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Submitted 1 year, 9 months ago

Kingdom Hearts A Town of 3 Districts

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A Town of 3 Districts Kingdom Hearts Wallpaper

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`seventy2seconds

1 year, 9 months ago

 

Gosh I haven't been here for some time, and as per usual, I am overwhelmed by the amazing quality of wallpapers here...and as per usual, I feel daunted...as per usual....erm....

Anyway, Traverse Town and its First District, Second District and Third District! This is my favourite world. I did submit this answer in the recent Famitsu survey….but I guess I was drowned out by the numerous calls for Twilight Town, Hollow Bastion and the likes >.<

Traverse Town gives me a very warm, fuzzy feeling of home. Yes I know the real home is Destiny Island, BUT…!! Well you can read the whole scoop here, but warning: it’s long.

I was inspired by Mamyukka’s Tentai Catalogue. You can drop by their official site, have a look at the background image; give their songs a listen. It is a very simple story of a traveller who gets on a train and sits in the same cabin as the Moon Gentleman and the Rose Child.

I spent a significantly longer time on planning, which I feel is a good thing. Normally I’d just get a fuzzy idea of the end result and hope that everything falls together (which, of course, does not). This time, I did manage to achieve that…about 90% I guess. I have a problem with lighting and shadow directions, which I did try to rectify, but to not much avail. You can see my references, and my (rather untidy) drawn bits, here.

For this wall, I tried to minimize the use of vectors as shades. I used vectors mostly to define base colours and outlines, and the rest is pixel work, with my tablet. I’d say Goofy was the hardest character to draw, because he had the most colours. I’d like to give a significant mention to the mailbox, which, to me, embodies the quirky and homey feel of Traverse Town. It’s my Traverse Town vantage point and, during the Leon battle, I stood atop its hat and shouted taunts at the screen. (I still lost)

I did almost everything myself, except for the stars, of which I used Lady Victoire’s star brushes. Oh yes, epic fail for me…I couldn’t draw them, as much as I wanted to. Also, I did something a little different by using multi coloured gradients on several layer styles, to give the sky a bit more colour than just shades of blue.

Okay I’d better stop, looks like the description is getting too long again…I realize that I’m lousy at replying to comments, so I’ll just put a thank you here for anyone who actually bothers to take some time to look at this…

Oh yes one more thing...I did only one resolution, it was too heart wrenching to break off the sides for other resolutions (more like, lazy...oops!)...

Oops one more thing: layer stats! I'm into counting layers, for some strange reason. I guess I like to see how many layers my computer can take before it starts to complain XD

Sora: 86 Donald: 64 Goofy: 106 Moogle: 36 Pluto: 30 Mailbox: 43 Total working layers: 570

I can't put down layer numbers for all, though I do have them in my journal...I'm such a maths student XD Anyway I've read the comments, thank you for the critique and for taking the time to view this :)

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`chibimisao

1 year, 9 months ago

 

Whoa that was a long description and yes i read through it all. xD You did a lovely job in drawing the background. It's very neatly drawn out. I also find your coloring style really nice and smooth. <3 Good placement with the characters too. It fits well with the background you've drawn. It's also nice to see the little details you put into your wallpaper like the grain lines on the wooden parts. I just kinda wish the stars had a little more twinkle or glow to it. Everything else is perfect though. Great work! :D

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^Vampluva Future type Person

1 year, 9 months ago

 

Lol, love the description =P Glad I'm not the only one that tends to waffle on a bit xD I read through it all by the way, and I have to say I'm extremely impressed with the effort and skill that went into this wall.

I love the theme, KH is just an awesome game series, I think it was one of the first Playstation Games that really got me addicted to spending hours upon hours upon hours playing the same game, happily I might add xP.

I love the Traverse Town sign, so bright and neon like, that was brilliantly done. The postbox is just LOL, love it! =P

I find it a little odd that they are on a platform that seemingly is connected to nothing though, as if it's floating. Though I do like the whole theme of the wall. I feel the stars need to be more 'twinkling', they feel a bit too soft on the glow right now, but otherwise I love your sky.

The main thing that makes me Wow over this wall is your characters. They are so well drawn, I'm very very impressed, they look fantastic!!

