A wallpaper by `Brosteb & ~heyjulian
Submitted 2 years, 7 months ago

redjuice Zone of Absolute Subconsciousness

New to AnimePaper? You can download this and many other good redjuice wallpapers! Join our community today!

Zone of Absolute Subconsciousness redjuice Wallpaper

Author Comments

Avatar for Brosteb
`Brosteb

2 years, 7 months ago

 

_ ISTEB'S RANT _

This was something I and heyjulian started doing a few months ago. We only finished it just now because we probably ran out of things to do.

Total time: around 5 months. If I post a WIP here I might as well post a journal of my life for the past five months.

Vectored a scan from Redjuice. Dropped a texture from somewhere, can't remember. Used Helvetica since NGE is a 90's show and you can't get any more 90's than Helvetica.

And our professors in art school would kill us if they saw us skewing the typography. Don't try this at home kids. I normally don't do this. I actually cringed while distorting the text.

The text is made up of quotes from the series by the respective characters. The rest represents their doubts, fears and the things they treasure. The text in gray represents the things applicable to both of them. Things they share. Things like Shinji.

This is also my shout-out to @Heart464 who created the wallpaper that inspired this wallpaper.

_ HEYJULIAN'S WISE WORDS _

Basically, the only contributions I made to this piece were my opinion, a few suggestions and the title. I was supposed to contribute a bit more, but well, some things came up(like school), and my incorrigible lethargy.

Initially, the background was supposed to be gray, but looking at the text reminded me of the virtual world in Summer Wars, so we decided changing it to white to see if it would turn out good. And it did.

The old paper textures on Rei and Asuka give them an air of transience, a certain fleetingness, as if they were lost inside the streams of their own subconscious. It connects very well to the psychological themes of the series. That, and old paper textures make just about everything look great.

Thanks to Isteb for deeming my opinion important enough to actually merit credit for this.

This took me about an hour to write and a few more minutes of searching for the button to post when we realized that only isteb could post this.

ISTEB: I have to thank tens, damoser and assassinxxx for their suggestions which I have incorporated in one way or another with the 2nd version.

Moved our sig to the center. I'm keeping it there to discourage people from claiming our work as theirs. Added a gradient at the bottom to give it a bit of 3-dimensionality.

uploaded a 3rd version because version 2 had my immense stupidity written all over it.

And as always, we can't thank everyone who comments and/or faves so we thank you in advance.

User Comments

Critiques welcome! Make a good critique of this wallpaper and we may highlight your comment and give you 50 bonus papers!

Stuck for comment ideas? pick some of these to critique: background, foreground, character choice, vector/extraction quality, color scheme, overall theme, typography!

Already signed up? Login.
Avatar for Horseradish
`Horseradish Memento Mori

2 years, 7 months ago

 

WICKED. Color is very appealing. The typography somehow makes that illusion of a 3D shape (an embossed one, more or less----but sometimes, when I look at it, it looks engraved. LOL) Text could've been better with different fonts, but making it uniform is OK also.

Nice job with this collab. *HIGH FIVE*

Avatar for kuryuki
`kuryuki

2 years, 7 months ago

 

nice work :D i really like how they're sitting on a text block :D

Avatar for Aladdin
`Aladdin 古いを尊重

2 years, 7 months ago

 

Awesome! Good work, love the typo you did ^^

Avatar for Stereoman
°Stereoman

2 years, 7 months ago

 

It's quite cool! I like it!

+fav

Avatar for consumicion
~consumicion

2 years, 7 months ago

 

great, the conectp, colors (with black background I think would be very good) are great, resolution is very good. Good job + Fav! <3

Avatar for Fran
`Fran

2 years, 7 months ago

 

Much love for the text work!! I think more different shades of light blue and orange would have been nice as well, but that's just me. Gorgeous vectoring and nice choice of color for the background! White works just fine.

Avatar for Tens
`Tens

2 years, 7 months ago

 

Geezus.

