This is my second attempt to wall a Kurehito Misaki scan... (if you want to see my first, here is it) I hope you'll like it.
How will I start, (damn, I feel that I lost my skills to write a description), well, I really liked this scan and I really wanted to use it on my screen, I was also bored of making too much vector lines these days (I got a collab, a perspective, and the VD entry to finish), so some blending hours were really funny to do! I used Photoshop and my tablet to execute it, and that's how it happened: I fired the seagulls, painted the sky using the tablet, that was the most annoying part, but quite funny since my gf was here and helped (don't say to Julie, please, I still have the baseball club traces on my face) XD. Then, I restored some of the birds, I don't really like all of them on the scan, if you look closely, there is one that looks like a bat!(happens!) I had to complete some parts of the seagulls and add some blur to add a distance effect... I finally completed the umbrella and adjusted the colors (I really like the final colors, much deeper than the original scan)... Check the progression here:

Then, comes the first title suggestion, Nysha said "hope is the thing with feathers" I really liked the idea, and liked it more when Nona came and created a story for the wallpaper (without knowing Nysha's title):
Once upon a time, there was two women, waiting for the return of their husbands (boyfriends, ...what you want), who were on a ship trip somewhere in the ocean, (or travelling around), maybe dangerous. And now, they are happy because they prayed to the ocean, asking that their husbands should return safe and healthy and the seagulls gave them a positive answer... And they lived happily, and had many children... END.
So, my turn came to finally say: "And hope came with feathers" (Thanks to Him for the inspiration). I hope you'll like the wallpaper, I put on it much passion and time, so I hope it will get your appreciation... ^^
Some last words about the technical stuff: PSD file is about 233MB and 5618X3160pixels for the 16:9 version which is the original aspect ratio I worked on, you can find the rest of the ratios here too, but I recommend the 16:9. It took me more than 12hours and 100 layers to finish it (I stopped counting them when I reached 100). Special thanks to Nysha and Valuna for their great and awesome tips!!!! Thank you girls! Enjoy it ^^



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1 year, 2 months ago
I love your works! And this is no exception. =]
How do you do it? All the amazing detail, the vibrant colours...it's just...wow. I was browsing through the new wallpapers and this one just stuck out! It's really eye-catching!
+fav
1 year, 2 months ago
I love this
1 year, 2 months ago
I like the really nice warm colors. You did a good job extending the original!
1 year, 2 months ago
The colours and details are amazing. I really like how you paint the sunset and the extension . It is really beautiful...with the warm hues of the clouds as well XD
What I wanna say is that this wall is an art! Great job, ala XD
1 year, 2 months ago
Well, THIS is ABSOLUTELY LOVELY and GORGEOUS. <3 <3 <3 The way you extended it is really nice too. Even though it's not vectored (?), it still came out nicely. Adjusting the birds were nicely done too. IMO, it's more vibrant and livelier than the original image. Great job overall. \m/
1 year, 2 months ago
Ooh, nice extension - I like the colors and the slightly tilted angle. Also, leaving out some of those birds was a good idea because it would've looked too crowded otherwise. Nice job! XD
1 year, 2 months ago
I like now warm this one become! I think it really pass the idea: waiting for smth important and dear. And I like how you re-positioned birds, this way looks better. +fav.
1 year, 2 months ago
I've always loved your kurehito misaki scan extension and this scan is actually one of my fav <3 great job with the extension, love the colors.
anyway great job! +fav
1 year, 2 months ago
beautiful! +fav
1 year, 2 months ago
This is beautiful! I love the vibrant colors! :D
1 year, 2 months ago
”Once upon a time, there was two women, waiting for the return of their husbands “ That's a good theme.Really nice work,really.
1 year, 2 months ago
Great extension of the original, and nice color touch up on it. The blonde girl kinda reminds me Yami :3 +Fav
1 year, 2 months ago
Just unbelievable... spectacular.
Wonderful colors, wonderful everything. You take an amazing picture of a master and made it better. Too bad v6 does not have the "request to be featured" option, because this paper deserves to be in AP's hall of fame.
Thanks for sharing!
1 year, 2 months ago
colours are vibrant and attractive.. nice artwork...
1 year, 2 months ago
awsome work extending the original scan..I love it
1 year, 2 months ago
The background is looking good, the sky and scenery looks very nice. Those kimono clad girls are looking good as well, they fit to the background. Very nice wallpaper.
1 year, 2 months ago
wow... I love it <3 keep up the good work ^_^ =FAV definitely
1 year, 2 months ago
This is a very nice looking wallpaper, the scan itself is a win, nice extension and very cool colors. Also I am really happy that you fired that bat-bird. lol
1 year, 2 months ago
Wow - really nice job on the extension and blending work on your wall. Like the vibrant sunset colours. +fav
1 year, 2 months ago
Colors and art in the wallpaper are really classical and gorgeous. They are drawing their deep relationship as the master and the servant for a long time.
1 year, 2 months ago
WoW, is really incredible .... mmmm ... Dunno what to say, I just love! + fav n_n
1 year, 2 months ago
OMG after checking your progression... what can I say? Simply speechless. A job very well done. Love it!