I'd really like to see you do more walls featuring your drawn KH characters, because these ones are killer!! Thanks =3

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~giannisong

1 year, 9 months ago

 

huk..wow..cute duck..great...lol

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°iamfreeska

1 year, 9 months ago

 

[I love Kingdom Hearts :D] Descriptions are very long, but I managed to read until the end XD. I was very interested when I saw the preview, and I was not disappointed when I'm full view. The characters really well illustrated. I can see the shading on sora, pluto, donald, goofy, and the doll (i forgot the name :D). Although as you've said in your description, this wallpaper lack of shadow on the platform, also need some depth especially with the bottom pillars, it looks like they're just put right there. The stars also too dimmed, but I think the moonlight is already very bright so it doesn't matter too much

But aside from that, i like this wallpaper. Because there are some funny things like the post box (I just wonder how to put my letter in that one XD), the direction sign (I like the glow on the lamp), and also the chair that really look like it's wooden. Overall this wallpaper may have not funny or into heavy detail, but just a simple detail you put here and there for Kingdom Hearts already enough for me :)

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°Stereoman

1 year, 9 months ago

 

I'm soo loving this! It's so pretty and cute. LOL, it looks like Sora is about to fall off the platform. xD +FAV

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°Gii

1 year, 9 months ago

 

Feels like a really professional production! I mean it's really flawless, I can't find anything wrong with it! I will just say my favorite part is the sky! I really like the soft stars!

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`Horseradish Memento Mori

1 year, 9 months ago

 

What's wrong with long descriptions? :D Though I admit that sometimes, I don't read the descriptions that often but now, I read them----I love reading long messages. LOL.

I think your hard work and great concept for this wall really paid off. ^^ The way you took different images and merged them into one is a nice accomplishment already. Bringing it to color as well is a great achievement as well. :D You really captured the essence of the Traverse Town here. I remember myself playing it still in my GBA.

I'm totally loving the neon/"Vegas"-like sign of the Traverse Town, the sign post, and the mail box as well. You captured the surrealism as well in this one.

The gradient work on the sky is absolutely lovely. The star field is lovely as well. The textures and the other gradients are neatly done too.

As for some additions, I would love to see some yellowish-orange light in the distance/horizon since I remember Traverse Town to have LOTS of lights/street lights. (OwO) Maybe you could chip in a shooting star of some sort in the distance as well. :D

Overall, great job on this one. Keep 'em coming! \m/

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`Nessbad94

1 year, 9 months ago

 

It's not often you see a mix with anime chara and Disney's charas! The thumbnail doesn't do the justice by your neat and wonderful vectoring work! I also admire the stunning bg - even the additional details, like texture on wood. As for me, this wallpaper is just unique because of the concept, which ruins the stereotype, that anime&Disney are incompatible. More over, you created the feeling of a inner bridge, universe between the charas, and make the viewer to plunge into a world of tale! this is how I felt this wallie!

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°saiyagok

1 year, 9 months ago

 

Is nostalgic look at this work it's just the same feeling while playing the game, I guess this is my fave world too xD (really, i didn't go so far :P) i love the details, the way you compose it is brilliant and knowing how many elements kingdom heart had, manage that so well is very pleasant to look at, ah and we got a marquee! with that detailed header, I guess is my fave part with the mailbox! [and the character of course] Is a art work amusing to look at, to figured out what they are doing or what they are going to do, I mean: incentive the imagination, that's something great to achieve. So my view can't get tired by dark zones or shiny zones because is well balanced. Great work [thumbs up] for long descriptions xD Feel proud of it!

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~AngelGozen

1 year, 9 months ago

 

Amazing wallpaper. It's sweet and beautiful like the kingdom hearts game itself. So you really did an awesome job

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~kageyami

1 year, 9 months ago

 

really nice, traverse town was my favorite world in the first game and you did a nice job of representing it. it looks beautiful as well with nice details and shading. awsome

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~jvalderrama412

1 year, 9 months ago

 

i love Traverse Town, and this wallpaper is really cool!!!!

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~SparklyArmstrong

1 year, 9 months ago

 

I find this wallpaper very adorable. It fills me with so much nostalgia that makes me want to play the game again.

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~MagicalMiracle

1 year, 7 months ago

 

XD This is awesome!! Good job on it!!! Brings back good memories!

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~Rin-chan

1 year, 7 months ago

 

That's one long description! I read all of it though. :D Just looking at this wall makes me want to play Kingdom Hearts all over again, and it'll make others want to try playing it. I think this is what a wall is supposed to achieve and you did that perfectly with this wall.

I'm glad you decided not to vector the whole wall, I like how the colors blend in. The background is lovely and the characters interact with it very well. The Traverse Town sign is amazing, so detailed and bright, just the way it should be. The sky looks great! I love how there are light and dark parts, looks very realistic. The stars could be a bit more glowing but other than that, it's one hell of a good wall!

I hope, and I'm sure many others would too, to see more KH walls from you with this style because it's just fantastic!

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~yuukosakura

1 year, 2 weeks ago

 

Loved the Traverse town station! I never thought that I could really see a wallpaper from this station! :)

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~Sasuke1586

10 months, 1 week ago

 

Wow these is cool waiting for the train at night.. and Pluto waiting for it .. Wow... Sora, Goofy, and Donald..the 3 Heroes waiting for there next destination.. LOVE IT.

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~Mora-KBM

10 months, 5 days ago

 

Excellent Wallpaper :D I love the Colours, Details & Your Style :D

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