I was having deju-vu when I viewed the thumbnail of the wall. I was saying to myself, "wait... this feels familiar." When I read your description, everything made a lot more sense. This is also one of my favorite artworks from redjuice.

Nothing much to say about the wall. Your style of simple vectors really stands out in this wall. Changing the bridge into a typography box is an interesting approach. What makes it even more interesting you colored some the quotes in accordance to the characters.

I wish that you kept the original bridge's hexagonal shape. The narrow side of the bridge could have been filled with a mix of 1/2 liners. Then the wide side of the bridge could have angled down more just like in the original scan. To me, it feels like a cardboard box that's about to fan out from being sat on lol. Background might have benefited from a slightly off-white color to help reduce how blinding it is.

Good work from the both of you.

+fav anyway because I like the creativity and clean style. :)

Avatar for berserkerUNiT2
~berserkerUNiT2

2 years, 7 months ago

 

WOOT!

Straight up amazing! My favorite anime and wall style. <3

FAV+1

Avatar for PaoPorsche
`PaoPorsche

2 years, 7 months ago

 

Yup this is redjuice.

Didn't expect isteb producing two consecutive walls of great quality. This does remind of heart464's work. Felt like this was the follow up wall, hehe. I like the orientation of the typography, It's the substitute for the narrow walkway they're sitting on. Nice take on using their quotes for the typography as well. I think it's just me but I have sort of like an optical disorientation of whether the text underneath their buttocks appear deeper than the text underneath Asuka's right leg. Maybe it's just me.

Great collab. Kudos to the two of you.

Fave in my book

Avatar for damoser
$damoser

2 years, 7 months ago

 

pretty cool! love the font shape, and think that the continuity of the font helps that a lot. also, like the white bg, and the colors used.

i think it could use a little tweaking though. the colors for the characters are good, but they could use a little more contrast, especially on rei. i think that the faces should be closer to white, and the eyes. then increase saturation of some of the medium shades just a little bit, and decrease it on some of the lighter shades. that'll keep them close to monochromatic, but more interesting to look at. also, mix up the shades of colors in the texts a little. nothing dramatic, but just something more to look at.

finally, i think the shape of the text should be reinforced. if you just add a 20% gray or so at the angle down, it'll give it plenty of strength and really not change the overall feel of the white bg. you could even do so with a gradient and have it go back to white at the bottom. it'll be very subtle, but make a big difference in strengthening the overall feel, as well as composition.

Avatar for damoser
$damoser

2 years, 7 months ago

 

on second thought (man i wish i could edit my wall posts) instead of a gradient on just the bottom half. make a line of the light gray on the angle, then use a gradient in both directions. i think that would work better.

Avatar for AssasinXXX
`AssasinXXX

2 years, 7 months ago

 

Very nice vector work, the texture added works really well i think. Would work without it too i guess. But good use of textures are always a win win situation :) Awesome work with the typography, really stylish and incorporated with the scan perfectly. This is really being super nit picky on my part but i wish you made the signature go along with the bottom of your main typography. Great job you two, brilliant collab

Avatar for fooyaujit
~fooyaujit

2 years, 7 months ago

 

huhu~ nice ^^

Avatar for Brad-M13
`Brad-M13

2 years, 7 months ago

 

Very clever! Love the typography you guys used and the abstract-style colors are well done too.

Avatar for Milfeulle30
`Milfeulle30

2 years, 7 months ago

 

I'm on plain colors now and I like this one. ^^ The typography also looks good. +fav

Avatar for srsng
`srsng

2 years, 7 months ago

 

This is very cool, I especially like the typo in here - the way it is oriented and the color scheme definitely +

Avatar for Tsunoh
`Tsunoh

2 years, 7 months ago

 

mm... not too fond of the way the angle of the text changes, somehow as a whole it doesn't feel compact enough (maybe if they were a little more compressed? lol) but then I have no sense for typography.

Still a very fresh and cool wall, good job you two. +favs

btw: just thought you should know, this shouldn't be in the NGE category but under redjuice as per its publication in his EXT artbook.

