_ 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.



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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*
2 years, 7 months ago
nice work :D i really like how they're sitting on a text block :D
2 years, 7 months ago
Awesome! Good work, love the typo you did ^^
2 years, 7 months ago
It's quite cool! I like it!
+fav
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
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.
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. :)
2 years, 7 months ago
WOOT!
Straight up amazing! My favorite anime and wall style. <3
FAV+1
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
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.
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.
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
2 years, 7 months ago
huhu~ nice ^^
2 years, 7 months ago
Very clever! Love the typography you guys used and the abstract-style colors are well done too.
2 years, 7 months ago
I'm on plain colors now and I like this one. ^^ The typography also looks good. +fav
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 +
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.
2 years, 7 months ago
Very nice you guys!! Nice typography,colors, and vectoring, and awesome idea! +fav!
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!
2 years, 7 months ago
Oh my god.
This is so so so good. Really awesome stuff.
Ultra-favorite, thank you so much!
2 years, 7 months ago
i like the position of the text...and the perspective is really nice.. +fav
2 years, 7 months ago
Nice typography design concept and clean vectors +
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.
2 years, 7 months ago
Nice Picture, I Could Use it, Thanks For Releasing
2 years, 7 months ago
Love that one !!!
2 years, 7 months ago
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.
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!
2 years, 7 months ago
Love. The. Typography. And the vector/color scheme is just pure awesomeness! +
2 years, 7 months ago
without much to say ... perfect guy act creativity ^ ^ congratulations =)
2 years, 7 months ago
I really luv this. I had to log in just so i can comment and fav. +FAV
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+
2 years, 7 months ago
Pretty good! Fav+
2 years, 7 months ago
Wooooooooowwwww... excelent job.... 8)E
congrats.... (n_n)-b
2 years, 7 months ago
Bitchin'! I love the typography the words are fit for Eva and the 3D kicks ass.
+fav
2 years, 7 months ago
Another EVA wall, fantastic! Looks great, fav'd
2 years, 7 months ago
This is so cool! I love your design, and the concept as well. +fav!
2 years, 6 months ago
i want to make words into shape also..~ :D
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
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.
2 years, 6 months ago
This paper is awesome. It's better than.... other paper...? Love and Fav :D
2 years, 5 months ago
Nice!! ^_^ Good colors!!! And the block looks great!!!
2 years, 5 months ago
this is now my favorite wall
2 years, 5 months ago
wait, what's the problem with skewing text?
2 years, 5 months ago
very nice concept and design, quite original ^^ +fav
2 years, 4 months ago
Looks awsome. I like the style !
2 years, 4 months ago
Terrific very pleasing on my eyes Fav
2 years, 3 months ago
looks like neon but doesn't look like it, still liking the typography
2 years, 2 months ago
Nice.
2 years, 1 month ago
Love the typography! Great colors as well!!
2 years, 1 month ago
sitting on a block of text = brilliant!
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
1 year, 2 months ago
splendic!
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
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.
3 months, 4 days ago
Clean and interesting to look at... nice work~!