Fujishima The Band I love, Rise Against!

good idea, solid concept, but the execution is lacking.

the reason assasin's wall is so appealing is because if his bold use of colors, and crisp imagery. this could really use vectoring, and livened up a lot. it's just too dark, under-saturated, and quite frankly dull.

if you had planned on making it look like she is supposed to be sitting on the line, you need to actually make the line affected by her and her by it. right now it's just one image pasted over another.

learn to vector, and come back to this when you've built a skill set.

First of all, I just have to say that I'm not a waller and what I say may not be the same as everybody elses (and a lot less accurate >___>). I agree with damoser. The whole wallpaper just seems to be one dimension. The colours, to be blunt, are flat. Also, the typography is nothing very interesting and seemingly generic to me. It doesn't seem like there's a focal point, or certain direction you want to go with this wallpaper.

AssasinXXX's walls uses bold colours, and crisp vectors and lines. I'm not saying that you should be making a copy of his work, but everything did not seem to work together; the texture, image, colours, and manipulation seem to be separate things on their own for me.

This brings me to the point that you have to take risks during the creation process. The whole wallpaper just screams "safe!" and I know it's mostly because you're quite new, but taking risks is a huge factor sometimes. You never know, sometimes those risks you take end up working. Play around with your wallpapers more, and get comfortable. Discover something that works for you and go for it.

I always love wallpaper with girls wearing headphones ^_^ I think you did a good job even though you are new to making wallpapers. Can't expect everyone to like it as well. But I will +fav it since I like it. You can always do different revision testing other colors etc..Hope to see more from you (:

Adding to what damoser said, AssasinXXX's typography have all sorts of different fonts, font styles, sizes, colors, and placement, so you might want to play around with that because it's a huge element in his wallpapers. Also, I think removing the big block of text in the top right would be an easy improvement; you could try to use the text elsewhere, for example you could make extra shapes that run parallel to the diagonal shapes already there, and then use the text parallel to that. Also, I think it might look better without the texture on the girl, especially the skin (that's probably just a matter of taste though). Really awesome that you're reading and responding to comments, I can't remember anyone new doing that lately. I'll definitely be watching for your next submission

all previous commenters wrote a lot so i won't (: Seriously, if you take bright colors and different fonts, it will be cool wallpaper!

Very well done. But I think the background is opaque to the character.I think with the a whiter background would look better.Just my point of view hehe ;)

Good color scheme,I like this wallpaper.Thanks for sharing this :).

Haxez - I agree with Assas' comments, very nice start, the rest comes through trial and error, listening to the advice given to you and seeing what works for you. We all start from fresh, not really knowing what we're doing and it can be daunting when you look at the professional quality walls that are hosted here on AP, but instead of looking at them and feeling inadequate and overwhelmed, use them as inspiration, something to aspire to. With hard work, love for what you're doing and effort, you will get there. I look forward to seeing you improve.

Rise against is one of my favorite bands I love their songs savior, prayer of the refuge, the good left undone and satellite are great songs. XD

rise against is one of my favorite bands too and the girl wearing headphones i liked thanks for sharing :D

Wow it is sooo pretty!! it is really good!the character as well the background is awesome too!! really nice job!! really pretty!!

love it!

Very good for a first attempt. :) You know what I think you should try? I think you should make the light-hitting areas of the girl bright white so it appears she was rendered on toned paper (and to help pop her out a bit). You have a radial gradient right there too, so parts of the gray stripes can also be lighter right around the center of your gradient, and darken the stripes right below her bum too to suggest a shadow. The paragraph placement of text in the upper right corner is kinda distracting because it takes attention away from the girl. I would suggest moving it behind her head/corner where the stripes bend area. Put it on the bottom layers, and perhaps lighten its opacity as well if it appears too strong. It doesn't really matter if we can read all the words or not, because blocks of text should be treated as design elements instead. Overall good job and keep walling - you'll continue to improve! :)

Well, I like Rise Against so even if this isn't a fav, I still like it. :)

great artwork ^^

Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka

Good job!.

I'd like try with other font type and effect to "THIS IS NOISE"; for example, without quotes

love this band and you made a great wallpaper for it ;D

I really like the wall paper and all the wording on it, great job :)