Avatar for Mibelle
°Mibelle

2 years, 7 months ago

 

Very nice you guys!! Nice typography,colors, and vectoring, and awesome idea! +fav!

Avatar for Vincent
~Vincent

2 years, 7 months ago

 

Love the colors and the source. The text is a nice touch as well. Normally, I don't like white being the dominant color, but this is pretty awesome!

Avatar for Tenken-the-2nd
°Tenken-the-2nd

2 years, 7 months ago

 

Oh my god.

This is so so so good. Really awesome stuff.

Ultra-favorite, thank you so much!

Avatar for Xyrick
`Xyrick

2 years, 7 months ago

 

i like the position of the text...and the perspective is really nice.. +fav

Avatar for FiiFO
`FiiFO

2 years, 7 months ago

 

Nice typography design concept and clean vectors +

Avatar for DREAM
~DREAM

2 years, 7 months ago

 

talk about avant-garde: a wall based upon fan-art based upon nge artwork. helvetica is a great font but im not a fan of the skewed type. nice overall design. i would love to see what the wall looks like with a tan/brown bg. white is just too bland.

Avatar for xcool1234
~xcool1234

2 years, 7 months ago

 

Nice Picture, I Could Use it, Thanks For Releasing

Avatar for daiandr
~daiandr

2 years, 7 months ago

 

Love that one !!!

Avatar for Cilou
`Cilou

2 years, 7 months ago

 
Avatar for storm-and-fire
`storm-and-fire

2 years, 7 months ago

 

The vectors are simple and awesome and I love them. However, you could have done a million other things to the bg that could accompany the text and make the final result a lot more impressive like adding some nice mecha brush design along that outline. And in my opinion, the text is kind of lame. I would prefer seeing more emotional/wise/profound quotes taken from the series. I haven't watched it, but knowing it's length I am sure there would be many quotes like that. Don't get me wrong, I like the wall. I just think it has potential for a whole lot more.

Avatar for CloudGer
CloudGer Wasting time.

2 years, 7 months ago

 

This one is pretty cool, I like the vectors a lot. Also really juicy artwork you used as base ;) The typography is nice too, but what makes this wall so cool is the vectors imo, thanks for sharing!

Avatar for yago-san
`yago-san

2 years, 7 months ago

 

Love. The. Typography. And the vector/color scheme is just pure awesomeness! +

Avatar for JowJoe
~JowJoe

2 years, 7 months ago

 

without much to say ... perfect guy act creativity ^ ^ congratulations =)

Avatar for nisec
`nisec

2 years, 7 months ago

 

I really luv this. I had to log in just so i can comment and fav. +FAV

Avatar for EunMi
~EunMi

2 years, 7 months ago

 

what a great wallpaper~ the colors make good contrast and they really make the wall stands out the way you place the fonts makes it a 3D feeling, which is kool =) good job on it! thanks for sharing, love NGE~ and fav+

Avatar for OtakuGaijin
`OtakuGaijin

2 years, 7 months ago

 

Pretty good! Fav+

Avatar for grewis
$grewis

2 years, 7 months ago

 

Wooooooooowwwww... excelent job.... 8)E

congrats.... (n_n)-b

Avatar for Sakura-Dust
`Sakura-Dust

2 years, 7 months ago

 

Bitchin'! I love the typography the words are fit for Eva and the 3D kicks ass.

+fav

Avatar for tanoshimu-complex
$tanoshimu-complex

2 years, 7 months ago

 

Another EVA wall, fantastic! Looks great, fav'd

Avatar for rikatsu
~rikatsu

2 years, 7 months ago

 

This is so cool! I love your design, and the concept as well. +fav!