1 year, 2 months ago
Splendid, absolutely fabulous!!!
I'm really fan of this wallpaper! Wonderful job +
1 year, 2 months ago
I love what you did with that scan, and there is absolutely no way of overstating what all of the commenters have said about the colors. This is a fantastic wall. Another nice wallpaper, added to your credits.
1 year, 2 months ago
Very colorful and bright. Makes me happy, thanks.
1 year, 2 months ago
Like I told you before. Better than the original scan! :D Fav!
1 year, 2 months ago
Great job with the extensions! I like how you blend the colors to make it more sharp and dark. The seagulls is nicely done i like how you reduce some of them since i guess it will look crowded for the icons, Overall love the colors! +fav! ^^,
1 year, 2 months ago
Nice extension, definitely a +
1 year, 2 months ago
Yay for the title. :D I still don't like the copy/paste looking seagulls - the two small ones at the top are too obvious copies of the large main one. >.< This is what I hoped you'd understand when I told you this before. While you made a new one (just one?), you should note its wings are prematurely short, consisting of only the primary feathers from the main gull. It's a nice wall effort yes, but to me these things are still a bit too obvious. You could have used the gull directly behind the main one (with the head hidden) and the gull directly in front of the brunette's face. Cging the missing parts on those gulls would have been easy, since the original scan has a bit of copy/pasted gull bodies as well.
1 year, 2 months ago
No wonder I have not seen you around lately Your so busy being so creative. Really this is a beautiful image. It's kind of ultra wide screen too. I love seeing my friend succeed at their efforts. +fav
1 year, 2 months ago
wow seriously? good frikkin job it has such a nice feel to it that really makes it very fine =D
1 year, 2 months ago
Hooray!
Kurehito Misaki! One of my favorite artists. I'll go ahead and reiterate what everyone has said several times already because it's basically what you've done. The extension was done pretty seamless. The sky melted together and it doesn't stick out that you did an extension. I like how the color scheme is strong. Rays of light are a nice addition to the wall. It gives off the feeling of a strong light coming from the horizon which correlates with your stronger contrast of the characters.
Can tell some of the seagulls at least look duplicated from the forefront one. I think a better approach would be to lessen the seagulls. But it looks like you wanted to give the wall that coastal feeling with a lot of birds flying around.
Still a good job extending though. I would fail horribly since I am not experienced with re-cging and painting lol.
1 year, 2 months ago
ohohoho... nice theme >.< thx nya~
1 year, 2 months ago
Amazing wall i love it
1 year, 2 months ago
WOW~~~ what a great wall!!
The restored part is perfect, they just look natural!! And I really like the colour, it's just so fresh, so attractive!!
Well~ your story should sound 'classic', but don't know why, I just laugh XDD
Anyway, great work, really enjoy it (Fav for sure)! Hope can see your new wall soon. Have a nice day~~
1 year, 2 months ago
The colour it's just so fresh, so attractive!!
1 year, 2 months ago
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I love the scan extension!! And the colours!! The way you've redone the guls is much better compared to the scan! Painted sky is soooooo awesome Veiny!!
HAha FAV
1 year, 2 months ago
The colours are really nice and warm. The extension is well done and the copy/pasta of seagulls was not really necessary but well. Good job ( O_O)-b
+fav
1 year, 2 months ago
The wallpaper looks great. I always find it difficult to manage to extend something when as shown in your wallpaper, the left side is really full which tends to be an issue for me composition wise. You pulled it off pretty decent. You made the colours more vibrant and pure. + fave
1 year, 2 months ago
Nice work with the extending! Great sky, you painted it really good. Good that you didn't leave that batman-bird XD Nice bird placement.
/fav
1 year, 2 months ago
I admire the way you recreated the original scan. The colors are nice too. ++ =]
1 year, 2 months ago
Wow this really is a wall which presents a sense of peace. The background is looking awesome with the color-mix of bright Red, orange and yellow. You’ve really done a splendid work over the scan.
And the various birds, I’m happy you restored them back in the wall. Cos it’s looking nice. The wall is like a snapshot, telling a short story.
Congratulations for your beautiful work! I really loved your wall <3
Hope to see more lovely work from you and Thanks for sharing your work with us!
1 year, 2 months ago
I just love this wallpaper
1 year, 2 months ago
Loved the extension, the sky was done perfectly, including the lighting. And kudos for the changes on the colors, it looks much more vivid now. It looks really like a sunset, I love warm colors. :D I liked of the birds, they look OK for me. The right wing are perfect, I would think that it was always there. :3
Another good job Al, and more one desktopped + fav wall. ♥♥♥
1 year, 2 months ago
Really nice job :D
Love the extension ans the colors are amazing!
1 year, 2 months ago
You are so BOSS. Your works are amazing, as usual!
1 year, 2 months ago
Very clean wall, seamless extension, if you didn't reveal that it wasn't this wide then I wouldn't have known.
As a photographer I definitely like the atmosphere. Perfect white balance and the contrast is just right. keep up the good work.
1 year, 2 months ago
powerful detail? -_-; great! i love sunset sky oh, is this dawn? sun rise? well it seems to be a sunrise...this is not matter. important is your work is facinated..
