeeded. Enhancing the contrast has a good effect on the whole picture, but yet I think the contrast is a little too much strong. Burnt color of the ground makes a grave impression which the original scan does not have. It makes definite the difference between the figure and the background. In comparison with the realistically painted ground in an oil painting manner, the sky is a little too much fantastical in a watercolor touch. It seems a little weird; still they actually make a quite amazing view. I think you should have made more details of it. In the end, what I want to say is that you did a marvelous job, but not perfect. Thank you so much for your efforts. +fav
2 years, 8 months ago
For me on this time the best wall like i ever seen :P Of course +fav
2 years, 8 months ago
Colors are perfect in my opinion :)
2 years, 8 months ago
This is so cute :)
2 years, 8 months ago
Some clouds look a bit untextured (like the ones in the upper right corner) but that's just a minor detail. I really like the colors and the atmosphere you emphasized, as well as those flowers in the bottom. Overall, this is a very nice job! :)
2 years, 8 months ago
Textures are so wonderful here! It reminds me like an oil painting. The color scheme works perfectly as well, you really nailed the concept :3
2 years, 8 months ago
This is a really beautiful wall! I love the colors and the atmosphere. Very nice job touching up a such a pretty scan. +fav!
2 years, 8 months ago
Finally somebody made a worthy wall from Sora no Woto. Ppl tend to forget even on actual/not long ago series, if they are not too popular. Goes to desktop now!
2 years, 8 months ago
The colors and extensions are so nice! +
2 years, 8 months ago
wallpapers first woto no sora is a great merit great job (XD) wallpapers first woto no sora is a great merit great job
wanting more (XD)
2 years, 8 months ago
Wow... Tha't a really piece of art... I'm very impressed... Fav, of course!!!
2 years, 8 months ago
Hello At first great job. I like your work you have done. I love the colors in the background that you have taken and I'm your opinion that you haven't changed the scan. At last the three girls are really sweet and I like the size of this wall and again great work. Fav+
2 years, 8 months ago
nice atmosphere + FAV
2 years, 8 months ago
wonderful scan.. you did well on adding extension to it...XD
2 years, 8 months ago
Wonderful! I love the background's effect! Great work :)
2 years, 8 months ago
Gorgeous 8)E really nice work on the background - new desktop. +
2 years, 8 months ago
Excellent work! Colors are beautiful and carefully chosen. Background is well recreated too -- I like the clouds so much.
2 years, 7 months ago
I like how it has a nice watercolor feel to it. (~_~)
2 years, 7 months ago
Oh my god! I really love this melancholic yet extremly beatiful scernery. The background is just too well done in terms of colors and setting. The cloudy horizon and the setting sun seem so real.
The characters are well extracted aswell and fit in the scernery perfectly. The overall feeling is awesome.
Definatly a +fav for me!
2 years, 6 months ago
Finally, So Ra No Wo To has a wallpaper of its own and it looks darn good alright.
2 years, 6 months ago
(9+_+) This is amazing. Favorited!
2 years, 5 months ago
wow!! i love it <333 the whole whing looks just like a real painting XD
2 years, 5 months ago
wow!! i love it <333 the whole whing looks just like a real painting XD hahas and i love the earth tones too! :)
2 years, 5 months ago
really simple, but nice wall >.< more brightly and contrast
2 years, 5 months ago
nice work, looks great : D
2 years, 4 months ago
Oh, you extended the bg a bit on the left. I couldn't tell if I didn't compare it with the scan so it's done well.
2 years, 4 months ago
So so gorgeous. I love what you did with the sky, and I love the light at the horizon. It's wonderful how the piece has the same spirit, with a little boost of warmth. Excellent work!
2 years, 4 months ago
One of the best pics ever!!! REALLY inlove with the colours~ grand work.
2 years, 3 months ago
awesome wall, love the colours in it : D
2 years, 3 months ago
Great paper thanks a lot
2 years, 1 month ago
Ahhh.... I recognise this... The original scan you used was done by Kishida Mel, the guy who did the art and character designs for this series. (He's also done Atelier series for the PS3,PSP and Hanasaku Iroha due Spring 2011) I would say... You've actually done quite well to maintain his art style and not damage it.
I 1st saw it here:http://chan.sankakucomplex.com/post/show/870032
You could click on the Kishida Mel tag and take a look at his works. They're quite beautiful.
2 years, 1 month ago
The colours look so smooth! Beautiful wallpaper, I love it! Thanks a lot~
1 year, 10 months ago
Buena utilizacion del arte... simplemente hermoso XD
1 year, 10 months ago
One of my most favorite wallpapers on here.
1 year, 8 months ago
saw the anime. the girl so so cute! with her oversized clothes!
1 year, 8 months ago
So ... beautiful! <tear>
1 year, 7 months ago
Well, it may not be the livelier background but the girls look very content like smiling in hard times, I haven't seen the show yet but this makes me want to, in part, so, good job!... ^_^
1 year, 7 months ago
Well done.
1 year, 6 months ago
simply beautiful...
1 year, 4 months ago
sky color is so warm and looks like an oil painting
1 year, 4 months ago
really like this one!
1 year, 3 months ago
Very nice wall! don't usually see this type of art style, love it! great background too
1 year, 1 month ago
loved it
1 year, 1 month ago
I get a great feeling with this one . nice Job
11 months, 2 weeks ago
love the colours
10 months, 1 week ago
pretty nice one but i think all girls on stage is much better;)
5 months, 2 weeks ago
love it.