Avatar for kadalapi
~kadalapi

2 years, 6 months ago

 

i want to make words into shape also..~ :D

Avatar for jigoku-nin
~jigoku-nin

2 years, 6 months ago

 

Wow, typography never fails me. Another style I've seen where texts wind from various directions. The fonts used looks much better and don't outshine the two characters in the wall. and the color schemes fit nicely too. :) +fav

Avatar for chickadees
~chickadees

2 years, 6 months ago

 

Whoa, this is incredible! The typography is so awesome, especially how you worked Rei and Asuka's words into their respective colors. Your vector is perfect and the texture adds a lot of interest.

Avatar for NewKenta
~NewKenta

2 years, 6 months ago

 

This paper is awesome. It's better than.... other paper...? Love and Fav :D

Avatar for Reinamisaki
$Reinamisaki

2 years, 5 months ago

 

Nice!! ^_^ Good colors!!! And the block looks great!!!

Avatar for jn192
~jn192

2 years, 5 months ago

 

this is now my favorite wall

Avatar for Alex-Saga
~Alex-Saga

2 years, 5 months ago

 

wait, what's the problem with skewing text?

Avatar for wakizashi777
~wakizashi777

2 years, 5 months ago

 

very nice concept and design, quite original ^^ +fav

Avatar for Tobinick
~Tobinick

2 years, 4 months ago

 

Looks awsome. I like the style !

Avatar for Ruints
~Ruints

2 years, 4 months ago

 

Terrific very pleasing on my eyes Fav

Avatar for lovelylayla
~lovelylayla

2 years, 3 months ago

 

looks like neon but doesn't look like it, still liking the typography

Avatar for Zen
~Zen

2 years, 2 months ago

 

Nice.

Avatar for tykimikk
~tykimikk

2 years, 1 month ago

 

Love the typography! Great colors as well!!

Avatar for duffmachine
~duffmachine

2 years, 1 month ago

 

sitting on a block of text = brilliant!

Avatar for NoirSadame
~NoirSadame

2 years, 3 weeks ago

 

hmm i can't help but feel the perspective on the words are somewhat off.. :S i have to say that the art of asuka and rei are super awesome though! and i really like the color scheme and how you mixed it in with the words! :D

Avatar for borregooo
~borregooo

1 year, 2 months ago

 

splendic!

Avatar for Miss-Priss
~Miss-Priss

1 year, 1 month ago

 

Design is phenomenal here and gives a sense of space and color collaboration. I'm really surprised how much you could piece together just by using words as a basis. Line quality is also very exact which gives a clean feel to the wallpaper. Also, it's cool that even though the words are a kind of rant of some kind - the two girls seem particularly calm. Kinda causes a contrast that catches the eye

Avatar for NYARLA
~NYARLA

11 months, 2 weeks ago

 

Awesome! Good workIt's quite cool!Nothing much to say about the wall. Good work from the both of you.

Avatar for jakechong79
~jakechong79

3 months, 4 days ago

 

Clean and interesting to look at... nice work~!

Already signed up? Login.

More from these users

Cabaret Night

2 years, 7 months ago by `Brosteb

Cabaret Night

Descent (crim divorce wall)

1 year, 1 week ago by `Brosteb

Descent (crim divorce wall)

Repent!

2 years, 7 months ago by `Brosteb

Repent!

Mari does not like donuts

9 months, 1 day ago by `Brosteb

Mari does not like donuts

Take a Bow

1 year, 2 months ago by `Brosteb

Take a Bow

Warring Hearts

4 years, 2 weeks ago by `Brosteb

Warring Hearts

Mayucchi's a Good Girl

9 months, 6 days ago by `Brosteb

Mayucchi's a Good Girl

More from redjuice

Gaïa

1 year, 4 months ago by `Cilou

Gaïa

SIN CITY

2 years, 9 months ago by `Sashinka

SIN CITY

~Sleeping Beauty~

4 years, 2 months ago by ~Anime-Girl

~Sleeping Beauty~

My Light is Electric

3 years, 2 months ago by `Shikonxx

My Light is Electric

みく 山 - Mikuyama

4 years, 3 months ago by °Bernouli

みく 山 - Mikuyama