1 year, 2 months ago
Well, I couldn't say anything else people already wrote. Your wallpaper is wonderful and the graphic tech is really high, especially for its beautiful and perfect painting tech. +fav
1 year, 2 months ago
well i give it a + because you made scan look quite better. you are improving :)))
1 year, 2 months ago
So amazing wallpaper... it really impressed me, great perspective and amazing colors, all look great!!!! No regrets at all!! congratulations and thanks for share!!
1 year, 2 months ago
Great job you did in this wall you took a scan and make it look better with a lightning effect and more color over light . and a good painting technique that blend with the original scan.
+fav
1 year, 2 months ago
Good job on the edits and smoothing. Looks great as a wall.
1 year, 2 months ago
Hahaha, I actually love the fact this is not vectored, it's really refreshing.
I would only say that her faces could use more lighting, you know, let them shine more. But aside that really tiny detail, this is a wonderful piece. A very well executed one <33
1 year, 2 months ago
Super hot wall!
1 year, 2 months ago
Beautiful wallpaper! I love the background scenery, it is beautiful. The two girls are vectored well. Thanks for sharing!
1 year, 2 months ago
The thing I adore in your wall is that you always have some 'story' behind. And it's great!
I adore how you did this one, blending+paintig are gorgeous! You didn't re-worked the scan - you made a unique, stunning wallpaper!
1 year, 2 months ago
This paper looks bright and so close to realistic especially the background.. The coloring on the sunset is cool.. I think that's all.. Well done..
1 year, 1 month ago
The atmosphere you've created is really warm and reminds me summer nights!! great job as usual!!
1 year, 1 month ago
really elegant
1 year, 1 month ago
i loved this picture it s very nice and beautiful directo to my favorite ones lol
1 year, 4 weeks ago
Very nice wallpaper! Setting it as my background.
1 year, 2 weeks ago
The image is very well set I loved it. The characters are developed very well with the environment thanks.
1 year, 1 week ago
I'm very impressed at the way you extended the image and then re- added the birds. Lovely job. That progress image is a really neat idea! I wish more people did that so I could see all the work that goes into these things...
<3
1 year, 1 week ago
cool....nice job...i love the colours and the concept....awesome!!!
1 year, 3 days ago
Such a beautiful sunset! Fantastic colors!
1 year, 2 days ago
I love this work of yours. Even if I don't have any Idea whats a Vector or Vectoring a wallpaper . ◕,◕
I hope you can tell me whats Vector or Vectoring is. :) Thanks!
1 year, 2 days ago
I'd like what you have done with that wallpaper. :)
11 months, 4 weeks ago
Waah!~ ^_^ So pretty and the seagulls look like they're going to pop right out like 3D...lol Very nice. +
11 months, 3 weeks ago
What a feast of color. Straight to my desktop. It is obvious the amount of work you put into your craft.
Thanks for sharing.
11 months, 3 weeks ago
<3
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Oh my what a wall. Why havent i seen this before :D
Extension is pure beautiful
10 months, 4 weeks ago
It's more beautiful now because the text in in the bottom. Like the palette you used here.
10 months, 4 weeks ago
Beautiful wallpaper. I love it's lovely colors. The characters are really beautiful. Sky and seagulls looks awesome. What a pity that there isn't my screen resolution. Awesome work.
10 months, 1 week ago
It definitely came out looking stunning. Awesome vector job as well. Instantly downloaded this when I saw it and I got to favorite it as well.
10 months, 1 week ago
This is a piece of art here that captures my heart. It's lovely sunset coloring makes it truely beautifully. You are an amazing artist
9 months, 3 weeks ago
I like how you focussed on a single bird and either removed the others, or put them out of focus. The sky is very nice, and shares the same overwhelming warmth of sunset. The contrast is well shown, and in general this is a good wall.
9 months, 2 weeks ago
THis is so beautyflll
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Very Nice. like the use of the different colors here. makes it look vibrant.
8 months, 4 days ago
Awww!! I love it!! the colours, the background is amazing! a really nice sunset =D the resolution perfect! - great job =)
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Wonderful~~ i love it! Good Job!!!
5 months, 3 weeks ago
amazing for wallparper, good job.
5 months, 1 week ago
very well done. the colors literally could not be better. This picture reall reminds me of Fortune Arterial, which draws more of my attention. The seagulls were somewhat of a nice idea, but i think it would be good to have a version without, try keeping the focus on the main subjects
5 months, 5 days ago
nice job.
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Thank you very much for the wall guys...
3 months, 2 days ago
I have to say that I really like the vibrant colors. It is what pulled me in really.
2 months, 4 weeks ago
The Painter was kuroya shinobu or misaki kurehito? I find it difficult to distinguish the difference between the two...But are very fond of...
2 months, 1 week ago
**Aye. ! This is such a beauty to watch.. Magnificent..! **
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Bright colors are suitable for wallpaper, very beautiful
4 days, 9 hours ago
Beautiful.
I like the bright sunset version of yours.
Good work.
2 days, 12 hours ago
How can you do it? Amazing , I really loved it.